What are your favorite games that you never see mentioned anywhere?

[notasharkinamansuit@lemmy.world]

Dead Head Fred, that game is awesome and sadly forever locked to the PSP. That it has never gotten a console port is nothing short of criminal.

[jjjalljs@ttrpg.network]

Shadowrun for Genesis was amazing! Ahead of its time. The way it semi randomly generated jobs for you to do was pretty unique. Like Bethesda radiant quests, but decades earlier and better. I really enjoyed rising up from the weakest street runner to someone with enough reputation to skip the line at the expensive club.

The leveling system was also pretty advanced for Genesis.

Also the cyberspace hacking was wacky and fun.

[jjjalljs@ttrpg.network]

CrossCode has such charm. The puzzles are good, but I find myself tired after playing it in a way other games don't give me. I should finish it.

[funnyusername@lemmy.world]

Dark Fall 1 & 2 (specifically not 3)

couple of my favorite point and click adventures, and I've played a lot

[apollosarrow@lemmy.world]

Is ReCore really worth the play? It was on my list when it came out, but got very mixed reviews.

[rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world]

The Katamari remasters are very well done as these things go. Just the right amount of graphical and compatibility boosting while not screwing with the gameplay, audiovisuals, or quirky vibes which made the originals so great.

[apollosarrow@lemmy.world]

Really wish there were more games like this.

[metju@lemmy.world]

Kinda cheating, since this game (hell, entire series; linking my fave entry) has kind of a cult following in Central/Eastern Europe.

Gothic II

[laserturboshark69@sh.itjust.works]

When the homie busts out the Urban Terror USB stick at the LAN party

[mysticpickle@lemmy.ca]

Betrayal at Krondor was amazing. Masterfully written, with fun riddles, and that music chef's kiss

[ocatmbbl@lemmy.world]

If you have an Xbox, by some miracle they have it available, and it's $5. I highly recommend it.

[sunsofold@lemmings.world]

I did not. I'll have to check that out.

[agent_nycto@lemmy.world]

The video looked cool but for the picture they had to go with the Pixar face??

[lilb0kchoy@midwest.social]

I enjoyed it but I've never finished it because it gets repetitive and starts to feel like a grind.

It fits my play style because I game in fits and starts so I've been playing it in chunks.

I liked it enough to go get it for PC after playing it on Xbox GamePass years ago.

[agent_nycto@lemmy.world]

The Thief series. I LOVED the first one especially, Thief the Dark Project. Medieval (low magic fantasy?) stealth shooter. The more valuable you pick up directly translates to what you can buy as a load out for the next level so you're encouraged to explore, though even the low level enemies can kick you ass so you have to be sneaky. Actually great stealth mechanics even for an old game. The world building is amazing, with it's own lore, culture and slang. The plot of the games are also great.

The Kingdom of Loathing is a game I've played almost non-stop since about 2003. Web based and free, it's based off of old text based games. But it's fun. Really fun. And hilarious. The currency is meat. The classes are goofy. Saucerer? Disco bandit? Seal Clubber? A lot of games deal with things like power creep or inflation, or how the heck to get people to actually help pay for it. This game solves problems like these elegantly. The user base is fun and friendly and corporative, there's always new stuff coming out to try, they do a holiday special every year, and all the pictures are crudely drawn stick figures.

[flames5123@sh.itjust.works]

Maximo! It’s a 3D hack and slash collectathon. It’s based on the Ghosts and Goblins games. There was a sequel that fell a little short of expectations (got rid of the really fun hub worlds). They were going to do a third game but Capcom canceled it.

[mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Legend of Legaia. It’s a JRPG from the PS1 golden era, but it had a relatively small launch and basically zero marketing. It was completely overshadowed by other games like FFVII and Legend of Dragoon. It has a sort of cult classic following now. The story starts off as a fairly basic “world is awful, kid gets a magic weapon to beat the big evil thing” type of plot, but has a surprising amount of twists and turns.

The combat system is interesting, and hasn’t really been replicated since. You string together a series of small attacks, to make larger super combos.

Fair warning, the US release is significantly harder than the JP and EU versions. For some reason, the devs multiplied all the enemy stats by 1.25, and slashed their exp/gold drop rates by 50% for the US release. So you need to grind twice as long to be properly geared/leveled, and the grinding is 25% more difficult.

[semjaza@lemmynsfw.com]

Alas, also no dedicated gaming device newer than a 3DS.

I am thinking about getting a Steam deck of some kind though. Maybe it'll be playable on that?

[hugin@lemmy.world]

Oh man I haven't thought of Cyber Empires in so long. I remember tunneling through walls so my missile bots could obliterate the enemy base.

[hugin@lemmy.world]

The anime Uncle From Another World talks about Guardian Heroes a lot. It's a fun show you should chek it out.