Games that deserve a second chance

We all have one of these: games that got a lukewarm (or worse) reception that you still enjoyed the hell out of. Pick one of them and make your case for it. Don't just say "TF2 is still underrated because it is win" or something copout like that, seriously think about this.

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Mine is Prey.

For some reason, Prey always gets a **** treatment for being unoriginal, boring, gimmicky, short, shallow, or whatever other tag people throw on there. The game is basically the equivalent of a Michael Bay movie: visually stunning, crazy-thrilling, and incredibly short.

The game relies primarily on portal and gravity gimmicks, but the game doesn't get boring because they work. Even though portals have been done (better?) since Prey came out, no one has used them for gravity-bending or integrated them into level design yet. There's a maze at one point later on in the game that's pretty close to the endless stairs from Mario 64, and that's really fun.

The plot isn't too bad either. It's not an incredibly complicated storyline, but it's unique (Native American culture!) and sets up some really cool setpieces, particularly a massive battle later on in the mystical Land of the Ancients. There's also a couple cool features like Spirit Walking that don't get flesh out too much, but they're nice additions that break up the shooting a bit.

It's a shame that people say Prey is weak or boring because it isn't Half-Life 2. It doesn't have to be. It's short, fast, and an exciting ride.

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Your turn, go.

Earthbound.

Come on, Nintendo, don't crucify the entire damn series for just one game. Theres a bigger audience now for JRPGs than they're used to be.

Did that game in fact get a lukewarm reception, though?

It sounds like the underappreciation was on NOA's part, not the players'.

you may flame me all you want but how about Ninjabread Man

I would say Uru but it got its second chance and failed.

Gotcha Force. It's actually quite fun, but everyone who didn't buy it were all "It's stupid". Once you actually try it, you'll see how fun it is

Sonic Heroes. Everyone's saying it's bad, but it's still fun to me :[

Grabbed by the Ghoulies. I seriously loved that game, even if the controls were awkward.

What about a third chance? WinBack. I haven't played the second game, but I thought the first was pretty cool.

Seconding Grabbed by the Ghoulies. It's a great looking, hella fun game that shouldn't have gotten any lower than a 7 as far as ratings go. I just can't see why it got such low scores. It's definately one of my favorite Rare games.

Awesome music, too.

you mean to tell me that nobody has used portals to bend gravity besides prey?

what the hell?

i was amazed when somebody finally made a game about portals and everybody hailed it as revolutionary when i came up with the idea when i was 2. :[ I was really pissed off seeing idiot people go crazy over the "new" idea of portals ... I didn't see how nobody had thought of it before.

I should probably make a portal game since apparently nobody else has scraped the surface with it yet.

I agree with you, Shadowman. I thought Prey was one of those mediocre games, and then I played a demo of it, and wound up buying the game because I loved playing it.




Also, Second Sight. Second Sight. Second Sight. Seriously. Anyone here heard of it?

i have heard the name but nothing else about it

That's the same with most people.


It is damn awesome, and it's got a really mind-****ing plot-twist to it. And I want everyone to play it. EVERYONE!


Hell, even ask your EBGames/GameStop retailers about it. If they're good enough, they'll mention to you saying "Oh, yeah, the game is definitely not given the attention it deserves."

Agree.

*groan*



Cruisn' USA- I can't blame this game for being unpopular as it really was pretty bad. but there's something fun about traffic-jam style crashes.



This post has been edited by theKK on Apr 23 2008, 06:16 AM

It's on the VC now isn't it?

The only version I liked was the arcade one. the N64 version was just bad, comparing it to other N64 racers.

Shadow the Hedgehog
Sonic Heroes. That game was fun actually. I liked the co-op mode and the playable characters.

Tombi.