/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.4454790]

Underrated PS1 games that AREN'T Wild 9? (I literally hear this recommended so often I can't even call it underrated anymore.)

[Anonymous No.4454798]

Start here.

[Anonymous No.4455350]

What's next? You're gonna say Comix Zone for genesis ain't a hidden gem or underrated anymore?

Ok it's not, it did get mentioned too much.

[Anonymous No.4455367]

>>4454798
How is this a hidden underrated gem thread where he mentions Ehrgeiz and Incredible Crisis? Those games suck, and I know because I owned them.

[Anonymous No.4455571]

>>4455367
They don't suck but they've certainly been overrated in the age of people playing retro games always searching for that next hidden gem. A lot of very average games from the era have seen that happen.

[Anonymous No.4455678]

>>4454790
1st person lovers will enjoy...
Powerslave
Shadow Tower
Disruptor

Final Fantasy Fanatics will enjoy...
Final Fantasy Origins
Final Fantasy IX
[Insert your favorite FF game here]

Real time strategy lovers will enjoy
Dune 2000
Command and Conquer
Warzone 2100

AND IF YOU ARE A COMPLETE GOOBER WITH BALLS, YOU WILL ENJOY
PO'ED
XS JUNIOR LEAGUE DODGEBALL

[Anonymous No.4455683]

Rival Schools: United by Fate

[Anonymous No.4455739]

Fuck who thinks what is underated or a hidden gem and lets talk about this game. Incredible underwater atmosphere and lore plus such an amazing soundtrack. Imagine the twisted metal 2 soundtrack but gone full nautical.

Do you guys even know you can hold all 4 shoulder buttons and combo your weapons right into a pricks face all at once?

>mfw i will never have friends who play this and no one will ever be a suitable challenger

[Anonymous No.4455751]

>>4455571
They actually completely do suck. They weren't even average back in the day, they were critical flops then as much as now. They are NOT gems and anyone who hasn't played isn't missing out on shit.

[Anonymous No.4455757]

>>4455683
That's not underrated by any means. They have characters in MvC as well, so it's not unpopular either.

[Anonymous No.4455761]

>>4455757
Not a single one of them (except Sakura, who is already a Street Fighter character) is playable in any MvC game. At best, some Hero’s and Heralds cards

[Anonymous No.4455762]

Digimon World
>Rated T for Comic Mischief

[Anonymous No.4455765]

>>4455761
Batsu was in Capcom vs Tatsunoko, but yeah there has never been a Rival Schools character in an MvC game.

[Anonymous No.4455775]

>>4455765
Batsu and Tiffany were in MvC.
That's why >>4455761 couched his response by saying "playable," like it changes the fact. It doesn't, but I'm pretty good at spotting when the goalposts get moved.

[Anonymous No.4456175]

PANZER FRONT

[Anonymous No.4456282]

>>4454798
>N2O
My nigger; https://youtu.be/imexSZGRhbA?t=3m32s

There's also Descent 1 and 2 (which are ports of the original DOS games with CD-quality music and coloured lighting, and a new level set for Descent 2. might require interpreter mode on emulator)
LSD Dream Emulator (NTSC-J only)
Armored Core 1, Project Phantasma, Master of Arena
Treasures of the Deep (This one's pretty goddamn brutal, like Critical Depth with subs and such but is a real test of perseverance and caution.)
Robo-Pit

[Anonymous No.4456284]

>>4456282
ooh that looks cool

[Anonymous No.4456301]

>>4456284
Look, mate if you ever get it play the first level on normal and make sure you kill every yellow beetle before it passes you and changes colour. There's a secret in it for you.

You think the first 15 levels are all? Nope there's a second set that repeats the levels but with a new termite enemy that blocks off sections of the tunnel like Tempest. There's also 15 bonus levels for each level as well.

LSDDemu has no goal other than explore the dreams presented to you (being a few locations, touching walls and objects will "link" you between them or unlock cutscenes) and note the changes until you get to day 365. For a lot of people it terrifies them at first until you get used to the craziness. Based on a real dream journal that used to come with the game. The music is almost entirely randomised with patterns and instrument sets to go with them. Some songs are almost silent an omninous hum in the background that comes in and out. There's speculation the game's actually about an alien entity probing the mind of a middle aged woman, with a certain well-dressed avatar that attacks you being an indicator of their prescence.

[Anonymous No.4456328]

>Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012
After SingleTrac was bought out by GT Interactive the Twisted Metal franchise was handed off to 989, who had worked on the earlier games under the name Sony Interactive Studios America. Twisted Metal 3 and 4 were the result of this, and neither one had the solid gameplay and controls 1 or 2 did. SingleTrac went on to create Rogue Trip to do something with the car combat experience they had. While not as great as TM 1 or 2, it's still a solid car combat game and far more playable than TM 3 or 4.

