10 Good Games That Flopped in Sales
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- Опубліковано 4 тра 2024
- Some games are absolutely incredible experiences that unfortunately don't catch on with mainstream sales success.
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0:00 Intro
0:24 Number 10
1:46 Number 9
3:29 Number 8
5:54 Number 7
7:15 Number 6
8:46 Number 5
10:14 Number 4
12:23 Number 3
13:46 Number 2
15:59 Number 1
18:07 Bonus - Ігри
10. “Blur” 0:24
9. “Evil Within 2” 1:46
8. “Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle” 3:29
7. “Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire” 5:55
6. “Enslaved: Odyssey to the West” 7:16
5. “Gravity Rush 2” 8:47
4. “Sunset Overdrive” 10:15
3. “Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines” 12:24
2. “The Wonderful 101” 13:47
1. “Prey” 16:00
Bonus:
“Earthbound” 18:09
“Conker’s Bad Fur Day” 18:38
“System Shock 2” 19:10
This deserves a pin and it’s pretty much a guarantee that it won’t. Gods work
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Thanks. I wish Gameranx would do this themselves. It's just lazy. Or stupid. Either way, it sucks. Thanks for doing it on their behalf!
We need more of this on this guys channel.
@@GuruCubeI think it has to do with them being able to make more money off their content without including timestamps. Time watched is more profitable than numbers of subscribers. And without timestamps people tend to wachthe whole video. Just my 2 cents. Love most of their content regardless✌
A 10 bad games that still sold would be funny. Top notch content as usual Gameranx.
So all 10 games would be Madden, lol
@@Ford-wt8rn😂
But they have to have a rule of only one sports game and only one Call of Duty, otherwise they'd make up the whole list.
I like this idea.
Elden Ring
Sunset Overdrive looked incredibly unique for it's time IMO. It was 2014, not 2018, and Sunset Overdrive clearly set itself apart stylistically and gameplay-wise. Still one of my favorite games.
This. Hes commentary didn't make any sense 😂
apperantyl a sequel may be in works. im hyped ngl
@@Kreezyouttahere I'd love it but I can't see Sony using that IP. They can't publish the original without Microsoft's approval, and Microsoft can't make a sequel without Sony's approval because insomniac owns the IP. It's in a very weird limbo, plus you gotta think Insomniac is on to Spider-Man 3, and there second team in on Wolverine.
in a recent interview, the director said the concept in defo in the talking but not official yet, so hope it doesn't get scrapped. also in 2021, sony bought the trademarks for it.@@jddarroch
I really was hoping for a sequel. Well, guess that hope is dead. If Sony isn't doing anything with the IP, they might aswell just sell it to Xbox or something.
I think the overarching theme here, is that most if not all of these games are unique and fun takes on things. Games I would've loved.
But there is a reason we have COD 15 and Mario 17. People as a whole don't like new things. They're scary
It's certainly something many of these games had in common. They were ground breaking fresh games with the exception of a couple of sequels. Okami deserves a place on this list as well. That game was better than its Zelda contemporaries, which is saying something, yet it pretty much killed the studio.
I think when it comes to really fresh unique games you have to either have an advertising and hype bubble the size of the moon or you need to be an indie project at an indie price point. People won't hesitate to try some weird looking new game for ten or fifteen bucks, but when its a 70 dollar AAA game that is a gamble most will hold off on.
I spoke to a Vampire: The Masquerade Dev a couple of years ago and he kind of felt that Activision screwed them on the game. The reason the game was released in such a buggy, clearly unfinished state was that Activision wanted to release it at the same time as Half-Life 2 so they could publicise that it also ran on the Source engine (which was also part of the problem)
Then when the game flopped they turned around and said "What did you expect? It released the same day as Half-Life 2".
Also for Vampire: The Masquerades free battle royale flopped because of the insane bugs like your gun not shooting or reloading and they kept it in the game without patches for weeks, killed their entire 30,000 steam players/ 80k+ psn player count. And then they were hiring ambassadors on twitch to showcase the game and got into some racial controversy with the main developer of the Bloodhunt Battle Royale, game is barely holding on today , couldve been the next biggest battle royale
@@sosuslaysthere's no shot in hell it would have been the next biggest battle Royale, mass multiplayer games is not a good last ditch investment
@@nonpondo_ the game had mad potential, had apex type movement but better and more fluid, shooting mechanics were nice when they worked, the graphics were sick too, and the mix of powers with gunplay made it a dope game, i think it definitely had potential to be big just how Naraka is now, but that wave done passed now
And then everyone clapped
One of the best games I've ever played.
Yeah the gaming world is definitely filled with a lot of hidden gems nowadays and sadly good games don't get as much marketing because of lack of resources
We’re still not taking video games seriously as an art form.
Even with marketing and resources some games just really suck 😅
Meanwhile the biggest companies will put out a half baked turd and everyone still buys it so they still succeed
its more of gamers fault rather than marketing, time and time again people just buy the same old shit
@@regg58 Like every Call of Duty game since Black Ops 2. The series completely lost me after BO2.
Prey is easily in my top 5 favorite games of all time, too bad that because it flopped we may never see an actual sequel to the game. I really love Prey, and I hope it gets more love. If you can pick it on a sale, I recommend it, it gets really cheap, is a no brainer.
This was awesome
I loved prey super interesting all the way through. Not to mention mooncrash dlc. So unique and innovative.. a damn shame it didn’t get more love
Prey is a masterpiece title and I will never forget the atmosphere and sense of being alone. I wish I could re experience it for the first time.
This. Easily in the Top 3 most underappreciated games ever. And now Arkane fell apart due to Redfall and we'll never have Prey 2.
I never could get into this game. For some reason it bored me and I never revisited it.
