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[Toppis]

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

Yeah, this is the music I was referring to

 

[Dakarus]

 

[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]

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????

 

[Skeetos]

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

 

[JuliaShokugan]

Eternaal Poison, a tactical RPG

 

[PhrawzT]

 

[RirisuPK]

Is Airblade considered niche?

 

[Aisf]

One Piece pirates carnival

 

[Nidoking's iconNidoking]

Chaos Legion - Really unique and pretty addictive in a more arcadey sort of way. Absolutely dreadful voice acting but in the best possible way, but it's definitely a love it or hate it kind of thing I think.

Curse of Darkness is so underrated. On a technical level it's not the most groundbreaking game or anything, but it has so much to do and a lot of personality. The weapon system adds a lot of replayability and the Devil summons are really enjoyable to use. There's some really, really good boss fights in here too.

Bujingai is sort of in the vein of crossing DMC with Ninja Gaiden, and like NOBODY seems to have heard of it. It's really fun and pretty intense.

Van Helsing is only slightly longer than the movie (maybe twice as long on a first playthrough) and it's very derivative... but holy shit, this is super fucking fun to play. I can't say it has tons of replay value, but there definitely is a little. It has unlockable "glyphs" that are basically the same stuff you'd normally get from old school cheat codes, which I thought was a particularly nice touch. Trust me, play this.

Darkwatch is a haunted wild west shooter that is loads of fun and just the essence of cool. It also has a really fun multiplayer mode... as long as you don't have a friend who gets a lot out of taking advantage of the friendly fire a little too much... >> Not me or anything, I totally didn't ruin the experience for @Mr. Daddy once I got my hands on the rocket launcher.

Also, thanks to my wife @King Koopa for introducing this to me.

 

[CG4R12I4N]

I don't think Chaos Legion is niche per se, plenty of people love it even despite Capcom being Crapcom and making the US version garbage as they always do.

 

[Battle Cossack!]

I remember playing games that were never on any lists of popular/best games on PS2. I enjoyed them a lot. There were a ton of sports/racing games but one of my favorites that stayed in my memory is Shrek: Carnival Craze.
Cousins and friends from my neighborhood would gather around and play them together, and had such a fun time. Shame I don't have that spark anymore for it, neither do I have the time to play as much. There were also other games but I can't seem to remember them as I am writing this, maybe only Hugo games.


What about you? Which games have you played that are not as popular with the majority of the population?

Gungrave and Gungrave Overdose

I just like to shoot at stuff in a cool way, like in that movie, Equilibrium.
Ever since, I wanted more games to emulate the Gun-Kata seen in the film, and Gungrave is no exception

It's pretty simple, you just go to a place and shoot the Bad guys until you reach the Boss and keep shooting at him until he dies.

they are fun for what they are

i'd say try Overdose.

also watch the Anime too

 

[FreshDinoBone]

Batman Begins is pretty good for a movie licensed game