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There was this little (maybe not so little, it came outta nowhere for me) strategy game called JTF. I thoroughly enjoyed the hell out of it. I thought it was so cool, I'd play every stage and celar the map. To me, it is still more fun the World in Conflict in single player.
I think it was pretty much panned as an average game, and I don't know what it was, but it had the right combo of units and a fun story. Best of all, you didn't mass produce tanks or anything ridiculous like that. Each unit was something you TRIED to keep alive through the stage.
Anyway, I see it around 10 bucks or so, and if you like strategy games, give it a shot.
Whoa, stop there.
Terranigma is largely considered the better game because, technically, and gameplay wise, it is the refinement of what came before it. I think its a great game because it is a great game, not because I was denied it - I'm in PAL land (christ, imagine if that attitude held true -
It's just that good.
honest to god.
i dont know which magazine but i have a vague sense it was one of those PC Hardware magazines that reviews 2-3 games somewhere in the back each issue.
Didn't like Soul Blazer in the least. Disappointing.
I had one of the remakes on the Saturn. First game I played that had full voice acting.
That reminds me of this Fire Emblem esque game on the SNES called GemFire. None of my friends liked it, but I played the hell out of that game.
PARASITE EVE 2!!!--Parasite Eve 2 is for some reason one of my 10 favorite games ever. I got 100 percent completion on killing all the monsters. I actually sold it along with all my other PS1 games for really good money on ebay a year or two ago. PE2 is the only one I went back and re-bought off someone else later.
Final Fantasy X-2--Yeah I'm one of those 'weirdos' who plays more of the modern Final Fantasy games. I didn't play the originals when I was a kid because I wasn't very good at video games as a younger child. I went back and played the older ones and didn't really like them. This game was fun to me because of how much I liked the characters from 10. Yes I do think they were fleshed out because in the modern games stories can be told so much better because you can do full-fledged cut scenes, scored music, voice acting, facial expressions. Not really possible on the older ones so I just prefer the modern ones. I'd say X-2 is just behind X & VIII as my favorite RPGs.
One Piece: Unlimited Adventure --I'm almost certain its getting bad reviews because its a licensed game but I love me some One Piece.
Man what the hell, the average score of 69% on gamerankings is a damn lie. It's a perfectly good adventure game with some kick ass boss battles. The amount of stuff you have to collect is kind of annoying at times (fucking burning trees) and some stuff could be more intuitive (I spent way too long figuring out how to break the walls in the caves) but it's still a solid game. Fans of the series at least owe it a rental for the boss fights.
Also not below 69, but I played Genji (Metacritic = 74) to full completion. 100%. I did everything. I loved that game.
Yes, I love samurai shit, my Onimusha collection could blot out the sun (so I could hack and slash in the shade).
As far as i recall it was well recieved by critics but I don't think it hit the status that actraiser got. Guess you could call it a sleeper hit. Still one of the must haves for any SNES library.
Definitely not something the critics hated. Catan is one of the most successful boardgames I know of, if you don't count the likes of Candyland and Risk.
I also thought X-2 was a lot of fun. Yes, even the story.
Because seriously, all I see is people listing games they love that critics also loved. I mean what's the point? :S
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That's a game you hated that the critics loved.
That's even MORE of an opposite.
Look it up. Look at some screens, it looks grainy as shit. But damn if it wasn't one of my favorite shooters of that era. I happen to love a good live-action shooter, like the Mad Dog Mcree games, and I really liked this one. The acting was actually pretty decent for a live-action game, the story was ok, and even though you controlled your crosshairs with the controller, it ended up feeling pretty responsive. I must have rented this game like 5 times. I even hauled the entire system over to my buddy's house a couple times so he could play this with me. Awesome.