ITT: Post underrated video games with great lore and world building

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>>732197599
Jak 2 had such a great environment
Fuck, all of them did

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>>732197599
Sly and Cooper was cool

>>732197813
Yeah recently replayed the three of them on my laptop, really great experience

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>>732197738
Wow another games thread just took off, guess this one will be buried rip

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>>732197738

The Jak & daxter trilogy still remains my alltime fav game series, god i hope a 4th one is made someday

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Too many people shit on this game for no reason. It was my first look into Warhammer 40,000.

>>732198289
Dude, if you think the game was good you need to read the novel.

Firewarrior and Lord of the Night (both 40k and by Simon Spurrier) are some of the best fiction I've ever read.

>>732198289
That was a great game, tau are the best race

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>>732197599
From the other thread, kind of related

>>732198663
Um, what i liked in the game were the space marines. That is what really drove my into 40k.

>>732198596
They are good as far as 40k novels go. But my best were The Beast and recent Master of Mankind.

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>>732198161
Fuck yeah, loved every part of the Jak games, I loved the third one the most

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Am i the only one who liked this game? It was not the best but it was quite good.

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>>732200487
One of the biggest "Oh shit" moments of my life

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Not exactly underrated, however didn't had the attention it deserved.

At least, here is plenty of fans.

>>732197939
Care to explain how?
I assume emulator?

>>732202295
Yes, PCSX2, version 1.21, thats where I recorded the Jak screenshots (youll notice they dont look perfect, theres a shadow error coming from the character)

>>732202649
did you get it to emulate without artifacting at a good framerate? also how?

>>732202649
Basically downloaded a version of PCSX2 from the piratebay which came with BIOS prepacked, then updated to 1.21 and configured everything

My laptop is pretty crappy by 2016 standards (macbook pro running windows, 8GB ram, 1 GB Vram) But it gets the job done

Played through the God of War games, Ratchet and Clank, Jak, Sly, Devil May Cry 3, GTA SA, and they all work fine with little slowdown, but some have graphical issues

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>>732201483
Apparently they're putting out the games on ps4 soonish.
I'm hoping they do the same for Sly Cooper because Jak and Sly made up the majority of my childhood and teenage years

>>732202731
Framerate for God of War, GTA, Devil may cry is perfect, minor amounts of lag from time to time

Jak and Ratchet and Clank are a different story because the texturing they use doesnt play nice with non PS2 hardware, you can make it run fast, but with crappy textures, but I think its still worth it to be able to replay these without having to fork over money for another ps3 or ps4 for glitched ports of the games with broken animations and useless crap

>>732203099
But there is a fix for the texturing issue you can see on youtube, someone got it working in 4K for those games if you look around

>>732203035
Yeah they are, but with PS2 emulation making such progress, and the history of glitchy rereleases of nostalgic games, and the fact that they will ask us to buy them again for PS4 when I just bought the for PS3 five years ago doesnt rub me the right way

>>732203300
Yea I don't like it either too much. But it's perfect for the small majority that don't have a gaming PC and haven't bought the remastered PS3 version. I came in at the end of the PS3 so most of my ps3 games are the really big sellers like infamous and Skate 3
Not much of a market, but I guess I'm the target audience

>>732201744
Which one should I start with?

>>732201744
I love these games so much that I hunted down and bought a hard copy of each game.
Some of my best gaming in shadow if chernobyl

>>732203515
Yeah fair enough, but they could implement backwards compatibility so that old games could just work on new consoles.

This really ticks me off when you remember that first PS3 models had this for PS1 and PS2, but they silently got rid of PS2 at some point, then threw PS1 out by the time the slim came out. Perfect enough timing for their first ps2 rerelease btw

>>732203633
clear sky,
shadow of chernobyl,
call of pripyat

>>732204209
Oh it's a bunch of shit Anon, I'll give you that.
I still have my PS2, but it's still shitty they phased it out. The only good thing to come out of those stupid rereleases they did was that it brought down the prices of things like ff7 and MegaMan Legends in my town. Ff7 used to be like 80 bucks and MegaMan Legends was in the hundreds in terms of prices, but the minute the PS3 started selling rereleases they dropped tremendously.
Then again, I live in the middle of nowhere so that may have something to do with it.
Anyway, I agree, there are things they could've done differently

>>732204560
Yeah, same thing with me
I grew up in the UAE, where games price points were beyond unfair. Used PS1 games cost 3 times their original retail price, when they would cost 5 bucks if sold in the US or UK.

