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Deleted member 191 · 12/3/21

What are some games that were not "popular" per se, or maybe just not well known to you at the time of their release, that you took a chance on and were pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable it was.

Here's my top 20 list in no particular order:

Rogue Galaxy (PS2)
Dark Cloud (PS2)
Scarface: The World Is Yours (PS2)
Persona 4 (PS2)
Catherine (PS3)
PayDay (PS3)
Assassin's Creed (PS3)
I Am Alive (PS3)
inFamous (PS3)
Heavy Rain (PS3)
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (PS3)
GreedFall (PS4)
gone home (PS4)
Plague Inc. (Mobile/PS4)
My Memory of Us (PS4)
This is The Police (Mobile/PS4)
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (PS4)
Dead By Daylight (PS4)
Until Dawn (PS4)
Hidden Agenda (PS4)

Jay · 12/3/21

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 switch
Xenogears psx
Carcassonne iOS
Metropolis Street Racer Dreamcast
Fantasian iOS
Deus Ex Xbox
Lost Odyssey Xbox
Blue Dragon Xbox

All I can remember for now but you got some of mine @HailCzr85

Heavy rain was so dope and Detroit Become Human was dope too. Life is short is similar and dope too.

Deleted member 191 · 12/3/21

Jay said:
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 switch

Xenogears psx

Carcassonne iOS

Metropolis Street Racer Dreamcast

Fantasian iOS

Deus Ex Xbox

Lost Odyssey Xbox

Blue Dragon Xbox

All I can remember for now but you got some of mine @HailCzr85

Heavy rain was so dope and Detroit Become Human was dope too. Life is short is similar and dope too.

I forgot about Deus Ex I'm playing that now on PS3. And are you talking about Life is Strange on PS4? Because that game was good AF.

Boss Hog · 12/3/21

Skate or Die (NES)
California Games (NES)
Earthbound (SNES)
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (SNES)
SIMCopter (PC)
Midtown Madness (PC)
Rise of the Triad (PC)

Deleted member 191 · 12/3/21

Boss Hog said:
Skate or Die (NES)

California Games (NES)

Earthbound (SNES)

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (SNES)

SIMCopter (PC)

Midtown Madness (PC)

Rise of the Triad (PC)

AHHHHHHHH MAN!!! YASSSSS SKATE OR DIE WENT HARD!!!!!!

Dukect · 12/3/21

Shout out to @HailCzr85 for giving Rogue Galaxy one of my favorite PS2 RPG's that does not give any love

Anyway here are some of my hidden gems

Panzer Dragoon Orta (Xbox)
Otogi Myth of Demons(Xbox)
Star Wars Starfighter (Xbox & PS2)

Deleted member 191 · 12/3/21

Dukect said:
Shout out to @HailCzr85 for giving Rogue Galaxy one of my favorite PS2 RPG's that does not give any love

Anyway here are some of my hidden gems

Panzer Dragoon Orta (Xbox)
Otogi Myth of Demons(Xbox)
Star Wars Starfighter (Xbox & PS2)

None bro what-so-ever! Level 5 studios is cold blooded for never making a sequel!!

Kanu · 12/4/21

Are you a game journalist or something?

Deleted member 191 · 12/4/21

Kanu said:
Are you a game journalist or something?

No. Why would you think that?

Kanu · 12/4/21

HailCzr85 said:
No. Why would you think that?

Idk, the fact that you know so many "hidden gem" games is curious to me.

Deleted member 191 · 12/4/21

Kanu said:
Idk, the fact that you know so many "hidden gem" games is curious to me.

Curious how? Or why for that matter?

Deleted member 191 · 12/4/21

Kanu said:
Idk, the fact that you know so many "hidden gem" games is curious to me.

And forgive me for not understanding your position. But your logic sounds......idk childish. That's like saying because you speak a lot of english words you must be from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United States or United Kingdom.

Kanu · 12/4/21

HailCzr85 said:
And forgive me for not understanding your position. But your logic sounds......idk childish. That's like saying because you speak a lot of english words you must be from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United States or United Kingdom.

Where i live there's not that many women who play "underground/non-popular" games, that's why i said i was curious. I thought you could be a game blogger, that kinda stuff.

Deleted member 191 · 12/4/21

Kanu said:
Where i live there's not that many women who play "underground/non-popular" games, that's why i said i was curious. I thought you could be a game blogger, that kinda stuff.

