Great Obscure Games

[TornadoFive]

Time Hollow for the DS. A fantastic story about time paradoxes. Admittedly, the gameplay is just "go here, talk to them, click that, move on" and the story is always the same, so no replay value. But the story . . . damn, it's good.

And the kick-ass theme song doesn't hurt either!

Spoiler: The theme song . . if you're interested

Isn't that made by Cing? The developer that did Hotel Dusk? God it's a shame they went under.

I suppose on that note, Hotel Dusk is my contribution to this thread.

Nah, it was Konami that made Time Hollow.

And Cing went bust?! Damn, that is shame. They made some good games for the DS. I rarely play anything other than "casual" games on my DS, but Cing made some decent ones.

 

[Hiphophippo]

Time Hollow for the DS. A fantastic story about time paradoxes. Admittedly, the gameplay is just "go here, talk to them, click that, move on" and the story is always the same, so no replay value. But the story . . . damn, it's good.

And the kick-ass theme song doesn't hurt either!

Spoiler: The theme song . . if you're interested

Isn't that made by Cing? The developer that did Hotel Dusk? God it's a shame they went under.

I suppose on that note, Hotel Dusk is my contribution to this thread.

Nah, it was Konami that made Time Hollow.

And Cing went bust?! Damn, that is shame. They made some good games for the DS. I rarely play anything other than "casual" games on my DS, but Cing made some decent ones.

At any rate, it's good to hear someone mention Time Hollow since I've been pretty close to ordering that lately. I love me some adventure games and interactive novels on my DS.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Wait, Dice Multimedia as in EA DICE?

It was one of the last games Maxis made before EA absorbed them I think. That boxart was probably a rerelease....

As for EA DICE, I have no idea.

 

[tombman888]

Space Station: Silicon Valley is one of my favorite N64 games. You're a processor chip that takes over the bodies of robotic animals. Each type of animal has their own stats and special abilities. It has a quirky sense of humor and was actually made by the same people who later made Grand Theft Auto III.

Jesus Christ... so nostalgic.... *plugs in N64*

 

[Hiphophippo]

The Etrian Odyssey [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etrian_Odyssey] series (1, 2 & 3) are gems of old-school, dungen-crawling RPGs.

EO1 had classic trope classes and was broken (2 words; Immunize & Defender).
EO2 improved gameplay and worked to balance the classes (remove above 2 words), but added other brokenness (Dominate).
EO3 got rid of previous classes, and made all new ones (Ninjas, Pirates, etc.) and added the ability to multi-class (Ninja-Pirates!)

This is a great time to ask a question I've been mulling over. As a STAUNCH fan of this series, is the third one pretty solid? How would you rate it compared to the other two?

 

[Wayneguard]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for mentioned those games, seeing as I forgot to. Me and my brother played those two gmes a lot, really fantastic games. I always loved the art style of the Disciples games, even the third one, though it's not as great as the first two. Also, great avatar, even if I am more of a Legions of the Damned kind of man instead

Haha glad there's another disciples fan out there

 

[swytchblayd]

I've never met another Phantom Dust fan in my life, so.

No offense, but there's probably a reason for that... XD

Anyhow...

Considering I've at least heard of 75% of these (if not having played them), very surprised that the Shadow Hearts series (PS2) hasn't landed in her WHERE ARE THE YURI FANS?! (EDIT: talking about the character, not... you know...)

*cough* I also remember Bully (PS2, Scholarship Ed. for 360/Wii) getting quite a bit of rap for being labeled a "Columbine simulator" by the press when it first came out, but has since then dropped off the map :/ Really would like to see a sequel of this game. Same goes for Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath; who can't like a cross-bow-toting, critter-shooting, Man-With-No-Name-impersonating furry badass?

Just one more, since I could go on all day: Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge. Propeller-driven bi/triplanes with an array of weapons that would shame most militaries, a thrilling backstory that held you in your seat for the whole ride... who honestly didn't have a blast playing this game? Granted, Nathan did wear on my nerves after a while, but after taking down a zeppelin-munching zeppelin, I kinda forgot about that naggling annoyance... yeah... ^-^

 

[Kotep]

I'd like to throw in Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga. I went in expecting something just to give me a quick, cheap RPG fix, and...wow. Honestly, it's one of my favorite RPGs now. There's something almost indescribable about it, like you can just feel the devs were having one hell of a time while they were making it. I guess it's not popular because, to be perfectly honest, the original release (Ego Draconis) had a lot of pretty glaring gameplay issues, and it came out near the same time as another particular dragon-themed RPG, but the effort that went into taking it from ED to DKS made it go from a sort of 'guilty pleasure' game into one of my top three RPGs. If you like snarky humor and good exploration, it is one awesome RPG.

 

[blankedboy]

Rarely do I meet someone who has played this game.

I have! My cousins used to own it ^^

Defining obscure is hard.

