Most Underrated Game Ever

Most Underrated Game Ever is a contest created by SSpectre, to determine what the most underrated (not underplayed) game ever was. He was inspired to make it by Baten Kaitos Origins and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts. Neither game won.

The contest is notable for its controversial nomination period. SSpectre originally just had a "no joke votes" rule, but due to the subjective nature of whether something is sufficiently underrated or not, it was very hard to filter out the games that really had a place in the contest. Things went more smoothly after a rule was put in place saying a game must display at least one of the following criteria:
 * Has an average user score OR average critic score below 8.5 on its GameFAQS home page.
 * Has another, specific reason that is not reflected in scores, i.e. Majora's Mask being rejected by many Zelda fans (this required the nominator to explain the reason).