And people have no choice but to buy it because its so rare, so piracy isnt looked down upon in those regions

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bumping, both of these have great environments

the Legacy of Kain series from:
Legacy of kain Blood Omen
Blood Omen 2
Soul Reaver
Soul Reaver 2
Legacy of Kain: Defiance

I love the story, the only issue is later on in the games i guess they were trying knew things with gameplay and the camera angles so it gets very iffy.

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(so many parts in the series just gonna post only this one)

>>732197599
jak and daxter was the best hands down for all time imo no doubt about it

the ratatoille video game

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>>732206915
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DOKzTHaPfM
One of the most epic intros to a game ever, ill never forget that first confrontation with Kain

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"Henshin A Go-Go, Baby!"

>>732207301
oh yea i remember seeing that for the first time its rememberable same with the music ( tony jay though )

>>732207729
Hell yeah tony Jay made that

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>>732207461
I miss Clover and their old wacky as shit games

Good to see Bayonetta on PC was such a success, honestly one of the most gracefully ported games i've ever played, I immediately felt bad about pirating it and went to buy a copy ASAP

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>>732208508
And if my info is right, this group is linked to the Nier games...you know, that one that is the game of the year this year? I swear they're allergic to making bad games.

>>732207461
FFS I played the everloving piss out of this and VJ2, got Redhot Rumble, which was an entertaining fighter, but I missed out on the DS game.

I had VJ1 and 2 down to a science, and art
Total mastery, I can't even describe how badly I got absorbed into those 2 games

>>732208905
https://youtu.be/v6NLCKImqUQ
Favorite song in the whole game right here, loved Red Hot Rumble, and this song gave me some serious Devil May Cry vibes, but with a Viewtiful Joe twist

>>732197599
they fucked up the lore and world building in the sequels. the geography couldnt have changed that much in just 100 years. jak 2 and 3 were a mess that stained the perfection of the first.

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>>732209031
You and me both. Unique abilities and look, entertaining villains, unique art. Capcom was stupid for letting this one go. All the games were successes and pretty universally loved. Now they just force deadlines for underdeveloped fighters.

>>732209353
Definitely sounds like a racing type soundtrack for me. Really feel the Viewtiful vibe in there.

>>732208905
Yeah, Clover got stomped by Capcom and became platinum, who made bayonetta and the series that spawned Nier

>>732209994
Between them, Rockstar and Bethesda I may still be able to enjoy video games. All the other companies want to follow the EA model that is cancerous, it seems. Although Square Enix did right by the latest Final Fantasy game.

>>732209473
Quite foolish indeed, Clover deserved better, it's unfortunate that the big wigs in moon rune town are a bunch of dusty old fuckers who have no idea what makes a good game anymore.
Reminds me of Konami and pachinko, foolish Japanese corporate overseers

>>732210146
Watching some gameplay of it suggests that it's a road trip/grass simulator with Advent Children-esque characters thrown in.

I could very well be wrong, but I'm not shilling out 300+ dollars for one game, considering I don't own a console

>>732210318
samefag here, ALSO, I don't really trust consoles anymore, I torrent on a try-before-you-buy basis with everything now, shit's expensive if I'm not going to end up even remotely enjoying it

>>732210318
I only say that because they delayed the game to make sure content was done, rather than rushing it. As well as DLC that was REAL DLC. I don't play the FF games (only 13) but they got that much respect from me at least.

