GameSetQ: Overlooked Last-Gen System Exclusives?
There's a certain, slightly obsessive breed of person who wants to explore some of the less-traveled roads of console gaming. I fear that I'm one, and I know that Joel Reed Parker is, judging by his new Game Of The Blog post, which runs down some of the Xbox and Gamecube game exclusives that you probably weren't thinking very hard about.
He notes by way of introduction: "Notable titles I've found so far: Tork, Cel Damage, Whacked (all Xbox) and two for the Gamecube: Universal Studios Theme Park (more on that one another day) and Chibi-Robo (Holy shit! I'm actually playing a well-made game!)." And boy, Universal Studios for GameCube is a story unto itself - both myself and co-workers seem to have independently played it and adored its terrible gameplay.
Anyhow, Joel has a pretty good list if you click through, but feel free to either add titles to it, comment on some of the titles on it, or add some PS2 exclusives. What we're really asking, as he points out in the comments, is system-exclusive last-gen titles which are 'interesting', but not God Of War-size obvious - for Xbox, PlayStation 2, or GameCube. What are they, and why are they worth looking at and/or laughing at? That's your GameSetQ for the week!
Comments
cel damage also came out on the gamecube
Posted by: AAAAAAAAAAA | May 17, 2007 7:05 PM
The original Buffy the Vampire Slayer title was a third party exclusive for the Xbox. It was released in the states by EA. The sequel, Chaos Bleeds, went multiplatform.
Posted by: SpotAnime | May 17, 2007 8:00 PM
I'm so glad I ended up with the PS2. It still has the most unique exclusives i.e. Dog's Life, Mad Maestro, Mr. Mosquito, Gitaroo Man, Amplitude, Frequency, Chulip, Stuart Little 3, Everblue 2, Fantavision, Finny the Fish, Haven, Katamari Damacy, Ico, Kya, Super Galdelic Hour, Lowrider, Mercury Meltdown, Rumble Roses, Stretch Panic, Yanya Cabillista...
The title that pulled me back into gaming was the original Parappa. I saw that and immediately rented a Playstation.
It's titles like these that seem to thrive on Sony machines more than others that give me hope for the PS3.
Posted by: packratshow | May 18, 2007 7:36 AM
Another PS2 exclusive (I believe) that I just picked up is Flow: Urban Dance Uprising, the latest in a long line of French Canadian-created hiphop-ish rhythm games (see also: Get On Da Mic!) I'm a sucker for obscure, not necessarily great rhythm games.
Posted by: simonc | May 18, 2007 10:50 AM
I have Flow also, but a more interesting breakdancing game is the Euro only SCEE published title B-Boy. The game mechanics are more fluid and improvised. Flow is essentially a DDR clone of sorts, right?
Other off the beaten path PS2 rhythm titles are American Idol and Britney's Dance Beat. Both are supremely odd.
Posted by: packratshow | May 18, 2007 1:41 PM
B-Boy got published in South Korean recently by SCEK, interestingly! We were trying to get an interview with them, but no dice.
Posted by: simonc | May 18, 2007 2:24 PM