Overlooked gems this generation.

Settlers 7 - what an overlooked game. i loved settlers series and those went down hill from 5, but 7 is just amazing! i cant believe noone plays it

Alice madness returns - i would love to know sales for this one, because almost anyone who played it loved it. i havent seen such an amazing artistic design in years. while playing that game you just constantly making screenshots for desktops

Tropico series - just go and buy it. i cant believe i overlooked it for so long myself. its just fun.

Might and magic Heroes 6 - one more jewel. they did a lot of things right in this one. i reallu love it, but its a shame that new generation of gamers dont even want to see it, because it is not WOW, MW3 or BF3
funny enough i recomended my friend this game, he never played Heroes series and first thing he told me: wtf is this ****, i asked you for good strategy game. after 3 weeks: its awesome. i finished campaign ( i havent even did that! ) and now playing skirmishes.

Shift 2 - i am a pure petrolhead. i owned cars with 400hp and drove them daily to work. This is not 100% sim driving, but its not far of it. and i loved it. Where it lacks in realism, it makes up in the feel of race. you always surrounded by cars. AI will fight with you and between each other. the sound and visuals are just awesome. i will say it: i prefer it to forza and GT series.

Test drive unlimited 2 - again, not a sim, but a lot of fun. celtic tiger simulation as i call it. a lot of fun, but it got a very very bad rep on launch. of you can get it for 10eu or less and like some driving - a must have then.

Mafia 2 - LOVED it. i was a huge fan of first game and second one was really really good. its a shame that they made such a huge city and did not used it more. there was nothing to do outside of main mission. its going very cheap these days, a must have game.

Do indie games count?

To The Moon. Really nice little game, quirky story.

spirit_77 wrote: »

the world ends with you

Great game! The main character is a bit annoying at the start, but once it gets going it's brilliant.

gizmo wrote: »

Bayonetta, Vanquish and Mirrors Edge are most certainly the three stand outs for me. It's incredibly frustrating to see such absolutely awesome games be so criminally overlooked.

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On the plus side they're dirt cheap everywhere, I paid 15 quid for mirrors edge not long after release. It's one of those games you always see piles of in the shops.

Valkyria Chronicles.

One of the main reasons I'm keeping my PS3 until it dies.
And then replacing it.

Zack & Wiki and loads of other quality third party titles for Wii that got overlooked by both gamers and casuals alike. Really there were some gems on that console that deserved more love. Little King, Boom Blox. A Boy and His Blob, Murmasa . . .

Sins of A Solar Empire. Might be just me but I totally overlooked this franchise, got the game in the Steam sale and, well, I'll put it this way, I went to sleep at 7 a.m this morning. :eek: (Would probably have kept playing too but for noticing how bright it was.:o)

Rainbow Six 3 : Ravenshield. The last of the great tactical military shooters. One shot - One Kill.

Swat 4: TSS. Another of those great cooperative games, the online community of both this and RVS is still going strong, good to see, but still no sign of either game franchise being continued. In the case of Rainbow Six, the series has long since jumped the shark.

Advance Wars. An utterly fantastic turn based strategy that everyone should try at some point. Charming and addictive as hell. Except, maybe for Jake. Sturm's final battle with Sami and Grit as back up still gives me nightmares but that was GBA.

Mirror's Edge. Got this during the Steam Sale, took some getting used as the game can quite literally give you motion sickness. Once you get used to it though the game is quite good, it deserves a sequel. Assassins Creed got one and we all know how much of an improvement that series got. ME deserves the sequel too because there's a really great game hiding in that core concept, just needs more refinement. Don't get me wrong the game is fun, but just not as fun as it could have been.


Picross. Purely because if you're reading this and have no clue what I'm referring to then you owe it to yourself to find out what it is.

Sins of A Solar Empire : Yes, I mentioned this already, but I don't think I can shamefully plug it enough.

