Mine is the Army Men series. Objectively mediocre games at best but the concept of toy soldiers fighting over our yards and rooms has always been cool to me
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I feel like I’m guilty of this within the Borderlands series – I love all the things about 2 that OG fans seemed to dislike, namely Anthony Burch’s writing and the weapons spread, and I actually think 3 is pretty respectable as a shooter; it’s a lot of fun to play, it’s just a weak sequel to 2. The things that fans seem to love about The Pre-Sequel (the ice and the butt slams and the new player characters) left me cold, and I think the first game pales in comparison to the second.
I loved 3. Granted, it was my first Borderlands game, but I thought it was a lot of fun.
Borderlands 2 is an absolute masterpiece. The humor was adorably cheesy, the characters were much more interesting that OG and Pre-Sequel imo (totally in love with zer0).
I should probably install it and find some friends to play with.
Wow! You’ve articulated my thoughts about the series exactly…
That’s funny, because I love 1 and Pre-Sequel the most in the entire series. 2 just feels so dated, and I can’t stand listening to the dialogue anymore, but Pre-Sequel has that something about it that I loved about 1.
Exactly, seems like I came to the right thread :P
Gallop Racer (psx)
It’s about racing and breeding horses.
“Newer” titles of the series (ps2) also had the element of raising/training the horses.
The collab with G1 Jockey on the PS3 also had those obstacle course racing included.
My dad loved betting on horses (he got it from his father), and loved the game.
It was simple game of racing horses with some fine details mixed in (when to gallop, correct positioning and timing, and etc.)
The best thing about the series is that the list of horses are already laid out, so you know which ones are the strong ones in a particular course except for the secret horses that you only get through winning particular races in a particular order throughout the horse’s career.
The endgame though is through breeding the horses, which is another element of euphoria when winning the genetic lottery.
Sometimes when I miss it, I just play it on my phone (through an emulator) and it’s always been a fun experience.
Been playing Hero’s Hour recently from the itch summer bundle. Never played any Civilization style games before but this one is really fun.
Dragon Age 2. Lot’s of people think it’s the weakest game in the Dragon Age series and there is a lot to not like: dungeons and outdoor areas are largely the same recycled maps with different layouts, story was a bit lackluster compared to the previous title, party controls were a step down from Dragon Age Origins. I still enjoy it for the party dynamics and the main character dialogue wheel had more varied option that didn’t along with previous Bioware titles that had the good, neutral, and evil/jerk responses.
DA1 and 2 Are absolutely my favorites of the series, I could barely make it through inquisition.
I’m a huge Dragon Age fan, and 2 is my absolute favorite. It gets a lot of (perfectly valid) criticism, but the ‘found family’ themes really resonated with me. And I love how it focuses on the people in this one city instead of having a big, save-the-entire-world narrative like most RPGs. It felt so personal.
Plus, snarky Hawke is one of the most fun protagonists I’ve ever played in a game. It really doesn’t deserve the bad reputation that it got.
Ghost Recon: Wildlands. It’s your typical Ubisoft open world game, boring gameplay even on extreme difficulty but the world is so beautiful, and I love just driving around the map with no HUD.
The Predator DLC was awesome though. A buddy and I co-oped that on the highest difficulty and it took about a week of nightly playing to beat him.
Still the best representation of the Predator in gaming that I’ve seen.
lol the South American road trip simulator (jk, mostly)
I’ve been thinking about getting Breakpoint during the summer sale. I played a little bit of it a while back, but ended up refunding it for whatever reason. I’m craving it again though. I’ll probably get it and dive into it after finishing Final Fantasy 16.
boring gameplay even on extreme difficulty but the world is so beautiful, and I love just driving around the map with no HUD.
Hey, this is basically Skyrim and I’ve got 2k+ happy hours in that
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No, the Persona series didn’t start with 3
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I was genuinely unaware for a long time that P.N. 03 on the Gamecube was pretty strongly disliked, and now seemingly forgotten.
I love everything about this damn game - the ridiculous “inside a macbook” looking aesthetic, the Drum n Bass-esque soundtrack, the fact that it’s a game based on getting a high score (which is probably the one game mechanic I miss the most in a lot of more modern games), what more could you want?!
Not sure how unpopular it is, but “The Settlers 2: 10th Anniversary” is a great remaster of a game which I think is a bit forgotten now. It’s still a really fun and charming citybuilder with unique mechanics.
I don’t think it’s unpopular as in “people don’t like it”. I get the impression that very few people in the US have ever heard of this series, which is a shame.
