Is that viking game any good? One of the many games I have purchased but yet to play-
crazywayne287
People either love hack n slash or considering incredibly boring and tedious. I read it's fun at first but then the missions and combat become more of a chore than fun.
Is Bioshock considered a sleeper hit? If so, Bioshock is my favorite. However, if you don't consider Bioshock a "sleeper hit" I would pick Civilization: Revolution.
Left 4 Dead....it's underrated and got little hype when released. KC_Hokie
I don't think L4D is a sleeper hit. First of all, it had plenty of hype proceeding it's release, and second, it is still one of the most popular games on Xbox LIVE. I don't think L4D qualifies.
[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]Left 4 Dead....it's underrated and got little hype when released. Hickamie14
I don't think L4D is a sleeper hit. First of all, it had plenty of hype proceeding it's release, and second, it is still one of the most popular games on Xbox LIVE. I don't think L4D qualifies. For a game that received several game of the year awards it had little hype and mainly very good, but not great reviews from critics. I can't think of a game for the Xbox 360 that snuck up on me more than Left 4 Dead.
Is Bioshock considered a sleeper hit? If so, Bioshock is my favorite. However, if you don't consider Bioshock a "sleeper hit" I would pick Civilization: Revolution.
Hickamie14
Bioshock was heavily marketed, had a great demo, and was instantly embraced by critics.....far from a sleeper.
Agreed - the demo really sold me on that game. I thought I would try it to see how it compared to the PC versions I was familiar with, but Civ Rev turned out to be great fun in its own right. Too Human was also a lot of fun, but given the large build up prior to release, the amount of hype and pre-release news from Silicon Knights, and then the bashing the demo got and the reviews, I wouldn't have called it a sleeper title. Everyone was aware of it, just fairly few people bought it after the hammering it got in the reviews. Bladestorm is another game I had great fun on the demo, but despite looking in lots of stores I can never find a copy of it to buy. There are a few up on ebay, but still at quite a high price despite the game being around 2 years old.
Is Bioshock considered a sleeper hit? If so, Bioshock is my favorite. However, if you don't consider Bioshock a "sleeper hit" I would pick Civilization: Revolution.
KC_Hokie
Bioshock was heavily marketed, had a great demo, and was instantly embraced by critics.....far from a sleeper. Game demo's don't prevent games from being a sleeper hit, and neither do critic ratings. However, I think you're right about Bioshock not being a "sleeper hit". Also, I thought L4D was over-hyped. You couldn't get away from that game for the month leading up to it's release--definitely not a sleeper hit, nothing from Valve ever is.
Last Remnant. Definitely a fun game and could have been a decent hit if Square had actually taken the time to optimize the Unreal 3 engine for the game.
Crackdown, if it weren't include with the Halo 3 Beta I may have never played it. But when I rented it, I found myself playing it more than the Halo 3 beta sometimes. :lol:
[QUOTE="SoAmazingBaby"]MUA. Doesn't get the credit it deservesMentatAssassin
Agreed. It didnt seem like people properly embraced it.
I think that MUA was really an acquired taste with its presentation. I, for one, loved it as I was always interested in the Marvel universe. A sleeper hit? Probably not... but an underappreciated title, I would very much say so.
Honestly, I don't think that Condemned got its fair shake when it first came out.
A sleeper hit is something that no one expected to be good, or that no one was anticipating. It doesn't matter about the reviews, but it's the lack of marketing and publicity that make it a sleeper. A lot of the games mentioned aren't sleepers; L4D, Bioshock, Too Human... no matter what the reviews were, there were a large portion of people anticipating these games.
As many people have already said The Darkness. Everyone who has played that game knows it's amazing. The balance between your powers, guns, and darklings is amazing and it has one of the best told stories, and voice acting to go along with it, that I've seen.
blazblue is definitley my sleeper hit/. the game came out of nowhere pretty much (outside of japan) and it was amazing with great gameplay and nice hd graphics. blazblue :)
Chronicles of Riddick Assault on Dark Athena. I don't know about the "hit" part of it because I think I'm the only person who bought it. Probably my favorite game on the 360 though.
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