Most underrated action/adventure PC games of all time

[fraggmatic]

Hi there! I'm new to this forum but have enjoyed pc gaming forever, actually since my C64 many years ago...and yes it was fully loaded with a tape recorder!!! I'm always looking for good games to play and was wondering what you guys think were the most underrated/overlooked Action-Adventure PC games ever made for the PC.

[fraggmatic]

All right, all right... I'll start the list. Here is IMO a few older titles I still play today that were overlooked and never got the attention they deserved
- System Shock 2
- Full Throttle
- Red Faction
- Clive Barker's Undying
- The Wheel of Time
- Drakan Order of the Flame

[phoenix17]

You're absolutely right about Red Faction, which was an original and interesting FPS experience. Spontaneously, I-War 2 and Freespace 2 definitely come to mind but that's almost a rule with space shooters.

[Stiler]

Severance: Blade of Darkness
Die by the sword
Drakan: order of the flame (wish the sequel was for the pc :( )
Dark Earth (one of my personal favorites, very under-rated)

[Nova]

I don't think System Shock 2 is underrated. Overlooked yes, but definitely not underrated. Kind of like Planescape: Torment, Freespace 2 and Fallout 1 & 2. :)

Anyways, here's my list:

Freelancer
Anachronox
Icewind Dale series
Clive Barker's Undying
Divine Divinity

That's all I can think of at the moment.

[Stingm]

Let me add the Thief series to this. Awesome games.

Sting

[fraggmatic]

Drakan: order of the flame (wish the sequel was for the pc :( )


Yeah, Drakan was such an original game at the time it came out. Well-done interface, good combat system, excellent graphics, plenty of action, and riding Arok was just plain fun!!

Let me also add to the list:

- Vampire Bloodlines (superb action/RPG imo, of course, after patching and setting your virtual memory to 4GB !!)

- Requiem Avenging Angel

- Messiah

- Strife

[Phone(6644)]

Totally agree with -Severance: Blade of Darkness

I was so addicted to this, I wish they would make the No2 for todays more powerfull PCs

[calenerd]

Icewind Dale

[Kane]

Omikron(although the FPS section suck donkey ballz)
Martian Gothic(awesome budget game packed with an intricate storyline)

[Circlebreaker]

Sacrifice, MDK, Both Vampire: The Masquerade games, IWD, Star Wars: KOTOR 2, ...

[fraggmatic]

Yes, the MDK series were excellent!!! Adding to the list : Giants Citizen Kabuto, a very funny game with plenty of action/puzzles and amazing graphics for its time. Also recently I went back and tried to finish Shadow Man, a great classic that was somehow overlooked imo.