>>732210146
Cant enjoy rockstar games given their stance on modding. It's really shitty how games became less about having fun and more about... I dont even know what to call it, I cant see any benefit for banning mods, it's like shooting yourself in the foot

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>>732210565
Relevant

>>732210565
They banned mods? Weird. Had been seeing a bunch of stuff for GTA 5 on Youtube. Something happen recently?

>>732210645
Can't tell if trolling but does call of duty have any relevant story anymore? I dont think that even came out yet?

>>732210692
Theyve always been banned, its just that modders figured out a way to keep themselves from getting caught

But rockstar are still firmly against it for whatever reason. Does'nt make sense to me no matter how I look at it, considering Skyrim's popularity with mods

Ok so I know Spider-Man's lore is already there, but really, when you could finally web swing around New York in a game it was way cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aRrqH4dFNo&ab_channel=SABY

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aweee yeeeeaah

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>>732211052

This game had great swinging mechanics, combat upgrades, and boss fights. Too bad the missions were so repetitive.

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>>732210890
I have a theory on this. I think GTA V and Batman Arkham Knight were both deliberately sabotaged on PC by their devs at the behest of Sony and microsoft in order to keep consoles in the limelight verses PC's.

Imagine if Arkham Knight came out not broken and fucked up on release, that would have been a storm too big for sony to deal with, so they covered it up.

Honestly thats the only way I can make sense of why the graphical options were so limited. Disabling ambient occlusion and fov in that game break the detective mode and make certain objects disappear. I have no idea how one fucks up a port like this on such basic things.

>>732210890
Also doesn't make sense because they always seem to go against the grain, which right now is everything is microtransactions and dlc that actually was removed game content. Mods are the antithesis of that. Rockstar isnt even putting a lot out for GTA5 anymore so it's not like they are losing money.

>>732209994
Platinum only ever made the recent Nier Automata.
Drakengard and Nier Gestalt&Replicant were all made by cavia.

>>732211052
Yeah, I totally agree. I remember the PS1 games where you just vaguely shot a web up into the sky and it caught something (even if you were standing on rooftops)

>>732211311
Oops sorry, my mistake

>>732211196
Yeah wasn't a fan that you were forced to do those side missions. Playing alongside Black Cat was nice though!

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Aight, so I gave the gamefags here Viewtiful Joe, Falsebound and Spider-Man 2. Any wrestling fans? Don't know if underrated is the correct word but everyone points to the early WCW games and I think this was better, and of course it's constantly overshadowed by Here Comes The Pain.

>>732198243

The planes one doesn't really count.

>>732211798
What planes one? There was never a jak game with planes....
That never happened....
Tho there was a rockin death racing game and a PSP sidekick midquel

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>>732211961
There was one tho

>>732211735

Yep solid gameplay and a big roster for the time. I like how your opponents twitched on the ground when they were getting wrecked.

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>>732211961

>>732212092
As a ginormous fan of the J&K trilogy back in the day, this physically pains me to look at. It couldn't have been good.

>>732212276
It's not bad but it's not definitely jak2 or 3

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Did anyone play Freedom Force? It was the first RPG I ever played and I remember loving it as a little kid. Just found out there's a sequel and I kinda wanna play it.

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>>732212373
Hush.... we dont talk about that one...

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I think this is a tremendous lore building game. The RPG elements are, just, there man. All the customization you can do to your character, the places he goes, the equipment he gets, the rewards...just immersive. Little buggy though.

>>732212981

did you actually just steal a fucking Projared joke (an entire video, no less) and post it in /b/ ?

>>732213092
No idea who that even is.

>>732212981

All kidding aside, I remember when Superstar mode debuted and I actually thought they were going to make something RPG-like with branching storylines and attribute customization.

It started off promising with picking your parents and the draft, and then they just did nothing with it for years. That's when I realized that EA sucks dick.

>>732213304
Yeah same man. You had an adviser, picked teams and all that. They actually SUBTRACTED features and story options as the games went on. That's EA for you though. You'd think RPG would work fantastic with sports games though. NBA 2K has gotten close but Spike Lee's iteration was hot garbage, from what I've seen of fan opinions.

