Talk about a game that you like but you're sure no one else knows about

[DioWallachia]

There's this game called "Off". It's a French game that was made in RPG Maker, and it's FREE! It was recently translated into English. It's a surreal experience that has both comedy and horror elements. It's truly a special game, and I implore anyone looking at this to check it out.

To get to it, just search "Off mortis ghost" in google, and it should be the first link that shows up. It's a great game.


There's also a link to it in this video's description.

Saw the whole LP's. Its quite awesome and it meets my criteria of weirdness along with other games i played like: Sacrifice, Dungeon Keeper, Populous 3 The Beggining, MDK, Messiah and many others.

In fact, assuming that you completed it, mind to talk about it? (on the spoiler tag section)

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I still dont get what was the motivation of The Batter to destroy all existence. How hard did the family screw up? What was the point of that comic book minigame?

 

[Klumpfot]

Hows abouts:

Azure Dreams for the PSX. Essentially a dungeon crawler strongly influenced by Pokemon, citybuilding and Japanese dating sims. Hmm.

Solomon's Key for the NES. You think Dark Souls is hard? HAH! You don't know hard until you've played this puzzle platformer from hell. It's still neat though.

Doshin the Giant for the GCN. You play a yellow giant who helps island natives build villages and monuments to your glory. It is probably the most mellow game ever.

I feel confident that someone knows about them, but I still think they meet the criteria!

 

[Nekron_X]

Boogerman!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql3-VMBJSvA
while i'm sure others have played it, nobody i know has even heard of it. and thaat makes me sad.

 

[ZforZissou]

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I still dont get what was the motivation of The Batter to destroy all existence. How hard did the family screw up? What was the point of that comic book minigame?

Spoilers about Off inbound. It's a great game, and it should be experienced.

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I think that "all existence" is simply the batter's perception of his own reality. He thinks he's on a mission to purify the world. This "world" is really small. In my interpretation, each of the bosses of the zones are one of the Hugo's friends (based on the final area, "The Room"). Therefore, the emptiness that the batter leaves in these zones is possibly representative of the emptiness in the lives of those families. So he's not ending the world, just destroying peoples' lives.

As for how much the family screwed up. I don't think it was one thing. The Queen says something about a carnival, perhaps a birthday party for Hugo. There was probably a big argument, but we never get any details on what actually happened at this party. Also, Hugo was noted as being sickly. It's possible that the batter just didn't want to deal with it anymore. I'm pretty sure the batter does a murder/suicide thing, where he kills Hugo's friends, Hugo's mother, Hugo, then himself.

I'm not super sure about the comic book segment, apart from the fact that it is probably another clue that the batter isn't a good guy and his mission isn't pure (note that the enemies in this segment are baseball players). There are other clues, like going back to other zones after they were "purified" and finding REALLY weird music, whispers, distant screams, and weird baby/wrestler things. Everything is white, and soulless. Doesn't seem "pure," more empty and horrible. Another clue is in zone 3, when the batter and Zachary are on the tram, and it stops. An Elsen is there (who the batter promptly attacks), and he doesn't fight back (much like baby Hugo), and only yells "HELP!"

I'm unsure as to what or who the Elsen are supposed to be. They're all really skittish, ("Um... ah..."), and the ones in zone 2 are just afraid to do anything. I also haven't really though about the meaning of the specters themselves, but there's probably something.

Sorry about the wall of text; there's a lot of stuff in this game. I'm really happy to be discussing it

 

[Collegeboy21]

Freespace 2 is a game that I feel never got enough love or attention. It's an AWESOME space flight sim game with a story that is actually pretty neat (similar to Mass Effect really, but Freespace 2 came first) and great space combat. Great customization lets you play it differently every time too. It's for PC, so maybe that's why it doesn't get brought up much, but I freaking loved that game. Alas, I've never met anyone else who has played it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeSpace_2

 

[WhiteFangofWhoa]

King Arthur's World for the SNES. I've never seen anyone else talk about it. Like Lemmings, but much better control over your characters and more combat-oriented. There are only 7 classes but you need to use all of them to succeed later on. After gathering his men, training together and taking out three evil rival kings this time, King Arthur's army then descends underground into the fantasy equivalent of hell to conquer it then does the same thing for heaven (although there are zombies and mutants and Quick Man lasers in heaven now...).

One of my favourite examples of a generally very good soundtrack, right alongside the version of 'Ride of the Valkyries' used for the bosses:


Dig that harmonica, and the other Underworld theme is pretty good too. Definitely check it out if you're in a strategic mood and don't mind having to restart some fairly long levels later on.