The Pillars of Eternity series is one of my favorites! Those were my first isometric RPGs and I still love them. Looking forward to seeing what they do with Avowed!
if you haven't played Tyranny, you might enjoy it! It's got my favorite magic system of any game of its type
Have you tried Planescape Torment?
Prey is one of my top 5 games of all time. That game is a masterpiece. It does take a little bit to get into it but once the game flips everything upside down on you the game grabs you and pulls you in and doesn’t let go. Great story, great environments, tense gameplay - I’m very surprised Prey didn’t sell more. It’s an amazing game that more people should play and if you haven’t played it yet you’re totally missing out.
Prey, in my opinion, was a love letter to System Shock 2. If you have ever played it and then played Prey you can see a lot of the same beats in environmental storytelling. I loved Prey and the only reason I haven't played it as much as SS2 is because SS2 has been out for 20 more years.
Definitely a one off unique title
I loved it
The beginning is excellent
Same. It's one of VERY few games I go back and replay every few years.
Prey is one of the most over-appreciated games I’ve ever played personally. I think its story is pretty flat, its world is fairly boring, the enemies are unimaginative for the genre, and the combat is stiff.
Preach brother
Enslaved is actually one of my favorite games of all time. The nostalgia I got just watching that 1 minute of gameplay almost made me want to shed a tear.
Pp
I've never even heard of it but seeing that small bit in this video has me interested.
yeah I count it in as one of my favourite games as well
it didn't have anything extraordinary (which is probably the cause for it not being noticed)
it was simply well made game with interesting setting and story
in games and movies, there are some that make you go WOW and years later you remember that there was something like that but you don't feel like watching/playing it again (you are already accustomed to this WOW effect) and there are some that you really enjoyed but you don't really remember why and nostalgia hits hardest with these ones
It was the best love of that game and that’s why I didn’t mind the devil may cry reboot I enjoyed that as well
Always love randomly seeing you in comments
Prey is not only the best immersive sim, it’s one of the best games to ever exist.
The Evil Within 2 was definitely not advertised as heavily as the first one was from memory. I'm pretty sure I didn't know about it until it had already been out for a month. Also slight correction. Sunset Overdrive released in 2014, which was a very opportunistic year for that type of game and was heavily used in Xbox's marketing.
I didn’t even realize Prey 2017 flopped. Sad to hear, such a phenomenal game.
I certainly didn't think it was a failure.
I knew it failed , so few people know about it.
Which makes you think what kind of games 95% of the gamers play.
Repetitive reskin shooters, you make the right one, then you can milk your base forever.
Same goes for football games. If there is one small change, they will still gladly buy it.
Most people are not able to appreciate unique games.
Sad.
no no, it was trash
It's one of my all time favourite games. I loved all the exploration, overall mood and the looting/recycling mechanic really worked for me.
Sunset Overdrive is literally my top fav game ever. This game is amazing in every aspect. Pure fun, in terms of gameplay and music it totally slaps
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If Sunset Overdrive had come out during the game pass era. It would've been Xbox's new hit IP.
Big agree, it's hard to find more games to scratch that parkour and gunning itch that feels satsfying
Probably Titanfall, but Sunset Overdrive will forever have a special part in my heart!
@@route77productions Agree, if Sunset Overdrive came out today it would have done better.
yeah it's a pity that i literally can't get past the title screen on pc bcs of some bug
Prey is honest one of my all time favorite games, I recommend it to anyone who I think might me interested bc it deserves the love.
I’m really surprised Kingdom’s of Amalur wasn’t on this list. Not only was it an amazing game but the behind the scenes stuff with the studio that made it is so weird.
Agree
I used to work in a target electronics dept for years and I can tell you when it comes to the first Mario and rabbids games success came down to the fact that it was often on sale for $15-20 and parents/grandparents not knowing it's not a traditional mario game bought it up for their kids instead of mario odyssey that was always at $60 and never on sale. To them it's a $20 mario game or a $60 mario game, which are you going to get?
I was going to say I spent $7.99 on the thing.
Yeah understandable. It’s probably even the biggest reason for its sales but it’s still a good game. Same with its sequel. They’re solid strategy games with interesting hooks that also work as great entries into the infamously complicated genre as it doesn’t overwhelm the player
I totally agree. To add to that it came out when there wasn't a true Mario game for the Switch, and early in the life of the Switch at that; you just didn't have a whole lot of options for games yet.
60 when your kid tells you you bought the shitty one
@@OhNoTheFaceit’s not bad lol it’s a good game it’s just not a platformer
For me it will always be Sleeping Dogs. Might have done better than most games on the list but underrated and deserves a sequel
True.
Enslaved was one of my favorite games when it came out. Such a fun adventure and I really loved the characters and the futuristic take on an age old allegory. Prey is definitely on my list of games to play but I feel for Arkane who begged to name it something else, but I feel like it’s assumed relation to the 2006 game of the same title is why it flopped. Prey (2006) WAS a heavy action FPS and, while they were both sci-fi, functioned nothing like Arkane’s vision for their project.
Awesome list as always, love the perspective and context you give for gaming history!
I think one of the main reasons Vampire: the Masquerade Bloodlines failed upon initial release is that it was horribly broken and buggy. The opening cinematic showing your 'turning' was out of sync and missing several key animations/effects, and there were game breaking bugs that would corrupt save files, result in endless dialogue loops, etc. It got reasonably good reviews but the average player experience was extremely frustrating.
It became a cult hit because underneath all of that was a very good story, excellent voice acting, and interesting game mechanics, and the community worked to patch that game for literally ten years. These days by some magic you can buy a patched version that has the unofficial community patch in it, and isn't really what the game looked like at launch (but it's what Troika wanted it to look like). They usually have it on sale for very cheap, highly recommend it to those who've never played it.
