As the title states, I wanted to ask around a little who here knows some hidden game gems that are unknown.

I personally, contribute to this "list" (?) this game.
It is so unknown, that at the end of it's life I bought the boxed version at a German retailer for a euro.

It is a great RTS game. I returned to it after some years and a new 40€ expensive copy, started making a custom campaign for it (it has an editor with the "SAIL" programming language, which is essentially Pascal, since the game was programmed in delphi (I also know Delphi! Mahou right?).

Anyone who likes RTS should check it out.

Is there anyone who has the same feeling about some other game?

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剑侠情缘 3. It got canceled in favor of an online version and was supposed to be a sequel to 剑侠情缘 2. Lack of funding really sucks. D:
I'm really looking forward to a sequel to 武林群侠传。

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Oh god, CHINESE

edit:
I know Mew is Chinese, I know I was thinking "I should write "OH GOD CHINESE"" but I ended up writing japanese....

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No, Chinese.

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Apologies, typo

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I don't know why but I think you just make up the letters,knowing that nobody here will notice it.

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They are both well known games/series (...in China).

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it's always number 3 with games

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I have fond memories of Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal, which is like a mix of Quake 3 and Pokemon.
(pzl vote)

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Looking at gameplay, looks pretty interesting actually

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i loved it when it came out! :)

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Voted, nice soundtrack.

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Holy shit I'm not the only one who played that crap. It's a bit too blatant in ripping off Pokémon, but I didn't care. OCD players must avoid though.

Too bad it never will be sold again anywhere, Funatics is no more and I doubt anyone would want to buy the IP.

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a very nice game indeed, sadly forgotten by everyone. And it's a shame noone will publish it again with THQ closed.

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I actually still have the box set somewhere in the cupboard. Good game really.

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Battle Realms

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Yeah!!
Was looking for this game high and low..

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GOG.com. Battle Realms had a unique feel to it that no other RTS ever matched. Myth was another.

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Dangan Ronpa, even though it has a fairly large fandom and is getting a US version along with a recently announced spinoff.

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The thread says games not dating sims.

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Bahahahahahhahahahhaa!

Good one!

Wait are you serious? It's nothing like a dating sim. It's more like a murder mystery visual novel.

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Are you fucking serious?

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team buddies
valkyiria chronicles
cronno cross
bomberman land
XI sai
demolition racer
hogs of war

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Second Sight.

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This. But i think this game is quite famous.

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I know, like... 5 people that ever heard about it.

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Yep, if only I could get my copy working again...

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Are you using the GOG version?

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Well, not really that-hidden gem, but still it should be recalled every time someone asks about them.

Vampire Bloodlines

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Gotta admit I never played it, even though I know it's supposed to be great.

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If you're an RPG fan, you simply must give it a try - just remember about unofficial-patches.

Not many games that give you different gameplay-experience from very start, as playing Nosferatu or Malkavian is so different to other vampire clans.

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I'd say fuck all unofficial patches just to stay out of the patch Armageddon that will never end. it works perfectly with just the last official patch out there and you're saving yourself a lot of headaches

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Reinstalling now, this one is great!

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Best game ever !!!!

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I often started it but never completed it somehow...

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I don't really think it fits here. You're not a real RPG player if you not atleast know it. I've personally never met anyone who did not know it. It's one of the best RPGs i'v ever played, up there with Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale :)

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Yea. Soo sad the company that made it went under not long after making that game. Was a good one.

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This game was perfect.

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ANY game made by cavedog back in the day... they were such a great company

i LOVED total annihilation games.

the fact they bankrupted is depressing till this day.

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Agreed!
Also, the Freespace games were freaking awesome. Volition Software RIP

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The guys that made Total Annihilation made Supreme Commander I beleive, and it shows, I enjoyed it, but Supreme Commander 2 was a let down because it felt like they really dumbed it down a lot.

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That's true, and as far as I know TA was a fairly popular game back in `98.

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I would have liked a sequel to El Shaddai: Ascension of The Metatron.

Hagane on Super Nes is really great but very little known, and it never got the sequel it deserved. Same with Axelay, though that one is more well known.

Reckoning: Kingdom of Amular getting crushed was very tragic.

I don't know if it ever picked up, but Anarchy Reigns deserved far, far, far, better sales and review then it got. Video game tragedy of the century.

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Unreal Tournament Series(except 3)

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Unreal Tournament hidden? Really? Go post somewhere else, pls.

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Beyond Good and Evil

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Is that really a hidden one? wasn't it fairly popular? I remember playing it and I know some friends that played it as well.

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It didn't get much success in the beginning due to a bad timing release, but it became popular later.

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It's something of a cult classic.

