Great Obscure Games
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I mentioned one game on here earlier, but I was going through old games of mine when this guy popped into my head for some reason...
R.I.P. Phil Hartman
R.I.P. Phil Hartman
TOU HOU is amazing. Especially the fighting game. Download and play to death the following.
Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
the expansion Unthinkable Natural Law
and Shoot the Bullet
Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
the expansion Unthinkable Natural Law
and Shoot the Bullet
Haunting Grounds on ps2.
I guarantee no-one here has heard of it.
It's proper survival horror with quite a decent well thought out story.
Classic Capcom, remember those days?
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I guarantee no-one here has heard of it.
It's proper survival horror with quite a decent well thought out story.
Classic Capcom, remember those days?
-Tabs<3-
I've heard of Klonoa.FirstToStrike said:
Never really interested me. Kind of like a ripoff of Kirby and Sonic mixed into the same game. Pass, thanks.
Tomba (Tombi) however gets an honourable mention. I only ever played the demo, but it was sooooo fun.
See if anyone's heard of this game.
Monkey Hero. Like legend of zelda, except based loosely on Monkey from Journey to the west.
So fun.
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Solid? Yes.Hiphophippo said:
While I'm disappointed in that they cut 6 floors out of the overall dungeon (each stratum only has 4 floors), the ship sailing section makes up for it with its challenging boss battles.
Plus, there's the ability to put down an autopilot track to make grinding less of a chore.
Though, since levels 70-99 are unlocked by beating Dragons, rather than retiring at max level, the amount of grinding is vastly reduced from EO2.
Finally, an actual story with multiple endings. Of course, when you beat the 5th stratum, you have the option for "New Game+" which only resets the missions and floor progress.
So wait, they included a real and advancing plot on top of incredibly addictive and mind melding dungeon crawling?madwarper said:
Be still me heart.
Well, don't expect anything too epic... Basically, at a point, there are 2 towns and you have to choose sides, which will affect which class you unlock during that play through and the 4th and 5 stratum bosses. And, of course, there's a hidden 3rd option.Hiphophippo said:
Games made by Troika are pretty obscure. Arcanum and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines were great games.
Older series like Wizardry and Might and Magic are pretty much forgotten today.
Nival has made some pretty good games. Silent Storm was a really good tactical role playing game. Etherlords 1 and 2 were pretty good, probably among the best card dueling games ever made.
Ground Control 1 and 2 were really the precursors to the modern tactical strategy games. A lot of the things that people thought were new in Dawn of War and Company of Heroes were in Ground Control.
Older series like Wizardry and Might and Magic are pretty much forgotten today.
Nival has made some pretty good games. Silent Storm was a really good tactical role playing game. Etherlords 1 and 2 were pretty good, probably among the best card dueling games ever made.
Ground Control 1 and 2 were really the precursors to the modern tactical strategy games. A lot of the things that people thought were new in Dawn of War and Company of Heroes were in Ground Control.
As an indie gamer, I've got a pretty good library of obscure games... let's just list off some of my favorites.
Advent Rising is an EPIC and extremely fun game for PC and the original Xbox; not the PS2 to my knowledge. The storyline was written by none other than Orson-Scott Card himself, and though there are some minor graphical hiccups, it's overall an underrated gem. You can grab it for ten bucks from Good Old Games.
Freelancer is an older space-flight sim for the computer, and is something like a singleplayer version of EVE online with a massive, dynamic universe, an amazing story, and lots of stuff to find and ships to buy and outfit.
Guns of Icarus is an indie title available on Steam where you play a lone airshipman trying to keep his ship intact, his cargo secure, and his life present by fending off hordes of pirates and repairing his vessel on the fly. The freedom to pick your own route at varying levels of difficulty means that the single-player can hold out for a while, but the game is most fun in Multiplayer, with a number of players working on defending and repairing one ship.
Impossible Creatures is a 2002 Real Time Strategy, and in most aspects, is not unlike other contenders in the genre, but is most unique in the area of its units. You are given a large selection of animals to pick from, and you can combine two of said animals in a ridiculous number of unique ways, giving you the freedom to unleash a completely custom-built army.
Painkiller is pretty well known, but not well-known enough.
The Penumbra trilogy is a series of physics-based psychological horror games from developer Frictional, probably most well known for their recent title, Amnesia. They're not all that different from Amnesia in terms of basic premise and game-play, but are terrifying in a whole different league, forcing you to contend with mutated wolves and the victims of a horrendous parasitic infestation, often with no form of defense other than your wit and your sprint key.
