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>"hidden gem" game gets discovered and isn't hidden anymore
>price goes way up because of supply and demand

>> No.8666638

what a good thread

>> No.8666646

>>8666604
I have never heard of this game
but I can download it right now for $0

>> No.8666658

i didn't know downloading it cost anything

>> No.8666679

>>8666604
how is that a hidden gem

>> No.8666684

>because of supply and demand
Made up shit to excuse retarded behavior

>> No.8666693

>>8666604
Is this game any good?
Does it offer anything new?
Any new mechanics? Even for its time?

>> No.8666697

this game was never hidden
>>8666693
>Is this game any good?
yes

>> No.8666698

>>8666638
Thanks

>> No.8666704
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8666704

>squaresoft's best game
>hidden

>> No.8666705

>>8666697
And my other three questions?

>> No.8666710

>>8666705
are irrelevant

>> No.8666718
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8666718

>Game that had demo of FFVIII is a hidden gem

>> No.8666730

>>8666710
So no?
It offers nothing new?
Just another vanilla action-rpg where you watch numbers go up and engage in incredibly shallow combat?
Why is it le hidden gem again?

>> No.8666735

>>8666730
no one needs to validate the games existence for you, play it or don't you fucking retard. it's also not an rpg

>> No.8666736

"Hidden gems" aren't a thing. For years now we had the internet and emulators. Actual videogame players have found such games on their own and have always discussed them. What pumps the price and the interest in such games is an entirely different cancer: it's the YouTubers and Streamers audiences.

It happens all the time. Sometimes, some games naturally develop a large following over time, as was the case with Chrono Trigger or Earthbound. And then you have ecelebs dig up games that flew under the radar and their audience will massively inflate the price.

Think of Wild Guns. Hardcore fans of 4th and 5th gen shooters like Metal Slug already knew games like Wild Guns and Rapid Reload (or Gunner's Heaven). Then, remember when le ebin Game Grumps played it back in 2012? Its price skyrocketed.

Sure, such things also affect games that were already expensive and are even more expensive now, like Chrono Trigger and Earthbound. And then there was the coof pandemic and other factors, etc. The point is, there are no hidden gems anymore. You could find some less known titles up to, say, 2010 or so, but that's over.

There still exists titles for ecelebs to touch, and they will touch them, and they will explode in price. There's still 360 and PS3 games, and maybe a handful of PS2 games.

>> No.8666743

>>8666693
>>8666730
I also want to know

>> No.8666748

>>8666693
It's Zelda but really funny and you learn enemy abilities and use them

>> No.8666751
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8666751

>>8666736
Even if they are obnoxious cant it be a good thing for developers sometimes when an obscure game becomes popular? Pic related is a game I like that was canceled halfway because not enough people bought the books

>> No.8666759

>>8666736
people complaining about ecelebs riaing prices is weird
all of those bandwagoners "ruining the market"
shouldn't you already own the game? what makes you different from the other bandwagoners if you don't?

>> No.8666760
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>>8666604
>game's price goes up by 200%
To me, that's exactly the same situation as when the janny gets a 200% raise

>> No.8666761

>>8666751
That might show there is interest in the game, as was the case with Wild Guns which had a Steam and new gen release, but most of the time, those games are in copyright limbo.

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8666764

>>8666604
did you say the magic words?

>> No.8666775

>>8666759
>shouldn't you already own the game? what makes you different from the other bandwagoners if you don't?
That's just retarded. Obviously, no one already owns all the games they could want, few could possibly afford that, which is made worse as price increases, and then there is the fact that there are still games you will eventually find and play. This is a negative for those who want to actually play the damn games? Do you think the majority of people will play and beat them legit? The purpose is for coomlecting, so obviously there is a trade off that will affect those who actually want the games to play.

Besides, there's no "complaining about ecelebs raising the prices", Mr. NPC. It's merely being pointed out the concept of "hidden gems" is something entirely different now and that is one of the causes.

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>>8666735
Did I touch a nerve or something? The fuck are you on about?
"no one needs to validate the games existence for you" - You'd think fans of a game would have at least one positive thing to say about it.
"play it or don't" - I'll play it if it sounds interesting.
"it's also not an rpg" - wikipedia begs to differ.

>>8666748
Thanks for actual info.
Are the enemy abilities just used for combat? or puzzles as well.

>> No.8666781

>>8666778
>Are the enemy abilities just used for combat? or puzzles as well.
Both.

>> No.8666783

>>8666775
>Do you think the majority of people will play and beat them legit? The purpose is for coomlecting, so obviously there is a trade off that will affect those who actually want the games to play.
Holy mental illness

>> No.8666789

>>8666736
people who learn everything they know about a topic through youtube should cease to exist

>> No.8666802

>>8666781
Neat.

>> No.8666805

>>8666783
>Holy mental illness
Projecting much? LMAO.

Get out of your bedroom and meet coomlectors in person, you dumb autist.

>> No.8666808

>>8666805
you need a modicum of self awareness, brotherman

>> No.8666821

>>8666604
>discovered
This game was well known

>> No.8666823

>>8666693
It's 3D Kirby with kinda amusing cartoon dialogue. Genuinely great game.

>> No.8666829

>Make an absolute shit thread
>Get the most replies
This board is fucking garbage

>> No.8666830

>>8666778
yes you and every other teenage faggot who's only experience with retro games is playing Mario, Zelda, Sonic, and Chrono Trigger constantly needing to be given a reason to play a video game older than you are does touch a nerve.
You were told the game was good, and you still needed to know if it was some magical quirky unknown classic because otherwise there's no point in wasting your time to play something to you. How about you type the game name into YouTube and watch 10 minutes of it being played and see if it interests you instead of needing to verify you'll get super hardcore gamer cred for having played it. Or preferably, just go hang yourself.

