Rhythm games tend to be rather lighthearted affairs. If they have a star or stars, they're effervescent individuals. The Hatsune Miku series star a group of vibrant Vocaloids. The Dance Dance Revolution series offers a group of rather wholesome characters devoted to their craft. The Parappa the Rapper-line of games offer anthropomorphic and positive animals. The Bust a Groove series gives us a contract killer who moonlights as a fortune-teller and stripper, attempted murderer and daughter of an international diplomat.
From lost adventures to forgotten puzzlers, here are the classic titles that games history has cruelly overlooked.
Oni?...Oni is not a classic, unless you want to consider it as a classic unfinished game. A cool idea at that time, but very forgettable.
Herzog Zwei is STILL better than most games that are released today, and it was released in 1989.
The Art style, music, Gameplay, how fluid and smooth it was, the game modes and maps, 2 person head to head.
OMG it was like nothing I had played at the time, and not many know of this true gem.
Another one is General Chaos.
Two Sega Genesis games that need to be remade but most people have never heard of.
What a shame.
Herzog Zwei. Hell yes! You get a bubble just for making me reminisce of that Genesis classic. I got that one as a freebee from Sega when the console launched. Oh..what a time...what a console!
I notice you have a lot of agrees, but not everyone supports your viewpoint. Oni was in my opinion an excellent game, something that user-reviews on metacritic supports me on. It was first and foremost an rewarding beat-em-up game, that also catered to fans of 3rd person shooters.
If you can point out how it was unfinished and what could have made it better in so regards, we could have more interesting conversation.
I talked to staff members that worked on the project (many, many years ago). It was not finished. It was rushed out the door (PS2 launch era). Ever notice how so many environments were so empty? User reviews and metacritic (which was 69/100?) support you? Do they know you? I'm just teasing, but seriously you can take user reviews and metacritic and toss them right out the door. It's all about how YOU like it. If you like it, then cool, you got something out of it. As for myself, I did not.
I used to play the demo non stop, that was on an OPM demo disc which had Akuji The Heartless and Syphon Filter.
Bust a Groove! The EZ mouse hasn't been forgotten!
We loved that game in high school, mainly because break dancing was getting big in certain social circles. Game was amazing.
Do you want to be a Natural Playboy? Get on the dance floor and bust a move. Bust a Groove is here to help you get your rhythm on! With great dance tracks, you are sure to learn how to pop and lock.
Bust a Groove 3 or a remaster of the first 2 (the sequel never came to Europe :( ) should have been at PSX :)
This was one of those very few games that my big sisters (who you'd be hard pressed to call gamers) loved as much as I did. They actually "beat" the game (Robo-Z) before I was able to (what with being older and more coordinated, I guess lol).
Really wish they had remastered these games, tons of fun...
I'd be down for a sequel or remake and hope someday it happens.