What are some underappreciated Gems?
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Well, I have few games I'd like to mention, both older and newer, so here goes:
- Fate of the World: A TBS, where the ultimate goal is to lead our planet through enviromental and ecomonic problems and on to a better future. While the game has a certain left-wing bias, I still think it's quite a good game and seeing as the data in the game comes from the real world, it's quite educational as well.
- Eufloria/Oil Rush: They're actually two games, but they're similar in the way the play. They're both RTS, but they're more RTS-lite, than anything else, because the building of units is automatic and spawns from nodes you fight over in the game. Oil Rush is the deeper and more challenging of the two, but Eufloria was the one that introduced me to this type of game, so I heartily recommend both.
- Hydrophobia: Prophecy: I know this game got a hell of a lot of flak when it first came out and from what I've read, deservedly so. After that, the developers redid 70%(I think?) of the game, making it a much, much better experience. It's short and the water powers is introduced way too late in the game, but it's not a bad game and water really is beautifully simulated and the powers to manipulate them work quite well.
- Solar 2: Going from being a tiny rock in a big univser to becoming a black hole and consuming everything in it, is what this game is all about. There are stages inbetween the two, of course and additional challenges at each stage, along with cheats and additional game modes. A fun little game, that I haven't heard mentioned a whole lot.
Now, those three games above are newer games, but I also have some older games:
- Moho: A futuristic games where you play a robot imprisoned for his/her crimes and the only way you're getting out, is to complete a series of challenges, including race, last man standing, running gauntlets and so on. I've had a lot of fun with it, both growing up, but also in newer times. It's a pain getting it to run though. I still haven't gotten it to succesfully run in Windows 7, only XP, sadly.
- Lode Runner 2: A sequel to the 2d Lode Runner games, this one has a isometric view instead, changing the gameplay quite a bit, though it's still a Lode Runner game at its core. The added dimension makes the levels a lot more expansive. The AI isn't the best though, but does provide a challenge, if you're setting time records.
- Desert Strike: In this game, you control a helicopter, again from a isometric perspective. You have differing goal, depending on the mission, but most of them include either rescuing people, escorts and blowing things up. Quite fun and not the only game in the series, just the only one I've played.
I have more recommendations than the above, but I thought I'd stop for now. All of the above games are ones I've played extensively and enjoyed a lot, so having them introduced to more people would be great.
- Fate of the World: A TBS, where the ultimate goal is to lead our planet through enviromental and ecomonic problems and on to a better future. While the game has a certain left-wing bias, I still think it's quite a good game and seeing as the data in the game comes from the real world, it's quite educational as well.
- Eufloria/Oil Rush: They're actually two games, but they're similar in the way the play. They're both RTS, but they're more RTS-lite, than anything else, because the building of units is automatic and spawns from nodes you fight over in the game. Oil Rush is the deeper and more challenging of the two, but Eufloria was the one that introduced me to this type of game, so I heartily recommend both.
- Hydrophobia: Prophecy: I know this game got a hell of a lot of flak when it first came out and from what I've read, deservedly so. After that, the developers redid 70%(I think?) of the game, making it a much, much better experience. It's short and the water powers is introduced way too late in the game, but it's not a bad game and water really is beautifully simulated and the powers to manipulate them work quite well.
- Solar 2: Going from being a tiny rock in a big univser to becoming a black hole and consuming everything in it, is what this game is all about. There are stages inbetween the two, of course and additional challenges at each stage, along with cheats and additional game modes. A fun little game, that I haven't heard mentioned a whole lot.
Now, those three games above are newer games, but I also have some older games:
- Moho: A futuristic games where you play a robot imprisoned for his/her crimes and the only way you're getting out, is to complete a series of challenges, including race, last man standing, running gauntlets and so on. I've had a lot of fun with it, both growing up, but also in newer times. It's a pain getting it to run though. I still haven't gotten it to succesfully run in Windows 7, only XP, sadly.
- Lode Runner 2: A sequel to the 2d Lode Runner games, this one has a isometric view instead, changing the gameplay quite a bit, though it's still a Lode Runner game at its core. The added dimension makes the levels a lot more expansive. The AI isn't the best though, but does provide a challenge, if you're setting time records.
