I Played 5 Forgotten and Obscure RPGs and Action Adventures

[@click4gameplay]

Download Clash Royale here: wehy.pe/y/7/Click4Gameplay Which game from the list looks the most interesting to you, if any? Any hidden gems in there maybe? I really think Drakensang can qualify as a hidden gem. Edit: It seems like The Cursed Crusade is actually available on Steam, just not from my country. I checked with a vpn enabled, and it's still available on steam. For some countries, at least. Part 1 of this series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaayZWaHhbV9mqs Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJrXfGuAaL2WatE Here are my GoG links for some of these games (some of them are on big discount atm): Vikings: Wolfs of Midgard: cutt.ly/L9SE0k8 Insomnia: The Ark: cutt.ly/C9SRwyo Drakensang: The Dark Eye: cutt.ly/w9SRoVZ Follow me on socials: Twitter: twitter.com/c_4_g Instagram: instagram.com/c_4_g_/ Discord server: discord.gg/pfaPRnv5GW

[@Kai-tn4yx]

Drakensang's prequel, River of Time, is also a good recommendation. It improves on the original in many ways (full multi-national voice acting, more class-based quests, companions are more fleshed out etc.).

[@loolgam1ng229]

Have you ever played Anarchy Online?? It is a science fiction MMO Released back in 2001. Impressive game for its time. And there is people still playing today.

[@Hravokh]

man i really love and enjoy the Drakensang games . also, another great video

[@armelior4610]

Do you know the old Spellforce ? the 1st one + expansions and the 2nd one + just the 1st expansion (the other ones are supposedly terrible). They're hybrids RTS/RPG with a pretty generic high fantasy setting but with some interesting stuff in quests and mythology. The 1st one is pretty eurojank, the 2nd one is more streamlined but less interesting gameplay-wise IMO, but is still pretty to look at even nowadays. A third one (+2 exp) was released more recently but in a very different, dark fantasy take.

[@getinthering7309]

is cursed cruisade french? "it rains like cows pee" is a known saying there.

[@FireFly7961]

It is worth mentioning that Hard to be a God is based on the book of the same name; it was written by Strugacki brothers - same men who also wrote Roadside Picnic (among others), which in turn was a (heavy) inspiration for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. I really like this series dedicated to forgotten/obscure/old (etc.) games, keep'em coming. Great content, as usual :)

[@Kai-tn4yx]

Drakensang's prequel, River of Time, is also very good. It improves on the original in many ways (full multi-national voice acting, more class-based quests, companions are more fleshed out etc.).

[@michasowa3310]

I remember the dwarf being hilarious :D

[@robinmattheussen2395]

Yup, definitely the best of the two games IMO.

[@au4h]

It also has much better pacing. If you're afraid Drakensang is too boring for you, you should start with River of Time.

[@armelior4610]

Yeah it's basically quality over quantity : - less party members but they have more personnality and their banter is really good - areas are smaller but distinct and completing one doesn't drag on like some of the 1st one - you get actual choices with consequences (like 1 party member) and choose your order of progression (you have a ship to go from place to place) - the story is less "generic epic saving the world" but more personnal, it's also shorter... - ...because there are no filler part like the temple with the poisonous slugs in the 1st - you get to visit a pirate town full of colorful captains and fight a couple of sea/river monster bosses

[@zbieraczzomu7465]

​@@au4hi highly recommend a mod to increase character speed, without it the game gets pretty boring beacuse 70% of the gameplay is walking from place to place

[@MrGrizzzlik]

Hard To Be A God is a great Soviet sci Fi book written by same guys who wrote a story Stalker (both VERY loosely related GSC game series and awesome Tarkovsky movie are based on). Russian director German also made a great movie adaptation, but it's pretty heavy stuff to watch.

[@purpledragonofdoom]

Fun fact about the "pissing cow" line in The Cursed Crusade : Kylotonn is a french studio and in french there is this idiomatic expression "Il pleut comme vache qui pisse" which if you literally translates means "It's raining like a pissing cow". This is used when there's heavy rain. The guy who translated just literally translated this expression. He should have used "It's raining cats and dogs" which is the english equivalent of this idiomatic expression I think. So no it was not written by a 12 years old but by a french translator who did a bad job.

[@alexandrupatru2892]

Imagine sm1 translating the dogs and cats expression in French and a French reviewer calling the game's script an infantile mess made by a toddler. Translators should also be ADAPTORS. Now they get an easy buck using google. SMFH.

