Most underrated games in your opinion?
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I Doubt It. Unlike Stunt GP (Re-Volt was actually its only good competition in the 3D remote car racing sub-genre) Re-Volt is well remembered, normally available on GOG and Steam, and was also once available on iOS. And it got 2 sequels - Re-volt 2 for PSX and PS2 and, years later, Re-Volt 3 for iOS/Android (unfortunately also no longer available).
an underrated game you said? heh if you are into RTS you would know that ww2 RTS is like a big part of the genre yeah? company of heroes , the men of war games and more.
what always gets forgotten is a game that helped pioneer the road for both company of heroes and men of war a little game called sudden strike first made in the year 2000 while you usually control tens of units in RTS in sudden strike you got to command armies that can reach up to hundereds of individual soldiers and vehicles and more! All this available in the year 2000 , however I understand why this game was swept away and eventually became forgotten because newer fancy ww2 RTS games came out that brought things like 3d graphics , smarter AI , better pathfinding , cover mechanics so the sudden strike series was becoming less and less unique as time went on it tried to build on the realism aspect of things this meant infantry dies pretty quick 1-2 rifle shots and a man is down! This also meant line of sight (how far units can see) was pretty limited for "realistic purposes" this created a slow paced gameplay that often times became tedious to deal with.
Not like the developers tried to fix it SS2 came out in 2002 and was quite an improvement over the first in terms of tank combat it brought new problems however infantry lost their edge and the tanks were pretty crappy unless it was german tanks the soviets only compete in late war tanks , balance in this series is pretty bad another reason why it would appeal less to more broad fanbase , and not to mention bugs! Its made in eastern Europe and if you know anything about game development there it goes like this
->makes a pretty good idea for a game
->creates much deeper mechanics than western games
->somehow creates a billion bugs that for some reason get unnoticed
In 2005 they release resources war a entry that defeats one of the pillars the game is built on that is the lack of any production this meant you only had a finite amount of troops every soldier killed or tank lost was permanent there is no replacement well resources war says "screw that im adding all these cool buildings" but its not enough why not make it more realistic? Lets add a fuel mechanic instead of attending to bugs and fix the game balance! It goes on and on and you get the point the developers couldn't innovate enough to stay relevant the game being generally more hardcore didn't help and sadly sudden strike got buried under the sands of time and new releases until 2017 when another studio bought the IP and made a SS4 which is generally disliked by older fans of the series.
Other than sudden strike I think system shock deserves a mention system shock 2 a pretty cool game that is a blend of FPS , horror , and RPG it fits all these 3 categories a decent game that sadly came out in a bad time it was 1999 half life just dropped and its expansion pack opposing force will also drop in 99 , silent hill 1 drops and RE3 , final fantasy 8 comes out so in all areas it tried to compete it got dwarfed by more popular titles , its worth a try however the first title got a remake sometime ago too if you want to navigate a space ship filled with a bunch of organic and cybernetic foes trying to solve riddles while being taunted by none other than SHODAN herself a menace of a character and an intimidating villain give it a try its really worth it , I don't want to spoil anything as I like to go into games pretty blind so I want for you to experience that too and reduce your exposure to any spoilers or anything else since its pretty difficult to game today without getting spoilers man...
what always gets forgotten is a game that helped pioneer the road for both company of heroes and men of war a little game called sudden strike first made in the year 2000 while you usually control tens of units in RTS in sudden strike you got to command armies that can reach up to hundereds of individual soldiers and vehicles and more! All this available in the year 2000 , however I understand why this game was swept away and eventually became forgotten because newer fancy ww2 RTS games came out that brought things like 3d graphics , smarter AI , better pathfinding , cover mechanics so the sudden strike series was becoming less and less unique as time went on it tried to build on the realism aspect of things this meant infantry dies pretty quick 1-2 rifle shots and a man is down! This also meant line of sight (how far units can see) was pretty limited for "realistic purposes" this created a slow paced gameplay that often times became tedious to deal with.
Not like the developers tried to fix it SS2 came out in 2002 and was quite an improvement over the first in terms of tank combat it brought new problems however infantry lost their edge and the tanks were pretty crappy unless it was german tanks the soviets only compete in late war tanks , balance in this series is pretty bad another reason why it would appeal less to more broad fanbase , and not to mention bugs! Its made in eastern Europe and if you know anything about game development there it goes like this
->makes a pretty good idea for a game
->creates much deeper mechanics than western games
->somehow creates a billion bugs that for some reason get unnoticed
In 2005 they release resources war a entry that defeats one of the pillars the game is built on that is the lack of any production this meant you only had a finite amount of troops every soldier killed or tank lost was permanent there is no replacement well resources war says "screw that im adding all these cool buildings" but its not enough why not make it more realistic? Lets add a fuel mechanic instead of attending to bugs and fix the game balance! It goes on and on and you get the point the developers couldn't innovate enough to stay relevant the game being generally more hardcore didn't help and sadly sudden strike got buried under the sands of time and new releases until 2017 when another studio bought the IP and made a SS4 which is generally disliked by older fans of the series.
Other than sudden strike I think system shock deserves a mention system shock 2 a pretty cool game that is a blend of FPS , horror , and RPG it fits all these 3 categories a decent game that sadly came out in a bad time it was 1999 half life just dropped and its expansion pack opposing force will also drop in 99 , silent hill 1 drops and RE3 , final fantasy 8 comes out so in all areas it tried to compete it got dwarfed by more popular titles , its worth a try however the first title got a remake sometime ago too if you want to navigate a space ship filled with a bunch of organic and cybernetic foes trying to solve riddles while being taunted by none other than SHODAN herself a menace of a character and an intimidating villain give it a try its really worth it , I don't want to spoil anything as I like to go into games pretty blind so I want for you to experience that too and reduce your exposure to any spoilers or anything else since its pretty difficult to game today without getting spoilers man...
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