I can't express how important "Enslaved: Odyssey to the West" is to me. Such incredible environments, great character development, and fantastic sound design. I adore that game so much.
i love it so much. always wished they gave it another chance
I'm right with you
IMHO it also showcases Ninja's skill in developing characters (that they've perfected with Senua). I think a lot of people also missed on Odyssey, because they thought they would be getting another Marcus Fenix, who snuffs testosterone for breakfast, lunch and dinner. While in reality the relation between Monkey and Trip is really quite an interesting one
@@Johann_Gambolputty_of_Ulmlike brother and sister
Stayyyy underdog
Words cant explain how much nostalgia I felt when blur was the first one. I loved that game so much as a kid and I would always play it with my friends
Split second came out around the same time. Another awesome arcade style racing game. I only had the money for one game and I chose split second. I wish I could have bought both🥲
me too bro
saame, so muce fun, even though i sucked lmao
I was 40 when it came out. It was one of my favorite race games ever. Everyone that I had played it with loved it too. It was always such a shame that they never had a sequel
Same! Me and my best friend Played hours...
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, criminally underated
Definitely for me the best game that flopped was Lemnis Gate. No game has ever bent my mind more. A turn based, time travel, first person shooter, strategy game, it’s impossible to even describe to people how it works but it is an absolute beauty of a game. I just remember after playing it I would be stuck thinking in the games logic and I wouldn’t think of time as linear in my normal life. I think it’s a game that really helps expand the way you strategize about things in real life. I wish it had gotten enough attention and had a better matchmaking system to make sure you had comparative skill levels in a match but alas it just never was able to get a big enough population for the game to actually stick. It’s just sad that I will probably never have that experience again
You made me want to get this game from the description alone
Prey is so underappreciated. It has such an interesting story and mechanics especially the ability to explore that empty outer space part. I hope people give it a chance. I'm just so glad this channel mentioned it a few times.
Agreed. I recently played it for the first time and it’s now my favorite immersive sim and in my top 10 games of all-time.
In all fairness the game feels kinda dead and dry. I bought it some time ago and it has been constant cycle of installing and reinstalling as I try to get my money worth only to end up doing something else as I get bored of it.
I have played all the other arkane games not counting the last piece of trash and Prey stands out in its lifeless atmosphere.
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It’s an ok enough game. My big issue is how Bethesda came around to getting the ip is quite frankly disgusting
One of my favorite games.
Blur was a great game. A lot of my friends played it back in the day. If microsoft gets Activision, I hope they think of bringing it back. Had potential
I think its just too niche. I love racing games but the idea of a real car mario kart never appealed to me. I think that happened with alot of people with that game
The demo was multiplayer I remember destroying people. I played it nonstop.
@anubisfox5765 na I do get that. I love Mario Kart. Blur had it similarities and the same type of game play, but the speed of blur felt very intense. so the moment to moment game play felt different.
I still remember the commercial. They shit on Mario Kart
I still play it from time to time
In regards to Pillars of Eternity 2, I think the market was just oversaturated with crpg's by the time it came out.There were just too many options all at once. I know when it was announced I was playing Divinity, had pathfinder on my wishlist, and had the first PoE still to play.
And I feel proud that I am one of the 72,000 people who bought Bloodlines when it released. I remember getting out of Santa Monica and just arriving at the Sabbat ambush downtown where Nines saves you when I read Troika had gone bankrupt. I was quite confused, as the game had just come out, lol.
Should also note that Vampire also was using the 'new' source engine for half life 2 ... but instead was given one of the beta versions so the engine in jank because it's the incomplete engine. Activision also upped the deadline to such an insane degree that they were trying to cram all the stuff in at a break neck speed. Which is why when you play it, half the quests seem unfinished and much of the gameplay seems like there should be more in certain areas. They had to strip things to a minimum.
Speaking of stripping things to a minimum, anyone else notice some extra detail on the NPC model right after he said "...more than healthy amount of jank."? I guess it must have been a cold night. 13:28
Enslaved is probably one of my favorite video games ever. I play it every few years and it is so sad that not many people have had the fortune to play it. Definitely, worth your time
Enslaved was such a great game. I don't know why I remember it so clearly. I can imagine the map and a lot of situations like if I was playing it now but it has been over 10 years and I only played it once. Few games have been so memorable to me
replayed it recently and it still holds up pretty well, would recommend a try :)
I can still vividly remember the guard being killed by the crown burning through his head, and just gliding on water with the digital nimbus cloud
@@SirStrugglesAlotthat water chapter on the bridge was so beautiful and one of the most fun
i remember it being awkward when parents walked in because the characters were rendered to look like porn stars, and every cut scene was needlessly centred on their bare chests
Part of the reason why Prey (2017) flopped was that people expected it to be a reboot\ sequel\ remake of Prey (2006), which was a completely different game, so when word got out that Prey was not Prey, a lot of people got disappointed and ignored it.
Played Enslaved like a month ago for the first time on XboxSS, I bought it cuz it looked cool (and I also remember seeing it somewhere like 10 years ago and wanting to play it) and it took me by surprise, I can't believe I didn't play it before.
I loved Enslaved, loved the world, characters and the story. I've played it a few times and always wanted a sequel, gutted it was cancelled
Totally agree. Was a great game.
Also agree, I love that game.
I played it on the 360 with my Uncle back in the day. Man I rly loved playing that but forgot about it till now. sad it got gutted
Ah I see some fellow men of culture, enslaved is a great game, glad I have a copy cause now I'm gonna do another playthrough
I've replayed very few games over and this was one of them. It was just so satisfying.
