Septerra Core for sure. It’s my favorite Final Fantasy game. That game doesn’t look good or play very well, but I kind of love the setting and the story. Also, I just found out that game was scored by Marty O’Donnell, which is wild.
So this is maybe not a game anyone has heard of, but I love BeatDown: Fists of Vengeance for the PS2. It’s basically a fighting game RPG where you play as one of five mafioso who have been betrayed and all have over-the-top dumb personalities. The battles are basically Virtua Fighter-esque (which is weird, because it’s by Capcom) but with ridiculous weapon usage and special moves. The voice acting is terrible but great and it helped me learn what a “shitkicker” was.
I loved how, by the end of K&L2, I was exactly as desperate, frustrated, and pissed-off as Kane & Lynch themselves. Really made me feel like I was part of the story.
Rebel Assault 1&2, which I will fully admit to being largely nostalgia. But there’s still something very satisfying to me about the lightgun style combat even now – when I tried out SWTOR a while ago it was like wrapping myself in a big old blanket when I started one of the space combat missions for the first time. And Rebel Assault 2 included a ton of dumb easter eggs, including a full MST3K mode over every single cutscene in the game, which is impressive dedication for a gag stuck behind a cheat code.
Having Queens of the Stone Age as part of the soundtrack certainly helps.
As someone who’s watched a lot of Sonic 06 LPs, I’ve just realized from that video that I’ve made a grave mistake not also watching Shadow the Hedgehog LPs (Shadow Android? What?). Anybody know some good ones?
I thought I didn’t have a great answer for this topic, but the first Dungeon Siege is one of my favorite games of all time so I may be a little higher on that one than most people.
Also, I know basically everyone liked Nightfire way more, but I had a lot of fun with my friends playing local multiplayer in 007: Agent Under Fire. Very reminiscent of Goldeneye.
omg i loved chameleon twist!!
I don’t think there are that many, but first one that comes to mind is DK 64. It’s aged worse than the actual game was when it came out but I still stand by my 8 yr old self knowing that game was good!
its the greatest story of our generation
you’re a hero, don’t let anyone tell you differently.
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It shames me to say that as a kid I actually thought Shadow the Hedgehog was really cool because of the guns and motorbikes, because as a child I was scum.
I agree with @yaoi that it does have some good ideas buried amongst the awful awful cringiness and terrible gameplay though.
Metal Wolf Chaos isn’t a great game, but it’s got the president of the United States of America driving a mech and fighting a military takeover. It never made it over here (Japan only) but it’s got as much tone-deaf patriotism and tone-deaf English voice acting as a copy of Call of Duty melting in the back of a hot SUV. It’s dumb and bad and indefensible but I love it.
I’ll just say Area 51 / Maximum Force in the arcades. Those games are BAD. I’ve put tons and tons of dollars into them over the years, and will always love them.
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Okay, actually this is my answer. When I was 11, this was the coolest game ever. Running in slow motion to kick people was SO satisfying, and my obsession with The Matrix was unrivaled. I have a very weird sense of nostalgia for Enter the Matrix. I think I beat it 7 or 8 times over the years.
Now, Path of Neo…that’s a different story. That game is damn weird.
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Yoooooo! Enter the Matrix was rad! That game deserved way more credit for having some really neat combat.
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The 1v1 fighting game mode that you had to hack to unlock was actually really, really good
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kane and lynch 2 is the ONLY answer
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Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace - The Movie: The Game. It’s such a weird game - Qui-Gon is consistently a dick, and it has Jar Jar, but you end up in a mini open world when you get to Tattooine. Also, I was 6 and it was literally the only PS1 game I had for 6 months. Fairly sure I know that game better than I know the movie.
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Sonic and the Secret Rings. A Sonic game that actually goes fast, but too fast for the controls. Also it was on the Wii, so you had to drive Sonic like a car, by turning the remote. It was pretty broken and the story was farcical even by Sonic standards. But a friend and I spent hours competing at the levels and cheering each other on and laughing at the terrible dialogue, so I have really fond memories of that game
