Lesser known but awesome games
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Holy crap, this game. I can't believe I've forgotten about it. Thanks for bringing back such great memories.Deadlock Radium said:
Oh, and the only good star wars game next to Battlefront 1 and 2:
Star wars: Republic Commando.
This. was. THE. game. actually made star wars feel like there was a war goin on. So amazing. Such love for it, but I lost my copy in some way and haven't seen another since. I miss it so. Screw KotoR
Star wars: Republic Commando.
This. was. THE. game. actually made star wars feel like there was a war goin on. So amazing. Such love for it, but I lost my copy in some way and haven't seen another since. I miss it so. Screw KotoR
Two games that have their flaws (and are thus worse than other titles) but have unique strengths which makes them in my opinion awesome enough that they should be known more :
Xenogears - very good PSX JRPG with a unique battle-system and an awesome storyline. That is if you like storylines that need a flow chart to understand them (I certainly do!). Also note the excellent music.
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer - Ditch the main-game: The first add-on is the real deal. If you can bite through an evening of learning the AD&D 3.5 Edition rules and create a suitable character you are awarded with the most epic and enticing storyline I have seen in quite a while.
Xenogears - very good PSX JRPG with a unique battle-system and an awesome storyline. That is if you like storylines that need a flow chart to understand them (I certainly do!). Also note the excellent music.
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer - Ditch the main-game: The first add-on is the real deal. If you can bite through an evening of learning the AD&D 3.5 Edition rules and create a suitable character you are awarded with the most epic and enticing storyline I have seen in quite a while.
R.U.S.E
does anyone else actually play this game?
I love it, its like how World in Conflict should have been if it actually ever arrived to the Xbox 360 (which is a source of severe rage and has been for several years now) except its set in WWII (yes, that dead horse with very few teeth left) I like how the controls are simple, the nice touch that if you zoom really far out you can see the map as a table in Allied HQ, how you can't lose your units as their models dont get smaller as you zoom out. I like how a strong unit can still go toe to toe with several lesser units and win (I'm looking at you Red Alert 3 with your Molotov equipped Conscript x 50 charge which works very effectively against anything)
The game actually feels like a battle rather than a game that someone has just stuck the "Its WWII go nuts" label on
does anyone else actually play this game?
I love it, its like how World in Conflict should have been if it actually ever arrived to the Xbox 360 (which is a source of severe rage and has been for several years now) except its set in WWII (yes, that dead horse with very few teeth left) I like how the controls are simple, the nice touch that if you zoom really far out you can see the map as a table in Allied HQ, how you can't lose your units as their models dont get smaller as you zoom out. I like how a strong unit can still go toe to toe with several lesser units and win (I'm looking at you Red Alert 3 with your Molotov equipped Conscript x 50 charge which works very effectively against anything)
The game actually feels like a battle rather than a game that someone has just stuck the "Its WWII go nuts" label on
Kingdom Under Fire (1 and 2) were both excellent games on the original xbox, providing great gameplay and even scoring highly in reviews, though hardly anyone seems to really know about them.
I've said their names before but I'll say them again: Freelancer and Streets of Simcity are both amazing games and (in my experience) are unknown to most players.
[sub][sub]Silly OP, Golden Sun isn't lesser known![/sub][/sub]
[sub][sub]Silly OP, Golden Sun isn't lesser known![/sub][/sub]
Panzer Dragoon Saga.
Actually the whole Panzer Dragoon series is awesome, but at least Saga doesn't kind of shoot itself by being a rail shooter.
Have you ever played Shining Force? Only link between that and Golden Sun is that someone once told me the team who made it was very similar because it's more Fire Emblem than Final Fantasy, but I'd recommend it heartily. It's quite expensive to buy if you don't have a copy though, so it'd be an emulator job.
Actually the whole Panzer Dragoon series is awesome, but at least Saga doesn't kind of shoot itself by being a rail shooter.
Golden Sun is incredible - there's a few people here who've played it. Didn't think 2 was as strong as 1, but both rocked.ShatterPalm said:
Have you ever played Shining Force? Only link between that and Golden Sun is that someone once told me the team who made it was very similar because it's more Fire Emblem than Final Fantasy, but I'd recommend it heartily. It's quite expensive to buy if you don't have a copy though, so it'd be an emulator job.
X3: Terran Conflict. It is an awesome space combat simulator/space 4x game. It has a huge learning curve but one of the most active and expansive modding communities I have ever seen for a game. The vanilla game is good enough, but add on tons and tons of mods and you have a near infinitely re-playable game.
It is on Steam, check it out.
It is on Steam, check it out.
when i was about 10 i got an Xbox with games built in to the hard drive.
one of them games was called breakdown.
i gave it a go and found it really scary but also really good.
i got one of my mates to play it with me and stuff but ever since then no one i mention it to says
they dont know what im on about.
one of them games was called breakdown.
i gave it a go and found it really scary but also really good.
i got one of my mates to play it with me and stuff but ever since then no one i mention it to says
they dont know what im on about.
Ah, yes, the game that buried my once-beloved Close Combat series once and for all... speak not of the devil!Dango said:
OT: Echo Nigh: Beyond is the best survival horror game out there, bar none. I have yet to meet someone who's played it.
Freelancer SHOULD remain unknown! Never have I been more hyped about a game for years, based solely on how awesome its predecessor was, only to be utterly crushed once I actually started playing the thing and saw that it raped the corpse of Starlancer in a way that would make Irreversible look like a Disney flick.Redlin5 said:
I agree that Republic Commando is pretty damn sweet, but the only good SW games? I think not! What about TIE Fighter? X-Wing? Dark Forces? KotOR? Hell, even Force Unleashed was pretty good.Wintermute_ said:
I don't think many people in the normal gaming world know about the Locked-On Sonic games (Knuckles in Sonic 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles), which is a shame, since Sonic 3 & Knuckles is a fantastic game, my favourite in the franhchise. I'm not sure many people know that Sonic & Knuckles is actually regarded as one of the true originals, believing it to be a spin-off (hell, it took me years to learn that).