Gravity Rush was one of my all-time favourite games series. Such a beautiful and artistic game with wonderful storytelling and world building.
Gravity Rush 2 was dope. Loved the flying through the cities. And it was the only time ever I almost got banned from PSN because I uploaded an in-game screenshot via the games feature with upskirt content...😂
Can you play it without the move controller?
@@juliandelapena4293 it was never a move controller game. It dualshock 4
@@invaderIRK1 oh cool, I’m hoping I can play it on Pc one day.
@@juliandelapena4293 highly recommend it. Is it not available on steam? If not, probably worth grabbing a second hand Ps4, they are usually super cheap now and that way you dont have to wait
I played Enslaved at launch and it kept me engaged until the end credits, which is rare for me. Surprised it didn't sell well.
I really enjoyed both of the Evil Within games and like that they made the sequel different from the first with the mini-open world elements. Outside of that, Enslaved and Heavenly Sword are two games that were criminally overlooked and deserved a sequel.
Also, and I think I'm alone in this, but WET merits a mention too.
The modding community has done wonders with Vampire: the Masquerade Bloodlines, adding missing content and a host of quality of life improvements, among other things, realising a lot of the potential. Also Prey was great, such a shame to hear it flopped, got it on special on Steam a while back and played the heck out of it, fantastic premise and very cerebral to boot!
Whoaaa modded sounds cool af. Wish I had a time machine.
One of my favorite games vanilla even
The 3d movement out in space and zero g sequences really took the fun out of it for me. Mostly loved it though.
I always though Prey flopped because the original planned premise for Prey 2 was gonna be an open world space bounty hunter type and instead it came out like it was
When i first played Prey, it dident catch my attention. only played it for a couple of hours. 3-4 years later i decided to give it another try, and boy im glad that i did. it really is an awsome game
I own it but I haven't gotten around to play it yet
As someone who absolutely loved my time with both The Evil Within and The Evil Within 2, I'll always be saddened by just how little recognition Shinji Mikami got from making such fantastic horror titles! Classic RE4 definitely had a lot of influences for these games (obviously basing on its main creative lead/head alone)... and even the remake of RE4 honestly takes a whole lotta cues from the mechanics in The Evil Within games. And not saying that's a bad thing at all. I just wish more people could have seen the potential of The Evil Within as another survival horror franchise worthy of competing alongside the likes of Resident Evil. Part of me feels like both games came out before this current era where people are just so thirsty for survival horror games that actually have mechanical depth and challenging difficulty.
Didn't play Evil Within 2 but personally don't feel Evil Within 1 stood up well compared to Mikami's earlier works.
I’ll never understand the “negative” reviews. The first one had some of the scariest moments in a game I remember ever and the second one just like gameranx said is just a huge improvement besides more scary like they’re both amazing!
The Evil Within 1 and 2 are in my opinion some of the best survival horror games ever made,..The first one especially,. Easily on my top ten game list.Trily insane how they were somewhat overlooked when they are as good if not better then the resident evil games
I think its because re7 and tew2 both came out in the same year which people got captivated alot by compared to tew2 since re7 took a new turn by not just returning the series bwck to its horror roots but changing the formula for a new by bringing into first person whereas tew2 just solely improves on just the general mechanics of the first game to make it match the time aesthetics.
Overall, both games were and still are amazing standards in the horror genre and i do agree with the fact that tew2 is a brilliant sequel despite under selling, i do wish it was more well known and i also wish tango games comes together with an idea for a 3rd game.
Two of the best and two of my favorite survival horror games. I truly don't understand how they didn't sell more. The way the second one evolved the mechanics and made it slightly open world but still scary is such an achievement. The match mechanic on whether to burn enemies or not was such an awesome and tense loop! The story and bosses were also so memorable! I can't praise them enough.
I absolutely agree that Sunset Overdrive is an amazing game! It was part of my xbox bundle and because we moved I had nothing else to play but I loved it so much! it was one of the funniest games i´ve ever played and i wouldn´t even know to regret not play this amazing game.
So my theory on Mario Rabbids is back when the first one came out there were like 3 decent switch games BotW Rabbids and Bomberman. People were looking for a game to pick up for the new console and they bought it because it was the first Mario game on the console. The second game which i own and agree is a very good game came out in a time where a lot of other good titles also came out and had been out.
True, but I still agree with gameranx's take on it. I played it, I liked the gameplay (the humor and storytelling not so much), but I didn't need a sequel. Or clearly not this soon.
I'm 56 years old and can honestly say I've been a gamer since I was about 10 with the very first arcade games. I've never stopped playing so I've seen a lot from the first home computers and consoles to VR.
Enslaved is one of the most memorable games i have played in my life across all platforms and genres. the evolving story and relationship between monkey and Tripp, is so involving. the voice acting is so on point and the story Arc gripping. I think it was ahead of its time. as a teen I LOVED the crazy Japanese TV show Monkey Magic, so was already versed in the legend of the monkey King. although the show and the game bear little resemblance.
a crying shame it didn't get a sequel, would have been an instant buy for me. If there's a game that needs a high quality reboot, it's Enslaved. I think the scene is ripe for it, got to be a sure thing if it's done as thoughtfully and thoroughly as the original was.
For me it is the best game by Ninja Theory by far, so much better than Hellblade. I would exchange Hellblade 2 for a sequel of Enslaved in a heartbeat.
It is an awesome game and still looks gorgeus on a Series X, one of the few games I replay over and over along the years
@@vsanz4758hellblade is more of an experience. It was awesome. But I agree I would rather an enslaved 2
@@buddah1978egypt yeah, Hellblade is amazing!! I played it in VR and the simulation of mental illness is incredibly spooky. Superb game
@@vsanz4758 i am overdue for a replay. I completed it when it came out as I just couldn't stop playing it, I had to let the story unfold.
