Some Underrated or Unappreciated Games

Technology and Gaming
#21

Well that’s mainly because they tried to cram everything they possibly could in the huge levels to make it look as good as possible - It’s mainly due to the vegetation. Some maps have hundreds of thousands of vegetation objects (which is admittedly kinda ridiculous, but still works well for the environment)

That’s probably the biggest thing they had to take out for the console re-release, like more then half the vegetation lol.

That’s also why Warhead ran a lot better, it did have some engine optimizations, but for the most part it was the maps. The maps were still fairly expansive, but they didn’t put every single detail they could in it, and there weren’t as many sprawling open areas with vegetation. (In fact, you can get the Crysis levels in warhead and running it in the warhead engine affects performance very slightly, if at all.)

#22

I would say that most of the pre-Force Unleashed games were a bit underrated.

Hell, when I first found KotoR, at Gamestop, it was on the very bottom shelf with all the shit games. It was also on a buy 1 get 1 free thing. So I got KotoR and KotoR 2. I thoroughly enjoyed them both. (This was in 2004 btw)

#23

Giants; Citizen Kabuto - cracking British humour, but didn’t do as well as it deserved to!

I was going to mention Star Wars; Force Commander, but by the time I’d listed its flaws, I realised just why it was under-appreciated!!

#24

While I agree with this, the flaw is that other games had much shorter development cycles, which is most likely why they would rate higher.
(at least that’s how I would do it, if it’s in development for 10+ years, it better be F’ing amazing, otherwise I’ll lower the rating with the excuse of “wasted development time”)

#25

That’s what I mean, people rated the game on stuff around it and not the game itself. If that were the case MW3 should have gotten a worse score than Duke Nukem, a year to come up with the same game and graphics, I would count that as a “HUGE waste of development” time. I’ve seen HL2 mods made in a year with better gameplay, storylines, multiplayer, and sometimes graphics.

#26

I found KOTOR II for 20 bucks at a Target. I don’t think KOTOR games are underrated and underappreciated. They’re often regarded as some of the best RPGs even today, at least by Star Wars standards. But seriously, Jedi Outcast for 5 bucks? That’s underappreciated. I mean, I’m glad it’s 5 bucks because that meant I didn’t have to pay more, but still.

Force Unleashed II by the way, I think is slightly overrated. Just slightly though. The game didn’t seem finished and was pretty shoehorned in just to have a sequel.

#27

Custom Robo for Gamecube.

I wouldn’t call the game good, but the gameplay as a general rule is pretty fun. Robots are insanely customizable and movement controls are tight. The story veers mostly into “so bad it’s good” territory, where I frequently do a MST3K style running commentary when I play.

I should do an LP of that game at some point…
(Edit: Dammit, it’s been done ><)

#28

Metal Arms: Glitch in the System.

#29

That’s why I said pre-Force Unleashed games. :stuck_out_tongue:

I still believe a good deal of Star Wars games went under-appreciated.

Now if only Lucarsarts would make Battlefront 3, Republic Commando 2, or another Jedi Knight game. :frowning:

#30

That may be what you mean, but it’s not what I mean. If the game is good, it’s good, for it’s score it doesn’t matter if there is better stuff out there. I wouldn’t look and say “well I gave game X a 90 and it was better, so I’ll give game Y an 85.” I would judge them both on their own merits and not pay attention to other scores when coming up with a new one.

In my opinion, Call of Duty (only bringing it up because you did) doesn’t suffer from having a “short” development time (2 years isn’t that bad for a sequel) it’s just that they barely change anything. The problem, for me, is that I don’t particularly like the gameplay as a whole. There are aspects of it that I enjoy, but as a package, it sucks, and they’re not changing the things that suck about it. Or at least, they’re not changing them for the better.

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