Good stand-alone games
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This may have come up but; The World Ends With YouM0rp43vs said:
Seriously, play it, it's absolutely brilliant, kick ass soundtrack too.
Your PS2 bookcase has reminded me: Alien Hominid is fucking kick ass and standalone.EHKOS said:
From what I've heard, yes. But I haven't been able to find a copy yet so I might just find it online.SkarKrow said:
I was gonna say. I was thinking, "Wasn't there ANOTHER western game last generation that had "red dead" in it or was I just imagining things"SkarKrow said:
I played the spec ops games back when I was a wee lad. Believe me, seeing that it had a new sequel was surprise enough. After hearing from Yahtzee what it was about, even more soMcoffey said:
Ehh Idk I never played Revolver frankly, so I have absolutely no idea, I just thought Redemption was a follow up of some kind. Damn it Rockstar!Mcoffey said:
That said it's one of very few rockstar games I've ever actually enjoyed.
I'd say you'd probably have to buy it online, it took me months to hunt it down and that was only a year after release, but I'd guess amazon or eBay will have it easily enough at a fair price.M0rp43vs said:
This game has a sequel. It's called "Darkspore".DoPo said:
Final Fantasy 13. Self-explanatory.Cheesepower5 said:
Are... are you serious...!?EHKOS said:
Sorry. It's got both a sequel and a prequel.Mr.Tea said:
Nope. Red Dead Revolver was out on PS2 and X-Box by Rockstar a few years ago.Mcoffey said:
Dango said:
Not entirely certain if it counts or not, but there have been at least a few flash games on Newgrounds made out of these made by some of the actual developers.SkarKrow said:
Anyway, I am SO glad I didn't hear anyone say "Skyrim"!
Anyway, Rage, Bayonetta, Lollipop Chainsaw, Vanquish, Bulletstorm, and PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale all seem pretty good. It's just too bad I haven't gotten to try any of them, yet. Demo or otherwise.
Anyway, if remakes don't count, I think I would say "Chip's Challenge". There's one I haven't seen mentioned, yet. Most people only know about the 1992 remake. It was actually out in 1989 first. It's just that the 16-Bit version is so much more famous to the point that most people think it is the original version.
It feels weird that I can't put down Okami anymore.
Gaurdian's Crusade is a very obscure, very humorous RPG aimed at younger audiences. It can be enjoyed by anyone though, and has a very moving surrogate family thing going on with the three main characters. You get to raise a Baby Dragon monster, train it, spoil it, scold it, feed it and customize it's abilities. Depending on how kind you are, and how you balance that kindness with strictness, you can give it orders in battle or end up having it hate you and start attacking YOU in battle.
Also has a unique spin on the whole 'destined hero' trope. It plays with a lot of RPG stereotypes, and kind of takes the piss out of the Tales, Dragonquest and Final Fantasy stereotypes. Not in a hateful way, it just shows that there's always two-sides to every story in a very clever way. Pretty smart little story with some subtle comments on prejudice.
It's a fun little PS1 game, with lots of unique story and gameplay elements. Stylish jazz/funk soundtrack as well. Only flaw is the aged graphics. But good luck finding it. Very obscure, but I saw plenty on Ebay and Amazon when I recently bought my new copy.
Other than that one example, I have no idea. Everyone's mentioned the other ones I know. This really is an industry built on franchises. Mario, Zelda and Final Fantasy's influence in the 80's saw to that (for better or worse).
Gaurdian's Crusade is a very obscure, very humorous RPG aimed at younger audiences. It can be enjoyed by anyone though, and has a very moving surrogate family thing going on with the three main characters. You get to raise a Baby Dragon monster, train it, spoil it, scold it, feed it and customize it's abilities. Depending on how kind you are, and how you balance that kindness with strictness, you can give it orders in battle or end up having it hate you and start attacking YOU in battle.
Also has a unique spin on the whole 'destined hero' trope. It plays with a lot of RPG stereotypes, and kind of takes the piss out of the Tales, Dragonquest and Final Fantasy stereotypes. Not in a hateful way, it just shows that there's always two-sides to every story in a very clever way. Pretty smart little story with some subtle comments on prejudice.
It's a fun little PS1 game, with lots of unique story and gameplay elements. Stylish jazz/funk soundtrack as well. Only flaw is the aged graphics. But good luck finding it. Very obscure, but I saw plenty on Ebay and Amazon when I recently bought my new copy.
Other than that one example, I have no idea. Everyone's mentioned the other ones I know. This really is an industry built on franchises. Mario, Zelda and Final Fantasy's influence in the 80's saw to that (for better or worse).
Lost Odyssey [small](But I'd do anything for a follow-up. Not necessarily a sequel, just a similar game with the same level of quality. GAH.)[/small]
Shadow of the Colossus
Alpha Protocol
Catherine
+1 for Bayonetta
Enclave [small](If you use cheats. Seriously, you can't play that game without cheats. There's a difference between difficult and whatever that is)[/small]
Fahrenheit [small](If you like that sort of thing)[/small]
Heavy Rain
I guess there aren't that many great standalone games that I've played. Huh. I never realised before.
Shadow of the Colossus
Alpha Protocol
Catherine
+1 for Bayonetta
Enclave [small](If you use cheats. Seriously, you can't play that game without cheats. There's a difference between difficult and whatever that is)[/small]
Fahrenheit [small](If you like that sort of thing)[/small]
Heavy Rain
I guess there aren't that many great standalone games that I've played. Huh. I never realised before.
