Whoa, someone who's played and enjoyed a Sega Saturn. You could probably list most good games for that console as hidden gems. My pick would be Dragon Force, as I rarely see even Sega fans acknowledge its existence. And for someone like me who hates battle grinding and simplistic point-and-click map design in strategy games, I could not get enough of this one. Generals squaring off and doing a 100v100 fight was such a fun spectacleOriginally Posted by Rain1
As for games on consoles people actually owned
For Genesis/Mega Drive I would say Light Crusader. I think I've only ever seen the game mentioned once in any time I've spent watching retro game reviewers on YouTube and whatnot. I only played it once, but I remember not being able to put it down. It's an isometric action rpg similar to Landstalker, but with a more adult, serious, and depressing story, design, and atmosphere. So I guess think Alundra, but with less Zelda influence. I should play it again...
For PS3/360/PC of the age, I'll never stop singing the praises of LotR: War in the North. It's by the same people who did Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance and the Champions of Norrath games for PS2. It was their final game before getting absorbed and demolished by Activision. And sadly they didn't get a chance to polish the game so there are still a few game breaking bugs you'd have to watch out for. But it's one of the most fun co-op games I've ever played. And while it rides on the coattails of LotR, it has a fairly original and engaging story completely separate from everything going on in the books and other games. The characters are likable and endearing. But the real meat-and-potatoes is the combat, where you get cinematic kills while dealing with whole hordes of enemies. Kinda plays like a Diablo game from third person. So much fun to decapitate or brain someone at the end of a fight, or call in your eagle friend to wreck an entire group of orcs that were giving you trouble
Has anyone played Tomodachi Life on the DS? It was popular enough for its time, but I think everyone has forgotten about it, and that's a shame. Its one of the craziest and best Sims rip-offs out there. Using Nintendo Miis to fill up a weird hotel on an island where you're some kind of diety and can't actually play as any of the characters. You give them gifts, clothes, food, bedroom accessories, etc. While they find jobs, and do rap battles, or opera songs and donate to your needs and lots of insane shenanigans happen. You can watch inside their dreams or play guessing games with them. Sometimes they'll marry each other and have kids. It's pretty surreal and epic for a DS game and I'm surprised they haven't made another
I'll stop here, it's hard to think of ones for the other consoles. But I may come back with more later
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