To mirror a topic I've just seen, how about games that have aged well. These could be games you thought were bad back then but got better or games that have an always will be great.
I don't want the obvious, let's stay away from the obvious and give some love to the games that were great back then and still great today that not many would have played.
I have two of my favourite games on the list
1 is Ape Escape
A game that is genuinely great fun to play, a brilliant platformer on it's own but the fact that this is the first game to fully utilise two analog sticks, not only well but perfectly, means it's one of the most influential and innovative games around and it gets so little acclaim.
Guys, appreciate this gem, it's a revolutionary title that's just as great and as fun today as it was way back in '99, it's even spawned one heck of a franchise that, according to wikipedia, has sold more copies than Dragon Quest, Donkey Kong, Resident Evil, Halo, Metal Gear, Prince of Persia, The Elder Scrolls, Half Life and many more absolute giants in gaming.
2 is Dark Cloud
Ok so it can get a little repetitive but this game is a joy to play with so many different elements to just get lost in. The story isn't great but it works but the play is where this JRPG really shines. A dungeon crawler/hack and slash with a brilliant control system and one of the only games where weapon destruction works well. Oh and there's a Sim City style city builder while not having as much depth, is great fun and adding with some staples of the JRPG genre doing quests for the villagers will help your city gain perfection.
I may have gushed a little from nostalgia but this game is still good today, maybe not as great as I remember but still very fun to play and well worth investing some time into.
Just a footnote but Dark Cloud is the first game by developer Level 5, whom most of you will know as the developer of the Professor Layton games but also White Knight Chronicles for Ps3 and Rogue Galaxy for Ps2. They're a great developer so go take a peek at these games too.
I don't want the obvious, let's stay away from the obvious and give some love to the games that were great back then and still great today that not many would have played.
I have two of my favourite games on the list
1 is Ape Escape
A game that is genuinely great fun to play, a brilliant platformer on it's own but the fact that this is the first game to fully utilise two analog sticks, not only well but perfectly, means it's one of the most influential and innovative games around and it gets so little acclaim.
Guys, appreciate this gem, it's a revolutionary title that's just as great and as fun today as it was way back in '99, it's even spawned one heck of a franchise that, according to wikipedia, has sold more copies than Dragon Quest, Donkey Kong, Resident Evil, Halo, Metal Gear, Prince of Persia, The Elder Scrolls, Half Life and many more absolute giants in gaming.
2 is Dark Cloud
Ok so it can get a little repetitive but this game is a joy to play with so many different elements to just get lost in. The story isn't great but it works but the play is where this JRPG really shines. A dungeon crawler/hack and slash with a brilliant control system and one of the only games where weapon destruction works well. Oh and there's a Sim City style city builder while not having as much depth, is great fun and adding with some staples of the JRPG genre doing quests for the villagers will help your city gain perfection.
I may have gushed a little from nostalgia but this game is still good today, maybe not as great as I remember but still very fun to play and well worth investing some time into.
Just a footnote but Dark Cloud is the first game by developer Level 5, whom most of you will know as the developer of the Professor Layton games but also White Knight Chronicles for Ps3 and Rogue Galaxy for Ps2. They're a great developer so go take a peek at these games too.
