Really Obscure RPGs

[solemgar]

The Bard's Tale, anyone try this one?

It's not a bad game. Not amazing but it's surprisingly funny if you give it some time

 

[YourMomsHouse]

That first fucking RAT! Yeesh!

I guess nobody sings tavern songs like that in the local USA bars.

The quality of beer is directly proportional to the prevalence of tavern songs. Pißwasser-tier brew = no singing.

 

[Abu Antar]

It's also not an obscure game by any means.

 

[YourMomsHouse]

Here's one I discovered last month, still waiting for a sale:

 

[BosanskiSeljak]

Another game already on the List of RPGs thread

 

[YourMomsHouse]

Another game already on the List of RPGs thread

Oh shut up, faggot. I haven't met a soul who has played that game. That list included "Overlord", which was literally shown off at E3 and bundled with Xbox 360s in some regions.

 

[Lord_Potato]

Another game already on the List of RPGs thread

Oh shut up, faggot. I haven't met a soul who has played that game. That list included "Overlord", which was literally shown off at E3 and bundled with Xbox 360s in some regions.

I played (and finished) Venetica. It's okay. A bit Gothic-like in a sense you have a fixed protagonist, but can choose her class/faction, that later grants her better armors and access to trainers and unique skills. Starts in the wilderness but most of the game happens in alternative, magical version of Venice.

 

[JarlFrank]

Here's one I discovered last month, still waiting for a sale:

This isn't widely known, but it's not so obscure it belongs in this thread.
This isn't merely about obscure games. It's about really obscure games.

Back when Venetica was new I played it and wrote a Codex review: https://rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=196
By that virtue alone it can't be considered really obscure by Codex standards.

Really obscure games are old European shovelware titles that were never translated to English, Macintosh exclusive RPGs that were never ported to Windows, old and forgotten indies that were only ever released on the dev's own website and never released on a platform like Steam or GOG, etc. When it comes to games released on Steam, stuff that has less than 100 reviews and never received any attention in any RPG hobbyist forum (like the Codex) and/or was never covered by a gaming youtuber (even a lot of lesser known games have videos on youtube) qualifies as really obscure. Stuff you actively have to search for to even know it exists.

 

[DehBepis]

Here's one I discovered last month, still waiting for a sale:

This isn't widely known, but it's not so obscure it belongs in this thread.
This isn't merely about obscure games. It's about really obscure games.

Back when Venetica was new I played it and wrote a Codex review: https://rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=196
By that virtue alone it can't be considered really obscure by Codex standards.

Really obscure games are old European shovelware titles that were never translated to English, Macintosh exclusive RPGs that were never ported to Windows, old and forgotten indies that were only ever released on the dev's own website and never released on a platform like Steam or GOG, etc. When it comes to games released on Steam, stuff that has less than 100 reviews and never received any attention in any RPG hobbyist forum (like the Codex) and/or was never covered by a gaming youtuber (even a lot of lesser known games have videos on youtube) qualifies as really obscure. Stuff you actively have to search for to even know it exists.

so flood the thread with every low effort Angband fork? got it

 

[JarlFrank]

The roguelike thread is over there: https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/the-codex-of-roguelikes.71097/

 

[DehBepis]

anyways, i've been trying FuryBand but the AI is extremely retarded even when I select the smarter AI options, is this also an issue with FrogComposBand?

 

[DehBepis]

The roguelike thread is over there: https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/the-codex-of-roguelikes.71097/

it has "binding of issac" and """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""FTL: faggier than pride""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" so it's not a true roguelike thread

 

[JarlFrank]

All proc gen games feel the same anyway.

 

[DehBepis]

All proc gen games feel the same anyway.

rotate an apple in your head while solving a rubix cube

 

[JarlFrank]

Yes, I have a well-developed enough imagination that I can predict every roguelike's repetitive level design before I even play it. They're always the same, unlike actual hand-made levels created with human creativity.

 

[DehBepis]

Yes, I have a well-developed enough imagination that I can predict every roguelike's repetitive level design before I even play it. They're always the same, unlike actual hand-made levels created with human creativity.

i too appreciate the hand-crafted copypasted levels filled with identical mooks in the Infinity Engine/Owlcat games

anyways DCSS solved that problem because it's piss easy to just have 200000 billion different hand crafted rooms in json files and mash them together to get what is usually above average dungeon design, even NetHack is moving towards more open levels with special vaults because it makes roguelike combat way more fun

which is why I've put off playing *bands for so long because they're brainnumbing but I might as well finish at least one so i'm not a fake gamer girl

 

[Sweeper]

Here's one I discovered last month, still waiting for a sale:

Grimoire has 564 reviews.
Just sayin'.

