Obscure Games - General Discussion Forum

CanisWolfred · 2011-05-05T21:40:19+00:00

I thought I'd make a place for us to discuss about obscure games. Feel free to talk about games you liked, games you didn't like, or ask for recommendations. The only requirement is that the games must be "under the radar." I'll start with an example of each: Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars - Zone of the Enders is already pretty obscure, but I'm sure even fewer gamers have heard of this GBA SRPG entry in the series. Released in 2002, this game could be easily dismissed as a Super Robot Wars clone (another series I'll be talking about later on). However, for a clone, it's a pretty darn good one. The story is actually pretty good for an SRPG, if a bit confusing. It's told through Still panels using portraits, which display a surprising about emotion, mixed with some fitting tunes. The gameplay is also pretty good. It plays mostly like SRW: you move your units along a square grid, taking terrain (unless your unit can fly) and stats into consideration. Once you got your units in place, you engage the enemies using various weapons (some of which can only be used once the unit has gained enough "Spirit") with different ranges. What's unique here is that when you attack, yoiu actually aim at the enemy by aiming a cursor at it (and of course it'll move around trying to evade). All this is timed, so you have to aim quickly and carefully, because if you miss or the time runs out, they avoid your attack. Of course, when you're on the recieving end of an attack, you can avoid it, too, by moving around a cursor (which represents your unit) away from the target, which will chase your cursor until either the time runs out or they make contack for more than a second. Other than that, the music is good, the graphics are okay, the mech designs are great, and the characters are likeable. It's just a good game, and I highly suggest playing it if you're interested. Zak & Wiki - I'll just say this right now, I did not enjoy this game. The cartoony style and annoying voices got to me very quickly. I didn't like the gameplay, specifically the waggling, and I hated that you could die. I've never played a Point 'n' Click before where you could die, and I never want to play another one that includes that feature again. Trail & error is the essence of a P'n'C, yet they punish you for trying things. Not cool. Really, this game ended up being a total waste of my time. Luckily I only rented it, since I would've been ashamed to have it in my collection. What do people think of A Boy & His Blob ? I'm interested in getting that. Also, just to note, personally I'm going to post about one game a day (this is tiring stuff), and I'll probably be talking mostly about games I like since I dislike talking about games I don't like.