Not exact matches
However, you really don't
see these kind of
games until you get down to more
obscure games, AAA
games that didn't meet expectations, or post-mortem AAA releases (because let's be honest, even though we continued to
see a few releases for the Wii, Donkey Kong Country Returns was the last release before the system was put on «life support» and the momentum died).
The
game saw a massively delayed launch in Europe earlier this year when it encountered trademark issues with an
obscure Portuguese boardgame called «Trench».
We asked The Chinese Room to make this
game because we loved the stuff they'd done in the past (especially an
obscure horror
game called Korsakovia) and were curious to
see what they'd do with the Amnesia universe.
I really hope they will do a slasher
game since those characters are my personal favorite additions to the recent MK
games and I'd love to
see obscure characters like Chucky that might not work in an MK
game.
Act 4 begins to bend in on itself, swapping the immediate appeal of Act 3's celestial musical number and self - referential adventure
game - within - a-
game for
obscure experiments in poetry, cinematography, and the (deep breath) very act of
seeing itself.
Don't get me wrong, there's impeccable detail and lighting to be found, but the camera sometimes
obscures the view: your character is helpfully highlighted but the
game then seemingly forgets that there may also be some zombies hiding nearby that you can not
see.
This means that every object in the
game is completely transparent and you can
see the lines on the side of the object that should be
obscured.
The Black Ops 3 map, titled Redwood, will
see gamers take to a technology inundated Californian forest which will entail many
obscured routes as well as weapons
Yes, for as hard as it is to believe, this
obscure Mario title never
saw the light of day in any country outside of Japan, thanks to the weird distribution method of kiosks back in «98, and thanks due to Nintendo's International Division shutting down sales of all SNES
games in «97.
DriveClub is doing a decent job of accumulating
obscure cars you rarely
see in racing
games - not even the encyclopedic car lists of Forza and Gran Turismo can claim to have the Vulcano, as this will mark its official
game debut.
Criticisms aside, I particularly like the fact they included some
obscure European eccentrics - it's not often you
see the Russian Marussia B2, the Spanish GTA Spano and the Dutch Savage Rivale GTR - S in the same
game.
GSW and Gamasutra editor FrankC is a man of
obscure game KNOWLEDGE, since he founded Lost Levels and is often to be
seen drooling over a particularly
obscure prototype - so we squealed when he pointed out a copy of «Miss Peach World» for Famicom / NES, created by Hacker International, on Yahoo! Japan Auctions.
Unfortunately, while Wonder Boy has
seen a bit of a resurgence in recent years, the Adventure Island series hasn't appeared since an
obscure 2009 WiiWare
game.
We're
seeing a new rise in
obscure music thanks to the ease with which downloadable songs can be obtained, and similarly,
games are starting to come out that take advantage of the fact they need very little in terms of distribution cost.
AC Chronicles Russia, like any other Assassin's Creed
game, focuses on an
obscure character you might have
seen from a comic book or film, in this case, Nikolai Orelov, the Russian assassin from the Assassin's Creed: The Fall and Assassin's Creed: The Chain comics.
It could come good, but compared to the polished gem that was Lawbreakers, it's a shame to
see the studio's next
game be a half - arsed rush job, especially as the lack of polish and rough edges all but
obscure a lot of the great ideas Radical Heights has.