Metal Jesus Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 (edited) I am continuing my Hidden Gems series this week with the mighty Playstation 2! It's one of my favorite consoles ever... Games Mentioned: Blood Will Tell Snoopy vs The Red Baron Echo Night Beyond Crimson Tears Micro Machines v4 Kim Possible What's the Switch Cold Winter Splashdown Rides Gone Wild Shadow Hearts Covenant & From the New World Dr. Muto Vampire Night What are some of your favorite Hidden Gems for the system? Edited November 9, 2012 by Metal Jesus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Mine too. I have like 4 of them. Too many hidden gems on this one but I'll just go with some overlooked gems that I feel should be played: Drakan: The Ancient Gates Primal Klonoa 2 Mister Mosquito God Hand Odin Sphere Soul Nomad and the World Eaters Grim Grimoire (a little too hard for me though) Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (Persona isn't the only cool RPG) Rise of the Kasai Yakuza 1 and 2 Shadow Hearts is great. Megman X command and the collection. Lapucelle Tactics.....There's so much cool stuff I can mention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 (edited) I'd say Frequency and Amplitude, Harmonix's music/rhythm games that foreshadowed Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Edited November 9, 2012 by FujiSkunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonoidTentacle Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Sorry Metal Jesus, but I have to completely disagree with you on Micro Machines V4. My household used to hardcore MM1-3. We love them. But when we brought home V4, we were just completely disappointed. We gave it a chance, forcing ourselves to play it for a week, but we've never gone back to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 (edited) Watching vid now. Think you forgot to embed a copy here. I'm not through the vid yet, but I'm already shopping for snoopy. My list: Persona 4 Culdcept Alien Hominid Enthusia Professional Racing Downhill Domination Metal Saga Harvey Birdman King of Fighters XI (maybe not so hidden) Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana I also didn't care much for v4. Nowhere near the fun of the 8/16 bit ones. The weapons ruin it for me and the new camera perspective really doesn't help it. Edit: I totally agree on britney's dance beat at the end. Not so much for the game, but the extras were incredible. Edited November 9, 2012 by Reaperman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Jesus Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 (edited) Weird. For some reason when I edited the video, it removed it. Have to put that back.. Thanks for the heads up. And you will LOVE the Snoopy game. Such a fun air combat game. Here's the video again: Edited November 9, 2012 by Metal Jesus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xg4bx Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Rogue Trooper.(It's probably my most favorite third person shooter ever.) Rez Sub Rebellion Pirates:The Legend of Black Kat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizzLee Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 +1Rez Skygunner Seaman MDK2 Killer 7 DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou Shepherd’s Crossing Granted, some are imports... Or have been released on other systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizzLee Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 (edited) .. Dbl post sorry Edited November 10, 2012 by GrizzLee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I'll throw Star Trek: Encounters, Star Trek: Conquest, Gundam Versus Zeta Gundam, and Eternal Poison out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing Lazers Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 (edited) Find someone to play The Adventures of Cookie and Cream with, then come back and thank me. As for something both unique and rare, try the firefighting game Firefighter FD-18 by Konami. Good luck finding it in the wild, though... Edited November 11, 2012 by Blazing Lazers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 +1Rez Skygunner Seaman MDK2 Killer 7 DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou Shepherd's Crossing Granted, some are imports... Or have been released on other systems. Crap I forgot Killer 7!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Jesus Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 Seaman I had no idea Seaman came out on the PS2. Was that in Japan only? Is it different than the wacky Dreamcast version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizzLee Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I had no idea Seaman came out on the PS2. Was that in Japan only? Is it different than the wacky Dreamcast version? Same game as the DC. Japan... A sequel came out in Japan, but I don't have that one. There was rumor that it was to be released on the DS. I don't think it ever happened. I wish they made this game as screen saver type app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 (edited) +1 for Drakan, Primal, Echo Nght: Beyond, Vampire Night, Snoopy, Pirates LOBK, & FF FD 18. Only got a few missions into Snoopy but it's good & family-safe, & I got my FF FD18 at a Blockbuster closing. Out of all of these, I only still have Snoopy & FD18 but I often think about rebuying/replaying them, they're that good- esp. Drakan & Pirates. Edited November 13, 2012 by RJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 A Dog's Life was a cool little unknown as well.... I never played it through all the way cause the game would give me motion sickness, from what I played it was good. ChoroQ and Road Trip Adventure are nice race car\RPG games. Strange but good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Oh yeah I forgot to mention Dogs Life! Great game also family safe (if you don't mind poop jokes) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 ChoroQ and Road Trip Adventure are nice race car\RPG games. Strange but good. I really liked those as well. I mostly played them on GBA, where it made excellent use of the hardware, but the ps2 versions were very nice too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Find someone to play The Adventures of Cookie and Cream with, then come back and thank me. As for something both unique and rare, try the firefighting game Firefighter FD-18 by Konami. Good luck finding it in the wild, though... Cookie and Cream is fantastic with two people! One of the best games on the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Naval Ops Warship Gunner 1 & 2, Naval Ops Warship Commander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Games others have mentioned I want to second: Shadow Hearts (series) Grim Grimoire Persona 4 = This is one of those rare games like Chrono Trigger. I don't enjoy it myself, but I can see that it's a great game. Culdcept Atelier Iris (series) I'll also toss King of Fighters 2006 out there. Perhaps it's not obscure, but it's definitely abandoned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Gitarooman. Very underrated and overlooked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Gitarooman. Very underrated and overlooked. Forgot about that. Excellent game....finished it way back when it came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian O Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Seaman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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