9 Times Critics Ignored INCREDIBLE Video Games

9. Binary Domain

Binary Domain is the 2012 shooter that is absolutely a mix of any other cover based shooter from the early millennia and the old Armitage anime series. That is, a third person cover-based shooter about robots who can pass for humans, and possibly even replicate themselves with humans.

It received positive but ultimately sub-par reviews upon release and only sold 20,000 units within its first quarter of sales in the US (though it was the #2 game in Japan with over 70,000 sales in a similar amount of time).

The game is a masterpiece though with decent combat, some of the better AI in shooters at the time, and an engaging, dramatic story with powerful acting and characterization among your teammates. Multiple endings are the icing on the cake to what is otherwise a pretty perfect game.

But oh my god the voice controls! Remember LifeLine, one of the first voice controlled games? You'll miss LifeLine if you try to play Binary Domain with voice control on. And that is where it gets huge marks removed. If it had worked - game of the year. Though even without this, it's still a really good game.