TOP 10 Obscure RPGs and Action Adventures that you Missed

[@click4gameplay]

These 10 games were the most memorable for me. That was the main criteria for selecting them, even though I could have selected some objectively better games. For example Knight's Contract was very memorable, even though I said I don't actually recommend it. 46:30 It's Tom Baker, not Troy. I'm stupid. I have some GoG affiliate links for some of the games covered: Blades of Time: cutt.ly/e13gNvM Seven: Enhanced Edition: cutt.ly/236QzIR Blade of Darkness: cutt.ly/HwqoHbP5 Shadows: Awakening: cutt.ly/qwqoHAwP Depths of Peril: cutt.ly/CwVtS5y7 Nox: cutt.ly/EegbGSdZ Check out the my video about all Harry Potter games: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHOYZ4uejbGnfpY Get yourself an awesome T-shirt or a hoodie, in my official merch store: www.bonfire.com/store/click4gameplay/ Become a KZbin member: kzbin.info/door/jekkqakBWqPu44aExSDxxAjoin Become a Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=2826612 C4G on Twitter: twitter.com/c_4_g C4G on Instagram: instagram.com/c_4_g_/

[@arsicpedja]

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[@Grandmastergav86]

Tom Baker's voice is always epic. He was brilliant in this, I'd suggest a hearing test. Troy Baker couldn't act his way out of a paper bag if his life depended on it tbh.

[@Roncon1997]

Hi C4G! Love the videos. Which game was your favorite out of the ten games listed here? I'm looking to get the most fun and rewarding one.

[@PIP...33]

DARK STONE FOR PS1 IS ONE OF THE BEST

[@brezelchen]

You really like the OST of Gothic or Risen I assume ☀️ Thx for your video 🌼

[@SasukeHOA]

As a spanish player, Blade of Darkness is a proud little gem for our country.

[@krux02]

After many many years, I've finally beaten it this year. I could not do it when it was new. Great game. Flaws exists and now that I am older I allow myself to see them. But it stays a great game.

[@philthepileable]

One of my all time favorite games. When I got it, there was a bug that meant I couldn't save. I spent AGES finishing it without dying because I loved it so much. Years later I played it again and barely finished it even with saving. INCREDIBLE game!

[@aleksapetrovic6519]

Really? I tought "Spanish video game gems" are Commandos, Aragami, Blasphemous, Praetorians or There are Billions.

[@mrduffbier000]

​@@krux02"I allow me to see them", Buddy, your opinion is non- relevant

[@fartloudYT]

im willing to bet that if not for blade of darkness, souls series would have been very different. the vibe of the game, the gameplay style, perhaps those were coincidentally similar, but then during the fight against one of the first demon souls bosses you hear soundtrack that is more or less straight from blade of darkness. i refuse to believe that to be just a coincidence. it is a bit of a shame blade of darkness did not receive a direct follow up, but at the very least it inspired games that still live on decades later.

[@angelsichor88]

I'm so old that blade of darkness was called Severance when I bought it

[@sureokk]

Me too when it was on a demo disk

[@p.k.4927]

Different countries, different names. Also best sp sword combat system ever. I loved severance as a kid.

[@wrongthinker843]

It was sold as "Severance: Blade of Darkness" where I live xD

[@m.m.3753]

Me too

[@nayyarrashid4661]

​@wrongthinker843 Same when I had it. My PC was only able to play the start up screen.

[@traesmith9822]

Blade of Darkness. Im so glad I found that game in a thrift store as a kid.

[@DadBodFit]

I'm envious I would have loved to play such a game in 2001.. I was 11.. perfect age. I loved these kinda games as well. I am getting it on steam to play for the first time.

