Retro Gaming

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For the purposes of this community, "retro" means platforms launched in 2001 and earlier, and games for those platforms released through roughly 2007. This means that the Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and PlayStation 2 are the cutoff consoles.

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Favorite Underrated Games/Hidden Gems in Retro Consoles (lemmy.ml)

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I love the classics, but I REALLY love the feeling of discovering something that feels a little more hidden or delving down someone's absolute favorite game that they don't get to talk about with many people.

I don't have many to throw in the discussion, Lost Kingdom 2 for Gamecube is unique and I don't hear it get brought up /too/ often. What are your hidden gems? :o

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[–] florrked 1 points 2 years ago

Not sure if this one qualifies anymore, but Suikoden 2 didn’t get much love on initial release. It’s since gotten better reviews, and is finally getting a remaster. But it’s a great PS1-era RPG - good story, goofy with serious moments, varied combat options, and you get a castle that can be upgraded by recruiting all 106 (I think) characters.

Star Ocean 2 got a bit more attention at release, but I still feel like I’m the only person that played it. Another PS1-era RPG, it has an early active combat system more akin to modern RPGs. Star Ocean has kinda gone off the rails since, but 2 still holds up.

Alundra, think PS1 Zelda, except much harder.

The Last Story was a Wii RPG - hard to find, but it was surprisingly good.

Drawing blanks for PS2/3 stuff, I feel like everything on there that was good, is known as good. Even Demons Souls found a new life. I guess, if you haven’t already, do yourself a favor and play Final Fantasy X?