[@dennisthemenace4288]

I am glad it is like that, it makes it funny. These low budget games can use humour like this here and there.

[@galenek2964]

Darkensang is one of my favorites games in my collection, I remember Playin on my old laptop on the lowest settings but still I finished game. At first I had a lot of problems to get in to the game and underestand mechanicks,lvl up, stats, it take me some time but I found this game highly enjoyable, fun to Play with good story. I wish that developers decide to do remake/remaster of both Darkensang and Darkensang the river of time for all platforms - pc, big n, Xbox and ps.

[@lehelisbored]

Oh nice, someone on KZbin (besides Indigo, I think) has finally covered Insomnia: The Ark. I've only been waiting for years for someone to acknowledge this weird game's existence, so I don't even care if you had negative things to say about it haha. I love-hated this game, but mostly loved, especially the further I went through its weirdly philosophical and introspective story. Had me hooked until the end. I'd like to recommend it to others but I can't really because it's not *fun*, you know? But I had a sort of "fun" with it. Or something. It was definitely something, and I'm happy I played it.

[@2HeadedHero]

Love how you end these roundups on a high note! Thanks for the new recs 😀😃

[@bemvas2484]

The Game of Thrones RPG from 2012. This is a very forgotten game that I had a blast with recently. The story is just brilliant!

[@robinmattheussen2395]

I wouldn't go that far, but yeah, it's a pretty decent game actually.

[@SpecShadow]

glad someone remembers this nice RPG, kinda weird people don't talk much about it considering popularity of the show.,..

[@bemvas2484]

@@robinmattheussen2395 well the gameplay isn't top notch. But I'm not overrating when I consider the story to be brilliant. I almost never get interested in a game because of the story, and this was the case with this one

[@Armaan8014]

Yep, brilliant story and one of my favorite games

[@BowFolK]

Both Drakensangs are some of my fav RPGs. I am glad you gave it a chance, they are truly masterpieces, with a rich Dark Eye lore and wonderful atmosphere. I'd recommend using Reshade colourfulness and vibrance filters, as they greatly improve the somehwhat dull colours of both games and make them more vivid. And thanks for letting me discover Hard to be a God, it totally went under my radar and I am quite surprised by how interesting it is.

[@zbieraczzomu7465]

And mod to increase character speed

[@z0zef]

Still waiting for Technomancer (you are going to enjoy this one), and a comparison between this and greedfall. Also try Chronos before the Ashes (prequel to remnant), if you haven't already. Oh and Anima: The Reign of Darkness and Dungeon Siege III (great story and nice coop, my wife loved it). Vikings is not so bad, but I believe they build this with coop in mind, that's why shieldmaidens are so annoying. I beat the game in coop and in solo mode (on hard difficulty I think) and you really need to have a stun skill for maidens. Also about the dodge, the hits I think is based on the area when the animation is started (for melee combat) and not based on hitboxes, so you have to be far enough to dodge correctly, this is most obvious when you have to dodge the rock from Jotan. I played Cursed crusade with my wife in coop mode, it was OK, but it was 5 or 6 years ago, so I could be wrong about it :P Insomia the Ark is a game that I have in my wishlist since forever, and the only thing that keeps me for buying it is the comments about the many bugs this game has. PS: This series are slowly become, "five RPG that I played so you don't have to" :P

[@Nightwalker_92]

I liked The Technomancer more than Greefall, specially story and characters.

[@mr.sinjin-smyth]

I've played some of the Spiders games.. Technomancer, Bound By Flame, Greedfall and they're all unexpectedly fun with very engaging stories.

[@hundkebab2433]

greedfall is hot ass

[@Seawolf69]

@@Nightwalker_92 gonna be honest homie, technomancer seemed like a top to bottom generic piece of trash when i played it and just sold it to gamestop for pennies on the dollar after i ordered it brand new probably for 40-50 bucks, idk. greedfall was a magnum opus in comparison and i very much enjoyed the story, lore, and gameplay throughout

[@Riidwaano]

Orc of men. Underrated gem.. especially the music. Search begin of quest orc of men

[@hubertmitura2587]

Hi! The Fall: last days of Gaia review perhaps?

[@pepethefrog1492]

Please keep up with this serie, I love it!

