The Hansome Goblin
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Maybe there's a thread somewhere about this, but I ain't investing more time here for that.
Anyways, what are some games that few people seem to know about that you either enjoy or have some fond memories of? I don't mean little known side games in a marquee franchise like Assassins' Creed or MGS exclusive PS Vita games or anything like that. I'm asking about games that might have a devoted following but are unlikely to have retrospective blog posts written about them.
For me, one of the first ones I can think of is Body Harvest, created by the same folks responsible for Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto (DMA Design). I've read sqat-all when it comes to retrospectives on this game, save for this one article on HardcoreGaming101.net. To avoid getting to detailed into it right now, it's this time-traveling, third-person action game where you fight giant alien insects, largely using a variety of vehicles to make your way through what at least for that time (199
was a massively expansive world with a total of five different time periods. There are also some minor adventure game elements that were apparently tacked on at the request of Nintendo, but they don't really add anything to the game. Totally horseshit story, but that's okay as the combat's adequate enough to make up for it.
Another one that comes to mind is the Summoner series, developed by the, wait for it, Volition, much better known for Saints' Row and Red Faction. Not really that profitable for them I guess, and not every part of the game was brilliant (the dialogue in particular felt clipped to the point of blatant shittiness) but the worldbuilding was something else. The gameplay wasn't half-bad either. I've only really played the first one, but it sort of displays both elements of adventure game-esque "put objects here to watch this thing happen" and combat you could say is a more simplistic version of the party-based mechanics of both WRPGs.
EDIT: I do see an obscure games thread, but that's not quite what I was trying to talk about. But I guess they do largely cover the same ground.
Anyways, what are some games that few people seem to know about that you either enjoy or have some fond memories of? I don't mean little known side games in a marquee franchise like Assassins' Creed or MGS exclusive PS Vita games or anything like that. I'm asking about games that might have a devoted following but are unlikely to have retrospective blog posts written about them.
For me, one of the first ones I can think of is Body Harvest, created by the same folks responsible for Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto (DMA Design). I've read sqat-all when it comes to retrospectives on this game, save for this one article on HardcoreGaming101.net. To avoid getting to detailed into it right now, it's this time-traveling, third-person action game where you fight giant alien insects, largely using a variety of vehicles to make your way through what at least for that time (199
was a massively expansive world with a total of five different time periods. There are also some minor adventure game elements that were apparently tacked on at the request of Nintendo, but they don't really add anything to the game. Totally horseshit story, but that's okay as the combat's adequate enough to make up for it.Another one that comes to mind is the Summoner series, developed by the, wait for it, Volition, much better known for Saints' Row and Red Faction. Not really that profitable for them I guess, and not every part of the game was brilliant (the dialogue in particular felt clipped to the point of blatant shittiness) but the worldbuilding was something else. The gameplay wasn't half-bad either. I've only really played the first one, but it sort of displays both elements of adventure game-esque "put objects here to watch this thing happen" and combat you could say is a more simplistic version of the party-based mechanics of both WRPGs.
EDIT: I do see an obscure games thread, but that's not quite what I was trying to talk about. But I guess they do largely cover the same ground.
