It really bothers me how even after "Rabbids Go Home" was supposed to be the final Rabbids game and fans were begging for Rayman to come back, Ubisoft threw the Rabbids into more Wii-exclusive party games to the point where they got to crossover with Mario, and Rayman has only gotten two games to himself. And as for Titanfall, a moment of silence for another franchise murdered by EA and their terrible business practices.
Actually that's rabbid luigi in the thumbnail. I think it's saying rabbid luigi was overshadowed by Rabbid Luigi, the youtuber who had the namesake first was overshadowed by a new character with the same name. XD
I remember playing NiGHTS Journey of Dreams. It was not the best game, but it felt like a good start to something great. Only for Sega to say, "Now that you got your fix, here is some more Sonic."
You guys do realize that there is NiGHTS: Into Dreams (which is the first NiGHTS game in the series). It originally was released on the SEGA Saturn, was rereleased as an HD port on X-Box and the PS3. I have the original Saturn version.
You could probably put the every Yakuza game before Yakuza 0 on this list. They all flew under the radar and everyone who saw the games at a face value thought they were a GTA or Sleeping Dogs rip off. Thankfully those times are over.
Technically speaking, I don't actually play Arcana Heart. I just know about it because of Quarter Guy, and I love the characters as shown in AH3. That footage was from the first game, and the music might not even be from that.
I really wish you talked about The Last Story because it's another case of a massively overshadowed game. It was Localized through project rainfall meaning it had to compete with Xenoblade and that's a losing battle right there. And it's such a shame because I actually enjoy the Last Story a bit more than Xenoblade, it's such a work of art. I urge anyone who reads this comment to please try and play The Last Story to experience a game you'll never forget.
Ise no Kami slower for sure but I felt it was a lot more tactical given your access to a crossbow with different arrows as well as means to utilize the environment
Before watching, lemme just say if Titanfall 2 isn't on here... one of the best shooter campaigns I've ever seen overshadowed by Battlefield 1 with its terrible "campaign".
I wouldn't call it hard. Cheap, like with the armored train, but not hard. I would definitely call it bad though. Five unrelated mini campaigns that didn't even last long enough for me to start caring about any of the characters, worst campaign of all the Battlefields I tried (and I don't even like most of those others, either.)
no no, the official statement, by the people who worked on the game, is that it was released along with games like Zelda and it was an unfair time for MEA.
Well, the devs who obviously have no bias in this whatsoever said it, so it must be true. And Zelda fans have always been the main demographic Bioware is going after, so obviously that's why the game failed. The writing was clearly masterful, who cares about "compelling story-telling" or "likeable characters" when you can meet a trans person within the first five minutes of the game? Now if you'll excuse me, my face is tired.
Dobadobadooo ok that was uncalled for. As far as I remember, you’re not even required to talk to Hainly, and you definitely don’t meet them in the first five minutes. As far story telling and characters go, my only issue was the incredibly weird plot twist with the jardin making the Angara. Other than that I found the story to be a cool interpretation of what exploring a new galaxy would be like. And I loved how the focused on interaction between the characters on the ship, you could hear them talking to each other, read their chat box, and read how they played poker together. If you still didn’t enjoy the story or the characters, then I’m sorry you couldn’t see the way I saw it, but if you hate a game just because one random NPC you spend less than 1% of the game with is transgender then I’m sorry for you.
Dobadobadooo good you finally know how it is, Doba! Also, in case it wasn't clear, it was a joke, you wouldn't believe people actually think it was serious or anything other than the devs trying to deflect the blame, but yeah
Free To Play KING look i love both series but if killing God with demons and being able to throw the world into chaos isn't more interesting than social links to you then i don't know what is
Sadly, PC is limited to only ~1,000 people, despite it being so good that it’s campaign is one of the few to make me cry - a few I can count on two hands.
@@V_For_Vigilante Fight me in real life. The whole mechanic of wallrunning and traversal is integral to the whole of Titanfall 2. In COD, it's used like twice in the main campaign. Plus, what version of COD are you piloting giant fuck off mechs? Nice bait, but try harder.
So Sonic pretty much *ran over* his competitors in his own company? Smooth! Also, what happened between you and Rabbidluigi? I thought you guys had done plenty of collabs together (it was through those that I even discovered him)! Heck, when I saw the thumbnail, I thought this was going to be another one!
"So Sonic pretty much ran over his competitors in his own company?" Defines Sega in the 90's. In general actually(the story of Sega's failure and subsequent retirement of the console market has nothing to do with Nintendo or Sony being tough or mean to them, it has ALL to do with some batshit crazy decisions that couldn't be anything but corporative suicide)
@@scissorman44 Ironically, they didn't even handle Sonic right BACK THEN. Sega of America misrepresented the series because they just wanted to hook the anti-kiddie types, and Sega of Japan wanted (and still wants) nothing to do with foreign appeal. Even Sonic Team themselves weren't totally blameless as Sonic 2 was a poor debut for Tails in spite of the game's other good qualities and Sonic CD had shit level design.
Would people consider the "Tales of" series as overshadowed? I rarely hear anything about them despite having 16 main games and numerous spin-offs; I only found it by happenstance while just looking for JRPGs in general.
A series can have a lot of games in it and still be overshadowed. The Yakuza series (The only other series Sega cares about) has had a game almost once a year since 2005 and no one cared about it until last year. The Disgaea series has had six games and has been on every major Sony console but it only got a slight bit of popularity when Disgaea 5 got a Switch port at the beginning of the Switch's life. A lot of series go under the radar despite their quality.
Personally the only Tales game I ever truly liked was Vesperia and thankfully its getting a remastered complete edition with all the content from the previously Japan/Sony exclusive PS3 version and thankfully NOT console exclusive this time around. I did try Xillia and Xillia 2 but I just couldn't connect with the characters as well. Haven't played Zestria or Berseria either just cause the whole 'pre-order bonus' thing on steam turned me off the series. If I had to ask for a previously Japanese exclusive Tales of game to be released to the west it would probably be the Radiant Mythology games where you get to create your own character and mingle with all the other Tales of games.
Luke Anderson Disgaea, totally. Yakuza...I’ll say yes because I don’t play them. But Tales is known. It’s not quite mainstream, per se, but it really is only one step down from mainstream.
Okamiden was a bit meh. Should have been on 3DS. There are only 3 required digging mini games which should take you a total of 3 minutes to complete...
I say Pandora's Tower was a game that nobody's heard of. I only found out about it after buying it at a second-hand game shop, what does that tell you? Also, The Wonderful 101 that I've sold and bought again. And then there's Alundra, which I'm pretty sure was also overshadowed by another Zelda game at the time.
Deathclaw2014 That’s also how I discovered Pandora’s Tower! I decided to take a gamble and try it after reading the summary on the box. It’s an interesting game, though I still haven’t beaten it.
The audio quality is all over the place. I don’t know if that’s an equipment problem or an editing problem, but it’s very noticeable and makes the video notably worse.
TheGlacialWarrior Yeah, the audio quality always hasn’t been the best in Josh’s countdowns, which ruin an otherwise great video. In his Top Ten Games to Show Your Friends list, the audio quality was so low that I had to put my volume at max just to hear it, and one of the picks was FNAF and had a jumpscare, so...that was pretty fun.
So, this is an older one, but I was surprised not to see Strife on here--NO NOT THE MOBA. Strife was one of the last games in the Doom engine and was an FPS-RPG in a techno-medieval setting with a story surrounding people being brainwashed by an alien/technological god and bringing down the authority worshipping it. It's a totally bizarre game, but is actually really friggin' good; even its writing is above par, even compared to some games today. That said... it might have been released just after Duke Nukem 3D and just before Quake, sooooo... whoops.
Honestly I was expecting TY the Tasmanian Tiger series to be here since it came out around the same time as Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter and Sly Cooper did and was easily overshadowed by those 3 mega hit platformer series. Also, how many people actually KNOWS about TY the Tasmanian Tiger 4? But in all honesty, this countdown in my perspective brought ya back to your roots how ya started this countdown making of yours. This is the best countdown of yours in a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time. And also, why ya chose RabbidLuigi's icon to be shown in that thumbnail of this video? He DEFINETELLY lost the quality of his work when he started to favour quantity.
nifinland I knew of Ty's existence only because of him appearing in one of my Nickelodeon magazine issues. That is also how I came to want Spyro Enter the Dragonfly and Tak and the Power of Juju.
I wasn't asking for does people know about TY series. Well, in a way, I did, but those big new platformer franchises on PS2 that were released around the same time as TY did, it did leave the series as a rather overlooked series. So much in fact I didn't make that TY 4 statement for nothing. People may have known about the series but doesn't bring it up as much as the platformer series that overshadowed TY. And I also heard of TY 4's existence a month before it was released. Yeah, that game wasn't even advertised enough to be noticed.
i enjoyed the ty series. i had one for the ps2 which i think is the first. and then I had one for the gamecube, it's been a long time but though i couldn't finish either especialyl since the gamecube one broke, they were cool~ i liked sly cooper but i wasn't good at it, ratchet and clank i did ok but i dont think i beat the game i had, and though I loved and beat game 1 of jak and daxter several times...i stopped after game 2 when i couldn't handle the dark-edgy-weapon based transformation. Not to ramble...too much. But its interesting to see how much time has effected these series.
nifinland I had never even heard of Ty ‘till a friend of mine mentioned him a few days ago. And while I’m not the biggest fan of RabbidLuigi, he only makes one countdown video a week, so...I’m not entirely sure how that’s preferring quantity over quality.
