kai2: What game(s) do you love / enjoy that others don't seem to know exists?
Hello!
First, thank you Kai2 for opening this thread, and thank you all contributors who share their beloved gems!
I really appreciate those type of threads, for they already directed my attention to some games I never heard of before.
And I thought it would be just fair to share mine this time, as well. Maybe someone get to know something completely new to them or simply get reminded of a game from their past.
Now, my beloved titles (at least on PC), which I still play regularly since their release, are
- Search and Rescue 4 (2002), also known as Coastal Heroes in North America, and its stand-alone addon
- Search and Rescue Vietnam Med+Evac (2002).
I simply love aeronautic simulators, and the SAR series is an example of the rare exception of civil helicopter simulators (although VME has a mounted gun and you obviously operate in the Vietnam conflict, but gameplay-wise it is practically identical to SAR4 - and you can pilot the famous Bell Helicopter!)
This series still has acceptable graphics, at least in my humble opinion, and a good physics backbone in its simulation. Newer attempts either went with fullblown military first person shooter sections in the game or the awfully looking/implemented arcade game style despite newer graphics. :(
and...
- Cabela's 4x4 Off Road Adventure 1 (2001)
- Cabela's 4x4 Off Road Adventure 3 (2003)
After piloting helicopters and aeroplanes I love to take a ride off the road (also in real life). :p
And thanks to "deja65", who has drawn my attention to the incredible Screamer 4x4 (which is also known as Bleifuss Offroad) only a few years ago, I discovered other amazing off road driving simulators long after their original release, such as the aforementioned Off Road Adventures from the Cabela series of games.
I woulld also like to give MudRunners / SpinTires a ride - I enjoyed the original alpha demo - but I do not buy from the other distributors due to their DRM policy. :(
(In the same vein as these off road titles on the PC I did found recently a surprising game for Android, which is not the usaual cash-grab or filled with annoyances, but a serious tecnical driving simulation: OffRoad Drive Desert)
Enjoy, your game gems!
foxgog