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To coincide with the over-rated games post, the under-rated games. Those games that have been shunned for trying something new, odd looking graphics and not meeting the general public's interest of yearly FIFA updates. (Remember this is my personal opinion).

Astro Boy: Omega Factor (GBA)
Astro Boy is developed by Treasure. Typically this means it is a gem. An odd license but still it keeps the Treasure charm of awesome graphics, fighting and ridiculously hard difficulty.It's a 2D scrolling shooter with some flying bits that still work similar. There's a punch button, kick, laser , jump and 3 special moves which in typical Treasure fashion are big and flashy. It's got a really well thought out storyline. You first play through it but then at the end, you gain the ability to time travel. This basically means a level select. It's slightly tediously without a guide as you have to inspect every nook and cranny of all the levels to unlock some cut scenes and other secret levels. Overall it's quite a large game and saved me and my brother from boredom during a holiday.

Jak 3(PS2)
I'm not actually too sure what my allure to this game is. I find most of the aspects to be borrowed and some of them quite poor. But I enjoy it immensely. I think the story is cliche' and acting is a bit crap. Apart from all that I just enjoy the environment, the free(ish) world and the driving is fun. You wonder how it went from Jak and Daxter a cute platforming game in the style of Crash Bandicoot to some weird Rachet and Clank game. The platforming is fun, guns are great and overpowered and the driving, while slightly clunky is awesome. I'd rather suggest a rent to be honest, but I think it's great.

Dead Rising(360)
Dead Rising is actually a well received and highly rated game. I think it doesn't get enough recognition. It's the sole reason I really bought an Xbox 360 and I haven't regretted it. You are a journalist trapped in a shopping mall with hordes of zombies attacking you. It's played in a 3rd person view but can switch to first person when shooting/throwing items. The thing is, you can go anywhere in the mall, do almost anything and fight the zombies any way you'd like. Throw some cooking oil at a zombie and watch how they slip on it, stick a shower head in their faces and watch as blood pours out of the shower head, shoot hockey pucks at them or even throw Frisbees at them .Whether you want to follow the story line, do the mini missions, just plainly kill zombies how you like or gain the mass amount of Xbox Achievements is up to you. It's the best 360 game around, unfortunately overshadowed by the mass hype of Gears of War.

Spider-Man 3
I've been playing this as of late on the Xbox 360 and personally I thought it was a good and solid game. Reviews and opinions have been a bit mixed with many reviews putting it down. Personally I think it's a very fun game to play, mainly on the 360, and with a large storyline and extras to do. It does have a lot of glitches and they still didn't fix, in fact they made the little missions of helping the public out even worse. But those are my only gripes with it. Otherwise it's very fun, the QTE's(Quick Time Events) make a nice change and the combat I found was better.

Runescape
Runescape is a bit of odd choice for me. For non PC gamers it's gonna be unknown and still to PC gamers it might not be heard of. I started playing Runescape with friends back in 2000 or so, it's a very basic Massively Multi player Online Role Playing Game with basic graphics and combat. But it was all very well implemented with tonnes of skills. There was mining, cooking, fighting, fishing, thieving, blacksmithing etc. It also had a special "Wilderness" for player versus player fighting. This was also very well implemented as the further you went, the different levels could attack you. Basically in the entrance of the wilderness, only someone 1-2 levels between you could attack you, at the end, someone 42 levels higher or lower can attack you. I have constantly come back to this game, not in recent times I admit, as it's so addictive. Each time I've been hacked in some way which has made me scarper but still it is an awesome game, well I personally prefer the old graphics to the long awaited new ones.

WWF No Mercy (N64)
This is a pretty old game, but one of the last at the end of the N64's life. It is the best wrestling game in my opinion. If it wasn't for the fact my N64 has died and my version is glitched... I'd be playing it a lot. They added more features from Wrestlemania 2000 and a better system. Every thing was simple but that is what made it great. It's hard to explain now that Wrestling games are really complex but It was just awesome.