After being sidelined last week by getting sick, Throwback Thursday is back, and this time we’re digging deep in the vault for one of the most overlooked titles of the last generation in Bandai-Namco’s Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. This is the Premium Edition, too, which means it includes the excellent DLC, Pigsy’s Perfect 10. If you missed this one when it came out, trust me, you wanna play it.
HOW TO ENTER
To enter simply let us know what one of your favorite “overlooked” games is in the comments section below. If you’re on Twitter please include your @handle as well. If not, just make sure the email address you use when entering is valid.
THE FINE PRINT
Winners will be selected on Wednesday, April 23rd. All entries must be submitted by 8 PM EDT/5 PM PDT on Wednesday. Please note that although anyone can enter you must either be following me on Twitter or submit a working email address to win.
Good luck!
RotoRob GAMING 
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter. @werezompire
I have that game. It really used the ideas present in roguelikes before it was the ‘thing’ to do in game design. Very unique for its time and worth playing still.
Catherine is the best overlooked game for me, a tough little puzzler with a brilliantly wierd story
@joelennon2011
My favorite overlooked game? Time and Eternity, no contest.
Deadly Premonition. Sure it’s flawed but the story and character more than make up for that.
@Androu1
One of my favorite overlooked games is the original Bionic Commando. Although it has a very good cult following today, that wasn’t the case when it came out. I remember playing it over and over again and getting very good at the game. The remake that is available on PSN is a great, but the original is a true overlooked classic.
My twitter handle is @warrencbennett
Nier without a doubt. @moggsster
Folklore, easily.
@Sindroam
catherine
@ratatoskxx
Bangaio spirits
@LiLugly420
I will have to go with Deadly Premonition!
@OttoL1
For me was Final Fantasy XIII
I think Valkyria Chronicles was overlooked by a lot of people.
Kirby’s Air Ride. Specifically for City Trial mode multiplayer.
@ChrisHolland70
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, the best RPG in the last 10 years.
@jscarpe
Earth Defense Force Insect Armageddon. @zero110100
Sky of Arcadia. A good game. @Joeeblackk
Valkyria Chronicles. It got great reviews and was even developed by Sega but sales were pretty pathetic.
@ZeroP1
Darksiders is an excellent overlooked game. I really should play Darksiders 2
@lmd1974
Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
@malouff
Time and Eternity
@Dark_Dusk
Valkyria Chronicles on PS3 is my favorite.
@aklambda
Folklore , the .hack Franchise, the Yakuza Franchise, and the Agaest war Franchise.
@fishhat1534
Catherine
@gmanvg
Resident Evil 6. It doesn’t suck as bad as people make it out to be.
@falconpunchgrip
The first title I thought of for this question was Bosconian, a very enjoyable Namco arcade game whose star doesn’t shine as brightly as contemporaries like Pac-Man, Galaga, Xevious, Dig Dug, etc. But in the home gaming realm, I’ll go with the 2000 PC game Pac-Man: Adventures in Time, one of my all-time favorite games. I’ll bet few, if any, of the other commenters have even heard of it.
@fifteencharword
Baten Kaitos for the gamecube 🙂
@Jimbob12345B
Folklore
Catherine
@alee67
catherine
@rmr34
Well, I don’t know if it’s an “overlooked” game, but I really like Gabrielle’s Ghostly Groove 3D on the 3DS. It’s a really fun rhythm game! Twitter: @LotsaNintendo
Nier. Fantastic Soundtrack. Man Tear inducing Story, and unforgettable characters. @Sephamus
Gravity Rush for the Vita. So many people shrugged their shoulders… Well I say I’ll cut off your shoulders, son! Story was great, combat was great, control was great, hell the AI was great! Side quest’s to keep you busy and the scenery is great enough to just wander about!
Anyone who disagrees will be slapped…
Alpha Protocol
@JCTango
Legend of Dragoon, a PS1 game, was pretty overlooked due to competing with FF8. I still like its combat, though. @invisifool
Red Faction: Armageddon
@CoreyRuehling
Probably Catherine or maybe Vanquish.
Probably Catherine or Vanquish.
Resonance of Fate @shigeru_mid
The Darkness omg it’s epic.
@Darklurkr23
Prince of Persia 2008, it deserves a sequel.
@Ganth0101
Mr Mosquito
@rabhimself6
Star Ocean: Last Hope. I loved that game. @Jason_Negron
@DivineRamza Outcast for pc for sure. Glad they are crowd funding an HD remake!
Project Eden on PS2 and PC, that game had a lot of innovations and some of the best puzzles I’ve seen in a game and it’s concept was really an achievement for its time, sadly no one seems to be mentioning it for some reason
@AhmedSlaibi
Folklore
@f3xbd
I think mine has got to be Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee. I was thinking of choosing Marvel Nemesis Rise of the Imperfects or Custom Robo on the GCN but they both had too many flaws. Godzilla was such a fun game to play with my family or random friends when they came over.
Oh yeah,
@oomomow
Heavenly Sword
@Pixolator
The Saboteur was an awesome game IMO, but not too many people played it.
@redrumbllefish
This was another great game, yep.
hmmm overlooked…
Rouge Galaxy PS2
@_tanjil_
Lots of many overlooked games, but I’m going to have to go with Lost Odyssey.
Thanks for the contest.
@richardicular
Probably King’s Field or Shadow Tower. From Software fans know what I’m talking about.
Evolution: The World of Sacred Device on the Dreamcast (and the sequel). A pair of wonderful RPGs.
They were rereleased on the Gamecube as “Evolution Worlds” but the port sucked.
@bennijin
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter. @chokochokorito
Battle Clash on the SNES( Old school sleeper title)
@rockinjs864
Ghost Trick, Radiant Historia and Neir are all amazing games that deserve more attention, especially Neir.
@SamAustin7
Trapt (Tecmo deception sequel) for PS2
@Arikdefrasia
Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter although I wished they started you in different locations or different dialogue based on your D-ratio.
@RichardSchmoll
Probably Perimeter. Vastly underrated and overlooked game. Had a great soundtrack, different ideas in both presentation and gameplay which I was really sold on. Great game!
Killing Floor, love the online mods
@Dryden13
Eternal Sonata. It’s rare to find a developer who clearly loved the source material and what they were working on, and it shows in the final product.
@StrakAttack