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This is something that depends entirely on our interpretation of “underrated” and “modern”.

I’ll go by these:
Modern: <10 years old
Underrated: Whenever the game is mentioned around here, this is the result:

1. Yoomurjak’s Ring (2009): Very solid and unpretentious mystery romp through a beautiful Hungarian town. Great scenery, excellent FMV acting and a surprisingly well conceived story.
2. RHEM (2003-2010)(if I had to pick one it would be 3): Quite simply, a feast for anyone who loves puzzles.
3. Miasmata (2012): It got a good review here but no one really played it. This game has a real spirit of exploration and sense of adventure to it, with interesting puzzles based on collecting plants and researching them. “Unique” is one way to describe it.
4. The Experiment (Experience 112) (2008): “Girl wakes up in a strange place with amnesia” has been done to death but this one has a unique twist that changes the boring “point & click” style to something more interesting.
5. Baron Wittard: Nemesis of Ragnarok (2011): You could say this one is just another “Boakesian” ghost story and that may be true, however it is very solid and underrated and I enjoyed it a lot.

Advie - 17 June 2013 09:31 PM

these are more like unnoticed than underrated for me ,

Yes, well I think that is because we only talk about games we like. Timmovieman and Jackal don’t like us insulting games. Can you find me a low rated modern game on the forum? I don’t remember anyone speaking badly about Alternativa or The Abbey.

All my games got reviewed, and all under 3.5 stars except Miasmata. That doesn’t say “unnoticed” to me. Also you have to think that when people read a review they judge a game. If they choose not to buy it, they are rating it (poorly).

In fact it would be much easier to do a “modern overrated” thread, because there is a lot more discussion about what we like.

Zifnab - 17 June 2013 10:06 PM

Timmovieman and Jackal don’t like us insulting games.

What the…? This is so utterly untrue, I can’t even imagine what led you to make it up. People shouldn’t troll threads about their least favourite games, and “insults” shouldn’t be made personal towards developers, but anything other than that is and always has been fair game. I’ve never said anything more than that, and I doubt TimovieMan has either.

1. Anacapri: The Dream
2. Anacapri: The Dream
3. Anacap…

you know the rest.

But seriously, what a game - emotionally powerful, picturesque, brilliant concept, great fun to play. And yet I’ve never seen anything but hatred for it. Heck I don’t think I’ve even seen a positive review. Definitely in the running for the most underrated AG ever.

I can’t think of any other modern AG that comes close to being that underrated.

I’m kind of curious about Anacapri: The Dream. I’m a bit scared by the voice acting as reported (I’m really picky about voice acting), but I’m wondering if it’s better in Italian. I see they have Italian with english subtitles (plus I’d love to brush up my italian)..

Anyway, will probably get it when I’m back in Europe. Thanks for the recommendation!

I’m not sure what you mean by underrated Advie as the games in your list are not those I consider ignored.

The only game I can think of that I thought was seriously underrated as a game was 15 Days . Understandable though as the cougar (whatever) engine on it didn’t behave on most systems without causing errors/glitches/bugs but I found it to be such an intriguing story, with enough to do!, that slowly unravelled the lives & motives of the main characters!

I thought Yoomurjak’s Ring was brilliant if very challenging.

I remember Paradise getting a slating (not necessarily from here!) but was another game that I really liked that caused a lot of problems on some systems! I also loved the (optional) leopard scenes as they presented another ‘viewpoint’ & the story set against the background of a country with a very oppressive regime came across in context.

I really liked all of the Art of Murder games especially the 2nd & 3rd which I thought were very competent & enjoyable games to play!

Another game that I thought was more underrated than it should have been was
Gray Matter - I found it to be an interesting & intricate tale & I liked the idea of the magic tricks although I think they could have been better conceived!

If underrated refers to review scores - I don’t really care about those if I bother to read a review 1st, just the premise of the story, details about the gameplay & any expected glitches etc. It’s all a matter of taste & a highly rated game as an Oscar winning film is not necessarily the one that’s going to entertain you the most however ‘perfect’ it is!     