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>>732212092
Honestly recommend people try emulation. Recently hundred percented the Jak games (except for Jak 2 because fuck that race in the city streets challenge)

Heres Jak 3 in native resolution

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>>732213953
You can unlock the resolution to 4k, and it looks great but the textures... dont agree with it

There is a fix for this coming, someone recently fixed ratchet and clank textures on higher resolutions, and both games use the same engine, so Jak will follow

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GOAT arcade style racing game.

Some of the burning lap challenges were insane. I remember taking turns with my friends in high school on the Downtown burning lap until the sun came up. I finally beat it and we all freaked out.

>>732214516

Preview lap not burning lap. I can't even find a gold medal run on youtube. Shit was hard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdFpWyojt00

>>732197813
That chick is what made me fap to furry porn

>>732214516
Still play burnout revenge

>>732215177
Carmelita is the only latina I would date x'D

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>>732197599
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>>732215284
God bless emulation

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>>732215415
This runs near perfectly, just minor glitches in the health bar

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>>732197599
DMC 3 was and always will be the shit

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>>732215513
PCSX2

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>>732215513
If only you could change style mid battle like in dmc4....

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>>732197599
God of war 2 native

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>>732215666
Demonic trips for the God of war!
Aaaand God of war at 6x native

Thats 512x6 I think?

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it still hurts

>>732215608
I know for a fact that the PC version of the game has a mod that allows this, but its a pain in the ass to install
Heres gameplay with the mod, skip to 5:00 to see it against the first boss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nls-hFyP8mE

>>732212563
yes, that game was pretty rad, I haven't thought about that in years

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/thread

ITT: People not knowing what the fuck "underrated" means. You know games like J&D, R&C, and Sly Cooper were hugely popular when they were out right?

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>>732215666
>>732215736
Macbook pro running two different copies of God of War 2 at the same time (because fuck my gpu)

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>>732215842
I'm a console scrub, as much maintenance I try to keep on a pc it always blow up on me. Plus I only end up playing console exclusives 1 every 100 moons. But thanks for the heads up.

Also does anyone remember pic related? This and its sequel were my life as a kid.

>>732215985
I think now that they've aged they're underrated. Can't remember the last time we got something original that was like them with their storytelling

>>732216037
Oh shit I was just playing ps1 demo discs and this is one of the games on it! Those discs were the coolest

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>>732211196
was going to actully post this
twas a great game

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>>732216211
Pepsi man mod for that game is the greatest thing ive ever seen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghoGEuNNC5s

>>732215985

OP started us off with Jak 3, a mainstream game with a metacritic score of 84. Not exactly underrated. Also, underrated is a subjective term since he might think it is a perfect 10.

What is your example of an underrated game?

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Command and Conquer series, first video game I ever played too

>>732216211
Underrated? I'll allow it. Since Metal Gear is effectively now a dead franchise in the hands of a Kojima-less Konami.

>>732216384
Actually, I think what Konami are doing to metal gear can't be called "killing"

It's closer to "sending it to the shadow realm. Permanently"

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anyone play this thing? I sure did. good times, but I don't think it holds up today

>>732216101
You're continuing to misuse "underrated". They were really popular when they came out and people like you still speak highly of them. They're anything but underrated.

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>>732216468
I vaguely remember that, will need to check it out
This game doesn't have much story but it is certainly underrated. Made by Namco before Tekken 3 became a thing. Played this with my cousins years ago, till I tracked it down and realised the main character is Nobiyuki Hiyama

>>732215985
>>732216328
>>732216533
Fair enough, this has turned into a nostalgia thread for me

But I honestly think the lore was great in that game, can't deny, and I guess I was trying to say underrated like "games with plots like that don't get made much" but I got carried away

I'd say Dark Souls... But that's not underrated in the slightest.

>>732216533

Rating can refer to critical response or popularity, so there is more than one way to define it. Either way I agree this is more fun as a nostalgia thread, instead of worrying about how games were viewed 15 years ago.

