Obscure games and hidden gems

>>258718996
this shit's awesome

it's basically ghost in the shell

you weebs gonna love it

Bungie was cool.

>Marathon
>Oni
>Even Halo

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>>258719389
You forgot their best game.

What's so obscure or hidden about Oni? It was a launch title in europe and almost everyone who had a PS2 had Oni.

>obscure

>>258718996
>dat case
Jesus I want a copy now.

>>258719621
The whole thing is obscure, it is a western made anime game published by the people behind GTA, how is that not weird?

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>>258718996

ripped clothes are sexy

>Bungie games
>Obscure

What?

>>258719851

That makes it obscure?

The game is famous as fuck and well known

Waut what? I always thought Oni was an obscure japanese game. I mean, look at the cover.

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The best fighting game.

>>258720164

Just because it has anime on the cover it means it's obscure?

Are you fucking 12?

>>258720102

Not really, maybe it was in whatever part of the world you live but not so much anywhere else

>>258720602
Chill your tits, autist. It is just as obscure as Fantavision. Get a grip.

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The shittiest game I've ever played.

>>258718996
I always wanted to buy that game, but one could truly call me poor fag at these old years ... is it on GOG or something?

>>258718996
Some technical/fighter/cuhrayzee bros who can say if oni has interesting mechanics?

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Best bargain bin game I ever got

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I bet none of you have ever heard of this obscure little gem
>developed by atlus
>published by Square Enix

Man, look how unheard of it is!

>>258721319
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00004Z0MH/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used

>>258718996
I was going to get this for my Rockstar collection but it's not a Rockstar game. There's a superior PC version not associated with Rockstar.

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>>258721656

>being this mad

get out of the thread if it bothers you so much you fucking autist

>>258721601
That was awesome.

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>>258721601
That game was fuckin awesome. Never played the PS2 sequel tho.

>>258721601
If only there were more levels, GOAT if it had a better storyline

>>258721656
Keep being an autist, bro.

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Anyone ever play this? It was fun as fuck.

>>258721809
>autist

There's that "everyman" insult

Come up with something new you cumchugging doublefaggot

>>258718996
why do people still insist on calling Oni obscure and hidden?

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>>258721809
Why did you think that guy was mad? Oni isn't "obscure" in any way.

>>258721809
>>258721961
Inability to identify emotion or detect sarcasm is an actual sign of having autism. You may wanna get checked out.

>>258721960
Over a decade later and I still remember the lizard guy is Brutus. Good game.

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I wish this series had caught on.

>>258722090
If they themselves have never heard of it then it's a fact to them that it's obscure and hidden.

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>>258721961
>>258721809
>>258721178

>autist mind


I can't be the only one who played this completely unknown game!

>developed by artoon
>published by microsoft studios

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Maybe one of the closest thing the PS1 had to a game like Elder Scrolls. You have different weapons with their own skill levels that increase with use, and you take up quests from various NPCs found around the world.

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>>258719727
shut up fagger just because people played it doesnt mean it was well known.

oni was great. when you beat the game you got a cheat that let you play as any character in the game even boss's complete with their own movesets. replay value out the ass

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There's even a third title coming next year.

>>258722165
Still mad? Gee.

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I couldn't believe how much the combat reminded me of Metroid Prime's with the whole lock on and being able to quickly dash around the enemy.

>>258721234
Phantom Lancer: The Game

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>>258722220
>Brute Force
>Over a decade later

>>258720102
Not really. It's certainly known, but not well. Famous is a huge fucking stretch.

I would call it forgotten more than anything else.

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>>258722319
>shut up fagger just because people played it doesnt mean it was well known.

Then what the fuck does it mean?

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Its basically DMC before DMC was ever a thing.

>>258722038
WEEERE ALL GOING ON A MAD DASH
SINGIN THIS SONG IT MAKES US FEEL ALL WROONG

I could never hear it as right

>>258719851

Weird =/= obscure, and there is nothing either weird or obscure about ONI.

