Purkake

So you register and then they'll ruin your childhood for free? What a great deal!

Would be nice to see them actually do something with the Shepard character, other than a heroic sacrifice, epilogue style. Way too many game either take the easy way out or just leave the PC's fate open/unresolved.

You know what would make the masselectors even better? What if they are actually the remnants of the good Reapers, all but wiped out in the Great Reaper Schism eons ago. They tried to give up the whole destroying civilizations thing and move on to a more sustainable diet, but the other Reapers were having none of it.

I wonder if renegade Shepard will turn into a terminator by the end..

Considering the de facto 7-9 rating system, I'd say under 80%. But that's just me. Also: Dark Messiah Desperados

Awesome. Rogue Trooper was pretty underrated for an actual functional and fun game. Oh, and Penumbra got shat on for no good reason as well.

You mean like Jagged Alliance 2 and Homeworld?! Yes, you can take solace in the fact that you aren't the only one doing it wrong. Other people were also called out on it, though. Try to think outside the box instead of just listing any game you like.

Also, Aquaria was everyone's indie darling at one point. Look at the OP, underrated here means that it wasn't given a "fair" treatment by critics. What you're thinking of is unpopular or possibly unknown by the general public. We have another thread for that.

Man, there are so many things wrong with this game, it deserves all the hate it got. There was so much potential for it and many interesting features from research, to general base management to their pseud-real-time combat system, but the lack of environments, actual tactics and most of all, variety killed it.

By the way, they're giving Tyrian 2000 away for free.

It's up on Good Old Games...

I thought it was always "by the book" or "be a **** to everyone"?

If there's one single game that's not underrated, then it's Earthbound. Half the internet wouldn't shut up about it a year ago when the Mother 3 translation was released. Ugh Yeah but it's kind of just confined to the Internet, I have never seen anyone in RL or a magazine go about Earthbound. Actually scratch that, Earthbound was on Game Informer as one of the RPG cult gems or something like that. Kind of reminds me: Shadow Hearts anyone? Legend of the Dragoons? feeling that JRPG nostalgia yet? Considering that it's a 15 year old SNES game, I'd be happy at any kind of attention... I agree with FT, it was mostly the "Fallout purists" who ragged on it. I guess the Fallout fandom has split into the orthodox radicals and the new age fans

If there's one single game that's not underrated, then it's Earthbound. Half the internet wouldn't shut up about it a year ago when the Mother 3 translation was released. Ugh

They're in San FranciscoIrvine, California last I checked. Also, wikipedia.

Shepard is obviously the best character. There are just too many funny/awesome Shepard moments.

Septerra Core?

They're timing was totally off, if they had waited for ~4 years they could be making a modern day Lovecraftian spy thriller with the Laundry Files ruleset. Opportunity missed.

Right after they release that TSL add-on. Aany day now...

Probably less bickering and more good old Obsidian coding skills.

Sorry, no. I hear that the add-on missions are pretty good, though.

Stealth game journalism bashing thread? As for the topic: Deadly Premonition.

So you're not a jaded grumpy cynic, because a game didn't mach your unrealistic expectations? So what are you? Why do you say my expectations were unrealistic? I was expecting something like KOTOR, except with a new IP and real time combat. And before others pipe up, ME is nothing like KOTOR in quality. Well, being your "most anticipated game ever" doesn't exactly sound non-hype-y. Never mind that, though. How does that absolve you of being a jaded grumpy cynic?