>>732216859
I'll allow it, Its got really cool worldbuilding

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>>732216017
While i'm hate fucking whats left of my laptop, Tekken 3 and Tekken 5 running at the same time

>>732215854

Just found out there is still an active modding community at http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php

I think I'm gonna buy the sequel tomorrow, but I'm worried my nostalgia will be disappointed.

>>732212563
>Gamespy
>thatisanameihaventheardinalongtime.gif

Goddamn where did the time go
Their goodbye message is still up on the website
http://www.gamespy.com/

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The music in this game is GODLY. The world and characters and gameplay are good too, but the MUSIC

>>732217690
Whoops, brb with better image

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>>732217690

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>>732197599
This needs more love

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>>732197599
>with great lore and world building

Does it have to be this to? Why not just post underrated games? Anyways I definitely think pic related is very underrated. It also has a decent background story to it with a cool looking grey apocalyptic world.

I know a lot hated when shooters were on that grey trend but I feel it fit the world of Killzone 2 really well.

>>732197738
Absolute favorite games from back in the day.

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>>732218845
Oh yeah and I forgot to mention I really miss the multiplayer. I am holding out hope for a remaster and enough people caring that I can at least enjoy the multiplayer again one last time for a bit before it dies again.

>>732218845
I guess I wanted stuff with a great overall story but no one is paying attention to that, just any fun old games idk

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>>732219033
>I guess I wanted stuff with a great overall story

I don't know man for me game stories are so hit and miss even when they are good. Its hard to choose any one game with a truly flawless story. If I am not engaged in a game enough I don't care how good its story is. I need a total package or at least a gameplay heavy game.

Were you ever into JRPG's from the PS1 era? I always felt they had such great world building as you mentioned in the OP. I think I know what you meant by that and I'm pretty sure JRPG's fit this better than just about everything.

Pic related is awesome man. And I only beat it with 2 characters. I really got to get back to it one day because it is a great underrated and underappreciated game.

>7 characters
>cool stories
>fun battle system
>difficult
>lore to enjoy, like the magic lore as an example

>>732219310
Absolutely, games are hard to balance a story with cause it's still interactive as a game.
And yes, Jrpgs have great world building, though I find myself enjoying older ones like you mentioned, 90s

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Don't know how underrated this is, but the devs got shut down in 2012, so i guess that's enough

This game was really fun, but a clusterfuck in terms of randomness of what was good or badly done.

But the way they tell the story and eventually reveal it is unlike anything i've seen in a game, especially how they reveal who the real villain is.

Only problem is how clunky that method of telling the story is, it's totally missable, I actually finished the game without getting that part if it the first time, but still really fun, and sets a powerful tone with a revenge plot. I'd recommend trying it

>>732219600
Shit, forgot, the game is [PROTOTYPE] 2009

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>>732219449
Yeah I never actually was into them as a kid much. But I did like watching my brother play them. As a kid I had this stupid belief that they were way harder than they actually were so I used to avoid them for that.

The problem with games is they need to make them engaging first before a good story can come about. Then they usually have to pace the story since in most games you will be doing lots of combat.

Another good underrated PS1 gem is the first Medievil game. Also pic related without a doubt in my mind. It is my favorite game of all time and I love its lore and story even if I don't yet fully understand it. As a game I feel it is in a league of its own.

>>732219667
Hell yes, I was playing that a few weeks ago!
The intro scared the bejeezus out of me as a kid though

Never played dark souls fully, recently got it for windows but GFWL is fucking me in the ass
relevant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCUDj8cX-n4

>>732219785
I can't see any game topping it for me any time soon. Although I guess it shouldn't go in this thread because it has had tons of praise. It suits what you are looking for though in regards to lore. A lot of developers are in the process of copying its formula these days so it definitely did a ton right. I usually love game threads on /b/.

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Ninja Gaiden gets a mention for making you sympathise with the main character within the first cutscene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rkaiKYEkDQ

>>732219875
Yeah, these threads and waifu are the least cancerous, everyone's just nice to each other

>>732219939
Talking about games on /v/ often sucks. Too many faggots that want to post bait and epic memes instead. Especially if you like any non-/v/ approved video games.

