The hidden gems

iviv · 14 Oct 2007 at 16:14

Spunj99 said:
Yes!

PSYCHONAUTS!

Only sold ~500,000 copies on its original release, before Steam etc...which is an absolute disgrace, by FAR the best game to be released in the last 5 years.

Seriously.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...punctuation/1368-Zero-Punctuation-Psychonauts

Sums it up rather well

TheVoice · 14 Oct 2007 at 16:22

Hostile Waters. Never see anyone mention it, but it's very cool. Was made by Rage, and features Tom Baker of Dr Who fame as the narrator. Uses a number of RTS elements very well while still allowing you to get properly involved in the action, and the AI is good too, especially when they start talking to each other.

RuMp3l4$k1n · 14 Oct 2007 at 16:28

Trackmania unlimited is an utterly awesome racing game imo, with a pretty friendly community behind it.

Bengaboy · 14 Oct 2007 at 16:28

Ok, fantastic, chronicals of riddick cant be played on the 360 - so what kind of specs am i looking at to play it nicely on pc?

iBot · 14 Oct 2007 at 16:36

All these games are as common as cancer and as popular as doom

"andy" · 14 Oct 2007 at 16:54

Bengaboy said:
Ok, fantastic, chronicals of riddick cant be played on the 360 - so what kind of specs am i looking at to play it nicely on pc?

even 6800 or something would play it nicely

caff · 14 Oct 2007 at 16:55

iviv said:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...punctuation/1368-Zero-Punctuation-Psychonauts

Sums it up rather well

Yep perfectly

Psychonauts is indeed for the win.

ganesh · 14 Oct 2007 at 17:00

iBot said:
All these games are as common as cancer and as popular as doom

If you have nothing useful to say it is often better to say nothing at all.

Darkwave · 14 Oct 2007 at 17:14

Infernal.

Spunj99 · 14 Oct 2007 at 17:20

Bengaboy said:
Psychonaughts , i have always known to be a good game, but it never really made me want to go and get it, but ill have a punt if i can get it cheap. Ill get that for me xbox too if it supports it.

Get it for the PC, the graphics are the sex at high res. :cool:

Bengaboy said:
Ok, fantastic, chronicals of riddick cant be played on the 360 - so what kind of specs am i looking at to play it nicely on pc?

I had everything on High with 1gb and a 9800 pro. It's a pretty sweet game engine.

HangTime · 14 Oct 2007 at 17:24

TheVoice said:
Hostile Waters. Never see anyone mention it, but it's very cool. Was made by Rage, and features Tom Baker of Dr Who fame as the narrator. Uses a number of RTS elements very well while still allowing you to get properly involved in the action, and the AI is good too, especially when they start talking to each other.

Was quite tempted to buy this but was put off by the fact that one of Rage's earlier titles, Incoming, was just a platform for flashy graphics and had incredibly repetitive gameplay.

While not necessarily a hidden 'gem', I thought Tribes: Vengeance was a good game with a nice storyline and some mix of traditional linear shooter with arena combat. Yet it is very rare I see it mentioned anywhere.

Skullfish1 · 14 Oct 2007 at 17:26

TheVoice said:
Hostile Waters.

Love it.

For the life of me I can't get it running on my XP rig, which is a pity becasue until the upgrade last year I installed/played it through every 6 months.

Killerkebab · 14 Oct 2007 at 17:39

Original War
KKND

Matt Van Dam · 14 Oct 2007 at 17:45

Shadow Warrior

macca672 · 14 Oct 2007 at 18:01

Geometry wars

Xenon 2000 (free from http://www.bitmap-brothers.co.uk/front.htm

)

Kreeeee · 14 Oct 2007 at 18:02

Spunj99 said:
Overstatement of the decade.

Everyone has heard of it and regard it highly. Just not many people play it anymore.

No, really, so many on OcUK PC Games forum have no idea what is it.

Sinque · 14 Oct 2007 at 18:09

Kreeeee said:
No, really, so many on OcUK PC Games forum have no idea what is it.

Never played it, but heard of it a lot. Is it related to 'zerg' or am I thinking something different?

Darkwave · 14 Oct 2007 at 18:14

Kreeeee said:
No, really, so many on OcUK PC Games forum have no idea what is it.

No, I agree with him. It's the overstatement of the decade. We all know it's your "thing" to be obsessed with StarCraft but it's not really as funny and spontaneous as used to be, I think you should try less hard for a while.

Keylow · 14 Oct 2007 at 18:15

Call of Juarez.

Amnesia · 14 Oct 2007 at 18:19

ganesh said:
Chronicles of riddick - Absolutely amazing game.

should be installed just for the intro........best intro in a game ive ever seen.
second best would be warhammer dawn of war.

as for naming a game i will name stalker.
takes a little time getting into but has a great atmosphere....give it some time and its rewarding.