Ohhhh I see. You should have led with that!! I can understand that. Well here in the United States, women playing video games has become pretty common in the last 15-20 yrs or so. Now to your point, I have been gaming since before it was cool for girls to be doing it. But today, it's like "oh cool what games you got?"

Jay · 12/4/21

HailCzr85 said:
Ohhhh I see. You should have led with that!! I can understand that. Well here in the United States, women playing video games has become pretty common in the last 15-20 yrs or so. Now to your point, I have been gaming since before it was cool for girls to be doing it. But today, it's like "oh cool what games you got?"

Yeah but not underground games the ladies be playing surface level games maybe a Mario kart here or there.

sourgrapes · 12/4/21

I don't know if I would call it a hidden gem but it is certainly dated. I still play Roller Coaster Tycoon. I love the game. I first played it way back in like 2001 or something when we got a computer. It was my first PC game and I still have fun with it. I ended up getting it on Steam when it went on sale several years back. A newer game that was based on it came out a few years ago and I got that as well, Parkitect. I do enjoy it a lot but the OG still has my heart. lol

Deleted member 191 · 12/4/21

Jay said:
Yeah but not underground games the ladies be playing surface level games maybe a Mario kart here or there.

Definitely true of the old gen stuff. With the exception of Rogue Galaxy and Scarface:TWIY, I found the PS2 games after they were already released for a while.

sourgrapes said:
I don't know if I would call it a hidden gem but it is certainly dated. I still play Roller Coaster Tycoon. I love the game. I first played it way back in like 2001 or something when we got a computer. It was my first PC game and I still have fun with it. I ended up getting it on Steam when it went on sale several years back. A newer game that was based on it came out a few years ago and I got that as well, Parkitect. I do enjoy it a lot but the OG still has my heart. lol

Oh Roller Coaster Tycoon was DEFINITELY a hidden gem!!!!! That was the HEIGHT of SimCity popularity. It was a more hyper-focused approach to that concept. Instead of running a whole city which is more wider scale, it's just a park with a business approach! I loved that game. It got me into playing the Sims.

Kanu · 12/4/21

HailCzr85 said:
Ohhhh I see. You should have led with that!! I can understand that. Well here in the United States, women playing video games has become pretty common in the last 15-20 yrs or so. Now to your point, I have been gaming since before it was cool for girls to be doing it. But today, it's like "oh cool what games you got?"

Yea the only person i've seen playing games was my sister back in the day lol, but she doesn't do it anymore. But i imagine in the US must be way more common.

Deleted member 191 · 12/4/21

Kanu said:
Yea the only person i've seen playing games was my sister back in the day lol, but she doesn't do it anymore. But i imagine in the US must be way more common.

Night and day pretty much. Wasn't when I first started as a kid in the 80s but definitely since the late 90s early 2000s

Deleted member 191 · 12/4/21

Kanu said:
Yea the only person i've seen playing games was my sister back in the day lol, but she doesn't do it anymore. But i imagine in the US must be way more common.

I clicked reply too quickly my bad. What games did your sister play?

Kanu · 12/4/21

HailCzr85 said:
I clicked reply too quickly my bad. What games did your sister play?

It's cool. Basically the games my father used to buy for me. Started with sega genesis then years later i was pc exclusive. I remember this game called Blood, so violent idk how my father allowed us to play that shit.
My sister used to play a lot of The sims around 2002 - 2003.

Deleted member 191 · 12/4/21

Kanu said:
It's cool. Basically the games my father used to buy for me. Started with sega genesis then years later i was pc exclusive. I remember this game called Blood, so violent idk how my father allowed us to play that ish.
My sister used to play a lot of The sims around 2002 - 2003.

When I get in the mood, I STILL play my sims games haha. Never heard of Blood but I was heavy on violent games too growing up. All 3 Mortal Kombat games, Street Fighter, and that sort. When I was in my PC phase, I played Doom 1, 2 and 3, Wolfenstein, Blake Stone and the Aliens of Gold, and Duke Nukem. Back then no one was trying to imitate what they saw in video games or TV.

For my experience growing up, I had other outlets and extra curricular activities. I wasn't just gaming all day every day. I also had involved parents who set the tone in the household (despite being helicoptery more times than not). These kids today, some of them are practically raising themselves and all they have are video games and their parents buy them this stuff while not being real active in their lives in an attempt to preoccupy them so that they don't have to actually parent. Then that leads to the kids not being encouraged to be active outside the home and find other creative outlets so in the end, idle hands wind up doing evil deeds.