[Anonymous No.4456475]

Is primal rage a good port?

[Anonymous No.4456491]

>>4456328
It's interesting, because it has almost the same gameplay and controls as the ps2 edition of TM Head on. But other than that, it's not that great.

The problem was that rogue trip had teribad level layouts, lots of the weapons were just stupid, battles took forever because nothing did any decent damage, and photo ops ruined the flow of single player.

I will.say that I liked the characters though. PMthey legit felt like unused TM character ideas.

It was an ok attempt at reclaiming lost glory that was indeed better than TM 3 and 4, but still juat not worth bothering with.

[Anonymous No.4456590]

Road Rash is fun single player only as a racding game. You won't get into fights. If you want to fight, play the N64 version.

Tomba 1

Diablo has a good port.

Fade to Black is different. Flashback sequel.

Wild Arms is a fun JRPG, but bog standard.

IQube

Probably all of these are well known and not underrated...

[Anonymous No.4456626]

>>4455775
They have Cameos in UMvC3's endings for a few characters, if feel like you're grasping at straws if you count that as being "in" in the game.

[Anonymous No.4458381]

>>4455367
>How is this a hidden underrated gem thread where he mentions Ehrgeiz

I just read that post in the pic, and the guy was saying that it's Quest Mode is what is what is overlooked, saying that "it's accidentally the best dungeon crawler on PS1".

[Anonymous No.4458383]

Monster Hunter 2
Dragon Seeds

[Anonymous No.4458615]

Tobal no.1, Overblood, Aquanauts Holiday, Chocobo's Dungeon, Broken Helix, Jade Cocoon, Monster Rancher, Gundam Battle Assault 1+2, Rival Schools

[Anonymous No.4458625]

>>4458615
Op said UNDERRATED games only, literally NOTHING you listed is even REMOTELY underrated you stupid piece of shit.

[Anonymous No.4458849]

>>4458615
Pretty much all of these are well known and liked games, which aren't the subject of the thread. This thread is for more out of the way, lesser known, typically underrated games that are good, but not usually named.

[Anonymous No.4458858]

>>4455751
Huh, I liked them. You could do a lot worse on Playstation.

[Anonymous No.4458863]

>>4458858
Ehrgeiz was average at best specially considering the competition on Playstation, it was ok but certainly no Tekken 3.

[Anonymous No.4458865]

>>4458849
>Pretty much all of these are well known and liked games
Overblood and Broken Helix...you serious?

[Anonymous No.4458867]

>>4458863
But nobody said it was better than Tekken 3 just that it was underlooked. Jesus.

[Anonymous No.4458871]

>>4458865
From the point of view of a /vr/ retard who's been masturbating over bad Ps1 games for well over 2 decades, yes they are.

[Anonymous No.4458874]

>>4455678
>Disruptor
This was marketed as this huge groundbreaking revolutionary 3D at the time but then it got quickly forgotten and thrown aside.

[Anonymous No.4458875]

Rosco McQueen Firefighter Extreme was pretty comfy

[Anonymous No.4458920]

>>4458625
Anon here
I havent played any game he listed

[Anonymous No.4458963]

>>4458920
fuck off samef*g

[Anonymous No.4459208]

>>4455350
It was released virtually AND it's on multiple Genesis collections. It's about as much of a hidden gem as Beyond Oasis.

>>4455678
I really wanted to like PowerSlave, but the fact the most common early enemies are practically impossible to hit with the sword (and you shouldn't have to waste ammo on them in the first place) was just the first step to "This is far more frustrating than it is fun." The biggest killer is just the fact that I can't think of ANY reason to play this over Doom, Quake, Hexen, Blood, Duke Nukem, Turok, etc.

>>4455739
I honestly went in expecting to be very underwhelmed, or even disappointed, by Critical Depth. I love water themes and the idea of underwater games and I'm always looking for good ones. I also love Twisted Metal, so when I saw this existed I was like "Hell yes"... but then so many reviews said it was mediocre (at best) and you'd be fighting with the controls constantly. I fucking LOVE the controls, it perfectly captures how underwater vessel controls SHOULD feel, and the game is just plain fun.

Love the maps, very expansive and each has their own appeal (though some are a little meh), and yeah... the music is really solid.

[Anonymous No.4459210]

>>4458625
I've never played anything he listed, or even heard of most of them.

[Anonymous No.4459969]

is civ 2 underrated? i love it

[Anonymous No.4460034]

>>4459969
Buy few copies and send one to Metal Jesus Rocks to review.
It will become underrated gem over night and you will earn some money while at it.