The hidden gems

Things change I've changed · 14 Oct 2007 at 18:21

ganesh said:
Chronicles of riddick - Absolutely amazing game.

Not enough people have played this game and it's one of the best, still amazing graphically, the part where you come up into the showers area :eek:

, beautiful graphics even compared with todays games.

Nymins · 14 Oct 2007 at 18:25

I have to agree with Max Payne.

Probably my favourite video game series next to Half Life. Excellent story and presentation and graphics are amazing.

Ice Rich · 14 Oct 2007 at 18:44

I love my point'n'clicks/adventure especially Borken Sword / Monkey Island games.

As to hidden gems I dunno as I tend to like games that everyone else likes alos

Hoever, the game Still Life sticks in my mind. Very good story - shame about the ending though.

Bengaboy · 14 Oct 2007 at 19:09

Ice Rich said:
I love my point'n'clicks/adventure especially Borken Sword / Monkey Island games.

YES, YES and even more YES!

I have played broken sword 1 & 2 a good 8-9 years ago when it came out on the ps1. That would have made me 7-8 years old.

Recently completed the 3rd one for the pc, just got the 4th to go

bledd · 14 Oct 2007 at 19:09

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

do you try and trash every thread you post in :eek:

Bengaboy · 14 Oct 2007 at 19:10

bledd. said:
resident evil 4

truly awesome game

Not exactly a hidden gem is it

Meridian · 14 Oct 2007 at 19:12

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

The OP asked about obscure games that people liked. iBot correctly pointed out that just about every game so-far mentioned was actually very popular in its time (Max Payne rare? I don't think so - it was hard to escape the hype at the time). The vast majority of these game are only rare now because they are old. On that basis Doom is rare.

M

Bengaboy · 14 Oct 2007 at 19:14

Meridian said:
The OP asked about obscure games that people liked. iBot correctly pointed out that just about every game so-far mentioned was actually very popular in its time (Max Payne rare? I don't think so - it was hard to escape the hype at the time). The vast majority of these game are only rare now because they are old. On that basis Doom is rare.

M

What i actually meant, was games that were reviewed highly, but hadnt had a lot of people play on them. Psychonauts is a good example of this.

Killerkebab · 14 Oct 2007 at 19:17

bledd. said:
do you try and trash every thread you post in

In this case though, he has a hell of a point

Killerkebab · 14 Oct 2007 at 19:17

Bengaboy said:
What i actually meant, was games that were reviewed highly, but hadnt had a lot of people play on them. Psychonauts is a good example of this.

Zillions of people have played Max Payne

Bengaboy · 14 Oct 2007 at 19:22

Killerkebab said:
Zillions of people have played Max Payne

lol, i know, but I was feeling weird and most of my mates hadnt played it. Only one i thought of at the time!

atpbx · 14 Oct 2007 at 19:31

Hidden and dangerous 2.

Lunatic Dreyfus · 14 Oct 2007 at 19:37

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.

Yep, Hostile Waters is the very definition of the hidden PC gem.

I would add Jagged Alliance 2 to this list. I don't think it was ever really a popular mainstream title, but it had/has tons of depth and charm.

Sleepery · 14 Oct 2007 at 19:42

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?

Chronicles of Riddick is being remastered for the 360 and being released around christmas time. It's called CoR : Assault on Dark Athena, but it's basically the same game, but with written for the 360 and with a few extra bits thrown in.

Drukk · 14 Oct 2007 at 19:45

Toonstruck, was way ahead of its time imo.

FrenchTart · 14 Oct 2007 at 20:14

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

So true :/

It's a shame is it truly is the best RTS I've ever played.

Mephisto · 14 Oct 2007 at 20:17

Starcraft was ok, I preferred WC3 though.

Riddick was pretty good also, the best bit being the melee fighting. Those ring fights in the prison courtyard with the weapons, brutal.

Count_Zero99uk · 14 Oct 2007 at 20:21

Uplink

ganesh · 14 Oct 2007 at 20:29

Count_Zero99uk said:
Uplink

I'll second this one, very good game. Only annoyance being that you can't save, so game over means game over.

Marky · 14 Oct 2007 at 20:30

Fahrenheit

Best storyline for a game EVER! Should be a movie...

And I third uplink - it will kill an entire week of your life