Completely agree. Enslaved still sticks with me as one of the most memorable and genuinely enthralling games I've ever played. I actually genuinely felt emotional growth between Monkey and Tripp.
It took me awhile to get to it, but I literally just finished playing Prey last night, and couldn't believe how good it was and that I waited so long to play it. I was shocked to see it here on this list.
I absolutely loved Sunset Overdrive. Probably one of my all-time favourites. So unique, so fast-paced, colourful and fun
So happy to see Sunset Overdrive somewhere! its one of my favorites from all time and I still have hopes of a sequel someday
Insomniac is already owned by sony, unless MS would make a sequel by themselves or give it to another studio.
I personally disliked the character and game design and intense colors, I just found the game very visually off putting so I never gave it a shot.
I absolutely loved Enslaved. Was such a great experience...
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Sunset’s issues might have also been heightened by the poor launch of the XboxOne. Prey has a big backstory behind the game. The original Prey was a fairly early 360 game that was a bit of a cult classic. A sequel was announced and as more information came out it was highly ambitious. It was supposed to come out 3-4 years (maybe even more) before the second Prey finally released but the ambitiousness of the project kept causing problems and delays. They eventually scrapped the game and said they weren’t going to make another. Then almost out of nowhere, probably because of Dishonored success, the IP was handed to Arkane and they fairly quickly released the newest Prey. Which, while great, is pretty different from the original and VERY different from the planned sequel. All of that probably contributed to the lower sales.
I've heard a pretty different story around the development of Prey 2 (I'd suggest watching Civvie11's video about it) there was a lot of backstabbing that went on with that whole situation.
Also I'd say Sunset Overdrive's biggest failing is taking a beloved studio that only released on PlayStation for most of their existence and having them make an Xbox exclusive in a time where people were superrrrrrrrr pissed at Xbox for wanting always on DRM physical copy games that are tied to the system they're first played on (so no game sharing or resale) and were pushing really hard for Xbox to be a normie device with lots of casual games and a focus on TV shows and their insistence on making the Connect a required attachment that you have to buy and always have hooked up.
People seem to forget what a hot mess Xbox was during the Xbox 1s launch but it was far more than just the lack of exclusives.
Guys don't play hellblaue worst game ever and money trap I've never played a worse game than that SH ittt phone games are better even mafia city is better Bru trust me💀💀💀
I absolutely loved Enslaved. I must've played through it like five times. Definitely underrated gem.
Enslaved is one of my all time favourite games, it really deserves more love
Gravity Rush 2 was so good! I loved that game. "Flying" by falling everywhere, and the different areas all looked great. It was a really game to explore for the hidden goodies in. I also have to back up the System Shock 2 shout out. A friend of mine turned me onto that game back in the 90s, and man, was it ever excellent. I'm really hoping it get a proper remake/remaster treatment.
Blur was a fantastic game. I worked in retail at the time and if I remember rightly it released certainly in the UK within weeks of another great racing game called Split/Second. This was a similar arcade racer where you could use the environment to give you an advantage. At the end of the day there's only so much money to spend on games so customers ultimately had to choose one or the other.
Split/Second Velocity was also a really fun arcade racer. It also didn't perform well enough for a sequel, which is a shame for both games really
I agree blur was brilliant !
My friends and I always joke that the Beta was so good that it made none of us want to spend money on the game. 8 of us got on every night for 2-4 weeks and played the open beta for Blur. It had 4 tracks, all the cars, full online match making. By the time it was time to buy it, we were kinda over it. We mention blur still to this day about how fun it used to be..wish we could go back and play it again
Split/Second was so good
@@ianbonaparte5683 well you still can on lan
I’m playing through prey right now, definitely super underrated! I wish there were more side quests involving live NPCs, the game world feels very lonely but I get that’s kind of the point.
Dishonored 2 is INSANE with how much detail is in the world and how polished it is. Prey too.
Playing Prey right now and absolutely loving it. I have no idea how it slipped under my radar. Some of the best level design ive ever played
Enslaved is SO underrated in my opinion. That’s always my go to when someone wants an older game that they may have never heard of.
I still playthrough Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines every couple of years. It's an amazing game with a lot of jank like you said, but that jank is defiantly apart of the charm of the game. Speaking of things you've said, now that you mentioned Bloodlines I'm going to have to reinstall it again.
I can’t believe you guys finally mentioned the PS Vita for once. I wish you guys would make a “Top 10 underrated PS Vita games” list!
Absolutely LOVED Enslaved! I think the Horizon series may've taken a bit of inspiration from that game.
I did too great game. I loved Vampire and Dark Messiah as well. I have given most of the games in the list a chance and they never really grabbed me I was just trying to get back into Pillars though.
Actually Horizon was postponed because Guerilla was worried that it was too similar a premise. Thank God, cuz PS3 wouldn't have done Horizon justice.
Blur was such an incredible game. It had some balancing issues but the gameplay and visuals were phenomenal. There's never been anything quite like it. I still dip back into it every now and then. I wish it had gotten a sequel.
Evil Within 2's first perhaps 1/3 of the game is some of the best horror I've played in a very long time. The open world town area where, exploring it and actually being scared for your life due to strong monsters and jump scares. The game sadly gets far more narrow, but its far superior to the first game and argually one of the best horror games over the past 10 years.
It is a great game, but Evil Within 1 is better. Better plot, scares, bosses, and upgrades. Both are great.
Evil Within series doesnt get enough credit as a survival horror game. I agree Evil Within 2 was a better version.
