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Games better than expected

by seraphim84

These are games that I played through, and while not gems unto themselves, were far more enjoyable than one would expect.

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Speed Racer: The Videogame

1. Speed Racer: The Videogame

The DS version of this game is a remarkably competent racer while being buck wild crazy at the same time

The Red Star

2. The Red Star

I honestly didn't know what kind of game this was gonna be when I picked it up. Somehow it's a bullet hell game, and a really good one at that.

Quest 64

3. Quest 64

Despite how much I loathed the NES game (i.e. "This isn't Zelda!"), this was a really neat looking game with some interesting concepts at the time, despite it's sorta broken gameplay(heal heal heal heal heal).

WET

4. WET

The character of this game won me over, as generic as the shooting/swordplay/acrobatics was.

Gun

5. Gun

One of the few games to successfully take a movie tone and pull it off. Also, a great Ron Perlman cameo.

Dark Sector

6. Dark Sector

Resident Evil 4 but with a glaive? Voiced by Lex Luthor/The Flash? It somehow works.

Cold Fear

7. Cold Fear

Resident Evil 4 on a boat. Again, works pretty well

Nier

8. Nier

After the QL, I figured this was gonna be garbage. The levels fly by and the bosses are interesting (third person action bullet hell?).

Orcs & Elves

9. Orcs & Elves

A really really...it's a throwback.

Super Dodge Ball Advance

10. Super Dodge Ball Advance

Who knew that a dodgeball game could win over a non-sports lover?

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