Advie - 18 June 2013 01:22 PM

Ghost Pirates Of Vooju Island was neglected because compared to AVS, and the strangest thing that its better than AVS , there many others even from the past remember Grim Fandango reception at the its time when released and now look at it, its the best (some consider) adventure ever .

I hope i made myself clear and answered your Q chrissie ma Friend

Thank you, you did Advie! I’ve had Ghost Pirates for a long time which I’ve never got around to playing & your perception is interesting -  I have to confess that I played Grim Fandango, enjoyed it & understand, as it’s a brilliant game, why it’s so highly rated but (please don’t lynch me anyone!) I like lots of other game more!

Gabe - 18 June 2013 12:53 PM

Advie - 17 June 2013 06:29 PM

1.Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny
2.Next Life.
3.Alternativa
4.The Dream Machine
5.The Abbey

6. this list can go forever but 5 are enough i guess.

Advie you confess you underrated these games,based on what,i’ve played all of them and they’re pretty mediocre at their best.

Gabe, my thought is that as it’s a matter of taste you can enjoy ‘mediocre’ but there’s such an enormous amount of work that goes into even just ‘mediocre’!

Jackal - 18 June 2013 10:17 AM

Zifnab - 17 June 2013 10:06 PM

Timmovieman and Jackal don’t like us insulting games.

What the…? This is so utterly untrue, I can’t even imagine what led you to make it up. People shouldn’t troll threads about their least favourite games, and “insults” shouldn’t be made personal towards developers, but anything other than that is and always has been fair game. I’ve never said anything more than that, and I doubt TimovieMan has either.

Advie - 18 June 2013 12:03 PM

Damn! , I do not ever wanna sound like i align the authority here, hell, and god forbid , my life for years now makes me more like that V for Vendetta Movie, i hate authorities , but to be also fair @Zifnab take a look a this thread AG Rating’s DEBATE and watch how Jackal and other Admins had absorbed a lot of attack against them and the AG-Site.

And watch how I got told not to bash DS games. I’m not going to trawl through old threads but I remember lots of times people being told to be nice to games or not say anything at all, or not to be negative, or something like that. If you post a thread solely for the purpose of praising a game to the heavens then it’s fine, but a thread that a game sucks somehow isn’t “constructive”.

chrissie - 18 June 2013 12:48 PM

I’m not sure what you mean by underrated Advie as the games in your list are not those I consider ignored.

The only game I can think of that I thought was seriously underrated as a game was 15 Days . Understandable though as the cougar (whatever) engine on it didn’t behave on most systems without causing errors/glitches/bugs but I found it to be such an intriguing story, with enough to do!, that slowly unravelled the lives & motives of the main characters!

I agree about 15 Days, it got so much criticism and I didn’t understand it. Maybe the gameplay part was weak but it was a good game, at least on par with, or better than, other games being released at the time. I enjoyed it more than House of Tale’s other games, Overclocked and Moment of Silence. Maybe people were expecting something closer to those games.

Zifnab - 18 June 2013 09:47 PM

And watch how I got told not to bash DS games. I’m not going to trawl through old threads but I remember lots of times people being told to be nice to games or not say anything at all, or not to be negative, or something like that. If you post a thread solely for the purpose of praising a game to the heavens then it’s fine, but a thread that a game sucks somehow isn’t “constructive”.

Well, while you are free to criticize, your way of criticizing is open to critique as well and people might have different opinions. If you dish it out, you have to be able to take it, especially when your claims seem unsubstantial. 
I didn’t get at all that Timovieman was reprimanding you in his role as an adminstrator. He was opposing you as a fan of DS games. 

Zifnab - 18 June 2013 09:47 PM

Maybe people were expecting something closer to those games.

I guess so and the game part was really reduced to a minimum.
Perhaps it even would have been received a bit better if it wasn’t a HOT game.
Anyway, I didn’t really like it and overall it felt a bit rushed to me.

Underrated:  I haven’t played that many games recently and none of them obscure or exceeding my expectations, so I have nothing to offer that would really fit into this thread.

Ghost Trick is quickly dismissed by many adventure game purists, though and it’s easily the most polished and enjoyable gaming experience I had recently.