What are some games that you enjoy but that are not and never have been popular?
To be completely honest, I dont play any hidden gems..
To be completely honest, I dont play any hidden gems..
Hidden Gems
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A subtle, perfect, beautiful piece of interactive art, with the most emotionally affecting ending in any game I have played.
A subtle, perfect, beautiful piece of interactive art, with the most emotionally affecting ending in any game I have played.
Only ever heard of Shadow of the Colossus.. And on this forum that doesnt seem to be a hidden gem ;o Maybe I should try itChancie said:
"Torchlight: The hidden gem at E3 2009."
In all honesty, I could list countless games that not many people have heard of, but it would be irrelevant. Many games that aren't popular are generally for a reason - the good ones usually have their occult following, like Okami and Shadow of the Colossus.
That said...
Tachyon: The Fringe - I'd call it a gem, but that's personal taste. It had its problems, but they didn't matter to have a real successor to Wing Commander. The storyline was a bit generic, but in 2003, it was pretty sweet.
Freekstyle - This game was basically SSX Tricky on dirtbikes, which if doesn't strike you as awesome, it had a great combo system to encourage variation in tricks, better than SSX's "do flips and spin this way while grabbing, do flips and spin THAT way while grabbing..." at a competitive level (ie: perfect play.)
Original War - I cannot express how awesome this game is. It's an RTS where your buildings don't magically produce an infinite number of clone armies and your clone army goes against enemy infantry that are abstracted to the cost of 100 tiberium credits or 50 minerals. All of your soldiers are soldiers. If they die, they die. They have stats, skills, you can change their roles around (ie: send one into a barracks to equip certain weaponry, send one into a factory to start building a vehicle, etc.) and the theme is great: Russians vs the rest of the world in a time-travel battle. The characters start to grow on you over time, and a lot of the gadgets your units build/research/equip are pretty cool.
X-Com is fairly popular here, as are its sequels.
Same with Heroes of Might and Magic.
However, Master of Orion doesn't get enough love, neither does Master of Magic. MoM feels more like a civilization mod while MoO I and II were the predecessors for games like Armada 2526, Sins of a Solar Empire (to a point), and Galactic Civilizations.
Jill of the Jungle and Commander Keen...
Raptor: Call of the Shadows...
CyClones - very innovative FPS for its time (1993? 1994?), your mouse aims the crosshair, not where you turn. the numpad 4568 is turning, 7 and 9 are strafing, so you can turn right while strafing left while moving the mouse to circlestrafe a target that isn't directly in front of you. If this sounds complicated and painful, it is, but once you get used to it, you wish it caught on... I changed the controls to WASD and QE for strafing.
CornCob 3D doesn't really stand up today, but I loved it.
OH!
Warlords 2, there's a good one. All people cared about was Warlords Battlecry, and even that's kind of a 'hidden gem.'
Also, people saying WoW's world is big, or Oblivion's world being big... They need to play Daggerfall, end of story.
I think I've said enough, no one will read and care, but I could go on and on and on...No one plays shit I like.
In all honesty, I could list countless games that not many people have heard of, but it would be irrelevant. Many games that aren't popular are generally for a reason - the good ones usually have their occult following, like Okami and Shadow of the Colossus.
That said...
Tachyon: The Fringe - I'd call it a gem, but that's personal taste. It had its problems, but they didn't matter to have a real successor to Wing Commander. The storyline was a bit generic, but in 2003, it was pretty sweet.
Freekstyle - This game was basically SSX Tricky on dirtbikes, which if doesn't strike you as awesome, it had a great combo system to encourage variation in tricks, better than SSX's "do flips and spin this way while grabbing, do flips and spin THAT way while grabbing..." at a competitive level (ie: perfect play.)
Original War - I cannot express how awesome this game is. It's an RTS where your buildings don't magically produce an infinite number of clone armies and your clone army goes against enemy infantry that are abstracted to the cost of 100 tiberium credits or 50 minerals. All of your soldiers are soldiers. If they die, they die. They have stats, skills, you can change their roles around (ie: send one into a barracks to equip certain weaponry, send one into a factory to start building a vehicle, etc.) and the theme is great: Russians vs the rest of the world in a time-travel battle. The characters start to grow on you over time, and a lot of the gadgets your units build/research/equip are pretty cool.
X-Com is fairly popular here, as are its sequels.
Same with Heroes of Might and Magic.
However, Master of Orion doesn't get enough love, neither does Master of Magic. MoM feels more like a civilization mod while MoO I and II were the predecessors for games like Armada 2526, Sins of a Solar Empire (to a point), and Galactic Civilizations.
Jill of the Jungle and Commander Keen...
Raptor: Call of the Shadows...
CyClones - very innovative FPS for its time (1993? 1994?), your mouse aims the crosshair, not where you turn. the numpad 4568 is turning, 7 and 9 are strafing, so you can turn right while strafing left while moving the mouse to circlestrafe a target that isn't directly in front of you. If this sounds complicated and painful, it is, but once you get used to it, you wish it caught on... I changed the controls to WASD and QE for strafing.
CornCob 3D doesn't really stand up today, but I loved it.
OH!
Warlords 2, there's a good one. All people cared about was Warlords Battlecry, and even that's kind of a 'hidden gem.'
Also, people saying WoW's world is big, or Oblivion's world being big... They need to play Daggerfall, end of story.
I think I've said enough, no one will read and care, but I could go on and on and on...No one plays shit I like.
The only one I can think of is Toy commander for the Dreamcast.
Such a fun and challenging game.
Such a fun and challenging game.
Theme Hospital was awesome, but I always preferred the Dungeon Keeper games.Mordaci said:
Other notable games:
Rollercoaster Tycoon 1&2
StarLancer
The original DOS-based Discworld game
Discworld Noir
EDIT: Oh, and...
Motorcross Madness
LEGO Rock Raiders
Theme Hospital was awesome, but I always preferred the Dungeon Keeper games.Hazardlife said:
Other notable games:
Rollercoaster Tycoon 1&2
StarLancer
The original DOS-based Discworld game
Discworld Noir[/quote] Got dungeon keeper on my laptop XD Atleast Dungeon Keeper 2
Theres discworld games? ;o