[@Galactrix_1]

Insomnia is very buggy and now its andondoned. This is official: Dear players. Thank you for your support and continued interest in the game. Mono Studio has been trying to keep the project afloat for a long time, both on its own and with the involvement of third-party help, in order to fulfill all the promises made when launching the kickstarter. Unfortunately, the project team eventually fell apart. We tried to finish what we started with the help of hired specialists, but due to the complex architecture of the project, it turned out to be impossible to do this. Even highly qualified professionals could not solve all the problems that needed to be fixed. At the moment, we do not have people to bring the game to its proper form. We are very sorry and I apologize on behalf of the whole team for this situation. We believed in Insomnia, worked on it for a long time, but failed. Thank you for being with us. And once again, forgive me for the fact that the Ark did not make it to its destination.

[@Dermetsu]

Well that's disappointing, I had this one backlogged.

[@MaschenkoAN]

Drakensang the River of Time (prequel to Dark Eye) was one of my first big rpgs and probably is amongst my favourite to this day

[@KatalistProductionsKozzySasha]

Loved the Drakensang games, one of the most underrated series for me (I ended up finding a copy in a sale bin at Walmart maybe half a year after it came out, still have the box). Disliked Vikings Wolf Of Midgard & The Ark. Never heard of Hard To be A God before cheers on showing that!

[@jmmywyf4lyf]

You can get the Drakensang games on Steam pretty cheap. I never fi ished it, but the first one seemed like my king of thing. Though Im spoiled with modern titles, and find older ones more and more difficult to play again.

[@quint3ssent1a]

HTBG is niche russian jank, there was a whole industry which baked that sort of games...

[@rolandsz8831]

I just remembered a game i used to play. It's called Mistmare. It's an action RPG developed by Arxel Tribe. According to Wikipedia, it was one of only three games to receive a zero-star review in the Computer Gaming World magazine, along with Postal 2 and Dungeon Lords :D

[@daktaklakpak5059]

Dungeon Lords is dreadfully bad! If there was ever a reason to visit a Developer and personally burn down their studio. This game would be it! I've never seen a game that displays water in not a horizontal way. Like thats what water does. It equalizes itself across the horizon. Not so in DL... and the game stutters every 30 sec. when a group of enemies spawn directly behind your back. Buildings are completely empty, devoid of all life of course and of all furniture! Towns are lifeless and dead as well. Execpt of the 30 sec. spawnrate of enemy groups. The graphics are ugly, even when it was new. Draw-distance dreadful as well. Nothing in this game can even be remotely called decent or average. Its all bad!!

[@sardararkhan]

I actually played Cursed Crusade when it came out. When I saw the visuals I was like wait a minute I remember this game hahaha. Also been following your videos for sometime now and really enjoy it. Thanks for the hard work!

[@Kanitusa]

Nice video as always! I remember a really old RPG I played, which maybe interests you. Revenant (I think it's from 1998)

[@LukasBarros07]

Wow, Insomnia the Ark... played it a long time ago, but got my save corrupted by some bug and quit it in frustration, but the game felt very good. Awesome video

[@SpecShadow]

IIRC pirates were able to finish Insomnia the Ark due to access to pre-patched version, for some reasons devs released some update that could make the game impossible to finish, then abandoned the game. Which is pretty sad because game itself had some potential...

[@GamerRoman]

I'm kinda surprised it took you so long to cover Drakensang or it's sequel.

[@Arik-isharshu]

Oh man, you actually reviewed Drakensang! Doesn't really sound like my recommendation helped that much since you knew of it beforehand, but I'm glad you liked it nonetheless! As a fellow commenter mentioned, the prequel, Drakensang: River of Time (and its expansion, Phileasson's Secret) is of similar (if not higher) quality, so I heartily recommend checking that one out as well. Has full English voice-acting and more fleshed-out companions (even if there's only a few of them available this time compared to the original). If you feel like featuring more tactical RPGs on the series, The Dark Eye: Blackguards is set in the same universe and I liked that one as well, altho I have basically no other experience with similar games to make a fair judgement of quality. And hey, that one has a sequel as well. Didn't like it as much due to the story not living up to my expectations, but in that one you get to play as an insane rebellion leader who's recruited the characters from the previous entry. Has a bunch of choices where you decide to either be a saviour of the people or a tyrant, with an ending for each. Plus same choices for influencing the companions from the previous game, with them getting individual endings as well iirc. Despite how obscure these The Dark Eye RPGs are, it's ironic that probably more people are aware of them than the pen&paper system they are derived from. But at least none of them that I've played (except Demonicon) were bad or soulless, even if they never really went above Pretty Good Considering Their Budget/10.