Sunset overdrive is absolutely one of the best games I’ve played. Still praying for a second one at some point.
Gravity Rush 2 was such a big upgrade from the first installment it blew me away! The setting, all of the explorable areas and collectibles you could find by shifting gravity accompanied by the beautiful soundtrack and amazing cell shaded graphics all made for a very nostalgic feeling game but one that stood out on its own as a force to be reckoned with… or so I thought :(
Really hope by some divine powers we’ll get a sequel someday.
I remember I got Gravity Rush 1 when it was a free game back when Vita was pretty young. There wasn't anything specifically stand out on Vita yet and I wasn't in the mood to play the playstation games I already owned from PS3. So I decided to go "Why not? Its not costing me money," and I remember getting so engrossed in it and was upset that it was over so quickly because I wanted MOAR. I was stunned that it was getting a sequel though I admit I haven't gotten around to playing it just yet despite it sitting in my library forever but it is a heartbreak it didn't sell well.
I didn't even know the game existed until this video but i'll be grabbing it this weekend
Gravity Rush 2 was amazing. Overall, its an open world game that stands on its own and there really is no other game to compare it to. The gravity power is unique. The world setting was unique(at the time). The story was unique(at the time too) and the soundtrack was awesome. And the combat was great even to today's standards.
I just think that releasing it on playstation and locking it to the console was the only reason why it didn't do well. They didn't promote it much and when they did, it was mostly about the ability to use the Vita and playstation's motion controls which was not actually needed to play and it was much easier without it. So they screwed the game over by focusing on self-promoting Playstation features instead of the game itself.
@@jrod1577 Thanks this sounds awesome abd I'm super excited to check it out! Yeah I'm pretty heavy into gaming news and I'm kind of stunned such a gorgeous looking game with such a novel concept slipped under my radar. I love weird games , Visually it looks great, I love novel control schemes for all intents and purposes a game like this is made for someone like me but I had no clue it was out there. Definitely sounds like a botched marketing job and unfortunate because it looks super captivating.
@@mariopot789 well the interesting thing is that the control scheme isnt that novel. It just works and the movement in the game is great! Other games you can easily get stuck on a pebble on the ground or some slightly uneven floor stopping you instantly on your tracks and breaks your immersion but in GR you rarely get that. The movement is pretty clean and "fluid". At first, the gravity power controls throws you off but you get used to it quickly and pretty soon your soaring across the world and finding hidden side story missions.
There are so many good games on this list: Sunset Overdrive, Blur, Gravity Rush and Enslaved were so great! Maybe Kameo and Titanfall 2 would fit this list as well, but I'm not sure how they sold exactly...
Enslaved was such a fun game. I absolutely loved that game when it released.
Blur was a blockbuster in fun. 20x live players at a time. Team modes. Incredible fun. Rev’ing it with a sequel or updating to clean up some bugs would have been great. What a hoot! TY for mentioning and reminding about Blur!
Prey is seriously one of the best games ever, imagine how different Arkane's trajectory would have been if Prey had been a huge hit
Prey is really one of the best games I ever played.
Prey was a really weak game that never deserved more attention. It was overrated by its handful of fans and properly rate by the rest of the gaming community. It was never a great game or a decent immersive sim.
Prey was Arkanes masterpiece.
Prey started off as a 10/10 game, it was EXCELLENT in those first few hours. Later it was still very good, but the last 30%/40% were really, really bad. So overall it's an OK game.
Just wish they were able ton polish it a bit more and all of the power upgrades had meaning. It was a challenging tense game though. Kinda like a mix between deadspace and bioshock. Very awesome.
Gravity Rush was an absolutely beautiful and fun game. so sad that it didn't sell well. Trying to convince friends to try it is harder than pulling teeth.
Part of the problem is that it was only on ps vita when it should have been on ps3 since it was created before the ps4 launched.
@@itsdemetri4282 don't think that was problem, since the remaster didn't get much attention either. It's just not a game with an easy to understand concept, and there's nothing else like it to compare to.
So relatable
I'm glad you mentioned that some games may break even and succeed, or may not meet certain expectations. There was a period for example that involved the words "Capcom Test." Which was they would test a games viability based on another games success or failure. They would then either attach that to a game that had nothing to do with the one actually being graded on success/failure, and oftentimes had absurd sales expectations like with the Devil May Cry series. If a game did succeed, like Resident Evil 4 on the Wii, it resulted in the questionable rail shooters being released on the same platform ie not another RE title with the mindset of the wiimote controls coupled with the combat/movement style of the acclaimed title.
As an aside, I very much agree on PoE 2. That genre requires you to dedicate yourself, they are not pick up and put down titles. I played Divinity OS 1 and I have yet to go to 2 despite purchasing it because I know I don't have the hour-hour time to ensure I won't drop it down the road and have to start over. While I didn't play through Pillars myself, I wasn't overly impressed by what I saw despite some of my then favorite UA-camrs at the time supporting it. Just kinda bounced off it for some reason.
Wow. Earthbound only sold 140k copies originally. I’m proud to say I was one of those owners. I thought the game was awesome, and the big box with the players guide and stinky scratch and sniff cards was really unique and cool at the time.
Blur was the pinnacle of Split Screen Racing...It was the game i played with my friends and it never got old. RIP Blur❤
I think Number 9, The Evil Within 2 kind of shows the difficulty with determining actual sales figures when companies have very little incentive to disclose specific digital sales. EW2 looks tot have sold about 1.5M copies on Steam alone, it also sold 43K copies on PS4 in Japan in a few days, being the 3rd best selling game, so it did okay. A comparison is Evil Within 1 was released in 2014 and only 2% of it's sales were digital. The difference between 2014 and 2017 when it comes to digital sales might as well be 100 years.