7... yet another reason to hate those blasted bunnies! I swear, if I ever enjoy a game with those things, I'll eat my hat! *remembers the Mario crossover* THAT DOESN'T COUNT!
THANK YOU for bringing up Dynamite Headdy and Ristar. Two of the finest platformers ever made and nobody ever talks about them. They came out at the tail end of the 16-bit era after Donkey Kong Country had stolen most of the Genesis' audience away, so that's probably why they went unnoticed. Rocket Knight Adventures is sick as well, I just recently got around to it. It's also nice to know there are a ton of other Genesis platformers I haven't played yet (Pulseman in particular looks super-cool, I had never even heard of it until now).
I've got an overshadowed game: Under Night In Birth was completely overshadowed by every other anime fighting game, it's such a good game but if it wasn't included in the new Blazblue game, literally nobody in the west would have played it
In a way I'd put Metroid Prime 3 on here. Nintendo really flexed their marketing muscles for Prime 3, but one game in particular came out in the exact same month. Halo 3. Halo 3 had arguably the most hype launch ever. Prime 2 released around the same time as Halo 2 as well and people have been comparing Metroid and Halo for years. However most people seemed to look at Metroid at face value and thought it was a Halo ripoff to an extent. Metroid as a franchise has been overshadowed by Zelda in a way for years, just look at Metroid and Zelda's 25th and 30th Anniversary. Add Section 8 to the overshadowed club for the same reason. Section 8 was REALLY fun but it got ripped apart since it looks a lot like Halo.
". Metroid as a franchise has been overshadowed by Zelda in a way for years, just look at Metroid and Zelda's 25th and 30th Anniversary. " That's because Zelda has a wider appeal(for a plethora of reasons). And so does Halo, to be frank. Metroid has only sold well in America and not Japan for a reason. It doesn't mean it got quite a death sentence in sales when competing with Halo(because poor soul of any game that came out that same month)...but it's not like it's JUST Zelda's or Halo's fault. I love Metroid but damn me if it isn't niche.
Scissorman I can't say too much right now but despite Metroid's gameplay style, you'd be surprised how many Metroid games are rated E like Fusion. Are there any Metroidvanias that have sold well or great? Dead Space 2 is survival horror yet it sold over 4 million copies and that's a pretty niche genre. There's more to it than that but still.
I wasn't talking about the rating though. The isolation, the lack of focus on characters(which is more than just isolation), the tight mechanical approach, etc. All factors that make it unappealing for the Japanese market. Also, Dead Space has plenty of things on it's favor, including the platforms of choice(Xbox and such have a higher rate of mature games, and the game DOES capitalize on them with the gore and such), the gameplay style(it's a shooter with more traditional mechanics compared to the likes of Prime), it tells a more character driven story, etc. Everything that makes Metroid what it is works as a double edged sword. It sure as hell gives it an identity...yet also makes it a very specific sell.
You left Dante's Inferno off the list? That game was pretty good, but it got completely ignored because God of War 3 came out a month later. It was Viseral's first and only attempt to do games outside of Dead Space and no one cared. EA promoted the HELL (no pun intended) out of it to the point where not only did they give it a Super Bowl spot that year but also a day-and-date released STDVD animated movie that has each level of Hell animated by a different production company in a different style per level! The movie's here on youtube legally via the studio who made it for FREE!
10. Wow. Not only did I call Okami being on the list, it's number 10. I guess it makes sense that the game is lower because despite the early sells, gamers for the most part are aware of Okami, and it's re-releases. 9. Still haven't had a chance to play either series, but *_even I_* was aware that Persona was a spin-off from Shin Megami. Kinda shows what kind of staying power the Shin Megami series has, when people are at least aware that Persona is the spin-off. 8. I've honestly had a fascination for the longest time. Back when Toonami was shown during the weekdays, Ico was actually one the games they made a review for. Something about it intrigued me, even to this day. In fact, I'm so interested in trying out Ico - period, that I'd rather buy the PS3 2-game pack that included Shadow of the Colossus, rather than the PS4 Remaster for the latter game. Why? Well, SotC should be good no matter what console it's on, but more importantly (to me), I want to give respect to the game that put Team Ico on the map. (Hmm, I wonder how well 'The Last Guardian' has been doing since its initial release? I never expected it to overshadow SotC or anything, but I'd half expected more people to be talking about it still, considering how long it was in development.) 7. Why was it so hard for me to have a steady income in the early 2010s? T_T 6. I really need to thank my brother and his wife again for getting me that Genesis Collection Console. 5. Actually, while I was aware of why Dynasty Warriors was popular (Josh's praises included) my first solid introduction to the Dynasty Warriors formula, was actually Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn by the Kwings. So by proxy, and slim margin (both Gundam Reborn and Hyrule Warriors being released in 2014), you can't laugh at *_me!_* HA-haha-ha-HAA! As for Samurai Warriors, eh, I don't feel too bad, because I've still yet to play core Dynasty Warriors either. I should really work on that [for both Samurai and Dynasty]. But where to start?...to the INTERNET! 4. Aye, Prince of Persia. Maybe I should have given the [Sands of Time] series a second chance, but I was just so underwhelmed with how the first game ended, (penultimate level featuring an annoying mirror puzzle and final boss offering no challenge; and *_knowing_*_ that was the point_ didn't make the ending any more enjoyable.) And with the next two games going straight from T to M-ratings, I couldn't help but wonder if that was done as a corporate stunt, and why they couldn't tell the same kind of story with a T-rating. Sure, characters like Batman and Logan (Wolverine) have shown that they can work pretty well with M-rated games, if not just as well as their T-rated games; but I'd rather have those examples be *the exceptions,* rather than setting the new standard. A movie/game doesn't have to be rated 17 and up, in order to be good. 3. The fact that the first TItanfall, (and a lot of games as of late), was released as what I call a "$60 Demo" didn't leave a good first impression either. (Sigh) I really, really hope that, if and when, a third Titanfall is made, it gets the [positive] reception that it deserves. Hope being the key word. 2. Sadly, no experience with this game, so I can't comment about it, other than how I confused myself thinking your were talking about Panzer Dragoon Saga. :P 1. Dang. I think I wanted to say Battleborn when Josh was doing that bait-and-switch, but Paladins stayed on the top of my mind for one reason or another. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Nice list! To be honest, I am kind of the same Arc System Fighting games when it comes to you with Warriors games. When Dragonball FighterZ and Cross Tag Battle came out, I was pretty much evil laughing saying "Yes... YES! ALL of you laughed at me saying I said Blazblue and Guilty Gear are my favorite fighting games! Saying I am just like stuff because they are "obscure" or "unknown". Thanks to DBFZ and BBCTB, all of you KNOW the TRUTH now! Yes! Baskin the GLORY that is the Arc System Works fighting games! MWAHAHA-" ..... Yea..... And nice to see Ristar and Vectorman being mentioned.
Victor Perez well, we can't have everything now can we? At least I have friends into Blazblue and Guilty Gear now thanks to RWBY's appearances in CTB. I thought that there are still people DBZF.
DBZF is still pretty popular. A tweet from one of the Evo organizers (I think it was) said that DBZF had more people signed up to play that game than any other this year.
The funny thing is, in regards to #2. i don't even think Legend of Dragoon was the best game overshadowed by FF7 and FF8. The first two Suikoden games came out right around that time as well. But Konami being Konami probably didn't help either
I loved Suikoden 2 and later on thanks to emulation was able to play the first one as well. However I never really heard much of the series after those 2 even though I know that sequels did exist, probably cause of Final Fantasy reigning over as the go to RPG at the time.
They ended up making 5 main series games for North America, along with a spinoff called Tactics, which obviously followed the gameplay of other tactics games like FF or Ogre. Other than that, I think Japan had a few more games released, but the series has been pretty much dead for roughly 10 years now. Which is a shame, because it was amazing
I think I might know of a more recent scenario. Nintendo released Splatoon 2 five days after they released ARMS. As a result, I haven't heard much talk of ARMS after it was released.
Steam was actually a pretty good game. But, it had like no marketing whatsoever. I saw it being shown at the Direct and never heard about it again. Geez nintendo, I no it features characters from most Western books(and nobody reads), but you could've put SOME effort into marketing. I guess that's what happens when Intelligent systems doesn't use anime-style Waifus, Nintedo's faith dips.
Mr.Paranoia07 I’d say the game more so failed due to the poor marketing rather than being overshadowed by Splatoon. The only reason I even knew about it is ‘cause there’s a (very great) demo of it on the Eshop. Codename Steam is more of a tactial shooter akin to Valkyria Chronicles rather than a third-person shooter.
Gotta say, I honestly liked the other intro to your countdowns more. I just liked how it opened with flames on the side, made it look like a stage for the Joker to come walking down on.
I thought that Kid Icarus would make it on the list. IT came out the same day as the first Metroid. One has a dozen beloved games, and one took 25 years to see the light of day.
