Obscure games. Awesome games.

^yeah.

edited 7th May '10 5:55:42 PM by Glowsquid

I'm seconding Dokapon Kingdom. I played it on the Wii, and it was the game that made me upgrade my Gamefly subscription because I didn't want to send it back. My only real complaint is that The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard to the nth degree.

edited 7th May '10 7:24:17 PM by MimitheRed

Seconding Earth Defense Force 2017.

And, unfortunately, Infinite Space definitely Needs More Love in the States. It's probably the best RPG I've ever seen on the DS. Also adding Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers. Yes, it's a hack-and-slash, but a very good one.

edited 7th May '10 8:14:49 PM by troperwithoutaname

syndicate was quite good as it was like a better version of x-com

(wish they made a next gen version)

Crimson F*cking Skies. Namely, High Road to Revenge. Holy sh*t it's awesome.

^

true dat... I fokin loved that game so godamn much

lux-pain - localization mostly to blame AR Tonelico demi kids

lux-pain - localization mostly to blame AR Tonelico demi kids

Chibi Robo, man. Chibi Robo.

And Rocket Robot On Wheels. Adorable robots = good times.

Giants:Citizen Kabuto.

^Yes.

I've heard good things. Seemed. very WJT.

Seconding Lux-Pain and Chibi-Robo. Also, Freezair, have you played Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol? It's awesome!

edited 8th May '10 6:42:45 PM by troperwithoutaname

While probably not really obscure per se, Valkyrie Profile needs more love. That game was the first JRPG I played that wasn't an FF clone, and it is AWESOME!

Also, flOw. So obscure, this wiki doesn't think it exists.

edited 8th May '10 7:07:32 PM by LizardBite

Well, flOw doesn't really have a lot of tropes to it.

Hm... Extreme Omnivore, Bizarre Alien Biology, Evolutionary Levels... I'm sure I can think of more. Maybe that start the page for it eventually...

Legend Of Mana, beautiful artwork and the hack and slash gameplay was fun.

Mad World. i don't see many people talk about it on this site. It even mages to fit one o the tropes that was created to be an example of What Politicians think of video games as murder simkiulators are like. And is a m,ajor parody of it, as well as playing it straight. And Bender is one fo the Announcers on the game too.

Seconded. Mad World is amazing, critically acclaimed, and yet only retails for $10-20 at Gamestop, et al. (And it might even have a sequel.) And I haven't heard too many people talk about House of the Dead: Overkill, either.

edited 8th May '10 9:17:29 PM by troperwithoutaname

I know why some people are getting deja vu. We DID have a thread like this...Except it was "bands" instead of "games" and it was in Music.

Trickstyle. It was a dreamcast game by the burnout guys involving hover-board racing. and it was awesome.

Giants: Citizen Kabuto is obscure? Anachronox is obscure? Why not say MDK is obscure, or Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura?

Old =! obscure.

^Both are certainly more obscure than either Okami or Psychonauts.

Is Lux Pain really good? I've seen it here and there but wasn't sure it merited a buy. I enjoyed Time Hollow but hated Hotel Dusk, so... thoughts?

Both are certainly more obscure than either Okami or Psychonauts.

Well, there is an argument to be had about how those games were probably as well known as Okami or Psychonauts at their time, but the Nohamotyo took effect and maybe in a few years the latter will be at the same level of obscurity. You'd also have to take in count the fact that the internet is more widespread now than it was in 2000, allowing people to keep circulating information about the game and making it much easier for the fandom to congregate, plus the bigger relevance that videogames are acquiring, meaning Okami or Psychonauts won't be quite as forgotten

Of course, I want nothing to do with that argument.

edited 9th May '10 6:29:39 AM by Noimporta