May is the off-season for games, and it is true that there are not many blockbusters with weight. If you happen to be struggling with what game to play, the following 7 unpopular games must not be missed!
1. Mexican Heroes Of War 2
English name: Guacamelee! 2
Nowadays, "Galaxy-like Castlevania" games are blooming everywhere, and good works are frequent. But in so many similar games, mexico Heroes Of Chaos is a game that has been overlooked by many players.
Imbued with native Mexican culture, the game uses extreme absurdity and exaggeration to tell an unforgettable story. In terms of level design and action design, this work is definitely not worse than the well-known works such as "Hollow" and "Ori".
While continuing the style and atmosphere of the previous game, The second generation has added a large number of new mechanics and content, providing a game experience completely different from the previous game.
Don't look at its rough style, exaggerated characters and even a little funny, but the game in the "Galaxy Castlevania" design core, it really uses its own style to do the ultimate.
In addition, the game has also added a lot of Easter eggs that pay tribute to the predecessors such as "Mitterrod", and players who like this type of game must not miss this adventure!
2. Trap the ambition
English name: INTO THE BREACH
For strategy chess games, the battlefield is often a magnificent battlefield, or a vast space, and their common feature is "vastness". The work "The Chronicle of traps" shows the strategic design of squeezing the brain cells of players between several squares.
Unlike other vast wargames, each map in this game is only 8x8 in size, which is one column less than the Chinese chess board. It is in these 64 squares that we need to deploy our forces to resist the enemy's attack.
Don't think the game looks very simple, in the actual play process, facing different enemies, terrain, but also consider their own units and reserves, very brain-burning.
Because it is relatively hardcore and pure wargames are relatively niche, it is ignored by many players. But as long as you like strategy games and enjoy this step-by-step thinking process, the game "Trap Of Ambition" will definitely satisfy you!
3. FEZ
Although the concept of "indie games" was born as early as the last century, due to many problems such as publicity channels and piracy, it was still a niche thing until Steam, PSV, and smartphones provided a fertile ground for them.
The game "FEZ" is, to a certain extent, the pioneer of the rise of independent games and the ushering in the golden age.
As an early work in the development of modern indie games, FEZ has a history of nearly a decade. Although there have been many works with similar gameplay logic in the past decade, it can still make everyone shine.
The main gameplay of the game is to use the perspective of switching the 3D world, so that the world changes the path under the 2D visual effect to decrypt.
The design idea of the game is somewhat similar to Sony's "Infinite Corridor", or the "Monument Valley" and the domestic independent masterpiece "Caged Peeping Dream", which are more familiar to players today. But because this game is a 2D platform jumping game, more possibilities have been added in the gameplay.
Fresh and cute drawing style, challenging logic levels, and friendly difficulty are the enduring highlights of this game. If you also like this highly interactive puzzle game, be sure to try this one!
4. Yuku Island Express
Yoku's island express
Don't look at this game as a cute cartoon style, but in fact, this is a game that is deeply rooted in the essence of "Mitterrod".
This game combines the seemingly unrelated gameplay designs of "Pinball Stage" and "Galaxy Castlevania" almost perfectly.
Because the design of the "Galactic Warrior" is the most proud to explore is really difficult to control, most of the "Galaxy Castlevania" games on the market today tend to be more designed towards the hardcore battle of the Castlevania. Simply put, these games will be more inclined to combat, numerical systems, and so on.
And yuku's islet express, a game that rarely puts the core fun of the game on exploration. No need to be very skilled, just two keys L and R, you can walk through the intertwined islands and enjoy the great fun of exploration.
Although the game is mainly puzzle solving, the production team still added several unforgettable boss battles to it - yes, they did boss battles in a pinball table game!
However, unlike other similar games, these boss battles rely on "ingenuity" rather than "operation", and the fault tolerance rate is very high. Like the battle in Zelda, the key is not to fight brute force, but to find the monster's weakness and then easily break it!
5. Steam World Raid
Steam world heist
As one of the most familiar indie game series for players, Steam World has received a great reputation for its 1st and 2nd generations. However, although this "Steam World Raider" is different from the main game in terms of gameplay, it is precisely because of this that it can design this different kind of gameplay without restraint.
The gameplay of this game is simple to say, only the player needs to control the robot and use weapons to kill the enemies in each level to pass the level. But in practice, you will find that its strategic requirements are very high!
Most of the bullets of firearms in the game will bounce when they hit objects such as walls, which is the "jumping bullet" that will appear in reality. This reflection process is triggered multiple times, that is, as long as the perfect angle is calculated, the bullet bend kill can be achieved, which is very refreshing!
If you strip away this combat system, you will find that its gameplay concept is actually very much like billiards, which is also calculating the right angle to launch the target to the desired position.
In addition to its own very playable, strategic and challenging system, the style and soundtrack of this work are also very delicate, and the character's story and dialogue are permeated with a sense of humor, so that you can't stop as soon as you get started
6. Shovel Knight Orphan Treasure
The English name is Shovel knight treasure trove
This game is an FC era 8-bit machine style 2D side-scrolling platformer. The game not only looks like an 8-bit machine, but also restores the taste of that time in terms of color matching, interface and music.
Under the gorgeous picture woven by large pixels, the excellent operation feel and top-notch level design, changeable gameplay and a large number of hidden rooms make the content of this game extremely rich and interesting.
If you have to choose the one with the best comprehensive quality in today's indie games, as long as you have played "Shovel Knight", you must also be able to identify with it as the first.
Not only does this game excel in the quality of its content, but it's also horribly rich in quantity. "Masterless Treasures" contains the "Shovel Knight" part, as well as a collection of various DLC and data games, different modes and even different gameplay, enough to play for a long time!
7. Dragon's Creed
English name: Dragon's dogma
Speaking of Capcom, I believe that many players must think of "Strange Hunt", "Devil Cry", "Reversal" and other works. But in fact, in addition to these games, Capcom has also made an open-world RPG game. It is the "Dragon's Creed" that many players are looking forward to the second generation.
Although capcom is made by a Japanese company, this game is an American-style RPG game. Although this game is lacking in many ways, giving people the feeling of a "shrunken version of The Elder Scrolls", it polishes the generally rare combat feel in American RPGs very well - it is worthy of the action gods!
If you like American RPGs like The Elder Scrolls and The Witcher, but are discouraged by their poor combat feel, try Dragon's Creed!
8. LIVE A LIVE
In addition to the 7 games already released above, there is also an unpopular RPG game "LIVE A LIVE" that will land on NS (LAL) in July this year.
The original game has been on sale for 28 years, has always been the exclusive property of Nintendo's SFC, and the original version is an unpopular niche game. Although there are some flaws, in terms of plot, setting, etc., as long as the players who have played it say good!
This time it will be remade on the NS in the form of HD-2D, and it will be exclusively owned by the NS. Since the remake was released by ND in February this year, many of the friends' eyes were attracted by excalibur 3, so they ignored the existence of this game.
If you like JRPG games and like the style of HD-2D, you must remember to pay attention to the movements after this game, I believe it will not disappoint you!
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