Unsung games...THAT WE SWEAR BY!

[Shycte]

Champions Of Norrath.

None of my friends have heard about this, but I loved it.

 

[christytc10]

Action Bass for the PS1. Never knew a fishing game could be so fan.

 

[Aqua Trenoble]

Dunno how popular this game is, but it is probably my favorite game of all time: Baldur's Gate 2. It's essentially a cross between Oblivion and the Fallout series (actually the original Fallout games were made by the same developer, Bioware). I've had it for around six years and I still play it. If you want a slightly silly, unique RPG/RTS game then Baldur's Gate is probably your best choice.

Agreed that BG2 is a masterpiece but i see no more resemblence to oblivion or fallout than to any other title? save it has fallout twos 2d isometric view, cept implemented way better and its moral choice system works and has a very important outcome on the game right from the start?

Well BG2 seems more similar to Bethesda games and Fallout than any other games not made by Bioware. I haven't played F1 or F2 but I've seen screenshots and heard descriptions and all of them seem to be related in my mind. The gameplay, settings, basic interface, stats, etc. are somewhat analogous. Plus all of the mods for these games on PC seem to do approximately the same things or are fairly alike.

Maybe it's just me, I dunno.

The main comparison to draw for the BG games would be neverwinter nights BG" pre-ceeded it and is set in the same gameworld, as you can even import BG2 chars into nwn and icewind dale is another in the franchise when black isle were around.

Well of course games by Bioware are similar to each other, they're all essentially the same games in every way except the plot. I'm trying to compare Bioware games to games that are made by other RPG studios and/or are more widely recognized.

BG was made before Icewind? Why are the graphics and such better in BG then?

 

[Epitome]

Dunno how popular this game is, but it is probably my favorite game of all time: Baldur's Gate 2. It's essentially a cross between Oblivion and the Fallout series (actually the original Fallout games were made by the same developer, Bioware). I've had it for around six years and I still play it. If you want a slightly silly, unique RPG/RTS game then Baldur's Gate is probably your best choice.

Agreed that BG2 is a masterpiece but i see no more resemblence to oblivion or fallout than to any other title? save it has fallout twos 2d isometric view, cept implemented way better and its moral choice system works and has a very important outcome on the game right from the start?

Well BG2 seems more similar to Bethesda games and Fallout than any other games not made by Bioware. I haven't played F1 or F2 but I've seen screenshots and heard descriptions and all of them seem to be related in my mind. The gameplay, settings, basic interface, stats, etc. are somewhat analogous. Plus all of the mods for these games on PC seem to do approximately the same things or are fairly alike.

Maybe it's just me, I dunno.

The main comparison to draw for the BG games would be neverwinter nights BG" pre-ceeded it and is set in the same gameworld, as you can even import BG2 chars into nwn and icewind dale is another in the franchise when black isle were around.

Well of course games by Bioware are similar to each other, they're all essentially the same games in every way except the plot. I'm trying to compare Bioware games to games that are made by other RPG studios and/or are more widely recognized.

BG was made before Icewind? Why are the graphics and such better in BG then?

no icewind was 3 month sbefore BG2, i meant that BG2 was between Icewind and NWN as a comparison. I suppose comparing the game to the same stuff from teh company wasnt the best but i still dont reckon it mirrors bethesda? char gen is well established and combat in BG" is d+d based?

 

[Nemorov]

The Legend of Dragoon. My first RPG and only JRPG i played in my life.

That was a good one. The story was a little... uhhh... ok then, but it was an overall good game.

MediEvil is to this day one of my favorite games of all time, along with Alice, Psychonauts and Myst, all of which got more press I think.

Dragoon was a little hard to understand, wasn't it?

Yeah, it was. And there was a lot of things that the game was like, "Accept it, dammit. It's because we said so."

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

The Legend of Dragoon. My first RPG and only JRPG i played in my life.

That was a good one. The story was a little... uhhh... ok then, but it was an overall good game.

MediEvil is to this day one of my favorite games of all time, along with Alice, Psychonauts and Myst, all of which got more press I think.

Dragoon was a little hard to understand, wasn't it?

Yeah, it was. And there was a lot of things that the game was like, "Accept it, dammit. It's because we said so."

I did not like that there was a plot twist on every disk.

 

[YYZed]

HENRY HATSWORTH AND THE PUZZLING ADVENTURE where is the love for this game!?!?!

 

[chromewarriorXIII]

I would say either Zero Tolerance, a FPS for the Sega Genesis. Or Custom Robo, for the GameCube. The latter is probably more heard of but there is a great amount of people who haven't played it.

 

[Meaty Turtle]

Ones that come to mind... Team Buddies(PSX), Indigo Prophecy(PS2), Glover(N64), JSRF(XBOX), Dungeon Keeper(PC), Kung-Fu Chaos(XBOX)

 

[Mr.PlanetEater]

Glover for the N64 is probably my favorite Unsung game, it's so different in it's gameplay and story..seriously how often do you play games involving a living glove riding a ball around?

 

[USSR]

The Naruto games for the X-Box and Dark Messiah.

I was a fan of Ultimate Ninja considering, to me, it was of the only games I would sit down and play on my PS2 for.

 

[mitchellkenn]

Buck Bummle for the 64. Bees with ROCKET LANCHERS!

 

[TIMESWORDSMAN]

Trace Memory for the DS. It was released early in the DS's life (Maybe even a launch title.)
It was a fantastic game but never once have I heard someone mention it.

Esentialy, It was a combination of Myst and...And...GAAAAA-"boooooop"
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"We are experiencing technical dificulties. The writer's gaming knowledge reservoir has been depleted"
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"boooooop"-in a disposable waste-paper basket. A sequel has been announced in Japan but no news of a US release.

holy crap, i loved Trace Memory. I also loved its spiritual successor, Hotel Dusk. (Dusk ranks in my top 5 games forever). also unsung and unappreciated: Tales of Phantasia for the GBA, and Castlevaniaortrait of Ruin and Dawn of Sorrow

...OH MY GOD! I HAVE HAVE A NOT-EVIL CLONE!

 

[BiscuitWheels]

Vagrant Story.

 

[MR T3D]

XvT.

 

[XSA37]

Any of the Thing Thing Games. Seriously, they are some of the best Flash shooters ever made and I rarely ever see it mentioned outside of the game's hosting site(s).

 

[Shotgunbunny]

I still want a real RPG with combat like Dark Messiah.

 

[Thedutchjelle]

Shadow Warrior. Wildly fun and silly FPS, based off of Duke Nukem 3D. Barely anyone has heard of it, though. It's great.

I know it, I played it as well, but I found it less apealing than Dn3D

I would have to say The Illusion of Gaia back from the SNES days. One of the best RPGs I've played and yet I can never find anyone whose heard of it.

True! Totally loved that game. My mother bought it for herself for the SNES when she still played on it, but she could never get past the first boss ~_~ I could I can't get why some reviewers claim it has a bad story, I found it very interesting.

Lufia 1 and 2 for the SNES. If you like JRPGs and/or SNES RPGs, then go play these.

Just be aware that while Lufia 1 was released in 1994 and Lufia 2 in 1996, L2 is actually a prequel to L1. You may want to think about playing L2 first, as the opening segment of L1 will spoil the ending of L2.

I only played the second Lufia (First was never released in Europe). I totally digged it as a child, as it was completly translated into Dutch (my first language) so I didn't miss anything.