Fallout 1 is pretty good to. Gameplay can get pretty damn tedious though.

>>732220014
Oh yes! Fallout is well known, but the first one is sooo underrated, I'll never forget how the Master was creepy/intimidating/sympathetic at the same time

Like I felt bad for him, that's great writing

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The first Megaman X is my favoruite in the X series simply because of how simple but potent the storytelling is. It could have honestly been the only one in the series, the sequels are hit an miss

Egoraptor's video on it pretty much sums it up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FpigqfcvlM

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This game had a pretty great story and world. Some overly predictable sci-fi tropes, but overall solid. Sequel was a disappointment for me.

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>>732220881
The original is still sooo iconic to me years later, even though it hasn't aged as well, it was still pretty awesome. So many matrix vibes to it

>>732221022

Never played this one, forgot that human revolution was a sequel. Maybe I will check it out. What about it do you think hasn't aged well?

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>>732221204
Mostly gameplay and visuals, the main character looks like this in game

When a character model looks like this, you can see what I mean

The story and world is excellent though, makes you feel it

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>>732221365

Haha now I have to play it.

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Ratchet and Clank had some really underrated environments IMO, no matter how well known that was

>>732212092
the thing is that TLF by game standards is a fun game with a very interesting concept, the stage, The Brink, has so much potential. but they shit all over it, the personalities of the heroes are fucked, the lore got destroyed or simply wasnt explain, DARK DAXTER, the game was a let down and it was because of it and the backlash of it the jak and daxter wont come to light again

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>>732197599
I know that Jak's been mentioned plenty, but I still can't believe how well they transitioned from Steampunk to Cyberpunk

How does this....

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>>732223032
...turn into this so gracefully!

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>>732197599
>>732197738
>>732198161
>>732201483
>>732206049
>>732212092
>>732213953
Fuck yea
except the psp one is shite.

>>732215985
the whole Jak and Daxter franchise is underrated , when people hear naughty dog the just know the dudebros game uncharted and TLOU and the wannabe gamer normies scream crash bandicoot, jak and daxter is becoming a cult game

>>732222901
I don't think it on it's own was bad enough to kill such a successful franchise, but I think it's the half-life 3 problem of writing themselves to the point that nothing can match the hype.

Jak 3 cemented the story perfectly and ended it in an epic way without need for playing around with it, and the original staff who worked on the jak series are all gone from Naughty Dog. They did try to get a project up off the ground a few times, but it went nowhere, you can find the official art they produced if you search

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I know a lot of people love this game but I honestly still think that more people should play.

>>732221365
I started out with Human Revolution then went to invisible war and finally the first one. It is strange going through them in reverse order but damn if it's not a damn fine series...even if invisible war is easily the worst one.

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>>732197599
>>732198161

Holy shit this thread from hours ago outlasted the other gaming thread with 159 replies
This is the first thread in my few years on /b/ to last more than an thirty minutes, and this lasted 7 hours

Thanks bros, was good remembering and discovering these awesome games with you

>>732197599
It was underrated? I loved the series.

>>732223681
These games are enjoyable but I can never play them for more than like 20 minutes at a time.

>>732221204
the game is obsolete as fuck, gameplay is painful and you literally have to mod the game to see in dark areas, after dying 10 trying to climb down stairs i never touched it again

>>732223921
Cause not many people remember it now/not many games are like it now.
I know it was mad successful back in the day, but it was unique

>>732224084
Come back after you have finished middle school.

>>732224092
>Cause not many people remember it now

For whatever reason I notice a lot of Sony exclusive games have this issue. Yet you have tons of 3rd party games many seem to associate mostly with Sony and you also have certain exclusives that will never be forgotten but usually from the PS1 days. Crash games come to mind here.

