10 Overlooked Video Games By Great Publishers

It goes without saying that there are simply more great games out there than anyone has time to play, and so our attention typically turns to those titles heavily marketed by publishers with an established track record of quality.

But not all games are treated equally - publishers will throw most of their marketing dollars at titles they're confident will make a huge return-on-investment, while lending less support to projects they're not so sure about.

As a result, even the biggest and most successful publishers in the business have allowed ultimately great games to fall through the cracks, where to this day they remain overlooked cult faves.

To be clear, these 10 video games are in no way underrated - each was rated just fine by those who actually played them upon release - but they are certainly underappreciated and under-played by the gaming contingent at large.

If you're able to drag yourself away from the bigger, more mainstream titles released by these legendary publishers, you absolutely need to give these lower-key bangers a try.

As ever, a game's quality isn't defined by its marketing spend, but it's still a damn shame these titles haven't ever received the love they clearly deserved...

Rockstar Games has one of the most enviable back catalogues in the entire games industry, between Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead, Bully, L.A. Noire, Manhunt, Max Payne, and Midnight Club.

But back in 2005, Rockstar did the rarest of things - they released a video game based on a movie that was actually great.

The Warriors, adapted from Walter Hill's hit 1979 action thriller of the same name, both translated the film into a beat 'em up format and expanded its narrative to deliver a fleshed-out prequel to the movie's story.

Far from the typicality of video games listlessly, awkwardly translating entire movies into video game form, The Warriors impressively captured the grimy style and tone of '70s New York City while offering up unexpectedly deep and satisfying combat.

The brawls in this game are ludicrously chaotic and fun, and while not nearly as expansive as Rockstar's GTA games, it proved what could be achieved when developers actually cared about the material they were adapting.

Bizarrely The Warriors has rather been lost in the shuffle amid Rockstar's output, though.