Name your top 3 (or more) games that nobody else has heard of.

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Taric wrote:

I disagree. I recently went back and played Jill of the Jungle. Recently as in 2 months ago. I loved it. Every bit of it. I think they aged incredibly well. If you compare JotJ to platformers now-a-days. Other than graphic quality, the idea is pretty much the same. JotJ even has more features than many today.

I'll agree that nostalgia plays a big part, but I still find all the old DOS games I used to play to be very fun.

I agree in general, but not in specifics - Played the shareware version of Jill back in the day and found it okay, finally got o play the full version earlier this year and honestly found it hard to get through - only finished because I'm a completionist.

Now Commander Keen, there's some games that stand up well. (If anyone mentions Keen Dreams, they will be shot, that was not made by the same company and does not count. Also, it never happened).

Anyway, on topic:

1) Giants: Citizen Kabuto
I would give a decent amount to be able to try out the multiplayer of this properly (suggested team sizes are 1 Kabuto / 3 Sea Reapers / 5 Mecs), but almost no-one played it. Which is a shame. This game is worth it for the cutscenes alone, but the gameplay is actually really fun - a third person shooter with RTS base building.
There are three factions, and the story takes you through each in turn - the Meccaryns (High-tech aliens who crashed on this planet while on their way to a party), the Sea Reapers (Aquatic magic users native to the planet), and Kabuto (a giant behmoth who's a faction unto himself). Each plays differently, and use the same (or at least overlapping) resources for different purposes.
Track it down, play the single player, you won't regret it.
Bonus fact: Through me, this game has had an effect on the development of one of the skills in Path of Exile.

2) Armed and Dangerous
This is by the same company (Planet Moon) that made Giants (see above), and has all the same wonderful sense of humour and fun as the earlier game, but I knocked it down to second place because it only has single player, and doesn't taunt me with my inability to have a LAN party with 7 other people who've heard of the game to make it more awesome, unlike Giants.
It's full of British wit and charm, the cutscenes are awesome, and the weapon selection is takes absurdity to an art form. There's a weapon you screw into the ground and hold onto, and then it reverses gravity, sending everyone into the sky, only to rain down around you after the effect ends. In the second level, you get the land shark gun. It's a gun that shoots out sharks that swim through the ground and burst up under enemies to consume them. It's hilarious watching their fins closing in on unsuspecting guards, but if you're still reading this instead of already trying to track down a copy of the game, then there's probably nothing I can say to convince you, and you may want to seek medical attention for a potentially terminal lack of fun.

3) Dwarf Fortress
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The picture pretty much explains why. It's like trying to organise a bunch of belligerent alcoholics to play minecraft for you. Not for those who require pretty graphics or hand-holding tutorials.