Hidden Gems!

[PSVitaForever]

Eternal Sonata

 

[mortuz]

It's one of the most overlooked jrpgs on ps3

 

[Cody34]

It's one of the most overlooked jrpgs on ps3
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Yes a forgotten game for sure,if you could stand the grinding, it was descent.

 

[Matricks]

Were yall not born then¿
ONLY ON SONY games that I played on samsung 40" 3DTV AMAZING.
Nowadays I can play them in 3D with 3D video headset but the 3D effect are not tge same and minimum fx, because its in fixed position in front eyes, whereelse with 3DTV and 3d glasses you can move ur head in "any" 3D position to see/shift/around thus gives realistic pop out 3D effects like in real life. thus even 3D VR cant recreate pop out 3D.
Uall missing out the goat 3DTV effects.

Killzone 3 in 3DTV
Uncharted 3 in 3DTV
Motorstorm Apocalypse, in 3DTV
Resistance 3 in 3DTV
God of war origins collection in 3DTV
ICO & Shadow of Colossus collection in 3DTV
Gran Turismo in 3DTV
Crysis 1,2 in 3DTV
Wipeout 3D
And some already mentioned top titles above posters.

 

[Deean]

Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi
Dynasty Warriors 7 Empires
WWE Smackdown vs RAW 2011
Rock Band 3
Tekken Tag Tournament 2

 

[sneakyguts]

War Has Changed

 

[budwolves]

Thanks for all these suggestions (it's actually harder than you would think to find good hidden gems, even with a hundred youtube videos titled "360 hidden gems" its all common stuff).

I would recommend 2 Xbox Live Indie Games (XBLIG) that I think are awesome.

Dead Pixels

Cursed Loot

 

[Yousef Yousef]

Thanks for all these suggestions (it's actually harder than you would think to find good hidden gems, even with a hundred youtube videos titled "360 hidden gems" its all common stuff).

True. I made this thread when the forum just started. By now I’ve played basically everything suggested.

I would recommend 2 Xbox Live Indie Games (XBLIG) that I think are awesome.

Dead Pixels

Cursed Loot

Ah some pretty cool recs.

 

[Dodgykebaab]

Motorstorm Pacific Rift - probably the best racer on the system.
Boku no Natsuyasumi 3 - The best version of the legendary series. Shame there is still no translation patch.
Virtua Fighter 5 - I think the first release was better than the "Final" edition as the campaign mode was fantastic.
Yakuza 0 - As this came to PS4 as well, people often forget it's on the PS3 too.
Daytona USA - A digital game, but one that took the arcade original and somehow made it even better.
Outrun Arcade - Very much like Outrun 2, but this time in HD!
Assassin's creed 2 - The best game in the series. By far.
Uncharted 2 - The second best game Naughty Dog ever made. Only beaten by Uncharted 4 on PS4.

 

[Dyne]

3D Dot Game Heroes!

 

[TheImmortalP]

Hi everyone, how's it going?

I wanna thank everyone that's posted in this topic. I haven't gone through every post everyone's made yet, but almost everything that I've seen posted is indeed something that was never popular, or ever had a cult following. I'm really impressed and proud of you all.

I also wanted to recommend a yt channel that covers that also are actual hidden gems.

Brave Prove:
I bet that you didn't know about this PS1 RPG, I know I sure didn't.

Shadow Struggle

Loaded:
I'm afraid of getting modded so I won't post a pic, but it's a very bloody, gory smash TV type game.


Langrisser 4:
I know that the first 2 might have a cult following, but I don't know about the rest of the series. It's thankfully got a fan translation.

Gekioh

Asuncia:

Oh hey, a PS1 Turn based rpg that is neither strategic, nor does it look or play like Dragon Quest.

Captain Commando:

Why didn't anyone tell me that there's a PS1 version of Captain Commando? What other PS1 side scrolling beat em ups do I not know about?

Cyberbots Fullmetal Madness

Gear Fighter Dendoh:

Oooh, and here's another PS1 side scrolling beat em up.

Goemon The Grand Cycle Of Oedo:

Yay! Another Goemon got a recent fan translation!

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Ok, well the first few pages were for actual hidden gems anyways. The last 2 pages make me wonder if anyone that's posted in them read the intro post.

Dark Cloud 1 and 2? Really?

Bully? ARe you for real? it's Rockstars most well known title on the PS2 after the GTA games.

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Please re-read the intro post, I'll share it again:

I feel like I've asked this everywhere else. I've tried googling, gamefaqs, and reddit, but no one seems to actually know some titles that actually are under the radar.

When I say actually under the radar, I'm talking titles that were never popular, and still aren't.

Genres that I'm interested in:

Action games, Action-Adventure, RPGs(that aren't super tactical), And Story-Rich pure adventure titles(not to be confused with puzzle games.)

Examples of what I'm looking for:
7 Blades for example is extremely under the radar, it's my pick for the most fun game on the PS2
Eternal Ring is an another example. It's a very under the radar title from before From Software got big, and is still pretty unknown
Growlanser Generations was actually pretty under the radar, as it was Working Designs final game, and it did pretty terrible, and as far as I know there's no cult following. It is very under the radar. Also, despite being a tactical rpg, it's doesn't actually require you to be strategic, and the story and characters are so compelling. I'd love to find more like it.
Ring Of Red is way too damn hard for me, as it requires a lot of strategy. It's not for me, but it is very under the radar, so please do recc under the radar titles like this.

