I've managed to turn a few people onto the Saboteur, but I'll give it one last shout out. The game is one of the best sandbox games I've ever played. It may be a bit more limited in freeplay than a GTA game or RDD, but the missions really stand out. Stealth combat is emphasized when completing your goals and its a nice change. Plus they can be very difficult and really require some planning. The main character Sean Devlin is brilliant, and one of th most compelling characters to come into the gaming world in ages. And since he's Irish he makes being a member of the French Resistance much more palatable.
We can make this topic into anything we want, really, but try to list the games you know you've played that pretty much no one else has!
Earth Defense Force: 2017 (360)
Stranglehold
Fifty Cent: Blood on the Sand
Deadly Premonition (360)
Brutal Legend
Saint's Row Trilogy
Yakuza Franchise (PS2/3)
The Godfather (PS2)
Air Traffic Chaos (DS)
Popolocrois (PSP)
Sonic and SEGA All-Star Racing (PS3)
Battle of the Bands (Wii)
robio said:... the Saboteur...
I second this. This was Pandemic finally mastering their brand of open-world (just before they closed). A great swansong.
You just reminded me about Air Traffic Chaos, Aspro! I would love to play a good sim these days!
PERFECT!
Great idea for a thread. And I want to play seven out of the games you listed so it was pretty well on target for me. Can't think of anything overly niche but here's a few I feel more people here should play
No More Heroes 1 & 2
Killer 7
Trauma Center [franchise]
Mario vs Donkey Kong [franchise but especially the GBA one]
Lost Winds 1 & 2
Soul Bubbles (played about half of it but GG swears by it)
Icarian
Rhythm Heaven
Tatsunoko vs Capcom
Pandora's Tower
Rhythm Thief
Picross DS
Picross 3D
Slitherling
Ouendan
Shadows of the Damned
God Hand
Professor Layton [franchise]
Muramasa
Silent Hill Shattered Memories
House of the Dead Overkill
Sly Trilogy
phantom_leo said:
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (PS3/360) I will get this one.
- Nine Persons, Nine Hours, Nine Doors (DS) Tried and failed it.
- Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (DS)
- Radiant Historia (DS) I will get this one.
- Starship Defense (DSi-Ware)
- Fez (Live Arcade)
- Catherine (PS3/360)
- Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light (DS) Pretty sure I have this one.
- Deadly Premonition (360)
- Shiren the Wanderer (Wii) Okay, now I'm interested.
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Penumbra : Overture and Penumbra Black Plague. I loved Overture. Guy went insane eating spiders under his shed.
I've been Curious about Kingdom's of Amalur. Is it skyrim sans arrow in the knee?
I would whole heartedly disagree with Silent Hill Shattered Memories. I don't like being pinned down by naked pink people in the middle of a high school drama to be my "scary moment" for a game.
Everyone has those few games they Champion. You know the ones, only YOU actually played them, you thought they were great, but you couldn't convince anyone else to take a chance. Let's use this topic to simply list these games. You've probably tried and tried already, so don't bother again here. Posts your lists, and in the extremely unlikely event someone accidentally pops in one of these gems and gives them a try, then THEY can post their impressions! I'll start:
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