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[TrueLegend]

So name the dark horse among your fav games?

I will start with Arkham Origins.
It's a great premise and you get to be a rough Batman and the exosuit is literally lit.

 

[FullMetalx117]

Naruto rise of a ninja and broken bond - low key the best naruto games ever made

 

[LakeOf9]

Every rockstar game should control like max Payne 3

 

[MasterDerico]

There's a TON!
Be more specific (console, gen) then i can post some.

 

[LakeOf9]

Another one - vanquish

I wish we would get a new vanquish

 

[Krappadizzle]

Vanquish is a good choice. Max Payne 3 is another.

 

[Danjin44]

 

[Soodanim]

literally lit

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

Yeah I guess I'll say Astral Chain

It's great but some people rate it pretty low

 

[SEGA_2012]

Binary Domain

 

[Robb]

Tearaway is great.

MadWorld comes to mind as well.

 

[SSfox]

Death By Degrees

It would be a dream to have a part 2 by Kojima prod or Platinum Games

 

[Shubh_C63]

Vanquish is a good choice. Max Payne 3 is another.

Wait is Max Payne 3 considered underrated ?

 

[Hypereides]

Another one - vanquish

I wish we would get a new vanquish

Our boy Mikami should strongarm Sega into doing a sequel.

 

[H4ze]

Alan Wake! Best TP game ever made.

Edit: typo

 

[KàIRóS]

25+ years later and there's still nothing comparable to the uniqueness of these 3

 

[TrueLegend]

Didn't the director talked about PC port

 

[Danjin44]

Didn't the director talked about PC port

For Astral Chain? I don't think so, Nintendo themselves fund the project….or I could be wrong.

 

[The artful mincer]

Infamous second son. I say this because it seems to get shat on more than the other 2.

It's traversal is easily the best in the series. The shooting may not be as good but its more fluid.

 

[Fart Knight]

Body Harvest.

 

[TrueLegend]

For Astral Chain? I don't think so, Nintendo themselves fund the project….or I could be wrong.

I meant Gravity Rush. Astral chain can be played perfectly on yuzu at 4K60.

 

[Justin9mm]

Wait is Max Payne 3 considered underrated ?

I'd say it is. Gameplay was fun as fuck when released and it didn't get much praise at the time. Imo it's still an underrated gem that should of been re-released on PS4. Still hoping for a remaster. I don't think it needs a full remake but R* is dead. Even if they did a remaster, they would probably outsource and fuck it up.

 

[Gambit2483]

Gravity Rush 2 is definitely underappreciated. Such a beautiful and fun playing game. I'm guessing the gravity based mechanics just didn't click with everyone

As for Astral Chain, most people I see talking about it absolutely praise it as one of Platinum's best new IP in years. Not sure I'd call it underrated but it didn't sell as well as it could have (its under 2mil)

 

[Gambit2483]

For Astral Chain? I don't think so, Nintendo themselves fund the project….or I could be wrong.

Nintendo owns the IP now. Don't be surprised to see the sequel announced on its next platform

 

[SpiceRacz]

25+ years later and there's still nothing comparable to the uniqueness of these 3

I love these games, but they control like shit.

 

[Edge Lord]

There's a lot. Sleeping dogs comes to mind atm

 

[Patrick S.]

Katamari Damacy
Fade to Black
Messiah

 

[Danjin44]

I meant Gravity Rush. Astral chain can be played perfectly on yuzu at 4K60.

Sony is not willing to port Bloodborne to PC let alone Gravity Rush 2, this gen Sony is kind of ignoring their Japanese first party games.

 

[hemo memo]

Binary Domain

 

[TrueLegend]

Binary Domain

Gotta play this game.

 

[chilichote]

Dark Void, Binary Domain and the Uncharteds (and many others^^)!

