Underrated games...

[RebelofDaNeonGod]

Dungeon Master Nexus is a really good rpg.

We also got Book of Watermarks, for fans of Myst and atmosphere.

Cyber Sled is also really sick, a stylish arena bot game.

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

This game was butchered by critics and reviewers back when it was released for all the wrong reasons.

 

[Glimbo]

Omega Boost is a rail shooter that plays like Panzer Dragoon. Mech designs by the same guy that did Macross. Short but really cool.

 

[tigg]

Shadow Hearts and Shadow Hearts Covenant on PS2. My 2 favorite games of any system

 

[stealthRUSH stealthRUSH]

Tobe! Polystars (1997) developed by Konami

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

This is a fun and solid action/beat ‘em up game that’s not just underrated but it was brutally panned by critics and reviewers.

 

[OWG]

IDK if "underrated" is the right term and if "overlooked" is the more correct term but i guess IMO its both but the game i choose for this thread is, FREE RUNNING for psp, ps2, wii and pc

its a great little parkour game and is actually the last real game made by core design so its also kind of bittersweet not helped by one of the tutorial missions optimistically teasing that you will be "raiding tombs" next time around

if you dont know, core was actually going to make their own tomb raider 1 remake until that was canned in favor of a crystal dynamics developed remake so this is a strange leftover of that
speaking of tomb raider, it plays basically like an "extreme" version of classic tomb raider you have tank-ish controls with very elaborate parkouring and its structured similarly to something like tony hawk and its honestly a blast, the game has been on steam since 2019 and its honestly a decent blast all around at least in my opinion because playing this game is really refreshing today and even honestly back in the mid to late 2000s because a lot of games then and now just really love to limit your movement and make it heavily context sensitive to a frankly psychotic degree mostly in a bid to make it harder for players to get to places they shouldnt be and then there is this game which has you perform different button combinations to do different flavors of jumps but also all of the terrain you see and is inside of the level boundary is 100% usable to you and i think just watching some random guy on youtube's footage of him just fucking around it will illustrate my point way better than words so here is a video of a random guy playing this game way better than i ever could

like the fact that he, i and potentially you can just land on the top of that basketball backboard instead of being pushed aside like you would in a lot of other games no matter the time of release is frankly incredible and refreshing
this game isnt perfect by any means but i think its just neat and maybe you'll like it too if you can get to grips with the controls

 

[Auriiya]

PSO 3 card battle
Vay
Alundra
Shining wisdom
Shining the holy ark
Macross VFX
Nightmare creatures
Tears to tiara

 

[Viviana Santos]

Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu (1998)

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Jade Cocoon 2 (2001)

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Okage: Shadow King (2001)

 

[Deleted member 7989]

Anyone play Cel Damage or Gitaroo Man? One is a racer based on wacky cartoons like Looney Tunes or Wacky Races. Has a reality tv show plot. Gitaroo Man is a rhythm game. But I don't remember it too well. Played it a few years back, really cool artstyle and music.

 

[Auriiya]

Battle toads x double dragon
Alienfront online

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Albert odyssey legend of elden

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

PSO 3 card battle

Still wish it was on PC...

 

[invaderzen]

I've been really into survival horror titles recently, but I'm only familiar with mainstream games for the most part.
Most of the games I've played are for the PS2/PSP but they're all well known franchises like silent hill/corpse party/etc.. or just games i've already played repeatedly.

Echo Night for the PSX is a pretty good one I found. Not really sure how known it is but it's a good one, I wouldn't completely call it a 'horror game' though.


Anyways leave recommendations if you have any.
Any console. Just looking for games with horror elements that will leave my timbers thoroughly shivered.

 

[MajesticSiN]

Play some Splatterhouse games. They are pretty amazing. Maybe more horror themed than horror directly but still worth a play.

 

[ProcolKrautSprout73]

.flow (2009) which is a Yume Nikki fangame is a really solid pscyhological horror game. Much more eerie and macabre than the latter. Really disturbing and freaky stuff. I quite liked it! There was an another lesser known one quite similar to it called Me (2016) that I’ve played that was also just as surreal and haunting.

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Edit: Oh my bad, I didn’t realize you wanted console recommendations specifically. I should’ve recommended that instead, sorry about that.

 

[Viviana Santos]

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[Cu-Neo]

Obscure 1

A more action oriented resident evil like game set in a highschool. You can play it with another person locally and every character has different abilities for example one has the ability to find more objects and another has the ability to open some locked doors. It has a sequel but is much more action oriented than the first one, still a good game.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Bit of a wild take, but... Veil of Darkness.

It's actually pretty spooky.

 

[Viviana Santos]

 

[tenkai star]

Clunky low budget game but man the story and characters are incredible

 

[RustySK]

Since you're specifically looking for overlooked games I'm assuming you've already heard of stuff like CONSCRIPT or Signalis, so here's a fairly recent, short one that's available for free on Steam instead - Dead Seater.
Definitely worth a quick romp, it's about an hour or two of playtime or so and I enjoyed my time with it.

I can also recommend the various Dread X Collections, those go for 5-9 bucks I believe. Mostly short, experimental fare, but there're a couple gems in there. The first one in particular is a bit rough though.

EDIT: Oh crap, sorry, I completely blanked on the part about you looking for console games specifically!

In that case I'll recommend Deep Fear for the Saturn and Illbleed for the Dreamcast for some goofy camp horror instead!

 

[Viviana Santos]

 

[Glimbo]

Deep Fear on Sega Saturn is an interesting alternative to Resident Evil. It's been awhile since I played it but oxygen is your main resource. Rooms have different oxygen levels and need to be refilled. If you like bad voice acting you'll love it.

 

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[invaderzen]

Since you're specifically looking for overlooked games I'm assuming you've already heard of stuff like CONSCRIPT or Signalis, so here's a fairly recent, short one that's available for free on Steam instead - Dead Seater.
Definitely worth a quick romp, it's about an hour or two of playtime or so and I enjoyed my time with it.

I can also recommend the various Dread X Collections, those go for 5-9 bucks I believe. Mostly short, experimental fare, but there're a couple gems in there. The first one in particular is a bit rough though.

EDIT: Oh crap, sorry, I completely blanked on the part about you looking for console games specifically!

In that case I'll recommend Deep Fear for the Saturn and Illbleed for the Dreamcast for some goofy camp horror instead!

I'll still definitely check these out. Especially since Dead Seater is free lol.