[@Fastwinstondoom]

I think you really hit the nail on the head with Blade of Darkness. The atmosphere of that game is amazing, it has a true sword and sorcery-feel to it and that mixed with the very assyrian/babylonian-inspired mythology of the game really sets it apart. The plot is very typical but the narration and the maps do tell their own stories through gameplay. In short, I freakin' love this game, replayed it many times over since 2001 :D

[@VITAS874]

Well plot not so typical i would say. Lore is very complicated

[@bizzzzzzle]

I played a ton of Nox back then as a 13 year old, my friend actually started a website for it and we started hex-editing and making “trainers” for the game. We actually ended up getting a small article written about us in Computer Gaming Monthly back then, which was huge for some 8th grade/HS freshman kids.

[@ianbuitenga3133]

Dude, I used to skip school and play nox capture the flag online. What I'd give to go back and experience that again! Nox quest too!

[@ISHESUAPLEYADES]

Number 1 Blade, edge of darkness. Made in Spain 😎. Maybe the graphics are outdated, as you said, but I've played that game in 2001 and the effects of lights, fire and blood was really impressive in that moment. Even more impressive when I saw the trailer one year before the game was released.

[@Kai-tn4yx]

If you liked Blade of Darkness, you should also try Drakan. It has a similarly feeling combat system.

[@DadBodFit]

I loved Drakan! I never knew about BoD but I'm getting it now (it's on sale on Steam) so I'm excited to try it

[@tonyp.bahama9368]

I remember playing that game as a kid and having no clue about what to

[@mattiarossetti5578]

Severance Blade Of Darkness in Italy. One of the greatest sword combat system, with "beat 'em up" style combos

[@torment4723]

with mount and blade right on top

[@Deceneu66]

NO WAY!!! After 20+ years I finally found the name of that one game I played at my friends house and never saw it again. Blade of Darkness!! I can't believe it. Thank you!

[@Sartheris]

I have no idea who you are, but I am happy for you! I know what's it like to have been searching for some game/music/movie for decades

[@SKURVIEL1973]

@@Sartheris A year ago this game was also released on consoles :).

[@mortus616]

For reference: Hard to Be a God (Russian: Трудно быть богом, romanized: Trudno byt' bogom) is a 1964 science fiction novel by the Soviet writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, set in the Noon Universe.

[@itsroskull6327]

Fun Fact: The very same Strugatsky Brothers wrote the book “A Roadside Picnic” which set the tone for popular games such as the Critically Acclaimed “Stalker” series, the Metro Series, and most modern “Soviet-esk” post apocalyptic games. A great read and one of my favorite books.

[@Hagelnot]

they also made a movie about it (2013) with the same title. and what a weird movie it was xD

[@superhetoric]

​@@Hagelnotit was wonderful though unique and different from the book

[@Hagelnot]

@@superhetoric unique indeed^^ i can't say I liked it, but nevertheless I appreciate it

[@wrongthinker843]

And much like Stalker, the game is barely reminiscent of the book.

[@Xavasius]

Blade of Darkness was simply amazing for its time. Spent so much time dueling my friends in the arena pvp mode too. What a gem.

[@Qrdez]

Nerd mode activated: actually, in blade of darkness, not all weapons are breakable, only those, that can be used to block. Basically, it's only for dual wield weapons, and only when you're blocking with it. In other cases they will do their job as long as you want. Ty for vid, bro :D

[@70mavgr]

Blade of Darkness is an underrated masterpiece. I have both the original and the remastered versions and once a year i make a playthrough.

[@Andre_vyent]

I appriciate this channel, good for buying some oldies online

[@tacticaldreadnought2635]

me too, GOG rules

[@AVM26]

SEVEN was my best Steam purchase last year. Truly, a hidden gem. Anyone who enjoys Dishonored should give it a try.

[@debjyotibanerjee8440]

Blade of darkness has great sound and gameplay...

