Tail Concerto (1998)
Genres:Adventure, Platform
Themes:Action, Fantasy
Game modes:Single player
Story:Explore a vast 3D world inhabited by lovable characters that you can interact with!
Run, jump, climb, and even fly through 9 floating islands of adventure!
Experience the wonder of dramatic anime sequences!
Characters come to life with spoken dialogue!
Vote to bring this game to GOG and help preserve it.308
CyberConnect2's first game, and a beloved hidden gem for the PS1. Some nice gameplay and great visuals, combined with how it's more or less a playable 90's anime in terms of tone. Worth bringing back for newer audiences. Also, Cyan. Gotta love Cyan.
Started with its spiritual successor Solatorobo on the Nintendo DS so I went back to this first entry and it's a shame that such a charming title is limited to the PS1. It's severely hard to acquire legitimately and I wish this passion project from CyberConnect2 would be preserved on PC
This may be a short game, but it’s a fun ride. The story is simple, but the characters are charming, and the voice acting is really good given the time it came out. I hope this can be seen and played by more people one day.
This game I must say that it would be amazing if people knew about it through a PC Port, I'm just saying. (I'm just commenting for the sake of it, and to say that thanks to this game I discovered a great franchise like LittleTailBronx)
Historical landmark of a game by newfound subsidiary of Bandai Namco ('Cyberconnect') pitched in 1996 to be marketed amongst the goldmine of 3D-Platforming games, finding its place alongside the likes of other PlayStation and Nintendo hits of the era. Unfortunately I suspect most know perfectly well in modern context how difficult and unpredictable of a market it was to even dream of entering and expect any amount of success from - console libraries at this point becoming so cluttered with what in denotable execution were a huge collection of the same 3D games being sold over and over again despite their fairly unique appearances. Granted, Tail Concerto does have its obviously potent flaws itching to be discovered, be it vaguely sluggish combat, slippery platforming and a narrative that whilst heart-breaking at moments and appearing fairly unique does lend itself a few eyebrow raises (especially upon the unfortunately painful decision of naming its main villain 'The Iron Giant'). Despite these nitpicks the astonishing first efforts of the later rebranded 'CyberConnect2' become increasingly clear - being as bold as to commission 20 minutes worth of remarkable studio-quality animation to be broadcast out of a console that at this point was already almost half a decade old, which can't be anything short of a miracle. This game perfectly exemplifies the extents to which CyberConnect2 will traverse just to fledge out and promote their titles that they know damn well only a small amount of individuals across the globe will be anticipating. But it doesn't matter about the size of a fanbase - they'll keep themselves afloat with whatever outsourced pre-existing IP games it takes, as long as it means the team can later focus their efforts on whatever Little Tail Bronx game comes next. Porting this game to pc would not only be preserving a game released in such an iconic yet inconsistent period in gaming history, but slightly fulfil the pricy demands for its availability.
Seriously, this franchise is so cool, it's a crime that this game (and Solatorobo) never received a re-release.
My friend and I were engrossed in this game for a month.
The gameplay is simple but fun. Yes, it is a bit hard to control, but it is far from being unplayable.
The soundtrack is great, especially the Japanese opening song, which is beautifully EPIC.
The game's graphics are so beautiful that my friend kept questioning whether it was really a PS1 game (although for me that reaction was a bit exaggerated). The visuals have aged well compared to other games on the console, especially the enemies, which are very expressive.
This is perhaps one of the first 3D platform games with a well-crafted story. Sometimes it even feels like an RPG. Everything told through well-directed cutscenes for the time, with some animated cutscenes as if it were an anime. Even the American dubbing is acceptable for a PS1 game (Megaman X4 cough cough).
Seriously, the world building and characters alone make this game deserve at least a remaster and an anime to go with it.
Seriously, it's really sad to see games as cool as those in this series being so niche even with the developer giving their all. Seriously, support this game.
CyberConnect2 deserves better for what they do for these games.
Dead Space 2Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Just as his health begins to improve, The Sprawl is overrun with even more advanced forms of the alien-zombie hybrids.Action Horror Science fiction Survival
Assassin's Creed IIDiscover an intriguing and epic story of power, revenge and conspiracy set during a pivotal moment in history: the Italian Renaissance.
