I've recently finished the whole Xenosaga series and was impressed by it. Even more than by FF 16 (which was... cutscenes and a few good boss fights). This got me thinking: what else are old games that don't get enough recognition? I'm not talking about the Oceanhorns (which was boring tbh) or Hollow Knifhts, which everyone knows about. More like hidden gems you picked up "because" and liked it. In my case this was Blue Fire, a platformer that mixes Celeste's movement and 3D space. Other games I really enjoyed were

Valiant Hearts (WWI point and click)

Light Matter (3D puzzle game)

Cloudbuilt (a fast mirrors edge)

I'm more than happy to read some of your recommendations!

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[–] micka190@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Dragon Age: Origin Ultimate Edition: My personal favorite game of all time. Got me into the dark fantasy genre and RPGs in general. A simple story that has so much replay value based on the various decisions you can make with an amazing cast of characters. The rest of the series has been steadily going downhill since, unfortunately (in my opinion, at least).

Celeste: Best platformer ever. I've sunk hundreds of hours into it, and ever since I discovered there was an active modding community (seriously, the modding tools are so good now) I've been going through modded community expansions.

Slay The Spire: The most fun I've had playing a card game. It's extremely challenging, but very well balanced, and there's nothing else quite like it.

[–] Opafi@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Okay, since you mention Celeste, maybe you could help me out? I bought it, played it, liked it, finished it and that was about it. A short, excellent platformer I thought. Since then, I've read several times how people said Celeste had an amazing replayability and how they

sunk hundreds of hours into it

so, could you tell me what to aim for after finishing the game? Why play it again?

[–] micka190@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Personally, I just really liked the platforming and movement. There aren't many platformers that come close to Celeste's polish, and I 100%-ed it (there's some secret strawberries that are pretty damn hard to get), the golden strawberry challenges where you have to not die are super challenging, and I ended-up trying to speedrun it for fun. The modding community also has some excellent maps with practice areas that teach you advanced movement mechanics (I highly recommend the "Strawberry Jam" community map pack).