[@burningsheep4473]

Blackguards is actually pretty good. It's perhaps a bit too long for it's own good, but the character system and encounter design make it quite enjoyable even though there is little else outside the combat. But it's aesthetically pleasing, the spell effects are nice to look at and the soundtrack is quite good as well. Fits the melancholic atmosphere. The first half of the story is a bit silly, but it got better after that. Blackguards 2 gets a lot of flak for needlessly throwing out the attributes and I completely agree that it was a stupid move, but the story is quite good and the writing seemed better overall. Combat encounters are still good and the game is shorter, which avoids the pacing problem the first game had. In my opinion at least.

[@brendonrichards9118]

Hey man, I'm loving this series, very cool stuff. One game I think you should definitely check out as well, is Blade of Darkness.

[@sverker7826]

Oh boy, "Hard to be a God" is a novel from 1964 by the Strugatsky brothers. I had no idea there was a game based on it. :O

[@CarlosRodela]

I remember really digging vikings - but was also watching Vikings (series) so wanted more of that vibe. prob main reason I kept playing it..ha

[@bastiartgames]

Holy shit I played Hard to be a God so many years ago and I've been thinking about it since then. I never ever found it ever again until this video!!! Insane!

[@pavlotverdokhlib7627]

great video. When I was looking into "Cursed Crusade" a while back, it was still available on steam... but only in Russia. This was before the war, though, so I dunno if you could still mess around with VPN and steam location to get a legit key (some keysellers had them, too) to get this to work. Here's a few more recent suggestions for you: -Orange Cast -Everreach: Project Eden And a few God of War clones on Steam: Garshasp, the monster hunter (Persian mythology) Third Eye (Indian mythology)

[@marekkapusta7825]

I was pleasantly surprised by Drakensang. I didn't expect much from it. I mean, it's nothing groundbreaking. It's your typical fantasy story about the Chosen One destroying the bad guys, your companions are walking archetypes (charming rogue, elf loving the nature, dwarf loving drinking...). However, it is a pleasant experience and it undeservingly went under the radar.

[@burningsheep4473]

The Drakensangs are both very much worth playing. The first one is indeed rather reminiscent of games like NWN2 and DA:O, though I believe it's overall more linear. And yes, it's true that companions have little personality. They are more like BG1-companions insofar as they are only involved in some particular story beat and then don't have much to say anymore, though I remember them having some discussions while being amongst themselves in the party estate. Locations that are visited along the road to the end are relatively varied, though I'd say the more fantastic locations are located more towards the end. At times combat bloat can be a problem, but I felt it never got as bad as with DA:O (though the areas around Tallon got a bit tedious). Difficulty was usually somewhere between easy and slightly challenging with some boss fights to spice it up. Pretty much like NWN2 in this respect. Though difficulty varied somewhat, depending on who I had in the party. I felt that it became significantly easier after replacing the Charlatan with a Fighter to back up my dwarven mercenary. Music was pretty forgettable, but fitting. As some have said, River of Time is generally considered better. It has some character class-specific "origins" and way more dialogue reactivity with full voice-acting. The choice for party characters is much more limited, but it seemed like a worthwhile trade to me. Overall the story is more small scale and I didn't find it as satisfying overall. Mostly since the first game has the better environments in my opinion. Edit: Oh, and for RoT - weirdly enough - the german language isn't included, but there is a patch for it. Should be easy enough to find.

[@Lunus6661]

Wow you just unlocked nearly forgotten childhood Memorys. Drankensang the Dark Eye was my first RPG and PC game. Played the ever living fuck out of it and the guide book that came with the copy is next to destroyed from reading it so often. Thanks Grandpa for gifting it to me :D

[@zaccanasta-r3l]

Throne of Darkness and Septerra core are another 2 forgotten RPG and are not that bad.

[@5Poisons]

There is another hidden gem called Dungeon Siege. DS 1 is one of my dear childhood games alongside Warcraft 3 (The original not reforged). It was a blend of ARPG and cRPG where you controlled a party of 8 and a free classless system in DS 1

[@dennisdavidov782]

Dungeon Siege was actually a rather popular game at the time, one of the better known diablo-like games before Sacred and Titan Quest. The second game is probably the best in the series.

