Okay we know the gaming world talks and talks about the Marios, Zeldas, GTAs, MGSs, Halos..... but there is tons of great games, that perhaps go almost unnoticed by the critics or gaming public. Perhaps it go low ratings but it was still tons of fun too much so to miss out on. So what games do count as underrated?
Here are some of mine:
Battle Tanx (N64) People go on about Goldeneye, Smash Bros. multiplayer, that they might have missed out on this great multiplayer tank game. It had simple fun addictive gameplay with some cool totally underused features, like a missle that once launched you follow and control. You could essiantially fire a missle and fly it around a city for minutes. And there was plenty of multiplayer boards to keep the mayhem going.
Godzilla (Gamecube) Another game with a totally fun multiplayer gameplay. the destructible city environments were totally great fodder for these big monsters to trash and throw around like a playpen. Alot of monster games like Rampage have destroyed the genre(no pun intended) and hence this lovely title got overlooked by many. Check out the sequal coming to the Wii.
Snowboard Kids(N64) When you think snowboarding you think SSX or 1080, so many have neglected this fun little gem. It's simple but colorful world with items, cartoony charachters and catchy little songs for some reason just made this game very enjoyable.
Return Fire (3DO) Underrated simply as a victim of its platform, but Return Fire was a great game. fun multiplayer boards and single players realtime war strategy game where you'd control tanks, jeeps, helicopters and that sort of thing. But the best part of the game was it's sound track. You'd have all these brilliant classical pieces with powerful choir parts, that gave a dramatic sense of presence like Flight of the Bumblebees, Ride of the Valykries, Dies Irae, and In the Hall of the Mountain King. I'd kill to get another game with that kind of a soundtrack.
There are more from me but now it's time to give you all a chance so ramble on! Oh and make sure it's an actual underrated game I don't want to see something like Metroid on here!!
