Underrated games...

[fthealgorithm]

 

[destinyduelist]

I've read pretty bad reviews for these two PSP games, "Coded Arms" and "Coded Arms Contagion", but I enjoyed them, so in my opinion they are underrated but worth a try if you like first-person-shooter :)View attachment 7130

This. Back when Konami wasn't scared to do something unique and different, this is one of the older (and one of the few on PSP) roguelike/roguelite games. It was poorly recieved back then but nowadays I feel this game has a whole lot of value despite it's somewhat repetitive loop.
If Konami ever revisited this IP I really feel like it could be huge in the modern day.

 

[PSVitaForever]

Also, maybe, "Suikoden Tierkreis" for Nintendo DS.
I got it on release and I remember I've liked it a lot, spent many hours grinding with my favourite characters and making sure to recruit them all!

 

[Tonberry]

I’m not sure if it’s underrated since I’m not sure if it’s actually good, but I grew up with Toshinden 3. I was obsessed with the sick music and cool characters, but I hardly knew how to play at all.
Me, my brother, and our friend spent an entire summer unlocking every character.

The intro sequence blew my mind as a kid. I thought it was the coolest most dramatic shit I’d ever seen in my life. There’s just something so wild about storing a sword in a guitar case.

 

[Flamebeard]

If you don't mind playing Japanese only titles then I'd recommend Brightis. Also fucking based for having one of my favourite anime characters as a pfp

 

[thanonyx thanonyx]

I’m not sure if it’s underrated since I’m not sure if it’s actually good, but I grew up with Toshinden 3. I was obsessed with the sick music and cool characters, but I hardly knew how to play at all.
Me, my brother, and our friend spent an entire summer unlocking every character.

The intro sequence blew my mind as a kid. I thought it was the coolest most dramatic shit I’d ever seen in my life. There’s just something so wild about storing a sword in a guitar case.

As someone who grew up with this game, yeah it was awesome.

 

[Viviana Santos]

 

[nonotz]

I dont know about the reviews of this game back of the day

prob its more "overlooked" than underrated, but here goes

Yu Yu Hakusho: Tokubetsu Hen (repo link)​

Its a very unique fighting game, i will call it a turn based fighting game
while there is no translation for it, the control is simple! the combination are only 4 directional button and 4 face buttons (E.G. holding down and pressing Y once the bar filled up)
ofc each of them has unique skills such as absorbing other's skill, heal etc

a must for Yu Yu Hakusho fan
for non-fan its still an interesting concept

when i was a kid i spent a million hours on this

 

[Viviana Santos]

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[Parasite_Steve]

Can I get some love for Battle Arena Toshinden and Bloody Roar?

Bloody roar yes. Toshinden, eehhh ?
I love the series, the soundtracks alone are cheese level extinction events, but I’d call them all rated very accurately.

It feels odd to call an entry into the Soul Calibur series underrated but Soul Edge/Soulblade deserves more love. Imho one of the top 10 fighting games on the system and to me far more enjoyable than the last couple of modern entries in the series. I just prefer the slower, more tactical combat it offers.

 

[Deean]

Kamen Rider Agito and Kamen rider V3 is pretty good, though if you're not familiar with KR you'll be puzzled who those dude are.

 

[TheWanderer]

Why is no one mentioning Rival Schools
the underrated capcom gem ?

 

[spectresfrommercury]

bushido blade

 

[spectresfrommercury]

thousand arms

 

[WolfOfPersia]

yomawari series specially the first one are the definition of beauty is in simplicity, the games are part of so called cute horror genre

there is also rule of the rose and it's literally a vibe, but there are many YT videos about it so it's not as obscure as before, speaking of obscure

this one is also a horror game ( so many horror games that are lost in time ) but it's not so heavy on the frights, there are some memorable moments if you look pass the janky mechanics

now some licensed games rapid fire that are freaking awesome

a fun game with many gameplay mechanic and shockingly good combat in later stages, and soundtrack is god like, you should at least check out the flying stages sound track, your ears will thank you

on of the best beat em up games I've ever played, back in the day beat em ups were simple but this game asked what if we let the player slow down time, grab the remaining parts of the enemy and throw it to the other ones then deflect the lasers and then finish the fight by teleporting and slashing all the enemies Vergil style? the answer is one of the best star wars games ever and a hard sob to 100%

just like the handheld version, this game is is a master class in how to design combat mechanics, tons of combos, many grapples that lead to more combos, best sword play in any star wars game and coolest duels but sadly it lives under the shadow of force unleashed which is not a bad game but has nothing on this gem of a game in the combat department

this right here is the greatest batman game before the arkham series, every stage is awesome ( except for the two face, that one sucks ), combat is simple but it makes you feel like batman it's so satisfying to roll under the bullets then grabbing the enemy and throwing him into the other one, graphicks are way to good for an snes licensed game and the action set pieces are amazing like you have to use batman gadgets like heat googles to finde your way around the riddler's maze or using non lethal spray to put the civilians that are under the fear gas influence to sleep or chasing after catwoman rooftop to rooftop... god damn I sold myself on this game I'm gonna replay it, just one more thing the SNES and genesis versions are not the same game

