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I think they did. As people keep saying the gameplay was fun. It's everything else that doesn't work.

No no, I just see "Underrated" used a lot about things that really aren't underrated. It's become a bit of a pet peeve for me. (Like when someone calls REM an underrated band. Like, they are world renowned. They're just old and broken up.)

And I'm also pointing out a likely reason for them not being talked about as much as other titles in the same genre. Aside from going through the game with different roles, the first game just doesn't have a lot of replay value. Not a lot of 'Choice & Consequence' or things to discover. There's your Char and what God you choose to side with in the end. That's kinda it.

Good games, but not exactly riveting.

So they aren't underrated. Just low replayability value.

And if Avowed is part of the series, I'd say the IP's doing fine. Three installments is pretty good.

Pillars of Eternity? Are they considered underrated?

The first one did pretty well as far as I remember.

My only personal complaint was that the game was too lineary.

Pcgamer sure is putting a lot of words and intentions onto people.

Edit: I have now read Firewalks wiki and I'm starting to see a picture. Just seeing the words "Sony", "Bungie" and "Activision" repeated everywhere does kinda give an impression of what the hopes for the game were.

That's not old Blizzard, but new Blizzard.

Old Blizzard is everything before WoW.

Starts making sense why Ukraine is faring better in the war than Russia if Russia is spending time and ressources being Dicks to civilians.

Gearing up for a swing at The Sinking City.

More than likely. And a Skyrim horse at that.

That's a good take.

I never played it myself. Just watched some Letsplays and heard some of the criticism. And 'Let'splayers' tend not to be too harsh.

We will see.

Oh I have no doubt the game is good.

It was just what I understood went wrong with the game.

That it's a good game on it's own premise, but when compared to the games it was supposed to be compared with, it just seemed mediocre. It's just hard competing with an established franchise. Especially one that is as beloved as DS is, not to mention that DS's own reboot also fell short as the OG games are still as grand as ever.

With exception of the graphics looking a little dated, Deadspace 1 holds up just fine even when compared to newer games. From atmosphere to mechanics, UI and story... It's all perfectly within parameters for the type of game it is.

I think we're likely gonna see some of same with the Silent Hill 2 Remake. There's a lot of marks to hit. Even the old tank controls adds to what makes the game intense and updating the combat system to something less clunky could potentially take away from the game rather than improving it.