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6/19/2025, 6:48:36 PM
>>3782714
This may be an odd list of recommendations, most of the games I love aren't super popular.
Ecco the Dolphin:
Since it came out I have loved this game and it's a constant go-to zen relaxation experience for me at this point. It's unlike pretty much any other games of the era, the control scheme is odd and most of the gameplay revolves around having to be very calm and patient to do precise things with it's stiff controls all the while there is a time pressure and you are slowly drowning the entire time. I understand why it was never popular in the way Mario or Sonic were, but what others tend to list as flaws are the reason I love it while Mario and Sonic bore me to tears.
Monster Hunter 1
The original Monster Hunter is easily one of my favorite games of all time. I maxed the clock at 999.99 hours a good year or more before I stopped playing it pretty much daily. The series as a whole up to World and Rise was wonderful in my opinion, but the first game had both a unique and wonderful control scheme once you learned how to utilize it and a certain balance where even though there was tons of weapons and armor to hunt for, you could also pull out a joke weapon like the Chef Knife and still win a major battle if you were on your game. Other than that, the PSP entries are generally a low point in my opinion with the games starting to get better again with 3 and culminating in Generations and Generations Ultimate being in my opinion the overall top of the series.
Bangai-O
Easily my favorite Treasure game, a wonderful risk vs reward fest of chaotic fun.
Tempest X / 2000
I adore pretty much any version of Tempest, it's so fast and slick, not quite a rail shooter but somehow better than them all. The X, 2000 and other versions that layer trippy visuals on top of it all really makes the whole thing shine.
>>3784633
That's my experience as well, they are superficially similar but the MD format is quite different from real roguelikes.
This may be an odd list of recommendations, most of the games I love aren't super popular.
Ecco the Dolphin:
Since it came out I have loved this game and it's a constant go-to zen relaxation experience for me at this point. It's unlike pretty much any other games of the era, the control scheme is odd and most of the gameplay revolves around having to be very calm and patient to do precise things with it's stiff controls all the while there is a time pressure and you are slowly drowning the entire time. I understand why it was never popular in the way Mario or Sonic were, but what others tend to list as flaws are the reason I love it while Mario and Sonic bore me to tears.
Monster Hunter 1
The original Monster Hunter is easily one of my favorite games of all time. I maxed the clock at 999.99 hours a good year or more before I stopped playing it pretty much daily. The series as a whole up to World and Rise was wonderful in my opinion, but the first game had both a unique and wonderful control scheme once you learned how to utilize it and a certain balance where even though there was tons of weapons and armor to hunt for, you could also pull out a joke weapon like the Chef Knife and still win a major battle if you were on your game. Other than that, the PSP entries are generally a low point in my opinion with the games starting to get better again with 3 and culminating in Generations and Generations Ultimate being in my opinion the overall top of the series.
Bangai-O
Easily my favorite Treasure game, a wonderful risk vs reward fest of chaotic fun.
Tempest X / 2000
I adore pretty much any version of Tempest, it's so fast and slick, not quite a rail shooter but somehow better than them all. The X, 2000 and other versions that layer trippy visuals on top of it all really makes the whole thing shine.
>>3784633
That's my experience as well, they are superficially similar but the MD format is quite different from real roguelikes.
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