Underrated/Overlooked games that became overrated

[SvennoJ]

Sleepyprince said:
I C O. Ico was overlooked back in the time. Then Shadow of the colossus came, nuked every gamer who played it and everyone begin to pay attention to the previous team's work. Ico got a bit of spotlight after that and suddenly ico became one of the most poetic, intelligent, thrilling game of all time. Problem is the game isn't at all.

Ico did not deserved to be completely ignored like back in the time, but that does not make it a good game. Shadow of the colossus is one of the best game of all time in my opinion, but Ico is way, way behind to me.

In second position came Jet Set Radio. The art direction of the game (design, music...) and the concept are perfect. But the gameplay kills everything, the game is rigid, kind of slow and frustrating. The game does sound and look good, but it plays horribly bad. And still people consider it a true masterpiece.

I played both Ico and SotC when they came out, they're still in my top 5 best games of all time. Ico over SotC. I did play both of them without the expectation of playing the best game in the world though. They are very different games, so I can see why some people prefer one over the other.