>>258722057

apply yourself

>>258722164

it is, just because you know it doesn't means its in the same league as mainstream titles like Halo

>>258722165

I don't know, I think coming to a thread just to argue semantics is pretty autistic

>>258722297

stay mad

>>258722667
Came out way after.

>>258718996
Seadogs games. There is also a Pirates of the Caribean clone of Seadogs 2 or 3 out there. Pretyt decent movie game.

>>258722369

Nothing obscure about Syberia.

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>>258722739
>replying to 4 people in one posts
>calls other mad

>>258722625
>Forgotten
Yeah that fits the bill. Whoever I talked to, if they owned a PS2 early on, they knew Oni.

I'd say the Way of the Samurai games are pretty obscure.

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this kinda went underpeoples radar

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Even though it had a trophy in SSBM no one ever bothered to look where it was from

>>258718996
>Bungie game
>Rockshit logo plastered on the front with no show of Bungie
No shit it's obscure.

>>258721601
My nigga.
Did you play the spiritual successor S.L.A.I. for PS2?

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This motherfucker right here.

Good times were had.

>yuropoors think their obscure games are well known
no one in the US knows about oni

>>258722739
>it's not as popular as halo so that means it's obscure

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Now heres a great little fucking racer. Customisation out the ass plus the tracks had lots of change so you had to equip your car with various parts to tackle them: with water you can just power through it or use floatation devices plus a propeller to skim across the top and with high drops you can equip a glider or just fall and belt it along the ground.

>>258723354

>only what I think it's obscure is obscure

eat shit

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Fucking amazing game

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A bizarre shooter / platformer based loosely on the arcade game. You go around stages and try to clear out various insects while saving villagers and buildings.

>>258722667
Not only did DMC1 come out before this game, DMC2 came out at least 6 months before it did

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>>258723486

SO FUCKING MAD! LOL!

>>258718996
It wasn't that obscure back in the day but now no-one seems to remember it

>>258723349

Go back CoD amerilard.

>>258721601
Shit, I still play this game. Fun. As. Fuck.

>>258723264
Liked the first one more

>>258722739
>it is, just because you know it doesn't means its in the same league as mainstream titles like Halo

Not being as mainstream as Halo doesn't mean a game is obscure.

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>>258718996

>>258723624

Because it's a shit game. People tend to forget shit games.

>>258723649
>tfw no xbox

>>258723264
Tried replaying it few months ago, let's just say I should have not.

>>258719851

Story is weirder than that. Bungie had this in development for quite a while. Heard that the hang-up was that they couldn't get multiplayer hand-to-hand combat working well.

They were working on Halo at around the same time. Microsoft was looking for a launch title for the Xbox and decided to buy Bungie just to get Halo for $40 million, not even pocket lint for Microsoft.

Microsoft didn't care about anything else than Halo and sold the rest of Bungie's IP to Take Two Interactive (aka Rockstar). About a year later, the finally released it, after stripping the multi-player out.

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>>258723516

Speaking of console roguelikes, Chocobo's Dungeon 2 is pretty awesome. If you can stomach Azure Dreams' cutesy graphics, Chocobo's Dungeon shouldn't put you off.

>>258723656
I've honestly never seen the first one, and got the 2nd at gamestop for like 10 bucks on a whim 10 years ago

>>258723661

post an obscure game then and stop arguing

>>258722241
Nigga I played this for the first time on Saturday at a friend's house. It was great

>>258723905
Are you me?

>>258723668
This game was honestly pretty tedious and I had to play the whole thing on mute because the voice acting made me feel too awkward.

>>258723516
It's cool but pretty broken and gets repetitive fast.

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>>258723624
Fuck, I forgot the pic

>>258723748
I was talking about pic related but since you mention it my post could mean tons of games

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"Hey guys, you remember Micro Machines?"
"Yeah."
"Lets make that but better."
"All right."

And so they did.

Shame about the pseudo-sequel.