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I think there is a FOSS projects based on Settlers 2 called Widelands. If you like that, it might be worth checking out.
Nice! Thanks for the tip. I really enjoyed Settlers II back in the day. Will give this a try
Section 8 and Section 8 Prejudice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_(video_game)
A fantastic pair of games which died too quickly because everyone saw the power armor and thought it was going to be a standard run and gun Halo style game. When in fact it had a mechanic that required dropping shields with certain types of weapons before you could then use other types to penetrate the armor. It also had a power management mechanic allowing you to move faster or use other abilities if you had the power remaining to do so.
As a result all the Halo/COD bro’s bounced off the game because the few of us who took the time to understand and master those mechanics would just absolute wreck their faces. This unfortunately also included many critics/reviewers. Which results in a whole lot of “this game sucks”. In this case the bliss of ignorance killed both games.
I enjoyed them immensely if briefly. They died too soon.
I remember playing at least the first one back in the day. It was a solid shooter for sure. The problem now is that the video game market is so huge that unless you are providing a quality product which is being constantly updated people will move onto the next big thing.
Clash Royale. I think Supercell, a billion dollar company, simply assigned all their least competent personnel to that one dev team.
The core gameplay, unfortunately, is still sharp as fuck though. ~sigh
dropped the game a couple months ago because I couldn’t deal with the monetization changes but I miss the gameplay so much
I quit that game years ago for my mental health. I was obsessed with it, but I remember spending over an hour every day trying to get x wins to get the daily chest. I miss playing it sometimes, but ultimately I think it’s bad for me lol
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If you like the toy soldiers idea you may want to check out HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed.
That’s a good one I played it quite a bit!
Guild Wars 1. Unlike other MMOs it is entirely separately instances in combat, the level cap was very low, it had a focus on narrative storytelling, and a max parysizr of up to 8(depending on area of the game). It also came from the era where subscriptions were the model for MMOs and it didn’t require (or even have) subs. You just bought the game and you got to play. There were multiple campaigns (basically separategames worlds with different proffestions and skills) that you could cross between with any of your characters assuming you owned that campaign. Very different game from gw2.
Played GW1 when it first came out and it was a rush. You actually depended on each other to win campaigns and sometimes get the bonus. MMOs were still young then so botters were practically non existent. I loved the story. Felt like I was playing a DND campaign with all the cutscenes!
I played Guild Wars starting from the beta and loved it. I was super excited for the sequel - even bought the collector’s edition - but didn’t end up playing it that much.
Still one of the best MMOs in my opinion. At the time, the landscapes were beautiful, especially in Old Ascalon (sp?)
Not unpopular back in the day but it sure is now – Battlefield 1943. I play on xbox all the time, the servers are still online and you can still find full lobbies. I’ve been playing it on and off for a decade. Its just chaotic low-stress fun.
Amazing that the servers are still online. I just checked and the game is included with Gamepass as well. Maybe I’ll try it out again some time, those maps where great.
I forget which achievement it was but it was bugged keeping me from getting all of them. Curse you 1943! Still, an amazing re-visiting of the OG map/game. ❤️
Me and my buddies used to troll that game back in middle school. We would get onto the enemy carrier, sneak up to the planes, and set C4 on them. We would laugh our asses off blowing up the planes as soon as the enemies took off
i like a couple games that are not really obscure, but are far from the most popular MMOs or well received sequels:
- Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis
- Fallout 76
Fallout 76 is a mixed bag for me. I love a lot of the mechanics and it can be awesome for RP, but I just downright detest the monetization and lack/restrictions of features other survival games (and other fallout games) have.
yeah, to be fair though it’s their first try at an MMO. The general mechanics of MMOs are horrible, like what you’re saying. I actually never played any previous fallout games as I took a 20 year break from video games, other than halflife 2 (6 years late) and lot of 80s/90s games on emulation. I am considering actually playing fallout 3 and 4 sometime. Pretty much what I wanted was a halflife MMO, and 76 is like, sort of like that. I would prefer a more techy and desolate feel - i also en joy the campy nature and humor of the game, though. Halflife 1/2 was sort of disconcerting and horrifying.
I would say Rebel Galaxy and especially Rebel Galaxy: Outlaw, which reminds me of Wing Commander: Privateer for the “Good game with little recognition”.
For the “Objectively bad but I still love it” type, Lichdom: Battlemage and Technomancer are deeply flawed but wonderfully fun gems that require you to ignore some pretty big problems to find your enjoyment in them. Same with DarkStar One and the Starpoint Gemini series.