 

[pasterpl]

Prototype 1 & 2

 

[SCB3]

The Ghost Recon Advanced Warfare games (G.R.A.W) are prefectly playable and fun, not the PC version which is fucking awful but the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions

 

[Rush2112]

dragons dogma

 

[Infested Goblin]

Max Payne 3 is oddly underrated masterpiece

 

[linkent]

The Saboteur

 

[Hypereides]

Binary Domain

This game was done dirty. Top notch shooter with great enemy designs. Sega sitting on both Vanquish and Binary domain without intent on continuation for them is a big disservice to these IPs.

 

[Terenty]

Shadow of the Damned.

That's the definition of underrated. Mikami and Yamaoka in one game? So much fun and creativity packed in it, we will never see anything like this again for damn sure.

 

[existensmaximum]

Gravity Rush 2 is definitely underappreciated. Such a beautiful and fun playing game. I'm guessing the gravity based mechanics just didn't click with everyone

As for Astral Chain, most people I see talking about it absolutely praise it as one of Platinum's best new IP in years. Not sure I'd call it underrated but it didn't sell as well as it could have (its under 2mil)

I think the gameplay was fun and the gravity based mechanics are brilliant, but the story was such an unbearable, convoluted, poorly written mess that I just couldn't play it.

Or in short: too japanese

 

[Pegasus Actual]

 

[Guilty_AI]

I think "third person" is extremely vague, so i'll just post some underappreciated classics

Heretic 2



I remember playing this as a kid. It went for a mix of fast paced action from FPS games with Tomb Raider platforming and acrobatics.

I never understood why they didn't re-release this even though both Heretic 1 and Hexen games are still sold. I assume its some confusion with IP rights. I really hope this gets sorted out because to set up this game to play it today is kind of a pain, and it being sold in a perfectly functional state right out of the box would be great.

Outcast:



The game pioneered a lot of special effects like real-time shadows. Nowadays theres still a lot that you can appreciate in this game, like the musical score or the great sense adventure it gives off. Playing this today is kind of a fever dream-like experience.

 

[Supple]

 

[fermcr]

Gears.

 

[Husky]

The Witcher. The first one. I love that game, it's my favorite in the series. I love being able to switch combat stances, manually switching between silver and steel, the medallion mechanics, and its music and atmosphere are incredible. I use mods to make Witcher 2 & 3 Geralt closer resemble his original appearance.

Assassin's Creed Unity was fairly maligned for its awful release. Have people seen it since? I don't know if it's more popular now. It's a lot more polished than even most of the acclaimed ACs, and because of its launch, Ubisoft never released thirty $3 DLC packs. Instead it has one expansion, and it was given to all players for free (also there's some pre-order weapon pack, who cares).

Vampyr kicks ass. I have to go. I don't have time to talk about Vampyr. I really liked Vampyr. I wanna see Don't Nod make more action RPGs (they changed their name, it has a space and apostrophe now).

 

[simpatico]

Resident Evil 6. I hope they retcon it as a fever dream so we can continue the story without these events, but man the gameplay is fantastic. Once you get the feel for quick shot + melee, Vanquish flavored zombie madness ensues. Super underrated and holds up extremely well. The models and animations haven't aged a day, but you will catch the occasional bad texture. If you play it without the expectation for a new mainline Resident Evil, it's amazing.

 

[NightmareFarm]

Origins is the second best Arkham game behind Asylum.

 

[NightmareFarm]

"third person" is very broad but I guess I would say Darksiders 3. People shit on that game way too hard because it tried doing something different.

 

[Fuz]

Oni.

 

[Gambit2483]

I think the gameplay was fun and the gravity based mechanics are brilliant, but the story was such an unbearable, convoluted, poorly written mess that I just couldn't play it.

Or in short: too japanese

Can't argue with you there...it was pretty out there. I feel like you had to play the first game to get a true sense of the world/lore/story...I might pick it up again and give it another go

 

[mdkirby]

That’s a very broad definition. I’m gonna say the Sherlock games by frogwares.