What's your favorite game you never hear anybody talk about?

Mine has to be Dragon Quest: Rocket Slime, a DS spin off of the Dragon Quest series that sees you playing as a slime operating a tank and rescuing the people from your town. You run around the overworld, collecting items to use as ammunition and saving money to upgrade your tank. The art and music are just as great as you’d expect from the Dragon Quest series. It made fantastic use of the DS’s dual screens. It’s also written for a younger audience, so a lot of it is just really silly and fun! Try it out for sure, I’m so sad there’s no sequel :(

GINTegg,

Vectorman for Sega Genesis is one of my favorite games on the console but whenever it’s brought up it is almost exclusively known as just another obscure mascot platformer and it’s even been declared a knockoff of DKC just because both use pre rendered graphics. The sequel is also good.

Roundcat,
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I've tried so many times to get into both of them, but the controls and game feel are just kinda off for me, and I usually don't get far past the beginning stage. I don't think it's Vectorman's fault though. I have this problem with a lot of later Genesis releases. The difficulty and the jank of the controls or mechanics put me off playing past the few levels, which is a shame because they are stunning for 16 bit titles.

ivanafterall,
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The graphics still really stand out amongst other Genesis games. Really good-looking, cool game. Wasn't the cartridge unusually expensive? I seem to recall it being unattainable when I was a kid, though I wanted it. I only ever rented it.

massive_bereavement,
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Blue sky, the developers behind it, where also responsible for Starflight, the best iteration of the original pc game, and the best Jurassic Park game that exists (IMO).

And also Shadowrun! How many great, unique titles they churned, and yet were responsible for Ariel the little mermaid..

They also are the creators of one of the few enjoyable 32x titles with Spiderman's web of fire.

Sadly Titus interactive killed it.

For Vectorman, the character never appealed to me, though props for those smooth 60 frames per second on a 16 bit title!

ubergeek77,
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I don’t see anyone talking about CrossCode, but it’s such an amazing game. And it’s on sale right now!

store.steampowered.com/app/368340/CrossCode/

Profound story, excellent sound design, amazing soundtrack, insanely well designed combat system. It’s just an incredible game. It has more content, depth, and attention to detail than most AAA games these days.

If you’re picking it up, get the DLC as well! It’s not just DLC, it’s the conclusion of the game’s story!

missingno,
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CrossCode is phenomenal. I love how they crammed it with tons of sidequests without ever getting bogged down in repetition, because most of those quests put brand new spins on the combat mechanics.

nyoom,
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I checked the game just now, I'm intrigued. What game do you think has similar vibe as this game?

Just more info for anyone that is interested in the game; now is the perfect time to buy it on Steam because the game currently has its biggest discount yet (same with its 2 DLCs).

ubergeek77,
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@nyoom

(Replying to kbin users is broken right now, so I’ll try this)

I haven’t been able to find a game anything like CrossCode. Most games with a pixel art style are turn-based RPGs, and while I also love those, they aren’t really comparable to CrossCode’s real time action combat. I also haven’t seen a recent game with writing and humor as good as CrossCode’s. I might have to find some SNES/PSX era games to try out, although I’ve played the major ones.

The CrossCode devs are making a new game though, codenamed “Project Terra.” It’s a few years out, but the gameplay style is essentially a refined version of CrossCode’s. You can check out gameplay footage on their dev blog:

www.radicalfishgames.com/?p=7386

Droptherock,

N+ it's such a good game and no one ever knows what I'm talking about.

Devccoon,
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While we’re on the subject of DS classics, here’s an even more obscure one: Over the Hedge.

While admittedly it never quite got the time in the oven it deserved, being a release tie-in with the movie and put out alongside all the console versions, this one in particular was something special. It’s a third-person over the shoulder perspective stealth game with tank controls, sneaking into the hilariously well-protected homes of humans to steal their junk food. And if that wasn’t enough, it had you managing two characters in real-time by swapping back and forth between them, using their varying strengths to defeat the ridiculous laser alarm systems and traps along the way. It’s slow paced and relatively simple, and I used to have a blast finding ways to completely break the game because the devs didn’t have enough time to iron out all the kinks entirely, but it never quite got the attention it deserves for being such a unique labor of love.

I have to give it massive props for having so much creative heart when a tie-in for a mediocre animated movie has no right to be that good. The developers saw the opportunity to make something that put its source material to good work instead of just another hack-and-slash romp (like the console tie-ins were) or a minigame collection (like the later DS game (???) was) and their dedication to the craft of game development really shines through some of the jank involved in its presentation and sometimes wonky physics. By now, a unique take on a stealth game is nothing all that special, but at the time this was one that really grabbed me.

