Video Games you love but weren't popluar or got bad reviews

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Has anyone played Heroes of Might and Magic before? I have III, V and VI. Nobody I know seems to have played the game before

I totally forgot about these. Both were awesome platformers.

This is the thing as a kid I didn't feel slighted at all. Sonic Adventures had what I liked about Genesis games and something new. And then they had to ruin the Sonic series.

They should have stuck with the formula of Sonic Adventures, instead of giving into Werehogs and why does Shadow the Hedgehog need a mototrcycle? Or a gun? b.s.

Agree on that, sometimes less... really is more.

Speaking of Sonic, I actually felt '06 was probably what they planned for Adventure 3 to be, and to date is probably the most similar, but it is pretty awful and buggy and not worth the title. That said, I did enjoy Sonic Unleashed for what it was, and as much as I hate Shadow, I found his game to still be a bit fun. I even enjoyed Secret Rings, which a lot of people seem to hate for some reason(and I can't understand why others think Black Knight is an improvement at all when I felt they went backwards). Still, it would be nice to have a third Adventure game that doesn't blow and isn't an obvious attempt at nostalgia.

Heart of Darkness.

That game was good, but the CGI was so awful.

I love your choice there, I played that for hours. Loved the staff light saber and knocking people off platforms when they are in mid jump with force push.

My own contribute would be two worlds.. sure it has the worst voice acting in video game history but once i got past that i really enjoyed it

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
That game did not sell well at all and is not popular or well known really. It's a shame though, that game is COMPLETELY underrated. Plus the reviews of the game of people who did review it were actually good. I've played it too and it is sweet.

Alpha Protocol.

Prince of Persia The Sands of Time. Not to be confused with the movie of the same name, which was absolutely awful. The movie had almost nothing to do with the game except that the Prince did pakour and could use a sword.

the game got great reviews, scoring virtually perfect scores, but didn't sell well because it was seen as something older players wouldn't buy. so they made the next version full of bad language, scantily glad characters and gave the prince a very dark, angry persona. which worked in the sense that it sold a lot more copies but it ruined the overall image of the prince and the title. i still play the second version, because the free form fighting system is just amazing, and the Dahaka aspect is too. but in my mind the SoT, is the best platform game i've ever played.

XIII best game ever did very poorly

and robot wars

Two games I play that I don't see anyone else mentioning are Jade Cocoon(the original one) and Monster Rancher EVO.

Jade Cocoon was the first game I really liked. I loved the story line, the writing, the simplicity of the battle system, the characters and just about everything else about it. The only thing I could criticize is that it had a story line that was too brief.

Monster Rancher EVO was(and still is) my favorite Monster Rancher game. One thing I loved about this game that it had(and the others don't) is this:
In games like Monster Rancher 4, you could combine two monsters into a next generation monster, but that was about as far as they could go. In other words, if your monsters were too weak to explore certain places or win certain battles(Say... Grade S or Kalaragi Jungle+ ?) Then you couldn't expect comining already combined monsters to have any real effect. But in Monster Rancher EVO, you can combine them repeatedly and consistently get better results(If you understand the science of combining), and raising your monsters was easier in that game too. Attacking was also easier due to lower guts costs.

Also...

I actually LIKED one of those games... Dawn of the Dragon(Designed by Sierra, I believe) was actually quite well done in my opinion, but I will agree with you about the games Vivendi Universal and Vicarious Visions designed...

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Hey I remember Jade Cocoon. Excellent game, played it when I was around 10 or something, maybe younger who knows. I loved how bleak the story, the world and the characters were.

I also played it recently as an adult. It definitely has its flaws. The combat sucks in a big way, the story is good but it's also left a little basic. They had a lot of great ideas that could have used a bit more depth.

I think playing this game at the age that I did was the perfect way to experience this game. It was so new and interesting, and the combat/monster system was great at the time. Have you played the sequel?

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Final Fantasy Mystic Quest and Pac Man 2