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What's your pick for sleeper hit of the year?

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siege

Banned
I'd have to go with:

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Suikoguy

I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
I don't think anything will top Beyond good and evil from last year :(

and I so badly want to play Katamari Damacy
 
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Meier

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bobbyconover said:
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W00t, even though Namco told us at E3 it'd be coming after the warm reception, I wont be entirely sure of it until I've got my greedy little hands on a copy. As for Advent Rising.. the Xbox version really wasnt all that impressive at E3 but god damn did the PC one look pretty. Wasnt all that fun though. :\
 
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Mashing

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In order to be a sleeper hit, doesn't it have to sell well? Another words, a game that doesn't have much hype but goes on to sell well (GTA3 would be considered a sleeper as it had nearly no hype at all before launch).

I really don't see there being a sleeper hit this year if sales is a concern... too many big franchise games releasing.

If sales is not a concern, well I still don't know.
 
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siege

Banned
As for Advent Rising.. the Xbox version really wasnt all that impressive at E3 but god damn did the PC one look pretty.
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Damn, I didn't even know there was a PC version. I sure as hell hope they work some magic into it from now until its released if it's not very fun like you claim. Can't let what should be a great story from Orson Scott Card go to waste.
 
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siege

Banned
In order to be a sleeper hit, doesn't it have to sell well? Another words, a game that doesn't have much hype but goes on to sell well (GTA3 would be considered a sleeper as it had nearly no hype at all before launch).
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I'm not going by sales. I'm asking what everyone thinks will be the best game of the year thats the least talked about.
 
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SolidSnakex

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Mashing said:
In order to be a sleeper hit, doesn't it have to sell well? Another words, a game that doesn't have much hype but goes on to sell well (GTA3 would be considered a sleeper as it had nearly no hype at all before launch).
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Well it really doesn't have to sell like GTA3 did. If no one is expecting anything from it and it does a few 100k then it'd be considered a sleeper hit.
 
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Sinatar

Official GAF Bottom Feeder
siege said:
Can't let what should be a great story from Orson Scott Card go to waste.
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He is writing a novel to coincide with the game, so even if the game is a total wash we can at least get a decent novel out of the deal.
 
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Li Mu Bai

Banned
Advance Wars, Nico II, Enthusia Racing, Maximo 3, DK:Jungle Beat, God of War, The Punisher, Ice Nine, God of War, etc.
 
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LuckyBrand

Banned
RALLISPORT CHALLENGE 2

RALLISPORT CHALLENGE 2

RALLISPORT CHALLENGE 2

RALLISPORT CHALLENGE 2

RALLISPORT CHALLENGE 2


THIS GAME IS ONE OF THE BEST XBOX GAMES OUT YET. And it sold like crap.. not horrible crap, but not well.. and it deserves much better.
 
Grizzlyjin

Grizzlyjin

Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Meier said:
W00t, even though Namco told us at E3 it'd be coming after the warm reception, I wont be entirely sure of it until I've got my greedy little hands on a copy. As for Advent Rising.. the Xbox version really wasnt all that impressive at E3 but god damn did the PC one look pretty. Wasnt all that fun though. :\
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Its coming...its coming..oh thank god its coming.

http://www.us.playstation.com/games.aspx?id=SLUS-21008
 
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Flatbread

Member
Mashing said:
In order to be a sleeper hit, doesn't it have to sell well? Another words, a game that doesn't have much hype but goes on to sell well (GTA3 would be considered a sleeper as it had nearly no hype at all before launch).

I really don't see there being a sleeper hit this year if sales is a concern... too many big franchise games releasing.

If sales is not a concern, well I still don't know.
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i think by those standards it has to be chronicles of riddick, I read a report that it sold 114,000 units in its first 3 weeks and with a gamerankings review at 90.7 we have a solid entry for sleeper hit of the year
 
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Ranger X

Member
Mashing said:
In order to be a sleeper hit, doesn't it have to sell well? Another words, a game that doesn't have much hype but goes on to sell well (GTA3 would be considered a sleeper as it had nearly no hype at all before launch).

I really don't see there being a sleeper hit this year if sales is a concern... too many big franchise games releasing.

If sales is not a concern, well I still don't know.
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errr... A sleeper hit is a game that was supposed to sell because it's great but it didn't. GTA3 is not a sleeper hit at all...
 
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CrimsonSkies

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Last year it was Need for Speed Underground. It not only sold extremely well it was really fun too. I think it outsold Madden NFL last year.

This year I think it's going to be GoldenEye Rogue Agent. Nobody is talking about it. Watch it not only review well but clear 2 million on all consoles.

"errr... A sleeper hit is a game that was supposed to sell because it's great but it didn't. GTA3 is not a sleeper hit at all..."

I always thought it was a non or low hyped game that both reviewed well and sold well. *shrugs*
 
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Wyzdom said:
errr... A sleeper hit is a game that was supposed to sell because it's great but it didn't. GTA3 is not a sleeper hit at all...
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No. A sleeper is a moderately well solg game that had no hype and sold on word of mouth/quality alone.
 
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Ranger X

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Is that what everyone says??? lol
Always thought it was what i said earlier. I'm serious, i wanna know what people think about all that!! lol
 
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Ghost

Chili Con Carnage!
We wont get any bigger sleepers than we've had already with Riddick and Psi-Ops.

I guess you could say Spider-Man 2, personally i think its a bit over-rated.
 
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Musashi Wins!

FLAWLESS VICTOLY!
AniHawk said:
I'd have to say Chronicles of Riddick so far. It just came out of nowhere.
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I'd say this guy has the most accurate answer so far. I'd like some game that isn't on most people's radar like AW on the Cube end up being far better than anyone expects, etc. but you never know about these things until you get to see the finished product. Pretty much any average game will be pumped up on GA by it's console proponents, but if it's a small title that grabs a national audience then I think it should be nominated.
 
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callous

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Wyzdom said:
Is that what everyone says??? lol
Always thought it was what i said earlier. I'm serious, i wanna know what people think about all that!! lol
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olubode is right. Sorry.
 
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Suikoguy

I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
I seem to recall MANY mags hyping the heck out of Chronics of Riddick, especially the graphics
 
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