• Guild_Navigator
    • 3 years 10 months ago
    • Posts: 2009
    		 Not so much as weirdest-looking game,weird looking games are a dime a dozen nowadays. One need only go into XBLA or Wiiware to find a game that seems to have been developed in Bizarro World (IloMilo is a perfect -and recommended- example). But rather the wierdest [u]feeling[/u] game you happened to experience. A game that left you with a certified "Dude,WTF?" expression in your mug.

    Enter Psygnosis,a British studio best known for Wipeout on PSX before they were bought by Sony in 1999. They released some pretty weird sci-fi-related games during the mid 90s. Games like Shadow Master -a bizarre looking FPS that felt like being inside a Journey album cover- and O.D.T. were pretty good examples of their perchant for weirdness. But the crowned jewel of their craft in mindfucking is without a doubt Sentient.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE1vhyegyfo

    This adventure game released for PC/PSX in 1996 had a fairly interesting plot: In the future a 1984-like totalitarian regime rules Earth and its space colonies and discovers a new type of star that emits a form of plasma energy that can be harvested. An space station set in orbit around the star has been build and you are the new medical officer assigned for a 5 year term on it. When you arrive,the station is in chaos and you have to figure out a series of headscratching mysteries before the station enters a decaying orbit and falls into the star.

    Sounds standard sci-fi fare,right? Except that this game is -to quote John Candy in Little Shop of Horrors- SO VERY WEEEEEIRD! Ever had one of those dreams that leave you feeling strange all day after you wake up? That's exactly how this game feels. The combination of FPV with the increasingly bafling plot paired with some dream sequences inside a hedge maze makes Sentient a gaming experience that will make you wish you had a tumbler to make sure you were in the Real World. No gaming experience since -no Silent Hill, Katamari Damacy or Heavy Rain- has come close to matching its Comfortably Numb-like feeling of weirdness.
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    • thecrow174
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      There is a battle between two wolves inside us all.

      One is evil and the other one is good. Which wolf will win? The one you feed the most.

      http://unbelievableyou.com/a-native-american-cherokee-story-two-wolves/
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      • Lepew
        • 3 years 10 months ago
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        		 Little Big Adventure 2

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        • System
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          		 vice project doom. the plot made no sense

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          • taykai
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            		 Incredible crisis.... enough said
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            • ccann702
              • 3 years 9 months ago
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              		 Die Hard for the PC Engine(Turbographx 16). Weird because it was only released in Japan. It's actually a solid game, a lot more fun and more well designed than the NES game. What's even weirder is that you actually start out the game outside the Nakatomi building in some kind of forest and have to navigate your way inside the building instead of just starting out there from the beginning.
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              • Shaunbadia
                • 3 years 9 months ago
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                Lepew wrote:
                Little Big Adventure 2



                LBA was pretty weird. Though I always saw Twinsen as a human version of Abe from the Oddworld games.




                Kula World was pretty weird...and by weird I mean trippy as fuck.
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                • jrs1991
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                  		 Cho Aniki.
                  Rest In Peace, Sunshine, 2002 - 7/21/2011. The best dog ever.
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                  • SuperRainCheck
                    • 3 years 9 months ago
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                    		 WTF! (Work Time Fun!)

                    McDonald's Monogatari. It's a game about being an employee at McDonald's. You can make burgers, fries, drinks, and even work the register in the mini-games.
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                    • PixarFan88
                      • 3 years 9 months ago
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                      		 Katamari Damacy Series - You go from rolling up small things like nails and ants to rolling up people and buildings

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                      • Mad about drumming 87
                        • 3 years 9 months ago
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                        		 Probably Clayfight 2: Judgement Clay.

                        Yes, the name of the game describes its sense of humor perfectly. One thing I remember is a muscle-bound rabbit who was obviously meant to parody Ah-nold.
                        All of this Political Correctness junk is going to turn me into a modern day Archie Bunker before I turn 30.
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                        • memboy12
                          • 3 years 9 months ago
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                          		 the weirdest game tht i ever played was out to lunch
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                          • Phantasmagoria_3D
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                            • Guild_Navigator
                              • 3 years 9 months ago
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                              		 Here's another pretty weird-feeling game:



                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRJUxQGFtEY

                              This adventure game was supposed to be scary but it just felt weird. Most of the time you were scratching your head at the plot and the ghosts were closer to Casper than to Silent Hill. There were two other sequels,but I never even bother lookin in their direction.
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                              • Lepew
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                                • marvel
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                                  		 LittleBigPlanet

                                  I know this games a hit but I just thought it was weird.
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                                  • WinegumZero
                                    • 3 years 8 months ago
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                                    		 Second Katamari Damacy, but it's weird in a sense that it's totally completely awesome.
                                    Latest article: http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/7494/
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                                    • vkimo
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                                      Guild_Navigator wrote:
                                      Here's another pretty weird-feeling game:



                                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRJUxQGFtEY

                                      This adventure game was supposed to be scary but it just felt weird. Most of the time you were scratching your head at the plot and the ghosts were closer to Casper than to Silent Hill. There were two other sequels,but I never even bother lookin in their direction.


                                      Haha, I love how they brag about being the developers of a game that looks equally obscure as that one.
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                                      • imacucumber
                                        • 3 years 8 months ago
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                                        		 anything with a fat red wearing plumber in it is weird to me
                                        hi
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                                        • Radi0
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                                          I love you, Donna Troy.
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