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Obscure Series You Wish Would Make A Comeback
- Thread starter Aokiji
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Shadowhearts, Wild Arms or Dark Cloud.
From most obscure to least obscure.
But would love to have follow ups to any of these.
From most obscure to least obscure.
But would love to have follow ups to any of these.
Keio Flying Squadron, El Viento, Cotton, Popful Mail and I guess Fighting Vipers because that seems obscure enough now.
Shinobi and Tenchu are so irrelevant now that people consider them obscure.
Saturday Night Slam Master / Muscle Bomber would be my choice. Such a great cast of characters designed by Fist of the North Star's Tetsou Hara.
The game takes place in the Street Fighter / Final Fight universe and Haggar himself appears as a guest character. It'd be awesome to have Zangief, Alex and other SF grapplers appear in a series revival.
Saturday Night Slam Master / Muscle Bomber would be my choice. Such a great cast of characters designed by Fist of the North Star's Tetsou Hara.
The game takes place in the Street Fighter / Final Fight universe and Haggar himself appears as a guest character. It'd be awesome to have Zangief, Alex and other SF grapplers appear in a series revival.
Klonoa. Then again, considering that a movie's in the works, I guess you could technically say it's coming back.
This. Out of all of MK clones and inspired games, this to me was the most interesting. Modern graphics and game mechanics would make this incredible. Hell, let the same team(s) who did the new Killer Instinct do this.
Bringing back the Warship Gunner franchise would be great, because now there's all sorts of new parts and weapons they can stick in there, like radar signature reducing superstructures, point defense lasers, UAV spotters, and of course, big ass railguns.
Great picks but I don't think Rampage is really obscure. There's a movie coming out. I would love a new game, though.
Give me a Jade Cocoon 3.
Right fucking now. The first one was incredible. Second one was fun, but not nearly as good or as atmospheric as the first.
Right fucking now. The first one was incredible. Second one was fun, but not nearly as good or as atmospheric as the first.
I know but the correct answer here is Dino Crisis. Hold me jawmuncher. :(
Steambot Chronicles for the PS2 is probably my favorite game on that platform. There were a couple of spinoffs for the PSP, one being a version of the board game "Blokus", but with characters from Steambot Chronicle providing commentary and the other being a smaller take on Steambot Chronicles that I really liked. Still, the PS3 game was cancelled following the Japan Tsunami of 2011 and while we are seeing two new Disaster Report games, I doubt Steambot Chronicles will ever return.
oh no. A couple of friends were bored and actually played this. It is terrible with an absurd story and a sequel.
Shinobi and Tenchu are good mentions, but not all that obscure? More just mid tier. Obscure: the Aftermath is great one actually.
As long as we're talking PS2, personally I'd mention Ring of Red, a Konami developed game featuring input from Yukio Futatsagi (director of the Saturn Panzer Dragoon games and Phantom Dust).
It's a retro alternate history WWII turn based strategy RPG with mecha straight outta an Ashley Woods painting. It's not the most visually inspiring or riveting game ever exactly, but I had fun with it, and I think a smaller studio could really make a great downloadable title with this. Keep the core mechanics, have a better written story /characters, add some visual flair by leaning in hard to the alternate world war setting.. could be great.
As long as we're talking PS2, personally I'd mention Ring of Red, a Konami developed game featuring input from Yukio Futatsagi (director of the Saturn Panzer Dragoon games and Phantom Dust).
It's a retro alternate history WWII turn based strategy RPG with mecha straight outta an Ashley Woods painting. It's not the most visually inspiring or riveting game ever exactly, but I had fun with it, and I think a smaller studio could really make a great downloadable title with this. Keep the core mechanics, have a better written story /characters, add some visual flair by leaning in hard to the alternate world war setting.. could be great.
I saw this joke on another "obscure game" thread a few days ago. Not sure what the topic was though.
Choro Q series.
Whether its an adventure game with racing (Road Trip for the PS2) or arcade racer with crazy tracks (Gadget Racers for PS2) the series was always trying something new and there was more hits than misses.
Whether its an adventure game with racing (Road Trip for the PS2) or arcade racer with crazy tracks (Gadget Racers for PS2) the series was always trying something new and there was more hits than misses.
This is MFW there has never been a pandemic level quality DAH game since 2
100s of hours, mulitple playthroughs, a couple 100% runs. Destroy All Humans 2 is the pinnacle of sandbox arcade shooters. Maybe Insomniac could do it, maybe..
I really like Magic Pengel and Graffiti Kingdom where you could create your own creatures/characters for battling in the former, and in the latter exploring dungeons and platforming. EDIT: Forgot to mention I want this series of sorts to return!
An example of a work by raimondx of GameFAQs, where I found this image on Google Search:
An example of a work by raimondx of GameFAQs, where I found this image on Google Search:
Colony Wars, Dino Crisis, Parasite Eve, Driver.
Wanted to say Front Mission, but there's Left Alive now.
Wanted to say Front Mission, but there's Left Alive now.
I was recently playing Strike Suit Zero and Strike Vector and it made me wish for Sony to create a single spiritual successor to Warhawk and Colony Wars. It'd be an amalgam of a number of games- Warhawk, Colony Wars, Gears of War, Dead Space and Starhawk.
I want the game to feature aerial craft that shift into mechs that are meant to battle against infantry and armored vehicles. The game would emphasize cover, much like Gears of War/Uncharted/The Division but have the zero-g movements of Dead Space 2. Weapon pickups are scattered about the levels but every starts with the same unchangeable loadout.
I want the game to feature aerial craft that shift into mechs that are meant to battle against infantry and armored vehicles. The game would emphasize cover, much like Gears of War/Uncharted/The Division but have the zero-g movements of Dead Space 2. Weapon pickups are scattered about the levels but every starts with the same unchangeable loadout.
Not sure if it's obscure, but Ecstatica. But I don't think that kind of quirky horror translates well to today's gaming space.
I'd like to see Shadow Hearts back. It was incredibly refreshing to have a JRPG series that engaged with parts of history that virtually never get touched on in the genre. With the way the series was going, we could have had a really cool WW2 or Cold War era game by now :(
On the bright side, they did just remember Goemon at least exists
This was what I was going to post. Amazing series. I need to go back and play them.
I never once played the game, but I remember the comic! I actually, randomly, met the creator at some tiny comic 'convention' that was happening in some Ohio mall one summer as a kid. I remember he was a pretty chill guy. I don't even know if the game was on the radar at that point!
As long as we're talking PS2, personally I'd mention Ring of Red, a Konami developed game featuring input from Yukio Futatsagi (director of the Saturn Panzer Dragoon games and Phantom Dust).
It's a retro alternate history WWII turn based strategy RPG with mecha straight outta an Ashley Woods painting. It's not the most visually inspiring or riveting game ever exactly, but I had fun with it, and I think a smaller studio could really make a great downloadable title with this. Keep the core mechanics, have a better written story /characters, add some visual flair by leaning in hard to the alternate world war setting.. could be great.
Another amazing title that I have fond memories for and another one I need to put in again.
Since Vagrant Story isn't obscure (but oh how I'd love to see a new version) and Eternal Poison was pretty hit or miss... I'm going with this gem. =)
Yes!
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