>> No.8666870

>>8666789
so nobody

>> No.8666887

>>8666604
"You take that back, you-you little turd!"
I played the shit out of the demo, so much fun, it was like a weird kirby rpg. idk why I never bought it, I had the money, same goes for Wild 9 demo.

>> No.8666985

>>8666604
this is a common rock

>> No.8666996
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8666996

>ah a new hidden gem discovered? let me burn that cd and try it out
Fuck coomlectors and fuck emutrannies

>> No.8667018

>Picks this up at the end of the PS2 era for $5 at EB Games
>Checks Ebay after this thread
>$50 - $100
Jesus, not even SOTN GH has changed much in price since I got it, and it was a few years after that.

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>>8666996
>let me burn that cd
just use a pendrive bro

>> No.8667064

Aren't you glad there are e-celebs out there who make their living off of making stupid videos about those hidden gems to make sure demand goes through the roof?

>> No.8667087

>>8666604
>hidden gem
>it's a fucking squaresoft game

>> No.8667120

>>8666604
How much of uncultured faggot zoomer you have to be to think Musashuden is even remotly unheard of.

>> No.8667189

>>8666604
This game sucks but it was never obscure.

>> No.8667223
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8667223

not gonna lie I bought it for the ff8 demo

>> No.8667358

>>8666604
>hidden gem
>pic unrelated
>>8666693
It's good but the localization is really bad. It's an action rpg with some wonky controls but it's good overall.

>> No.8667375

>>8667223
We all did, anon.

>> No.8667381

>>8666604
how come at the start it sounds like musashi is referencing some kind of backstory that the player doesn't know about? is it a spinoff of some manga or something? are they just trying to set up future plot development?

>> No.8667548

>>8667062
How can you figure out where it stored? I thought zoomers cant understand folders?

>> No.8667571

>>8667548
>How can you figure out where it stored
on the cloud obviously

>> No.8667574

>>8667223
we all did, luckily musashi justified it

>> No.8667582

>>8667223
They knew what they were doing when they slapped that right on the front cover of their B-teams garbage game

>> No.8667587

>>8667571
KeK

>> No.8667621

>>8666829
>53
>the most

>> No.8667651

>>8666829
at least you're allowed to have an opinion on BFM

go into an Earthbound thread and suggest that maybe it's not the best game ever made, see how fast the new janny bans you

>> No.8667707

>hidden gem
>Squaresoft game with a FF demo
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Lemme guess, you're gonna talk about a unheard of hidden gem called Vagrant Story next
This little heckin' racing series that doesn't get enough love called Ridge Racer.

>> No.8667784
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8667784

guys I was looking through my dad's old fantasy books and check out this hidden gem I uncovered

>> No.8667892

>>8666830
Cry more, faggot.
I watched some gameplay before posting.
Thankfully, actual helpful people like >>8666823 and >>8666748 chipped in to offer some info that isn't apparent from watching 10 minutes of an 8 hour game.
Your post reeks of bitter insecurity, but at least you got one thing right...
There is no point in me wasting my time on boring and uninteresting games.
Maybe you don't value your time - but let me remind you. Every second you spend playing dull and unimaginative filler is leading you to your inevitable demise.
You only get so much time to experience all of the cool shit this medium has to offer before that time comes.

>> No.8667960

>>8667784
These covers are evocative. Are those emus in the Shire?

>> No.8668072

>>8667358
>Localization is bad
lmao, no.

>> No.8668120

>>8667960
Tolkien hated them because he hated acid induced surrealism and the American hippy crowd smoking weed while reading his stories.

>> No.8668152

>>8668120
uh huh

books were already insanely popular when those versions were published, Tolkien could've told them to fuck off with those covers if he wanted

>> No.8669168

>>8666604

>supply

Not this meme again. The price is determined entirely by demand (and perceived demand). Similar to how oil works. There's no shortage of video games or oil.

>> No.8669180

>>8666604
>tell /vr/ about a great game for cheap
>they refuse to buy it
>get upset when they can no longer afford it
Happens all the time. Happening right now. Why don't you just listen? You'll be much happier if you do.

>> No.8669208

just buy the japanese version and emulate the english version if you really need to have the box and disc in your hands. American package isn't anything special.

>> No.8669293

I remember there was a demo disc with a bunch of games and this was on it. Eventually I rented it and got hooked. Got filtered by the rhythm shit at the end.

>> No.8669641

>>8666604
Supply and demand is a myth in these modern times, use its real name: Greed.

>> No.8669762

The PS2 sequel was better.

>> No.8671460

>Square RPG.
>Advertised in magazines alongside mother fucking Xenogears and Parasite Eve
>"""""""""""Hidden"""""""""""""

>> No.8672371
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>>8666604
>Got it for $15 in 2010
How does a situation like current market price even happen?

>> No.8672484

>people desperately trying to compare this clear Kirby game to Zelda because its character uses swords

>> No.8672521

>>8669762
First time I’ve ever heard that. I might give it another shot.

>> No.8672594

>>8672371
look up supply and demand

>> No.8674482

>>8669762
Lies and libel

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>>8669762
Lying retard

>> No.8675712

>>8666604
About 10 years ago a retro store opened right across from Gamestop in my neighborhood(you can imagine how well that went), and they have Musashi there. Something I've been really wanting to get since I played the demo and a friend let me borrow it but wanted it back when I was only halfway through.

It was $55 even then. I just looked and it seems like around $100. Prices doubling is bad but it was always pretty expensive.