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>>258723939

Xd

>>258723939
>Putting any logos on that box
I guess that's what CE is for but still.

barely seen people play/mention this

>>258723904
>roguelikes
Is that what the genre's called? Azure Dreams is the only game like it I've ever played. It was like Harvest Moon vs. Pokemon or something. Worked so well though.

>>258721960

Anyone else preorder this for the Halo 2 demo?

I canceled my preorder the next day and kept the disc, picked it up a year or so later for a few bucks

>>258722525
I loved that game, never did get to beat it though, dreamcast kept dying

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>>258723748
Come on man, put in a little effort next time.

>>258723486
Stop being so fucking assmad, over half the thread knows the game and everyone but you agrees on it not being obscure in the slightest.

>>258723365
Too bad sega forgot about it aswell

>>258724182
do you see it?

>>258724083
streamed both FE games couple of months ago, blind runs

Fucking trial and error: the game. Still fun and worth of a playthrough.

>>258724083
I remember Fear Effect getting massive amounts of attention for the you-know-whats in it.

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Pretty good game actually.
Video related.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NitUEW2u5UY

>>258722525

it was ported to PS2.

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>there will never be another Gundam game with cockpit gameplay
Fuck.

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I post this in pretty much every thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHTXeftwT-g

>>258718996
That game was shit though.

>>258722667
Looking back at it, it would made for a nice persona game

>>258724338
>you-know-whats

Explain. I've never played.

>>258724184

Yeah. Roguelikes have randomly generated dungeons and random item drops. Console roguelikes are technically considered "roguelike-lite" because they aren't as strict. i.e. In a computer roguelike, character death is usually permanent, and you have to restart the entire game.

>>258724521
I'm pretty sure there was nudity in it.
The main character is a prostitute.

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>>258718996

Sometimes I get impressed for what the xboxhuge could do.

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I don't know if it was very obscure or just the fact that it's so old, but I've never met anyone who's played.
Really great game

>>258723232
It wasn't released in EU, otherwise I would get it.

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This game was awesome

>>258724184
>>258724634
Japanese console roguelikes tend to be a more specific type of rogue-inspired genre called "mystery dungeon".

There was a fps I remember playing at my friends house, I think it was called Messiah? I remember the shotgun, once upgraded, shot a huge chunk of rock out the middle.

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Anyone?

>>258724521
Lesbians.

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>>258724338

>Oni
>obscure

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>>258724521
Fear Effect is practically synonymous with lesbians.

>>258718996

I loved ONI

There was an Xbox FPS I remember seeing a friend play once. All I remember is that the health bar was a booze bottle instead.

>>258724887
yes me

>>258724887

Muh nigga, I played this game on the demo disc that came with my Playstation.

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For a 5€ game that I knew nothing about, this has to be one of my best purchases.

The only reason why I even bought it was because it said it had split screen co-op. What a blast that turned out to be.

>>258724634
>>258724828
>mystery dungeon
That's the term I'd heard.
I actually hate the idea in theory, so I was really surprised that I liked Azure Dreams so much.
Any good ones anon'd recommend?

>>258724714

This. The game is wacky as hell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxy-fxFYyIc&list=PLgdySZU6KUXLcqb_LaEBWXpppNaRtC0vF&index=24

>>258724887
Legitimately scared me at the time. Especially when they would speed up.

Fun fact, had Bungie not been bought out by Microsoft, Halo would of been published by Rockstar

>>258724410
Oh fuck was that good

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>>258724491
If you consider Oni to be shit, I'd like to hear what you consider a good game.

>>258725206
>would of

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>>258723431
I really enjoyed Road Trip Adventure.
I don't think it's so obscure in Japan though, albeit called Choro Q.

>>258724410
Zeonic Front was pretty fun too

>>258725113
EDF is pretty obscure, but not around these parts. Most people know and love the sheer campiness of it.

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Anyone else?

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>>258725206
>would of

I wish I still had this. I played it a lot when I was younger, but then our Xbox disappeared when my parents split up

>>258722319
hell yes. this shit is my deus ex. reinstall, play as cyberinja. righteous.

