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#1 lovemenow
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parasite eve has to be the most under rated game of all time...usually now a days if a game is good but no one knows about it..it'll get alot of air time on G4 or other video game networks or sites. case and point katamari damacy..that game would have not been popular if every know gaming outlet didnt talk about it..but parasite eve fell through the cracks..it got little press and the second game in the series didnt even get a commercial from what i remember..and i doubt anyone remember the commercial for the first parasite eve..but my point is in the midst of all this crap getting rated 42AAAAA and "Wow the graphics are sooo great this game will rock" that gamers like us know quality some times never get shown and hides itself in the bargin bin at gamestop..i doubt any game has gone this unoticed..
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#2 MTBare
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i doubt any game has gone this unoticed..lovemenow

You'd be quite surprised.

A lot of my favorite games evar and currently go unnoticed.

Savage: Battle for Newerth wasn't all that popular (especially outside the PC world)

Mount & Blade is one of my current favorite games and is unheard of greatly.

I played and loved parasite eve. PE2 wasn't as good though I thought, especially because I got completely stuck midway through :( But a lot of amazing underrated/unheard of games seem to be located on the PC.

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#3 lovemenow
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[QUOTE="lovemenow"]i doubt any game has gone this unoticed..MTBare

You'd be quite surprised.

A lot of my favorite games evar and currently go unnoticed.

Savage: Battle for Newerth wasn't all that popular (especially outside the PC world)

Mount & Blade is one of my current favorite games and is unheard of greatly.

I played and loved parasite eve. PE2 wasn't as good though I thought, especially because I got completely stuck midway through :( But a lot of amazing underrated/unheard of games seem to be located on the PC.

i admit i dont play pc games..but if i did i would be on the same page

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#4 Derek240
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I remember playing the first parasite eve. It was amazing but too hard for me at the time. I wish I owned a copy today so I could appreciate it's beauty and great story. If I found it in a bargin ben somewhere, I would insta-buy.

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#5 lovemenow
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I remember playing the first parasite eve. It was amazing but too hard for me at the time. I wish I owned a copy today so I could appreciate it's beauty and great story. If I found it in a bargin ben somewhere, I would insta-buy.

Derek240

i found one back in 2004..i bought it and still have it today..

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I hardly ever see anyone ever mention Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines when talking about good role-playing games.
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#7 jg4xchamp
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Vagrant Story
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#8 goblaa
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Parasite Eve was pretty good. Great story, but had some pacing issues and gameplay was a bit too clunky.
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#9 waynehead895
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Powerstone 2. I'd say it's the most pure fun I've had playing any game ever.
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Phantom Dust for the xbox. It was the best game on the sytem and nobody knew.
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System Shock 2 for PC - System Shock 2 PC Game - System Shock 2 Computer Game

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl for PC - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl PC Game - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl Computer Game

All of these should've been AAA games.

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#12 lovemenow
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Parasite Eve was pretty good. Great story, but had some pacing issues and gameplay was a bit too clunky.goblaa

i dont think it was clucky...it just took some getting use to..the game was well designed

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I hardly ever see anyone ever mention Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines when talking about good role-playing games.foxhound_fox

i remember hearing about that game...in 05

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#14 lovemenow
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Vagrant Story jg4xchamp

i can agree with you on that..vargrant story did go unnoticed

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#15 Derek240
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Vagrant Story jg4xchamp

Man I just couldn't get into that game. It epitomized dungeon crawler. However, on the parts where you actually went outside, I was amazed. It also possibly had the greatest battle system I've ever seen in an RPG...truly sick for the time.

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System Shock 2 for PC - System Shock 2 PC Game - System Shock 2 Computer Game

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl for PC - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl PC Game - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl Computer Game

All of these should've been AAA games.

BioShockOwnz
2 of those games on the level of being legendary status with how amazing they were and are.

Stalker is underrated.

I find it very hard to believe that people don't know that Deus Ex and System Shock 2 were amazing games.
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Some off the top of my head:

Quakeworld, Psychonauts, Beyond Good & Evil, skate., Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich, Grim Fandango, Clive Barker's Undying, No One Lives Forever 1/2, Planescape: Torment.

And Legend of Dragoon.

For real.

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i remember hearing about that game...in 05lovemenow

Easily the best role-playing game I have played in my life, one that actually allows you to role-play. The combat is quite poor but then again, the game isn't centered around the combat.
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#19 ArisShadows
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Eternal Darkness, Freedom Fighters, Freelancer, Narutimate 3, and Nightshade. I don't hear anyone mention these games.
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Lost odyssey.