I enjoyed the Evil Within but the reality is they are not the best. Very Twin Peaks surreal which makes it difficult to explain or understand the story, lots of jumping between timelines and twisted imagined worlds it's hard to know what is going on, confusing even when playing. The game also starts incredibly difficult and forces you into stealthy careful play, which only alleviates after many upgrades and new weapons to your character throughout the game. Finally it's just very brutal and gross out in it's horror, most people prefer a bit more sanitised or action hero feeling. Horror games just don't sell well, Resident Evil is an anomaly.
1.5 mil at what price?
@@IISuzakuII I have no idea, but given that all their peak traffic was the first two weeks it was released, it looks like most were full retail price, but it's not the point.
When the first game was released only 2% of the sales were digital (which is incredibly low even for 2014), when the second was released in 2017, 79% of games sold were digital across the entire industry, so not having sale figures that include digital is just speculation. For example, if 75% of the sales were digital (not a crazy number), those 211K copies sold its first week becomes 844K which matches the original.
I'm not arguing that the game was a financial success, just that we don't know how poorly it sold. Given we haven't seen a third game, it fair to surmise that it didn't make much (if any) profit.
Great video! If I could nominate one additional entry, it would probably be “The Order: 1886,” a gorgeous and fun early PS4 title that just kinda vanished without much fanfare. Wish it had launched the franchise that the studio definitely planned!
I finished Enslaved: Odyssey to the west in like a day back in high school & totally forgot about how good & unique of a game it was until my brother brought it up again years later. There was definitely potential to build on its story.
Gravity Rush 2 was pretty good. I loved flying to other islands. I think it was just a bit too open, lacking a little direction and a slightly limited scope story - but really cool to play for a while. The perfect game for a demo, to let people taste it’s coolness.
It was undeniably fun fs, honestly wished more people played what I consider to be one of the most unique mechanics in gaming
as you said, fun for few hours. did platinum triphy in GR2 and most time it was boring or soo annoying. overall overated game imho.
Loved Gravity Rush 2. Don't even know how I ended up owning it. Never heard of it but it was so unique. The movement system with changing gravity was so cool. It was fun flying around the clouds and doing stuff like falling upward or sideways through the clouds into floating cities.
Was quite surprised to hear that most immersive sims flop, as the first game I usually think straight away is Deus Ex, and that did really well (at least the original and Human Revolutions did anyway). But despite some of them flopping at release, like Vampire the Masquerade, they still leave behind a huge cult following and inspire so many other games for years. It's truly one of the best genres, but also one that is extremely hard to execute well and requires a tonne of work on behalf of the developer.
@@MO_Disk Yes, nicely said. There's a trade-off with such games as their complexity and encouragement of creative problem-solving rather than simple running and gunning can seem too hard for many players.
I think you'll find the first Mario + Rabbids sold so well because there were such limited games released on the switch at that time.
Now theres just so many amazing titles, it's a tough market
100% true, I sold my copy of Mario Rabbids cause it's just not, idk, fun to me?
@@nonpondo_ Your just not into tactics games.
Prey is a masterpiece, just finished it lately and I am still shocked how I missed it at its time of release
A lot of people were mad that prey rebooted the original IP of prey when the sequel was set up for the original prey and Bethesda straight up cancelled it for petty reasons
Binary Domain is one of my favourite games that sold abysmally bad. And it deserved a sequel cause the story was top notch
I really enjoyed the Mario and Rabbids games more than I thought I would. A lot people I've talked to about the game weren't even aware a sequel existed.
It would be interesting to see a deep dive into Immersive Sims. The good, the bad, and the disconnect between reviewers and sales
Enslaved is one of my all time favorite games. Wish we got more like it.. or a remaster
i absolutely love gravity rush 1 and 2. i remember my cousin told me about the first game and i took a chance with it and fell in love with it. i would love to see a part 3, but after watching this.....i can stop holding my breath.
I think Preys failure had a lot to do with it's marketing. It should never have been called prey in the first place. I think Bethesda tried to hard to bank on the marketing they had already done for Prey 2, and in the end when Prey got released, I suspect a lot of people (myself included) were disappointed that it wasn't the game that had been previously marketed under the Prey name. I feel like it would have gone a lot better if they had called it "Talos One" and marketed it for what it was. Such a good game though, easily one of my personal favorites
Prey is one of my favorite games in the last 10 years. If you like BioShock and Dishonored, it is a must play. It is a combo of those two games in my opinion. Awesome story and setting.
I did like bioshock & dishonoured, but I hated prey.
@@noelkelleher9727 Which parts didn't you like, out of curiousity?
@@noelkelleher9727I’m interested to know too why you didn’t click with it. I found Prey to have some of the greatest level design, World design and atmosphere of any game.
@@twentyarms it's easier to say which parts I did like, none
Blur was genuinely a great racing game, loved playing online. Shame we never got a sequel. 😢 Enslaved was a fantastic game too.
Shame it took Bizarre Creations to the grave. I'd love a modern MSR/PGR.
Came here to say exactly this. I miss blur so much
Blur was my most played online game for that time. It was like a less cartoony Mario Kart. I adored it!
Bigger shame is that you can't buy it anywhere, it's delisted or how to say it.
@@enemy1191 i gave my BF my PS3 and somehow my copy was missing and i had to hunt one down off individual sellers on amazon & Ebay
I didn't know about the "Evil Within" games when they released until I got the time to play both, until this day I have no idea how "the evil within 2" didn't sell or wasn't loved as much as the first one. It was a huge improvement in every aspect.
For me, it's God Hand and Urban Reign. God hand still got some attention later on but Urban Reign never picked up traction. It was an absolute multiplayer blast! Having a friend's Glenn hang your character upside down and punch their balls into oblivion, was a memory you can't forget.
