Overlooked gems of last gen

[estebxx]

amcdc79 said:

estebxx said:

the game that came to my mind the moment i read this threads title was Vanquish, so im gald to see it was the first game to be mentioned in the whole thread.

aside from that Valkyria Chronicles is debatable, since it used to be a overlooked gem, but with time it has become pretty popular among "hardcore" gamers, to the point that you see it mentioned in a LOT of forums and gaming websites, so it must have mainteined some good sales through the years to the point that i dont think you can say its an overlooked gem anymore.

EDIT: just searched its sales and Valkyria Chronicles sold 1.19 million copies... so i truly dont know if those are good numbers or not, for this type of game.

Valkyria Chronicles was the MAIN reason I bought a PS3. I actually bought the game more than 6 months before the console as it was hard to find.

In Japan it debuted @ #3-78,000, to #10-15-16- to #29 with a little more than 120.000, in 6 years it has doubled that amount which is rare for a non Nintendo game.

In Europe, it never did make the chart.

In NA, it had one week on the chart @ #35, then dropped off the chart, yet still managed to sell 670,000 lifetime. It's legs were due to word of mouth, and Sega constantly releasing more copies as more and more gamers turned others on to this fine game. Most of us were amazed it even hit a million, not that it didn't deserve it, just amazed in how long it took to get there.

A game not mentioned yet is Opoona, a unique  labour of love RPG, that must of turned off many gamers, with it's confusing as all get out areas.

well i guess i was kind of right, it did got constant sales through word of mouth and it seems it was succesful, now if only SEGA could bring the third installment to NA.