Adam Uhrynuk Kid Icarus was already a niche game to begin with due to its weird take on Greek mythology and hard as f*** gameplay, so it makes sense why it didn’t catch on and only got another game for the GBA. Metroid is pretty niche too, at least compares to other Nintendo franchises, but its isolated and non-linear gameplay was pretty revolutionary for its time, and it had a female protagonist that wasn’t a damsel in distress, which was also pretty revolutionary at the time. Though I’m entirely glad Sakurai revived Kid Icarus later on with Uprising. Still waiting for a sequel though... :{
Who besides Josh cares about the story in Warriors games? The reason that Warriors games like Gundam, Hyrule, and One Piece were so well received was because they were characters that people knew, and also allowed for new settings and forms of combat. TL;DR Zelda is more interesting to people than Chinese history
victikirby15 Might explain why I still preferred Hyrule Warriors after picking up DW8 Xtreme. Or maybe I prefer differing play styles between characters over giving any two weapons to some guy.
Ise no Kami There aren't many diffrent playstyles in HW though. There's people whose normal attacks suck, people whose special attacks suck, and people where you fill a bar with combos to become ungodly OP.
I started with Samurai Warriors and Ive never touched Dynasty Warriors. Warriors Orochi is super good though. Also Samurai Warriors made me want to become an Anthropologist...
You should've mention "LISA THE PAINFUL RPG." Because of a certain fat bear and his trio stole the spot light, by pushing out 2 sequels in one year, this game got over shadowed. While it dose have good reviews, it deserves more attention really, if you like RPGS like undertale.
X fire MH Y.T. Lisa was already a pretty niche game to begin with due to its nihilistic, dark and violent narrative and unforgiving difficulty. But yeah, being released during the FNAF hype train didn’t necessarily help it.
Ah, Okami. While I really liked Okamiden, I can see where Josh is coming from with the first Okami. As for me, I don’t have his burning hatred for it so much as I really don’t give a single crap.
Samurai Warriors isn't overshadowed, we have Warriors Orochi which combines the the two worlds and we finally know who will win if Zhao Yun and Yukimura Sanada had a fight
IMO in the end of the day, you're playing a giant mech And unlike Dva, you never play as the hamster itself so, meh. They can do whatever they want, after all, Winston is already a talking animal too so
Strykerx31 I mean sure, you can remove him. I’m just saying that I can’t see how Hammond is the straw that breaks the camel’s back when there’ve been other elements of the Overwatch universe that’re just as outlandish if not more so before he was introduced.
Responses: #10: I liked Okami (I will not defend its BS as its 100% Warranted) But yeah....trying to fight Legend of Zelda not a smart choice, plus the timing was awful. Also Twilight Princess better than Okami FIGHT ME INTERNET! #9: I Like both SMT and Persona in equilness, but I will admit Persona is "Slightly" Better only because something SMT I felt lacking was Character, In most SMT games your usually alone and isolated and the characters that you do encounter are either Crazy, Depressing, or Kill bait. I think if SMT added some relateable characters with a little charm I think it can stack onto the same level as Persona. Something I do Appreciate in Persona 5 is the Ridiculous Callbacks, References and some narrative choices that you normally only see in SMT, Heres to hoping SMT5 will learn the same lesson. #8 I honestly have no comment I Love both games equily honestly #7 While some of the Jokes the Rabbids do are funny, Rayman is 300x more funny plus Rayman Origins was Awesome! I still have both Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends and whenever I can get my friends together we all play Co-Op together. #6 Another Curse you to Sonic!! #5 This is going to sound weird but I Love Samurai Warriors over Dynasty Warriors by a Landslide. It is depressing we dont get alot of games under the Samurai Warriors Title (Course then again they ARE up Against Sengoku Basara so.....) #4 No comment, Im rather neutral to Prince of Persia #3 Titanfall 2 was Awesome!! Go right now and Play the Game Commentors, This murders CoD and Battlefield (And this is coming from a guy who absolutely despises loath and hates FPS games) Also F#$@ YOU EA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2# OMG Yes more Legend of Dragoon please! Funny enough I discovered it purly by Accident, My Mom went to Blockbuster (Remember when those Existed) and she Rented Legend of Dragoon for me purely because 'it looked cool', I am a very open minded Gamer so i gave it a shot....2 weeks later I bought the game as I was in blissful love with this game. If you guys have not played this game you should it Beats Final Fantasy in alot of areas out the park and its a shame we'll never get a sequel or more interestingly a Prequel. I place Legend of Dragoon in my top 5 games of all time bar none. Im serious Commentors, Go play this Game if you have any love for the RPG Genre you will not be disappointed. 1# Ok I mentioned im not a Fan of FPS games, but I am also not a Fan of Multiplayer Games or Team based shooters, Chalk that straight up to hours apon hours of bad experiences and I felt more Anger and Rage and Depression more than fun. Also Also I stand Fervently on the Notion of "Just because something is Popular dose not make the game fun or good" But I will give Overwatch this: I love the Character Designs. But yeah When I saw battleborn and Overwatch come out I Immediately knew who was going to win, The Timing was Awful for Battleborn plus Overwatch already had a popularity head start which is a death sentence for rival games so this Inevatable downfall was expected. Still waiting for the Single Player Character Campaign for Overwatch which follows the Story, introduces characters, lets you practice and experience the strengths and weaknesses of a character and deliver a fun charming story......but no its multiplayer only so none of that.....See why I Dont like Multiplayer ONLY Games? Looking at you Fallout 76!!!!!
#10 Why fight you? You're right(Okami's downfalls are just a tad too big for some to ignore. Orochi three times? No) 9# Eh....I'm not sure. I mean, yeah, more developed characters in general are a good thing but given the TONE of the series you can't get too sappy, which Persona does. 7# Rabbids have gotten stale. Period. 6# They ought giving this guy a break. 4# Well, it's one of those franchises that deserve to be in high regard for the annals of history...but I think it's fine if it takes a break.
I've played Okami and Twilight Princess. Never thought I'd find a game with more frustrating puzzles than a Legend of Zelda game. Fighting Orochi three times is nothing compared to trying to memorize the positions of flashing dots within barely a *second.* And the brush controls are so finicky! I dunno if it's just a Wii thing or what.
So how about for your next list, Top 10 Awesome Games That Didn't Get Enough Promotion. You know, games that were amazing for one reason or another, didn't get any real promotion or trailers, or was even intentionally under-promoted. For example, "Burnout Paradise Remastered" got only ONE trailer promoting it, and it came out just a MONTH before the game released. Yeah, I know it's not as good as previous Burnout games, but it's like EA wanted the game to fail!
souledgekirby Yeah, I was just about to point that out. Freedom Planet itself was meant to be a love-letter to the classic Sonic games and is getting a sequel, so I couldn’t see how it’s overshadowed. If it released around the same time as Sonic Mania, then maybe...?
Star Fox Adventures is probably overshadowed by... well Everything Sure it's space combat sections are limited, but at least it still has them so it's not really a complete departure Sure it's more of an action adventure RPG-ish kinda thing but that's actually a cool concept I admit it's not perfect, but it's not that bad I could say the same thing about it being different Also Fox's appearance in that game is one of my favorite looks for him
I am so sick of comments like that God! Just let TH-camrs do things the way they want and stop complaining like little bitches Besides, not everyone plays the same games or knows about the same games
Andromeda was a terrible game that got released in a buggy, unfinished state that was never fixed. In a recent interview, one of the developers said the only reason the game did poorly was because it released around the same time as BotW & not that the game was an utter mess, and he got blasted for his answer. Maybe next time you decide to run your mouth at someone like a fucking child, you should have some context on what you're bitching about so you don't look like a complete asshole. It's too late this time, but maybe bookmark this reply so the next time you think about sperging out at someone like this you have a friendly little reminder not to & you can save what little remains of your dignity. Fuck you, and have a nice day.
Ah nice to see you sticking up for Samurai Warriors. It really is an underrated series and I loved the Warriors Orochi series to. Though I just wish Sengoku Basara would get some love so we can get more of that over here. Where the others have amusing dialog and slightly outlandish looks. Sengoku Basara just goes whole hog in ramping up the silly along with the action. Tokugawa is a gold wearing boxer in a sleeveless hoodie. Masamune Date wields six swords like Wolverine claws. Nobunaga is actually a demon from hell that goes around with a swan-off shotgun while his sister is a narcoleptic with shadow powers. Its wild and wonderful and yet we in the west can't have it. XD Though yeah. I'm also with you on Battleborn. That was a great title with so much going for it. Its just a shame it had people to pig headed at the helm to hold off till the Overwatch bubble burst.
Josh, you have no idea how happy you've made me when you had Samurai Warriors at number 5. You're probably the only person I've subscribed to that's even played and enjoyed it. BTW, Gundam warriors is also fantastic...
I think that one Warriors series that goes more under the radar than Samurai is the Orochi series which I don't know why because it combines Dynasty and Samurai into an all original story and world.
louiss667 The Orochi games are actually my favourites in the entire Warriors franchise. I loved the extra crossover characters like Ryu Hayabusa and Sophitia in Warriors Orochi 3 and Ultimate and apparently they're making a 4th one now. I can't wait.
louiss667 well i don't consider them crossover characters since that's koei's own trademark portrayal of those characters. But Yea only dw sw and original orochi only characters which sucks since i used to beast with ryu
Anthony Contreras Yeah i used to play gauntlet mode with the 5 ninja gaiden/dead or alive characters. Wrecking house with ryu, ayane and rachel was so much fun.
