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[p_xavier]

I didn't want to bump up decade years old thread but here's it. What is your most underrated game.

For me it's Rose & Camellia - The Rose bride of legend. It's so perfect in every way. So simple but yet so satisfying.

What is yours?

 

[Dacvak]

I just played through the game you posted, and it was indeed hilarious and awesome. I call it "Slappa Bitch Simulator" lol

I'd say a hugely underrated game this year is Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo. It's a top-down Zelda-style adventure game (with some metroidvania elements), and it has some of the best puzzles and gameplay mechanics of the genre.

Definitely worth giving a try. It's excellent. There's even some really difficult sequence breaking you can do, that the devs were aware of and reward you for.

 

[The Cockatrice]

This year

Most people didnt push through the first part where the narrator is a bit annoying, but it becomes so much better. It's the most wait for it game I ever played.

bonus

amazing soundtrack, atmosphere, all around fantastic game, tho not sure if its underrated, as I heard a lot of ppl talking about it. 2021 game tho

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

 

[p_xavier]

I just played through the game you posted, and it was indeed hilarious and awesome.

I'd say a hugely underrated game this year is Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo. It's a top-down Zelda-style adventure game, and it has some of the best puzzles and gameplay mechanics of the genre.

Oh I will look into it. Sounds interesting.

 

[El Hee-Ho]

Come on now

Don't buy at full price, it usually goes on sale for very cheap.

 

[amigastar]

Phoenix Point with Terror from the Void mod. Excellent game and has only 74 on Metacritic.

 

[MrJangles]

Exo One. Stunning beautiful exhilarating surreal game...

 

[EverydayBeast]

In the last 10 years? Biomutant for sure. Before that? Resident Evil 6, pure adrenaline rush.

 

[Nankatsu]

Don't judge me, but I actually dig the crap out of this game back in the day.

Even though I still have no idea why the first game based on the Matrix franchise completely ditched Neo out of it

Also honorable mention to this one:

The use of the right analogue stick to actually do all the fighting was pretty unique to me.

 

[Witchilich]

Came here to say Dragons Dogma but since El Hee-Ho has already mentioned it I will just say Commandos:Behind the Enemy Lines

First PC game I played.

 

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[Arsic]

This year? Hell Is Us

Of all time? Tough to say. Let It Die? Babylons Fall? Alundra? Crystalis?

 

[Neff]

 

[p_xavier]

This year? Hell Is Us

Of all time? Tough to say. Let It Die? Babylons Fall? Alundra? Crystalis?

If we go this far. I would also suggest this one. I have a copy for Famicom.

 

[Danjin44]

Astral Chain….

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

 

[p_xavier]

Fuck he's hot. That's like my husband to be. Never heard of that title.

 

[Boy bawang]

Through the last decade, that's gotta be Rain World for me. Mind-blowing

 

[ssringo]

I have a soft spot for these low to mid range budget games. Everything is solid except exploration rewards, which mostly boil down to extra materials for leveling or crafting stuff. Love the art style.

 

[San Dan Glokta]

I always love threads like these, its always great to discover fellow GAFers hidden gems. Thanks for making it OP.

My two games:

I rather enjoy mind-fucky games with twisted narratives and brisk gameplay. These two never get any love.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

 

[Corporal.Hicks]

For me, it's Enclave. This game had an incredible atmosphere (with fantasy/Lord of the Rings vibes), beautiful and varied levels, amazing orchestrated music, and graphics that blew me away in 2002 (pixel shader water, sharp textures, bump mapping, big open levels, high quality character models). The combat could have been better (more predictable), but I still had great fun completing this game on Xbox Classic. I've replayed this game maybe 10 times over the years.

Gameplay on the original Xbox.

 

[ReyBrujo]

Of all time? Banana Prince. I played dozens of hours and always found something new. I reversed engineered the password system when I was like 11 or 12 to get all possible passwords to start at the final boss with no upgrades or to start the game with full upgrades. And I played it in Japanese in a famiclone, there weren't roms or English patches back then.

 

[p_xavier]

Now that reminded me of this game.

 

[IAmRei]

dang, this kind of me thread
i have a lot of them, like almost all of what i like is underrated gems these days

 

[Hyperborean]

Shadow Man. My favourite non-Nintendo N64 game.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Criminally overlooked

I liked this indie a lot more than I expected to:

 

[dorkimoe]

Come on now

Don't buy at full price, it usually goes on sale for very cheap.