If the title of that game started with "FINAL" and ended with "Fantasy" followed by a number, it wouldve been easily AAA.

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Eternal Darkness, Freedom Fighters, Freelancer, Narutimate 3, and Nightshade. I don't hear anyone mention these games.ArisShadows

I could've sworn I put Freedom Fighters down. :( I was reminded of it when I thought of Freedom Force, but I guess I forgot to put it.

Great game. Loved its particular squad-based element.

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Or and Blue Dragon, Animal Crossing, and Earthbound.
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[QUOTE="ArisShadows"]Eternal Darkness, Freedom Fighters, Freelancer, Narutimate 3, and Nightshade. I don't hear anyone mention these games.Zeliard9

I could've sworn I put Freedom Fighters down. :( I was reminded of it when I thought of Freedom Force, but I guess I forgot to put it.

Great game. Loved its particular squad-based element.



Needs a sequal.

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[QUOTE="Zeliard9"]

[QUOTE="ArisShadows"]Eternal Darkness, Freedom Fighters, Freelancer, Narutimate 3, and Nightshade. I don't hear anyone mention these games.ArisShadows

I could've sworn I put Freedom Fighters down. :( I was reminded of it when I thought of Freedom Force, but I guess I forgot to put it.

Great game. Loved its particular squad-based element.



Needs a sequal.

Sadly, I think we're much more likely to see Kane & Lynch 2.

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[QUOTE="ArisShadows"][QUOTE="Zeliard9"]

[QUOTE="ArisShadows"]Eternal Darkness, Freedom Fighters, Freelancer, Narutimate 3, and Nightshade. I don't hear anyone mention these games.Zeliard9

I could've sworn I put Freedom Fighters down. :( I was reminded of it when I thought of Freedom Force, but I guess I forgot to put it.

Great game. Loved its particular squad-based element.



Needs a sequal.

Sadly, I think we're much more likely to see Kane & Lynch 2.

FTL!

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Or and Blue Dragon, Animal Crossing, and Earthbound.ArisShadows

all of those arent underrated..they are actually very well known

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Eternal Darkness, Freedom Fighters, Freelancer, Narutimate 3, and Nightshade. I don't hear anyone mention these games.ArisShadows

ETD is actually very well known, freedom fighters is sort of known too..i know alot of people who played it..night shade was hyped like crab cakes before its release..i still have the GI and PSN mags that have articles on it because it was suppose to be the FUTURE OF THE SHINOBI FRANCHISE!!!..free lancer and naruitame 3 i heard alittle about them but not alot..

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Willow, Eternal Darkness, Psychonauts, Everquest (there was a mmorpg before WoW people, pay hommage), Lost Odyssey, Phantasy Star II.
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Mechwarriors 3/4 were pretty underrated but very fun games.
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System Shock 2 for PC - System Shock 2 PC Game - System Shock 2 Computer Game

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl for PC - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl PC Game - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl Computer Game

All of these should've been AAA games.

BioShockOwnz

they weren't? *facepalm* stupid gspot...

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Deus Ex. One of the best story driven FPS/RPG hybrids EVER. End of story.

Homeworld. One of the best RTS' PERIOD. Great story telling and revolutionary in terms of 3d space combat.

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[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

System Shock 2 for PC - System Shock 2 PC Game - System Shock 2 Computer Game

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl for PC - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl PC Game - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl Computer Game

All of these should've been AAA games.

noswear

they weren't? *facepalm* stupid gspot...

They gave Deus Ex 8.2. :x At least they put System Shock 2 into their greatest games of all time section.
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#33 lovemenow
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Willow, Eternal Darkness, Psychonauts, Everquest (there was a mmorpg before WoW people, pay hommage), Lost Odyssey, Phantasy Star II.dru26

like i said ETD is fairly well know and got much press..although it is alittle underrated it is not greatly underrated..psychonauts is the same it was hyped during development and got wide press and many awards despite its lukewarm sales..Everquest shouldnt even be on your list...that game is so freakin known Jesus played it..lost odyssey shouldnt be on your list either..its too soon..and pretty much ever phantasy star is praised for being great...its more or so you put great games on your list instead of underrated..many of your games were either average or extremely overrated in the case of everquest and lost Odyssey

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Some off the top of my head:

Quakeworld, Psychonauts, Beyond Good & Evil, skate., Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich, Grim Fandango, Clive Barker's Undying, No One Lives Forever 1/2, Planescape: Torment.