>>732210789
>can't tell if
>can't
If you can't tell you are one dumb motherfucker

>>732223238
yeah i know anon, seriously i hope naughty dog doesnt touch it, they dont have the capacity to do this sort of game anymore, the members of the old ND are no in the company right now.
And as i said TLF as a stand alone game was fun i got a good score, but in terms of lore and personalities messed up. fyi TLF was supposedly going to be a sequel to jak3, but the ps3 came out and a faster project was needed, JakX was born

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La5KPfEvAgo

>>732214516
I always wanted to get every vehicle

>>732224306
I think it's because of how naughty dog changed and evolved as a company, and how they had a stance to make like 4 good games that tell the story and move one.

Ratchet and Clank is still going on (although most agree that it's lost it's shine) because insomniac have been pushing ratchet and clank games out for years

Jak especially just might be dead, no more sequels or spin offs, because the story is so detailed theres no real way to do that without getting backlash. Also, uncharted+the last of us are making them enough cash. Its similar to why valve will never make Half-life 3:

1 - The hype is too big, it would be a let down
2 - They are making more money by just doing what they are doing, running steam

>>732224464
The Lost Frontier is honestly the one Jak game I have never touched due to the bad rep. Im afraid that it will tarnish the image I have for this series

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Dragon valor 2 (and Legaia 3) when?

>>732210237
One of my favorite FPS

>>732224504

Same. I just booted up my ps2, and I only have 47 gold medals. I think we had almost 80 on my friend's memory card. This is how I will spend the rest of my day.

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Horror games rarely fall into this category, but the visual design in Dead Space is excellent

You really feel the story of the world and the events that unfolded, from the characters clothing, to the weapons to the environments

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>>732225149
This too

>>732197599
jak and daxter gave me a reason to value my younger brother after 15 years of resentment. would have never been exposed to the trilogy if not for seeing him play during a summer while home from college.

>>732222743
While we are on this topic can we talk about how great the music for the first three ratchet and clank games was?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X83pgH45nj0

As one comment puts it:
"Wow! thats some awesome final boss music."
>finds out its the first level theme

>>732225802
This one too
Tutorial music for the ages here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk13dtTAXgc

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>>732225149
This here was like dead space before dead space
System shock nails the cyberpunk feel so well

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>>732226437
Fuck man, this game was like Poral before Portal

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Could the SCP games count since there is so much lore they are based off of?

I think alot of these 2011-2013 horror have become underrated since big youtubers stopped playing these for fnaf

>>732225149
This is my favorite horror game. I can play through it any time at all.

>>732197599
>>732225802
>>732226140

Jak deserves a mention for it's OST, coming from the guys who worked on crash bandicoot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=finKks9Qc1s

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>>732197599
Legacy of kain was great in terms of lore and world build

>>732228746
>>732206915
>>732207301
Hell yes, and the intro cemented the tone of the story with it's music

The first meeting with Kain has some of the greatest music riffing off of the intro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7ksonYOB-s&list=PLllLTey98Ce46CXE-nHCE3IDbrjySPBL3&index=43

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2tzDYnyKqA&list=PLllLTey98Ce46CXE-nHCE3IDbrjySPBL3&index=44

>>732228997
I played soul reaver when I was about 8 or 9 can actively say I might not have gotten into things like lovecraft poe or other darker/gothic toned games and films were it not for lok

>>732225149
horror games are reliant on rich visual design. It is almost impossible to make a successful horror game without it being eye candy.

>>732230017
Yeah, but few bother to tell the story of the world outside of the horror. Most will only show the gory horror stuff, but dead space paints this futuristic world first that then feels like it got destroyed by/infested with the monsters
Thats the impression I get most of the time

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2002
one of my favorite games of all time and most under appreciated. first game was alright but this one was a home run
Still praying for a sequel

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"The World Ends with You" a cool DS game with a intersting battle system and story about dead children playing a game to come back to life. also got a shitty ios port

Metroid

>>732230720
>broken iOS port

I don't want anyone thinking it's manageable. Some of the pins outright don't work and Square-Enix couldn't
be fucked with to fix them