I Played 5 Forgotten & Obscure Action RPGs / Action Adventures

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0:00 Hello there my RPG lovers :)
0:05 Intro
0:48 Venetica
3:44 The First Templar
6:55 Hunted: The Demon's Forge
10:23 Rune II
13:36 Blades of Time
17:29 Outro

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Part 2 is now live:
Part 3:

Did you play any of these games before?
I just realized that the majority of games on the list have/had local coop.

If you wanna get any of these games on GoG, you can use my links:

Blades of Time on GoG with my link:
The First Templar:
Venetica:

[planescaped]

Venetica looks like a game I'd have loved back when i was 12 and was lucky to get 2 games a year, and thus enjoyed what ya got.

[wareforcoin]

The 2010s were a really exciting time for gaming, I feel like. It felt like there was always something to look forward to, and we hadn't learned to be jaded about AAA publishers yet.

[btnhstillfire]

I actually think Hunted: Demons Forge is a criminally underrated game.

[saihayato]

i'm playing venetica right now and pretty enjoying it so far !! And for a 2009 game it's pretty impressive to have clothes and hair physics

[MBulldog]

I absolutely loved Hunted the Demon's Forge. I still have my ps3 connected and play it from time to time.

[peterskyforger]

"Hunted: Demon Forge" had very good grim atmosphere and you can play it as singleplayer where other character is handled by AI. And it does quite well! Yeah and that elf chick looks stunning and badass :-D I even have and an urge to replay game some day.

[mynameisstepon]

Another recommendation
Blade of Darkness
Rune I
Enclave

[Markooz-GamesNostalgia]

Hunted: The Demon's Forge is a hidden gem. I finished the game twice.

[gamingtonight]

Venetica is a brilliant game. Very original gameworld and story!

[eldritchmorgasm]

I always liked "Hunted: Demon Forge", it's a dark & brutal Dungeon Crawler that plays more like "Gears of War" with some light RPG elements, and the 2 main characters are funny in a serious 80s/90s movie style.
I think it's kinda underrated.
Some other games that are nearly forgotten in time:
- Raze's Hell (very funny, though simple shooter)
- Conan (GoW-clone, but nicely done, Ron Pearlman as Conan is funny)
- Binary Domain (1 of my favorites, another GoW-like, but more like Anime, with some light RPG elements & decisions-making + different outcomes, I think very underrated)
- Project Sylpheed (it's ACE COMBAT going into space, but it's Anime, the action is like MACROSS / SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO, simple, enjoyable)
- Overlord 1 (very funny, you basicly play Sauron who is the CO of 80s/90s Gremlins)
- Drakan (only played THE ANCIENT'S GATES, very PS2-ish, but nice)
- Ring of Red (always thought it's a good tactical game, but it doesn't hold up to FRONT MISSION 3)
- Breakdown (sweet FPS Beat 'm Up Adventure, I'm probably 1 of the few who liked this)
- Hellnight (PS1, simple, but interesting Run Away Horror Sim with several outcomes)
- WH40K: Space Hulk - Deathwing (even though it's kinda the only thing that might keep you here for longer, it's like Horror-Survival, you have to fight constantly, CQC is quite demanding, but it realy sucks there's no real story here)

[camma]

I remember stumbling upon Venetica back in the day when I was sailing the high seas, I thought it was a blast!

[gaming]

Awesome video. I tried Blades of Times once, It was kind of nice, but I was playing another stuff at the time.
Why is that so many of us are paying attention to old Action RPGs having some quite impressive AAA titles nowadays?. It's about the old-darkest themes and classic fantasy designs?, it's about more creative worlds?, or just missing the non-woke era of gaming? I don't think it's just about nostalgia, there's something more, I really wonder the reason.

[SasukeHOA]

Play 'Blade of Darkness', i think you will find that one interesting.

[dennisdavidov]

Nice video, there could be a part 2 to this covering more obscure/jank older games.
Like:
Knights of the Temple, Demonicon, Rise of the Argonauts, Viking: Battle for Asgard and The Cursed Crusade.

[JLH]

I thought Hunted the demon's forge was good play entire game solo

[thebyk]

I played hunted a decent bit back in my youth. It was quite entertaining to play with a partner and the character interaction between the two playable characters are enjoyable to me

[mattpike]

I liked venetica enough to get the platinum trophy on PS3. It's definitely low budget and really janky, but the unlockable abilities are fun, the graphics while not great are at least cohesive and passable. No bloom overuse on console, just the usual 720p with ok performance.

I definitely agree with it being a mediocre action RPG at best, but I got pretty immersed, and I really enjoy the basic combat. It's one of those games that I don't think could ever be a great, but it's also a game that never reached it's potential.

[balduran.]

Damn, wouldnt remember the first templar without this video, also played Hunted. If you want to check out more of these and havent played them, Of Orcs and Men is a favorite of mine I come back to every year and the 2012 Game Of Thrones rpg with similar gameplay and surprisingly good story.

[mekannatarry]

Venetica feels very cozy to me, although there seems to be a few crashes linked to dialogue choices (played on PC), but despite that I still dig it; now Blades of Time, on the other hand is just fun, definitely gonna get back to that one in the future.