What is your "forgotten gem" game this gen?

what? this game won so many accolades

omenodebander

BGT

Shadow Complex.

Just buy this game!

SEGA and Sonic Racing (with Banjo/Kazooie)

Not exactly a "gem" but a great alternative in the kart racing genre.

BGT

kieranb2000

It's a pity Ubisoft sucked the life out of that company. Their multiplayer games were one of a kind, I'm just glad BGT got released at all.

Red Steel 2

Amazing little game, a damned crime that more people didn't pick it up :(

WreckEm711

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Red Steel 2

Amazing little game, a damned crime that more people didn't pick it up :(

punchacku

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BGT

hypoty

It's a pity Ubisoft sucked the life out of that company. Their multiplayer games were one of a kind, I'm just glad BGT got released at all.

Shattered Horizon

Extremely underrated, and amazing

ScottMescudi

Alpha protocol

Skate

Blue Dragon

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BGT

kieranb2000

It's a pity Ubisoft sucked the life out of that company. Their multiplayer games were one of a kind, I'm just glad BGT got released at all.

Us Scottish folk seem to have a knack for making good games :P Outerlight are a local studio for me anyway, shame it didnt last at all :(

I mean to think of it Scotland is a bit of a mecca when it comes to games creation xD Rollercoaster tycoon,GTA,Body harvest,Lemmings,Crackdown xD

Modnation Racers

Motorstorm Pacific Rift

Megaman Powered Up

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Oh yes.

NaveedLife

Nice opinion. My opinion is that it was quite good (although far from perfect obviously) and overlooked.

why? the beginning was one of the best parts of the game. It was very action packed and it set the pacing very high for the rest of the game...which unfortunately was nothing like the introduction. the introduction was too action-packed for the rest of the game. When the you started in the first dungeon the game slowed down considerably. I really thought it was going to be constantly chaotic.

the jump button. I was able to adjust to the timing of the jump button, but it was annoying that the jump button had input lag. you would hit the jump button, and it wasn't 1:1 with war. When everything else in the game felt fluid, the jump button made scaling walls, wall running/jumping very clunky. As you can see from my first 2 points, the game wasn't very consistent.

the voice acting was very cheesy (yet it appeared that it was trying to be serious). At the same time, I tried to keep in mind that it was inspired by a comic book.

After the last dungeon, the end-game gathering threw off the pacing EVEN more that the introduction sequence.

On apocalyptic mode the difficulty was extremely easy. I was expecting my frustration to stem from difficult combat sequences (that's what I like and have come to expect in an action/hack-n-slash), but everything listed above frustrated me twice as much.

Metro 2033 (PC version)

Easily the best kart racer this gen.

ace combat 6 and overlord 1.

turtlethetaffer

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[QUOTE="hypoty"]

It's a pity Ubisoft sucked the life out of that company. Their multiplayer games were one of a kind, I'm just glad BGT got released at all.

razgriz_101

Us Scottish folk seem to have a knack for making good games :P Outerlight are a local studio for me anyway, shame it didnt last at all :(

I mean to think of it Scotland is a bit of a mecca when it comes to games creation xD Rollercoaster tycoon,GTA,Body harvest,Lemmings,Crackdown xD

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[QUOTE="kieranb2000"] Yeah :( It's a real shame, I preordered it and got it at launch and enjoyed the hell out of the game. But then day after day the servers got smaller and smaller. Last time I played it (about 3 weeks ago) there were only two servers left, one was full and the other had two people :/

kieranb2000

Us Scottish folk seem to have a knack for making good games :P Outerlight are a local studio for me anyway, shame it didnt last at all :(

I mean to think of it Scotland is a bit of a mecca when it comes to games creation xD Rollercoaster tycoon,GTA,Body harvest,Lemmings,Crackdown xD

pretty sure they were from the burgh going by what wiki's said but i knew they were scottish when my cousin said bout them the last time we were talkin bout the ship xD.

