Legit love this game, one of my earliest ps2 purchases.
my vote goes to this game:
first game I ever bought dlc for and the oldest ps3 game i still own. Such an interesting premise to it, and one of my favorite designs for a woman character.
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What obscure or seldom mentioned game do you love? (GVG/Easy Allies)
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Legit love this game, one of my earliest ps2 purchases.
my vote goes to this game:
first game I ever bought dlc for and the oldest ps3 game i still own. Such an interesting premise to it, and one of my favorite designs for a woman character.
Here we go:
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Ignition
I'm not really a big fan of racing games, but the top-down gameplay here is stupid good.
Ohh I played this one
I think it was one of those that supported 3dfx whatever that was but when that 3d logo shows up everything look good
I really love the entire vibe/atmosphere of this game. A turn based gothic JRPG based in early 1900s Asia/Europe, The sequels are much more critically acclaimed but i like this one best.
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FANTASTIC game. The same buddy of mine who made the Jazz 2 multiplayer levels was also on the Wetrix website for one of his high scores.
Am I correct in thinking that Wetrix, The New Tetris and Tetrisphere were all composed by the same person? Great soundtracks.
I have 3 from my childhood. I think people knew of them but I don't think they are really talked about as much anymore.
Battle Chess
It was just a really cool spin on a chess game. Seeing the pieces beat each other up was just fun. And it was funny at times with their character introductions.
Syndicate
Bullfrog was probably the first developer I cared about. Played it forever.
Sim-Ant
I had a phase in the mid-90's where I was really into all the Maxis Sim games like Sim City 2000.
Battle Chess
It was just a really cool spin on a chess game. Seeing the pieces beat each other up was just fun. And it was funny at times with their character introductions.
Syndicate
Bullfrog was probably the first developer I cared about. Played it forever.
Sim-Ant
I had a phase in the mid-90's where I was really into all the Maxis Sim games like Sim City 2000.
I really love the entire vibe/atmosphere of this game. A turn based gothic JRPG based in early 1900s Asia/Europe, The sequels are much more critically acclaimed but i like this one best.
I came to post this.
The Combatribes
Still one of my favorite beat-em-ups.
And still without a proper arcade-to-home port outside of MAME. (The SNES version wasn't nearly as good)
Still one of my favorite beat-em-ups.
And still without a proper arcade-to-home port outside of MAME. (The SNES version wasn't nearly as good)
Battle Clash/Metal Combat are some of the best light gun games I've ever played.
Elevator Action Returns is a severely underrated arcade action platformer.
Ghost Trick has my favorite story in a puzzle/adventure game.
Elevator Action Returns is a severely underrated arcade action platformer.
Ghost Trick has my favorite story in a puzzle/adventure game.
The first game that comes to mind is Primal in the PS2 (still waiting for a remake and a sequel )
In my PS1, I also played some obscure games, like PEPSI MAN and World's Scariest Police Chases
lmao World's Scariest Chases lmao
Vexx
I bet if you search for Vexx, i've made a lot of the comments. the first 15 minutes are really bad though
I bet if you search for Vexx, i've made a lot of the comments. the first 15 minutes are really bad though
Rabbids Go Home! It was essentially western Katamari Damacy and I loved every chaotic second of it.
I used to love as a child haha the funny thing is, now as adult and as a black man I hate the police, so I would probably hate this game now
Thats a deep track right there
MDK
For me one of the best games ever. Awesome art, soundtrack and action.
My answer is always Downhill Domination.
I'm not really a fan of mountain biking, or biking in general, but there was just something about careening down the side of huge mountains at incredible speeds, barely in control, that did it for me.
The sense of scale and the course size was really impressive at the time, too, and unlockable War of the Monsters characters cemented my love.
I'm not really a fan of mountain biking, or biking in general, but there was just something about careening down the side of huge mountains at incredible speeds, barely in control, that did it for me.
The sense of scale and the course size was really impressive at the time, too, and unlockable War of the Monsters characters cemented my love.
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday on Sega MegaDrive.
A 16 bit RPG that was hard as nails with no handholding whatsover. You solve a mystery in the solar system while fighting DnD style with your team against RAM. Awesome music and narrative that sets a real unique tone. Bar fights, boarding enemy ships in battle, fighting against time as a you try to escape a derelict ship infected with a death parasite. It's all here and amazing.
A 16 bit RPG that was hard as nails with no handholding whatsover. You solve a mystery in the solar system while fighting DnD style with your team against RAM. Awesome music and narrative that sets a real unique tone. Bar fights, boarding enemy ships in battle, fighting against time as a you try to escape a derelict ship infected with a death parasite. It's all here and amazing.
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy.
en.wikipedia.org
Great control scheme that set each of the main abilities mapped to a specific button. Once you gained all your powers, it was such a blast to grab enemies and hurl them around or fly through the air using telekinesis.
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy - Wikipedia
Great control scheme that set each of the main abilities mapped to a specific button. Once you gained all your powers, it was such a blast to grab enemies and hurl them around or fly through the air using telekinesis.
all I remember is the last boss is you chasing a renegade tank as a police officer with a bazooka
that game was wild
that last boss in World Scariest Chases was actually based on a actual incident in san diego where a former national guards was either high as balls or drunk as fuck, hijacked an old m60 patton and ran rough shod all over some san diego highway in the 90's they stopped the tank when the guy died of a self inflicted gunshot irl in the game you were a police dude with a bazooka trying to stop the tank
The first (as far as I'm aware) and some would say only good - survival game
Stranded on a deserted island, you need to survive and escape before 100 days pass or you go insane
It had heaps of different endings and a really well balanced survival system, as well as an interesting story that
honestly I was never able to finish.
