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#1 normal_gamer
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All I see nowadays is "That game is overrated","This game is overhyped",but I never see anyone mention underrated games,what do you think are the most underrated games this gen.?

Thanks.

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#2 Yandere
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Underrated as in low scores or little/no popularity?

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#3 AnObscureName
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Valkyria Chronicles. I think it was a fairly stellar game yet I don't know anyone else who has heard of/played it.
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#4 normal_gamer
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Underrated as in low scores or little/no popularity?

Yandere
A bit of both,but mostly low scores.
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#5 Microsoft1234
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probably braid and the orange box (althought tf2 is way better on pc). braid is w/o doubt the best platformer this gen (yes ive played lbp and super mario galaxy boh are good but braid was great)
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#6 kozzy1234
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- Risen (PC)

- Too Human

- Shadowrun

- Tropico3

- Dawn Of Discovery

- ARMA2

- Last Remnant

- First Ratchet and Clank on ps3

- Valkyria Chronicles

- Lost Odyssey

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#7 ShuichiChamp24
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A bit of both,but mostly low scores.normal_gamer

That's easy, Rune factory Frontier. Haven't met people that have heard of the game. It didn't even get reviewed.

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#8 Master_ShakeXXX
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Condemned 2

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#9 SpiritOfFire117
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Halo Wars Bioshock 2 Resident Evil 5
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#10 nintendoboy16
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii version), Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution series, Metroid Prime 3 (personally, I think it's the best in the Prime games).

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#11 BioShockOwnz
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Lost Odyssey

Final Fantasy XIII

Blue Dragon

Blue Dragon Plus

AWAY: Shuffle Dungeon

Divinity II

Risen

Sacred 2

Cryostasis

Deadly Premonition

Raiden Fighters Aces

Raiden IV

The Saboteur

Dante's Inferno

Wolfenstein

BioShock 2

Heavy Rain (I'd rate this higher, but I can see the flaws. I guess I enjoyed it so freaking much that I was able to overlook 'em all...)

Race Pro

Wet

Crackdown

Ninja Blade

Mirror's Edge

Bayonetta (10/100!!!!!)

Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena

Etc.

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#12 Justinge3
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Guitar Hero Van Halen at least an AAA 9+
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#13 AAllxxjjnn
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Dead Rising, Mirror's Edge, Lost Odyssey, Uncharted.
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#14 GeoffZak
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Sonic Unleashed is one of the best 3D Sonic games, the daytime levels are so fun.

Even though Tales of Vesperia had positive reviews, it doesn't get the respect it deserves. It's overlooked by a lot of people, some have even said it's a PS2 quality game because the graphics aren't realistic. I think the graphics look great because that's what they were going for, anime like graphics, and they did a good job with that.

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#15 thespywholied
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Dead Rising, Mirror's Edge, Lost Odyssey, Uncharted.AAllxxjjnn

Man that game never gets boring! xD

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#16 Seabas989
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Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure

LostWinds

Mirrors Edge

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Muramasa: The Demon Blade

Tales of Vesperia

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Cheronobyl

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#17 Sky-
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Super Mario Galaxy...

[spoiler] :P [/spoiler]

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#18 Microsoft1234
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Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure

LostWinds

Mirrors Edge

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Muramasa: The Demon Blade

Tales of Vesperia

Seabas989
I loved radiant dawn, great game imo, gamespots review was "they didn't try to do anything with the wiimote therefore we can't give it a decent score" it was laughable.
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#19 dragonfly110
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as far as scores go- monster hunter freedom series

as far as sales go- ID, I dont pay much attention to sales tbh with you.

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#20 Seabas989
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[QUOTE="Seabas989"]

Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure

LostWinds

Mirrors Edge

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Muramasa: The Demon Blade

Tales of Vesperia

Microsoft1234

I loved radiant dawn, great game imo, gamespots review was "they didn't try to do anything with the wiimote therefore we can't give it a decent score" it was laughable.

I usually don't get bothered by reviewers but that written review was terrible.

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#21 Yandere
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Hidden & Dangerous 2


Tensho Gakuen Gekkoroku

Toushin Toshi III

All I feel like doing.

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#22 patriots7672
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Darksiders

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#23 me_rock
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The Darkness. Incredible game if you like story and awesomeness :P

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#24 SpiritOfFire117
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The Darkness. Incredible game if you like story and awesomeness :P

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I like awesomeness. :D
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#25 kozzy1234
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The Darkness. Incredible game if you like story and awesomeness :P

me_rock

Definatly one i missed for my list :P

The begining of that game is awesome

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#26 sikanderahmed
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Kameo
PGR3
Shadowrun
Crackdown
R&C FTOD
Uncharted 1
Dark Sector
Socom Confrontation
Moto GP 06

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#27 dakan45
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Bionic commando was very underatted.
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#28 BPoole96
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I'd say Borderlands is pretty underrated

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#29 gmc2u_64
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-Resident Evil 5: The amount of hate this gets is sad. But hey, haters be darned, because I like this game better than the Pre-RE4 games.

