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18 awesome games that died at retail

Reviewers loved them, but that didn’t stop them from selling like crap

Words: Mikel Reparaz, GamesRadar US
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ninjagoeswhaa  - 1 month 14 days ago 
Two Jet Set Radio games and not a single mention of the magnum opus "Blasto?" May the ghost of Phil Hartman haunt you forever!
FunkyAl  - 1 month 14 days ago 
GAASSSPPP!
Somebody else besides me knows about the Neverhood!
allthegoodnameswheretaken  - 1 month 14 days ago 
Maybe if you moan long enough and hard enough we will eventually buy these games.=)
Fluxnard  - 1 month 14 days ago 
I've played most of these...but Okami was one of the games I didn't. Am I a bad person?
vyseaurion  - 1 month 14 days ago 
I nearly shat myself when I saw the one about Metal Arms: Glitch in the System. That's still one of my favorite games to date.
Finklemeyer  - 1 month 14 days ago 
Jesus. Gamesradar will never EVER stop trying to shove Okami down my throat.
SuperStingray  - 1 month 13 days ago 
I was expecting MadWorld or even Excitebots.
smallberry  - 1 month 13 days ago 
I remember The Neverhood. I didn't ever manage to get hold of a copy.
garnsr  - 1 month 13 days ago 
I've got just about all the console (and DS) games here. I never had a PC, but I always wanted to play Grim Fandango. And go Okami!
Amatarasu  - 1 month 13 days ago 
now that i look back at it,the only reason i played phyconaughts and Glitch was because i wasn't they were out of "game i wanted at time" so i settled for them. But i played okami on the extreme recomendation that was put forth by nintindo power, you, that one guy who i thought used to live in paraguay. and i loved it.
Amatarasu  - 1 month 13 days ago 
and also. Okami Ds? is it a remake with the same story,or is it new? cause if it's new, definite buy
right now all that keeps my DS out of the shooting range (were the gamecube, psp,and my old ds with the broken L button met their doom) is Mario&Luigi games,as well as repeat plays of eba
Ender3  - 1 month 13 days ago 
I play through Deadly Shadows twice a year. Even against today's games Deadly Shadows holds up beautifully. The graphics, missions, and writing are all top notch. Once a year i search for news of a new Thief game and die a little inside each time it comes up empty. Thanks for mentioning it.
FlyinMX  - 1 month 13 days ago 
*sigh* Guess which one of the 18 games here I DID buy...

OKAMI! I bought it on it's PS2 launch day.

I bought it because not only was it getting rave reviews, but its source material (Japanese mythology) was so interesting to me, which I can't say about many of these other games.
AyJay  - 1 month 13 days ago 
How much copies did Punch-Out!! sell?
I know it didn't do too well.
Cwf2008  - 1 month 13 days ago 
Ok blame me for Okami i never bought it. We must bring Okami back so GamesRadar can stop guilt-triping us into buying it!
Craza  - 1 month 13 days ago 
Neverhood looks so original and unique. Quite interesting.
I really, really wanted to buy Okami, but alas, I have no PS2. :C
It almost made me buy one though....
Xobi  - 1 month 13 days ago 
No doubt................... OKAMI WAS JUST BLOODY BRILLIANT
speno93  - 1 month 13 days ago 
haven't even finished the article and i just know Okami is going to be here
speno93  - 1 month 13 days ago 
yep, i knew it
JohnnyMaverik  - 1 month 13 days ago 
I'm guna buy all of them!

No not really -_-
I already have a couple anyways...
Interesting article though, there were a couple there I'd never even heard of, and a couple more I have heard of but never taken any interest in (for no particular reason might I add).
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