Your favourite lesser-known games

[hagaya]

Know what game this dude is from?

You should, It's a classic. Too bad it wasn't more Well Recieved.

Conker's Bad Fur Day. Best N64 game on this side of the M rating.

There's also room for Tomba! in my book. Five people played that game, and it is fucking delicious.

 

[PyriteOkio]

LEGEND OF MANA!!!!!

 

[Swaki]

E.T., its wildly known but as the worst game ever and the reason for the death of console gaming, but it was actually pretty funny.

 

[Hazy]

Know what game this dude is from?
*Snip*

You should, It's a classic. Too bad it wasn't more Well Recieved.

I though Bad Fur Day was quite well recieved, ack well, I'm with this one then, that game was great so was Conker Live and Reloaded.

It was, by a certain audience. The audience of "Aye, it's a game, it's meant to be fun." Audience.
Back in 2001, I think there was still alot of "ZOMG VIDEO GAMEZ SHULD B GOOD 4 TEH CHILDRENZ!!!"
People who believed all games should be marketed towards the kids.
Personally, I think this is Rare's best.

maybe it would be more known if those who enjoyed the game would actually mention the name.
i dint try games like braid, overlord and the fallout series because my friends would be all like "oh man i just tried a great game!, really? which?!, oh you should know already"

If you're a gamer, and have even heard of the N64, you know who this little guy is.
I also excluded the name to show just how few people know about it, despite being one of the best games on the N64.
If there is something in platformers that you hate, Conker will make fun of it.

 

[Bendebec]

normally I would say Okami, but now everyone knows about it, next would be Disgaea, but considering this site has a section of avatars devoted to it, I can't say that either, so now I have nothing.

 

[jmdin83]

I registered just to post lol

Lufia and Lufia 2 for SNES. Dont know many people who know of them but they are great RPGs, and Final Fantasy 6 (FF3 on the SNES) still had some of the most in depth story line ever. With around 20 playable characters, and they all had an extensive backstory to play through, its still one of the most underrated RPGs out there, though it is in the Final Fantasy series.

 

[rocketseed]

stranded 2 was epic it was about basicly survieing when youre ship broke quite hard to begin with but you begin to learn how to survie as it gos on

 

[Harlemura]

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger. I think there were more games after the second, but I can't find 'em to buy anywhere. Still, the first and second were awesome.

 

[PurpleCheddar]

Okami. Without a shadow of a doubt. It barely sold 200,000 on PS2 and 300,000 on Wii (I got Wii Version) but it's such a beautiful, deep game. Fantastic story, great dialogue, addicting gameplay, GORGEOUS art style.. this game has it all. And yes, I know it's slightly more mainstream now, but when I got it it was still obscure.

 

[hopeneverdies]

Sky Odyssey, it's a mission based flight sim for the PS2, the environments are pretty, the sound track is fitting, and it definetly fits into the hard category with flying through the Tower of Maximus.

 

[Yoshemo]

Jet Force Gemini for N64. Its my favorite N64 game but no one knows about it x.x

 

[TheManFromVan]

Sly Cooper

This, sweet game, never got proper recognition.

 

[CMon]

Wizardry 8. Best RPG ever made.

I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who ever talks of it.

It is a horrible game.

OT: Croc:Legend of the Gobbos.

Baw. Well I guess since it's pretty much without comparison, mechanic-wise, it's a game you either love or hate.

Also, Croc is/was freaking epic, and I'd say that you miss the "lesser known" category by a mile since it's pretty much considered a PS1 legend.

 

[tsb247]

I really like Freedom Fighters; the progression style, the squad combat and the story itself all were top notch. I hardly find someone that knows about it though and that makes me a little sad.

I just bought a copy of Freedom Fighters off ebay a month ago, and it is safe to say that I love the game just as much as I did back in '03. I've heard that a sequel is on IO Interactive's "to-do list", but it looks like it will be at keast another year befor they make any announcements.

Also:Not many people know about Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, even though it was a fantastic game. It's still my favorite RTS.

I will have to second Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends. It is hands down one of the best RTS games I have ever played, and it had the most unique gameworld of any RTS I have ever seen. Besides... It's hard to get cooler than mixing steampunk and magic.

I'm surprised it did not get better reviews when it was released. I supposed it is because it was not that different from Rise of Nations when you get down to the core gameplay.

 

[Fursnake]

Jade Empire (not to sure how popular this one is)

If it's made by Bioware then it's pretty well known hehe...

 

[Teh Ty]

Team buddies for PS1 and Power Stone for Dreamcast. Oh, and Pen Pen Racing, also dreamcast.

 

[Spineyguy]

Anyone else heard of a game called '40 Winks'

It was a brilliant spoof-horror game for the PS1 where you played as one of two children, each level was a different nightmare and you had to collect 40 little creatures called 'Winks' before sunrise.

Only me and my best freind have played it.

 

[CrashBang]

Baten Kaitos Origins

Ah I had that! Got it for my 14th bday I think... Yeah I liked it but found the story to slow in it's progression, so I sold it. Wouldn't mind playing it again now lol

Anyone else heard of a game called '40 Winks'

It was a brilliant spoof-horror game for the PS1 where you played as one of two children, each level was a different nightmare and you had to collect 40 little creatures called 'Winks' before sunrise.

Only me and my best freind have played it.

I had the demo of that, it was probs the longest demo I've ever played ever. I don't remember it too well but I remember there being zombies that popped up and you carried around a candle... I think lol. Good memories!

 

[BolognaBaloney]

Team buddies for PS1 and Power Stone for Dreamcast. Oh, and Pen Pen Racing, also dreamcast.

TEAM BUDDIES! I loved that game.