The Most Underrated Games of the Decade

[J is Justice]

kotaku.com/the-most-underrated-games-of-the-decade-1840365171

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{Spoiler}MAG
Alpha Protocol
Bioshock 2
Dragon Age II
Driver: San Francisco
Binary Domain
Sleeping Dogs
Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry
Remember Me
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
Virginia
Watch Dogs 2
Echo
The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
Pathologic 2

Agree with MAG, Sleeping Dogs, and LR.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Disagree with Lightning Returns. Mechanically it is fine but as a game meant to end a series it is meh

Mad Max should be on that list

[DiBiase is Good]

I’d add Payday 2 to the list.
As I’ve said countless times, in single player, it’s average. But online, with a decent crew playing, it’s as much fun as any other online shooter.

[Duke Cameron]

Agree on Dragon Age 2. It’s my favorite entry in the franchise.

[Bo Rida]

TxK is most underrated as it's stuck on Vita, few played it and barely any of those that did mastered it. Sadly it's successor is nowhere near as good.

Strangely SMG2, high review scores but missing from the upper reaches of most best of the decade lists. Similar thing with Spelunky.


I loved the game but disagree with Sleeping Dogs, think it was rated about right?

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

I've not played a single one of them.

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

They’ve got a point on Bioshock 2. That was my favorite to date even though everyone always either discusses Infinite or the first game.

[grungesmurf]

Sleeping Dogs needs a sequel!

[SmashTV]

Dec 12, 2019 7:52:55 GMT -5 Bo Rida said:

I loved the game but disagree with Sleeping Dogs, think it was rated about right?

I’d say so; it got more or less universal acclaim, not as much as GTA V or the like, but then it didn’t try to be better than GTA V. It followed a similar format but was very much its own game.

As for a sequel, from what I understand there were plans for one but they got shelved. That’s a shame.

[Limity (BLM)]

Dec 12, 2019 8:03:17 GMT -5 Clash, Never a Meter Maid said:

They’ve got a point on Bioshock 2. That was my favorite to date even though everyone always either discusses Infinite or the first game.

The combat was better, and the antagonist much better than the sneering Irish stereotype from the first Bioshock. When I replay one of those games, it's almost always Bioshock 2.

[Deleted]

I would disagree on Watch Dogs 2 in my opinion

Really sucky stealth and a lighthearted-ish quirky cast of characters which did not gel at all with the option to slaughter every security guard you come across

[Fundertaker]

Oh yeah, Binary Domain. You know what's fun: voice controls for your companions that don't work. And without that it's just a poor man's Gears Of War trying to be cyberpunk.

[Dr. T is an alien]

I was going to nominate Valkyria Chronicles, but that came out in 2008 and not within the decade. It's still an amazing game, though.