20 Most Underrated Video Games Of The Generation (So Far)

This generation has been good to games. Since the release of the Xbox One and PS4, hundreds of must-play releases have graced our consoles, and in only four years both Sony and Microsoft have managed to amass a rather impressive library of exclusives, keeping fans of both machines busy.

Indeed, with the amount of titles to choose from and games like The Witcher 3 boasting hundreds of hours of gameplay, new releases have demanded more from players than ever before. It's not only instalments in genres like RPGs that are huge time-sinks these days either, as every game is trying its best to be 'the one thing' players feel the need to jump into every day.

Overall, it should come as no surprise that in the few years since these new consoles have been on sale, more than a couple of excellent releases have slipped through the cracks.

Whether players didn't have the time to fit them into their hectic schedules or they were wrongly panned at release, some of this generation's most underrated games have been hiding under your nose this whole time...

Despite taking a beating when it first released and becoming the subject of countless memes overnight, the latest instalment into the Mass Effect series was nowhere near as bad as it was made out to be.

In fact, once it eventually got going and gave you the tools needed to explore its open worlds, Andromeda was pretty damn good.

Featuring the best combat of the franchise so far, the general minute-to-minute action was better than ever. When you were left to craft your own stories, finding side missions and interacting with characters on uncharted planets, it was easy to lose hours and whole nights to Andromeda's brand of sandbox gameplay.

And while the main story wasn't quite up to par with the other releases in the franchise, it was still enjoyable enough in its own right. Kicking off a brand new universe isn't easy, but the developers did a pretty decent job at creating a new mythology for fans to get stuck into.

Mass Effect: Andromeda is still a thoroughly enjoyable game at heart, and some dodgy animations shouldn't make you think it isn't.