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Just read through the last pages of the Thief 4 thread with the discussion about overengineering and modern level design, and it (especially a post by Serpentine) made my mind wander to a few PS1 games that I think have some really cool level design and then all the unknown gems on that system (it's probably my favorite system right after the PC). I don't know who here even has a PS1 (I'd guess PC is pretty dominant here), but either way I guess it's important to spread awareness. So, have a few obscure PS1 games.

 

O.D.T. Escape Or Die Trying

Gotta start with this one... It's an action-adventure with rpg and platforming elements, think Tomb Raider meets Shadowman and then add a (relatively) huge array of spells, a pretty unique steam-punky fantasy setting with very strange (and sometimes kinda creepy) level and enemy design and a pretty harsh difficulty. This one really demands dedication, especially when getting used to the controls. By today's standards you'd probably say clunky, but I actually quite enjoy it. Traversing cliffs and platforms while dodging projectiles and kicking monster-bats in the face really feels like a challange, and is quite satisfying once you manage to pull it off. There also is a PC version out there... somewhere...

 

Broken Helix

A third-person action game starring Bruce Campbell as demolition expert Jake Burton who gets tasked with defusing bombs some renegade scientists set in Area 51... from there on everything goes nuts (of course are there aliens, why would you even ask?). The two main twists of the game are the fact that every line of dialogue is voiced (pretty unique for a 1997 game) and that it features non-linear gameplay with 4 different endings. And no, not the kind of "Okay player, you can now choose A or B to make some details change"-kinda deal. First few times I played it I didn't even realise there were multiple ways of completing it. You really have to figure out yourself how to progress through the base and make it out alive at the end of the day. It's a bit like the "NES hard" kind of deal, it takes a long time to figure out what you have to (or can) do, and that's the meat of the game, and once you know you can blaze through it pretty fast. Or not really, since the game uses "4-D real time gameplay", meaning that stuff on the base is happening in real-time, so if you need a certain character to do something to progress, you really have to wait for him to do it.

 

Dreams (to Reality)

This one's kind of a joke. The PC version supposedly is pretty good, but the PSX version is just a broken mess, in a fun and unique way though (especially the ending...). If you have a boner for crappy video games (in the B-Movie kind of way), then give this one a try. Best played with at least one friend and some alcoholic beverages.

 

All of these are also pretty cheap to get on amazon, if my memory serves me right I got each of them for under 1 Euro (not including shipping of course). But there are soooooo many more of these, some good, some terrible, I don't care. As long as they are unique, obscure and fun in oney way or another.

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CyberSpeed looks pretty weird.

 

 

I guess it's some kind of racing game, but you are on a rail? So how does that work? Or is it basically a rail shooter?

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