[@bloodrunsclear]

The music in one instance is from Elex: another hidden gem I think

[@BlazeIsBOSS]

elex is one of my favorite games of all time

[@dennisdavidov782]

Some surprising picks for this list for sure. For me the best games featured in the series (which weren't listed here) are: Enclave, Spartan: Total Warrior, Sudeki, Drakensang, Champions of Norrath, Blacktail, Heavenly Sword, The Bard's Tale, Summoner 2. Other games which are not as good but are still worth trying: Rise of the Argonauts, Kult: Heretic Kingdoms, Dungeon Lords, Silverfall, Ultra Age, Viking: Battle for Asgard, Daemonica, Knights of the Temple, Loki and Venetica.

[@Zelas_Stargazer]

@clichk4gameplay You can cancel your attacks with dash button in combos in BoD to have shorcuts to next moves in combos. For example: You have Attack + ^v + ^ scimitar combo. You can do the third move faster with: Attack + dash + ^v + dash + ^. Dash is canceling current move in combo and allows you to do the next move faster! You may find many interesting undocumented combinations with it. There is also PvP mode for BoD :)

[@chrisd6287]

Im a big fan of "hair" physics as well 😂

[@toaster4975]

Blade of Darkness is currently available on modern consoles. My first experience with it was on PS5.

[@zwippie92]

Have you played Jade Empire? The martial arts RPG from Bioware? Not sure how well it works these days but I've been able to play it on Origins but that was a several years ago. I wish they would make a remaster out of that one.

[@WarriorCicada]

I loved Jade Empire, haven't played game like it since.

[@zwippie92]

@@WarriorCicada Closest thing we have I would say is Ghost of Tsushima. The story, the setting and the way combat flows in both games are quite similar. GoT is ofc open world were Jade Empire is a bit more linear and has more in common with KotOR in that regard.

[@mrben6573]

Nox is incredible. I'd say it's one of the most unique "diablo clone" style games. There's nuance to the gameplay that sets it apart. I should play it again.

[@omc8872]

i played Blade when it was release, man, it was an unique experience. You cant compare with nothing, was years ahead from its time.

[@mariokarthero1997]

I actually decided to play Blades of Time last year upon seeing it on a Hidden Gems or Trash video. It had the odd glitch on PC, but it was a damn good time!

[@millenial_in_the_middle]

Should have rewind time to get past the glitch... Sorry.

[@DmytroBogdan]

Something weird was going on in Germany in 2007. Take Crysis, for example, a game was visually and technically 5-6 years ahead of its time. Hell, I replayed it recently and it looks and feels quite modern.

[@MrGuitz]

I played the hell out of NOX when i was a kid, the cd came as a gift in a local pc magazine back in the windows xp days. Man such memories, ima try find it right now.

[@DigitallyRemasteredMusic]

Thank you my friend! Great video as always, going to check some of these out! As always, one of your proud patreons!

[@akv-e5t]

"Hard to be a God" is a book by the Strugatsky brothers. It's a very good scifi/fantasy story written during the soviet union.

[@ianbuitenga3133]

Nox online was such an amazing time. Huge games of capture the flag, spells flying across the map, conjurors running around eith their summons, warriors charging around like mad men.

[@muddassarbaig2143]

Blade of darkness ❤❤

[@DiegoGlauser-xp5jw]

This video turned me into one of your subscribers. Great job man, thanks for the recommendations.

[@SimonCleric]

Nox is definitely a hidden gem x) Great video, so much nostalgia here x) But also, my man, you need to try Evil Islands x)

[@MatthewAlan1484]

Thank you for taking the time to play and review these titles.

[@scullyy]

I was hopeful for the next game from the developers of Seven, but was disappointed to learn it wouldn't have any of the vertical exploration. Another extremely underrated RPG in my opinion is Crystal Project. It has vertical exploration too, multiclassing, good itemization, a MASSIVE world and a huge amount of potential sequence breaking. Took me 80 hours to beat too. Yes, it's a JRPG, but I liked it a lot and I normally hate JRPGs.

[@nooords93]

I always loved the Soldak aesthetic and jankiness haha

[@FRANK45CASTLE]

Almost none of my friends know about Seven. Its surprising honestly, looks like alot of work went into it. This is a great list man, coming from a guy whos been gaming since the early 90s.