>>258724283
sega didn't forget about it, they killed it. They made two godawful VC games for PSP. VC3 is one of the worst games I've ever played. It's 95% garbage anime, 4% way too easy missions on repeated maps, and 1% good mechanics that are pointless because of how easy it is.

>>258725258
Skyrim

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>>258725437
Well, crap
Forgot the picture. Anyway, nobody I know has heard of this, so I guess it counts

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>>258725415
On an entirely unrelated anthropomorphic note.

>>258725304
Oh man, this game is my favorite example of terrible games that I love anyway.

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>>258725514
>Oni is shit
>Skyrim is excellent

Troll harder

>>258718996
I wanted to buy it, took it to the counter and everything, and didn't realize I was like a dollar short.
It was like $2.99.

>>258725397

Yeah, I realize that.

Still, back in 2008 I had no idea that the game even existed.

And now EDF 2025 was a day one purchase for me.

Otogi and Otogi 2: From Software's best games

>>258725132

I enjoyed Nightmare of Druaga for PS2, but I think critics universally panned it for being so unforgiving. For instance, if you turn off the game without saving, the moment you reload your file, a goddess appears and starts to lecture you about when and where you're supposed to save, and how straying from this process is basically an insult to the gods or some shit. Do it enough times and I think she starts to strip you of all your items.

Some other games off the top of my head are the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series on GBA and DS, Shiren the Wanderer and Torneko, which is based on Dragon Quest.

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TIME TO RACE ON MARS

>>258725624
I had 1 and 2 some of my favorite games on the OG xbox sadly never had live to experience the online.

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I've never seen anyone talking about this game and it's even multiplat.

>>258725514

7/10

nice catch

>>258725069
>demo disc
Those were great.

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>>258724876
Found it, anyone played it recently enough to remember if it was good?

>>258725132
Most mystery dungeon games are a lot more bland than Azure Dreams.

As for computer roguelikes, the only ones I would really recommend are the original Rogue, maybe Brogue, and I don't know what Desktop Dungeons is like these days, but it was fun back when I played it when it was just a free indie game.

It's hard to find roguelikes that are fast enough and don't go overboard with the complexity or time investment. Nethack is just stupid with how heavily based it is on secret crap you're expected to look up on the wiki and a lot of other Roguelikes are just trying way too hard to be super complex "epic" D&D simulations.

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One of my favourite shmups.

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>Lance Henrikson VA'ing main character
>Captain fucking Janeway
>Clancy brown
>Brad Dourif
>Kevin Michael Richardson

Dat VA cast
Dat potential
Dat complete remake months before release

Should've been much more.

>>258723206
probably because it was hard as fuck

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Fantastic title, really polished and accessible to all ages. Consider it a "my first RPG".
Picked it up for a couple of quid because I liked the look of the cover, very enjoyable.

>>258726018
I vaguely remember this and have it lying around somewhere, I distinctly remember every review giving it a bad score but I cant for the life of me remember the game itself.

>>258725980

Me and my friend burned a disk of that on Dreamcast and played that game so much.

I can still pick it up and do a perfect run of the first 2 levels. 3 is more difficult, then never got to put enough time into 4 and 5.

Man oh man, love it though.

Used to play with the Dreamcast arcade stick, made it even better.

>>258725547
I have the game's case right in front of me.

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Holy shit, this game was so fucking fun with at least one other person to play with.

>>258725624
i played it, there was no customization, which put me off. i beat the campaign though

The Getaway is kinda obscure by modern gamers.

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ATTENTION

>>258726018
i remember it was pretty fun to play the multiplayer but at the same time despite being cool felt really generic

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Does dragons better than Skyrim.

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My favorite JRPG ever

>>258725897
Too bad theres no good xbox emulator and shit aint BC on the 360 have to actually own an xbox to play shit.

>>258726514
Arokh, over here!

>>258725624
Mechassault and JSRF were my most rented games at Blockbuster.
So good.

