Games you love but no one seems to talk about

[Senare]

Robot Alchemic Drive and Fighting Force.

I have seen the glory that is Robot Alchemic Drive. The extremely silly plot, the wonderfully bad voice acting, the fun and hardly controllable gameplay and the only game with proper weight behind their robots makes this a true gem among mecha games (which I almost universally dislike).

 

[NoeL]

Dokapon Kingdom. Pretty mediocre presentation, but the gameplay is perfectly balanced between skill and luck (as all board games should be), and is surprisingly deep. I'd play that bad boy over Mario Party any day of the week... except Mario Party day.

 

[Shaved Apple]

Robot Alchemic Drive and Fighting Force.

I have seen the glory that is Robot Alchemic Drive. The extremely silly plot, the wonderfully bad voice acting, the fun and hardly controllable gameplay and the only game with proper weight behind their robots makes this a true gem among mecha games (which I almost universally dislike).

I'm so glad someone has actually heard of it.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

The Suikoden Series, always the Suikoden Series. Brilliant and severely under-appreciated and now a dead series in North America because of that, though the Core Series seems to be dead in Japan as well, dooming any future Suikoden Games to "side story" status.

 

[Kyr Knightbane]

*******War of the Monsters- for the PS2. Seriously, i thought for the longest time i was the only person that played it. But in retrospect i havent been able to track down a copy of it used. Although i only looked at gamestop, which garners me some hatred from people who hate gamestop. I've only ever had 1 bad experience with them, but i digress...

*******Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and HAWX. Both of those games were amazing and the multiplayer in R6V2 is actually balanced and every gun is useful even the crappier pistols. I use the G18 and the L86A2. Its the best gun for me, besides the AUG.


*******Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2. I had a mint condition copy for the PC and i loved it. The races, the cars, the cop chases that you could drag on for hours by driving backwards lol. It was amazing.

 

[Wayneguard]

I'm like \o/excited\o/ for Dota2 but people here seem to be getting sick of MOBA in general. It's unfortunate but w/e, I'll enjoy it regardless of its popularity among the escapist.

 

[C F]

Just four Fire Emblem mentions, and only two of them are of Path of Radiance. That series needs more love.

Supreme Commander and its Forged Alliance expansion could stand to be acknowledged as well. At least once in a blue moon? Somewhere? Come on guys, those were fun strategy games.

And Ratchet and Clank/Jak and Daxter. I especially liked the third game in both of those series.

 

[TheRussian]

Metro 2033. -snip-

That might be because Metro 2033 is unintuitive, has terrible level design, unclear objectives, and overall comes off as slightly pretentious.
But that's just my opinion, I could be in the wrong here.
OT: Star Wars: Republic Commando.

 

[Psychoninja7]

Metro 2033. -snip-

That might be because Metro 2033 is unintuitive, has terrible level design, unclear objectives, and overall comes off as slightly pretentious.
But that's just my opinion, I could be in the wrong here.
Snip

Ah well. Everyone has their own opinions. I enjoyed it. I guess that's what matters, right? Enjoying the game? Although I do see your points. Hopefully they'll improve on that with the sequel? Pretty please 4A games?

I'm gonna stop now.

 

[Tallim]

The Suikoden Series, always the Suikoden Series. Brilliant and severely under-appreciated and now a dead series in North America because of that, though the Core Series seems to be dead in Japan as well, dooming any future Suikoden Games to "side story" status.

Funnily enough I have originals of all of them except for 3 as it was never released in UK for some reason. Scarily 1,2,5 are worth a hella lot of cash now even used.....

 

[Jfswift]

Legend of legaia . Very few people has played that game . Only a handful ever talk about it .

Parasite eve. Love that game , too bad the sequel was changed into an action game instead of a rpg.

Legaia had an interesting interactive combat system and you're right, it doesn't get as much attention as it deserves. The setting was kind of spooky too really (good mood setting) what with the fog setting in slowly. Two looked okay although I'd like to see a modern reboot of this.

 

[beyondbrainmatter]

YuuYuu Hakusho Tokubetsu Hen (SNES)

Star Control 2 (Ur Quan Masters) (PC)

Tetris Battle Gaiden (SNES)
it's basically Tetris where you can mess around with your oponent. A great partygame imho...

 

[DeimosMasque]

Star Control 2 (Ur Quan Masters) (PC)

I came here specifically to talk about this one. A Three Game Trilogy that included open roaming across the galaxy, forming alliances with various alien races, all while nearly unbeatable and unknowable enemies tried to destroy all life..... and the third game sucked.

 

[PsychicTaco115]

The Walking Dead game

It's barely mentioned at all, which makes me a sad taco

5 dollars per episode, NO excuse to at least try the first one

The story is phenomenal, and I don't gush about games. This is the one exception

 

[PinkiePyro]

harvest moon and animal crossing in general there's a lot to those series I have not seen any one talk about harvest moon and only a few metionings of animal crossing I mean i know the forum is clearly dominated by action based games but you think you would see a post on the cute girls of harvest moon or a strategy thread for either ...

 

[KFalcon]

Viewitful Joe pretty much my favorite game of all time, and Terraria a 2D minecraft that I found way more enjoyable then it's 3D counterpart.

Viewtiful Joe was absolutely amazing. Without a doubt one of my favourite games of all time that seems underappreciated.

 

[John Farrell]

Resonance of Fate. I really wish Yahtzee would do a review of it. It is not like other JRPGs. I could cosplay as the main characters and no one would be able to tell.

Does that game ever get...less grey looking? I just picked it up and started playing it due to a few recommendations. I kind of like it, but the perpetual muted colors and lack of interesting environments are really wearing on me. I'm just about finished with chapter 2 or 3. While I enjoy the character banter, the story doesn't really make sense yet and the gun-kata is getting redundant so I was hoping the visuals would help pick up the slack.

Nope. There are some variations with the scenery, like snow and garden themes, but the colors always remain muted. Though, it helps with the steampunk setting, especially with the clock gears in the background. If you want color, clothing customization is your best bet.

The story starts piecing itself together around the halfway point. Gun-kata, well they start using different animations as their level increases, dual-wielding becomes available around lvl 30, there are chapters where only two characters are available, gun customization really opens up and becomes incredibly important if you want to survive. Plus defeating bosses requires one to actually use strategy.

 

[GonzoGamer]

Valkyria Chronicles.
I would've loved to have seen some clones of that. A Warhammer 40k version would've been especially cool. Too bad Relic is probably not in a position to do anything risky right now.

 

[Soluncreed]

Both Prototypes 1 and 2. It's one of my favorite series. I get to play as an unstoppable biological force that kills people and (especially in 2) I spout obscene one liners that don't even fit into the character at all. It's glorious.

 

[MBurdock]

inFAMOUS 2. It was overshadowed by the vastly inferior Duke Nukem: Forever at the time of its release, so I can see why it never really got its time to shine. I think Yahtzee's positive review of the game at least got it a bit more if the credit it deserves, IMO.

Playing it right now. So good.