Did you ever play a game that you just loved that did not seem to get the attention that it deserved? What do you think is the most under appreciated game that you have ever played? For me it has to be the Discworld games. I thought they had some of the best puzzles and the games were so funny. What game do you want to let other people know they are missing out on?

I have long felt that DROWNED GOD belongs in this category

The Dame Was Loaded, Anachronox, and Zelenhgorm.

And then there are two games from the Danish (defunct) developer Deadline Games: Black Out (1997), and Giften (The Poison - 1998), of which Black Out is bordering to a masterpiece. None of these games were translated into English. They made Swedish translations though, I'm happy to say.

In fact, these two games are so forgotten that I can hardly find any information about them at all on the internet. All I found was these screenshots from Black Out:

http://www.adventurearchiv.de/b/blackoutscreenshots.htm

and this page about Giften:

http://www.giantbomb.com/giften/61-29119/

If I ever made a top 20 list of my favourite games, these two would surely be on it.

Space...I agree...

The Discworld games to me are a classic..

I always thought Noctropolis was underrated - Alice was as well (if you go by sales).

Obsidian
Morpheus
Armed and Delirious
9: The Last Resort
all of Detalion's games from Reah through the Schizm games to Sentinel
and some of Arxel Tribe's games (Faust, Ring)

The kind of imagination that showed in the surreal design of the gameworlds in these games is something I'm really missing these days.

This is really an interesting thread. Thanx for all the input Boomers!!!!

Alida is one I would add to Jenny100s list

Hi Karsten

I actually have Black Out, but it's been so long since I played it.
I believe it came on 8 CD's, and I was quite annoyed with the disc swapping, lol.

As far as underrated, I wouldn't go that far - it was maybe innovative for its time, but underrated, nah.

I loved the Agatha Christie games, and most of all Evil Under the Sun. But all I've ever seen are people complaining about it. All the things they hated (comments between Poirot and Hastings, the fact that you are directing a character through another) I thought were wonderful...I thought that it was a unique idea!

"Noctropolis" for me too, InlandAZ !! It's a great game and one I still replay

And, skeeter93 .... I am one who certainly didn't hate the Agatha Christie series. In fact I too thought "Evil Under The Sun" was especially good

Anpther very old one that never gets a mention is "Dragonsphere".
Everything about it is totally ancient now of course but the story is excellent and it's another I still replay

I liked Evil Under the Sun too skeeter. I had a graphic problem but I changed a few settings in the game was was able to play.
Had fun too.
LOVED the ending hee hee

I've always thought that Shadow of the Comet and Prisoner of Ice were very under rated myself. These were both games based on stories by HP Lovecraft.

What a great topic!


Bad Mojo
Obsidian
The Dig

Loved Anachronox-a masterpiece if there ever was one! I am currently playing Psychonauts, another less well known 2005 game.