- Desert Strike: In this game, you control a helicopter, again from a isometric perspective. You have differing goal, depending on the mission, but most of them include either rescuing people, escorts and blowing things up. Quite fun and not the only game in the series, just the only one I've played.
I have more recommendations than the above, but I thought I'd stop for now. All of the above games are ones I've played extensively and enjoyed a lot, so having them introduced to more people would be great.
Some of those sound pretty interesting(especially the mech one, for obvious reasons), but yeah, the main reason people didn't like 2008 PoP was because, as a normal game it was enjoyable, but if you judged it as a Prince of Persia game it was pretty bad. It was a Prince of Persia game of course, so it was judged as such.kyosai7 said:
That's ok, there have been a few comments that missed it, but you raise an interesting point with Fable, while it is good, most don't know about it because of the shit sequels. Guess it kinda does deserve attention.VanQQisH said:
Their quality tends to wildly fluctuate, it's practically impossible to find someone who can say with a straight face that all episodes, or even most episodes, of Unskippable are consistently good/bad/average.
Battle Zone, not the wire frame arcade one the other one that was the prequel to Battlezone2 by Pandemic. That game had a great story a pretty awesome game mechanics going on. It was half FPS (in a tank) and half RTS. I dont think there has been a game like it since.
Yea, it's the same series and the same basic gameplay, but since there are 4 years between the two games, there are some noticeable differences. Soviet Strike has newer graphics. I hesitate to call them better, because I think the graphics of Desert Strike has its own charm, despite Soviet Strike going for a more realistic look. Soviet Strike also has a much more helpful UI, but regardless of what you prefer, they're still fun games.wabbbit said:
NetHack. Because you'll never believe how much game can be had from the extended ASCII character set.
(If you like/want to try city builders) Anno 1404, Children of the Nile. These represent the high points of the genre post-2000.
Monster Hunter Tri. Hook yourself up with Dolphin Emulator, a Bluetooth controller, and a copy of the Wii game, and have fun!
(If you like/want to try city builders) Anno 1404, Children of the Nile. These represent the high points of the genre post-2000.
Monster Hunter Tri. Hook yourself up with Dolphin Emulator, a Bluetooth controller, and a copy of the Wii game, and have fun!
I've been debating LPing Robotrek for the SNES...It's not a game I would suggest other people PLAY, because its plot is so engrishy it's nigh impossible to figure out what to do at times, and despite starting out with lots of apparent flexability, it ends up with only one real way to 'do' things.
Be hillarious to LP though...an example of the dialog here.
Female Villain: You've stopped me too long, now I have a powerful robot! You know what happens when you make her mad!
Be hillarious to LP though...an example of the dialog here.
Female Villain: You've stopped me too long, now I have a powerful robot! You know what happens when you make her mad!
Just checked its Wikipedia page, that game looks fucking epic!saleem said:
NetHack, that brings back memories, traumatic memories, but memories none the less. Speaking as a fan of the series, I don't think Monster hunter Tri is all that good, though it's hard to find a concrete reason. I prefer to play Unite, because it has more, and I don't mean more quests(which wouldn't be fair because Unite was Freedom 2 with a shit ton more quests), but things like weapon types, and in my opinion better monsters. I do like the underwater combat though. They should expand upon it.omicron1 said:
I always felt that the Culcept series never was really appreciated here in the states as much as it should have been. It had releases on both the PS2 and Xbox 360 but they never really took off or found much of an audience sadly.
As for the game it's self it was best described as Magic: The Gathering mixed with Monopoly. To this day it's one of my favorite games.
As for the game it's self it was best described as Magic: The Gathering mixed with Monopoly. To this day it's one of my favorite games.
Yeah I was just about to mention Nier. I saw all the negative reviews and avoided it for awhile even though it looked interesting. One day I saw it for a decent price so I said screw it I'm buying it. I ended up loving the game so much. I have no clue why it gets such a negative reception.Jason Rayes said:
The two cons I've seen reviews talk about are completely stupid if you ask me. The first one is the main character is ugly looking. Seriously?
The 2nd was complaints about the OPTIONAL side quests being tedious fetch tasks.
