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Most underrated game of all time?
SubOrbital | 5:25 PM on 11.03.2007 22 comments


Anyone have a winner for this?

My first pick would be Eternal Darkness for GameCube, but I'm not sure if that was underrated or not. I just know it was very cool. I really wish there had of been a sequel made to that, because it had a very cool concept that I felt could have been delved into a bit more.

Beyond Good and Evil comes to mind as well. I really enjoyed that game and I don't know how good it did or if there is going to be a sequel.

Does anyone out there have a really strong contender for most underrated game of all time? From the 8-bit gen to the current one, take your pick. I'm pretty sure there will be many valid suggestions.



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Jonathan Kerr's Destructoid Blog
I love Herdy Gerdy. It was one of my first ps2 games and the visuals just blew me away.
Cheeburga's Destructoid Blog
I was expecting a long review of an old game but what I found was a question in the forums.
Def JM's Destructoid Blog
I played alot of U.N. Squadron for snes, I loved the upgrades and just the difficulty.
dubbya's Destructoid Blog
I was always a big ikaruga fan, it was so insanely difficult it gave you a hell of a sense of accomplishment
Def JM's Destructoid Blog
@dubbya

I still can't pass the fucking third stage on Ikaruga.
BlindsideDork's Destructoid Blog
ED:SR is SWEET!
youkilledmyguy's Destructoid Blog
Halo... without a doubt.

Let the good times roll.
DJMegaMatX's Destructoid Blog
I really enjoyed Aerobiz: Supersonic for the SNES. It's an airline business simluation game from Koei and gets quite challenging later on. It would have been easier to play with a mouse than a SNES controller, but that's quibbling.
jdub28's Destructoid Blog
yosia island
jdub28's Destructoid Blog
yoshi's island, sorry
aborto thefetus's Destructoid Blog
Okami bitches!
king3vbo's Destructoid Blog
Beyond Good and Evil
Scape's Destructoid Blog
Final Fantasy 7....

but seriously I agree with anyone who has said Eternal Darkness, Beyond Good and Evil, Psychonauts definitely, and more recently Zack and Wiki.
dubbya's Destructoid Blog
@Def JM

...yeah, I haven't played it in so long I imagine i wouldn't be much better

Still, it was an innovative game, even if it did make you want to rip out chunks of your own hair
Excremento's Destructoid Blog
Damnit just saw this post, I've been working on a top ten underrated games list, guess I have to tweak it a bit.
kobewan0824's Destructoid Blog
Underrated? Well, this seems to belong in the forums, but who am I to say something. Anyway, Eternal Darkness was widely acclaimed and was in fact highly rated. So that's out the door. I know many of us here on Dtoid love Final Fantasy Tactics, but check out it's MetaCritic Score: An 83 That is truly underrating a game.
kobewan0824's Destructoid Blog
BTW, it's kind of amazing to see how people's fond memories have changed their opinion of the titles, as evidenced by FF Tactics: War of the Lions MetaCritic Score: An 87 That's 4 points higher than the original, and still not quite high enough in my opinion.
kawitchate's Destructoid Blog
simply Ico
kobewan0824's Destructoid Blog
Ico is also an underrated game, but much like FF Tactics it has amassed a wonderful cult community. It's supporters are fierce and will defend their game until the end.
Upgrayedd's Destructoid Blog
I always really liked Hexen (PC) but it wasn't very well reviewed and I don't remember it selling particularly well on any of the 3 or 4 systems it came out on.
demonelite's Destructoid Blog
I think Advent Rising for the xbox was a very underrated game, it got average/bad reviews and the controls were a bit shit so most people didn't try it.
Fleet3000's Destructoid Blog
Eternal Darkness scared the living crap out of me. and i only watched my friends play it. so amazing.


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