BOTR: Candidates
All the potential candidates for Back Of The Rack. Click Notes for justifications.
120 Games
nigga...like come on do I need to say more.
AFRO!!
They took off American Mcgee's name, but he's such a character and this warped version of Alice in Wonderland.
i am literally just as old as this game down to the date.
This one is interesting because Cyberconnect created this, but the DLC is needed to get the full context and the PSN store might close at any second.
Do you not see this cool ass Cel-shaded racing game by Capcom of all developers?
At this rate....It will be BOTR.
Beyond Good and Evil Forever amirite hahahaahahaha
Beyond Good and Evil Forever amirite hahahaahahaha
Binary Domain is a middle of the road shooter with some interesting design choices. Originally slated for S3, still possible to do.
The awkward middle child between Killer 7 and No More Heroes. This, Samurai Champloo, and No More Heroes is a Trilogy in Suda51's eyes.
WE NEED MORE NOMURA
Season 3 Replay Award Winner
Make sure the wifey ain't around for this one...
One of those titles we both were looking to play because we always saw it as kids but never played.
You see this cover and think of Condemmed or some shit, but this is a sci fi shooter .
Before SSX, there was Coolboarders..
We already played it and we're about to record this for Season 3 but due to hiatus pushed it back into the list to replay.
I think the background is more interesting than the game, and that's a red flag for me.
Fuck Dark Cloud 1. We going straight to 2
wanna play an aRPG from the PS1???
you play as a spider..like...come on.
This game makes it off a technicality. TECHNICALLY, it's a 7th Generation game. TECHNICALLY, this would be a bitch to get a physical version of.
A lot of people call this a Max Payne clone...
This one I'm still iffy about. For two music niggas to talk about the last Def Jam game ever made. It's only right. Me personally I would go for Def Jam Vendetta over Icon.
What if they made a digimon diablo clone? wait they did?
A later addition to the list. With every coming year Dino Crisis gets more and more justified for being on this list until the announcement of a remake or something new.
A quirky adventure game that inspired 4 sequels. theres like a subset of people just like musou or harvest moon games that die by these games.
one of them ones. We gotta cover it.
I originally had the third one, but i figured the 2nd game would be a more fun (and technically complete) game to play.
The black sheep of the Musou series. Interesting to speak about with the changes that happened with 9 at the time thinking adding this to the lsit.
If you're adding Dynasty Warriors 6, you gotta add Strikeforce. I thought of the idea of doing both in one episode. This was always an interesting title. The fact that they really went all the way anime that the openings allude to was always a cool concept that I never got to play other than the demo on PSP.
One of those games based on the bible. Its a weird looking Action game that got a old school rpg style sequel on the Vita.
Ben did not know this game existed until we did the E3 Videos so with that we gotta play it. Warren Spector got Disney to make this horror filled Disney game.
Was featured in the S3 intro. So its on the list for that. I've watched this game go up in price every single year and I don't even think there's anything super noteworthy about it other than FROM SOFT.
WE WILL PLAY THIS.
Season 2 Replay Award Winner
One of the rarer PS3 ganes. An interesting monster based jRPG that would be fun to dive into.
The psychic fixed camera survival horror game that nobody ever mentions.
A M Rated Nintendo game. Miyamoto specifically called out making the player the actual ghost to possesing items, before it was just a generic shooter.
GTA but in London from what everyone says, but I know there's gotta be more to this that just that.
She was featured in PS All Stars Battle Royale, and she had one game... and never another one.
Red Dawn is a really fun movie starring Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen from the 80s. The remake wasn't all that good with the Hemisworth and I think Josh Peck was in it too? Idk...anyway Homefront is the same plot, so that's kinda cool. I think Turning Point is the only other game I can remember about a real country invading america.
We almost played this instead of Lord of the Rings: The Third Age back during Season 2. Another strong locked in "When" instead of "If".
a third person bond game not based on a game but starring the cast of the movies at the time. I remember never being able to beat the first level on coop with friends, I never actually played the single player for this game.
We don't really try to get into handheld games because that's another huge can of worms. We both have fond memories of this game and wanted to replay it.
When we started ORC Co-Op, it opened the doors for other Co-Op games from this era just like Army of Two. Yet this one stood out the most for its really weird premise.
There is so much background to this game that would be interesting to talk about, but first I need to convince Ben to keep playing Final Fantasy 14 with me.
