On that I loved and I don't think anyone else ever played was Space Station Silicon Valley for the N64. It was a fun puzzle action game where you solve puzzles by killing and taking over the bodies of robot animals. It had a weird sense of humor and the levels were genuinely fun to explore
It was made by DMA who made Lemmings and later became Rockstar North
I spent the duration of my time in a grocery store queue yesterday trying to remember the name of that game
I even had the title in mind at one point, but rejected it because I thought there was "something cold" in the name
Anyway I liked that one a lot. It came to mind when I was reading the Rock Paper Shotgun review of Hauntii.
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Does the Lufia series count?
I know it’s pretty well known around here but I feel like it got lost in the shuffle as far as good JRPG’s go
Starlink. That game had issues for sure, but I really enjoyed just tooling around in your little ship, zipping around between the surface and into space and all that.
Starlink. That game had issues for sure, but I really enjoyed just tooling around in your little ship, zipping around between the surface and into space and all that.
I actually own Starlink but never played it because at one point they had a bundle with Starlink and Mario+Rabbids for like $20 and it was the best price for the Mario game
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Greedfall - a game with more ambition than budget.
The combat is repetitive and janky, there's a lot of reused models for the NPCs, and the environments are very copy & paste (there are three governors on the island and they apparently all contracted the exact same deeply unimaginative architect to build their palaces).
Still, the characters are fun, the plot is surprisingly decent, and the constantly reused environments do look pretty nice. So it's a good time, even if it is obviously flawed.
Kirby Air Ride is a simple, "1 button" racing game with a variety of different craft to zoom around on, all of which handle really badly in their own way. As a racing game, it's tolerable but with no real single player and barely any interaction with other players, its forgettable at best.
But the as a party game, playing City Trial? It's the best party game of all time. 5-7 minutes of free-roam flying around as wild stuff happens, finding new vehicles or power ups, before eventually getting thrown into a wacky minigame. Driving around the city is chaotic fun and the variety of wacky vehicles, some of which might be completely unsuitable for the random minigame at the end, are now a chaotic strength rather than a frustrating gimmick. And with the simplified controls and wide variety of tasks throughout the city, basically anybody can drop in and immediately start having a good time. A+, I played literally thousands of hours with my brothers and friends.
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Phantom Doctrine, an XCOM-like about running a cold war spy agency, is the first thing to come to mind. A bit janky, a bit repetitive at times, but absolutely delivers on its premise.
Doing some quick searches it looks like Heaven's Vault also qualifies as a 7/10 game, which is insane because it's an all time great.
Also both of the Unexplored games - the first one is a fairly graphically simple roguelike, going through a randomly generated dungeon level by level, and the second is a much broader (and prettier) adventure game that still has some of that roguelike DNA to it, where you can intentionally die or retire to pass on a legacy and create a new character (but no longer are required to).
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Now, perhaps controversial opinion, but I vastly prefer its sequel, Bushido Blade 2
It may not have the refined gameplay of the first game, but it does have an unlockable character who can shoot folks in the dick with an M16, which, well that's sick as hell.
Bionic Commando (2009)
It is extremely linear and the story is awful, but the swinging is fun and that's what matters to me.
I did speedruns of it for a while. My best time is just under an hour.
On that I loved and I don't think anyone else ever played was Space Station Silicon Valley for the N64. It was a fun puzzle action game where you solve puzzles by killing and taking over the bodies of robot animals. It had a weird sense of humor and the levels were genuinely fun to explore
It was made by DMA who made Lemmings and later became Rockstar North
This shit was my childhood. Rocket dog was insane. Wheels and missiles? Can't be beat.
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy might be my actual answer though. FPS with telekinesis and other psychic abilities for combat and puzzles. Definitely a bit cheesy and looks like it's about to fall apart at the seams late game.
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miscellaneousinsanitygrass grows, birds fly, sun shines,and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered Userregular
i think red faction, as a whole, is about my baseline for a 7/10 series
extremely fun to fuck around with but also instantly forgettable
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MalReynoldsThe Hunter S Thompson of incredibly mild medicinesRegistered Userregular
Bionic Commando (2009)
It is extremely linear and the story is awful, but the swinging is fun and that's what matters to me.
I did speedruns of it for a while. My best time is just under an hour.
Still has one of the best worst plot twists re: the fate of your wife, who swore to never leave your side.
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
I always thought it was bullshit that you fight your way through Bushido Blade just to have the last boss shoot you
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy might be my actual answer though. FPS with telekinesis and other psychic abilities for combat and puzzles. Definitely a bit cheesy and looks like it's about to fall apart at the seams late game.
This is a great call too.