I'm curious Josh; What is your opinion of Dynasty Warriors 9 and all of the grief surrounding it at the moment? I've been a huge fan of Dynasty and Samurai warriors for about a decade or so, and while I haven't purchased or played 9, I don't think I want to...
This doesn't really count, but Kantai Collection. A mobile game much like Fate Grand Order and and Girls' Frontline, but with ship girls. Unfortunately, the devs figured it would last about two years and fade away, so they signed a deal with a server company that only serviced Japan, keeping it from exploding in popularity to anyone who didn't want to hide their IP address. While the fandom is still popular among die-hard otaku outside of Japan, more casual fans are probably familiar with Azur Lane, another shipgirl game, that, while good in its own right, is frequently considered an inferior Chinese knock-off. Adding insult to KanColle's injury is the face that Azur Lane recently celebrated its first U.S. anniversary at the museum of the U.S.S. Iowa-- a ship that isn't in Azur Lane, but IS in KanColle (despite AL having many, many more American shipgirls).
OMG please tell me what that game is at 9:07 For years I've had cloudy memories of playing it on my computer. But given how generic it is I could never find it. I think he's supposed to be an alien of some kind. If anyone can tell me what its called I can finally put that memory itch to bed.
Ooh! Point by point time! (I quite enjoyed this video.) 10: I bought both, and I liked both. Okami is a little more complete, but Twilight Princess had that Zelda touch. They were pretty good. 9: I've lost interest in the series, but it's always solid in gameplay and mechanics. Devil Survivor is still a favorite "silent protagonist" game where you do NOT feel silent. Your actions and choices directly affect who you become close to, and often who lives and dies. 8: Ico is more obscure due to being out before the internet review scene got too big. The localizers were thinking "duuuuuhhhh, 'Muricans don't want indicative cover art, they want action guy mc whatever." 7: I never got the chance to play much Rayman, but what I've played has been fun. 6: ...Nostalgia mining time! And Sonic just ran into the ground, partly because Sonic Team internally rebelled. 5: Er, never played, but I did watch the Extra History: Sengoku Jidai , which was 100% worth. 4: AUGH! Assassin's Creed is shit. The first in the series was insulting trash, and I didn't even bother with the rest because of it. 3: Not into FPS games, or multiplayer. Also, EA is one of the dumbest companies ever, and hikes a leg on the original standards of the company, which was to prove that games are art, and to push the boundaries. 2: Legend of Dragoon didn't hold my attention, but I can tell it was really good from what I played. 1: Never played, and I'm meh on multiplayer.
Hey, kids! Did you know Red Dead Redemption had a prequel? Hell, Red Dead Revolver was a pretty good third person shooter, with some pretty fun linear missions, the slowdown mechanic being implemented, duels at the sunrise/sunset (with a whole mission being just a bunch of then back to back) and different characters to play on the story, each with its own weapons.
Another great game that got over shadowed, at least one I enjoyed was Mad Max. It came out when MGS 5 dropped so it tanked. Glad to see it's car combat system is getting upgraded and mastered in the upcoming Rage 2 :D Regardless awesome video Josh!
Shame really Games falling into obscurity because of reasons like that Also, I find that there's no love for the Sly Cooper franchise I mean, there hasn't been a game since Thieves in Time
Great video, as always, but WHAT IS THAT FREAKING TRANSITION SONG? I know that I've heard it before, I know where I've heard it before, but I don't remember what it is or where it came from. Somebody, please answer this for me.
TheDCmatrix THANK YOU! You wanna know something funny. I looked up that song, and after seeing the music video's thumbnail, I instantly recognized what I knew it was from. Ya see, I wasn't thinking about Money For Nothing by Dire Straits. I was thinking about Beverly Hillbillies, the Weird Al song from UHF, which is a parody of Money For Nothing. How weird, and possibly somewhat ironic, is that?
"Take a shot every time joshscorcher has to re-render the video"
skellington15
There is wine nearby, so... didn't drink it.
+skellington15 , (Shoots invisible gun at the wall a couple times.) Okay, done. (Applies duct tape to cover the bullet holes.)
skellington15 take a SIP and you'll be drunk in three minutes
I didn't see him re-render the video once.
What’s re-render
Sorry about the third upload. Two times I noticed serious mistakes.
First time seeing this. What happened?
lets hope this is the last re-upload
I remember seeing the original upload: 16:56 said Gauntlet: Dark Legacy instead.
Don't know the second mistake though.
Ok... But we are still burnt greenbeans who need to chill for a bit apparently.
Its ok Josh, to err is human :)
It really bothers me how even after "Rabbids Go Home" was supposed to be the final Rabbids game and fans were begging for Rayman to come back, Ubisoft threw the Rabbids into more Wii-exclusive party games to the point where they got to crossover with Mario, and Rayman has only gotten two games to himself.
And as for Titanfall, a moment of silence for another franchise murdered by EA and their terrible business practices.
Oh my god, were you the inspiration of the Company Fails series?
Titanfall is trash and it's just a reskinned cod
I will NEVER forgive EA for the crimes they committed on SW:BFII
Overshadowed by a certain rabbit .. something you and rayman share.
Took me a second to realise what you meant. :P
RabbidLuigi.
Especially now that Rabbid Luigi is a real Mario character.
Are you implying that rabbidluigi is overshadowing you?
Oh, now I get why his profile pic was in the thumbnail. I thought this was a co-lab. XD
Actually that's rabbid luigi in the thumbnail. I think it's saying rabbid luigi was overshadowed by Rabbid Luigi, the youtuber who had the namesake first was overshadowed by a new character with the same name. XD
I hear you on #9. Persona is making the main series feel nonexistent.
I'm assuming the Touhou series doesn't count since it's pretty well known right?
I remember playing NiGHTS Journey of Dreams. It was not the best game, but it felt like a good start to something great. Only for Sega to say, "Now that you got your fix, here is some more Sonic."
Jammy05 personally besides the soundtrack, i didn't like it, but was interested enough that i wanted to see Sega make another and polish it better
I will have an eternal grudge towards Sega until the day they make a sequel to NiGHtS:JoD.
You guys do realize that there is NiGHTS: Into Dreams (which is the first NiGHTS game in the series). It originally was released on the SEGA Saturn, was rereleased as an HD port on X-Box and the PS3. I have the original Saturn version.
You could probably put the every Yakuza game before Yakuza 0 on this list. They all flew under the radar and everyone who saw the games at a face value thought they were a GTA or Sleeping Dogs rip off. Thankfully those times are over.
Everyone calls sleeping dogs a yakuza rip off now.
I applaud the use of Arcana Heart in the transition segments.
Title please, cause I love that guitar.
Technically speaking, I don't actually play Arcana Heart. I just know about it because of Quarter Guy, and I love the characters as shown in AH3. That footage was from the first game, and the music might not even be from that.
AuraSilverHero the music is indeed not from Arcana Hearts.
Unless it used “Money for Nothing” in its ost and I wasn’t aware of it.
I know a guy with a appeal to the game
Oh god the voice quality at the end segment.
I really wish you talked about The Last Story because it's another case of a massively overshadowed game. It was Localized through project rainfall meaning it had to compete with Xenoblade and that's a losing battle right there. And it's such a shame because I actually enjoy the Last Story a bit more than Xenoblade, it's such a work of art. I urge anyone who reads this comment to please try and play The Last Story to experience a game you'll never forget.
AeroDragon2 I mean that’s fine but Xenoblade is still better to me
AeroDragon2 Yeah, I’m still totally in the Xenoblade camp, but it had some interesting combat ideas, even if they made said combat a bit slow.
Ise no Kami slower for sure but I felt it was a lot more tactical given your access to a crossbow with different arrows as well as means to utilize the environment
On the topic of Xenoblade, it still hurts how screwed XCX was by being released on the WiiU. It better get a port!
To be be fair, I was trying to get The Last Story, but I made the mistake of picking up Pandora's Tower and I regretted that decision ever since.
Before watching, lemme just say if Titanfall 2 isn't on here... one of the best shooter campaigns I've ever seen overshadowed by Battlefield 1 with its terrible "campaign".
Megamean09 I wouldn’t call it bad. Unbelievably hard, but not bad.
I wouldn't call it hard. Cheap, like with the armored train, but not hard. I would definitely call it bad though. Five unrelated mini campaigns that didn't even last long enough for me to start caring about any of the characters, worst campaign of all the Battlefields I tried (and I don't even like most of those others, either.)
there, ya got what you want, while Dawngate fans like me still get the shaft still because ain't NOBODY remember that
To be fair, I never even heard of it.
yeah... Story of my life
Before: Titanfall 2's gotta be in this countdown
After: Oh, EA....
Did you accidentally use your laptop mic for the on camera bits? I've done that before. It sucks to make that mistake
hey, where's Mass Effect Andromeda? Everybody knows it did badly because Zelda and Nier gave people unfair expectations according to its devs
:3
Even though i liked Andromeda, it was just disliked due to its graphics and writing, it had nothing to do with being overshadowed by other games.
no no, the official statement, by the people who worked on the game, is that it was released along with games like Zelda and it was an unfair time for MEA.
