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[Renich]

Samurai Champloo my beloved... one of the best Suda51 games, and soundtrack by Masafumi Takada is so god damn good.

 

[GundamJehutyKai]

Quite a few...

Bombastic
Cy Girls
Death by Degrees
BeatDown: fists of vengeance
Ichigeki Saccu HoiHoi-San
MS Saga: a new dawn
Grandia 3

Just to name a few

 

[Jotaro]

- grandia 3
- the onechanbara ps2 games
- musashi samurai legend
- the drakengard games
- ms saga a new dawn
- psychonauts
- rise of the kasai
- seven samurai 20xx
- samurai champloo
- bujingai
- swords of destiny
- sword of etheria
- beyond good and evil
- dark cloud games
- odin sphere
- haunting ground
- death by degrees
- headhunter redemption
- robot alchemic drive
- gungrave games
- god hand
- spy fiction
- nightshade


ez one, some examples, gg

 

[RunicOrangejuice]

Bloodrayne, an artist I liked had it as their album cover and it’s kinda crazy how little it’s talked about.

Hmm, it may have just been my location or age, but Bloodrayne was all the rage when it came out in my area.

 

[Deleted member 257420]

Hmm, it may have just been my location or age, but Bloodrayne was all the rage when it came out in my area.

Really? Your area had good taste! ?

 

[RunicOrangejuice]

Really? Your area had good taste! ?

Vampires were a hot item in my area during the 90s
Edit: Love your avatar and handle

 

[Toppis Toppis]

Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy.
It's considered a sister-series of Atelier, with a goofy anime plot, semi-difficult gameplay, and wonderful music. Solid all-around.
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I like Mana Khemia 1's music, especially the boss theme

 

[RunicOrangejuice]

I like Mana Khemia 1's music, especially the boss theme

I've heard that game has good music, too.

 

[Toppis Toppis]

I've heard that game has good music, too.

Yeah, this is the music I was referring to

 

[Dakarus]

 

[Toppis Toppis]

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Was this part of the Dino Crisis series?

 

[Dakarus]

Was this part of the Dino Crisis series?

It was the 3rd Gun Survivor game so....kinda?

 

[Toppis Toppis]

It was the 3rd Gun Survivor game so....kinda?

So its also part in resident evil series?

 

[RunicOrangejuice]

Yeah, this is the music I was referring to

That slays!

 

[PrismRed]

I love Disaster Report and Raw Danger.

 

[Novicier nocive]

-klonoa 2
-snoopy vs the red baron
-I ninja
-bomberman land 3
-pac man world series
-spongebob squarepants: creature from krusty crab
-Taito legends
-Armored Core series
-Baroque (remake)
-Donald duck games
-Dog´s life
-Earth defense force series
-Nightmare of Druaga (NAMCO babilonia saga)

 

[otogirisou]

dragon sisters

 

[King Koopa's iconKing Koopa]

Tons!

 

[RunicOrangejuice]

Tons!

Shadow Tower Abyss, oh yeah! PS2 Darksouls (made by the same company.)

 

[stealthRUSH stealthRUSH]

Yukinko Daisenpuu: Saiyuki to Koyuki no Hie Hie Daisoudou

also known as Heavenly Guardian (US), Legend of Sayuki (EU)

 

[IyoTheHelpfulWolf]

At first glance, it looks like another off road racing game, and for the most part it is, but it has two things that stand out. It's physics model makes midair tricks and flips a breeze, and you can kick other riders off of their ATVs if you get in close, but that also means they're close enough to do it to you. This leads the player to engage in riskier driving than in more realistic games like ATV Offroad Fury.

 

[RebelofDaNeonGod]

What the fuck do y'all know about Yanya Caballista????

 

[Deleted member 7989]

You guys gotta get down on Cel Damage. It's a car combat game with Looney Tunes stylization, with a Reality TV backdrop. Fun as hell.

 

[J0_]

I'm a huge Mystery Dungeon fan, and I have played a lot of weird imitators. A lot of JRPG enthusiasts may now about Baroque on the PS2, but there are other japanese roguelikes on the console. Rogue Hearts Dungeon is not particularly good, and is only a small step above shovelware. It's Idea Factory before they made it big pumping out a shameless Mystery Dungeon clone to cash in on Mystery Dungeon hype at the very tail end of the franchise's heyday.

 

[chibimatty]

I don't know if Ico counts as niche?

I used to play a lot of the weird games from the Simple 2000 Series, if any one remembers those?

I think the most obscure game I have is the oddly named "World Football Climax" made by Sega. I think it was "Virtua Pro Football" outside of Japan. Might have been Sega's attempt to get in the Winning Eleven/PES market, even down to the fonts and presentation. Wasn't that great though