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Yeah, this game was awesome! :D

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Shadowman

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+1, btw it got released on gog.com today, and it's going to be released on STEAM next month :)

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advent rising, it was canceled.

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first one was not. But, they wanted to create a trilogy, so...

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Wish it hadn't been canceled.

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Space Rangers - one of the best russian games, last part (HD) is coming to english steam pretty soon (octobernovember), already available in russia (since feb.). Link: spacerangershd.com, somehow i cant add it as clicky D:

Heroes of the annihilated empires.

Tourgor aka Tension aka The Void (Different names, Russian is TourgorТургор) - game without a common genre.

Pathologic (Russian name is Plague:Utopia aka Мор:Утопия) - horrorish... thing.

Cryostasis (Dissapeared from steam store) - Russian "survival horror" with very complicated story.

The list is quite long. There are a LOT of epic games like these in rus, but they are fairly unknown outside.

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+1 to those and a correction - Cryostasis is a Ukrainian game, not Russian.

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Megaman Legends

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Check these all out:

Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal, Secret Files: Tunguska (rest of the series is meeeeeeeh), ObsCure, Flywrench, Bad Mojo, Anachronox, Blade Runner, SHOGO: Mobile Armor Division, Mark of Kri, The Firemen (SNES), Skies of Arcadia, Super Amazing Wagon Adventure, Solar 2, Second Sight, Rollcage 2, Megarace 2, Klonoa 2 (turn down the fucking volume on this one though, if you value your sanity), Blair Witch Project vol. 1: Rustin Parr, Advent Rising, Kick Master (NES), The Simpsons: Hit & Run, Sanitarium, Microsoft Midtown Madness series, Microsoft Motocross Madness series, Tom & Jerry In: House Trap (best played co-op), Hunting Unlimited series (I never thought a game like this would be actually engaging, holy shit was it a surprise), The Suffering, Metal Arms: Glitch In The System, Gun Metal, Freedom Fighters, Clive Barker's Jericho, Clive Barker's Undying, Outcast, the Jedi Knight series (quite popular in their time though), Rumble Racing, Porrasturvat, The Punisher (2005-ish PC one, not the arcade), and maybe Requiem: Avenging Angel, though I hated that one.

I could probably dig up at least this much more, but I'm too lazy to do so. You're welcome, happy fishing.

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Games that went under..

Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa.. i really loved Tabula Rasa, but unfortunately it couldn't compete with other popular MMO's at the time so they had to shut down the servers :(


hidden gems? i dno really

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I bought that 5$/5€ thing back then when you could play the beta before release, played it then till release and later when it went F2P I played it as well.

I miss it

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I was in the beta.. I was all excited for the game till they decided to nerf some things into almost non-existence.

If it was not for that I probably would have bought the game. It was the last min patch they did. ( The patch was put into the beta when there was only a day left in it.. was soo stupid in my opinion )

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Gladius It was a turn based gladiatorial combat strategy game. I still go back to it every now and again.

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Hammerfight. Despite have been on a bundle i think it's quite underappreciated.

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what about Soulbringer?

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Rollcage! Used to play it with my brother back in the days.

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This gem... Sacrifice

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+1 for Sacrifice. That was one hell of a game, with original gameplay and great voice acting.

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Hah yea that was a good one. Do not think it sold well sadly :( At least not during the first month or so.

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I was going to mention Sacrifice, myself, but you beat me to it. I've still got it installed due to my recent Earth-powers-only playthrough.

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Silent Storm - Squad based tactical game based in WW2, very cool - recently greenlit and will be on steam, even though game is already few years old.

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Binary Domain

The generic squad shooter that's anything but
from the Yakuza team.

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I kinda like the game, but I'm not able to beat the fight in the tunnel :(

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I had trouble with that boss at first too but then I mainly used the assault rifle to expose the flashing weak points and used the sniper rifle to hit the exposed weak points on his head, underside, and arms. but even with this it still took a minute to beat him due to Shindo's less than satisfactory driving skills.

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Seems I was talking about a different situation, because I just met Shindo after that, but I did it ^^

It was the one with the Mobile Howitzer, but I was doing it completely wrong, even though thank ;)

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oh! Sorry. I guess I should have asked. Good Luck with the bosses to come though! you'll need it.

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^^ Some were annoying like this wheel thing, I always shot the head and nothing happened, but then I figured it out xD
Now I'm in the Building searching for R&D, but I'm keeping that for tommorrow or rather later today :P

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Holy crap, I thought that site was gone. Thanks!

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The site has had several iterations, but that's where you can find it, now. One of the most impressive sites on the net, IMHO.

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Hey look its Amnesia! :P BTW forgot about that site. Thanks for reminding me!

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Closed 11 years ago by TRUCKER.