I live near the BP in Grangemouth well i can see it from my landing window xD cause im just down the road in Bo'ness all we have is a bloody steam railway :(

Its a shame RTW shut down in Dundee there was a lot of potential, and im actually glad the SNP's in power again since they seem to be fostering the industry a bit.

Cryostasis: The sleep of reason

one of the better stories around in a video game, and some impressive visuals that really convey the icey setting

with_teeth26

I came in here to say this, so well played. Also, the story is easily one of the best in video games to date.

Easily this. The game was amazing. Not only did it have an awesome soundstrac of over 100 metal/hard rock songs, but it also had voice talents of Ozzy, Lemmy killmister, Lita Ford, Jack Black, and Rob Halford! Hell, alll of the voice wor was great. It had an epic stroy, uniique setting and gameplay. Taking place in the land of Heavy Metal (basically) the actal world was open, so you can drive your hotrod around, from mission to mission, or just loo for hidden stuff. The actual missions in the game slowly introduced the concpets to play the game. Because at first, it can be a bit overwhelming Its an Action/RTS, so while yo umake trops from your stage, you also have to fight with them, and play solos on your guitar to buff your army. The only other structures you build are fan geysers you tae, that become a merch booth to attract fans, which are currency in battle for you to buy more units. Really this is an amazing game, and my only complaint is that the actual campagin is way too short on its own, but since Double Fine had to swap publishers to EA, because Actvison dropped them, its kinda of expected. It sucks that a third of the stuff had to be cut, but Im glad it got picked up and at lest made i through the door. Had the other content been in ther (I'm assuming more campaign, and factions to play as in the muliplayer, as well as posssible campagin for other factions) then it wouldhave easily ben a 10/10, but as is, its a 9.5/10.

Prey game was the first in the genre to make use of "portal" technology

It's rather unforgiving and strenuous, but it's the type of RTS that WWII buffs have waited a long time for. It's usually overlooked for Company of Heroes.

Shadow Complex

It's rather unforgiving and strenuous, but it's the type of RTS that WWII buffs have waited a long time for. It's usually overlooked for Company of Heroes.

Verge_6

This gen: Alan Wake, Deadly Premonition, Stalker SoC

THESE

^This game. It had an awesome campaign.

Valkyria Chronicles!funsohng

I second this.

It's rather unforgiving and strenuous, but it's the type of RTS that WWII buffs have waited a long time for. It's usually overlooked for Company of Heroes.

Verge_6

This, too. Assault Squad is my GOTY so far.

Skate

razgriz_101

yes! talk about an amazing revolutionary game. this game utterly destroyed all tony hawk games with just the controls.

killzonexbox

damm how could I forget about singularity? tahts one damm fine game

Condemned 2 for sure. The plot took a huge turn for the stupid halfway through, but up until then it was a thrilling and fun mystery/brawler.

Uncharted 2. Game flew under everyone's radar.

Just a few on the top of my head

Bayonetta

Castlevania LoS

FF crisis core

Just Cause 2

[QUOTE="Verge_6"]

It's rather unforgiving and strenuous, but it's the type of RTS that WWII buffs have waited a long time for. It's usually overlooked for Company of Heroes.

KungfuKitten

Just a few on the top of my head

Bayonetta

Castlevania LoS

FF crisis core

Just Cause 2

Ballroompirate

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Just a few on the top of my head

Bayonetta

Castlevania LoS

FF crisis core

Just Cause 2

lightleggy

also, props to the quake 4 mention. it did have a decent single player.

Definetly Darksiders, Singularity, and Savage 2.

Darksiders was great. It's hard to think about forgotten gems, though, 'cause I forgot them.

Lost Winds.

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Just a few on the top of my head

Bayonetta

Castlevania LoS

FF crisis core

Just Cause 2

lightleggy

You gave Bayonetta a 1.0. :lol:

I got to go with Heavenly Sword. A fantastic game. I wish it sold more so we could have got some sequels.

Sins of a Solar Empire

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Cryostasis: The sleep of reason

one of the better stories around in a video game, and some impressive visuals that really convey the icey setting

DraugenCP

I came in here to say this, so well played. Also, the story is easily one of the best in video games to date.