[@SpecShadow]

@@dennisdavidov782 the PSP game called Throne of Agony was also pretty decent, sort of BG Dark Alliance-like clone (a lot of them were made for PS2) but on PSP

[@chillhour6155]

Dungeon Siege is far from obscure though and was published by Microsoft, still excellent arpg though

[@ODCrab]

Pirates Legend of the Black Buccaneer? I've had a wrecked disk forever so ive never been able to play it. Looked like pirate Fable though.

[@edwardfontaine7108]

I recommend checking out Lord Of The Rings: War in the North. It can be played coop in I remember enjoying it with my brother and friends.

[@fafnyr2537]

Criminally underrated, most likely due to the fact that it came out shortly before (after) skyrim. What really sucks that it cant be legally purchased anymore..

[@quint3ssent1a]

HTBG also had a surprisingly good mobile game. Something akin to Fire emblem gameplay-wise, with permadeath for your characters (yeah, it was very fun to discover that first mounted knight I've lost wouldn't be there for the rest of the game.)

[@DmytroBogdan]

That is what I did in Vikings - went for ranged build with Skadi goddess, stayed at range and constantly dodging way before the enemy attack animation is played

[@burningsheep4473]

Oh, and just wanted to add that it was a good and interesting selection again. I had in fact never heard of The Cursed Crusade.

[@LivingZombieJew]

I consider Insomnia: The Ark as hidden gem. The setting is incredible and locations look awesome. Those survival elements annoyed me the most, cuz I couldn't explore peacefully and always was thirsty. But fight system is aslo quite good. The problem is that this game is unfinished. At some quests there is even russian text instead of english. But if this had voiced dialogues it would be much more enjoyable.

[@michaelb2westgaedu]

While watching, remembered I had purchased Vikings way back and fired it up for the first time only to discover Remote Play on Steam. So I made my wife play the intro fight with me. This ought to be a good one for us to dither around with, always a sucker for a co-op ARPG we can play together, even if it's janky.

[@GmanTheTank]

This is my favorite series lmao. You should check out Crusaders of Might and Magic, it's a decent little action RPG.

[@eddiepuffy]

Been really enjoying the series, I have played The Last Templar and Hunted in Co-Op with my mates when they came out, it was a real blast with a few drinks on board, brought back a lot of memories. Also Enclave was a real hidden gem, we created speed run challenges for ourselves and all sorts, good times. Here's a few suggestions: A Bard's Tale Drakan: Order of the Flame Severance: Blade of Darkness The Suffering Cry of Fear Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth Cold Fear Shade Wrath of Angels Nocturne Nosferatu Penumbra Binary Domain The Longest Journey/Dreamfall/Dreamfall Chapters Knights of The Temple Singularity Sanitarium The Thing

[@bloodrunsclear]

Drakensang I found on gog and it’s lots of fun! I even picked up the Dark Eye RPG book afterwards.

[@Baldricksturnip]

I loved Drakensang. Though as I remember you couldn't visit the places you've been in before or the chapter was ending or something like that. That frustrated me for I was too weak to solve some of the quests atm and coming back when I was stronger was out of the question. The quest I was too weak for was killing the rat king/queen, forgot the details. I just remember I solved all the quest, bought all the gear I could, but couldn't kill the damned giant rat and its infinite spawn. And that was well into the beginning of the game. The first town after the tutorial village if I remember well.

[@gabelogan1282]

Enclave will be ported to new gen by ziggeraut publisher same behind bloodrayne 1&2 revamped

[@Hazzzyyyyyy]

Please please try Drakan the Ancient’s gates on PS2. A very underrated hidden gem of an RPG.

[@death5talker45]

Yes..I had that...Good Game

[@Kai-tn4yx]

And the first game, Drakan: Order of the Flame.

[@Ouroboros49]

I've played the first two games and the last one years ago. I've enjoyed at that time Hard to be a God, based on Strugatsky brothers' sci-fi novel Roadside Picnic and Drakensang series. Vikings: Wolfs of Midgard was a nice arpg, too, but nothing special. Also, I remember an old game I've enjoyed in the past, action - rpg sort of, with that Wolfhound (Volkodav) as main char, but I don't remember the game's name anymore.

[@eggardkingofthemountain1592]

Finally Drakensang gets the attention it deserves! Also check out the prequel River of Time.