>>258725958
Good god that cover is so 90s it hurts

>>258726160
you could always.. you know .. .gid gud

>>258725916
>Nightmare of Druaga
Any relation to Tower of Druaga? That sounds ...neat.
I wouldn't hate a Pokemon one I guess, but I haven't had a GB since Color.
>>258726028
>Most mystery dungeon games are a lot more bland than Azure Dreams.
From what I saw it looked like, yeah, most of them were pretty generic looking. Seems like a lot of them did/do that forced first-person thing too.
Are there ANY decent games that use D&D engines? I haven't played one I like since Baldur's Gate...

>>258726527
But obscure?
Well guess it depends on who you ask.

>>258726629
You don't have to yell!

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Not obscure if you owned a Dreamcast.

>>258726527
Nigga, it has II on the title. Obviously it wasnt obscure.

>>258726018
Dude yes. I actually really liked that game. I think Halo sort of pushed it out of the limelight

>>258725304
Bought this baby from PSN some months ago. Got all 100 stamps three times since then and went full autist on grinding times for tracks and minigames.

It's still an awful game with an awful soundtrack though. Doesn't stop me from enjoying both of them.

>>258726938

>Obscure
It's fucking Outrun.
And it's goddamn perfect.

>>258726267
Can't believe it's been 15 years since I last played that.

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>>258725835
It might not be as cool to like, but Skyrim is a better game than Oni. Oni was pretty mediocre. So is skyrim, but at least it looks better and has lewd mods.

>>258726954
Id like to see more "party" style beat em ups, this was fun as fuck.

>>258726954

Yeah but who owned a Dreamcast?
Glad this got a PSP release.

>>258725415

all I remember about that game was advertising. Literally every fucking game magazine had an insert for that game. it's still better than the garbage activision makes now

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this game was trippy as fuck, but really good

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Hellnight was bretty good.

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>>258727283
Goddamn american names being too fucking on the nose.

>>258727248
>playing the worse version of the game
take alook at this scrub

>Animu art style
Holy shit, that game sounds perfect.
Is it actually good?

>>258727089
That radio station that plays the same two songs over and over, hilarious when I think about it.

>>258726514
Looking at screenshots, I'm kinda sad I never knew about this game.

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This was my childhood until Mashed came along

>>258727515

Worse how?

>>258727309
>atlus makes horror game with lolis
>only for europe

top kek

>>258727189
It was released 10 years after Oni. Of course it fucking looks better.

You even admit that Skyrim is mediocre.

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I feel I was the only one who ever played this
every one only knows NBA Street

>>258727536
Combat is like trying to steer a buttered up fish on an ice rink.

>>258726228
I remember starting this game at the same time as a bunch of friends in a forum so we could talk about it together. We had done the same thing with Dragon Quest IV prior to it, and it was quite a nice experience. This one was too.

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crpg
based on german pnp rpg The Dark Eye
rather slow but comfy

>>258727590
Yeah, too bad the days of Atlus making anything for Europe are long gone.

>>258727283
>>258727468
So Nintendo's got Monkey Ball, Microsoft's got Marble Blast, and Playstation's got Roll Away?

>>258723431
Holy shit i never thought i'd ever see this here, dat fucking customization dem upgrades and all kinds of shit, what a quality game

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Pretty obscure. You guys have probably never heard of it before.

>>258727724
N
B
A
B-B-B-B-BALLAAAAAS
i was in rags to riches mode all day long

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>200 post
>This isn't mentioned
Get it together, guys.

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expected a mediocre game, but I had a shitton of fun.
I mean: Samurai!. In th Old West!

>>258722647
came with my graphics card. Some later missions were hard as fuck and controls could be fucked.

>>258723264
go back to le gaia, fagit

>>258724479

Aaaw yeah, that intro looked ballin', they dont make anime like that anylonger. was the game any good? need to check it out!

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>>258726514
Huh. I didn't even know there was a PS2 version...

>>258727583
How do you play with 3 other people? Also small ass screen, worse sound, and I can't imagine playing with that psp analog nub.

