Media Post some cool obscure games you've played

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Just thought of a fun game I used to play as a young Canadian zoomer, thought I'd drop a place to talk about it

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Monster Tale, probably my favourite game of all time that no one has ever heard of.

The game combines Metroidvania, Pet Sim and Pokemon style genres to create a really cool experience that used the DS dual screens quite effectively.
Main gimmick of the game was that the top screen was used for overworld exploration / combat, and the bottom screen was a remote portal location where your monster pet chilled out and stored it's items. You could also freely switch your pet from one location to the other, with it being able to use offensive and defensive skills by using some of it's mana.
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There were also a few fights that incorporated both screens into the fight, usually having your pet monster hitting part of the enemy in the bottom side while you'd physically fight it out with the top side.
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It also had a pretty expansive evolution tree, with your pet monster turning from a child, to a teenager and finally an adult as you progressed through the game, with each stage having 10 different forms that unlocked unique skills.

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The game got a ton of good reviews from game journalists, but ultimately didn't really reach a wide audience with the game only being released within the United States. It's also one of the very few games of the time that had a non sexualised female lead, supposedly a controversial decision for the publishers.


That's my blurb, wanted to talk about a game that I had a ton of fun playing and replaying, would highly suggest people try it out.

Now I'd love to hear other games that are generally unknown to the public!
 
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Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart is a fan-made kart racing spin-off of the sequel to a sonic game made in the DOOM Engine… and its one of the best in the genre. Lots of tracks, appealing graphics, tons of playable characters and a decent online mode. Plus its totally free!!! Check it out.
 
Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol

One of my friends turned me onto this game recently, and despite its 1995 release it's actually really expansive. Obviously not the most impressive graphically (even for the time) and it takes a bit to figure out, but once you get going it really sucks you in. You crawl through a dungeon with a party of up to four characters, defeating monsters, collecting items, leveling up, etc. All sounds pretty standard. But there's just something charming about it. It distracted me from my backlog of Switch games for awhile anyway lol. There's even a Wiki that my friend linked me to that I haven't really dug around in much but apparently it's got a lot of info on the game if you're interested.
 
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3-D Ultra Radio Control Racers Deluxe: Traxxas Edition

Incredibly fun and underrated game from my childhood that I wish would get a remaster/remake or, at the very least, a port at some point. It had so much charm, and the racing/power-ups/battling was fun, and the customization was really cool too!

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Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart is a fan-made kart racing spin-off of the sequel to a sonic game made in the DOOM Engine… and its one of the best in the genre. Lots of tracks, appealing graphics, tons of playable characters and a decent online mode. Plus its totally free!!! Check it out.
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From what I understand, the whole Sonic Robo Blast 2 fan-made game is really good too!
 
i quite like playing obscure games, particularly ones released for retro consoles, but apparently most I've played are obscure enough where even I can't think of them off of the top of my head haha. on top of that I haven't really been playing many video games lately but i digress.

one of the better puzzle games I've ever played is TRI: Of Friendship and Madness, but in 9 years (damn...) it's only received 334 steam reviews.

it's a first person puzzle game where you change how you traverse the level by creating 3d triangles you can walk on. you look at a floor/ceiling/wall and place an anchor point, and 3 anchor points that can validly connect will form a triangle. if it isn't too steep a triangle you can walk on it to get somewhere and solve a puzzle. there's also crazy stuff like light reflection mechanics
i'm understating it because I don't want to hit you with a wall of text (nor do i want to write one) but the puzzles are incredibly unique and the atmosphere of the game, both in a visual and auditory sense, is incredible. it just flew under the radar so much that I forgot about it even though I played it!

two others I'll mention are roguelands and ratz instagib.
roguelands is a super bog standard roguelike that got abandoned a year or 2 after getting kickstarted. however, a super bog standard roguelike is still decently enjoyable and the combat mechanics are pretty tight. not adding stuff to the game ended up meaning that there was nothing to bog down the fun of the core systems. not worth $10 but if you find it on sale then buy it I guess. i think there's a modding scene too.
ratz instagib is a movement shooter where you fly around the map at 300 kilometers an hour and shoot others with your instakill weapon - if your aim is good enough to hit the other supersonic rats, that is. it's old so the only people you'll find playing it are massive tryhards but it's still quite fun especially if you can somehow get someone you know to buy it. better than quake champions (which is still pretty good) lol
 
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If we're talking obscure games I gotta bring this bad boy up. A pretty standard PS1 platformer akin to Spyro, a fun mechanic featuring player character monster transformations as powerups, and with accurate voice acting from what I remember. The main standout of the game however is the intense difficulty spike and lack of direction about halfway through the game. I've never seen it again in secondhand stores and I wouldn't have a way to play it anyway lol, but had to give it a shoutout
 
I need to dig through my backlog. I have some random retro stuff like Panzer Dragoon Saga (yes I own an actual copy) that would be fun to share. The things I have played aren't that obscure for the most part.

The best I can think of is Radiant Historia, but that sold well enough to get a 3DS remake so eh.

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Just thought of a fun game I used to play as a young Canadian zoomer, thought I'd drop a place to talk about it

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Monster Tale, probably my favourite game of all time that no one has ever heard of.