Experience the freedom and immersion of an all new open world and mission structure with settings such as the rooftops and canals of beautiful Venice. Your options in combat, assassination and escape are vast, with many new weapons, settings and gameplay elements.Open world Action Fantasy Historical Science fiction Stealth Sandbox
Need for Speed: UnboundRace to the top, definitely don’t flop. Outsmart the cops, and enter weekly qualifiers for The Grand: the ultimate street race. Pack your garage with precision-tuned, custom rides and light up the streets with your style.Action
Resident Evil OutbreakResident Evil Outbreak is a survival-horror game released exclusively for the PlayStation 2. The gameplay is similar to the previous Resident Evil games and consists mainly of exploring, solving puzzles, finding items and surviving. It was the first Resident Evil game with multiplayer capability, using the PlayStation 2's online network. Up to four players could participate simultaneously in one scenario. Alternately, in single-player mode, the player is accompanied by two AI-controlled characters.Action Horror Survival
Red Dead RedemptionA modern-day Western epic, Red Dead Redemption takes John Marston, a relic from the fast-closing time of the gunslinger, through an open world filled with wildlife, mini-games, and shootouts. Marston sets out to hunt down his old gang mates for the government, who have taken away his family. Along his journey, he meets many characters emblematic of the Wild West, heroism, and the new civilization.Open world Action Sandbox
Resident Evil 4 HDIn resident evil 4, special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who has been kidnapped. Finding his way to a rural village in Europe, he faces new threats that are a departure from the traditional lumbering zombie enemies of the earlier instalments in the series. Leon battles horrific new creatures infested by a new threat called Las Plagas and faces off against an aggressive group of enemies including mind-controlled villagers that are tied to Los Illuminados, the mysterious cult which is behind the abduction.Key FeaturesStunning HD running at a smooth 60 frames per second for the first time.
A complete visual overhaul has been performed to bring this revered title to the highest graphical quality ever.
Fully optimized for the wide screen, texts have been sharpened and textures have been upgraded on characters, backgrounds and in-game objects.
Steam platform support with Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Steam Trading Cards, global leaderboards, and full game controller support.
Native keyboard and mouse support with customizable key binding, mouse sensitivity, and mouse acceleration settings.
This new PC version will include everything from the prior iterations including subtitle support in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish as well as previously released bonus content such as the Separate Ways epilogue.Action Horror Survival
The Sims 2: Ultimate CollectionIn The Sims 2, your Sims will be more lifelike, more responsive, and more complex than ever before. The Sims 2: Ultimate Collection includes a copy of the base game The Sims 2 and all its additional discs and expansion kits. This edition is not commercially available: it was deployed in conjunction with the end of technical support for The Sims 2 on July 22, 2014. Players with a digital version of one of The Sims 2 games in their Origin library thus received the Ultimate Collection automatically.Open world
Final Fantasy VIFinal Fantasy VI first debuted in 1994 as the sixth instalment in the iconic Final Fantasy series. Innovations included the ability to play all the main characters as the game's protagonist, and to this day, its epic story intertwining each of their fates is still highly rated and wildly popular.
With plenty of abilities available and the magicite system for controlling spells/summoning, players can develop their characters any way they want. This was also the first Final Fantasy game to include the Ultima Weapon, the most powerful sword of all and a recurring item in subsequent titles within the series.Open world Fantasy Sandbox
Grand Theft Auto IVGrand Theft Auto IV is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the eleventh title in the Grand Theft Auto series, and the first main entry since 2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
The game is played from a third-person perspective and its world is navigated on-foot or by vehicle. Throughout the single-player mode, players play as Niko Bellic. An online multiplayer mode is included with the game, allowing up to 32 players to engage in both co-operative and competitive gameplay in a recreation of the single-player setting.
Two expansion packs were later released for the game, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, which both feature new plots that are interconnected with the main Grand Theft Auto IV storyline, and follow new protagonists.Open world Action
DiscworldDiscworld is a game released for PC (subsequently Mac, and Playstation) by Teeny Weeny / Perfect 10 studios in 1995. The game was released both on floppy disk and CD-Rom. The latter featured a commentary team created of many veterans of famous Brit-Coms. This included Monty Python's Eric Idle, Radio 4's (later to be more famous) Rob Brydon, ex- Doctor Who John Pertwee, 70s pop singer Kate Robbins, and Blackadder star Tony Robinson. The game is a riff on the Discworld title 'Guards, Guards', however many elements of the text have been shifted, not least the inclusion of Rincewind as protagonist.
The game featured puzzles which were considered far too difficult and obtuse for gamers of the time, but the game itself has had a lasting legacy, now being accepted into such emulators as SCUMMVM.Fantasy Historical Comedy