Arma. Thanks to DayZ it's probably no longer going to be over looked but up until DayZ I felt the game was being overlooked by many. Some fantastic mods, BIS actually interact with their community and it's one beast of a sandbox. In fact, I'd argue that the mod that allowed me to simulate the Crusades is better than the current Stronghold 3.:pac:
(It's not a patch on Stronghold Crusader though.)

GRAW 2 PC Version. The Cooperative community is still alive for this game and there's a good reason too. The PC version of GRAW II is a gem in many ways. Play it online with a few friends. Few games provide the fluidity and fun in teamwork that it provides.

Sins of A Solar Empire : They say by now you'll have this game stuck in your memory for what's left of your waking day. I don't know, is neuroscience that trustworthy? Even more pertinent though is whether I have plugged this game enough yet?

Sins of A Solar Empire : Ahahaha, yeah. . .that thrill of watching a planet being bombarded to shreds in real time : That image - Sins of a Solar Empire.

World In Conflict. I don't think this one was forgotten or overlooked, but the reason I mention it is because well most computers today should be able to run it fairly comprehensively and at the time it was a game that really require a beast to get the full experience.

GTA : CW. No comment necessary.

Kinski wrote: »

IMO, Chinatown Wars is better than GTA IV.

That's not saying all that much, I've had more entertaining chest-infections than what GTA IV offered me.

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I need to get back to it myself.

I'd also like to add Nier to this list. The combat is decent enough but it's interesting how it changes genres so much from 3rd person combat, twin stick shooter, puzzler to even a text based adventure at one point. Also in terms of story it's pretty amazing and does something really clever with the new game plus which for once is worth playing since it totally changes how you think about the story.

Opoona on the Wii. Simple littel RPG with an excellent soundtrack and one of the most interesting worlds to explore. Well worth a look.

A boy and his blob on the Wii is a gorgeous looking update of the old game by 2D maestro's Wayforward Technologies.

In fact a lot of the Wii's library I can add here, what hasn't been mentioned already is Shiren the Wanderer, Baroque, both Endless Ocean games, Boom Blox off the top of my head and another shout out to the flawed but very memorable and emotional Fragile Dreams.

Nier is a game I always want to go and play. I bought it years ago, but haven't played more then few hours. It is really interesting and that book is class!

So many games, so little time

I'll say a lot of the Wii library as well. Overlooked simply for being on the Wii.
Zack and Wiki, House of the dead Overkill, MadWorld. All fun games.

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands - An example of Ubisoft making a game that's made for the system instead of trying to port from the HD console version. Turned out really good, though I am a fan of the Sands series.

Josey Wales wrote: »

It might be a little early for this thread considering the current generation of consoles are going strong but we can all agree they are nearing the end. Anyway, the forum has been a little slow recently as discussed in another thread so lets try to get some discussion going here.

What games have you played during this generation of consoles that you loved but seemed to be ignored by most people?

My vote goes to Blur. This was a game that really took me by surprise. I hadn't really seen any coverage of it while it was in development. But I saw a trailer for it and the mix of frantic car combat, similar to Mario Kart combined with HD graphics was hard to resist. As soon as I brought it home it stayed in the PS3 for three solid getting lots of local and online multiplayer. It had been quite some time since I'd found a game that I enjoyed playing online so much. Blur has that instant pick up and play quality that all good arcade racers should have. The cars handle easily and the weapons are all instantly familiar as they all correspond to weapons from Mario Kart. Three weeks might seem like a short time give a game but as they say the light that shines twice as bright, burns twice as fast. In this case it grew a little tired after a while but for those few weeks it was an absolute blast.

It is a real shame that it failed to sell well. After a few weeks the online community had noticeably shrunk. It was great while it lasted.

still a decent online community on Blur on the 360, its small but devoted, always at least over 100 people playing, never struggle to find a match.

despite what Kirby says, Blur is a great game, its Mario Kart with real cars on Xbox Live and nothing has got close since. Should have sold so much better than it did.