[D] Underrated games you found actually fun? - Page 3
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SoulSever
Canada779 Posts
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Tropics
United Kingdom1132 Posts
On January 26 2011 00:09 Whiladan wrote: Dark Cloud 2. Not as good as the original, but I still played the shit out of it. i question the intelligence of anyone who thinks dark cloud 2 was anything but an improvement over the first one in every single conceivable way literally nothing about the first game was better | ||
Noxie
United States2227 Posts
On January 26 2011 04:39 Mortician wrote: Oh, god, borderlans is so repetitive. And the ending doesn't make up for the insane grinding you have to do. I hear ya, but honestly playing with it with my roommates was some of the most fun times I have had. Granted, I am not a big "storyline" person.. honestly if the game play is smooth nice and interesting that is all I need. (Let it be known I have yet to even touch the sc2 campaign) | ||
DarkPlasmaBall
United States42241 Posts
Fuck yes. Best game ever. | ||
pfods
United States895 Posts
On January 26 2011 04:39 Mortician wrote: Oh, god, borderlans is so repetitive. And the ending doesn't make up for the insane grinding you have to do. what grinding? all you have to do is the quests. and you can even skip like half of them. | ||
pfods
United States895 Posts
On January 26 2011 06:31 Avarice wrote: X3: Terran Conflict Where to start! This game could most simply be described as Eve Online as a single player game. Except you can dogfight, and automate/remotely control freighters to do those boring ass trade runs. It offers something, for now, rather unique as far as sandboxes go. It was not widely successful for some very obvious reasons: 60% barrier of entry- You really have to put in some effort to understand this game. The tutorial is unsuccessful, and the lacking story only covers about 15% of the potential of the game. In an environment where GTA is the king of sandbox, the much deeper mechanics of the X universe would go unseen by most critics. 20% lack of advertisement- Anyone who has even heard of this game probably heard about it from another gamer. 20% technical issues/polish- The X3 universe is perhaps a shot at an unachievable ideal in sandbox gaming. Sectors exist when you're not in them. Civilian ships carry and sell supplies, pirates pirate, wars are fought, and industry is churning. All of this is processed in real time, and puts a severe strain on your cpu. At some point, when the universe gets complex enough within a character's lifetime, the game just bogs down. There are also several compromises made to streamline this processing that affect the continuity of the economy model. Despite these drawbacks, it offers an experience you really just can't get anywhere else. Perhaps most interesting are the stories that can be told within its universe by someone with sufficient creativity. I probably had as much fun following Nuklear Slug as I did playing the game myself. Plus, views like this are always worth a moment's consideration. The x series would absolutely baller status if there were more than 7 quests in each game, and once the "campaign" ended, there was more to do besides build your own self sustaining sector and go blow shit up | ||
IMLyte
Canada714 Posts
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oN_Silva
197 Posts
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rift
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Rayeth
United States883 Posts
On January 25 2011 23:19 Obsolescence wrote: Demon's Souls is a fantastic game. Game of the Year for 2009 in my opinion. Yes, it is unforgiving. No, it is not too hard. If you think the game is too hard then you are doing it wrong. Most people start the game and quit when they die to the first enemy's leap attack. Remember, side-step + back-stab for great justice. I'm just going to quote this because it is exactly what I was going to say. Demon's Souls is an amazing game. The combat is very precise and yes unforgiving. If you are wearing armor, don't expect to be rolling around and dodging like a ninja. Play carefully and strategically and you will prevail eventually. | ||
AzurewinD
United States569 Posts
Sure the graphics were a tad bit rough, the character models had gangly legs. I give those objections credit. People didn't like the flick targetting. I found no problems with it personally. People said it looked like Halo, I can certainly see why, but I still say it has its own style. It was a great game in its own right that got blasted by reviewers who couldn't see past a few flaws to the great potential underneath. It was supposed to be a trilogy that got cut short at 1 game. Very disappointing. | ||
