Games that released at the wrong time

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G2ThaUNiT said:

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. One of the arguably all time great RPGs releasing within the same month as World of Warcraft, Killzone, Halo 2, Metal Gear Solid 3, Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Jak 3, and just for good measure….the SAME day as Half-Life 2!!!

It's predecessor, Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption had it even worse, getting totally squished between Deus Ex and Diablo 2, two games that are still very fondly remembered to this day and had massive hype upon release while V:TM-R is mostly forgotten outside of fans despite being an absolutely great game and story.

Advance Wars also doesn't seem to catch a break in this regard: The first one released September 10 2001 - and I don't think I have to tell you what happened the very next day - and it's remake got delayed because of a war, resulting in that one getting pretty much shadow-dropped and forgotten on the shelves. Though I wonder if Advance wars had a scheduled release any later than it did if it even still would have released at all in the west...