Hidden Gems!

[Viviana Santos]

 

[hazys]

Always wanted to play that one. Hope it gets translated one day.

 

[Bakuma1997]

Megaman 8 in Saturn has a neat feature not aviable in PSX:

Cut man bonus battle

 

[Viviana Santos]

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[ouyrtuy]

 

[Viviana Santos]

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[ouyrtuy]

Did people mention this before?

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Fatal Frame series

 

[spectresfrommercury]

thousand arms

 

[Sebato]

I wish they would bring back or make another Blur. Loved that game.

Also, 1 vs. 100 was a hoot online. You could (and I actually did) win stuff, cool stuff like full XBLA games. Why hasn't anyone done this again?

 

[RIK-C-137]

I'd have to look through the cases

I want to play the Mass Effect trilogy again, this time with all the bonus content. Stick of Truth I've been reminded of recentlu as well.
I can play Geometry Wars any time. Never say no.
I bailed on a replay of Dead Space 2 right when it was getting good. Other things came up.

 

[thanonyx thanonyx]

You know what else deserved more attention?

CHAOS LEGION

 

[Yousef Yousef]

Now I don't want to be that guy
But the Arabic opening is waaaay better

Please always be that guy
Because you are correct

 

[Vanity Crow]

a PS2 JPN exclusive I've mentioned before: Hungry Ghosts

Shadow Tower for PS1

Panzer Bandit, another JPN exclusive for PS1 which has been mentioned a few times in this thread.

and Clock Tower 3 for the PS2. Which I believe I've also mentioned before already, if not has been mentioned before.

Anyways some other neat console mentions.

From the N64, Conker's Bad Fur Day

From the Sega Genesis, Master of Monsters

From the SNES, Donkey Kong Country 2

From the GBA, Astro Boy Omega Factor

 

[Keaks]

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I am already a HUGE fan of these games. I had 1 as a kid, never tried 2! Lets get it!

 

[ShibbyDealer]

It's already past but while things are still going:

• Gitaroo Man
• Urban Chaos: Riot Response
• Half-Life, they came out with a really solid port of the game that's worth a replay.
• Give licensed games a shot. Some of them are real pleasant surprises like that Nightmare Before Christmas one.

 

[PrismRed]

Blood Will Tell on PS2, they should have use Dororo as a title instead.
If you know the manga then you know the drill, you play as Hyakkimaru, your job is to hunt down demons to retrieve your human body. I love how they incorporated this into gameplay, you start off playing in monochrome until you retrieve your eyes, then slowly learn new abilities as you regain your body, like double jump from the legs, or sensing enemies with your nose.

Oh and you might notice that Amemiya Keita is part of the design team, mostly known directing dark and grittier Tokusatsu shows before this, he is also the character designer for Onimusha 2 and 3. His handiwork and style really stand out in this game, I mean you can add almost all of the demons here to Garo tv series and no one's gonna notice.

 

[Raccoonus]

These are all multiplats and sort of known so I don't know if these count for you...

Tak and The Power of Juju is a surprisingly well made platformer and Tak 2 Staff of dreams is a tad buggy but looks honestly quite nice for it's time and is much more straightforward and punctual.
I also never see people mention I-Ninja, I guess it's kind of like a platformer hack n slash? Gameplay is very straightforward and it can be a little challenging at times but it's overall an enjoyable game with a nice soundtrack and looks excellent for a PS2 title.

 

[Rylioli]

idk if anyones brought it up yet but the muv luv trilogy was on 360 which are some banger vns. definitely not ideal to play on xbox for most people since that release was jp exclusive but i thought it was a weird enough release

 

[Yousef Yousef]

idk if anyones brought it up yet but the muv luv trilogy was on 360 which are some banger vns. definitely not ideal to play on xbox for most people since that release was jp exclusive but i thought it was a weird enough release

Big fan of muvluv!

 

[ShibbyDealer]

There's two that I haven't seen mentioned.

The Kane & Lynch duology. Solid co-op shooters based in the Hitman universe with brutal stories. They have some cool unique multiplayer modes that may have inspired Payday.

Now an actually hidden gem that's rarely talked about. Eat Lead is this parody of the game industry where this Duke Nukem-type guy tries to fight against his publisher who's trying to kill him off. The gameplay is serviceable, being just more cover-shooting like a lot of the games at the time, but it makes up for it in character.
The game tries to be funny, and, for me, it actually lands a lot of the bits. There's a bunch of enemy types that shake up the flow like the fratbro space marines, Wolfenstein soldiers that turn their sprites sideways, zombies that are weak to water guns and a boss fight against a JRPG protagonist, menus and all.
It wasn't well received on release, but I think people should give this one another shot.

 

[TheWanderer]

Please always be that guy
Because you are correct

Ah yes a fellow man of culture fr fr

 

[Keaks]

Blood Will Tell on PS2, they should have use Dororo as a title instead.
If you know the manga then you know the drill, you play as Hyakkimaru, your job is to hunt down demons to retrieve your human body. I love how they incorporated this into gameplay, you start off playing in monochrome until you retrieve your eyes, then slowly learn new abilities as you regain your body, like double jump from the legs, or sensing enemies with your nose.

Oh and you might notice that Amemiya Keita is part of the design team, mostly known directing dark and grittier Tokusatsu shows before this, he is also the character designer for Onimusha 2 and 3. His handiwork and style really stand out in this game, I mean you can add almost all of the demons here to Garo tv series and no one's gonna notice.

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Absolutely certain that I heard about this game when it came out as a kid, back when video games had a TV show. Really cool concept.

 

[dr grim]

This Fun racing game.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

Infinite undiscovery
Project Silphseed

 

[starseeker300]

There's two that I haven't seen mentioned.

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The Kane & Lynch duology. Solid co-op shooters based in the Hitman universe with brutal stories. They have some cool unique multiplayer modes that may have inspired Payday.

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Now an actually hidden gem that's rarely talked about. Eat Lead is this parody of the game industry where this Duke Nukem-type guy tries to fight against his publisher who's trying to kill him off. The gameplay is serviceable, being just more cover-shooting like a lot of the games at the time, but it makes up for it in character.
The game tries to be funny, and, for me, it actually lands a lot of the bits. There's a bunch of enemy types that shake up the flow like the fratbro space marines, Wolfenstein soldiers that turn their sprites sideways, zombies that are weak to water guns and a boss fight against a JRPG protagonist, menus and all.
It wasn't well received on release, but I think people should give this one another shot.

i just watched that boss fight for eat lead on youtube and that was hilarious, might pick it up now if i ever see it at a used games store