Well, the devs who obviously have no bias in this whatsoever said it, so it must be true. And Zelda fans have always been the main demographic Bioware is going after, so obviously that's why the game failed. The writing was clearly masterful, who cares about "compelling story-telling" or "likeable characters" when you can meet a trans person within the first five minutes of the game? Now if you'll excuse me, my face is tired.
Dobadobadooo ok that was uncalled for. As far as I remember, you’re not even required to talk to Hainly, and you definitely don’t meet them in the first five minutes. As far story telling and characters go, my only issue was the incredibly weird plot twist with the jardin making the Angara. Other than that I found the story to be a cool interpretation of what exploring a new galaxy would be like. And I loved how the focused on interaction between the characters on the ship, you could hear them talking to each other, read their chat box, and read how they played poker together. If you still didn’t enjoy the story or the characters, then I’m sorry you couldn’t see the way I saw it, but if you hate a game just because one random NPC you spend less than 1% of the game with is transgender then I’m sorry for you.
Dobadobadooo
good you finally know how it is, Doba!
Also, in case it wasn't clear, it was a joke, you wouldn't believe people actually think it was serious or anything other than the devs trying to deflect the blame, but yeah
“polished and balanced” aren’t the words exactly I would use to describe overwatch.
Good thing you actually talking about Battleborn.
5:16 I guess you can say Persona "stole away" the competition XD
The Silent Edge shin megami tensei
Never saw it COMIN!
I guess Persona 5 was too fast for eyes
Well I’m not much of a Joker
also persona has social links...
sorry, but smt has literally no chance for getting my interest away from persona
Free To Play KING look i love both series but if killing God with demons and being able to throw the world into chaos isn't more interesting than social links to you then i don't know what is
Silver lining for Titanfall 2?
The multiplayer community is still thriving gloriously, at least on PS4.
Xbox as well :)
Sadly, PC is limited to only ~1,000 people, despite it being so good that it’s campaign is one of the few to make me cry - a few I can count on two hands.
Titanfall is a reskinned cod and its trash
@@V_For_Vigilante Fight me in real life. The whole mechanic of wallrunning and traversal is integral to the whole of Titanfall 2. In COD, it's used like twice in the main campaign. Plus, what version of COD are you piloting giant fuck off mechs? Nice bait, but try harder.
Kingdom's of Amalur.....it wen't up against Skyrim,...yeah that's why so little know about it.
The Spongy Mallard I literally only know that name because of Outside Xbox.
same.
I almost literally just heard of this game thanks to my grandfather. Playing it now and I like it. Would definitely recommend this game to others.
I freaking loved kingdom of amalur it was freaking amazing in my opinion.
The Spongy Mallard yes someone else knows what that game is!!
So Sonic pretty much *ran over* his competitors in his own company? Smooth!
Also, what happened between you and Rabbidluigi? I thought you guys had done plenty of collabs together (it was through those that I even discovered him)! Heck, when I saw the thumbnail, I thought this was going to be another one!
"So Sonic pretty much ran over his competitors in his own company?"
Defines Sega in the 90's.
In general actually(the story of Sega's failure and subsequent retirement of the console market has nothing to do with Nintendo or Sony being tough or mean to them, it has ALL to do with some batshit crazy decisions that couldn't be anything but corporative suicide)
@@scissorman44 Ironically, they didn't even handle Sonic right BACK THEN. Sega of America misrepresented the series because they just wanted to hook the anti-kiddie types, and Sega of Japan wanted (and still wants) nothing to do with foreign appeal. Even Sonic Team themselves weren't totally blameless as Sonic 2 was a poor debut for Tails in spite of the game's other good qualities and Sonic CD had shit level design.
I approve of the use of Dire Straits for the transitions.
Thank you for this comment.
In my childhood, I was a huge fan of Dire Straits
What kind of game was it?
The band
Would people consider the "Tales of" series as overshadowed? I rarely hear anything about them despite having 16 main games and numerous spin-offs; I only found it by happenstance while just looking for JRPGs in general.
Tall Person I would say no. Trust me, they’re only slightly more under the radar than Final Fantasy.
A series can have a lot of games in it and still be overshadowed. The Yakuza series (The only other series Sega cares about) has had a game almost once a year since 2005 and no one cared about it until last year. The Disgaea series has had six games and has been on every major Sony console but it only got a slight bit of popularity when Disgaea 5 got a Switch port at the beginning of the Switch's life.
A lot of series go under the radar despite their quality.
Yea. I just found out bout the series due to that trailer during Sony e3 conference.
Personally the only Tales game I ever truly liked was Vesperia and thankfully its getting a remastered complete edition with all the content from the previously Japan/Sony exclusive PS3 version and thankfully NOT console exclusive this time around. I did try Xillia and Xillia 2 but I just couldn't connect with the characters as well. Haven't played Zestria or Berseria either just cause the whole 'pre-order bonus' thing on steam turned me off the series.
If I had to ask for a previously Japanese exclusive Tales of game to be released to the west it would probably be the Radiant Mythology games where you get to create your own character and mingle with all the other Tales of games.
Luke Anderson Disgaea, totally. Yakuza...I’ll say yes because I don’t play them. But Tales is known. It’s not quite mainstream, per se, but it really is only one step down from mainstream.
13:37 was that the only leg graphic you had on hand? I would have used a combat boot or something
personally I love okami and it's sequel.
though I could do without that digging mini-game but no such thing as a perfect game, there's always something you don't like about it.
I love Okami, but I freaken hate digging mini-game.
So do most people. Josh just happens to be in the minority that dislike it.
I thought josh just hated that one boss fight, orochi or something?
Okamiden was a bit meh. Should have been on 3DS. There are only 3 required digging mini games which should take you a total of 3 minutes to complete...
I say Pandora's Tower was a game that nobody's heard of.
I only found out about it after buying it at a second-hand game shop, what does that tell you?
Also, The Wonderful 101 that I've sold and bought again.
And then there's Alundra, which I'm pretty sure was also overshadowed by another Zelda game at the time.
Deathclaw2014 That’s also how I discovered Pandora’s Tower! I decided to take a gamble and try it after reading the summary on the box. It’s an interesting game, though I still haven’t beaten it.
The audio quality is all over the place.
I don’t know if that’s an equipment problem or an editing problem, but it’s very noticeable and makes the video notably worse.
I only noticed significant differences between the live segments and the game footage segments.
TheGlacialWarrior Yeah, the audio quality always hasn’t been the best in Josh’s countdowns, which ruin an otherwise great video. In his Top Ten Games to Show Your Friends list, the audio quality was so low that I had to put my volume at max just to hear it, and one of the picks was FNAF and had a jumpscare, so...that was pretty fun.
Nitpicky
been trying to play Persona 3 myself, and I've just hit a wall where the game just went "NO! YOU WILL GRIND FOR FIVE HOURS NOW BEFORE PROGRESSING!"
So, this is an older one, but I was surprised not to see Strife on here--NO NOT THE MOBA. Strife was one of the last games in the Doom engine and was an FPS-RPG in a techno-medieval setting with a story surrounding people being brainwashed by an alien/technological god and bringing down the authority worshipping it. It's a totally bizarre game, but is actually really friggin' good; even its writing is above par, even compared to some games today. That said... it might have been released just after Duke Nukem 3D and just before Quake, sooooo... whoops.
Good one. For FPSs, I'd say Strife was ahead of it's time in quite a few ways.
Ross' Game Dungeon covered this game. You should go check that video out.
FIGHT FOR THE FRONT AND FREEDOM! MOVE OUT!
Mario Party DS, because in most places, Mario Party 8 came out the same week and it was a Wii game.
Honestly I was expecting TY the Tasmanian Tiger series to be here since it came out around the same time as Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter and Sly Cooper did and was easily overshadowed by those 3 mega hit platformer series. Also, how many people actually KNOWS about TY the Tasmanian Tiger 4? But in all honesty, this countdown in my perspective brought ya back to your roots how ya started this countdown making of yours. This is the best countdown of yours in a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time. And also, why ya chose RabbidLuigi's icon to be shown in that thumbnail of this video? He DEFINETELLY lost the quality of his work when he started to favour quantity.
nifinland I knew of Ty's existence only because of him appearing in one of my Nickelodeon magazine issues. That is also how I came to want Spyro Enter the Dragonfly and Tak and the Power of Juju.
I wasn't asking for does people know about TY series. Well, in a way, I did, but those big new platformer franchises on PS2 that were released around the same time as TY did, it did leave the series as a rather overlooked series. So much in fact I didn't make that TY 4 statement for nothing. People may have known about the series but doesn't bring it up as much as the platformer series that overshadowed TY. And I also heard of TY 4's existence a month before it was released. Yeah, that game wasn't even advertised enough to be noticed.
nifinland I'm just saying it didn't get much exposure.
i enjoyed the ty series. i had one for the ps2 which i think is the first. and then I had one for the gamecube, it's been a long time but though i couldn't finish either especialyl since the gamecube one broke, they were cool~ i liked sly cooper but i wasn't good at it, ratchet and clank i did ok but i dont think i beat the game i had, and though I loved and beat game 1 of jak and daxter several times...i stopped after game 2 when i couldn't handle the dark-edgy-weapon based transformation. Not to ramble...too much. But its interesting to see how much time has effected these series.
nifinland I had never even heard of Ty ‘till a friend of mine mentioned him a few days ago.