But I love this game. Its also SUPER expensive now. Boxed copies sell for like 500 USD lol
Legit love this game, one of my earliest ps2 purchases.
my vote goes to this game:
first game I ever bought dlc for and the oldest ps3 game i still own. Such an interesting premise to it, and one of my favorite designs for a woman character.
I just beat this last week. Had it forever and threw it in to play a month or so ago and about halfway through my 3 year old got the disk out and broke it some how. I had to ebay another copy to finish it. Loved the twist at the end and a sequel would be a dream but it will never happen. I wish I could still get the DLC somehow. The creature design was amazing and I liked the Warcadia level and its folks best; reminded me of the end of the Labyrinth.
Incredible Crisis (PS1)
E.V.O. (SNES)
and I wouldn't call it an obscure game, but I looooooved the single player / story mode in Mortal Kombat Deception. it fleshed out the Mortal Kombat realms in a way that it felt like such a great video game world to run around in. Shaolin Monks, too.
Wild Arms 5 - I absolutely loved this game. I remember going into Gamestop one day looking for a new game I found this Preowned. I bought it on a whim but it was a great decision. I think the issue was it came at the end of the PS2s life and people had moved on. I always felt like this JRPG got left in the dust. Loved the characters, battle system, dungeons with puzzles. Story was basic, nothing special,.
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (PS3) - the spiritual successor to the Another Century's Episode series, developed by FROM in between Dark Souls 1 and 2. It's a legit awesome game.
Desktop Dungeons is a game I never see mentioned, even among indie circles. I love it to bits; it's so unique in its gameplay loop: a mix of roguelike and puzzle game, where each dungeon is only one screen, and unexplored tiles are a resource you need to manage, because exploring them is the one consistent way to heal but it also heal monsters.
Sim-Ant
I had a phase in the mid-90's where I was really into all the Maxis Sim games like Sim City 2000.
omg I remember playing this in high School!!
my choice is Azure Dreams!
I remember wanting this game so bad and getting it for my birthday
Jazz Jackrabbit 1 and 2 are incredible games. I'm with you OP - these are definitely my favorite obscure games. Even though GOG put them up, I would kill to have it (and Tyrian, OMF and other games) on Steam!
Jazz2online is still being updated to this day! :D
Jazz2online is still being updated to this day! :D
MDK
For me one of the best games ever. Awesome art, soundtrack and action.
I like you.
Does Romance of The Three Kingdoms X for the PS2 qualify?
It was amazing not knowing anything about the game, getting to build the story of a relatively competent but not specifically great official, become a king, die, have his son take over, all the while debating, dueling, hiding in bushes, setting fire to grass... I loved it
So many systems, a lot of cool stuff to do.
It was amazing not knowing anything about the game, getting to build the story of a relatively competent but not specifically great official, become a king, die, have his son take over, all the while debating, dueling, hiding in bushes, setting fire to grass... I loved it
So many systems, a lot of cool stuff to do.
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Also, The Void from the developers of Pathologic
An rts, management, action adventure about bringing colour back to a desiccated purgatory
Also, The Void from the developers of Pathologic
An rts, management, action adventure about bringing colour back to a desiccated purgatory
High five for all three of these.
I dont know if these games are obscure or not, but I basically never see them discussed.
Spending late nights playing with my dad and older brother are some of my fondest gaming memories.
Spending late nights playing with my dad and older brother are some of my fondest gaming memories.
This is still one of my favorite games ever, and it might be my favorite and most played/watched based on playtime and views of replays. The story was really good, the graphics were really good for the time, and even now hold up really well, and the game is a whole lot of fun both in MP and SP. The expansion, Kane's Wrath managed to up the ante and while it focused on only one faction it also told a really good story and the subfactions it introduced made the multiplayer that much more interesting.
It's just a pity that despite EA's promises of better support and wanting to dive into esports, they wound up abandoning both games so quickly. It's a pity too that C&C4 wound up being such a massive disappointment.
I really love the entire vibe/atmosphere of this game. A turn based gothic JRPG based in early 1900s Asia/Europe, The sequels are much more critically acclaimed but i like this one best.
Beat me to it! I think I still prefer Covenant for its story and gameplay improvements, but SH1 has it beat in atmosphere and fucked-up monster design; love it.
My sister and I used to play this one all the time growing up. It's an FMV point-and-click adventure with impressive environment and character designs for coming out in 1996. It did a great job capturing that Goosebumps mix of cheese and horror we 90's kids devoured--special shoutout to the first area, Werewolf Village, which has this great "eerily empty town" atmosphere building up to the moment a werewolf bursts through a butcher shop window and forces you into a chase sequence:
The acting was even passable, they somehow managed to get Jeff Goldblum to portray Dracula (Steven Spielberg helped develop the game, so I guess Goldblum owed him a favor):
Yes! I want a modern version of this series I still have my discs somewhere.
Shadows of the Damned. It's one of my all time favorite games, and I honestly don't know why. The combat is Alan Wake but on drugs, and the OST by Akira Yamaoka is one of the best I've ever heard. The story is, well, a Suda51 road trip. Shinji Mikami is also involved, and that's why the main character and the gameplay look so similar to The Evil Within, I guess.