any good GameCube games?
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^^^^^Furburt said:
Eternal Darkness was easily the best game of the system and arguably the best Survival Horror game on any system until RE4.
It's much more Call of Cthulhu than Resident Evil, which is a godsend in itself.
Also, it's got this really cool thing - every time you see something terrible - like a monster - you lose Sanity. You can get back Sanity by finishing off monsters or taking belts of alcohol from your flask... but it's actually WAY WAY FUNNER to just let yourself go batshit.
Losing your mind doesn't cause a nonstandard game over, you see.
It just makes the game start to fuck with you.
And I mean seriously fuck with you.
At 0 sanity, the game will occasionally pretend - I shit you not - that the Gamecube has fucked up, reset and eaten all your save games. (it doesn't REALLY do this, it just pretends)
You'll also see shit that is not there, there are cutscenes that only exist when you are insane, it just adds a really fucking amazing level in intricacy to the game.
Each individual level had you play as a different person throughout history, meaning the game changed shit up literally every single level. One level, you could be a fat, plodding merchant-type with a sword, the next level you could be a fit, fast American soldier searching through ruins during Operation Desert Storm. Nothing got old because nothing had a chance to get old.
Also, as the game's plotline deals with a war between 4 ancient Elder Gods, you can go through the game 4 times in total (each God gives you a different strength and weakness, once you have defeated the first three, you get to play with the fourth, who is an Ubergod and has all strengths and no weaknesses) and have a different time of it each time.
it sold incredibly poorly because it was (foolishly, imo) an exclusive GC title, which was pidgeonholed as a Kiddie System... despite having both this game AND the exclusive release of RE4.
In essence, nobody bought it because it was a Mature rated game on a system that was viewed as being strictly E for Everyone.
If this game was not an exclusive GC title, you would assuredly have heard much more about it - I know for a fact it would have sold like hotcakes on the XBox, which had a distinct lack of quality Survival Horror titles (apart from a few late ports of Silent Hill, XBox mostly had garbage surv horror games like the backtrackeriffic Cold Fear) - or on the PS2, which already had a ravenous Surv Horror fanbase.
Instead... GC. Le fucking sigh.
It really was just that good.
What a coincedence! I found my stash of Gamecube games this morning! But not my Gamecube.
Well, Furburt & everybody else have already suggested the ones that I would recommend. So I will tell you this, two games you must NOT get are Zoocube and BMX XXX. Just don't.
Well, Furburt & everybody else have already suggested the ones that I would recommend. So I will tell you this, two games you must NOT get are Zoocube and BMX XXX. Just don't.
Oh holy fuck i totally forgot Ikaruga was on GC.Shock and Awe said:
That game was crazy. And crazy hard. Bulletstorm ftw.
I do take exception to them putting Soul Calibur over both Ikaruga and Eternal Darkness, but that's personal opinion, I kind of tend to think fighting games are a waste of time. That's just me.
(also what the hell is super mario sunshine doing on that list)
Geist...it's just fantasticly fantastic
You get your ghost form ripped from yourself and can posses things to find your body...it's just insanely fun. There are puzzles, combats, and just silly moments. It's also probably really cheap at your local game retailers store...buy it now...
You get your ghost form ripped from yourself and can posses things to find your body...it's just insanely fun. There are puzzles, combats, and just silly moments. It's also probably really cheap at your local game retailers store...buy it now...
Of course there are good GC games! That's like asking "Are there any good breaths of air I should take?" I would play every game suggested in this thread. And I probably already have.
Easily the best game on the whole system. It's the most fresh take on the genre, and it has yet to be surpassed. It doesn't hurt either, that it's by the same people who created the Legacy of Kain series.Furburt said:
either of the Rouge Squadron games are pretty good as well, also Wind Waker. Yes Wind Waker, it's a fantastic game, it's fun as all hell and it's the only thing I've ever seen pull off Cell Shading well.
I don't know of any really good games that you should get, however I would stay away from killer 7 as the game itself is pretty crap and the story isn't that good.
