General Discussion

Well, I shall now talk all about Petz Catz 2. That joy of a wii game has kept me entertained for countless hours. While the plotline if fairly simple, it's nice to just play through. Pretty calming too.

Fossil Fighter for the DS! I've only ever seen it mentioned once in the past 8 or so years and I would have forgotten about it completely if I hadn't stumbled upon it the other day

Kameo: Elements of Power

This game was a HUGE staple of my childhood! Kameo was originally going to be a mascot for the Xbox, and later on Rare was planning on making a sequel for the game. With the game relatively complete, it was then decided that instead, the game would be for the Xbox 360. Many of the planned features were exempt from the game as the developers didn't simply switch ports, but rather started development from scratch. A very foolish move if you ask me. The game brings me an astonishing amount of nostalgia, but compared to what it could have been... yeah. But I digress.

I highly recommend checking it out. It has a beautiful OST and for a 2005 game, it has stunning graphics. Some of my earliest gaming memories are fluttering around the Enchanted Kingdom and riding around in the Badlands just so I could hear the area music. It's a wonderful game despite its shortcomings, and I'm so glad it was a part of childhood. It's definitely one of the reasons I love fantasy as much as I do. If you ask me, this game is truly a hidden gem.

Ihatovo Monogatari/The Stories of Ihatovo

Even if you're into SNES you've probably not heard of this one, but the style may be familiar to more modern games. It presents itself simiar to a top-down action RPG, but there is no battle. Instead, it revolves around several short stories by Kenji Miyazawa. This plays out very simularly to an adventure game: walk around and talk to the people and animals, collect items, use items, find the missing journals. Each chapter focuses on one story.

Obviously this game was only in Japan or else it would've been hailed on the same boat as Earthbound, but there's a teriffic translation patch found here: http://www.romhacking.net/translations/4116/

If you'd rather a youtube video, SNESDrunk gives a talk about it here: https://youtu.be/LNp0n6LAGSY

[img]https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steam/apps/250320/capsule_616x353.jpg[/img] One of the fastest games I have ever played through because it was THAT good. I played it on my PS Vita, which I no longer have and which games are no longer made for. But The Wolf Among Us is on various platforms! Definitely recommend this game~

@Witch0fDoom

did somebody saaaay Drawn to Life???

that game, along with Pokemon Diamond and SPORE for the PC, defined my adolescence.

I played the DS sequel but not the Wii version.

Drawn to Life was also one of the first fictional stories that made me cry...the song at the end is BRUTAL

and the Drawn to Life: Next Chapter ending hits like a freight train.

@Iokharic
YES YES YES EXACTLY, AND SAME! My first pokemon was emerald but I have so many more memories of Diamond. I never played the Wii drawn to life either but i played so much of the other two omg....
Also scribblenauts, which was made by the same studio!!

@Witch0fDoom

Scribblenauts! I got into that one later than DtL but I did very much enjoy it. Also Scribblenauts Unlimited for the PC...such a fun game. Of course half the fun is summoning absolute nonsense to solve the puzzles. Oh, the doctor needs to do surgery? Summon a chainsaw!!

[quote name="Iokharic" date="2020-11-04 19:26:05" ] @Witch0fDoom Scribblenauts! I got into that one later than DtL but I did very much enjoy it. Also Scribblenauts Unlimited for the PC...such a fun game. Of course half the fun is summoning absolute nonsense to solve the puzzles. Oh, the doctor needs to do surgery? Summon a chainsaw!! [/quote] YESSSs I vividly remember trying to see how many problems I could solve with some variation of a trex