10:21 I bought Sunset Overdrive from a local used game shop for $2. Holy hell it is really fun! I love how the world feels and how characters interact with each other. And the amount of fourth-wall breaking is immense. This game needed more love
I bought and refunded sunset overdrive at 50% off and found it mind-numbingly boring to play. Just so extremely boring.
@@Djeveldyrker Same. Sunset Overdrive is a master class in bad writing and hopelessly uninspired gameplay.
I bought an Xbox on sale on black Friday just to play sunset over drive and forza. Ended up play sunset overdrive more than forza unil I beat it 😂
@@DolphinOfFirethat’s what I did too and after I beat it I gave my little brother the Xbox and the game and he still has never played it just bought Madden instead
@@housetraitor4806 😂😂😂
ENSLAVED: Odyssey to The West is legitimately an epic action play former. Awesome art-style, characters and story. I’m shocked to this day that it underperformed.
Pillars of eternity(I didnt get to play deadtide) was probably my favorite rpg dvinity styled game even comparing to baldurs gate, it had such a rich story and unlike most of those games, you can truly make your party with custom characters and feel like you have a story with them. The game is just incredibly dense that after I got to a certain point halfway I think I made a mistake and had an urge to make a new character I just didn't have the motivation to start over so i kind of just hard stopped and haven't picked it up then.
SUNSET OVERDRIVE WAS A GAME THAT I LOVED AND FORGOT ALL ABOUT UNTIL NOW, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THIS GAME AHHHHH 😊
Sunset Overdrive was amazing and sucks it didn't get a sequel. Both DLC's were awesome too
Enslaved and Sunset Overdrive are both stellar games. I cannot understand why they didn't sell more.
Never played it because I thought it was going to be a colourful zombie shooter
@@spaldini Even a colourful zombie shooter would be great, its one of those games where even the free roam, you could go all out with the shooting w/ unique guns and movement mechanics while Free Bird is playing in the background
Sunset Overdrive was exclusive to Xbox which meant I couldn't get it when it released.
just not advertised well enough. i remember getting overdrive , talking about it to friends and they never even herd about it.
I bought a physical copy of Prey for 8 bucks, but haven't gotten around to playing it. I'll keep that in mind when I finally get around to it.
Its honestly frustrating that Sunset Overdrive and Enslaved didn't sell as well as they should have. They are AMAZING!
I just finished Prey last week. I can't express how amazing this game is. One of the most underrated games of history. I urge everyone who has the chance to play to give it a shot. Such a captivating story, ingenious gameplay, a very deep lore, an amazing setting. and i could go on. Please play this game.
Pd: and also is has an amazing, and very unique DLC in Mooncrash
FUCKING AGREE
GO CHECK IT OUT PEOPLE
OPEN WORLD well….open space shuttle? Idk still it’s NUTS
Yes, Prey is a phenomenal game. I wish that it had an even harder setting, though, because even by the end I was a powerhouse. Glad to see it get acknowledged on the list because it's one that nobody plays.
I started playing it but I didn't like the complicated building of things so I stopped playing after 2 hours or so. I still want to try and play it again though
Split/Second is my favorite racing game. It only sold 86k in the 1st 12 days according to google. On ur 1st playthrough of the campaign, every race is an intense and epic experience.
The Map Change Events were the most genious idea i have have ever seen in a racing game! One second ur in a normal race, and the next u have building collapsing around u. The adrenalline u get from barely out running the map change is unparraleled to any other racing game. And then for the rest of the the laps, u have to take the new path as the old one is destroyed. When u move to Online play, and learn the maps there is no better feeling than a perfectly timed bomb drop or map change that wipes out half the opponents while u take the lead. Or make a crane lift a path someone is heading down, causing them to fall into the water as u make a sharp turn and take the other path. Or in the same path, have the crane lift the path AS u get to the platform, prevent the opponent riding ur tail to fall as u make it safely to the other side. The control u had over the map in this game was crazy! and this was back in 2010. Imagine what could be done with the current development technology!
I just think the game released ahead of its time. ppl were more into slow RPGs back then. Now-a-days with everyone looking for the next dopamine hit, a Remake or sequal would probably sell extrememly well. But it was made by a Disney developer, so I doubt we will ever see a Remake or sequal with Disney only caring about established IPs.
I think split second is better than Blur
Honestly Prey hooked me from the get-go. The first couple minutes were a little weird and slow... but it immediately turns things on it's head the next second. I'd already played both Dishonored games previously and loved them, so I knew I'd at the very least like it... I wasn't expecting to fall in love with it
I went in not expecting much at all and was blown away that the game was as amazing as it was and wasn’t more popular
@@plugshirt1762 I originally got it for like $5 on steam sales, which made me feel bad after I finished... because it is definitely worth paying full price for... so I bought a few people the game full price, just to get more people to play it lol. Criminally underrated game
Gravity Rush 2 was such a great game it's really sad that it didn't do well. I'm glad I was able to play while servers were still on, the indirect multiplayer aspect of the game was brilliant.
Prey was SO good. The Mooncrash DLC was just as good as the campaign. It was more like a separate game entirely. They used the same general mechanics, but turned it into a roguelite.
A roguelite you say? I never got it because something felt dead about the main game to me... but I do love me a roguelite lol
Yup. Look it up. It was fantastic
Prey was outstanding
The only reason why i havent played prey more than couple of hours, is the lack of guns and that the ones in the game feel terrible to use. Like where's the assault rifle and smg? The whole simulation aspect of the story feels like a cop out too which i really dont like.
@insector2093 Why would a bunch of scientists on a space station have military-grade weaponry?