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On January 27 2011 09:16 djcube wrote:Show nested quote +On January 27 2011 05:34 Moody wrote:NBA Jam TE for Sega Genesis BOOOOMSHAKALAKA!!!!!! LOL damn thanks for that, brought back so many memories. makes me wish I still had a genesis I could bust out.
Although NBA jam was awesome, I don't think it was underrated at all. IIRC it was quite popular, being on SNES and Genesis, and being used as a comparison game to say which console was better.
Anyway, it was awesome. I liked the fact that repeatedly shoving your opponent to the ground was legal, and that you could dunk anywhere inside the 3 point line.
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Amazing storyline, mixed with rts sim building and space combat.
One of the highlights of my gaming.
My first RTS, on Windows 3.1
Play this, now.
My entire childhood, but i was the only kid in school playing it seemed.
Nuff said. If you don't know the title to this, gtfo.
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On January 25 2011 22:37 Orome wrote: Vampires the Masquerade Bloodlines. I think it's generally seen as a very good game among the people who know it, but I don't think that many people have heard of it. The first two acts are absolutely brilliant, one of the best RPG experiences I've ever had. Unfortunately the game turns into a hack and slash in the later acts (I think they ran out of money or something), but the game's easily worth playing for the first two acts alone.
This.
It's the last of the mohicans of rpgs as far as I'm concerned :3.
Edit: Also this thread makes me feel old -__ and also Masters of magic. It's aweome.
Also dominions (3)
Get some friends to play and brace for epix.
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Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom (2000)
I LOVED this game and played it to death, it had loads of charm, a great Sean Connery style narrator, diverse missions and it was extremely fun to play and build up an army of upgradeable heroes and manage your kingdom, however the unique concept was not perfected and leaves you very hungry for more content.
The sad part is that the sequel was not made by the original creators but some crappy drunk Russian company that puked out Majesty 2 (2009) which is one of THE worst most abysmal games I've ever played in my life. So basically just like Dungeon Keeper 2, the original creators will never pick up the series again and try to make a sequel that stays true to the original.
If you look at the release dates of all these games you'll tell what I grew up with, I have no regrets
Darkstone (1999) - Underrated, at the time critics said it was just another Diablo ripoff but in fact given the full 3D camera and gameplay improvements it was actually way better. With the exception of the atmosphere and storytelling that was virtually nonexistent compared to the game that started my childhood life as a gamer, Diablo!
Imperium Galactica II: Alliances (2000) - Extremely diverse, interesting and fun game to play, hugely underrated. I have yet to see storytelling like this told from the point of view of a leader of an intergalactic empire as he struggles to dominate the universe and ensure the survival of his species.
Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven (1998) - An epic classic gem of old school RPG first-person dungeon crawling albeit pretty hard, it will remain lost to future gamers. Personally I love the little things that made this game so special and extremely fun to watch your 4 heroes grow to master their traits.
Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor (1999) - A slightly better MM6 with many improvements made, much more fun to play but imbalances breaks the game and it also overall wastes it's great potential, tends to stand in the shadow of it's predecessor.
Chaos Overlords (1996)- Great humor, great gangs and a greatly addictive board game! Anyone should Google after this game and download it from one of the Abandonware sites just to give it a try.
Age of Wonders (1999) - This is a beautiful gem with an even more beautiful music score, the unit descriptions and the lore in itself blows away most of the writing in todays games. The sequel AoW2 (2002) had the same beauty, amazing spells, great artistic graphics and different albeit still great gameplay but still lacks that special magic that made Age of Wonders feel like something out of The Lord of the Rings.
Theme Hospital (1997) - One of the most fun and the most unique game ever made from the creators of the Dungeon Keeper series. This is another timeless gem made by the allmighty Bullfrog Productions that meet their final end in 04 when EA combined their studios into EA UK...those fuckers. I adored this game when I was a kid, I always wanted to play it but never could until a year or two ago.
System Shock 2 (1999) - Among THE very best game I've ever played in my life, anyone who dares to call themselves a gamer needs to stop whatever they're doing right now and play this fucking awesome game.
Planescape: Torment (1999) - Widely regarded by it's fans as one of the best RPG ever made with the best storytelling ever conceived in a game. But this is not just a game, it's an interactive huge book, it's beyond traditional gaming development, it's a masterpiece that will blow your mind away with it's grim world, it's characters, it's depth and it's lore & philosophies. However The Nameless One tends to stand in the shadow of Black Isle's other Infinity engine series like Baldurs Gate, Icewind Dale and Fallout by nostalgics. Is Torment underrated? Hell yeah, at it's release it was not a commercial success and little profit was made, many gamers have still never heard about it but this is not for the easily bored that need action and want to kill everything in sight. Torment is a game for the highly intellectual that have the patience to read through some of it's estimated over 800,000 or so words, is it worth it? Yes it's worth it...your mind will change forever.
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I loved Lords of magic. It was a turn based strategy game with interesting real time battles set in a fantasy world.
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The longest journey
Best point and click adventure i have ever played, as well as the best voice acting and best story of any game IMO.
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On January 26 2011 12:41 ccou wrote:I also agree with This is another of my favorite games that I will go back and play every couple years or so. I'm not sure if Demon's Souls should be underrated. It was pretty much game of the year. Sure, I'll hear flak about the game here and there, but I really don't know anyone in real life that doesn't love Demon's Souls.
Such an awesome game. I've tried to get a TL thread for it going, never really happened.
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Can you guys stick with the thread topic?
This isn't "Awesome Games", its "Underrated Games that are Awesome"..
I mean System Shock....seriously lol?
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I would say Heroes of Might and Magic 4. Best campaign story ever.
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On January 27 2011 10:12 irninja wrote:Play this, now. im so ashamed i foegot about darwinia. such a lovely game
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I had lots of fun with this game and the singleplayer campaign is amazing.
And this:
It is a game I'll never forget.
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Sooo cooool !
Medusa
and Myst :- )))
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Such an awesome strategy game. Challenging single player campaign and still has an active community after all these years. Game's free too, so check it out.
http://www.netstormhq.com/news.php
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I played an old Master of Orion style Star wars strategy game called Rebellion a lot. You got to use all the characters from the original series for various missions, you got to train Luke to be a Jedi and start training other jedi, you could build many death stars as the empire et cetera. I've never heard of anyone else playing it though, so I guess it qualifies .
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On January 27 2011 19:27 Shockk wrote:Such an awesome strategy game. Challenging single player campaign and still has an active community after all these years. Game's free too, so check it out. http://www.netstormhq.com/news.php
Was gonna mention this until I saw your post.
Most ingenious and unique RTS to date.
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