LeylaaLovee,

Holy shit someone else had Over the Hedge on DS as a kid? This thread is making me feel so good as a kid that bought loose carts from behind the GameStop and Vintage Stock counters. I genuinely believe that Over The Hedge is one of the reasons I loved Metal Gear and Assassin’s Creed so much as a kid

Kerrigor,
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Legend of Dragoon for PS1. It has the single best timed-input RPG combat system of any game ever. Think Mario RPG but way better.

GUST OF WIND DANCE!

MrMusAddict,

FYI this game is available on PS5! Also, if you’ve bought it on PS3 you should be able to download it on PS5 for free!

VOLCANO!

BonKH,
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@LeylaaLovee

N64 "Beetle Adventure Racing" is crazy fun! Race against the clock to improve your time, race the computer, race another player, and best of all are the wild Arena battles - up to 4 players. This was always big fun at family gatherings.

Wii "Godzilla Unleashed" is my favorite solo game. I'd run the sound through my home theater and crank up all the lovely authentic Toho kaiju roars, screeches, howls, and destruction. Controls varied slightly by monster but always felt intuitive. Battling other beasts could get a little glitchy in tight quarters but knock a few buildings out of the way and all's well. Greatest cathartic stress reliever, ever!

Die4Ever,
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Panzer Dragoon Saga for the Saturn is maybe my favorite JRPG, or Grandia 2

The 7th Guest was a revolutionary game and I just love it !stauf_mansion

SojournerWeaver,

May be a little off from what you’re asking but one of my favorite games period is Bookworm on the GBA. It was originally a flash game but when it came to GBA you could save your progress. The music was so cute and the sound effects were just awesome. They tried to bring it to the DS without that music and the effects and it just didn’t work. Other iterations exist as well, none as cool and enjoyable as the GBA version. I’m stuck emulating until someone rediscovers this neat little game and brings it to switch or steamdeck.

zippoz,

The Banner Saga, beautiful hand drawn rotoscoped visuals and animation, great characters, strong story and lore. Gameplay is turn based strategy, and it’s very addicting. Absolutely fantastic music. Never hear anyone talking about it.

ThunderTenTronckh,

It’s hardly ever mentioned in general gaming communities but I have to give a shout out to Squad. Probably my favorite multiplayer shooter ever. The best moments in that game make you feel like you’re in a movie, and the teamwork/communication is unparalleled.

Ellestrogen,

A free student game called “Nitronic Rush”, and then “Distance” when the devs were able to expand it into a bigger game

Basically you drive a car with rockets and shit all around it (and also it can jump and fly, because of course it can), so you can boost yourself forward but also control your pitch and roll and stuff and press yourself down as well, and you have to race on tracks filled with buzzsaws, lasers, etc. while also using those rockets to flip your car around and jump to roads that are sideways or upside-down. It takes some getting used to, but once you have the hang of it it feels so good to be dodging obstacles and doing what feels like a cross between car parkour and air acrobatics

…I still have such fond memories of practicing the hardest tracks of Nitronic Rush over and over until I knew every twist and turn by heart, but nobody ever seems to have heard of it, or Distance for that matter

rodneylives,

How about the flash games of Orisinal? They’re a bunch of extremely chill tiny games. With the death of internet Flash they’re much harder to play, but one can use Ruffle, which has browser extensions for Firefox and Chrome. (Homestar Runner can be viewed that way too.)

A_big_to_do,

No one lives forever. Came out around 2000. Was a spy fps that has all the cheese of 60s and 70s bond movies. I remember it being lots of fun. Doubt it would hold up now, but was lots of fun.

Beetschnapps,

@A_big_to_do @LeylaaLovee PC version is playable, some of its ports are… so so. https://youtu.be/c1jSWEXUi9c

rodneylives,

RAMPART. An Atari Games arcade game with strong strategy and puzzle elements. Very difficult in the arcade, and has like 12 home ports, including one as late as the PS3. A lot of Atari arcade games from that era aren’t talked much about these days, but with Rampart it feels especially egregious.

I could mention lots of games here. I love lots of overlooked games. I even like Athena, of all things, and I am fully aware of its many flaws.

nutcase2690,

Star Wars Republic Commando! Every now and then people talk about it, but it is a shame it isn’t mentioned more. I actually just replayed it, I’d almost say it holds up today with the remaster mod and the rc patch. There is also a very cool mod called “slightly remastered” which adds stuff like 3rd person scripted animations and scripted kill cams, it makes you feel like a badass! Aside from that, I’m also surprised nobody in the boomer shooter enjoyer crowd talks about Cube 2: Sauerbraten, which is a very fast paced arena shooter. The only server that is consistently active uses one shot rifles that have enough recoil to do trick jumps, very fun to hop on for a few hours

zanyllama52,
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How cool would a remake of Republic Commando be featuring clone force 99?

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