And while I’m not the biggest fan of RabbidLuigi, he only makes one countdown video a week, so...I’m not entirely sure how that’s preferring quantity over quality.
And smt finally gets acknowledgement not once but twice this week in top ten countdowns. Keep up the good work josh
7... yet another reason to hate those blasted bunnies! I swear, if I ever enjoy a game with those things, I'll eat my hat!
*remembers the Mario crossover*
THAT DOESN'T COUNT!
I found out that The Legend of Dragoon had a stronger sales in the North America than in Japan.
So, Thank America.
Why Dire Straits for the transition music? Not that I’m complaining, mind you. Money for Nothing is a great song.
THANK YOU for bringing up Dynamite Headdy and Ristar. Two of the finest platformers ever made and nobody ever talks about them. They came out at the tail end of the 16-bit era after Donkey Kong Country had stolen most of the Genesis' audience away, so that's probably why they went unnoticed. Rocket Knight Adventures is sick as well, I just recently got around to it. It's also nice to know there are a ton of other Genesis platformers I haven't played yet (Pulseman in particular looks super-cool, I had never even heard of it until now).
Somebody's got some RabbidLuigi envy. Don't worry Josh, you're still very entertaining even if you're not British.
I've got an overshadowed game: Under Night In Birth was completely overshadowed by every other anime fighting game, it's such a good game but if it wasn't included in the new Blazblue game, literally nobody in the west would have played it
In a way I'd put Metroid Prime 3 on here. Nintendo really flexed their marketing muscles for Prime 3, but one game in particular came out in the exact same month. Halo 3. Halo 3 had arguably the most hype launch ever. Prime 2 released around the same time as Halo 2 as well and people have been comparing Metroid and Halo for years. However most people seemed to look at Metroid at face value and thought it was a Halo ripoff to an extent. Metroid as a franchise has been overshadowed by Zelda in a way for years, just look at Metroid and Zelda's 25th and 30th Anniversary.
Add Section 8 to the overshadowed club for the same reason. Section 8 was REALLY fun but it got ripped apart since it looks a lot like Halo.
". Metroid as a franchise has been overshadowed by Zelda in a way for years, just look at Metroid and Zelda's 25th and 30th Anniversary. " That's because Zelda has a wider appeal(for a plethora of reasons). And so does Halo, to be frank. Metroid has only sold well in America and not Japan for a reason.
It doesn't mean it got quite a death sentence in sales when competing with Halo(because poor soul of any game that came out that same month)...but it's not like it's JUST Zelda's or Halo's fault. I love Metroid but damn me if it isn't niche.
Scissorman I can't say too much right now but despite Metroid's gameplay style, you'd be surprised how many Metroid games are rated E like Fusion. Are there any Metroidvanias that have sold well or great? Dead Space 2 is survival horror yet it sold over 4 million copies and that's a pretty niche genre. There's more to it than that but still.
I wasn't talking about the rating though.
The isolation, the lack of focus on characters(which is more than just isolation), the tight mechanical approach, etc. All factors that make it unappealing for the Japanese market.
Also, Dead Space has plenty of things on it's favor, including the platforms of choice(Xbox and such have a higher rate of mature games, and the game DOES capitalize on them with the gore and such), the gameplay style(it's a shooter with more traditional mechanics compared to the likes of Prime), it tells a more character driven story, etc.
Everything that makes Metroid what it is works as a double edged sword. It sure as hell gives it an identity...yet also makes it a very specific sell.
You left Dante's Inferno off the list? That game was pretty good, but it got completely ignored because God of War 3 came out a month later. It was Viseral's first and only attempt to do games outside of Dead Space and no one cared. EA promoted the HELL (no pun intended) out of it to the point where not only did they give it a Super Bowl spot that year but also a day-and-date released STDVD animated movie that has each level of Hell animated by a different production company in a different style per level! The movie's here on youtube legally via the studio who made it for FREE!
Ngl, the thumbnail just makes me disappointed that RabbidLuigi isn't in here as a collab. I liked that Top Influential games video.
10. Wow. Not only did I call Okami being on the list, it's number 10. I guess it makes sense that the game is lower because despite the early sells, gamers for the most part are aware of Okami, and it's re-releases.
9. Still haven't had a chance to play either series, but *_even I_* was aware that Persona was a spin-off from Shin Megami. Kinda shows what kind of staying power the Shin Megami series has, when people are at least aware that Persona is the spin-off.
8. I've honestly had a fascination for the longest time. Back when Toonami was shown during the weekdays, Ico was actually one the games they made a review for. Something about it intrigued me, even to this day. In fact, I'm so interested in trying out Ico - period, that I'd rather buy the PS3 2-game pack that included Shadow of the Colossus, rather than the PS4 Remaster for the latter game. Why? Well, SotC should be good no matter what console it's on, but more importantly (to me), I want to give respect to the game that put Team Ico on the map. (Hmm, I wonder how well 'The Last Guardian' has been doing since its initial release? I never expected it to overshadow SotC or anything, but I'd half expected more people to be talking about it still, considering how long it was in development.)
7. Why was it so hard for me to have a steady income in the early 2010s? T_T
6. I really need to thank my brother and his wife again for getting me that Genesis Collection Console.
5. Actually, while I was aware of why Dynasty Warriors was popular (Josh's praises included) my first solid introduction to the Dynasty Warriors formula, was actually Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn by the Kwings. So by proxy, and slim margin (both Gundam Reborn and Hyrule Warriors being released in 2014), you can't laugh at *_me!_* HA-haha-ha-HAA! As for Samurai Warriors, eh, I don't feel too bad, because I've still yet to play core Dynasty Warriors either. I should really work on that [for both Samurai and Dynasty]. But where to start?...to the INTERNET!
4. Aye, Prince of Persia. Maybe I should have given the [Sands of Time] series a second chance, but I was just so underwhelmed with how the first game ended, (penultimate level featuring an annoying mirror puzzle and final boss offering no challenge; and *_knowing_*_ that was the point_ didn't make the ending any more enjoyable.) And with the next two games going straight from T to M-ratings, I couldn't help but wonder if that was done as a corporate stunt, and why they couldn't tell the same kind of story with a T-rating. Sure, characters like Batman and Logan (Wolverine) have shown that they can work pretty well with M-rated games, if not just as well as their T-rated games; but I'd rather have those examples be *the exceptions,* rather than setting the new standard. A movie/game doesn't have to be rated 17 and up, in order to be good.
3. The fact that the first TItanfall, (and a lot of games as of late), was released as what I call a "$60 Demo" didn't leave a good first impression either. (Sigh) I really, really hope that, if and when,
a third Titanfall is made, it gets the [positive] reception that it deserves. Hope being the key word.
2. Sadly, no experience with this game, so I can't comment about it, other than how I confused myself thinking your were talking about Panzer Dragoon Saga. :P
1. Dang. I think I wanted to say Battleborn when Josh was doing that bait-and-switch, but Paladins stayed on the top of my mind for one reason or another. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I think this is the same basic principle that made Scott Pilgrim VS The World and Muppets Most Wanted flop.
Okami was released alongside Twilight Princess?
*OOOOOOOOOOUUUUCCCHHHH*
Bad timing!!!
*opens the video*
*hears Dire Straits*
INSTANT LIKE
Oh I was so Happy he used Money for Nothing in the transitions.
What's the anime you used for the number intermissions? Looks like I might like it.
Nice list! To be honest, I am kind of the same Arc System Fighting games when it comes to you with Warriors games. When Dragonball FighterZ and Cross Tag Battle came out, I was pretty much evil laughing saying "Yes... YES! ALL of you laughed at me saying I said Blazblue and Guilty Gear are my favorite fighting games! Saying I am just like stuff because they are "obscure" or "unknown". Thanks to DBFZ and BBCTB, all of you KNOW the TRUTH now! Yes! Baskin the GLORY that is the Arc System Works fighting games! MWAHAHA-" ..... Yea..... And nice to see Ristar and Vectorman being mentioned.
Victor Perez well, we can't have everything now can we? At least I have friends into Blazblue and Guilty Gear now thanks to RWBY's appearances in CTB. I thought that there are still people DBZF.
DBZF is still pretty popular. A tweet from one of the Evo organizers (I think it was) said that DBZF had more people signed up to play that game than any other this year.
You know, I actually remember watching my father play Legend of Dragoon. I remember watching him struggling on a boss. I was just a kid back then.
Now that the remake is out, plan to play it with him?
@@BJGvideos Wait there's a remake?
@@jokiu4 ...crap. I mixed it up with Panzer Dragoon. I'm sorry. But hey, dig up the old game and start it up!
The funny thing is, in regards to #2. i don't even think Legend of Dragoon was the best game overshadowed by FF7 and FF8. The first two Suikoden games came out right around that time as well. But Konami being Konami probably didn't help either
I loved Suikoden 2 and later on thanks to emulation was able to play the first one as well. However I never really heard much of the series after those 2 even though I know that sequels did exist, probably cause of Final Fantasy reigning over as the go to RPG at the time.
They ended up making 5 main series games for North America, along with a spinoff called Tactics, which obviously followed the gameplay of other tactics games like FF or Ogre. Other than that, I think Japan had a few more games released, but the series has been pretty much dead for roughly 10 years now. Which is a shame, because it was amazing
I think I might know of a more recent scenario.