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>>258727701
So we were not supposed to compare them with contemporary standards? Alright.
What is there to admit about Skyrim being average?

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>>258726018
solid game, was just released at a poor time.
also pic related.

>>258728362

Wireless.
Doesn't bother me, emulates great. even on toasters.
The Dreamcast's analog stick was worse.

>>258728172
Oh shit it's Red Steel 2

>>258728335
>Huh. I didn't even know there was a PS2 version...
It's a sequel, not a port.

>>258726897
>Any relation to Tower of Druaga?

It's a sequel. You play as Gil from the series, and you're tasked with stopping a sorceress from taking over the realm, or something of that nature.

The dungeons aren't actually random in this game, though. It's mostly just the item drops and enemies.

>>258728109
my black skinned citizen

>>258726897
>Are there ANY decent games that use D&D engines?
Not as far as roguelikes go, from what I've seen. Most (all?) roguelikes are heavily based on exploring and combat. P&P game systems are generally designed for a more complex human-moderated game experience than that, so the roguelikes that try to go really complex with the P&P style system just end up being way too pointlessly complicated for their own good, feel really slow, and just get kind of boring.
Some roguelikes only take the bare minimum needed for combat from P&P systems and that tends to work out well enough, but then they can hardly be said to be using a D&D system at that point.

>Obscure games
>Starts out with Oni
Literally everyone and their sister knows bout those frozen mercury slivers
What the fuck is wrong with yo-
>2014
Oooooh

>>258728534
Yeah but the DC arcade stick is king for that game.

>>258728393
By that analogy, Crysis is a better game than Skyrim.
They're both average, but Crysis looks better.

If it's a game, compare the GAMEplay. Eyecandy is a bonus.

>>258728840

I'm stuck with the regular controller.
Good luck finding four of those sticks, by the way.

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Way ahead of its time.

>>258726228
I tried playing this years ago and failed horribly.

Is it worth going back to?

>>258726514

Those load times, and the lack of fast travel. It takes literally 30 minutes to get from point A to point B at times, and good luck finding some obscure dungeon that you're supposed to go to to complete a quest, because from an aerial point of view, all you can see is blurry land masses.

>>258721960
I dug my old Xbox out a week ago and found the box for this, but with no disk in sight. I'd forgotten I even had it. At least I've still got Metal Arms, but damnit I want to play this game again.

>>258722667

Man I loved that game, Thanatos was baller as fuck

>>258729013
Yeah I had the same experience, but I stuck with it and it gets pretty good.

>>258728991
Jesus, that guy must squat at least a thousand times every morning...

>>258728306
It's a typical onrails shooter. I enjoyed it a lot though. The death animations for the robots are extremely satisfying. It's a little hard to do solo but if you got a buddy to play it with it's a blast. Also, I wish more anime was done in this style. Everything feels too clean and cut/paste.

>>258728935
I was comparing gameplay. When they're both average aesthetics decide the victor.

>>258728627
Ah, I see... didn't notice it says "The Ancient's Gates" on the cover.

>>258723668
omg thank you so much anon. I always wanted to finish playing this game. I never got to cause I only played the demo on a Jam pack on the PSX.

>>258729032
Playing it off the hard drive reduces the load times. If you talk to people they put the location of the dungeons on the map.

>>258729215
I remember you had to charge up your little pon ball and throw it. My friend bought it for me after he found out I enjoyed the sims. He said the store employee told him it was similar.

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>>258721869
>racing game
>race through NY as a future taxi craft
>inspired by The Fifth Element

>>258726514
>>258728335
>>258728991
Man how did I miss these?

>>258729032
>lack of fast travel.
Get a load of this casul.

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Was there ever a better arena game out there?

>>258727724

I fucking loved Ballers. I sold off all my old games to gamestop for Ballers

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It's pretty weird

>>258729475
It's not.

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Likewise, has there ever been a better first-person fist game?

Oni is only obscure if you're 16 years old. Anyone who was playing games when it came out knew about it.

>>258729704
I know. I don't even know why the hell the employee said that.

