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Having got the over-rated games thread off my chest, I shall cheer myself up by lavishing praise on the following titles which have received less praise than I reckon they ought to have done.
ATV Offroad:
Im my opinion, this is the best multiplayer game on PS2. The gameplay is beautiful, it reminds me of a grown-up kart game, and the fact your quadbike spends as much time going up and down as it does left and right makes ATV far more interesting than the average racer: in a similar vein to Waverace. But the best thing about this game is that it poses a tough challenge without being at all frustrating. It's a game that keeps you smiling. That's a rare quality indeed.
Zero Gunner 2:
A game so under-rated you've probably never heard of it. That's probably because it's a Japanese Dreamcast game. Basically, it's the best 2d shoot-em up ever made. Generally speaking 2d shooters get a bad press anyway, being the oldest known genre of game, but fans of Bangaio or Cannon Spike will love ZG2(especially with an arcade stick). Beautiful graphics (as good as many PS2/Box/Cube games), big helicopters, thousands of power-ups and non-stop big-boss action. Blam blam blam.
Crazy Taxi 2:
I suppose this isn't so under-rated, unless you compare it to the amount of publicity CrazyTaxi 1 got. The original Crazy Taxi is on all the recent consoles, and each version is instantly comparable to the original Dreamcast game from way back when. But everyone seems to have forgotten about the sequel. It's a better game. Why Sega didn't port Crazy Taxi 2 to the next-gen consoles instead of the original is completely beyond me.
Every Streetfighter 2 based game:
It would seem the days of the 2d fighter are severely limited. The new breed of next gen gamers shun these titles as if they had been programmed by muppets. They just don't understand. Capcom vs SNK 2 on the PS2 and Dreamcast is the acest game ever made... and for my taste in games would edge towards the 100% mark. You can't make a 2d fighter better than that. Reviewers who once revelled in the joy of Capcom fighting, now give such titles less than 80%... is there no justice?
ATV Offroad:
Im my opinion, this is the best multiplayer game on PS2. The gameplay is beautiful, it reminds me of a grown-up kart game, and the fact your quadbike spends as much time going up and down as it does left and right makes ATV far more interesting than the average racer: in a similar vein to Waverace. But the best thing about this game is that it poses a tough challenge without being at all frustrating. It's a game that keeps you smiling. That's a rare quality indeed.
Zero Gunner 2:
A game so under-rated you've probably never heard of it. That's probably because it's a Japanese Dreamcast game. Basically, it's the best 2d shoot-em up ever made. Generally speaking 2d shooters get a bad press anyway, being the oldest known genre of game, but fans of Bangaio or Cannon Spike will love ZG2(especially with an arcade stick). Beautiful graphics (as good as many PS2/Box/Cube games), big helicopters, thousands of power-ups and non-stop big-boss action. Blam blam blam.
Crazy Taxi 2:
I suppose this isn't so under-rated, unless you compare it to the amount of publicity CrazyTaxi 1 got. The original Crazy Taxi is on all the recent consoles, and each version is instantly comparable to the original Dreamcast game from way back when. But everyone seems to have forgotten about the sequel. It's a better game. Why Sega didn't port Crazy Taxi 2 to the next-gen consoles instead of the original is completely beyond me.
Every Streetfighter 2 based game:
It would seem the days of the 2d fighter are severely limited. The new breed of next gen gamers shun these titles as if they had been programmed by muppets. They just don't understand. Capcom vs SNK 2 on the PS2 and Dreamcast is the acest game ever made... and for my taste in games would edge towards the 100% mark. You can't make a 2d fighter better than that. Reviewers who once revelled in the joy of Capcom fighting, now give such titles less than 80%... is there no justice?
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No one lives forever on the PC, despite getting many good reviews didn't sell that well at all. I haven't even got the game myself yet (only recently upgraded my computer) but I have been playing the demo frequently, and it is a bloody good game. I also played demo's of sacrifice and giants, and they too had good reviews but bad sails figures. I think all these games deserve a chance, and now I've got my computer upgraded, these games will be my next purchase and will be worthy additions to my collection.
Not so much under rated but Grim Fandango was criminally over looked.
One of my favourite ever games too.
One of my favourite ever games too.
Pong.
the most criminally underrated game? world championship snooker. why? well for starters im a snooker fan as a you can imagine, after the years of cr@p on the market like jimmy white series it was about time this gem came out.
The physics of the ball is incredable, the graphics are not great but it really does play a mean game of snooker.
The physics of the ball is incredable, the graphics are not great but it really does play a mean game of snooker.
illzen wrote:
"I took my copy back to the shop after about a week. But I guess I've never really enjoyed proper RPGs... that whole turn based fighting thing really rubs me up the wrong way."
This is because you're lazy and impatient... ;0) and you really, really need to play it from start to finish to truly apprietiate it. Meh, I can understand why some people just can't be bothered to try and keep up with the random battles, but it really is worth it, if you just play along.
Hard work, but you get a lot out of it. Still best game ever in my humble opinion.
"I took my copy back to the shop after about a week. But I guess I've never really enjoyed proper RPGs... that whole turn based fighting thing really rubs me up the wrong way."
This is because you're lazy and impatient... ;0) and you really, really need to play it from start to finish to truly apprietiate it. Meh, I can understand why some people just can't be bothered to try and keep up with the random battles, but it really is worth it, if you just play along.
Hard work, but you get a lot out of it. Still best game ever in my humble opinion.
If we're talking commercially, then Jet Set Radio (DC).
Not a classic, but the MechCommander series. I seem to be the only person who bought the two games - superb mech based RTS, with lovely graphics on the scond one, crisp sound, and some beautiful weapons effects, even if it was a bit linear.
Oni, PSW gave this a 6/10 and alot of people don't like the basic (but nice) graphics, I found it to have some of the best fighting elements ever seen in a game, bit hard but definatly one of my favs :-)
Wetrix on the N64.
Delightfully addictive.
Delightfully addictive.
Timesplitters, one of the best ps2 launch-games and yet not many people give it a second look. I still find myslef playing it today
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