Nintendo released Splatoon 2 five days after they released ARMS. As a result, I haven't heard much talk of ARMS after it was released.
Charles Bernard arms video pretty much proves you're point
Codename STEAM. Unfortunately had to be shown off right next to Splatoon.
I remember the marketing for that game now. Shame it got overshadowed.
Steam was actually a pretty good game. But, it had like no marketing whatsoever. I saw it being shown at the Direct and never heard about it again. Geez nintendo, I no it features characters from most Western books(and nobody reads), but you could've put SOME effort into marketing. I guess that's what happens when Intelligent systems doesn't use anime-style Waifus, Nintedo's faith dips.
Logical Juan Okay no offense, but nobody reads? Who hasn't heard of Tom Sawyer, the entire cast of the wizard of Oz, and John henry?
Mr.Paranoia07 I’d say the game more so failed due to the poor marketing rather than being overshadowed by Splatoon. The only reason I even knew about it is ‘cause there’s a (very great) demo of it on the Eshop.
Codename Steam is more of a tactial shooter akin to Valkyria Chronicles rather than a third-person shooter.
Crono Sapien true. I just wish it got some appreciation. Maybe in smash Bros?
Gotta say, I honestly liked the other intro to your countdowns more. I just liked how it opened with flames on the side, made it look like a stage for the Joker to come walking down on.
Was kinda hoping that Shadow Hearts 2 would show up, but oh well...
cmsully1 I was thinking like the first game because it came out a week before FFX.
cmsully1 That's a god tier game my god
I thought that Kid Icarus would make it on the list. IT came out the same day as the first Metroid. One has a dozen beloved games, and one took 25 years to see the light of day.
Adam Uhrynuk Kid Icarus was already a niche game to begin with due to its weird take on Greek mythology and hard as f*** gameplay, so it makes sense why it didn’t catch on and only got another game for the GBA. Metroid is pretty niche too, at least compares to other Nintendo franchises, but its isolated and non-linear gameplay was pretty revolutionary for its time, and it had a female protagonist that wasn’t a damsel in distress, which was also pretty revolutionary at the time.
Though I’m entirely glad Sakurai revived Kid Icarus later on with Uprising. Still waiting for a sequel though... :{
Rabbidluigi logo???
My only idea as to why Samurai Warriors got ignored is because we already have Sengoku Basara.
Who besides Josh cares about the story in Warriors games? The reason that Warriors games like Gundam, Hyrule, and One Piece were so well received was because they were characters that people knew, and also allowed for new settings and forms of combat.
TL;DR Zelda is more interesting to people than Chinese history
victikirby15 Might explain why I still preferred Hyrule Warriors after picking up DW8 Xtreme. Or maybe I prefer differing play styles between characters over giving any two weapons to some guy.
Ise no Kami
There aren't many diffrent playstyles in HW though.
There's people whose normal attacks suck, people whose special attacks suck, and people where you fill a bar with combos to become ungodly OP.
I started with Samurai Warriors and Ive never touched Dynasty Warriors.
Warriors Orochi is super good though.
Also Samurai Warriors made me want to become an Anthropologist...
You should've mention "LISA THE PAINFUL RPG." Because of a certain fat bear and his trio stole the spot light, by pushing out 2 sequels in one year, this game got over shadowed. While it dose have good reviews, it deserves more attention really, if you like RPGS like undertale.
X fire MH Y.T. Lisa was already a pretty niche game to begin with due to its nihilistic, dark and violent narrative and unforgiving difficulty. But yeah, being released during the FNAF hype train didn’t necessarily help it.
yep.
Can I just say that while it did fit and I love the song, Money For Nothing is probably one of the more random songs I’ve heard you use for the intro.
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...You hate Shadow of the Colossus because of Dirge? I completely fail to comprehend your reasoning.
I quite honestly feel the same with Rogue Galaxy. That game is amazing, but FFXII got launched the same year as well
Ah, Okami. While I really liked Okamiden, I can see where Josh is coming from with the first Okami. As for me, I don’t have his burning hatred for it so much as I really don’t give a single crap.
Samurai Warriors isn't overshadowed, we have Warriors Orochi which combines the the two worlds and we finally know who will win if Zhao Yun and Yukimura Sanada had a fight
Personally i think the Hamster thing for Overwatch is kinda stupid
IMO in the end of the day, you're playing a giant mech
And unlike Dva, you never play as the hamster itself so, meh. They can do whatever they want, after all, Winston is already a talking animal too so
Except it's Blizzard you're talking about. The absolute Lord of Absurdity.
Strykerx31 Meh, it’s not too dumb when you have a giant talking gorilla and a purple assassin wearing a skintight jumpsuit.
Strykerx31 I mean sure, you can remove him. I’m just saying that I can’t see how Hammond is the straw that breaks the camel’s back when there’ve been other elements of the Overwatch universe that’re just as outlandish if not more so before he was introduced.
+Crono Sapien ...is any of that in the actual game itself or as a background thing?
1:46 can anyone tell me the name of that anime with that awesome music??
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#10: I liked Okami (I will not defend its BS as its 100% Warranted) But yeah....trying to fight Legend of Zelda not a smart choice, plus the timing was awful.
Also Twilight Princess better than Okami FIGHT ME INTERNET!
#9: I Like both SMT and Persona in equilness, but I will admit Persona is "Slightly" Better only because something SMT I felt lacking was Character, In most SMT games your usually alone and isolated and the characters that you do encounter are either Crazy, Depressing, or Kill bait. I think if SMT added some relateable characters with a little charm I think it can stack onto the same level as Persona. Something I do Appreciate in Persona 5 is the Ridiculous Callbacks, References and some narrative choices that you normally only see in SMT, Heres to hoping SMT5 will learn the same lesson.
#8 I honestly have no comment I Love both games equily honestly
#7 While some of the Jokes the Rabbids do are funny, Rayman is 300x more funny plus Rayman Origins was Awesome!
I still have both Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends and whenever I can get my friends together we all play Co-Op together.
#6 Another Curse you to Sonic!!
#5 This is going to sound weird but I Love Samurai Warriors over Dynasty Warriors by a Landslide. It is depressing we dont get alot of games under the Samurai Warriors Title (Course then again they ARE up Against Sengoku Basara so.....)
#4 No comment, Im rather neutral to Prince of Persia
#3 Titanfall 2 was Awesome!! Go right now and Play the Game Commentors, This murders CoD and Battlefield (And this is coming from a guy who absolutely despises loath and hates FPS games) Also F#$@ YOU EA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2# OMG Yes more Legend of Dragoon please! Funny enough I discovered it purly by Accident, My Mom went to Blockbuster (Remember when those Existed) and she Rented Legend of Dragoon for me purely because 'it looked cool', I am a very open minded Gamer so i gave it a shot....2 weeks later I bought the game as I was in blissful love with this game. If you guys have not played this game you should it Beats Final Fantasy in alot of areas out the park and its a shame we'll never get a sequel or more interestingly a Prequel. I place Legend of Dragoon in my top 5 games of all time bar none. Im serious Commentors, Go play this Game if you have any love for the RPG Genre you will not be disappointed.
1# Ok I mentioned im not a Fan of FPS games, but I am also not a Fan of Multiplayer Games or Team based shooters, Chalk that straight up to hours apon hours of bad experiences and I felt more Anger and Rage and Depression more than fun. Also Also I stand Fervently on the Notion of "Just because something is Popular dose not make the game fun or good" But I will give Overwatch this: I love the Character Designs.
But yeah When I saw battleborn and Overwatch come out I Immediately knew who was going to win, The Timing was Awful for Battleborn plus Overwatch already had a popularity head start which is a death sentence for rival games so this Inevatable downfall was expected.
Still waiting for the Single Player Character Campaign for Overwatch which follows the Story, introduces characters, lets you practice and experience the strengths and weaknesses of a character and deliver a fun charming story......but no its multiplayer only so none of that.....See why I Dont like Multiplayer ONLY Games?
Looking at you Fallout 76!!!!!
#10 Why fight you? You're right(Okami's downfalls are just a tad too big for some to ignore. Orochi three times? No)
9# Eh....I'm not sure. I mean, yeah, more developed characters in general are a good thing but given the TONE of the series you can't get too sappy, which Persona does.
7# Rabbids have gotten stale. Period.
6# They ought giving this guy a break.
4# Well, it's one of those franchises that deserve to be in high regard for the annals of history...but I think it's fine if it takes a break.
I've played Okami and Twilight Princess. Never thought I'd find a game with more frustrating puzzles than a Legend of Zelda game. Fighting Orochi three times is nothing compared to trying to memorize the positions of flashing dots within barely a *second.* And the brush controls are so finicky! I dunno if it's just a Wii thing or what.
What messed up samurai warriors was the idiotic decision to make the 3rd entry wii exclusive.
I agree with that!! WTH
Seth Lionheart The creepy isolation of SMT is why some prefer it over persona
A top ten upload from Joshscorcher/Fiery Joker?
What sorcery is this?
I approve of the use of money for nothing
So how about for your next list, Top 10 Awesome Games That Didn't Get Enough Promotion. You know, games that were amazing for one reason or another, didn't get any real promotion or trailers, or was even intentionally under-promoted.
