Hidden Gems!

[Guinea]

Toejam and Earl 3 is underated as heck.

 

[MaxJoe]

Hotel Dusk and Cape West are AMAZING games. GOOD ONES!!

 

[TheImmortalP]

Remaking this topic since I confused people with the last one. By the PS3 era and beyond I mean after the year 2006.

Last year I made a topic asking for PS1 and PS2 hidden gems. I mentioned that 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, were never hyped, and still aren't.

To my surprise, I've found the rare gaming community that not only actually knows hidden gems are able to recommend a lot, but it's the rare gaming community that is actually very welcoming and friendly, and encourages friendly discussions instead of endless bickering, hate, and drama. It is beyond refreshing. To everyone I've interacted with on this website, thank you for being so nice.

Today I'm making a topic asking looking for hidden gems that came out after the PS2 era. Any platform is fine, just try to mention the system the game is on please.

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:
Cat Powered UFO, Young Souls, and Trigger Witch: These are the 3 hidden gems that I recommend a lot. They're RPGs with less than 50 steam reviews, and some of the best games I've played in my life.
Games more than a year old, with less than 1,000 steam reviews that aren't owned by a AAA publisher.

Examples of what I'm not looking for:
Roguelikes, Souls-likes, and other games where the main selling point is that they're extremely hard: The vast majority of indie titles that get attention are in these genres, and whenever I make a topic like this almost everything everyone mentions is one of these. Let's make this topic a break from them.
Anything owned by a AAA publisher from ps4 and ps5 era: This stuff always gets a lot of attention, and the good ones that the company themselves doesn't advertise are usually the first in line when people claim are the "most underrated." We're looking for stuff that won't show up on top 20 underrated games of the year lists by clickbait websites.
MEME Games: This is also the type of game that flood this type of topic. We're looking for stuff that is unironically good.

 

[Delta Queen]

Blazing Angels is a decent game, I think it has a PS3 port however I played it on the superior Wii, with more accurate controls to terrorize innocent people in London. Great time

 

[bjork]

Okay, so I gotta ask, because you're being really granular about what you're asking for and that's fine, but: what exactly is the difference between "post PS2 era" in your other thread and "PS3 era and beyond"? Is that not the exact same thing?

 

[moonbits]

Strangehold

Blur

Alpha Protocol

 

[Bandini]

fragile dreams wii
earth seekers wii
arc rise fantasia wii
rune factory tides of destiny wii/ps3
eternal sonata ps3
earth defense force ps3/xbox360
enslaved ps3/xbox360
datura ps3
il 2 sturmovik ps3
the saboteur ps3/xbox360
resonance of fate ps3/xbox360
bounty killer ps3
428 ps3
the pillars of earth ps3
king´s quest ps3
folklore ps3

 

[Sheepy765]

There's a cool game for the PS3 where you play as animals in a ruined tokyo (forgot what it was called), could be worth a look.

 

[TheImmortalP]

Okay, so I gotta ask, because you're being really granular about what you're asking for and that's fine, but: what exactly is the difference between "post PS2 era" in your other thread and "PS3 era and beyond"? Is that not the exact same thing?

I remade the previous topic because most people that posted in the previous topic were confused what it was about. I wanted to make things more clear. I'm looking for games put out after 2006.

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There's a cool game for the PS3 where you play as animals in a ruined tokyo (forgot what it was called), could be worth a look.

Tokyo Jungle?

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fragile dreams wii
earth seekers wii
arc rise fantasia wii
rune factory tides of destiny wii/ps3
eternal sonata ps3
earth defense force ps3/xbox360
enslaved ps3/xbox360
datura ps3
il 2 sturmovik ps3
the saboteur ps3/xbox360
resonance of fate ps3/xbox360
bounty killer ps3
428 ps3
the pillars of earth ps3
king´s quest ps3
folklore ps3

This is probably a really good list, Idon't recognize most of them.

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Here's a bunch of examples of games under the radar.
Let's start with the PS3:

Dark Void: Different in a good way third person cover shooter.

Bound By Flame: Medieval Fantasy Action RPG that I imagine that you haven't played by the Greedfall Dev.

Arcana Heart 3: 4 button Arcade-Anime style fighter with Visual Novel style cutscenes.

Ketsui

007 Blood Stone: Oooh, a good Bond game that I didn't know about. It's apparently cheap to pick up on the system and the PC.

Saint Seiya Brave Soldiers: Anime fighter that nails joy in its simplicity.

Eat Them: Cartoon style Rampage-like. Well this looks fun!

The Club: Battle Royale-like.

Asura's Wrath: God of War-like.

 

[MajesticSiN]

I read everything except the bold text. I'll be back after I type out my top 100 roguelikes

 

[Sheepy765]

Tokyo Jungle?

Yeah, that's the one!

 

[TheImmortalP]

I read everything except the bold text. I'll be back after I type out my top 100 roguelikes

hehehe!
Thanks, needed this.

 

[ShadowsofCreationAga]

Not ground breakingly amazing, but I never hear anyone talk about Hunted: The Demon Forge, and I had a decent time with it back in the day.

Damnation was another one, quite a bit better than Hunted.

Both of these are 3rd person action games.

 

[iamthemilkman]

 

[man I love tuna fish]

While I havent finished it, the parts that I have played were really awesome. It feels like your in an anime if that makes any sense. Grand wars but also spectable bosses.

 

[starseeker300]

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While I havent finished it, the parts that I have played were really awesome. It feels like your in an anime if that makes any sense. Grand wars but also spectable bosses.

what is the gameplay genre

 

[Guinea]

what is the gameplay genre

Looks like a Dynasty Warriors style hack-n-slash.

 

[man I love tuna fish]

what is the gameplay genre

Oh sorry I forgot to mention it is a Mussou game, Hack n Slash games with tens sometimes hundreds of enemies on screen, this one falls to the latter.

 

[Axineton]

Demon’s Souls was a hidden gem when it first arrived. Loved it so much I got three platinums for it.
Also Modnation racers was a great Mario kart rip off.
Resistance trilogy
Infamous 1 and 2

 

[beatleboy2025]

i can't believe nobody mentioned, alice madness returns.

 

[SpcDaicon]

RESONANCE OF FATE/END OF ETERNITY

It was developed by tri-Ace and it's kinda of a spiritual successor to Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria on the gameplay departament. Very flashy and stylish.

I know it's a multiplataform release but I believe it was one of the very few jrpgs on the 360.

 

[VampireLord1024VampireLord1024's icon]

omg! this is a super cool one :D

Yes, I played it during August last year and I really enjoyed it. Still waiting for the first game to get English translated as well as the third and fourth games.

 

[sandevistar_]

galerians - ash. nuff said

 

[Yurokashi]

Dunno if it's been mentioned, but to anyone who enjoys racing games, you should try out Choro-Q HG 2, aka Road Trip in NTSC regions and Road Trip Adventure in PAL regions. It's a cute and charming little game developed by Takara. It's a blend of a pseudo-RPG and a Racing game, with little chibi cars. The graphics are pleasant and the controls are not that bad.

IIRC, the main goal of the game is to become the President of the world. The map of the game is HUGE, like HUGE HUGE. You can create your own town, play minigames, customize your cars, have teammates, advertise for businesses and more. It's really great and you won't regret it.

 

[Ikagura]

I remember a game with maids having guns.