[@madeOfClay99]

Checkout Nehrim: At Fade's Edge, is a standalone mod from TES IV Oblivion if you are interested, it's a really well done mod, I believe it has some Gothic influence

[@garrick3727]

I've picked up a few games based on C4G reviews. My favorite by far was Dungeon Siege 3. What surprised me is how hard the game is. It's more of an action adventure RPG-lite, but the combat was closer to Dark Souls than Diablo. Some of the boss fights gave me that "can I even win this?" feeling I get on the harder Souls bosses, but you figure out strategies and builds that make the fight doable. It's a relatively short game and I feel I will definitely play it through again. Not entirely obscure, but my favorite "obscure" series I haven't seen C4G cover is Spellforce, probably because it's a RPG/RTS hybrid. I love that series though. It perfectly captures something that Lord of the Rings has but most RPG games do not: heroes fighting in large battles. It makes for a much more epic feeling RPG. The first game and it's DLCs are definitely the best, although I preferred the less-janky implementation of the second game.

[@AndreiCaldararu]

I was trying to remember the name of Hard to be a God for over 10 years before seeing your video.

[@thermonuclearwarhead]

Severance was one of my favorite games ever, nice to see it covered here.

[@z.s.7992]

Your RPG videos are on point. I remember playing a lot of these through the 2000s and generally I agree with pretty much every. Blade Of Darkness is an incredible game and I see what you mean about the level design. The traps though....a couple of the levels made me realize the depth of criminal madness of the devs

[@SKURVIEL1973]

I played Blade of Darkness in 2002 on PC and it recently came out on PS and I bought it. The game is still great then and now. If only they would remake it I would be over the moon. This game is the forefather of all those rpg tpp games.

[@spaceman9599]

+1 doe Depths of Peril. Love that hard working 1 man studio!

[@mythwind1688]

Blade of Darkness was amazing. So ahead of its time. I still dust it off once in awhile, there's nothing quite like it.

[@Yugomorph]

Never thought I'd see an Akella game on a positive Top 10 list.

[@frostreaper1607]

My backlog is already huge and your videos aren't helping 😂 Love your finds, thers a handful of these I'm going to pick up !

[@TheRealCHIMShady]

Nox is a forgotten gem. Very fun game

[@cleny217]

Holy crap, i honestly almost thought Depths of Peril was just some fever dream i had or something as a kid. I spent years trying to remember what that games name was. I just vaguely remember when i was a young lad, somewhat new to the internet with no money and desperately looking for another Diablo like game. Geeeeez thanks man.

[@jtGz]

Blade of Darkness! I loved this game as a kid, years later I played it again and was still great. Now Im planning on playing it again somewhere in the near future

[@OldNerdPlayingOldPCGames]

I highly appreciate the over-use of Kai Rosenkranz's music 😀👍

[@GeekHub7]

I still have a copy of Severance Blade of Darkness in my PC. One of my favorite games from decades ago.

[@atraxisdarkstar]

I've been gaming since the c64 era, considered myself a big RPG nerd, yet never even heard of any of these games except Sword Coast Legends, and haven't played any of them. Time is pretty scarce for me at the moment, but I'll try to check a few of these out.

[@docmars]

I loved NOX when I was little. I never got the chance to play Diablo 1 or 2 at the time, so this was my alternative.

[@warhammerguy]

Drakan The Ancients' Gates was also pretty good but underrated.

[@Cormano980]

Blade of Darkness has dismemberment and decaps, the blood stays on you, things you don't see anymore in games like DS or ER , the music and combat is still good A remake would sell like crazy

[@nerdmassa9086]

Sir, you have extremely good taste in games, I must say.

[@axm4643]

Love your channel! You are probably the only KZbinr who plays this many RPGs of all kinds...!