just a forgotten batman game that I like to mention here and then, it was an ambitious title but you can't do much on the GBC I guess, music is a banger specially the boss themes

the most chaotic beat em up game I've ever played, I don't know what I'm doing half of the time but I'm winning and having fun so that's cool I guess, when you hear batman forever people only remember those god awful snes and genesis games but this one is a nice ride

just a cool but ball busting beat em up, japanese cover is spectacular

still holds up to this day, I heard there is a remaster version but psp version still has more content some how

the cell shaded graphics and fun move sets makes go back to this game from time to time

not as good as everything or nothing but a fun 3rd person shooter non the less

dynasty warriors Naruto? yes please

it's probably nostalgia but this game looks good and it's not that janky, give it a shot if you ever wanted a tomb raider in the skin of a resident evil game

it's based on the manga named Dororo, you play as a samurai who wants to kill the demons that took his body parts, this game is genius, let me explain why, so there is a vibration option in the menu just like any other game but as you play the game you see it doesn't work but you don't care it's nothing game breaking it's just a bug, wrong, you don't feel anything because you haven't kill the boss to to reclaim your sense of touch, and when I learned this it blew my mind, truly a game way ahead of it's time

the developers sat down and asked, what if we make a lego game but more epic? well it's not more epic but they tried and made a really fun game

it's actually pretty fun and it had an excessive card battle mini game, fun combat and beautiful cell shaded graphics that you won't see it if you emulate it, emulation is broken for this bad boy, no crashes or anything, just some graphical glitches that will lessen the experience

and last but not least we have stuntmaster, hands down the coolest action game on the ps1, combat is way too complex with moves that you might have never seen I myself found out you can wall ran into a back flip cart wheel attack, there is a video on you tube that show cases all the moves but even that misses some moves, stages still hold up to this day, it's a fantastic experience and a game that every action and beat em up game enjoyer must play

damn I wrote for an hour and I'm not even done, nah maybe I add more later

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I think the warriors orochi trilogy is pretty solid.

orochi games are hidden gems???? they are the best musou games

 

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[Jotaro]

in no order, this list

- assault spy
- samurai warriors: spirit of sanada
- soul calibur legends for the wii
- ni no kuni 1
- soulstice
- cris tales
- the last story, also for the wii
- the tenchu games
- the toshinden games
- astral chain
- recore
- remember me
- stranglehold
- valkyria chronicles 1
- enslaved: oddysey to the west
- folklore
- the last remnant
- nier (original)
- tales of vesperia and tales of xilia 1
- the gravity rush games
- and the afro samurai game for ps3



are some quick examples

 

[χKai]

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on of the best beat em up games I've ever played, back in the day beat em ups were simple but this game asked what if we let the player slow down time, grab the remaining parts of the enemy and throw it to the other ones then deflect the lasers and then finish the fight by teleporting and slashing all the enemies Vergil style? the answer is one of the best star wars games ever and a hard sob to 100%

Finally, someone else that likes this masterpiece GBA game. I could sing it's praises all fuckin' day and I still get people hating on it. Like, I don't know what you expect bro; ever played the 3D Star Wars on GBA? Or Yu Yu Hakusho? You want another one of those? 'Cause I don't.

Star Wars - Episode III is fuckin' awesome, and more people need to experience it.

 

[zacharinolongpants]

Finally, someone else that likes this masterpiece GBA game. I could sing it's praises all fuckin' day and I still get people hating on it. Like, I don't know what you expect bro; ever played the 3D Star Wars on GBA? Or Yu Yu Hakusho? You want another one of those? 'Cause I don't.

Star Wars - Episode III is fuckin' awesome, and more people need to experience it.

Yooo I was excited to play that Yu Yu Hakusho game and it turned out to be complete ass. Blech

 

[χKai]

Yooo I was excited to play that Yu Yu Hakusho game and it turned out to be complete ass. Blech

Tournament Tactics is good.. Wait.
You mean the one posted in this thread for the Super Famicom? That one kicks ass.

 

[zacharinolongpants]

Tournament Tactics is good.. Wait.
You mean the one posted in this thread for the Super Famicom? That one kicks ass.

Yeah that Super Fami one is awesome. I enjoy the Sega Genesis one as well! There was this AWFUL top down action one on GBA with super washed out graphics and stuff.

 

[χKai]

Yeah that Super Fami one is awesome. I enjoy the Sega Genesis one as well! There was this AWFUL top down action one on GBA with super washed out graphics and stuff.

That's the one I was referring to. Awesome concept, but the graphics make it unplayable.

...And I'm a NES fan. ?

 

[zacharinolongpants]

That's the one I was referring to. Awesome concept, but the graphics make it unplayable.

...And I'm a NES fan. ?

It's so depressing looking lmao. It's the antithesis to YYH's awesome vibrant colors.

 

[Guilherme130]

The Super Robot Wars franchise as a whole, Danball Senki/Little Battlers eXperience and Chou Soujuu Mecha MG

 

[H*PL!T?]

How does Bushido Blade 2 fare against the first one? I've only played the 1st