Second Sight is an awesome action game where you play a man gifted with extremely powerful psionic abilities as he wakes up and struggles to recall his past... though he finds that events are changing as he remembers them. A deep and complex story combined with frantic telepathic combat make this an underrated gem.
The Void is a completely unique game where you struggle to survive in the realm between life and death, surviving on nothing other than the colour sparsely scattered through this dark, almost black and white realm, and forced to give of your own life energy to combat the threats lingering there. A warning, though: it is EXTREMELY difficult, even early on.
Chrome is a fun shooter that has been described as the working man's Crysis, a low-draw action game where you have the tactical option of various cybernetic enhancements to your body.
Chaser is another shooter that has existed in almost complete obscurity for a while now, and while it is remarkably dated in terms of graphical performance, its story is unexpectedly good, and if you can look past the graphics and flawed gameplay, it can be extremely enjoyable.
Tank Universal is a cross between Tron and Battlezone; a tank sim/RTS indie mashup that takes place within the computerized world of a virtual helmet. The campaign's difficulty spikes at one point, and can be extremely unforgiving as it goes on, and the story is somewhat lackluster, but the sheer variety in gameplay more than makes up for it.
Uplink is a SERIOUSLY kickass hacking simulator; never have I felt more powerful. It's cheap, it's fun, and any computer will run it. Why not?
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I feel like I'm forgetting something.
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RIGHT!
Minecraft ^-^
Advent Rising is an EPIC and extremely fun game for PC and the original Xbox; not the PS2 to my knowledge. The storyline was written by none other than Orson-Scott Card himself, and though there are some minor graphical hiccups, it's overall an underrated gem. You can grab it for ten bucks from Good Old Games.
Freelancer is an older space-flight sim for the computer, and is something like a singleplayer version of EVE online with a massive, dynamic universe, an amazing story, and lots of stuff to find and ships to buy and outfit.
Guns of Icarus is an indie title available on Steam where you play a lone airshipman trying to keep his ship intact, his cargo secure, and his life present by fending off hordes of pirates and repairing his vessel on the fly. The freedom to pick your own route at varying levels of difficulty means that the single-player can hold out for a while, but the game is most fun in Multiplayer, with a number of players working on defending and repairing one ship.
Impossible Creatures is a 2002 Real Time Strategy, and in most aspects, is not unlike other contenders in the genre, but is most unique in the area of its units. You are given a large selection of animals to pick from, and you can combine two of said animals in a ridiculous number of unique ways, giving you the freedom to unleash a completely custom-built army.
Painkiller is pretty well known, but not well-known enough.
The Penumbra trilogy is a series of physics-based psychological horror games from developer Frictional, probably most well known for their recent title, Amnesia. They're not all that different from Amnesia in terms of basic premise and game-play, but are terrifying in a whole different league, forcing you to contend with mutated wolves and the victims of a horrendous parasitic infestation, often with no form of defense other than your wit and your sprint key.
Second Sight is an awesome action game where you play a man gifted with extremely powerful psionic abilities as he wakes up and struggles to recall his past... though he finds that events are changing as he remembers them. A deep and complex story combined with frantic telepathic combat make this an underrated gem.
The Void is a completely unique game where you struggle to survive in the realm between life and death, surviving on nothing other than the colour sparsely scattered through this dark, almost black and white realm, and forced to give of your own life energy to combat the threats lingering there. A warning, though: it is EXTREMELY difficult, even early on.
Chrome is a fun shooter that has been described as the working man's Crysis, a low-draw action game where you have the tactical option of various cybernetic enhancements to your body.
Chaser is another shooter that has existed in almost complete obscurity for a while now, and while it is remarkably dated in terms of graphical performance, its story is unexpectedly good, and if you can look past the graphics and flawed gameplay, it can be extremely enjoyable.
Tank Universal is a cross between Tron and Battlezone; a tank sim/RTS indie mashup that takes place within the computerized world of a virtual helmet. The campaign's difficulty spikes at one point, and can be extremely unforgiving as it goes on, and the story is somewhat lackluster, but the sheer variety in gameplay more than makes up for it.
Uplink is a SERIOUSLY kickass hacking simulator; never have I felt more powerful. It's cheap, it's fun, and any computer will run it. Why not?
...
I feel like I'm forgetting something.
...
RIGHT!
Minecraft ^-^