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2007-04-30, 12:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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#16
Bugbear in the Playground
Re: Most underrated video games of all time (ever)
It's hard to say because sometimes you think something's unheard of only to find that it's more popular than you thought. And there's relativity to how underrated something is... but...
Planescape: Torment - This is a weird one because in some ways I think it has more vocal fans now than when it came out in 1999. It won RPG of the Year but didn't sell well; now tons of people are trying to find a copy. Awesome game that should have been marketed better.
The Suikoden Series - Depending on who I'm talking to, it seems like this is either really popular or extremely obscure. At any rate, I'm not a massive JRPG fan, but this is a series I've really enjoyed. In a world where it seems of console RPGs all that anyone seems to talk about is Final Fantasy, Suikoden offers some of the best of that genre while also offering a really unique world and some very cool ideas and wonderful characters.
Shadow Hearts Covenant - Just played this a little while ago and wondering why I seem to be the only person who's heard of it. Another JRPG, but with a very different feel than the others I've played, set in an alternate World War I era Earth with fantasy elements.
I second another poster's mention of Nethack. Good old Roguelikes.
Titan Quest -- This is a fairly recent game, having come out last summer, but didn't get widely marketed. It's very Diablo-like in gameplay, with an "ancient-worlds" setting. It's well-written and paced; the interface is nothing new if you've played Diablo, but it's a well-done game and should get some credit where it's due.