Lesser known but awesome games

[DarkDain]

How about some 'REAL' lesser awesome games. How bout Crime fighters? Marshmallow Duel ? Gladiator (forgotten sages 1996 gladiator i think.)

 

[HerrBobo]

Freespace 1 and 2 for the PC

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

the Black and White series for PC.

 

[F-I-D-O]

I've mentioned this plenty of times before but:
S.L.A.I
Awesome mech combat, decent split screen and multiplayer, decent PS2 graphics, decent amounts of creativity, excellent characters, a good plot, and stellar level design. Added bonus were believable non-cutscene characters (generic ones fought in matches) who all had individual play styles, awesome boss fights, and the chips allowed the game to better fit your play style. I'll just post one two pics this time.

 

[the lapalminator]

THE BIGS 2!! i will never stop praising that game

 

[Chupa-Thingy]

No one ever mentions Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon for the N64. It was just as good as the rest of the adventure games on the 64 that came out around the same time.

 

[F-I-D-O]

Star Wars: Republic Commando for the original Xbox. Freakin' awesome, even if you're not a fan of Star Wars.

I thought that was known...this makes me sad...
Sadly, it did suffer from a short campaign, but it was still awesome.
But

Spoiler

why Sev? I liked him...

and George Lucas made it all non-existent. He made the events never happen when he changed the canon for The Clone Wars series, thus destroying the Republic Commando/Imperial Commando series. And I liked those. Some of the best video game books since Eric Nylund's halo series (only Eric's. His were best). So, the events never happened, but they are friggin' awesome theoretical events though...
Curse you George for destroying ANY long-lasting and slim hope for a RC sequel.

 

[F-I-D-O]

All the older LEGO games. Both Lego Racers games, Lego Island games, Lego Alpha Team, Lego Rock Raiders. Lego Loco was one of the first games I played that I can remember.

(praying someone will make a third Lego racers)

I still have all of those. Seriously. Even have the original lego creator, legoland, and stunt rally.
And you all not alone in wishing for a new lego racers. I made some of the characters from there in ModNation, so it's close, but not the same

 

[F-I-D-O]

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

It's on steam for ten dollars. The Multiplayer community is still pretty good, and there are some decent mods around. Nothing is better than sneaking through the jungle to raid a trandoshan base, or taking on a spider droid with only two people. Only wish is that it was longer, and for co-op

 

[superbatranger]

Psi Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy

It just has so many good mechanic ideas, and it's very good considering it's on the xbox original.

I freaking loved that game.

Blast Corps for the N64. One of my first games ever. I never knew what to do, but damn I had fun doing so.

 

[Death God]

Extreme G. I don't care if it's a racing game, it is so amazing!!

 

[Xanadu84]

The Void.

I shall second that[sub]damn you ninja, I wanted to say it first[/sub]. I just love that game, for me it's the best game game ever made.

OT: Apart from The Void, Pathologic deserves a mention, mainly because it's the only game that has gone to themes of infection, medicine and a dying city. The Path also deserves a mention for being really open to interpretation, then there is The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom, one of the best platformer/puzzle games ever made. For me it's as good or even better than Braid. I haven't seen many people talk about it...
Another one is Giants: Citizen Kabuto.

Never heard of Pathologic, but I didn't mention "The Path" because it seems like it got some press. Ill hear it get mentioned somewhat frequently as an, "Art game". I will agree that it deserves more. i think I mentioned Void because...well, the actual gameplay is what has the meaning. Path gets a lot of mileage out of visuals and a sense of exploration, but in Void, the resources you are managing, and the choices you are making have an actual metaphorical value. The Path is good, but Void is better designed.

Though I see the comparison to Braid, I think I prefer Braid to P.B. P.B. is a great silly adventure, and the mechanics alone are very comparable in quality to Braid, but Braid manages a rare, touching story about love and loss. And I think we need more of that in games.

I think I forgot Kabuto because when it was first released, me and all my friends played it to death. It was awesome.

 

[Krion_Vark]

For lesser known i would go with indy titles like Company of Myself.

Isn't that a flash game?

 

[Krion_Vark]

Does this qualify as lesser known but awesome? I think so.

Hosed and Screwed were freaking hilarious. The thing that I hated about it now though is that I got it for the Gamecube and it didn't have online seriously great story HILARIOUS characters and dialogue and definitely needs a sequel.

 

[REZNoR_greed]

Elemental Gimmick Gear for Dreamcast
had a few flaws, sure. if you like A Link to the Past, though, you would enjoy this. also a good reminder that games don't have to be big shiny polygon-fests to be good.

 

[Chainsaws_of_War_2]

Most people have heard of Halo and Final Fantasy. However, I've noticed that some of the best games are ones that often have very small fan bases. Take, for example, Golden Sun, a pair of RPGs for the GBA that I am hard pressed to find anyone who knows anything about. The same thing could be said for Fire Emblem or Lock's Quest.

In that, this thread will be strictly for lesser known games that are better in nearly every way to their well known mainstream counter parts. It's all opinion, so please, no arguments on whether or not a game is good, aye?

Uhm...my avatar is rather sad not many people have heard of Golden Sun, it's one of the best RPGs I've played to date, certainly better than Final Fantasy.

 

[ESmith23]

Show of hands, how many of you have actually ever heard of Chex Quest. For a game made entirely as a commercial for cereal, it's amazingly good.

*Raises hand*

That game really was a lot of fun! I think I actually played it more than Doom, which it was based off of.

 

[IkeGreil29]

Well, this game series is huge in Germany, so I dunno if this qualifies, but the Gothic Series has been one of my favorite RPG's of all time.


Gothic one was brilliant, introduced you to a new world, and had an epic story

Gothic two continued with equal brilliantness, having an even larger world and bigger story

Gothic three... meh. Lousy. Community patches made it better, but I never finished it.

Gothic four looks like it'll be a mess. A pile of human excrement on top of bull excrement. Of course, this is based on a demo that seems to have come out of the beta for the game, not the actual build...

 

[ThePurpleStuff]

Show of hands, how many of you have actually ever heard of Chex Quest. For a game made entirely as a commercial for cereal, it's amazingly good.

Yes! I have! My sister played it all the time way back, we're thinking of finding it again.

Anyone ever heard of Dark Cloud, Dark Cloud 2 or Okage: Shadow King? If you have, free cookies!

 

[Requx]

Lionheart for the pc. That game was cool. And Torchlight, torchlights better but lionheart is still cool.And Dark Alliance for the gamecube.