Examples of what I'm not looking for:
Shadow Hearts(My favorite rpg from asia!), Valkyrie Profile 2, and Radiata Stories is an example of a title that isn't really known by a lot of people who don't really know the ps2, but if you still really love the system and you were big on rpgs during the systems lifetime and you had the internet, you've known about them for decades. These are not what I mean when I say under the radar. They have a decent sized cult following too.
Clock Tower 3, Haunting Ground, and Rule Of Rose have a huge cult following, and are not what I mean when I say truly under the radar.
Dues Ex got a ton of attention on the PC, which is my main platform of choice. This is not what I mean when I say under the radar.

 

[Deleted member 856878]

The Last of Us
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Grand Theft Auto IV and V
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Heavenly Sword
Max Payne 3
Gran Turismo 6

 

[Vardalis]

House of the Dead 4 and Time Crisis: Razing Storm are pretty great light gun games on the platform. I know you can get Time Crisis 4 separately but I didn't play that version and I don't think it ever got Move support.

Spent a decent amount of time with Castlevania Harmony of Despair but nowhere near as long as most of the people I ran into online. I think I recall seeing a PC port going around which would be a far better way to get into that kind of thing these days since it's better with friends.

Uncharted 1 is a fantastic action movie translated to video game.

Infamous 1 and 2 are a great duology.

LittleBigPlanet 1 and 2 were pretty nice platformers, and are probably still worth a spin through for the story modes. Sad that the online component is dead thanks to some scumbag (or scumbags).

Dead Nation was pretty decent. Not the kind of game I typically play (overhead shooter) but I had fun with it, including in co-op.

It's one of the most overlooked jrpgs on ps3
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What a blast from the past. I don't remember a ton from White Knight Chronicles if I'm honest, but I do remember beating it and it being one of my first "proper" JRPGs. I even forgot the whole custom character and online component which was apparently a pretty big part of the experience.

 

[ViperAcidZX]

Thanks for all these suggestions (it's actually harder than you would think to find good hidden gems, even with a hundred youtube videos titled "360 hidden gems" its all common stuff).

I would recommend 2 Xbox Live Indie Games (XBLIG) that I think are awesome.

Dead Pixels
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Thankfully Dead Pixels is on Steam and it also has a sequel. Sadly I never got to play Cursed Loot...

Dead Pixels on Steam

A toxic waste spill finds its way into the water supply, causing the recently deceased to rise from their graves. Now it's up to you to blast your way through the hordes of undead if you're going to escape the city. On the way to your rescue, you'll search stores and houses for supplies, and...

store.steampowered.com

Dead Pixels II on Steam

Dead Pixels II: Straight to Video is a procedurally generated side scrolling shooter set in a post apocalyptic city in the near future of 1991. Fight your way through the hordes of the undead as you try to find a way out of the city.

store.steampowered.com

Speaking of XBLIG I missed out on, I regret not knowing about Platypus since it had an Xbox 360 version through XBLIG and it has widescreen with more difficulty options.

 

[Dodgykebaab]

I know you can get Time Crisis 4 separately but I didn't play that version and I don't think it ever got Move support.

In the Razing Storm version that you mentioned, it also includes Time Crisis 4 and the brilliant Deadstrom Pirates. Personally I actually prefer Deadstrom Pirates. Liked it in the arcade, and having it at home is great.

 

[Yousef Yousef]

Dynasty Warriors 8
Warriors Orochi 3: Ultimate

These would be my picks too.

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

These are more multiplat-titles :
-RE Revalations
-Skate 3 ( even unpatched its a fun game with its bigs and glitches )
-Dantes Inferno
-Anarchy Reigns
-Fist of the Northstar : Kens Rage 2 ( Great musou with its own flaws )
-Alpha Protocol ( unintentionally peak comedy and agent power-fantasy )
-Lost planet : extreme condition colonies edition ( what a mouthful for the best version of this game )

 

[CaptainToad]

Anyone else play Trash Panic on PS3? It's such a good idea for a game. Even if it gets annoyingly hard as fuck by the end, the concept of just ramming trash down and occasionally burning it and stuff is a fun idea for a game.

 

[Vardalis]

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In the Razing Storm version that you mentioned, it also includes Time Crisis 4 and the brilliant Deadstrom Pirates. Personally I actually prefer Deadstrom Pirates. Liked it in the arcade, and having it at home is great.

Oh yeah, I remember trying that out. I didn't get much out of it myself compared to Time Crisis 4 though just because it's one I always played in arcades in the 2000s.

Also big ups, I remember you from Youtube with the private WoW server stuff back in the day.

 

[Blamhammer]

Super Rub 'a' Dub.

 

[Sunnyside]

Super Rub 'a' Dub.

 

[Turbo Kid]

These would be my picks too.

People seem to love Samurai Warriors 4 too but I haven't spent much time with it.

 

[Dodgykebaab]

Also big ups, I remember you from Youtube with the private WoW server stuff back in the day.

Cheers dude! Didn't expect anyone here to know those videos!

 

[Yousef Yousef]

People seem to love Samurai Warriors 4 too but I haven't spent much time with it.

I’m personally iffy on it and pirate warriors. My favorite modern musous are WO3, DW7-8, Persona 5 Strikers and Hyrule Warriors.

 

[budwolves]

Thankfully Dead Pixels is on Steam and it also has a sequel. Sadly I never got to play Cursed Loot...

Ah great, didn't know it had a steam release. Sadly, think the sequel has been in what looks like "development hell" for about 10 years now, so I think the dream might be over for the sequel!