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Nark Order
07-21-2010, 03:41 PM
Looking to play some games that never got the praise they deserved. Looking for 360 games, but feel free to name games from any console.

El Fangel
07-21-2010, 03:56 PM
Crackdown wasnt reviewed highly, but is an amazingly addictive game.

Verbose Minch
07-21-2010, 03:57 PM
Deadly Premonition

Savio
07-21-2010, 05:21 PM
The reverse of this I would have to say is backyard wrestling. Hated that game but it got great reviews.

#BROKEN Hasney
07-21-2010, 05:27 PM
Deadly Premonition

1 million times this.

Nark Order
07-21-2010, 10:42 PM
The reverse of this I would have to say is backyard wrestling. Hated that game but it got great reviews.

Well, that doesn't help me at all.

Savio
07-21-2010, 11:12 PM
It will save you time.

G
07-21-2010, 11:21 PM
Alpha Protocol

#BROKEN Hasney
07-22-2010, 01:50 AM
The reverse of this I would have to say is backyard wrestling. Hated that game but it got great reviews.

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbx/backyardwrestlingdonttrythisathome?q=Backyard%20wrestling

Doesn't get above a 65 other than Playboy. I was sure the game was slated, but yeah it is shit.

Funky Fly
07-22-2010, 05:47 AM
The reverse of this I would have to say is backyard wrestling. Hated that game but it got great reviews.

Crackdown wasnt reviewed highly, but is an amazingly addictive game.

Agreed times 2.

Lost Odyssey is another good one. The Metacritic aggregate score is actually pretty good (78), but that is low for the game itself because the review version was rushed out and substantially inferior to the finished product. Let me tell you how good this game is: my mom HATES videogames with a passion. She cried when she watched me play this because she loved the story so much.

Savio
07-22-2010, 08:14 AM
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbx/backyardwrestlingdonttrythisathome?q=Backyard%20wrestling

Doesn't get above a 65 other than Playboy. I was sure the game was slated, but yeah it is shit.
EGM the magazine rated it 7.5 and 8, I didn't really check other ratings

#BROKEN Hasney
07-22-2010, 08:25 AM
EGM gave it a 5.7 apparantly.

Are you sure you didn't have a bad dream where shot games got good reviews? :shifty:

Savio
07-22-2010, 10:34 AM
nah I vividly remember being pissed @ the magazine because they rated it highly after I already played it and knew it was bad.

5.7 equates to a C+ in EGM BTW (5 being average)

Funky Fly
07-22-2010, 03:45 PM
Quoted the wrong post there. Meant Deadly Premonition, not Backyard Wrestling. The idea of a game that promotes yard tarding is awful.

Disturbed316
07-22-2010, 04:27 PM
Naughty Bear, reviews said it didn't live up to the pre-release hype (which it didn't to be honest) but still having a hoot with it.

LoDownM
07-22-2010, 04:36 PM
Alpha Protocol

I don't remember it get awful reviews. The worst I remember was one of Obsidian's employee's saying it sucked.

SlickyTrickyDamon
07-27-2010, 07:52 PM
I liked playing the Lost game, but I'm not sure how that was rated.