Atlus' Growlanser series was well received, however little seems to have come from it since 2006's Growlanser: Heritage of War.
A new listing shows the Atlus JRPG is scheduled for re-release on PSN.
With the recent re-release of Ogre Battle 64 -- one of Mike Gingras's favorite games -- on the Wii's Virtual Console, he got to thinking about good games that aren't well represented in mainstream gaming. The "hidden gems," if you will. Here are his favorites.
GamesAsylum writes: "In Growlanser every character seems to be an orphan; quiet types, who say things like "…" and "umm". You see, most of the characters' parents where killed in the war, because war is bad. The characters are out to stop war, because war is bad. Did I mention that war is bad? Well it is. The game told me. Every five seconds. The previous generations of orphans had a great idea to stop the war. They pointed a big gun at everyone and asked them to be quiet. However, now there's a new enemy. The earth is being attacked by the mysterious screapers, who live in the sea but occasionally come inland to chow down on some human flesh. The story is in equal parts uninspiring, clichéd and stupid."