Psychonauts, Shadow of the Colossus...those AREN'T obscure. That much is certain.

But I gotta mention Lock's Quest for the DS. The biggest publicity that ever saw is a newspost in Penny Arcade.

I know I played it! Fantastic game it is.

I have to say Aliens Versus Predator 2, hardly anyone knows about it now or ever.

I have that game and it's fucking amazing. High-five

Hexen was a fun little game. Basically a Doom rip-off, but more medieval.

That's probably because it's a Doom mod.
Sadly, it doesn't work on my computer D:

Anyways, my list:

Boxes - An indie freeware game made by a dev called Twenty3, you'll need that name if you're looking for it. It's an insanely fun and hard survival-type game. Play it on Extreme, Classic is dull.

Felix Shadow - This is obscure at it's best. It's got an innovative but terrible movement system, but other than that it's your standard Helix/Crimax platformer.

War World 3 - A thirdperson mecha arcadeish game. Fucking awesome

Moonbase Alpha -

.kkrieger - It's 96 kilobytes and has graphics to rival Halo CE. Look it up if you don't believe me.

AnUntitledStory - My favourite platformer of all time. It's a 2D, open-world, rpg-esque exploration platformer with some scary-as-shit moments and an awesome storyline. :3

 

[Nouw]

I have to say Aliens Versus Predator 2, hardly anyone knows about it now or ever.

I have that game and it's fucking amazing. High-five

*Returns.

It's pretty damn scary too!

 

[cool frog]

Does Red Orchestra count? First one had a cult fanbase but was fairly obscure, one of my favorite games. Luckily the sequel seems to have some hype surrounding it.

 

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

I mentioned one game on here earlier, but I was going through old games of mine when this guy popped into my head for some reason...

R.I.P. Phil Hartman

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

SNIP

Your video made milk snort out of my nose. Thank you for that!

FOOTBALL!

 

[Cory Legros]

TOU HOU is amazing. Especially the fighting game. Download and play to death the following.

Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
the expansion Unthinkable Natural Law
and Shoot the Bullet

 

[OneEyeX]

I'd talk about obscure games but...
*hipster glasses*
You've probably never heard of them.

 

[Daedalus1942]

Haunting Grounds on ps2.
I guarantee no-one here has heard of it.
It's proper survival horror with quite a decent well thought out story.
Classic Capcom, remember those days?
-Tabs<3-

 

[Daedalus1942]

Klonoa: Door to Phantomile on the PSX.

SERIOUSLY! NO ONE I KNOW HAS EVER HEARD OF THIS GREAT GAME!

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus gets an honorable mention, as well as Tomba!

I've heard of Klonoa.
Never really interested me. Kind of like a ripoff of Kirby and Sonic mixed into the same game. Pass, thanks.
Tomba (Tombi) however gets an honourable mention. I only ever played the demo, but it was sooooo fun.
See if anyone's heard of this game.
Monkey Hero. Like legend of zelda, except based loosely on Monkey from Journey to the west.
So fun.
-Tabs<3-

 

[madwarper]

This is a great time to ask a question I've been mulling over. As a STAUNCH fan of this series, is the third one pretty solid? How would you rate it compared to the other two?

Solid? Yes.

While I'm disappointed in that they cut 6 floors out of the overall dungeon (each stratum only has 4 floors), the ship sailing section makes up for it with its challenging boss battles.

Plus, there's the ability to put down an autopilot track to make grinding less of a chore.
Though, since levels 70-99 are unlocked by beating Dragons, rather than retiring at max level, the amount of grinding is vastly reduced from EO2.

Finally, an actual story with multiple endings. Of course, when you beat the 5th stratum, you have the option for "New Game+" which only resets the missions and floor progress.

 

[Hiphophippo]

This is a great time to ask a question I've been mulling over. As a STAUNCH fan of this series, is the third one pretty solid? How would you rate it compared to the other two?

Solid? Yes.

While I'm disappointed in that they cut 6 floors out of the overall dungeon (each stratum only has 4 floors), the ship sailing section makes up for it with its challenging boss battles.

Plus, there's the ability to put down an autopilot track to make grinding less of a chore.
Though, since levels 70-99 are unlocked by beating Dragons, rather than retiring at max level, the amount of grinding is vastly reduced from EO2.

Finally, an actual story with multiple endings. Of course, when you beat the 5th stratum, you have the option for "New Game+" which only resets the missions and floor progress.

So wait, they included a real and advancing plot on top of incredibly addictive and mind melding dungeon crawling?

Be still me heart.

 

[madwarper]

So wait, they included a real and advancing plot on top of incredibly addictive and mind melding dungeon crawling?

Be still me heart.

Well, don't expect anything too epic... Basically, at a point, there are 2 towns and you have to choose sides, which will affect which class you unlock during that play through and the 4th and 5 stratum bosses. And, of course, there's a hidden 3rd option.