After looking through the most criminally, overlooked games out there
since the days of the NES to the most recent PS3, 360 era
It's time to show off the ones that were the very best at NOT standing out
"He's completely brainless,"
"The dream was true"
Welcome to watchmojo.com and today we are concluding the Overlooked Video Games series
With their final video:
The Top 10 Overlooked Games of All Time
In the final video of our overlooked series
We've combine the games from our previous list,
that we felt really didn't get the recognition they deserve at launch
or have been forgotten overtime.
If you think something has been overlooked by us
be sure to check out the rest of the Overlooked series
starting with third-generation, to see if your favorite made the list
"Hey!, Pop, stay zen. Don't get your snout bent outta shape"
Inspired in part by the novel "Heart of Darkness"
You play as Captain Martin Walker,
an American soldier said to save the man who once save him
Coronel Conrad
who has disappeared in sand storm ravaged Dubai
"We need to get out of the storm"
"Up ahead"
"You see that?"
"I see, Go!, Go!"
The game eventually takes a twisted turn
when you begin to realize, that the enemy you are seeking
might not be the one you thought they were.
"We were helping"
"What?"
Dealing with issues like PTSD,
the desire to be a hero,
and the ethics of war in general.
You're gonna remembering this one, long after the credits roll.
"Hey!, you're the big nice Hero, right?"
"How about, giving me, argh!, a hand here"
When this 3D beat-em-up was release,
It did not get as much attention as expected because of it's difficulty.
Mostly thanks to the large amount of enemies in each stage,
each of wich takes a long time to bring down.
The game demand that you take your time
luring enemies in with your taunts
in order to fight them one by one.
Still, since grilling difficulty games are all the rage this days
If you're the type of person who's a glutton for punishment
try to track this one, down.
"Check your back smartass"
"Son-of-a-bitch!"
"Dammit! Olivia"
Based off the aged Chinese tale "Journey To The West"
and reimagined into a post-apocalyptic United States setting
Enslaved tells the tale of Monkey and Trip,
trying to return to Trip's village
With Monkey bound to Trip via slave collar.
Gameplay is rich and exciting,
ranging from close quarters combat,
to daring acrobatics and nail bitting scape sequences.
On top of that, Monkey's played by Andy Serkis
who also did the motion capture for his character.
So you know his performance is gonna be memorable.
Man!, Serkis is totally the go-to Monkey guy, huh?.
The Dreamcast may not have been the greatest home console
but, it did leave us with quite a few gems that no one played.
For example, this JRPG features one of the most unique settings
for a video game world.
As the game takes place high in the sky
among various natural floating islands and airships.
As such, what would normally be your rather standard RPG battle system,
is notably spruced up with the occasional airship encounter.
The game later received a Gamecube port as Skies of Arcadia Legends
yet, it still didn't get the recognition it deserved.
"We call ourselves runners"
"We exist on the edge"
"Trough the glass into reality"
"The mirror's edge"
If you ever wanted to feel the thrill of doing parkour
running in the most danger of the locations...
this game is for you.
As Faith Connors, a runner trying to clear her sister's name
you have to jump, climb and swing across giant skyscrapers
resulting in some truly breathtaking moments.
A strong and interesting female protagonist and a beautiful soundtrack,
Mirror's Edge had all the makings of an amazing game
but, have a bit of a missed jump.
"It's fine, someone's about to start shooting at me soon."
"Get going."
This game is original on many levels.
The goal is to save the adventurer of the doomsday device.
and, stop said device.
But for that, you need to travel all over the non-linear map
in order to find the power-ups and items that you'll need.
The graphics look like an old-school japanese anime
giving the game a somewhat comedic look.
And there are many useful before-their-time features
such as, the ability to acces a shop on-demand
better still though, was the look on the bad guys faces
when you hit them.
In the future, the titular space station, that was meant to be a fun park,
has been overrun by it's mechanical animal inhabitants.
Two unlikely heroes are sent to investigate.
But due to a stupidity-induced crash, Evil, The Robot
get reduce to a mere microchip,
and must take control of the different robotic animals of the station
to get his body back.
And yes, those robotic animals can,
either be as close to real animals as posible,
or have mechanical operates like wheels or weapons
for an insane amount of gameplay variety.
As a gigantic object approaches your homeland,
you were sent to confront it.
The game is a combination of a Zelda style adventure game
where you have to solve puzzles and buy stuff
and sections called corridors that are essentially shoot-em-up stages
where you blast through enemies and fight large bosses.
Even though it combined elements from two very popular games,
Zelda and Radius
it came out late in the NES life cycle
and its box art did not correspond to its excellent content.
These days, comic books are all the rage
but in the nineties, most comic book gains carried a very bad stigma
wich is why this one went unnoticed.
You play as Sketch, a comic book artist
who gets trapped in his own comic book by the villain.
The game itself is a classic beat-em-up
but, is the little details that make it nice.
Since you're in a comic, you move across different panels,
your profanities gets censored, you talk in speech bubbles,
and each blow you lead generates a comic onomatopoeia.
With extremely tight combat, but also, brutaly difficult with only one life
this is one stylish game that'll make you go...
"Oh, yeah!"
Before we get to what we feel is the most overlooked game of all time
here are a few honorable mentions.
"The world just doesn't need us anymore"
"The world does do need psychonauts"
"Right here in this very camp, in fact"
Tim Schafer, you magnificent bastard.
take about, knowing that you are the king of hidden gems.
"And the world is a better place"
"Your turn"
In this game about psychic secret agents,
most of the levels are inside the minds of various individuals
Like, say, inside the mind of a giant fish
where it's actually you that's the monster in a city fill with fish people.
This results in a game that really boggles your mind
pun intended.
Oh, and if you ever thought that your local dentist was a mad scientist
you are probably relate to this game, very well
"Where do you think is wrong with my brain, doctor?"
"What should I know?, I'm a dentist!"
"But here is what I do know"
"If a tooth is bad,
you collect.
Chances are, due to the nature of this list,
we overlooked a few games.
"Shake!, shake!"
Again, if you didn't see a game you thought should be on this list
be sure to check out our other five videos
on the overlooked game per generation
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"Oh! my God!, let's make out"
"Huh!, What?"
"Sorry, I'm just so excited."