[@TheKarabanera]

When I see the Cursed Crusade I can only think of the old Jerma video. DENZ IS A TALANTED SWORDSMAN

[@loneronin6813]

I actually liked The Cursed Crusade and I feel like it doesn't get talked about enough, be it good or bad in the minds of the individual(s) in question. It's flawed, but I thought some of Death's lines were pretty decent. I especially liked, "I am Death. I am everywhere, I am always." I may have paraphrased a bit but flaws and silliness all in all, it's still a gem to me.

[@Ranziel1]

Drakensang is really good, especially River of Time.

[@GamingWithHunterMain]

You should try Drakan: The Ancients' Gates. I played it with my mom growing up and loved it and recently tried it again. The game is so much more complex than I remember and I'm having a blast!

[@vinoirma8225]

There are many list to do -Best turn based rpg you must play -Strategy Rpg -Shooting Rpg -Rpgs that arent rpgs but are considerate rpg despite- -How to shoot a RPG

[@marchcavrecs6933]

From the same devs of Vikings, I played a lot of Shadows Awakening. This one's a really good game (and usually I don't like Diablo-like games)

[@michaelb2westgaedu]

Great game, interesting story. Those puzzles and all the hidden stuff you could find by using the Shadow World, very neat. That was a good one we played during the Lockdown.

[@garnauklaufen6704]

About Drakensang and its atmosphere: The developpers based many locations on romantic paintings like those from Caspar David Friedrich, and also studied historical sites to recreate plausible architecture in the game. Also: The Dark Eye, while not being popular outside of Germany, has a VERY detailed game world, so the developpers could draw from a rather deep lore.

[@v3ktors]

Hey, if you're going down memory lane with action RPGs, you reallly should check out Dawn of Magic. Depending on what skills/spells you picked up, your character would have parts of him transform the more attuned he would get. It was awesome!

[@robsdfs]

please try dark messiah of might and magic. I played is quite a time ago so I don't remember much about the story but I loved the mecanics of the fighting. For being a 2006 game I was really impressed by the possibility to pick surrounding objects and throw them to push and stutter enemies and the fact that every type of weapon has it's own sets of mooves, diveded in light and heavy and depends in the direction of the attack. standing still while attacking will perform a different move than if you move right, forward, left an back and this gives it a really fun combat system. I really raccomend it

[@kallmannkallmann]

The drakensang's games are great but builds are rly unbalanced and you can rly fk yourself up and no way to respec.

[@seamus6387]

One of my favorite overlooked or forgotten RPGs is called Soul Bringer. Reminds me of a couple of these games.

[@hubertmitura2587]

Yes it's very unique, in technical point of view also

[@lostprophetALT]

Summoner + Silverfall (+DLC: Earth Awakening), Shadows: Awakening for the next part :)

[@linklindlink]

Finally one of these where I don't know all the games. Heard of the cursed crusade and played drakensang, I remember having a lot of fun while playing drakensang but couldn't remember anything from it.

[@johnwrath3612]

God damn, i used to love these mid tier eurojank RPGs. Two worlds 2 , Risen, Sacred, Gothic, the first witcher game, etc. I've tried to go back and play these kinds of games now, and it's really hard. Even modern eurojank like Elex and Elex 2 are hard to get into these days for me. I used to find the janky combat systems and weird mechanics charming, but now they get frustrating real fast. Greedfall is probably the best one I've played in recent years, i enjoyed that one a lot.

[@Tasla1]

The drakensang games are very good. The prequel being the better gameplay wise. Each game is worth 75 hrs+. I found them to be very immersive.

[@timothynelissen948]

Couple recommendations for future vids, Viking: Battle for Asgard And Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

[@Holycurative9610]

I always remember Azurik-Rise of Perathia as a game I spent hundreds of hours playing on the OG Xbox about 20 years ago.

[@dennisdavidov782]

Interesting selection of games, Insomnia was new to me though it seemed like the least interesting of the bunch and really low-budget. Another game worth covering is Dungeon Lords from 2005 (re-released later as Dungeon Lords MMXII in 2012 and Dungeon Lords: Steam Edition in 2016). And a reminder regarding other previously suggested games: Knights of the Temple, Viking: Battle for Asgard, Of Orcs and Men, Game of Thrones, Mars: War Logs, Silverfall, Avencast: Rise of the Mage, Heretic Kingdoms: The Inquisition, How to Survive 1+2, Gauntlet: Slayer Edition, Xanadu Next and Ember.

[@Seichensi]

The Cursed Crusade isn't delisted or it's unavailable only for a certain countries.

