Best Game that Nobody Played...?

[nyttyn]

Trace memories. Enough said. I mean, hell's bells, I havn't heard a word about it before or after I played it.

 

[pyrosaw]

Monday night Combat. I love that game SO much man. Multiplayer with tower defense mechanics? Yes please.

 

[Retronana]

I absolutely love X3: Terran Conflict which is a mystery to everyone other than dedicated space sim fans. Despite being my first ever space sim. It's one of the few true sandbox worlds in a game and the ship designs are classy and stunning, definitely worth a look despite the harsh initial learning curve.

Good thing is the series is getting a reboot soon and I can't wait.

 

[Dragonpit]

Skies of Arcadia. Trust me; it's a great game, yet it's commonly found in the bargain bin.

 

[deserteagleeye]

Zero Divide. An old PS1 3D fighting game that was AWESOME! Finding it is a pain in the ass though.

 

[Artina89]

Feel free to disagree, but I have a lot of gaming friends but I seem to be the only person that has played Rule of rose I thought it was a beautiful if really sad game and for me it is on a par with Silent Hill 2 in terms of creepyness and has wonderful character development.

 

[Tyro The Fox]

No one remember Mole Mania? All righty, just me then.

~The .hack// original series was a good set of games. I usually only see people talk about G.U., but not much about this. I REALLY want to try G.U. but so far this game has been amazing and I love the story and the characters, as well as just the way it mimics an MMO so well. If only The World was a real game. If only...

I remember playing that once and I think .hack// has only slipped under the radar because its probably only sold in Japan, maybe America, from my viewpoint at least. But it was rather clever in its attempt to pretend to be an MMO. It was a framing device I kinda liked. The bracelet on the other hand was one of the weirdest items I have ever known to exist in a computer game. A weapon that turns enemies into lower level versions of themselves but also seems to slowly get towards penalising you for it never sat right in my head. The monsters I was expected to fight were quite nasty if I remember correctly so it was probably necessary for a lot of fights. I think it was supposed to punish constant use with weird effects like poison. Still, a very interesting idea, even if I didn't quite work for me.

 

[MintyNinja]

Also Romance of the Three Kingdoms 10 for strategy game.

I've always wanted to play that, the only one I've ever played was XI (which i thought was good, loved the world and character portraits). Also apparently VIII is really good.

VIII was the first one I played and I enjoyed more than any of the others. It was like Sims and Strategy. I fondly remember it as my first addiction, lol.

 

[tylos]

Soul Nomad and the World Eaters. It's like a better version of Disgaea.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

"The Warriors" for the PS2, an early Rockstar game about gang fist fights.

Great game, great developer and it was based on a great movie...

Still in my top 3 games ever... probably still my all-time favourite now that I think about it...

Oh god, I remember that game. There was one section I absolutely hated where you're being chased by a bus, and the camera angle is fixed to look behind you at all times, so you're expected to get away from the bus without being able to see what's in front of you. I got soo frustrated during that section because I kept getting stuck on things causing me to get run over.

Other than that the game was great.

 

[TheMann]

American McGee's Alice. At the time it was released in 2000, not many people were playing it. Someone showed it to me briefly but I didn't get around to it until years later. Now with the sequel out it has plenty of publicity, but for years it was sort of a cult classic.

TRON 2.0. This was released in 2003, before Disney decided to make a movie sequel. The story is non-canon now, because TRON Legacy's plot excludes it completely. Still, it was an FPS that was loads of fun. Watching your various weapons digitize in your hands as you switched to them looked very cool and the Grid's environment looked great. It even had disk wars and light cycle LAN multiplayer. The light cycle battles werevery hard to good at.

 

[blankedboy]

Bloody hell. Day Of Defeat: Source (It's a valve game, what the fuck?), Zeno Clash, RECOIL, anything Matt Thorson has made, anything ABA Games has made, Sven Co-op, Synergy, that old-ass western HL1 mod that kicked ass, Knytt Stories and Trackmania. That's my list for now.

Monday night Combat. I love that game SO much man. Multiplayer with tower defense mechanics? Yes please.

Oh yeah, this too. It's basically TF2 meets LoL, get it and you won't die.

 

[Nudu]

Psychonauts and Brütal Legend. To say nobody played them wouldn't be entirely true, but to few people played those two amazing games. Brütal Legend made the questionable choice to focus on multiplayer I've barely touched instead of finishing the single player campaign, but the sound track, gameplay and Jack Blackness made up for it.

 

[Hiphophippo]

Carnage Heart for the psx. Free Internet cookie to anyone who fondly remembers this game.

UGH.... I remember that. It was basically Armored Core but you just piddled around while the computer had all the fun and glory. PASS

But anyway mine would be Legend of Mana for the playstation. Its a JRPG that felt like a western RPG. Also every single background looked (im pretty sure they were) hand-painted.

Also Romance of the Three Kingdoms 10 for strategy game.

Hah. I kinda liked it. I dug how you programmed the mech instead of just customized it's appearance. Pretty innovative stuff for it's time.

Incredibly obtuse for most people though.

 

[scw55]

Impossible Creatures; an RTS that has a Starcraft flavour to it. You pretty much have an army of 9 unit which you create from scratch by combining 2 animals. You choose what body parts you use. Each body part gives stats and/or abilties. The campaign has you "capturing" genetic material by tranqshotting animals so it has a sort of Pokemon-sort of feel to it. It also tries to not overwhelm you. In the campaign you can freely edit your units mid-game. It's thourghouly enjoyable having entirely customizable units which you can set up to suit your play style. Gameplay outside of that is hollow however, but meh.

Fuck, this game was awesome. Any game where you can make shark-scorpions would be.

Also, Quest 64. It's like FFXIII in that it has a great battle system, but everything else sucks. Except this one has no story.

I combined Pirahnas and Tigers togther to make Katahnas
I suppose I also could have gone for Tyranna(saurus rex)

 

[GuitArchon]

Be sure to read this post, because its not as simple as the title makes it out to be.

Basically, there used to be an "award" in EGM's Game of the Year awards for "Best Game that Nobody Played." I think GameSpot and other sites did things like this, too. I was thinking about how sometimes there are movies that get great reviews and press, but nobody sees them. I realized that, while this used to be common in video games, I can't think of any recent examples. Can you? Am I just not paying attention? Or has the internet and mass media given outstanding games the press they deserve?

Just wondering what your thoughts were.

Feel free to post your favorite game that nobody played, too. Mine is a pretty common one: Beyond Good and Evil. Hoping for that sequel...

I agree with Beyond Good and Evil. Excellent game. I'd also qualify the always classic Psychonauts.

 

[Ziggy the wolf]

rocketknight adventures and bulletwitch. i loved them both and most people i hang with have never heard of it.

 

[Krion_Vark]

Still want to know WTF happened to Scorch

Don't you mean Sev?

Whatever lol its been so long since I played it I am happy I remembered at least one of the names.

 

[Rooster893]

The Klonoa series. Maybe if it wasn't so damn heartbreaking, it would be more popular, but NO, you gotta have your tear jerkers.

Stupid Namco....

 

[Rooster893]

Monday night Combat. I love that game SO much man. Multiplayer with tower defense mechanics? Yes please.

OH YEAH! MNC kicked ass. Stupid people claiming it was a TF2 ripoff, yeah right...it was freaking awesome!