 

[Nikanuur]

Since we’re in the trash thread, I’m not ashamed to post this crap again.

No matter how disgusting it might be (the translation, that is – in my opinion, the game is less crappy than it seems), little by little it’s moving forward. Once I get past the phase of the menus, inventory, spell and item names, it should go much more smoothly (when I have time to work on it).

Woah man... have I played that game before? Looks irry familiar...
What's the name?

World of Chaos

Have you played it?

Wow, where can I buy it?

 

[Litmanen]

Since we’re in the trash thread, I’m not ashamed to post this crap again.

No matter how disgusting it might be (the translation, that is – in my opinion, the game is less crappy than it seems), little by little it’s moving forward. Once I get past the phase of the menus, inventory, spell and item names, it should go much more smoothly (when I have time to work on it).

Woah man... have I played that game before? Looks irry familiar...
What's the name?

World of Chaos

Have you played it?

Wow, where can I buy it?

If you can read hungarian or russian, I can give you some links.

 

[Nikanuur]

If you can read hungarian or russian, I can give you some links.

I can read Russian and understand the basics. By the way, I can't make any promises, but I could at least take a look and maybe even try to help with the translation.

 

[YourMomsHouse]

Here's one I discovered last month, still waiting for a sale:

This isn't widely known, but it's not so obscure it belongs in this thread.
This isn't merely about obscure games. It's about really obscure games.

Back when Venetica was new I played it and wrote a Codex review: https://rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=196
By that virtue alone it can't be considered really obscure by Codex standards.

Really obscure games are old European shovelware titles that were never translated to English, Macintosh exclusive RPGs that were never ported to Windows, old and forgotten indies that were only ever released on the dev's own website and never released on a platform like Steam or GOG, etc. When it comes to games released on Steam, stuff that has less than 100 reviews and never received any attention in any RPG hobbyist forum (like the Codex) and/or was never covered by a gaming youtuber (even a lot of lesser known games have videos on youtube) qualifies as really obscure. Stuff you actively have to search for to even know it exists.

I think some of you are confusing "obscure" with "steaming pile of dogshit", maybe there's a reason why some of these games are forgotten and never made it past the Slavoverse.

 

[Litmanen]

If you can read hungarian or russian, I can give you some links.

I can read Russian and understand the basics. By the way, I can't make any promises, but I could at least take a look and maybe even try to help with the translation.

I actually dropped the translation because the file got corrupted (probably one character too many or too few when I added the translation), and honestly, I didn’t feel like starting over again.

But if you want to play it, just for the fun of it, I’ll send you the links. From the little I played, it didn’t seem that bad.

 

[Nikanuur]

If you can read hungarian or russian, I can give you some links.

I can read Russian and understand the basics. By the way, I can't make any promises, but I could at least take a look and maybe even try to help with the translation.

I actually dropped the translation because the file got corrupted (probably one character too many or too few when I added the translation), and honestly, I didn’t feel like starting over again.

But if you want to play it, just for the fun of it, I’ll send you the links. From the little I played, it didn’t seem that bad.

Oki then, please do. And thank you!

 

[jungl]

Tried asking AI for help no luck its driving me crazy I'm starting to believe in multiverse theory and I drifted here from a parallel one. Okay this game was a rpg you started in a lighthouse or harbor close to water at night. Main character kind of looked like steven seagal with a trenchcoat you were either a hunter or vampire. You fight vampires in turn based final fantasy style combat. One boss encounter is a chainsaw wielding enemy. Graphics looked similar to gothic they were 3D and no its not vampire masquerade redemption.

 

[deama]

Tried asking AI for help no luck its driving me crazy I'm starting to believe in multiverse theory and I drifted here from a parallel one. Okay this game was a rpg you started in a lighthouse or harbor close to water at night. Main character kind of looked like steven seagal with a trenchcoat you were either a hunter or vampire. You fight vampires in turn based final fantasy style combat. One boss encounter is a chainsaw wielding enemy. Graphics looked similar to gothic they were 3D and no its not vampire masquerade redemption.

Do you know roughly what year it was released?