Underrated / obscure games - ___ is actually good and your fucking retarded
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There's one thread about these kinds of games already: Hidden gem thread
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I certainly wouldn't call it underrated, and it's not exactly obscure these days, but if you haven't played them, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky trilogy, as well as the Trails from Zero/Trails to Azure duology, are extremely top-tier shit. these are turn-based JRPGs originally made for the PSP in the early 2000s, which weren't released to the US until the last decade. they are very meaty old school type JRPGs, the kind that expects you to be smart about grinding and farming when you need to, optimizing your character stats, and using all the strategic tools given to you in combat. all five games represent probably over 250 hours of play time, and very little of it is filler or time wasting. you can safely ignore the rest of the franchise outside of these five games, especially the recently-released remake of the first game. the dialogue and voice acting will make you want to fucking kill yourself.
by the same developer, Ys: The Oath in Felghana and Ys Origin are action RPGs with a heavy emphasis on the action. these are made in the same engine as the Trails in the Sky games but play very differently. they're very fast-paced and have absolutely brutal boss fights. in contrast to the Legend of Heroes games, the other Ys games are actually quite good for the most part. Ys: Memories of Celceta, Ys SEVEN, and Ys VIII are all great games. unfortunately, the developer (Nihon Falcom) has been getting pretty popular, so their newer games are much more expensive and do that annoying shit where there are 500 DLC packs for costumes and consumables and shit, so be aware of that when you start looking at the recent releases.
also by the same developer, Xanadu Next. this one is more like a Diablo/Zelda clone, almost a proto-Souls game. drops you in the world and then lets you explore and figure shit out on your own. combat is very deliberate rather than button-mashy. this is actually one of the vanishingly few Japanese games that was originally published on PC, so it's actually designed to be played with mouse and keyboard rather than gamepad. there's a sort-of kind-of not-really spiritual sequel called Tokyo Xanadu eX+ that shares basically nothing with the first game except the name. I haven't played that one so I can't comment on it.
all of these games are still on sale for the next two hours, so if you're quick you can a whole lot of game for very little money.
by the same developer, Ys: The Oath in Felghana and Ys Origin are action RPGs with a heavy emphasis on the action. these are made in the same engine as the Trails in the Sky games but play very differently. they're very fast-paced and have absolutely brutal boss fights. in contrast to the Legend of Heroes games, the other Ys games are actually quite good for the most part. Ys: Memories of Celceta, Ys SEVEN, and Ys VIII are all great games. unfortunately, the developer (Nihon Falcom) has been getting pretty popular, so their newer games are much more expensive and do that annoying shit where there are 500 DLC packs for costumes and consumables and shit, so be aware of that when you start looking at the recent releases.
also by the same developer, Xanadu Next. this one is more like a Diablo/Zelda clone, almost a proto-Souls game. drops you in the world and then lets you explore and figure shit out on your own. combat is very deliberate rather than button-mashy. this is actually one of the vanishingly few Japanese games that was originally published on PC, so it's actually designed to be played with mouse and keyboard rather than gamepad. there's a sort-of kind-of not-really spiritual sequel called Tokyo Xanadu eX+ that shares basically nothing with the first game except the name. I haven't played that one so I can't comment on it.
all of these games are still on sale for the next two hours, so if you're quick you can a whole lot of game for very little money.
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Yomawari night alone. A charming survival horror game by Nipon Ichi Software.
Baroque. A kind of first person rogue like. Hard game with weird plot
Evergrace. A ps2 jrpg from From Software. Really unusual sountrack and vibes. But its not that good.
Baroque. A kind of first person rogue like. Hard game with weird plot
Evergrace. A ps2 jrpg from From Software. Really unusual sountrack and vibes. But its not that good.
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Bully for Playstation 2. One of the least talked about Rockstar games that had a revival in the past 10 years of popularity but was for many years an obscure and overlooked game. It sold 1.5 million copies on just the playstation 2 (and this is back in 2006 when Rockstar was much smaller) yet never got a sequel.
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I wished they had the same voice actor from the first game with the goofy medieval dialects.
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I cannot shill the sands of time hard enough. While some elements of it is a bit janky like the combat that can get really fucking repetitive or THAT section. It compensates with some stellar 3D platforming, fantastic middle eastern themed soundtrack, a nice arabian nights style story and atmosphere. Though if you can, try emulating the PS2 version since the PC version is a busted mess that doesn't have proper controller support.
