Games you never found another player of (or even heard of)

[Squilookle]

The one that really comes to mind is Interstate 76. It's basically a less ridiculous Twisted Metal with heaps of car customization and a campaign with a storyline. The graphics have aged terribly but I had a great time with it when it was the only PC game I had. There's also Urban Assault which was a great combination of RTS and vehicle combat...I think it may have a bit of a cult following but I've never met anyone who's mentioned playing it.

Ahh yes. The legend. The pinnacle. The undisputed king of car-combat.

I was struggling to think of one, but I suppose Crimson Skies counts. Not the xbox game everyone always goes on about- I'm talking about the much better PC game. It was basically Interstate 76 in the sky. Fan-TAS-tic game.

I'm surprised Pandemic Studios isn't revered the way other tragically shut-down developers are, or even mentioned for that matter. Clover Studios gave us three (excellent, amazing) titles on the PS2 and it's been deified as a developer-saint ever since Capcom shut it down. Pandemic gave us nothing short of amazing games and was shut down by none other than EA... specifically speaking, I'm surprised Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction doesn't get mentioned more often. Amazing, wide open, free roaming sandbox as the PS2 never had (GTA franchise aside). I've seen it mentioned exactly once in here, and only because I brought it up. Same thing with the Destroy All Humans! series. How come they don't come up more often?

Damn straight. Mercenaries is my favourite sandox of all time. OF ALL TIME.

You'd think their stellar work on star wars battlefront 1 and 2 alone would have elevated them into sainthood, but for me Saboteur just totally hit it out of the park. Such a fantastic game to end on.

 

[Matt King]

I clocked in roughly 90 hours with Bladestorm, I loved that game. But I don't know ANYONE who's ever played it and that includes video game forums!

God i love that game, i have about 70 hours myself

Mine would be lost kingdoms 1/2 it is one of my favourite games and i love it and the only person other than me i have ever heard mention it is a small time youtuber who did a lets play

 

[Sordin]

Dungeon explorer: warriors of ancient arts. A fun little action RPG thing for the DS and a neat little time sink to boot. Never found anyone else who has played this although it does have a Wikipedia article so I guess I'm not completely alone.

 

[Dr Jones]

Dog's life for playstation 2.

I've never met another person that is even aware of its existence, which is a shame. Cause it is the best game ever made!

Actually I think that game was quite popular, I knew a lot of people that had played it (and I had myself). I never thought much of it, though.

 

[Bad Jim]

Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal. It had some pleasant, atmospheric music and entertaining combat. I picked up a fake copy of the game in Kowloon years ago.

Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project. It was a side-scrolling 3D shooter in which you blasted aliens and did other things that I will not mention here due to the wishes of the Vatican.

Soldier of Fortune. Much of the same, minus the aliens.

I never met anyone who had played Freelancer until a few years ago. A truly fantastic and wondrous game. Nothing I have found since can compare with the experience of hovering stationary in a vast ice field, watching frozen chunks of rock pirouette past, the irregular flashes of light illuminating patches of the dark cloud shrouding your vulnerable craft. Being completely alone save for the occasional silhouette of a hostile dagger fighter, scouring the mist for lost ships like yours.

That and accidentally crashing into planets. That was hilarious.

I played Freelancer and beat the campaign. You might want to look at a similar game called DarkStar One

http://www.gog.com/gamecard/darkstar_one

Tachyon: The Fringe, a space sim from 2000. So far, I've only ever met one person whose even heard of it, not one who has actually played it. A shame, it was a good game. Now all Novalogic do is make more expansions to Delta Force.

I have that in my Steam library. Unfortunately I also have Freespace 2, Independence War 2, Evocron Mecenary, etc and I haven't really got round to playing it. Maybe I should give it a whirl.

i've never met anyone that not really really hardcore PC enthuasist that has played the X series (like x3 reunion or Terran conflict)

I have X2 The threat and X3 Reunion but never really got into them. They aren't the most noob friendly games. Kind of amusing having a character called Ban Danna though.


