What are your favorite games that you never see mentioned anywhere?
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Full Throttle.
That goddamn minefield bunny puzzle made me hate this game with every fibre of my being
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Board games or video games?
Why not both?
Slay the Spire - the video game based on board game mechanics
Slay the Spire the Board Game - based on the video game based on board game mechanics but in board game form!
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https://old.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/vczi8d/someone_donated_cubivore_one_of_the_rarest/
Someone donated Cubivore, one of the rarest Gamecube games of all time, to the thrift store I work at. I got to take it home and play it for a night.
Non-japanese copies are rare. Only about 5,000 were released to western audiences.
Huh.
Yeah I used to rent it all the time, but never got a copy for myself which was a mistake. I doubt I'll ever afford a non-damaged copy lol
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That goddamn minefield bunny puzzle made me hate this game with every fibre of my being
It's definitely not a great moment for the game.
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Epistory and Nanotales
Both fantastic games with beautiful graphics and good for typing practice.
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Available on GOG too if anyone would prefer that.
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During lockdown I played ECHO, which had been in my backlog for a few years after a stray recommendation I saw on MetaFilter. It was a surprisingly tight integration of beautiful and intriguing environmental/UI/sound design, gorgeous music, compelling yet minimalist storytelling (and voice acting), and a really strong gameplay loop of stealth, puzzle-solving, and the occasional panicky run-and-gun. Imagine my surprise when I read up on it after and learned it only sold a few thousand copies!
I strongly recommend playing it blind, but this trailer gives a good overview of the style and mechanics.
I played a much different Echo with my partner during COVID hahaha
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I used to play the shit out of The Specialist, a HL1 mp mod.
Also while most were hooked on Twisted Metal my brother and I loved Vigilante 8.
I have a group of friends who still play The Specialists! It’s the only reason I can’t go full Linux—it does not work on Linux.
Been playing for almost 20 years.
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Blast Corps
Oh fuck yeah
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Sauerbraten FOSS FPS, available in your repo.
Single player racemaps are fun. Get to the podium in the quickest time.Try these servers:
-Racing#1 2021 [rev]-
or
Racing Reloaded
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0AD FLOSS RTS, also available in your repo.
Excellent theming and challenges.
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Escape Velocity and its open-source spiritual successor, Endless Sky.
EV Nova is what got me hooked on Star Citizen
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Epistory and Nanotales
Both fantastic games with beautiful graphics and good for typing practice.
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Some more recent ones:
- Hammerfight (2009)
- Brigador (2016)
- CrossCode (2018)
Hammerfight
Oh, yeah, I liked that one. Pretty unusual game. Kind of a faux Middle East setting, mouse-controlled aircraft using in significant part melee weapons. Not incredibly deep, but the core gameplay loop did a good job of sucking me in.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/41100/Hammerfight/
Brigador
https://store.steampowered.com/app/274500/Brigador_UpArmored_Edition/
CrossCode
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It's definitely not a great moment for the game.
Okay I was being a bit hyperbolic, I like the game as a whole but that was the first time I was forced to commit the cardinal sin of looking up a guide to make it through a Lucasarts adventure game :<
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Geometry Wars Retro Evolved
https://store.steampowered.com/app/8400/Geometry_Wars_Retro_Evolved/
While I wouldn't personally set it that high, I did have a lot of fun with it myself.
Add in some Infected Mushroom and perhaps some actual mushrooms and you'll have the best time. I promise!
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I have brave fencer on ps1! Still play it sometimes. Sadly missing the ff bonus disc
I wanted to hate it because I had just read Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa and was fascinated by Miyamoto Musashi and the game is only loosely connected to him but it sucked me in.
I ended up playing it for a few weeks straight until I beat it and I've never forgotten it.
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Bugsnax. It's like Pokemon Snap/Legends Arceus, but the Pokemon are food items, like a sub-sandwich centipede or a lollipop dragonfly. You can feed them to people, and when you do, their body parts turn into the food they just ate. It's great!
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I always wanted to get this game when it came out but I only had a PS4 and no money...
It's such a fun game, I recommend giving it a go, it's one of those games you can play for a long time or just a quick little run through. it's on PS4 now I'm pretty sure.
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Wiz n'Liz
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Im surprised I missed this, I love this era of racing games. Gonna try to find a copy!
