The Premise:

We all have those games (at least, those of us that play them) that are the "greatest games," the ones we can trot out whenever someone asks for the best games of all time or what have you. Oh, maybe we don't have them listed in a strict order, and the lineup may change depending on our whims or memories, but we pretty much know Those Games.

Then there are the other ones. The niche titles that haven't happened to remotely break into the mainstream (I'm lookin' at you, Ico, Disgaea and Katamari). The ones that have too many flaws or quirks for most people to look at them seriously. The ones that, frankly, even a lot of hardcore gamers have never heard of in their lives, or at least heard of then promptly forgotten. You know, the ones that you'd be hard-pressed to stand around and name as one of the Best Games Ever objectively, but that you go back to play time and time again, or just hold dear to your heart for some reason.

These are some of those games that I've decided deserve their little time in the spotlight, dragged out of whatever dark corners they're dwelling in by this point. I'm not going to state that these games are amazing, or for everyone, but there's something about each of them that has stuck with me, and in some cases drawn me back repeatedly even while other arguably "more deserving" games sit around barely touched. I'm going to cover one game at a time, and we'll see where this series takes us.

Heck, I may even cover some games that I don't really technically love and remember fondly, but that I think shouldn't be forgotten for some reason or another. We'll just have to wait and see.

( Metropolismania )