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Top 5 Underrated Games Of Last-gen

TechRez - Last-gen gaming started in 2005 and collapsed in 2013, we will take a look at some great games which didn’t get enough reception from gamers across the world.

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MysticStrummer3739d ago

As always, the word underrated makes me think of MAG right away. Makes me sad I can't play it anymore. Please please please Sony... make a sequel.

proudly_X3739d ago

Didn't know MAG had passionate fans..

MysticStrummer3739d ago

I'm sure I'm in the minority, but MAG was my favorite online shooter on PS3, followed closely by Warhawk but that was more highly rated as far as I remember. Third place would go to BF3. Anyway, there still hasn't been anything like MAG on consoles. When Planetside 2 hits PS4 that will make me feel better, but I'd love a MAG sequel also. I'm a fan of large levels and large player counts, and no other game gave me that large battle feeling like MAG did.

But yeah there were people who played MAG regularly up until they took the servers down, and I think there was a final hurrah that last weekend or something. I missed it so I don't know if it happened but I know people at least tried to organize one.

abzdine3739d ago

"Stranglehol"

not sure the writer played it because it's not called Stranglehol

Rimeskeem3739d ago (Edited 3739d ago )

I, for one, loved the game.

It was very fun and decently balanced but it was going up against bf so yah but now it would be amazing.

abzdine3739d ago (Edited 3739d ago )

lots will maybe disagree cause most haven't heard much about it but Fat Princess to me is so damn underrated.
that game has it all: it is so much fun and so many are still playing it. Too bad developers and Sony didn't promote it some more. I would sign in for a sequel right away.

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Number-Nine3739d ago

MAG was my favorite FPS mp shooter. game was so fun despite having incompetent developers.

KyRo3739d ago

Split Second was one of my favourite arcade racers of the last generation but it sold terribly, stopped working on the sequel and shut down Blackrock studio's.

I hadn't had that much fun with a racer for years. The way parts of the map would blow up causing a skyscraper to fall, a dam to burst, a mountain collapse and totally changing the layout of the track was a breath of fresh air to me.

captainexplosion3739d ago

My most underrated would be Gears of War Judgment, Motorstorm Apocalypse, and Bulletstorm.

stellarpanda3739d ago

Loved Bulletstorm so much. Really wish they follow it up!

InMyOpinion3739d ago

I don't agree with Dark Sector. It looked good but the gameplay was broken. And it was repetitive.

chemil993739d ago

I Bloody loved Dark Sector. The whole eerie atmosphere was crazy. I miss using the glave.

DARK WITNESS3739d ago

I am still using the Glave... In Warframe. The mark of a true Tenno.

The original Dark Sector was ok but it was not the game it should have been. Warframe is awesome but easy to write off because it's hard to get into and very repetitive on the surface.

Still it's nice that Warframe still has these little pointers that link back to Dark Sector

chemil993739d ago

Interesting. I'll give it a go then!

Soapboxhero3739d ago (Edited 3739d ago )

Really don't think dark souls was underrated, not because it wasn't great but because people seemed to like the game just fine and it got plenty of attention.

Underrated implies that it didn't get the attention it deserved or wasn't perceived to be as good as it was.

SolidDuck3739d ago

He said demons not dark. And yes now demons is held very highly and has loyal fans. Me being one of them, it's one of my favorite series of all time. But there was a time that demons was only to be released in the east and had little to no marketing behind it. Thank goodness Altus stepped up and brought it west because Sony wasn't even willing to publish it. Eventually it outsold expectations and led to dark souls. But I kinda see why they would mention it on there list.

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.

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Vader822d ago

No 7 days to die is criminal

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel5d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow5d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1824d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie3d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin3d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere3d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX4d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney2d ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno4d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno4d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii3d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno3d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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