[@domainmojo2162]

The Temple of Elemental Evil (ToEE) A true turn-based, D&D cRPG. (if you like the AD&D ruleset) I still play it after 2 decades at least once a year. It still looks gorgeous - especially that radial menu. Graphics are timeless.

[@KowlDoogle]

i'll always recommend the original Blade of Darkness to the rerelease, it's a bit more work to get working but it reads combo inputs better and can let you bypass attack animations to get the longer special combos off without getting interrupted, i feel like a lot of the new features the rerelease tried to do didn't land all that well. also the enemies respawning were reinforcements, if you get the gem (i think it's the blue one) that spawns them in first the old bodies are still there

[@r.d.6290]

For Shadows Awakening, I found the sorceress story to turn out to be interesting though kinda hilarious closer to the end.

[@Olhor10]

You have super strong Polish accent my friend. :D "hiden dżem" :D I love it.

[@hesitatenothing]

Thank you for making this video and putting the work to this. Don't wanna complain but just a tip what could make them better, if u mention whatever the games have open world, map generated or linear!

[@MrMustardfinger]

Your listsvs every other youtuber puts out videos '10 rpgs you have never heard of' and most of us know all 10 of them they are not even obscure. your lists I pretty much always get surprises and I love it.

[@mr1357989]

I went and bought Hard to be a God after watching this and im loving it, thank you for showing these off!

[@ilquerxanier]

I love your channel, great content which i couldnt find anywhere else.

[@renzo532]

Do you guys remember Sacred 2? So underrated, maybe its because game too slow, but there's a thing most people don't know - you can change speed of game via cheat code

[@everx7]

Not correct (Blade of Darkness), two handed weapons are used by also the amazon (dont recall the name) and 1 handed weps are dwarf and knight, so theoretically u couldve go for the amazon :), she has some great combos with certain weapons and u just plow through enemies i mean u will notice only hands legs torsos after the combo ends. Anyway just felt to get this info out. But if u strictly prefer 2h swords and axes yeah barbarian is the only real choice, if u go with spears and poleaxes well amazon is another good choice :) for 2h combat.

[@yacdj]

Seven reminds me by its artstyle of another hidden gem, Weird West. Well it's not as obscure as some games in the list but i wanted to mention it because it took me by surprise. I indeed didn't expect much of it when I tried it but loved it very much after a while.

[@JspoonG]

Legend: Hand of God, I remember that this game was well reviewed in Polish magazines and I even wanted to play. I guess I wouldn't call it obscure, it looks really good and in fact it surprises me how quickly it was forgotten

[@offdutyjie]

Heres another 2 games for you to try C4C, "Vampire: the Masquerade - Redemption" & "Soulbringer". Two of my favorite Obscure CRPGs lol!! Soulbringer is hard and punishing, but was worth it when you figure out things, it doenst hold your hand as well lol! Vampire was really good imo, but was looked over quite a bit... Maybe you have played thse but yea - Love the Channel man and hopefully you find my comment here and try those two games!!

[@TheVanillatech]

Severence was incredible but it was broken on release. Only the Knight and Barbarian were technically finished and 100% playable. The other two were glitchy at best, unbalanced and not quite finished. Still, even having just two fully fleshed out and coded characters - with two different styles of fighting - made the game replayable enough. And what an amazing game for it's time!

[@airtech91]

Love this channel cause you think you know most games, then a sleeper hit pops up and gives you reality/humble check.

[@drzitbag06]

really enjoyed playing nox in 2000. And thank you for suggesting seven. looks like a game from 90s with modern graphics. def 90s game design mentality, will check it out.

[@anthonyharding4380]

Appreciate all that you've done to help spread awareness of these games which I'm sure many would consider hidden-gems :)

[@Pos44Dami]

ahhh severance .. best atmosphere best sound .. a pure gem cannot retrieve sword coast legend

[@Bobson_Dugnutt_Esq]

Interesting… I played Gamedec and it had a reference to a Virtualia remake of “Seven: The Days Long Gone,” but I only found out through this video that it was an actual game. Neat.