[@damazywlodarczyk]

Insomnia is mindblowing. The story is completely amazing.

[@Khaliljt]

As a farmer I can confirm that pissing cows often rain arrows on people.

[@Fastwinstondoom]

Drakan: Order of the Flame is a game I never see anyone talking about. If you can get it running it might be a good fit for these videos!

[@chrismichael3364]

Would like to see you review The Last Oricru. I know it's a newer game, but it really didn't get a lot of attention.

[@climhazzzard5990]

lol i playec cursed crusades for xbox 360 with my homie and i remember the best part was his character yelling "fantasmas fantasmas"

[@glint6070]

Should definitely take a look at Rogue Galaxy, very underrated from the PS2 era

[@michaelb2westgaedu]

Needs a PC port, such a good game!

[@danilozvoganj3732]

Great video, as always 🙌

[@iulian96c]

Hard to be a God brings me a lot of nostalgia. Got it as a bonus for a local gaming magazine in 2012 or 2013.

[@motivateddad]

Dark Crusade has a very interesting combo system that you can have different combo on any weapon combination. Wield an Axe and a Mace has a different moveset and combos than wielding a sword and an axe. The durability system is annoying but the weapons are plentiful to pick around the arenas. And the 'Demon-mode' is very utilitized in puzzles and bossfights(The boss is invulnerable in the physical world until weaken from the demon realm). It has so much interesting things but held back by many other problems such as being delisted on Steam.

[@Daniel92CZ]

I really liked all 3 drakensang games, shame that the next drakensang game is online f2p. I would recommend trying Shadows: Awakening, it is not that old but i never saw anyone talking about it :).

[@Arik-isharshu]

Disclaimer for people who like the first 2 games and are surprised to hear there was a 3rd one: afaik the online Drakensang is just the case of somebody buying the trademark, and from what I've read it has nothing to do with the previous games or the Dark Eye world. Never played it tho, online f2p RPG/MMO stuff isn't really my thing, mb it is pretty good.

[@Daniel92CZ]

@@Arik-isharshu I was taking the original Drakensang first, prequel The River of Time second and the expansion Phileasson Secret as a third :). The Drakensang online is just average f2p/pay to win hack and slash, nothing to do with the single player games.

[@Arik-isharshu]

@@Daniel92CZ Oh okay, that makes sense

[@Jose-tv2pl]

oh yeah sweeet , btw nice vid man i always look for "old" and underated games some of them have nice mechanics but just get released in the wrong day

[@mattpike7268]

I enjoyed my playthrough of the cursed crusade lol. I found a good groove with the combat, and the crappy story was amusing. I liked the graphics too. Definitely more of an action game than an RPG for sure, but it's worth a try if anyone has a good way to play it lol, so I'm glad you showed it. I still have my PS3 copy.

[@thelagkage4519]

Have you tried The Technomancer? Great little game

[@sekory88]

the summoner is one Rpg I miss such a fun game with a lots of exploration and lore.

[@bicello]

back in the time there was a publisher in my country that translated and published some non top of the line games in newsstands at a budget price, among them there has been the two Drakensang and the first Sacred. what nice little discoveries! needless to say, they sold very well, expecially Sacred, i instead had a soft spot for the two Drakensang, played them so much that i knew them by memory, i even made a doc file with all mechanics, optimal quest sequence, riddles solutions, etc... i should still have them in some deep obscure hidden folder of my hard disk.

[@agm5424]

Another game thats certainly a hidden gem is, or was, The Secret World. And I say was because the original version was replaced by a soft reboot, called secret world legends who's changes were more negative than positives to the point of pissing off the originals fans and leading it to be almost forgotten. For more info on both versions cheach out Ceronesthes reviews of both versions of the game.

[@WoolleyGamer]

Rocking the Elex music in the background 😂🔥🔥🔥👊🏼❤️

[@UberJanusz]

Have you ever heard of Mage Knight Apocalypse?

[@click4gameplay]

Nop. But I added it to the list. I'll check it out.

[@LivingZombieJew]

Also cool obscure action adventure game is Afterfall: Insanity. It has few problems but atmosphere and plot are awesome.

