Genuinely cool and stylish games

[Satori (original)]

The Dig
Flashback
Earthworm Jim 1&2
Shinobi 3
Streeths of Rage 1&2

 

[halflingbarbarian]

Romance of Three Kingdoms 11.
http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=26419

1) Art style that is conservative and classy.
2) Nice UI that blends in well with the playing area.
3) Awesome awesome awesome portraits (for important officers they even got an 'aged' portrait which they change to after a certain age.)

Young!

Old!

4) Novelised AND historical bio for ALL officers (if are into the war history of that time period / differences in the novel).

5) Epic, stirring and most importantly, appropriate music. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ_z_yXCjq0 for a sample)

6) I am not teasing this time there is an English translation patch (as can be seen in the Codex Let's Play linked above by RK47) so you non-slitty eyed people can actually try it if interested. PM me if you don't really know where to start looking for the game.

 

[halflingbarbarian]

Oh yes also Audiosurf (http://www.audio-surf.com/), an award winning indie that is a racing game which generates racing tracks based on the rhythm and tempo of any audio media you input. Clean, simple graphics (but not boring) and interesting game modes. You can find many FRAPed audiosurf sessions on youtube if you want a preview.

You can customise almost every aspect of the color scheme, backgrounds, sound effects and such.

The Dig
Flashback
Earthworm Jim 1&2
Shinobi 3
Streeths of Rage 1&2

I just went through Streets of Rage 2 again recently (I think last or 2 weeks ago) on an emulator. The midi music in every stage is so... engaging.

 

[CrimsonAngel]

Bayonetta.

 

[Oesophagus]

Audiosurf kicks ass! It's real fun to play it on multiplayer, so you can blame the other guy for doin it wrong.
However, the best thing I've done in it is smoking a doobie and playing Kraftwerk - Autobahn. Major

 

[asper]

Zeno Clash. Very cool setting, cool characters and story. Unfortunately it lacks a bit in the gameplay department (railroading), but it is well worth checking out.

Well, it doesnt have the spy feeling you want, but it's cool and stylish...

 

[Ermm]

Medievil 1 and 2. Kind of old, but cool nonethless. Definitely like something out of Tim Burton movie. Daniel Fortesque is cool character.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Rainblood: Town of Death

 

[sgc_meltdown]

Rainblood: Town of Death

link to torrent pls

 

[baronjohn]

I thought System Shock 2 had excellent style. Great environments, characters, interface, and sound.

 

[Earl Shive]

James Bond or Ocean's Eleven vibe?

Evil Genius but it has some AI annoyances and a game takes like 200 hours to complete so it is a mixed bag.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Rainblood: Town of Death

link to torrent pls

demonoid.me
rutracker.org
etc.

 

[sgc_meltdown]

thx sent u rep

 

[bert]

Godhand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAga2AjfZlg

 

[funkadelik]

Myth 1 or 2 - Awesome Tactical Squad-Based Strategy Game set in Medieval times with
humans, dwarves, etc and the undead.

Worms Armageddon - Fun 2d Turn-Based Sidescrolling Shootem-Up with Worms, also
the most important part, roping and racing other ropers.

Giant: Citizen Kabuto - A very fun TPS multi-player game with 3 factions, one tech
based, one nature-based, and one giant that eats and
stomps the other two while making offspring.No more players
online.

Mirror's Edge - A short but fun FPS that mainly focuses on awesome parkour techniques
and scaling walls/large gaps while running from the police and military.

Sacrifice - A cool TPS/Strategy hybrid using minions, probably no more players online.

Omikron - I remember it being very strange but very attractive at the same time.

Messiah - TPS where you play a baby angel that can possess any NPC and use their special abilities.

There are plenty more but I can think of all of them right now.

(added Messiah)

 

[malko_sundervere]

Zeno Clash. Very cool setting, cool characters and story. Unfortunately it lacks a bit in the gameplay department (railroading), but it is well worth checking out..

You are my best friend.
Actually, I quite liked the gameplay in Zeno Clash. While the combat was sort of limited, it felt VERY visceral - like your movements actually had weight to them. It's not an RPG, but I hear Zeno Clash 2 is intended to be more of an Elder Scrolls-style "open exploration" RPG.

 

[SCO]

Bayonetta.

Liked that better when it was like this:

 

[Jasede]

Godhand pisses all over Bayonetta. :fanboi:

 

[Gragt]

Godhand pisses all over Bayonetta. :fanboi:

It always reminds me of that character in Discipline nicknamed Godhand because she can make anyone come with her hand in less than 30 seconds.

 

[Shannow]

PS:T

 

[Rpgsaurus]

Romance of Three Kingdoms 11.

Looks awesome.

Torrented, dl'ing the english language patch.

...

Back on topic, King of the Dragon Pass is an impeccably stylish game with an original setting and cool art design.

 

[torpid]

This begs the question: are video games art?

 

[Ermm]

Rogaar EEbert
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