Blaz3k
Slovenia71 Posts
On January 26 2011 00:09 zeross wrote: Trine This! Such a great game Also angry birds for PC! And virtual skipper 5 online. http://www.virtualskipper-game.com/vsk5/ A free sailing simulation. If you put in the effort to understand all the rules of match racing it can be extremely competitive . | ||
Evolpeac
United States34 Posts
Life Force - Nintendo Legend of the Dragoon - Playstation Star Ocean - Playstation * phenomenal game Space Rangers 2 Reboot - PC Darkcloud - Playstation 2 Jade Cocoon 2 - Playstation 2 Disgea 3 - Playstation 3 | ||
OmaplatA
United States33 Posts
Probably one of my favorite games of all time. Not sure why | ||
DerNebel
Denmark648 Posts
I know it is just a class-based TPS game like any other, but the AvA just hooked me for some time. So much fun competing for territory along with your alliance. And also +1 for Trine. I had a lot of fun with that game. It is a little short though, but still worth the money. | ||
pfods
United States895 Posts
Blue Stinger. Amazing third person shooter/RPGish game for the dream cast | ||
kxr1der
United States213 Posts
On January 26 2011 06:30 Szgk wrote: Sacrifice (2000) One of the most original rts games I've ever seen, visually stunning for a ten year old game. Wide critical acclaim but didn't sell very well. I highly recommend you watch TotalBiscuit's review video: I loved Sacrifice, unfortunately the game wont run on my Win7 computer, the cinematic crashes and without completing the game I cant get custom spellbooks. | ||
Coriolis
United States1152 Posts
On January 26 2011 06:31 Avarice wrote: X3: Terran Conflict Where to start! This game could most simply be described as Eve Online as a single player game. Except you can dogfight, and automate/remotely control freighters to do those boring ass trade runs. It offers something, for now, rather unique as far as sandboxes go. It was not widely successful for some very obvious reasons: 60% barrier of entry- You really have to put in some effort to understand this game. The tutorial is unsuccessful, and the lacking story only covers about 15% of the potential of the game. In an environment where GTA is the king of sandbox, the much deeper mechanics of the X universe would go unseen by most critics. 20% lack of advertisement- Anyone who has even heard of this game probably heard about it from another gamer. 20% technical issues/polish- The X3 universe is perhaps a shot at an unachievable ideal in sandbox gaming. Sectors exist when you're not in them. Civilian ships carry and sell supplies, pirates pirate, wars are fought, and industry is churning. All of this is processed in real time, and puts a severe strain on your cpu. At some point, when the universe gets complex enough within a character's lifetime, the game just bogs down. There are also several compromises made to streamline this processing that affect the continuity of the economy model. Despite these drawbacks, it offers an experience you really just can't get anywhere else. Perhaps most interesting are the stories that can be told within its universe by someone with sufficient creativity. I probably had as much fun following Nuklear Slug as I did playing the game myself. Plus, views like this are always worth a moment's consideration. Oh man this game is like crack. Probably the best space sim I've ever played. Its a shame there probably won't be a X4. Galactic Civilizations 2: Twilight of the Arnor. It was an expansion to a somehwat unknown TBS game, and is absolutely spectacular. It looks great yet runs even on terrible hardware, and the amount of freedom the devs give you is absolutely ridiculous. The AI is definately above its competitors as well, unfortunately there is no Gal civ 3 planned . | ||
Ideas
United States7965 Posts
I really liked shattered horizon. It was a really neat concept that never really took off since it really was a bit more of a tech demo tahn a game. there just wasnt enough content in it when it luanched. later they patched it to double the map-pool and added in multiple weapons (before there was JUST the assault rifle), but I feel it was too late and the game is already pretty much dead. /badass trailer also I know they arent really "underrated" since they received critical acclaim and I think did alright in sells, but the 1st 2 brothers in arms games were amazing. I feel tehy never got enough love since they were WW2 FPS games, but they are still probably the best implementation of squad control and tactics in a FPS ever. its really too bad that the 3rd brothers in arms game was just ass. | ||
MoreFaSho
United States1427 Posts
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