Games like System Shock 2, Theif 3, Scrapland,NOLF all get overlooked
I think game of the year for me would have been Vietcong 2. Overlooked by many for not having fancy graphics and the lure of COD2.
Thief 3 was absloute arse, Repeditave crap.
Vietcong 2 is a real flop too, If you were a fan of the original this game would make you want to rip your testies off, Go read pretty much any review from a gaming company/community and they will say the same, it's not just based on the graphics, (although they did use the same engine, 2 years later....)
there are huge gameplay flaws aswell.
Little games that are released from small companies/one man bands 90% of the time flop, purley beacuse they don't have the funds for advertising and development, It's like saying socitey shouldn't be all into skinny as fuck blonde girls ect ect. but thats just not how it works, The big fish always wins.