And Legend of Dragoon.

For real.

Zeliard9

wow i forgot all about legend of dragoon. man i loved that game, think i might go check the pawn shops around town for it tomorrow.

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Legend of legaia (PS1), this game was so awesome one of the best RPG's i've played, great battle system, epic story, likeable characters it had it all.
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Homeworld.

System Shock 2.

STALKER.

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saboteur for the commodore 64. yeah, i went there.
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[QUOTE="dru26"]Willow, Eternal Darkness, Psychonauts, Everquest (there was a mmorpg before WoW people, pay hommage), Lost Odyssey, Phantasy Star II.lovemenow

like i said ETD is fairly well know and got much press..although it is alittle underrated it is not greatly underrated..psychonauts is the same it was hyped during development and got wide press and many awards despite its lukewarm sales..Everquest shouldnt even be on your list...that game is so freakin known Jesus played it..lost odyssey shouldnt be on your list either..its too soon..and pretty much ever phantasy star is praised for being great...its more or so you put great games on your list instead of underrated..many of your games were either average or extremely overrated in the case of everquest and lost Odyssey

I put Phantasy Star II on there, because it was never as sucessfully popular as FF, and led to a huge loss for Sega with III, basically ending the series as a single player epic.

Eternal Darkness was on top of a GI poll for one of the greatest games no one played, so I added it as well.

While EQ was virtual crack for a huge number of people, it is widely forgotten now that WoW has stolen the scene. It also got scored pretty low for being such a revolutionizing title.

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So weird huh how some games have it all yet dont get to our attention. Is that our fault or what went wrong?
Don't tell me we rely on marketing...
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#40 gingerdivid
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The Last Express.

No flippin contest.

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oh hell yea. survival horror by square? **** yes

been awhile since i last played through it though

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The Last Express.

No flippin contest.gingerdivid


*sees avatar* *grabs can of beans*

The Neverhood and Skullmonkeys! Highly under-appreciated games. And most hilarious at that.

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[QUOTE="lovemenow"]

[QUOTE="dru26"]Willow, Eternal Darkness, Psychonauts, Everquest (there was a mmorpg before WoW people, pay hommage), Lost Odyssey, Phantasy Star II.dru26

like i said ETD is fairly well know and got much press..although it is alittle underrated it is not greatly underrated..psychonauts is the same it was hyped during development and got wide press and many awards despite its lukewarm sales..Everquest shouldnt even be on your list...that game is so freakin known Jesus played it..lost odyssey shouldnt be on your list either..its too soon..and pretty much ever phantasy star is praised for being great...its more or so you put great games on your list instead of underrated..many of your games were either average or extremely overrated in the case of everquest and lost Odyssey

I put Phantasy Star II on there, because it was never as sucessfully popular as FF, and led to a huge loss for Sega with III, basically ending the series as a single player epic.

Eternal Darkness was on top of a GI poll for one of the greatest games no one played, so I added it as well.

While EQ was virtual crack for a huge number of people, it is widely forgotten now that WoW has stolen the scene. It also got scored pretty low for being such a revolutionizing title.

Evercrack is not underrated.

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Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty was darn underrated.
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Anyone remember Intellegent Qube for PS1? That game was shockingly addictive. Shame that the scores weren't so great.
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Star ocean III
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[QUOTE="gingerdivid"]The Last Express.

No flippin contest.foxhound_fox


*sees avatar* *grabs can of beans*

The Neverhood and Skullmonkeys! Highly under-appreciated games. And most hilarious at that.

Not as funny as Day of the Tentacle :)

Putting laxative's in a security guards coffee never gets old :D

The Neverhood was superb though, very funny and the cutscenes were excellent.

Are you looking forward to Vampyre Story?

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#48 foxhound_fox
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Not as funny as Day of the Tentacle :)

Putting laxative's in a security guards coffee never gets old :D

The Neverhood was superb though, very funny and the cutscenes were excellent.

Are you looking forward to Vampyre Story?

gingerdivid

I will be once I can experience all the cIassic Lucasarts adventures. It would probably be best for me to start with the good-uns before getting to the new-uns.
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I thought Munch's oddysee and Stranger's wrath were underrated:

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#50 lovemenow
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Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty was darn underrated.thrones
Star ocean IIIMrGrimFandango

nope both of those games did soo well that directors cuts were made and even released here in the USA..SO3 freakin put star ocean back on the map in the USA..if any star ocean is underrated its star ocean a second story...