I’ll throw Hybrid Heaven into the pile.
It’s a third person action/puzzle game with a turn based combat system I’ve never seen elsewhere.
You start with basic kicks and punches and a few basic throws, but taking hits from enemies gives you a chance to learn them like a blue mage.
Using these attacks levels up the limbs involved, allowing your character to adapt to fit your style of play, so you can go allrounder, boxer, kickboxer, grappler and so on.
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I spent so much time on that little dungeon exploration game, I still don't know why they put that in a fighting game but I loved it
I spent the duration of my time in a grocery store queue yesterday trying to remember the name of that game
I even had the title in mind at one point, but rejected it because I thought there was "something cold" in the name
Anyway I liked that one a lot. It came to mind when I was reading the Rock Paper Shotgun review of Hauntii.
I know it’s pretty well known around here but I feel like it got lost in the shuffle as far as good JRPG’s go
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I actually own Starlink but never played it because at one point they had a bundle with Starlink and Mario+Rabbids for like $20 and it was the best price for the Mario game
Pathologic 2 is an incredible and brilliant game that I will never, ever be able to finish
Just so much damn fun.
Even if I'm just smashing the same attack over and over in the most basic of environments following a Saturday morning cartoon story.
http://www.audioentropy.com/
The combat is repetitive and janky, there's a lot of reused models for the NPCs, and the environments are very copy & paste (there are three governors on the island and they apparently all contracted the exact same deeply unimaginative architect to build their palaces).
Still, the characters are fun, the plot is surprisingly decent, and the constantly reused environments do look pretty nice. So it's a good time, even if it is obviously flawed.
Kirby Air Ride is a simple, "1 button" racing game with a variety of different craft to zoom around on, all of which handle really badly in their own way. As a racing game, it's tolerable but with no real single player and barely any interaction with other players, its forgettable at best.
But the as a party game, playing City Trial? It's the best party game of all time. 5-7 minutes of free-roam flying around as wild stuff happens, finding new vehicles or power ups, before eventually getting thrown into a wacky minigame. Driving around the city is chaotic fun and the variety of wacky vehicles, some of which might be completely unsuitable for the random minigame at the end, are now a chaotic strength rather than a frustrating gimmick. And with the simplified controls and wide variety of tasks throughout the city, basically anybody can drop in and immediately start having a good time. A+, I played literally thousands of hours with my brothers and friends.
Doing some quick searches it looks like Heaven's Vault also qualifies as a 7/10 game, which is insane because it's an all time great.
Also both of the Unexplored games - the first one is a fairly graphically simple roguelike, going through a randomly generated dungeon level by level, and the second is a much broader (and prettier) adventure game that still has some of that roguelike DNA to it, where you can intentionally die or retire to pass on a legacy and create a new character (but no longer are required to).
Now, perhaps controversial opinion, but I vastly prefer its sequel, Bushido Blade 2
It may not have the refined gameplay of the first game, but it does have an unlockable character who can shoot folks in the dick with an M16, which, well that's sick as hell.
it looks like that???
It was also a Ps1 game, so...
I was just thinking about this game recently
The cool kids at the forum I hung out on in the ps2 days would never shut the fuck up about it, but finding a copy was impossible so I never played it
http://www.audioentropy.com/
It's so (7/10) good that I started calling it by it's actual name.
IT FUCKIN' RULES!!!
you take that back
gitaroo man is a 10/10 and i will not hear otherwise
Yeah, there are a bunch of unlockable characters, including another that is a flamboyant cowboy who uses a revolver.
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It is extremely linear and the story is awful, but the swinging is fun and that's what matters to me.
I did speedruns of it for a while. My best time is just under an hour.
well, you're in luck, they also ported it to the sony psp!
(koei please release this game on modern hardware i am begging you)
This shit was my childhood. Rocket dog was insane. Wheels and missiles? Can't be beat.
extremely fun to fuck around with but also instantly forgettable
Still has one of the best worst plot twists re: the fate of your wife, who swore to never leave your side.
"Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor
My new novel: Maledictions: The Offering. Now in Paperback!
There's a whole subreddit about that:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bullshido/
The OST is so good.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
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She was at the end of the survival mode.
The gun is absolutely as lethal as you think it is.
This is a great call too.
I’ll throw Hybrid Heaven into the pile.
It’s a third person action/puzzle game with a turn based combat system I’ve never seen elsewhere.
You start with basic kicks and punches and a few basic throws, but taking hits from enemies gives you a chance to learn them like a blue mage.
Using these attacks levels up the limbs involved, allowing your character to adapt to fit your style of play, so you can go allrounder, boxer, kickboxer, grappler and so on.