>>258724805
NES best version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll_3XNAeecU

>>258724479
I had the japanese version of this as a kid, baller co-op rail shooter

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Never beat this, but I liked what I played of it

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Great game.

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>>258718996
>that gorgeous case
YES.
Pic semi related, it's Gladius, not the awful game on the right.

Gladius is one of the most underrated gems of all time.
>tfw cliffhanger

>>258729540
How old were you when those came out? Because I was 18 when Drakan was released and I've read about it in magazines long before that.

>>258722369
Syberia 3 is coming out? But the story is over in 2!

>>258722038
Shit nigga, Crystal Method's Roll It Up is my jam after playing that game. Love hearing that song in other shit too like in Zoolander.

>>258729405
>Playing it off the hard drive reduces the load times. If you talk to people they put the location of the dungeons on the map.

I didn't know about these features. Is there any in-game option to install to the PS2's internal hard drive?

I may play this game again someday.

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>>258729570

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>>258730042
The sequel was better.

>>258724381
I enjoyed it as a shooter.

>>258721656
>published by Square Enix

...what the fuck?
I never noticed that.

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>>258729570
>>258730170
I only played pic related, how badly did I do?

>>258725415
Anon you made remember that I played this on a demo disc. I must get it now.

>>258727624
Ps2 version was suprisingly satisftying 4 player fightan. Sad that next iterations were fucking unplayable crap, especially Icon.

>>258730157
>Is there any in-game option to install to the PS2's internal hard drive?
No. You have to use a PS2 with FMCB/FHDB and OPL. OPL lets you run most games from a hard drive.

>>258721234
I saw this in an Xbox preview on Halo, I thought about getting it, but never did.

>>258730076
>>258730170
Played a demo of that on the Xbox. I remember OXM saying it was the hardest demo of a game they'd ever played, and I was beyond pleased when I got good enough to beat it in it's entirety. Is the proper game as unforgiving?

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Not really obscure, but I doubt many people felt like investing in a timesink like this when all you could make were niche SNES-quality RPGs.

I guess I just like it for the practically infinite replaybility. If you really take the time to understand the system, there are some creative things you can pull off.

>>258730089
Couple years younger than you. I don't have a PC worth gaming on. In 1999 I don't know what I was doing, but I guess I didn't really follow the industry.

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>>258729729
>mfw I'm waiting for this to come in the mail

Oni didn't age well at all.

>>258719605
casualty!

>>258730076
>>258730170
Is it really good? I bought it when it came out but never really got a chance to play it.

>>258721869
>wanadoo
Holy crap, I haven't seen that dev since Celtic Kings: Rage of War.

>>258725980
I have it on my shmup Xbox 360. Pretty neat game, it was even modernized as a twin stick shooter control scheme. Not all modernization is bad.

>>258718996
Bungie has almost nothing to do with the release Oni.

It was only "finished" and put out the door thanks to Rockstar.

>>258719389
>>258719605
>bungieshits actually believe this

>>258730715
but whats the point,how you share the game you make on a fucking PS1 game.

>>258728562

That was an average JRPG that managed to be 100x quirkier than the rest. I rather liked it though

>>258721960
This one had a huge advertising campaign, are you sure it's that lost?

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>>258730715

Likewise, I actually bought a used PS2 just for RPG Maker 3. You can't customize the characters very much, but you can still produce some half-way decent games that look like generic Lord of the Rings clones.

>>258718996
and it was fucking dogshite.
got it for christmas the year it was out, based on the front cover and me being about 15, and then it was dogshite.

>>258730320

In Europe. I just went to check my US copy and it says its published by Atlus USA

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>>258730715
PS1 rpg maker a shit

>>258730221
Shit, i forgot which one i played. Might have been that one. I remember it playing a lot like Gears of War.

>>258730985
How much do you see it being brought up these days?

>>258731053
git gud

>>258730715
>>258731021
I loved these games, but knowing I was the only person who was going to play what I made was discouraging.
Also played Fighter Maker a lot

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>>258718996
1953 - KGB Unleashed aka Phobos 1953
Pretty awesome myst-like game with thick eerie atmosphere.