[@OmegaEnvych]

It is Hard to be a God is based on the novel by Strugatsky brothers - same writers who made Roadside Picnic - a book that became inspiration for STALKER series. There are spoilers for the world of the game and novel. It is Hard to be a God is interesting in its world because it's not a fantasy world as you would imagine. It's an earthlike planet, that lives in middle ages but its culture is being affected by Progressors - an organisation of aliens that came to this planet with target to accelerate its population's development to the point when they can travel among the stars, but Progressors act from shadows, trying to hide the fat that they are aliens from distant planet they call Earth. I heard a lot about Drakensang but always confused it with Drakengard - the japanese series where you either fight hordes of enemies on foot or fight in the air on a dragon and that series is quite something (games are quite bad - first one is boring and repetitive, second is just bad, third runs like garbage on PS3) but have, probably, most unique setting and story (alternative fantasy world with time travel and dark magic and fairly dark and violent sense of humour and filled with nihilism) Only really notable thing is that Drakengard 3 has really good electronic soundtrack, especially during bossfights, and Drakengard 1 has a secret ending that became a bridge to another obscure action-RPG - Nier. Yes, that Nier that exploded in popularity with its mega popular sequel Nier Automata, but first Nier is way more niche game and has very clunky combat and sometimes very weird story, but it has godlike soundtrack with outlandishly good songs.

[@bergbilch]

As a German its pretty funny to see Drakensang in the obscure category:D Here its a classic similar to Gothic i would argue. There was even a modder team who made a huge extension for both drakensang games But if someone rly decides to play it editing the charackter speed is a must^^ For me Drakensang is one of my all time favorites

[@boburrides]

Man Insomnia could have been a sleeper hit, but it was plagued by an incredible amount of gameplay breaking bugs and it was abandoned before it could be properly fixed\finished. Quite a shame because the setting and atmosphere was awesome and the writing is surprisingly good! And Drakensang? I adored it! Wish they made more follow-ups.

[@marekchybik9925]

Hi, great video. Back in days I use to played Jade Empire by Bioware and Ehterlords 2. Also Forgotten RPGs acording to me :D

[@rattratthew]

DENZ WAS A TALENTED SWORDSMAN

[@demonfandango]

Was interested to see your experience with Wolves of Midgard because I played it on PS4 and don't recall the hitbox issue you showed at all. I wonder if it's a flaw in the emulation the PS5 uses to run PS4 games. I've had an issue with some PS4 games running on PS5 not playing correctly or even allowing simple actions like picking up guns or vaulting over walls - few and far between issues mind you.

[@mpamphsxatz2263]

Can you do a review for "the bard's Tale" , that's an actual hidden gem! I apologize if you've done before..

[@death5talker45]

I still have Bard's Tale.. Good Game

[@PaddyANS]

07:55 man, i hear elex music. is this intentional or is it ingame? oh sorry... i checked description. :D ears still functional. :D Drakensang! Loved it. got steelbook collectors edition :) but... failed skills and got stuck.. never endet it.

[@thebailey67]

I’m not a pc gamer. So I know you talk a lot about those game. You’re fairly hilarious and sarcastic. I found myself laughing out loud about some of the comments you make on these games. Great channel.I love obscure games like 2 Worlds. Goofy but fun. Rock on.!

[@Grumpy6]

Drakensang series for sure a thumbs up!

[@avalonjustin]

Hey man, I just wanted to say I bought Dungeon Lords because of your review of it. Cost me around five Canadian dollars on Steam, and that's about what it's worth.

[@eldritchmorgasm4018]

- Drakan: Order of the Flames (1999, PC) - Drakan: The Ancients' Gate (2002, PS2) - Knights Contract (2011, XBOX360)

[@garrick3727]

Drakensang: The Dark Eye is possibly the most overlooked RPG game. The graphics hold up very well compared to similar games from the time, notably Dragon Age : Origins. Despite the cartoony look, the atmosphere of the game is very good, reminding me of World of Warcraft. The voice acting and dialogue are good, and the NPCs you can pick up along the way are interesting. There's no Bioware style companion dialogue/choices/romances although there is some entertaining dialogue. Please note that my perspective is someone who is not averse to slow gameplay and more in-depth mechanics. This game is one of those where, when you pick herbs for alchemy, your character actually bends down and performs the picking action, which I am sure many may find tedious (giving your herbalist a short skirt helps). The actual RPG system is very complicated compared to, say, D&D, so I recommend reading up on it, or at least how it works in this game, so that you don't get frustrated wasting level-ups. Overall I rate this game up there with the very best in terms of fun, if not depth. The rogue character I made for myself was one of the most fun rpg characters I ever made) The follow-up game River of Time is even better. It's shorter, but has more focus on story.