I can't really think of many titles that meet the criteria. Usually when Microsoft has a hit they smack you around the head with it until you buy it. It's multi-platform but i'd go with Alpha protocol.
Viva Pinata and Nuts & Bolts really showed that Rare can still make games just as amazing as they did in the past. Not sure if they qualify as "hidden gems" but they did sell poorly, despite being really good.
Singularity was middling. The story wasn't anything special. The time powers and guns were fun, though. Not worth a purchase.
The Darkness still hold up well, they recently released info on a sequel. Ripping dudes' faces off from far away was pretty fun. Too bad Starbreeze isn't doing it. Id like to see them do something again. Riddick: Dark Athena was a solid attempt, but just couldn't match the love for the original.
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy King Kong Kameo The Darkness Lost Odyssey Overlord Hitman Blood Money eternal sonata Condemned nail'd Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom Vanquish DarkStar One: Broken Alliance Chromehounds Singularity DeathSmiles NIER Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Resonance of Fate Deadly Premonition Mini Ninjas IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger X-Men Origins: Wolverine Riddick: Dark Athena Ninja Blade Tales of Vesperia Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit Frontlines: Fuel of War Culdcept SAGA Naruto: Rise of a Ninja Beautiful Katamari The Simpsons Game FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage Armored Core 4 Stuntman Ignition
That looks like the only post that follows the rules of "nobody has heard of these games", but even then, I can see several that people have definitely heard of.
" I can't really think of many titles that meet the criteria. Usually when Microsoft has a hit they smack you around the head with it until you buy it. It's multi-platform but i'd go with Alpha protocol. "
Also Apache: Air Assault maybe decent. I may buy it out of curiosity. there's a demo of it on live to see if it's your kind of thing ( i had to swap the stick control to make it playable for me). i remember Jeff saying he was kinda interested in seeing it in a Mailbag video but never heard anything from him on it.
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Tales of Vesperia (I want that PS3 port over here, dammit!) Forza Motorsport 2 (Before the series took on a policy of appeasement to the masses and ruined itself. It's a pity that most people only played "the bad one", FM3)
@T0mF5: battlefield 1943 is the bestselling xbox live arcade game and both RISK: Factions and Splosion Man are some of the best selling xbla games as well how the fuck is that a hidden gem do you even know what a hidden gem is? there is still a shitton of pepol playing splode and risk online and its pointless to put up xbla games they get burried so fucking deep by so much mediocre duel stick shoters and generic platformers and old arcade ports that most of the great games will be forgotten in a month
Mafia 2 Eternal Sonata BlazBLue Darksiders (not sure if that counts..i think some people actually bought it...its great) Alone In The Dark Baja: Edge of Control Naruto Rise of a Ninja Gray Matter R.U.S.E. Sherlock Holmes Venetica Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Condemned 2: Bloodshot is easily my favorite game on the 360. I'd play the first one first, just to find out how much they got right with the sequel. They're both like 10 bucks now.
Fucking EDF 2017 as well, shoot a bunch of bugs in their giant faces, and robots in their dicks.
@chan05: Baja: Edge of Control isnt all that great Gray Matter just came out days ago maby you should wait and see before calling it a hidden gem Mafia 2 sold 700k so i dont think that is a hidden gem and darksider sold 800 k Alone In The Dark is a very bad game Sherlock Holmes games have always been mediocre so calling it a gem might not be the right thing Venetica on the 360 is poor if this was a list of pc hidden gems that would fit but the 360 version is not very good
i am not trying to be a asshole i bet you can find alot of negative things about my list
As Icemael said Wartech: Senko no Ronde. That game is fantastic. 50% fighting game, 50% bullet hell, 100% awesome (yeah, I just did that). It's probably the most hidden gem on the xbox 360.
Also this game is going for like ~$10 on amazon.com so you have no reason not to own this.
Oh, and also Project Sylpheed. It's basically Gundam (Seed-ish era if you ask me) but you fly a ship instead of a humanoid robot. It's a ton(ne?) of fun, and also $10 on amazon.
@oysteinBrenne: actually Gray Matter came out some months ago in my country. didnt know its new in the usa. to the other games..yes with mafia 2 and darksiders you are right.i still think they both have performed waaaay under their potential. and about baja, alone in the dark and venetica..well thats a matter of personal taste...i really liked them. but i can see that they are games most people dont like...therefore the word HIDDEN gem fits it i guess :D. Some people can find something they like in it...most people dont...still to me they are gems ;)
I was going to say Alan Wake, but it's already been said. So Bayonetta. If you can handle the over the top ridiculousness, you can find a challenging and fun game. Seriously, I'm not kidding, It's fucking nuts.
" Tales of Vesparia is the best 'hidden gem' on the xbox 360. Probably the greatest RPG I've played over the past 5-7 years. "
I have been trying to buy that game for the past few weeks, but the only option is ebay and i always get outbid because the price goes to extortionate levels.
I would also say more people should play Vanquish, that game is amazing.
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