-GTA IV: Same as above, only this is my personal favorite.

-Halo (Series): Again, same as above, only I'm talking about the series as a whole.

-Fable 2: A great game that I've spent alot of time on, yet it gets tons of hate.

-Fallout 3: I hate haters. :? What can I say?

-Bioshock 2: Better than Bioshock, yet hardly anyone talks about it here.

...I'm dead, aren't I?

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#30 SpideR_CentS
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Crackdown, MLB The Show, Fable 2, Rainbow 6 Vegas 2, Geometry Wars, Forza Motorsport 3

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#31 lordreaven
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Crack Down......*sigh* the only 360 game i want on PC.

Valkyria Chronicles, ME WANT PC VERSION!!!!!!!!!!!! (best sega game to date)

Red Faction Guerilla, the destruction engine would be revelountionary for a FPS (think of Halo, or KZ2, or BC2*but has good destruction already*)

AVP 3, all those reviews complained about trivial stuff "The controls are different for each race" or "The Campaign was to generic, not like MW2's:roll:"

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#32 illmatic87
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Dawn Of Discovery/Anno 1404 Divinity 2 Machinarium Lucidity Aquaria Kings Bounty: The Legend X3: Terren Conflict A Vampyre Story + I think the Overlord games are great. De Blob Zack & Wiki Little Kings Story LostWinds 2 Trauma Center: UTK Advance Wars Hotel Dusk: Room 215 Ace Attorney games
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#33 enterawesome
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Sacred 2, for me. That was such an addictive, awesome game! :D
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#34 enterawesome
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[QUOTE="gmc2u_64"]

-Resident Evil 5: The amount of hate this gets is sad. But hey, haters be darned, because I like this game better than the Pre-RE4 games.

-GTA IV: Same as above, only this is my personal favorite.

-Halo (Series): Again, same as above, only I'm talking about the series as a whole.

-Fable 2: A great game that I've spent alot of time on, yet it gets tons of hate.

-Fallout 3: I hate haters. :? What can I say?

-Bioshock 2: Better than Bioshock, yet hardly anyone talks about it here.

...I'm dead, aren't I?

Um... All of those games scored incredibly highly. In fact, GTA4 is the second highest rated game of all time, next to Ocarina of Time.
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#35 mD-
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Warhawk is never talked about. That game has 4 player split screen too!

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#36 tbone802
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Condemned and The Darkness...both better then most AAA blockbusters.
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#37 gmc2u_64
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[QUOTE="gmc2u_64"]

-Resident Evil 5: The amount of hate this gets is sad. But hey, haters be darned, because I like this game better than the Pre-RE4 games.

-GTA IV: Same as above, only this is my personal favorite.

-Halo (Series): Again, same as above, only I'm talking about the series as a whole.

-Fable 2: A great game that I've spent alot of time on, yet it gets tons of hate.

-Fallout 3: I hate haters. :? What can I say?

-Bioshock 2: Better than Bioshock, yet hardly anyone talks about it here.

...I'm dead, aren't I?

enterawesome

Um... All of those games scored incredibly highly. In fact, GTA4 is the second highest rated game of all time, next to Ocarina of Time.

I'm talking about the hate they get around these here parts we're in, friend.

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#38 Kandlegoat
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-Resident Evil 5: The amount of hate this gets is sad. But hey, haters be darned, because I like this game better than the Pre-RE4 games.

-GTA IV: Same as above, only this is my personal favorite.

-Halo (Series): Again, same as above, only I'm talking about the series as a whole.

-Fable 2: A great game that I've spent alot of time on, yet it gets tons of hate.

-Fallout 3: I hate haters. :? What can I say?

-Bioshock 2: Better than Bioshock, yet hardly anyone talks about it here.

...I'm dead, aren't I?

gmc2u_64

That's funny...you make old fans of series (especially Fallout fans) out to be these hateful.mean bullies that pick on you;yet last time I checked,quite a few of your posts consists of antagonizing or unprovoked attacks on old fans ...forgive me if I find this just a tiny bit.... *hypocritical*.

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#39 foxhound_fox
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Prince of Persia [2008], Crackdown, Mirror's Edge, Odin Sphere, Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Kameo: Element of Power and Dead Rising.

All of those games I found to be better than all the "AAA" games I've played this generation (games like Call of Duty 4, Gears of War, GTAIV, etc.).