Probably the most Modern game we would ever cover for BOTR. I think ICO would honestly be a more fun game to tackle then the Last Guardian.
project drip drop ass jrpg that everyone forgot about anyway after begging for it to be ported over.
I feel like we could put every Suda51 game on here before we gotta stop and set a limit. They all are really the same backstory aren't they? It's really just the break glass if in danger button.
The reason we would buy an Xbox
One of those hidden gem franchises from Capcom that started in the 7th Generation that was mismanaged to death. Unfortunate because it could've been another Pillar franchise, but that's a story for if it gets chosen.
Mark Ecko, the fashion guy, makes a video game starring a fuck ton of celebrities as voice actors. In such game where you beat the fuck outta people and do graffiti to fight the dystopian government.
I'm not saying anymore. You know why it's here.
I'm not saying anymore. You know why it's here.
This is a weird ass game, once again one of those ones we always saw as kids but never played.
kinda breaking the no handheld rule, but this was my first introduction into mega man, it was my generation's mega man. And turning it into a card battling jrpg is weird as fuck.
a Mega Man JRPG, do I need to say more.
Metroid game created by Team Ninja. Everyone hates this one, so its prime BOTR.
Dude the fact this game works is insane.
Muramasa is a beautiful ass games. I had it in my Top 10 just from the nostalgia for it. wanted to experience the game fully, because I don't think I beat it all the way, as well as dive into Vanillaware lore and development team.
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is one of the Original 3.
This is one of the Original 3.
Season 3 Replay Award Winner
I remember seeing so much covereage about this game when it came out but couldn't play it because it was stuck on the OG Xbox.
Bungie developed anime game. We joked that this was Ghost in the Shell one time, so I felt obligated to add it to the list.
I've recently played through the series, and Onimusha is still one I would go back and play again to talk about for the podcast. It's got a lot going on for it.
dude this is one of them ones you ALWAYS saw but never touched. We gotta play it.
Based on a light novel and recently got an anime remake.
Based on a light novel and recently got an anime remake.
Season 3 Replay Award Winner
let it cook okay.
I know little to nothing about this game but for some reason, it's a GameCube exclusive.
"Action Adventure" games are a dime a dozen. This one just fell into the sea of PS2 games to never be found.
This is the BOTR Prince of Persia game if there is one.
ID Software's weird shooter. I remember playing it and thinking it was only a little bit of shooting and a lot of racing.
The PS3 port of one of those Vita Monster Hunter clones that bloated the catalog.
A shelf sitter. Weird that no one really gave a shit about this after the last game reinvigorated the series.
I gotta remember Ben don't like motion controls. The second game would probably be a better choice than this.
No you don't remember it.
It got 3 sequels but Sony just forgot about it. Even Killzone and Infamous got PS4 games but they just dropped this one.
Nigga do you see this!? Gun-Fu JRPG. I ain't saying no more.
If we are going to use the OST we gotta play it.
This is locked in. Everytime we look at the list we always go "Oooh thats a good one right there". I don't even know what this game looks like.
let us cook.
I remember seeing my uncle play this game more than I remember anything about this game. It's a really cool looking game.
The weird anime tie in game that no one talks about existing. Back when Naruto and DBZ ruled the anime world.
This is almost locked in at this point its just deciding when its good to do another Musou.
A JRPG where you don't do any combat. From the summaries how gameplay is, it seems like an interesting title.
Truthfully, True Crimes Streets of New York is the BOTR title from this series, but I like my sanity in check.
Before Warriors Legends of Troy, we had Spartan Total War. A Musou game by the Total War people, what could go wrong?
MY Spider-Man is in this game. Into The Spiderverse before ITSV.
Surprisingly expensive in the collector's scene. An open-world Spider-Man game with a Morality system.
We don't usually cover a lot of Nintendo games. This is one of those you just gotta talk about.
There are a couple other choices that we could do for a Star Wars game, but I feel this one is the one to play.
Season 2 Replay Award Winner
John Woo directed game that came out EARLY in the 7th generation. Surprisingly doesn't get that much love.
The crossover that should've been the greatest thing known to man, but somehow.....wasn't
Midway's horror series about a prisoner with some weird monsters running around. It uses the same engine as Psi-Ops, which we are obligated not to talk about because we covered Second Sight.
A sequel only in name and setting to the classic cRPG from the 80s.