>>258730948
>but whats the point,how you share the game you make on a fucking PS1 game.

You just let your friends borrow your memory card and the game disc.

There are also online communities for sharing console RPG Maker games. There are devices that let you copy memory card data to your computer, such as DexDrive.

>>258730786
I remember playing the demo (PC version) but I wasn't impressed - it wasn't bad though, just mediocre. But I can understand that some may feel nostalgic about it.

>>258730786
I have huge nostalgia for it,
but it wasn't that great even when it came out.

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This great shit right here.

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>>258730770
Well, anon, I hope you like a bizarre plot that (at first) seems more convoluted than MGS and KH. Also, the beginning is slow, but once things pick up it gets real fun. Goes from boring FPS to god tier action game.

>>258731147
Sounds like the sequel. IIRC UC1 was FPS only, while UC2 had melee weapons and crazy fights.

>>258731413
I was the post right above you. Nice timing!

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<----This here game

>>258725487
Why couldn't they just listen to people? All we wanted was less scout rushes and bigger player unit count.

>>258731739
>dark cloud
>obscure
Come on now. Same with you two anons who posted Unreal games.

>>258730492
>No. You have to use a PS2 with FMCB/FHDB and OPL. OPL lets you run most games from a hard drive.

Then what's the purpose of saying it runs better from a hard drive? You have to hack your PS2 just to fix a native issue in the game. Doesn't my point still stand?

>>258722667
Literally one combo the whole game

>>258721601
this fucking game this fucking game
Holy shit this fucking game
At least I'm not alone one of the few mech games done right

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>>258731509
>Raiden with lightning staff
>Kombat announcer

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Any one else remember this? I didn't even know that there was a sequel to this until I looked for the box art just now.

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this one

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>>258731021
>that soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMrlGlTQVb8&index=5&list=PL5CCB2FB490E8759E

Surprisingly good and memorable. The game would have worked better on the PC (those fucking load times) but I still spent hours on it.

>>258726514
This game played like shit.

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Too bad it's so expensive now.

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Since some of you guys have played PC

>>258725884
2025 is so fucking fun, I wish it had more than 2 player splitscreen coop. Do they every port EDF games to PC?

>>258731887
Unreal gold/tourny/99 isn't obscure, but unreal championship is.

>>258731889
It does run better from a hard drive.
It's no difference than saying that, say, X-Com: UFO Defense became playable when a fan patch was released.

>>258730679
Hell yes it is.
The game can get pretty damn difficult when you get up to higher levels.

>>258730813
Fantastic my dear Anon.
The way the game is set up, raising your own school of gladiators, traveling all of the world competing in tons of different arenas while the main story unfolds is awesome.
Just don't save after you beat the game if you want to keep upgrading your gladiators.

Is Oni any good? I found the disc in a binder of ps2 games and paid 5 bucks for the whole thing, been selling each one 3 bucks each at a yard sale, minus the obviously expensive ones like Champions of Norath/Return to Arms

>>258732106

I think this game has something to do with Deus Ex

>>258718996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jstKtvheG08
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hewmtp5gCPw

>>258732178
Played the demo only, I really liked it.

>>258731887
I think he meant Dark Chronicle, which is kinda obscure. Maybe because Dark Cloud was better game.

>>258731182
Not at all, I see your point.

>>258732290
>Fantastic my dear Anon.
I might try it soon, if I can find it.
I feel dumb because I paid almost full price for it and got entangled in other stuff and I just forgot to play it.

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>>258732343
Yeah, did by Ion Storm as multiplayer-esque spinoff for Deus Ex series. I got it from some kind of weird bundle with first and second Deus Ex. I never finished singleplayer and didn't bother with multi.

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>>258731887
>unreal championship 2
>not obscure

The original Xbox wasn't exactly the most popular system when it came out, and certainly didn't attract the original UT fanbase.

>>258732178

I bought 15 copies of this game once.