Kanu · 12/4/21

HailCzr85 said:
When I get in the mood, I STILL play my sims games haha. Never heard of Blood but I was heavy on violent games too growing up. All 3 Mortal Kombat games, Street Fighter, and that sort. When I was in my PC phase, I played Doom 1, 2 and 3, Wolfenstein, Blake Stone and the Aliens of Gold, and Duke Nukem. Back then no one was trying to imitate what they saw in video games or TV.

For my experience growing up, I had other outlets and extra curricular activities. I wasn't just gaming all day every day. I also had involved parents who set the tone in the household (despite being helicoptery more times than not). These kids today, some of them are practically raising themselves and all they have are video games and their parents buy them this stuff while not being real active in their lives in an attempt to preoccupy them so that they don't have to actually parent. Then that leads to the kids not being encouraged to be active outside the home and find other creative outlets so in the end, idle hands wind up doing evil deeds.

I saw they got all kinds of mods now for the sims
Do you have kids? Games nowadays are way too real, id not allow any kids to play the latest MK for example.

Deleted member 191 · 12/4/21

Kanu said:
I saw they got all kinds of mods now for the sims
Do you have kids? Games nowadays are way too real, id not allow any kids to play the latest MK for example.

KIDS?!? HELL NAW!! Those things cost money lmao hahahhaha

sourgrapes · 12/5/21

HailCzr85 said:
Oh Roller Coaster Tycoon was DEFINITELY a hidden gem!!!!! That was the HEIGHT of SimCity popularity. It was a more hyper-focused approach to that concept. Instead of running a whole city which is more wider scale, it's just a park with a business approach! I loved that game. It got me into playing the Sims.

Same. I started playing the sims shortly after. I still play that (sims 4 at least). Would have loved to figure out how to use blender and make my own items and furniture but I just don't have time for all that with work.

Nesut · 12/6/21

HailCzr85 said:
When I get in the mood, I STILL play my sims games haha. Never heard of Blood but I was heavy on violent games too growing up. All 3 Mortal Kombat games, Street Fighter, and that sort. When I was in my PC phase, I played Doom 1, 2 and 3, Wolfenstein, Blake Stone and the Aliens of Gold, and Duke Nukem. Back then no one was trying to imitate what they saw in video games or TV.

For my experience growing up, I had other outlets and extra curricular activities. I wasn't just gaming all day every day. I also had involved parents who set the tone in the household (despite being helicoptery more times than not). These kids today, some of them are practically raising themselves and all they have are video games and their parents buy them this stuff while not being real active in their lives in an attempt to preoccupy them so that they don't have to actually parent. Then that leads to the kids not being encouraged to be active outside the home and find other creative outlets so in the end, idle hands wind up doing evil deeds.

Duke Nukem 1, 2, and 3D were my favorites. I had the Atomic and Plutonium packs for DN3D and still remember all the lines. I remember getting caught by my mom throwing cash at the strip club in the game.

I wish a good developer got their hands on the property and re-imagine Duke. The last game was trash and corny because DN3D's allure was how raunchy it was but it's damn near child's play now.

I want to see a new Duke, that's still edgy but 2022 edgy...not 1996 edgy.

Deleted member 191 · 12/6/21

Nesut said:
Duke Nukem 1, 2, and 3D were my favorites. I had the Atomic and Plutonium packs for DN3D and still remember all the lines. I remember getting caught by my mom throwing cash at the strip club in the game.

I wish a good developer got their hands on the property and re-imagine Duke. The last game was trash and corny because DN3D's allure was how raunchy it was but it's damn near child's play now.

I want to see a new Duke, that's still edgy but 2022 edgy...not 1996 edgy.

Mannnnnnn, I played that Duke Nukem game on PS3 and yes it was definitely not up to par.

Jay · 12/6/21

HailCzr85 said:
Mannnnnnn, I played that Duke Nukem game on PS3 and yes it was definitely not up to par.

That joint was in development hell for like 14 years.

Nesut · 12/6/21

HailCzr85 said:
Mannnnnnn, I played that Duke Nukem game on PS3 and yes it was definitely not up to par.

It was hot garbage.

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