Hidden Gems!

[Gyakon]

Gregory Horror Show is pretty good, when I played it I was surprised by its gameplay cause feels fresh even more nowadays
On top of that is quite charismatic

 

[ThatOneLum]

Gregory Horror Show is pretty good, when I played it I was surprised by its gameplay cause feels fresh even more nowadays
On top of that is quite charismatic
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This has been installed on my PS2 hard drive for ages but I've not got around to trying it out yet.

 

[Boularingos29]

Shadow hearts if you like a really dark fairytale story with really interesting characters
and
V-rally 3 if you like a hard enough racing game with many challenges.

 

[ThunderBoy]

 

[ThatOneLum]

Looks like this has an unreleased English version on Hidden Palace but I dunno how complete it is. Might have to try it out.

 

[nobitakun]

 

[JoystickV2]

Finished recently and even made a video about it, and I think Treasure Planet was a really good Platformer! If you like the movie, you'll like this game as well xD
Just a little heads up: sadly there is no level set in the RLS Legacy in this version ç.ç

 

[Deleted member 746185]

Dead Head Fred

 

[Retornodelogay]

Don't know if they'd be considered hidden gems, but since their patches were released somewhat recently:

• Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity: if you're on that Diablo grinding mood, this game is incredible. One of those "turn your brain off and relax" kind of games. Lots of weapons, incredible mmo-like customization and loads of missions. The story is... surprisingly decent too!
• Fate/Extra CCC: Extra is translated and it's... fine. An interesting translation of the Fate/Stay Night premise to gameplay, with lots of caveats. CCC flips the table, and while the gameplay is somewhat similar (that atrocious combat hasn't changed much), the story is way more engaging and the characters are much more interesting. Do be warned that it's a fairly NSFW game, especially compared with the previous entry, but while I'm usually very annoyed with fanservice in general for some reason I just find it endearing here. The patch is downright incredible too.

 

[Deleted member 384463]

Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next.

 

[FrootyLoopsSamurai]

Road Trip Adventure aka Road Trip in the US. I'm not sure the title sold too many people on the game. It has nothing to do with the 2000 comedy movie and is part of the Choro Q series which I know barely anything about other than that it exists.

It's an open world adventure/racing game hybrid. The racing is a fairly small part of the game, and you'll mostly be driving around the world doing random quests and exploring. It's really neat and worth at least trying.

 

[SherionVane]

half life and cs 1.6 (you can find psp roms for them - more like homebrew )

 

[Lowpoly Kenshiro]

Boku no Natsuyasumi 2. It's even English patched.

omg! this is a super cool one :D

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What are some of your favorite PS2 Hidden Gems? I am looking for some obscure PS2 games to play this Xmas.

"GUNGRAVE" and "GUNGRAVE overdose" are titles i never see people talk about! they are very VERY short games but the experience itself stayed with me forever the entire presentation and raw fun was super nice!

 

[DjQuick2008]

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SHMUPS and action:
Silpheed
Rez
The Red Star
Contra Shattered Soldiers and Neo-Contra
R-Type Final
Space Channel Five - Part 2.

Silpheed is great for PS2

 

[KyoshiSmoshi]

Not sure if its obscure, but I never see anyone talking about it. Genuinely one of my top 3 PS2 games. The mechanics are so addicting, and the soundtrack is awesome. I think racing is so much more fun in this than anyone of the mainstream car racing games. And it has an awesome PSP port. Highly recommend this game!!

 

[Dr.Kisaragi Dr.Kisaragi]

 

[Spyrone]

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy

NARC

The Suffering

The Suffering: Ties That Bind

Second Sight

Oni

Cel Damage

God Hand

Haunting Ground

Gregory Horror Show

Urban Chaos: Riot Response

Bloodrayne

Bloodrayne 2

 

[Vardalis]

It's not an exclusive and it's nowhere on the tier of a proper game like a lot of the mentions, but Age of Zombies was one that always stuck with me from the PSP. It was one of two PSP Minis that I ever bought and I ended up blasting through it time and time again. It's short, there's not much to it, but it's absolutely perfect for short bursts of arcadey gameplay.

 

[Nawaffle]

hi do any of you guys know a hidden game on the ps2 i wanna only good games

 

[KamakoKamako's icon]

What kind of games do you like to play?

 

[Nawaffle]

Any type But I don't like puzzle games

 

[HANK ARISEN]

Just pull up the archive. People aren't shy about sharing their experiences in the comments, so you'll find a lot of honest reviews in there.

 

[KamakoKamako's icon]

Any type But I don't like puzzle games

Most of these aren't hidden gems, but are great fun anyway:

RPG:
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

Racing:
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Burnout: Revenge

Shooter:
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Serious Sam: The Next Encounter
Destroy all Humans!
Ratchet & Clank
Black

Fighting:
Mortal Kombat Deception
Tekken Tag Tournament

Skating:
Tony Hawks Underground 1 and 2

Horror:
Silent Hill 2 / 3

Stealth:
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Sly Cooper

Sim/Management:
Theme Park World

That's a few to start with :)

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Snoopy vs the Red Baron is criminally underrated.

So is Backyard Baseball 09.

And, of course, Fallout: Brotherhood Of Steel.

 

[Glimbo]

Adventure
Drakan: The Ancients' Gates
Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat

Action
ChainDive (Japanese only)
Rygar: The Legendary Adventure
Shinobi

Action Platforming
Maximo: Ghosts to Glory

Action Rogue-lite
Way of the Samurai

Survival Horror
Gregory Horror Show

JRPG
Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis

RPG
King's Field: The Ancient City
Shadow Tower Abyss (English translation available)