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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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twishart  - 1 month 1 day ago 
holy shit, I was worried Okami wouldn't make the cut, then BAM!

recaptcha : unsold because

TOO TRUE, RECAPTCHA...
pandaslam14  - 1 month 1 day ago 
oh my god! neverhood is amazing!! am i the only one here who's played it? its very hard/creepy/funny
superstud  - 1 month 1 day ago 
Shen-bloody-mue! That game is the single most boring piece of shagging media ever created by man or beast, and I include The Bloody Silmarillion in that. It is a truly terrible game indeed when QT-bloody-E's are considered a highlight.
Good article though if only as yet another reason to attempt to drum up some sales for the wonderful Okami.
Am I the only one though who loves that game but finds the "blooobly-blobbbly-blooop" speech noises so damned bloody annoying that I want to chew off my own damned ears two seconds into each conversation? Seriously though, anyone else?
FinalGamer  - 1 month 1 day ago 
I bought BOTH versions of Okami. I did all I could.

I also bought Psychonauts, Beyond Good & Evil, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Shenmue II, Jet Set Radio, Jet Set Radio Future, Oddworld Stranger's Wrath and Space Station Silicon Valley.

I did play Thief Deadly Shadows but I suck at stealth though I thought it was a well-made game.

And now I REALLY want The Last Express because I love point-click games and I NEVER heard of it before and holy shit it sounds awesome.
helloimgaydo  - 1 month 1 day ago 
I played all the sega games on this list. Panzer Dragoon Orta... I had forgotten how much I loved that game. I'm going to dig it out and play it now.

It is on the 360s backwards compatibility list isn't it? I hope so.
Hobojedi  - 1 month 1 day ago 
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System was awesome, it's one of my favorite games on the gamecube. Lots of fun to play with friends
CARLINNIT  - 1 month 1 day ago 
Grim Fandango! The Neverhood! Both INCREDIBLE.
thatoneperson  - 1 month 1 day ago 
another way to get ds games is to download them (and its free)
Heyexclamationpoint  - 1 month 1 day ago 
That Neverhood clip was awesome. Stop motion claymation will always look better than cgi.
Meagan47  - 1 month 1 day ago 
I remember Space Station Silicon Valley. That was one of my favourite N64 games. I wish I could find a copy of it.
qwed123  - 1 month 1 day ago 
The neverhood was great, I still remember the catchy music from the game.
lilyeister  - 1 month 1 day ago 
Metal Arms was such a good game, 10/10
mentalityljs  - 1 month 1 day ago 
*VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE*

Steam has a downloadable version of BG&E for $20 if anyone's interested, along with a bunch of old school hard to find games.
510BrotherPanda  - 1 month 1 day ago 
I always shiver from feeling the accomplishment when the Land Restoration music plays and the water and color come back from the curse in Okami. I got the Wii one because I never owned any PlayStation stuff.
ariolander  - 1 month 1 day ago 
Kinda suprised Valkeria Chronicles wasn't on the list =/

Also lol @ okami being last. I was going the entire article waiting for the other shoe to drop.
bloodyshadow  - 1 month 1 day ago 
I ama ashamed to say that I am one of the many to blame for "Stranger's Wrath" to tank. I didn't get it until about a year after it came out and boy was I sad when I found not only just how great the game was, but that it would be the last Oddworld game... 5,000 hail marys!!!
NorwegianKingOfNames  - 1 month 1 day ago 
@mentalityljs
I was going to buy the Steam version of Beyond Good and Evil but it doesn't work on Vista or Windows 7.

So instead I just put on some green lipstick and befriended a pig. It just wasn't the same.
Megajamz  - 1 month 1 day ago 
grim fandango such an amazing game ^^
ineedaweapon  - 1 month 1 day ago 
I played all of these 'cept the dreamcast/PC ones. Though I did play Grim Fandango at a friends house and I loved Skullmonkeys, the sequel to the Neverhood.
TestDDs  - 1 month 20 hours ago 
Ha ha they died at rentals that means there not as good as you thought.
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