Most Overlooked Games.....ever?

rabidpeanut · Post by **rabidpeanut** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:14 am

use the scummvm. I think that you might not even need it for some of them.

pelegrin · Post by **pelegrin** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:52 am

the rise of the triad

fk yeah that was a brutal game

Zbyram · Post by **Zbyram** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:48 am

Mad Max RW wrote:
Twinkie's thread about something reminded me about Unreal 2. I waited a year after release before checking it out and was pleasantly surprised. It doesn't hold a candle to Unreal 1, but is better in almost every way to Halo. And then the XMP multiplayer thing came out and for a few weeks it was amazing. The singleplayer campaign was fun, varied, had some good weapons, and the main characters were kinda interesting. Although, it did feel like a lot of background stories weren't explored and the whole game was very rushed. A few years later I replayed it when Doom 3 came out and Unreal 2 is the better game by far.

That is so true. Unreal 2 was universally bashed by all the reviewers as derivative and shit while in fact it wasn't. True, it does not look or play like a sequel to unreal but that's not necessarily a bad thing. The gameplay was sweet and I was amazed by the graphics when I played it recently on full settings. A very good game and totally overlooked.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 5:13 pm

pelegrin wrote:the rise of the triad

fk yeah that was a brutal game

Ah, I loved this one. Blood, violence and Nazis.

I think they released it on PSP lately?

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 7:21 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_City_Ransom

By far my favorite game. I still have the game though I don't have a NES anymore.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:33 pm

S4ur0n27 wrote:
pelegrin wrote:the rise of the triad

fk yeah that was a brutal game

Ah, I loved this one. Blood, violence and Nazis.

Q-F-fucking-E.

Rott was the best thing that happened in the 90's. If you don't count Fallout, of course. (And although the enemies weren't really nazis.)

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:37 pm

Kashluk wrote:
S4ur0n27 wrote:
pelegrin wrote:the rise of the triad

fk yeah that was a brutal game

Ah, I loved this one. Blood, violence and Nazis.
Q-F-fucking-E.

Rott was the best thing that happened in the 90's. If you don't count Fallout, of course. (And although the enemies weren't really nazis.)

Weren't they Germans with swastikas?

Damn this brings back so much memories.

WORLDonFIRE · Post by **WORLDonFIRE** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:18 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_ ... Daggerfall
one of the best rpgs ever.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:52 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_3
one of the best rpgs ever.

WORLDonFIRE · Post by **WORLDonFIRE** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:27 pm

ha ha I get it because Im supposed to be a bethsoft fanboy.HAAAAR

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:57 pm

WORLDonFIRE wrote:Im supposed to be

You mean you're not?

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:08 am

Wolfman Walt wrote:
WORLDonFIRE wrote:Im supposed to be
You mean you're not?

Wait, who isn't what? Nevermind. I'm going to go play Oblivion.

Post by **Dogmeatlives** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:11 am

jetbaby wrote:
Wolfman Walt wrote:
WORLDonFIRE wrote:Im supposed to be
You mean you're not?
Wait, who isn't what? Nevermind. I'm going to go play Oblivion.

Wait for me!

Yo, I'm all up in DAC's forums tonight, and she's tight, in case you wondered..

cazsim83 · Post by **cazsim83** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:29 am

jetbaby wrote:
Wait, who isn't what? Nevermind. I'm going to go play Oblivion.

You lie! I know you better than that...

jimmypneumatic · Post by **jimmypneumatic** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:04 pm

I know this was overlooked, simply because it was on the mac... Marathon was one of the first fps' to have dual wielding, and a full editor suite (tools released by the mac community at first, and officially released by bungie with marathon infinity). It was also a big contributor to the concepts behind Halo.

If you want to try them out, they are a free download from bungie.org. cheers!

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 9:33 am

cazsim83 wrote:
jetbaby wrote:
Wait, who isn't what? Nevermind. I'm going to go play Oblivion.
You lie! I know you better than that...

No, I actually am playing, right now, in fact. See the razor blade at my wrist?

Post by **Manoil** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 9:40 am

jimmypneumatic wrote:I know this was overlooked, simply because it was on the mac... Marathon was one of the first fps' to have dual wielding, and a full editor suite (tools released by the mac community at first, and officially released by bungie with marathon infinity). It was also a big contributor to the concepts behind Halo.

If you want to try them out, they are a free download from bungie.org. cheers!

Honestly, Halo never really seemed so awesome because it felt utterly generic in its asthetics, and after hearing about/playing marathon, it just seemed like another changeup on Doom.

Halo is successful for the multiplayer expirience, certainly not plot/character/design originality.

jimmypneumatic · Post by **jimmypneumatic** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:04 pm

Manoil wrote: Honestly, Halo never really seemed so awesome because it felt utterly generic in its asthetics, and after hearing about/playing marathon, it just seemed like another changeup on Doom.

Halo is successful for the multiplayer expirience, certainly not plot/character/design originality.

Marathon was for it's day the epitomy of the multiplayer experience, granted there were no online matchup services back in those days, so you had to form games through appletalk (LAN).

I shouldn't have even mentioned halo, because marathon is a good game in its own right. Way better than doom.

Post by **Manoil** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:11 pm

But Doom beat it to the scene, and the early bird always gets first dibs.

Goldeneye on Nintendo 64 was some hot shit, but when Perfect Dark came around, with multiple additions, it didn't recieve the same praise-- same graphics, same gameplay. Though it did have some following, PD never came close to the fanbase of Goldeneye.

I'm not sure about Wolfenstein, but Doom beat Marathon to the scene. The process repeats itself.

jimmypneumatic · Post by **jimmypneumatic** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:02 pm

True, not to mention that the series never even graced the pc until marathon 2. I'd say Marathon never even recieved an inkling of the attention it deserved until halo was out, and all the fanboys were like "ooooh look at bungie, they made halo, what else they got?". Most of my friends that have played halo and 2 and 3 are like "marathon? what's that".