Prince of Persia for being an incredibly unique platformer that has artitic merit out the ass. Crackdown for being one of the zaniest sandbox game to ever grace gaming. Mirror's Edge for redefining movement in first-person games. Odin Sphere for being an artistic masterpiece and for having one of the mot well-written stories in gaming to date. Banjo Kazooie for doing something with the platformer genre I've never seen before and highly impressing me. Kameo for being an visually stunning game that has barely been matched to date. And Dead Rising for being... well, mother ****ing Dead Rising.

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Condemned: Criminal Origins and Condemned 2: Bloodshot. These games were BADASS.Original was ****brix scary and the sequel while not quite as thrilling as the original still had its share of awesome moments and levels, and I actually enjoyed the HELL out of the Crime Scene multiplayer mode. I honestly had some of my favorite moments in online gaming simply trying to find the best place to hide the box. I want a threequel!!!

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Banjo Kazooie for doing something with the platformer genre I've never seen before and highly impressing me. foxhound_fox

...by not being a platformer?

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#42 moose_knuckler
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Lost Odyssey Valkyria Chronicles Star Wars: Force Unleashed Dead Rising if going strictly by metacritic
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#43 foxhound_fox
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...by not being a platformer?Shinobishyguy

I didn't know that there was a solid definition for the genre that excluded Nuts & Bolts? In N&B you are going from platform to platform, but instead of jumping, you are using vehicles. Unique, and kind of out there. A hybrid platformer/racer, but still technically a platformer.

Metroid Prime is part platformer, and by your reckoning wouldn't be considered one because there is shooting.

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#44 hrt_rulz01
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Some that come to mind are Red Faction Guerilla, Bioshock 2 & Formula 1 CE.
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#45 Shinobishyguy
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[QUOTE="Shinobishyguy"]...by not being a platformer?foxhound_fox


I didn't know that there was a solid definition for the genre that excluded Nuts & Bolts? In N&B you are going from platform to platform, but instead of jumping, you are using vehicles. Unique, and kind of out there. A hybrid platformer/racer, but still technically a platformer.

Metroid Prime is part platformer, and by your reckoning wouldn't be considered one because there is shooting.

you can't even have your vehicle jump until you unlock springs. Thats not until the third world. How is it a platformer if you can't even jump most of the time?

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#46 foxhound_fox
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you can't even have your vehicle jump until you unlock springs. Thats not until the third world. How is it a platformer if you can't even jump most of the time?

Shinobishyguy


*sigh*

Why is "jumping" a requirement for a platformer? Why can't running off ramps and using helicopter blades to hover be considered roughly the same thing? Braid is a wonderful platformer, but its main mechanics is controlling the flow of time, not jumping.

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#47 djsifer01
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1.Heavy Rain 2.Ratchet & Clank: ACIT 3.White Knight Cronicles(Should of scored at least 7.5) 4.MAG 5.Too Human 6.Dantes Inferno Several others i cant think of off the top of my head.
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GRID, Mirror's Edge, Shattered Horizon, and the S.T.A.L.K.E.R series.

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[QUOTE="Shinobishyguy"]...by not being a platformer?foxhound_fox


I didn't know that there was a solid definition for the genre that excluded Nuts & Bolts? In N&B you are going from platform to platform, but instead of jumping, you are using vehicles. Unique, and kind of out there. A hybrid platformer/racer, but still technically a platformer.

Metroid Prime is part platformer, and by your reckoning wouldn't be considered one because there is shooting.

Yeah...no. Here's how most of the game plays out:

1. Enter world.

2. Look at mini-map and go to "Actor" (No exploration what so ever).

3. Talk to "Actor" and find out what to do (Which involves a Time-Limit, which was stupid).

4. Pull out blue-print and modify existing vehicle.

5. Do repetitive challenge that 99% of the time doesn't involve platforming.

6. Repeat steps 2-5.

Really, to call it a platformer (Or a true sequel for that matter) is an insult to the originals. Love it all you want, but it's a piss-poor platformer.

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#50 Kandlegoat
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[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]

[QUOTE="Shinobishyguy"]...by not being a platformer?gmc2u_64


I didn't know that there was a solid definition for the genre that excluded Nuts & Bolts? In N&B you are going from platform to platform, but instead of jumping, you are using vehicles. Unique, and kind of out there. A hybrid platformer/racer, but still technically a platformer.

Metroid Prime is part platformer, and by your reckoning wouldn't be considered one because there is shooting.

Yeah...no. Here's how most of the game plays out:

1. Enter world.

2. Look at mini-map and go to "Actor" (No exploration what so ever).

3. Talk to "Actor" and find out what to do (Which involves a Time-Limit, which was stupid).

4. Pull out blue-print and modify existing vehicle.

5. Do repetitive challenge that 99% of the time doesn't involve platforming.

6. Repeat steps 2-5.

Really, to call it a platformer (Or a true sequel for that matter) is an insult to the originals. Love it all you want, but it's a piss-poor platformer.

You sound just likeus meanhearted elitist oldschool fallout fans..TEH irony! ;)