Gaming Good games that are unknown

[Quanno]

What are some games that are really worth mentioning but not that well known?

For me it would be Timeshift. It was a pretty decent FPS with Time-control as base:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4aTnnJ73q0[/youtube]
Too bad it wasn't that known...

So, you guys have more of those?

 

[Licardo7]

all i can say is Amnesia: the dark descent

scariest game ever made, no matter how much of a man you are

 

[Evo.lve]

Mine would probably be Prototype. Amazing game, but (from what I've seen) very few people have heard of it. And all the people I know are graphics whores who love games like Prototype.

 

[Gagarin]

Wait, prototype was on xbox as well?

 

[Nujui]

Play Conquest Of The Long Bow.

A classic DOS game.

 

[doyama]

On the PC side here are a few

King's Bounty Series (for everyone wanting an actual HOMM sequel)
Monkey Island 1&2 Special Editions (Point and click isn't dead!)
Anomaly Warzone Earth (a reverse tower defense game)
Day of Defeat: Source (Yeah I realize it's 'another' ww2 shooter but its good really)

 

[bowlofspiders]

Sorry about that...

 

[The Catboy]

Sanitarium. One of my all time favorite PC games.

 

[Joe88]

Lunar series (Mega drive)
Disgaea series (PS1 and above)
Shining Force (Mega drive)

this thread is for PC games...

 

[iFish]

Max and The Magic Marker
Beat Hazard

 

[doyama]

I guess are we talking about 'obscure' PC games? Do we talk about DOS game which probably a good 90% of people here have never heard of (Syndicate, Crusader No Remorse, etc) despite being 'huge' games in their time?

What are the criteria? I could probably prattle off a hundred 'unknown' games that were huge in their day. Where the hell is Links!!!! I WANT A REALISTIC GOLF GAME DAMN IT!

 

[Oveneise]

The 7th Guest

Cave Story (Kind of popular - depends where you look)

And I second on Sanitarium. Awesome game.

 

[mark0217]

Sanitarium. One of my all time favorite PC games.

Fuck YES. Sanitarium will rock your socks off. You can get it at GoG, or the "usual" places.

 

[Joe88]

The 7th Guest
SiN Episodes

 

[doyama]

Not sure why 7th Guest is on the list? I mean that was as popular as Myst back in the day! Can you really call that 'unknown'

 

[Joe88]

how many people know it now though?
im sure the older people do but games like myst kept making sequels and 7th guest never had a sequel or remake ect...

 

[doyama]

how many people know it now though?
im sure the older people do but games like myst kept making sequels and 7th guest never had a sequel or remake ect...

If we're simply talking age 'memory' I could prattle off a half-a-dozen 'unknown' games that were huge in their day

Bard's Tale
Syndicate
Populous
Phantasmgoria
Grim Fandango
Gabriel Knight

FYI 7th Guest had a sequel, the 11th Hour.

I guess that's why I was asking for what 'unknown' meant. While I loved all those games, I probably wouldn't expect someone today to pick them up and go HOLY CRAP THATS AWESOME. I think there are some great indie games coming out right now that do deserve some attention and are 'unknown'. Anomaly Warzone Earth I mentioned is a great example of that. Anything in the Humble Bundles are worth looking at as well.

 

[RNorthex]

clive barker's undying, no one lives forever, sitting ducks, chasm, imperium galactica 1-2 and a lot more....
i wouldn't list dos games, since the gaming wasn't that popular thing back then as it is now or about 5-10 years ago they were all pretty unknown mostly
prototype...i dunno, i think it was kinda popular

 

[Maplemage]

All of my friends in school dont even know what Team Fortress 2 or steam or any steam game, they just play CoD.

 

[Hielkenator]

Strife