The game combines Metroidvania, Pet Sim and Pokemon style genres to create a really cool experience that used the DS dual screens quite effectively.
Main gimmick of the game was that the top screen was used for overworld exploration / combat, and the bottom screen was a remote portal location where your monster pet chilled out and stored it's items. You could also freely switch your pet from one location to the other, with it being able to use offensive and defensive skills by using some of it's mana.
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There were also a few fights that incorporated both screens into the fight, usually having your pet monster hitting part of the enemy in the bottom side while you'd physically fight it out with the top side.
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It also had a pretty expansive evolution tree, with your pet monster turning from a child, to a teenager and finally an adult as you progressed through the game, with each stage having 10 different forms that unlocked unique skills.

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The game got a ton of good reviews from game journalists, but ultimately didn't really reach a wide audience with the game only being released within the United States. It's also one of the very few games of the time that had a non sexualised female lead, supposedly a controversial decision for the publishers.


That's my blurb, wanted to talk about a game that I had a ton of fun playing and replaying, would highly suggest people try it out.

Now I'd love to hear other games that are generally unknown to the public!
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I remember reading about this game in Nintendo Power before it came out. It sounded fun and wish I got it, but I was still a teen and didn't have a lot of purchasing freedom at the time.
 
Does this count? This game has a crazy production story. Budget and crew of a movie production. So expensive that it sunk its studio. Graphic engine still roaring today for other studios that bought the rights back.
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Bumping this thread because I remembered a gem

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GOATED GAME

Played this as a kid with no concept of what Dragon Quest even was, and this shit banged. It's supposedly a sequel / remake of an initial "Rocket Slime" game that came out in Japan on the GBA, but was never localized into English (which was then followed by a 3rd sequel/remake for the 3DS, which was also not localised).

However this one was! The gameplay feels super fun, and just has you exploring an evil creature filled world as a bouncing slime that rockets itself around. It's somewhat just a big collectathon, but it's real fun. There's 100 slimes to save hidden in every nook and cranny stuck in chests around the map. A big aspect of the game is collecting items, enemies and slimes, which you're able to hold 3 of over your head at once, and throw them on carts to bring them back to home base for your personal collection, as well as ammo...

Oh right, ammo. The game about slimes has TANKS, it's sick as fuck. You throw the stuff you've collected in the game out as ammo in a surprisingly decent combat system that utilises the dual screens really well:

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Anyway, hugely recommend this game to anyone that can try it, only gripes are a bit of backtracking, as well as having to manually remove Notifications every time you save a slime, but other than that it's a super enjoyable experience.
 
There's this free gravity-switching platformer called LOVE on itch. I poured so much of my high school life into that game, and I never even finished it. I still have the save file. I haven't played it in a long time because it doesn't run natively on linux, but maybe I should try getting it to run in WINE...
 
Recently played through a fun little visual novel called bad end theater. It was fun. It had like lesbians and this little blue dude who i relate to so much. i love the underling hes so silly omfg.
No joke the game is actually fun. The gimmick is that you have to change the personalities of the different characters while controlling one to get further into the game. The characters are great and believable, and it hits a really nice balance of comic relief and pretty serious story beats. Even if the game only takes 2-3 hours to beat, it's pretty fun.
 
So I haven't played this game, but a friend steamed it to me: Void Stranger.


It's a grid-based block puzzle game (specifically a Sokoban if you know what that is) with graphics heavily inspired by what you'd find on the original Game Boy.

The gist of the gameplay is that you have a wand that lets you take a single tile from the grid and move it somewhere else, also you cannot turn without move a space. Naturally, it's very difficult. I cannot speak more about it without ruining the experience, but trust me when I say it's special.

It's only on PC right now. You can get it via itch.io or Steam.
 
not super obscure but not very well known either
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Made by the same guy who also made Mad Father

It's not really a horror game, more of a thriller I'd say. Writings a little thin, but it's genuinenly very fun to go through the world of the game and the puzzles are entertaining. There's also a ton of ways to die in the game, collecting deaths is genuinenly my favorite thing about it
 
when I was like... 12, I want to say, there was this game I played on my Kindle called teeny titans (and its sequel, teeny titans go figure). it was a rpg based off of the teen titans go show. it was very glitchy, the combat was super exploitable, half the stats in the game revolved around luck, and there was no pvp, but it was still a ton of fun. its combat system is, to my knowledge, completely unique, and something I wish other games used. essentially, instead of turns, there was an energy bar that constantly filled up, and once it was full enough, you could use certain moves. if you are a fan of great stories, graphics, or humor, you are better off looking somewhere else, but if you just want to have some fun, I highly recommend it. also, keep in mind that I have not played it in a while, so it could have been bad and I am just remembering wrong, but I have fond memories of it.
 
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yeah, the game that replaced Crash Team Racing, lol
If you play the game a lot you can find lots of cool glitches and mechanics you can mess with, I found one that I named "Rampdrifting"

I got quite a few world records from that technique, I have videos from my YouTube channel! :D
 
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yeah, the game that replaced Crash Team Racing, lol
If you play the game a lot you can find lots of cool glitches and mechanics you can mess with, I found one that I named "Rampdrifting"

I got quite a few world records from that technique, I have videos from my YouTube channel! :D
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oh my God, I had that game. I don't know where it is, though. maybe I should get it and try to beat your records.
 
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