For example, "Burnout Paradise Remastered" got only ONE trailer promoting it, and it came out just a MONTH before the game released. Yeah, I know it's not as good as previous Burnout games, but it's like EA wanted the game to fail!
(Glances at Gravity Rush 2)
Freedom Planet and Dust: An Elysian Tail.
Thought I'd point them out before I started watching the movie - Don't know if you actually say them or not.
I'm pretty sure many people know what those games are.
they're indie games, no shadows are cast, bro
souledgekirby Yeah, I was just about to point that out. Freedom Planet itself was meant to be a love-letter to the classic Sonic games and is getting a sequel, so I couldn’t see how it’s overshadowed.
If it released around the same time as Sonic Mania, then maybe...?
Star Fox Adventures is probably overshadowed by... well Everything Sure it's space combat sections are limited, but at least it still has them so it's not really a complete departure Sure it's more of an action adventure RPG-ish kinda thing but that's actually a cool concept I admit it's not perfect, but it's not that bad I could say the same thing about it being different Also Fox's appearance in that game is one of my favorite looks for him
What game/show is the transition from? The creepy puppet thing reminds me of something but I can't remember what.
We need a Naruto Warriors and a Pokémon Warriors and a Kingdom Hearts Warrior
we need tales of warriors
Smash Warriors
RWBY Warriors
StarVolt Nexus Shin Megami Tensei Warriors and Mega Man Warriors
Apparently Pokemon Warriors nearly happened. But Koei/Tecmo couldn't think of a way to make it work so they made Pokemon Conquest instead.
What music did you use for the transitions? It's really good and I'd like to hear the rest if possible.
Money for Nothing- Dire Straits featuring Sting
Where's Mass Effect Andromeda?! Everyone *knows* the only reason that game failed was because it had to compete with Breath of the Wild.
Kappa.
I am so sick of comments like that God! Just let TH-camrs do things the way they want and stop complaining like little bitches Besides, not everyone plays the same games or knows about the same games
Andromeda was a terrible game that got released in a buggy, unfinished state that was never fixed. In a recent interview, one of the developers said the only reason the game did poorly was because it released around the same time as BotW & not that the game was an utter mess, and he got blasted for his answer. Maybe next time you decide to run your mouth at someone like a fucking child, you should have some context on what you're bitching about so you don't look like a complete asshole. It's too late this time, but maybe bookmark this reply so the next time you think about sperging out at someone like this you have a friendly little reminder not to & you can save what little remains of your dignity. Fuck you, and have a nice day.
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Ah nice to see you sticking up for Samurai Warriors. It really is an underrated series and I loved the Warriors Orochi series to. Though I just wish Sengoku Basara would get some love so we can get more of that over here. Where the others have amusing dialog and slightly outlandish looks. Sengoku Basara just goes whole hog in ramping up the silly along with the action. Tokugawa is a gold wearing boxer in a sleeveless hoodie. Masamune Date wields six swords like Wolverine claws. Nobunaga is actually a demon from hell that goes around with a swan-off shotgun while his sister is a narcoleptic with shadow powers. Its wild and wonderful and yet we in the west can't have it. XD
Though yeah. I'm also with you on Battleborn. That was a great title with so much going for it. Its just a shame it had people to pig headed at the helm to hold off till the Overwatch bubble burst.
quick question where is the interlude scene (the maid girl standing in front of the grave) from
I keep trying to find out what the song he used for the changing segments of this video is called, but I keep getting nothing.
That bit at the end with Hammond the hamster is so true
What's the song called that you use in between each segment
Josh, you have no idea how happy you've made me when you had Samurai Warriors at number 5. You're probably the only person I've subscribed to that's even played and enjoyed it.
BTW, Gundam warriors is also fantastic...
I think that one Warriors series that goes more under the radar than Samurai is the Orochi series which I don't know why because it combines Dynasty and Samurai into an all original story and world.
louiss667 The Orochi games are actually my favourites in the entire Warriors franchise. I loved the extra crossover characters like Ryu Hayabusa and Sophitia in Warriors Orochi 3 and Ultimate and apparently they're making a 4th one now. I can't wait.
DJAB87 unfortunately there won't be any crossover characters in the new one
aside from DW and SW of course
louiss667 well i don't consider them crossover characters since that's koei's own trademark portrayal of those characters. But Yea only dw sw and original orochi only characters which sucks since i used to beast with ryu
Anthony Contreras Yeah i used to play gauntlet mode with the 5 ninja gaiden/dead or alive characters. Wrecking house with ryu, ayane and rachel was so much fun.
I'm curious Josh; What is your opinion of Dynasty Warriors 9 and all of the grief surrounding it at the moment? I've been a huge fan of Dynasty and Samurai warriors for about a decade or so, and while I haven't purchased or played 9, I don't think I want to...
What's the bit used as an intermission between etries from?
Let's also not forget legend of dragoon was going to be planned for PlayStation all stars battle royale but I think we all know what happened
This doesn't really count, but Kantai Collection. A mobile game much like Fate Grand Order and and Girls' Frontline, but with ship girls. Unfortunately, the devs figured it would last about two years and fade away, so they signed a deal with a server company that only serviced Japan, keeping it from exploding in popularity to anyone who didn't want to hide their IP address.
While the fandom is still popular among die-hard otaku outside of Japan, more casual fans are probably familiar with Azur Lane, another shipgirl game, that, while good in its own right, is frequently considered an inferior Chinese knock-off. Adding insult to KanColle's injury is the face that Azur Lane recently celebrated its first U.S. anniversary at the museum of the U.S.S. Iowa-- a ship that isn't in Azur Lane, but IS in KanColle (despite AL having many, many more American shipgirls).
Okay what was used for the background of the numbers?
OMG please tell me what that game is at 9:07
For years I've had cloudy memories of playing it on my computer. But given how generic it is I could never find it.
I think he's supposed to be an alien of some kind. If anyone can tell me what its called I can finally put that memory itch to bed.
It's killing me that I can't place what game the number transition scene comes from.
Ooh! Point by point time! (I quite enjoyed this video.)
10: I bought both, and I liked both. Okami is a little more complete, but Twilight Princess had that Zelda touch. They were pretty good.
9: I've lost interest in the series, but it's always solid in gameplay and mechanics. Devil Survivor is still a favorite "silent protagonist" game where you do NOT feel silent. Your actions and choices directly affect who you become close to, and often who lives and dies.
8: Ico is more obscure due to being out before the internet review scene got too big. The localizers were thinking "duuuuuhhhh, 'Muricans don't want indicative cover art, they want action guy mc whatever."
7: I never got the chance to play much Rayman, but what I've played has been fun.
6: ...Nostalgia mining time! And Sonic just ran into the ground, partly because Sonic Team internally rebelled.
5: Er, never played, but I did watch the Extra History: Sengoku Jidai , which was 100% worth.
4: AUGH! Assassin's Creed is shit. The first in the series was insulting trash, and I didn't even bother with the rest because of it.
3: Not into FPS games, or multiplayer. Also, EA is one of the dumbest companies ever, and hikes a leg on the original standards of the company, which was to prove that games are art, and to push the boundaries.
2: Legend of Dragoon didn't hold my attention, but I can tell it was really good from what I played.
1: Never played, and I'm meh on multiplayer.
Kinda wish Space Marine was on here, but the gmod image was a nice nod, I suppose.
What was with the distorted audio?
Really hopin' that EA doesn't mess with Titanfall 3.
They propably will but im optimistic
I love Shin Megami Tensei, I love Persona... Fuck, I just love good fuckin' RPG'S. Especially from Atlus.
Hey, kids! Did you know Red Dead Redemption had a prequel? Hell, Red Dead Revolver was a pretty good third person shooter, with some pretty fun linear missions, the slowdown mechanic being implemented, duels at the sunrise/sunset (with a whole mission being just a bunch of then back to back) and different characters to play on the story, each with its own weapons.
Another great game that got over shadowed, at least one I enjoyed was Mad Max. It came out when MGS 5 dropped so it tanked. Glad to see it's car combat system is getting upgraded and mastered in the upcoming Rage 2 :D Regardless awesome video Josh!
Shame really Games falling into obscurity because of reasons like that Also, I find that there's no love for the Sly Cooper franchise I mean, there hasn't been a game since Thieves in Time
The new Sonic Mania Plus trailer is hype as all hell! I wasn't even from the era that the commercial came from, but I am nostalgic as hell for it.
What was the in between music?
Great video, as always, but WHAT IS THAT FREAKING TRANSITION SONG?
I know that I've heard it before, I know where I've heard it before, but I don't remember what it is or where it came from.
Somebody, please answer this for me.
Money for Nothing by Dire Straits, and you probably heard it from Kingsman: The Secret Service
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You wanna know something funny.
I looked up that song, and after seeing the music video's thumbnail, I instantly recognized what I knew it was from.
Ya see, I wasn't thinking about Money For Nothing by Dire Straits.
I was thinking about Beverly Hillbillies, the Weird Al song from UHF, which is a parody of Money For Nothing.
How weird, and possibly somewhat ironic, is that?
What do the transition some and animation from?
What being shown in the intro to each segment? It looks interested, but it's nothing I recognise.
Arcana Heart.