[@evgenigenov3433]

Blade of darkness, made by the spanish god tier game studio Rebel Act. After the dissolving of the studio, some of the original devs has been involved in great games like Castlevania lord of shadows 1,2.

[@superhetoric]

anyone who wants to experience the story of the first game mentioned should just read the Soviet novel it's based on by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky

[@grparkourgr]

This is a great video, i like the way you are presenting the games and took your time to give us ample information. Definitely i am playing Blade of Darkness and Hand of God. I got Depths of peril all the way back when i was out of internet service for several months and i enjoyed the hell out of this game. Great replayability and truly a hidden gem in my book. I aprecciate the Gothic soundtrack!

[@m3th05]

blade of darkness! what a game, i played it back in the day... great memories...

[@giggajames1903]

Blade of Darkness definitely was a precursor to the whole souls genre, even did some things better in my opinion.

[@keinergrey1437]

Watching this reminded me of another Hack and Slash game with a bit of RPG elements called Enclave - year 2002 or 2003.

[@Struljex]

Loved Hand of God. It was amazing back in the day playing it as a kid

[@ISHESUAPLEYADES]

Nox!!! Oh my God, They gave me that game for free in Origin and I didn't play it in years because I was busy with other games, then, a few months ago, I decided to give it a try and it's a real diamond. It was really refreshing to feel again this kind of rpgs after ll these years getting used to the new ones.

[@KillerKrieg]

What was the other game you were playing that was an example of QTE where you were some crusading knight?

[@peanutchampion2008]

"I'm glad you asked - nerds" Classic. Another great video 🙏

[@Qrdez]

An hour of extasy with our beloved chunky boi. Great time to live in.

[@blast_processing6577]

You should check out _Dark_ _Messiah_ _of_ _Might_ _and_ _Magic._ It was pretty popular at the time of its release but has been largely forgotten now despite having some of the most enjoyable combat ever. I truly wish the modding community had kept the game alive in the same way _Skyrim_ has been kept alive.

[@teyrngalahad5719]

He recently made a video on it.

[@blast_processing6577]

@@teyrngalahad5719 : Thanks for the head's up. I just came across thisguy's channel but will check it out!

[@gonzalocanas8335]

32:20 Same, i was thinking this game is a Borderlands(or more Tiny Tina Wonderlands) but with another Camará.

[@ThatDjinn]

I remember liking The Lord of the Rings: War in the North and Beowulf in action/slasher genre. And I also remember Blade & Sword - a Chinese knockoff Diablo 2. I only remember playing the demo though, can't say if it was any good.

[@johnkelley7194]

Have you tried Darkstone by Gathering o Developers? I really enjoyed it back in the day. GoG has it. I'd be curious how you view it? It came out before Diablo 2 and was the 1st ARPG I played that had a moveable camera.

[@swiadomosczwiazkowpl]

Seven is the game!

[@Baraz_Red]

Sword Coast : visuals cannot be the reason for bad reviews. It is not like BG1-2 (and others) have great character visuals and animations.

[@PitBoss_ZA]

The last few missions and ending are not good. Otherwise it was a fun game.

[@SpecShadow]

IIRC combat in Hard to be a God gets trivialized when you can spam attack+block fast. Quite a long game too. Blade of Darkness feels like a Conan game - one of the better ones too. Combat is really hectic and death comes quickly. Devs later opened new studio - MercuryStream and made Castelvania-Lords of Shadows.

[@sureokk]

I had blade of darkness on a top deck demo disk and I've never played the full game. I sunk so much time in the demo as a kid though

[@marcinantczak3827]

Blade of Darkness / One of the best games ever! Confirmed!

[@Ghaleon]

Blade of Darkness reminds me of my play of GOTHIC. Looks really nice

[@nayyarrashid4661]

Blade of Darkness is one of the games I want a remake with better hitboxes and animations. The other one is Eternal Darkness.