Overlooked games

psicomaniaco · September 30th, 2005, 01:01

Say wich one is your favorite overlooked game! I mean, games that are good, but never got the attention they deserved!

I'll start with two very unknown Sega CD games: Heart of the Alien and Vay.

-Heart of the Alien (the first 7 pics) is the true successor of Out of this World. It starts right after OOTW. But you don't control Lester in this one!

Spoiler:

Instead you play as that alien who helped Lester in OOTW! Heart of the alien is great, and has a fantastic storyline, way better than OOTW IMHO! I don't know why it was so overlooked!

-Vay (the last 5 pics), the second Working Designs game for the sega cd (it came after Lunar, but before Lunar 2) is a fantastic RPG, with a great storyline and FANTASTIC soundtrack! For some reason, it remained in the shadow of Lunar, but its actually a WAY superior game than Lunar!

Well, so name the most overlooked games you know! Maybe we should give a second chance to games like Vay and HoTA, and MANY others...

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__Xzyx987X · September 30th, 2005, 01:14

I seem to remember there was a thread similar to this before... Anyway, I just want to add that I think Tetrishpere belongs in the best overlooked games category. It was an awesome game with an innovative concept and kickass soundtrack. It just didn't get the attention it deserved because it came from an unknown developer, and no one was interested in puzzle games on the N64 to start out with.

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psicomaniaco · September 30th, 2005, 01:22

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Originally Posted by __Xzyx987X

I seem to remember there was a thread similar to this before...

Similar... but not the same. There was a thead about underrated games, but its not the same! Overlooked games didn't get the attention they deserved, but the few reviews you can find mostly have veru high scores. Vay, for example, get lots of 10, so its not underrated, but its a very unknown game. Also, if I posted on that old thread, the admins would just say "Reviving old threads is against the rules!!".

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Xelcor · September 30th, 2005, 02:04

Used to play Vay like crazy when I had my SegaCDX back in 1996-1998, was a good rpg to play at the time.

Never got to play the original Lunar: Silver Star Story nor Lunar: Eternal Blue although I played the ps1 remakes.

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Vanit · September 30th, 2005, 09:56

Dragon Valor was definitely overlooked, as well as Threads of Fate.

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demon16 · September 30th, 2005, 10:55

Does anyone remember Metal Fatigue? I think it deserved more attention when it came out

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Vanit · September 30th, 2005, 14:19

Yep, I have that game. I played the demo when it came out and loved it. Then I had it on my "2-buy" list and then I could never find it. In the end I had to download it because it was exceedingly rare; great stuff. I ran into a similar problem with a game called Machines which was a RTS+FPS hybrid. It was even harder to find because well... Machines isn't the most specific name in the world and to actually find it on eBay I had to use a search like:

"Machines -Time -Terminator -Cutlery -Ultra -Kitchen -Micro -iPod -Mp3"

The real one was much longer than that in the end, but I managed to get my hands on a copy for $10 AUD.

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September 30th, 2005, 01:14	#2
__Xzyx987X あの人 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: In Front of My Computer Posts: 774	I seem to remember there was a thread similar to this before... Anyway, I just want to add that I think Tetrishpere belongs in the best overlooked games category. It was an awesome game with an innovative concept and kickass soundtrack. It just didn't get the attention it deserved because it came from an unknown developer, and no one was interested in puzzle games on the N64 to start out with. __________________ This week's top 3 songs: Xzyx987X - The man with the name you can't pronounce.

September 30th, 2005, 02:04	#4
Xelcor Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Bybee, Tennessee Posts: 208	Used to play Vay like crazy when I had my SegaCDX back in 1996-1998, was a good rpg to play at the time. Never got to play the original Lunar: Silver Star Story nor Lunar: Eternal Blue although I played the ps1 remakes. __________________ Gigabyte EP43-DS3L Intel P43 Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 CPU @ 3.0GHz 1333FSB 6MB L2 Cache 64-bit LG 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER Two 250GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM HDD 4GB (2x2GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory Windows Vista™ Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1 (32-bit Edition) Nzxt PP600 Watt Power Supply-SLI Support HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO 600Watts PMPO Subwoofer Stereo Speakers NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express

September 30th, 2005, 09:56	#5
Vanit Heretic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia! Posts: 2,764	Dragon Valor was definitely overlooked, as well as Threads of Fate. __________________ Click here to download my Sin and Punishment English translation.

September 30th, 2005, 10:55	#6
demon16 The darkness is near Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South Africa Posts: 99	Does anyone remember Metal Fatigue? I think it deserved more attention when it came out __________________ Mobo Asrock 775s61 - CPU Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz -RAM 1.5 Gb PC3200 - HDD 120Gb 7200rpm Seagate - Optical Drives Samsung 16x dual dvd-writer Samsung 16x dvd-rom - GFX ATI 256 Mb Radeon 9250 Game FX - Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster Live! 24 bit - Sound System X-530 Logitech 5.1 speakers - Other 7130 TV/FM Card, Rockfire psx to usb converter with Sony dualshock controller

September 30th, 2005, 14:19	#7
Vanit Heretic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia! Posts: 2,764	Yep, I have that game. I played the demo when it came out and loved it. Then I had it on my "2-buy" list and then I could never find it. In the end I had to download it because it was exceedingly rare; great stuff. I ran into a similar problem with a game called Machines which was a RTS+FPS hybrid. It was even harder to find because well... Machines isn't the most specific name in the world and to actually find it on eBay I had to use a search like: "Machines -Time -Terminator -Cutlery -Ultra -Kitchen -Micro -iPod -Mp3" The real one was much longer than that in the end, but I managed to get my hands on a copy for $10 AUD. __________________ Click here to download my Sin and Punishment English translation.