Anyway, has anyone here played Hostile Waters? It was deservedly praised by the critics but almost no-one bought it. Anyone going to play it?

http://www.gog.com/gamecard/hostile_waters_antaeus_rising

 

[Garrett]

Poland never was big on gaming so it's really hard to find people that won't be stumped by a mention of non mainstream game. But I'm yet to find a person on the internet forums I'm active, who played UFOs (also known as Gnap). It's short but fun point'n'click adventure game.

EDIT:
Also, text adventure The Hound of Shadow isn't well known. But then again, very few people remember text adventures

 

[TheKaz]

Bomberman 64: The Second Attack springs to mind.

That was one of my favorite games of the N64, and yet nobody mentions it. Ever.

Other games of note include:

- Metals Arms: Glitch in the System (Xbox, PS2, Gamecube)
- Brute Force (Xbox)
- Goemon's Great Adventure (N64)

....This so much of THIS...

I recalled playing the shit-ton out of Mystical Ninja:Starring Goemon.

 

[Zydrate]

I never see anyone for Timesplitters. At least, from 3 onward. 1-2 wasn't very good.

3 and Future Perfect were a big part of my teenage years, though.

There were only ever 3 Timesplitters games. They were also very popular.

Oh. Was 3 "Future Perfect?" Then yea, nevermind. 1 wasn't good. Loved the other two.

I never see anyone for Timesplitters. At least, from 3 onward. 1-2 wasn't very good.

3 and Future Perfect were a big part of my teenage years, though.

Say whaaaat? Timesplitters 2 was AWESOME!

Yea, my mistake.

 

[boradam]

I've never, ever, ever seen one person on Burger Kings: Big Bumpin' except for those few times where me and my long time friend got online to play it. Not a single soul in sight on there.

 

[RJ 17]

There is a game called Legendary (I think) on the 360 that a budy of mine picked up. He claimed it was decent, but not a single soul was on its multiplayer servers, even when the game was new. He'd cast the widest net possible in game searches and never, not once, did he find even a single person playing the game.

 

[Savagezion]

Cultures. I played the hell out of that game when I was younger. Still have it as well.

 

[MasterMasamune]

I haven't met anyone who's played MechAssault or Metal Arms: Glitch in the System, neither of which are very obscure.

 

[Candidus]

PSX, a game called Carnage Hearts. I'd love to play it again, but I don't have the disc any more.

I don't know anyone who's ever played it. I almost beat it. I wonder how many people can truthfully claim that they did.

 

[MeatsOfEvil]

Day of the Tentacle.

 

[V'icternus]

Toy Story Racer.

My little brother's first console game, ever, on the Playstation.

Actually pretty fun.

 

[Euskalduna]

future cop: L.A.P.D

the multiplayer is great, but i never got the chance to play it against a human enemy.

Oh my god I love that game sooooo much, I'm pretty sure I still have my PS1 copy knocking around somewhere.

 

[Satan]

Breed. It was long ago, but i always wanted to play that things multiplayer. you could put a tank into an air transport ffs. and fly to space! near orbit mind you. even alone i had fuckton of fun. and yet noone knows of it

I got the demo for that! Pretty sure it was single player demo but I still have it and there was definitely potential for it but I never found a copy to buy (back before I could just whip it out of the internet)

 

[BodomBeachChild]

Kid Nikki Radical Ninja for NES and G-Police for PC.

 

[museofdoom]

There was a puzzle game I used to play with my dad as a kid, and I recently bought it again off of GOG and rolled around happily in the nostalgia.

This game is called The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time. Literally NOBODY has heard of this game that I've met. And it's such a great game and it makes me sad that no one knows about it.

I have determined that anyone that responds properly to "Looks like nasty weather" is a candidate to be my soul mate.

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Conquest: Frontier Wars.

"HARD ABOUT! NOW!"

Gosh darn it.