I was so surprised at how good this game ran on Xbox. I need to get back into it but the fast travel was so bad. Game is great though!

 

[mèx]

Shilling for UNSIGHTED is my full time job. It's a top down action adventure with a map you can tackle in any way you want. It's a Zelda game with parries and Metroidvania elements.

It's peak.

 

[Signalis]

Got the platinum trophy. Loved every single second.

 

[El Hee-Ho]

Came here to say Dragons Dogma but since El Hee-Ho has already mentioned it I will just say Commandos:Behind the Enemy Lines

First PC game I played.

Loved Commandos back then! The first game and it's expansion were a bit too hard for my younger self, but I remember enjoying the second game quite a lot.

I was so surprised at how good this game ran on Xbox. I need to get back into it but the fast travel was so bad. Game is great though!

Yeah the fast-travel might require some time getting used to. Thing is, with the Dark Arisen DLC they gave the player a fast-travel item that has infinite uses. Still limited since you can only travel to a few select places (that you have to create by placing an item there), but imo much better than how it was originally.

UNSIGHTED

Looks cool! Is it anything like Hyper Light Drifter? Loved that game.

 

[LectureMaster]

Playing it right now. It's criminally underrated. Maybe it's just the character action genre, but still.

 

[mèx]

Looks cool! Is it anything like Hyper Light Drifter? Loved that game.

It's similar to that, but it's way more Zelda.

It has proper dungeons that can be tackled in different orders, and there are quite a few upgrades that change how you can traverse the overworld (which is super fun to explore).

The combat is different, slightly more methodical with parries, it's really cool.

The vibes are similar, it's a decadent world even if for very different reasons.

Basically if you are in the mood to play a blend of 2D Zelda/Metroidvania, this is the game.

 

[Pimpollo818]

FUCK YES

 

[Hookshot]

Fur Fighters on the DC. It's a 3rd person shooter with some collectathon aspects trying to find items and puzzles. The plot becomes like a James Bond story.

Fur Fighters - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Never played the sequel but I really enjoyed the first one back when I played it.

 

[MrJangles]

Another one. It got a bit more exposure over the past few years but its still probably the most underrated shooter ever. It goes toe to toe with Metroid Prime imo.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Donkey Kong Bananza.

 

[Spukc]

i know you can only get 151 pokemons with a lot of effort.
but it's better then any other modern pokemon game with more pokemons.

a rare underrated gem

 

[Sethbacca]

Frostpunk would probably be the one that most people haven't played but should (if they like strategy and city builders).

 

[Dr. Suchong]

Frostpunk would probably be the one that most people haven't played but should (if they like strategy and city builders).

Absolutely incredible game, but so demoralising, because I stink at it.
To be fair, it is pretty brutal.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Shilling for UNSIGHTED is my full time job. It's a top down action adventure with a map you can tackle in any way you want. It's a Zelda game with parries and Metroidvania elements.

It's peak.

Been wanting to check this out for AWHILE

 

[Sethbacca]

Absolutely incredible game, but so demoralising, because I stink at it.
To be fair, it is pretty brutal.

Definitely a learning curve, but when you finally create a city that outlasts the long winter it feels so good

 

[Guilty_AI]

Crosscode doesn't get talked about nearly enough



Very well realized Action JRPG with tons of content and semi-open world

 

[Lightbreak]

Been wanting to check this out for AWHILE

No better time than now then,

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

2025? Borderlands 4

 

[Lightbreak]

Criminally underrated is this game, the perfect mix between bullet hell, Zelda and metroidvania:

 

[Chuck Berry]

No better time than now then,

It's on PSN as well so I'd grab it there

 

[Nintendo's Witch]

Great recommendations guys wish listed some of them. Mine is Disgaea 4. If you like SRPGS you should play it.

 

[San Dan Glokta]

Of all time? Banana Prince. I played dozens of hours and always found something new. I reversed engineered the password system when I was like 11 or 12 to get all possible passwords to start at the final boss with no upgrades or to start the game with full upgrades. And I played it in Japanese in a famiclone, there weren't roms or English patches back then.

Metal af