Zack & Wiki on the Wii.  It's quite well known amongst Wii owners who delved deeper than the major first party offerings, there's not much like it on other consoles.  Loved it, and even managed to get the missus to play the whole thing (although we never beat the final level iirc).

Sticking with the Wii: MotoHeroz and Hydroventure on Wiiware.  The first is a fun, Trials-lite kind of obstacle racer by Red Lynx, and the latter is a Metroidvania type game crossed with Mercury Meltdown Revolution.  Both were great. 

Will think of some more tomorrow.

Bollockoff wrote:

AJ_ wrote:

The last level in story mode is actually a full-on sandbox, which is one of the best things ever to play if you're stoned.

On the last level I found it impossible to block volcanoes that i'd created. So it was a constant battle to save the huge amounts of flora and fauna that had spawned from roving firestorms. In turn, I had to deal with tsunamis I made by dumping huge amounts of water and earth everywhere. In a way it just goes to lengths to prove the majesty of nature and how i'm an idiot with planning. In short, loved From Dust. It just needed a bit more content.

You did realise you could turn the volcanos off, yes? They were meant to be run for a bit to build up land, then turned off, maybe changed into a nice mountain lake or something. Other option is to dig a chunk out of the side so the lava runs out and creates a nice piece of flat land.

I would have really liked more story levels, too, but found the challenge mode pretty full; I still haven't finished it.

Bollockoff wrote:

Am I the only one on the forum who played El Shaddai? Man, if only a game could be great on a designer's visual fidelity alone.

I have it. It's awesome.

I liked the bit where you crash a fallen angel's music gig and his dance moves keep obscuring the screen.

Never got round to El Shaddai. If its only flaw is that it's boring tosh then I'll probably love it.

Big up Enslaved and Pixeljunk Monsters. Oh and Mirror's Edge for reasons I've said previously that I'll dig up at some point.

Little King's Story (not finished yet though)
Dust 514
That game where you could control fighters, bombers, subs, carriers, battleships etc. Set in pacific WW2. Only good in multiplayer.
Marble Blast Ultra
Fuel
Linger In Shadows (not really a game I know)
The Outfit? Tanks and turrets airdropped wherever, pretty epic lols in splitscreen.
Medal Of Honour Airborne - Leaning system was really cool, still quite dissapointed it hasn't been used elsewhere.

Just a few things off the top of my head.

Terraria was a decent laugh if you gave it the proper time.

Keeping it to curios would be a better start.

Oh yeah, unfinished swan.

VVVVVV and The Bridge are going in for me. I'm pondering my third...

(taking this gen to mean last few years even if pc)

Bollockoff wrote:

@scout Was it different? I played Resident Evil 4 with Suda 51 sex jokes. The storybook reading bits were my favourite parts.

I had no idea what to expect so I think the tone in general made it feel different. But gameplay wise I agree. Though it did have those unexpected side scroller sections. They were definitely different!

Does Vanquish count or was it too mainstream? That's my game of the generation. Nigh on perfect (save one section stuck on a shopping trolley moving at about 5mph [not a real shopping trolley])

I've hardly tried any of the games listed in here.

Everybody's Golf: World Tour
Once you get past the horrible amount of updates and mandatory install, you eventually get to a game so cheery and wonderful, it makes you forget who Tiger Woods is. Great course design makes this a fantastic game to wile away those lazy Sunday's. also perfect for those cold winter nights coming up. Sunshine in a game.





Bionic Commando: Rearmed
Originally brought out to serve as an appetiser for the ill-fated reboot, this game turned out to be way better than it, and probably any other BC game there's been. Extremely tight controls panned out over a good-sized story mode, including some of the best original(ish) music I've heard in a game, it's a stormer. And it's probably the first digital-only title I fell in love with, and sold me on it as a means to getting great small-to-medium sized games out there.






Binary Domain
What's left for me to say about this game on here? It's a stone-cold classic. For those not in the know, it's a cover-based robots-go-bad shooter from the folk behind the Yakuza series. And it features a talking French robot that is your ally. And the hammiest delivery of terrible dialogue this side of Confidential Mission. And BIG BO.
But srsly, it's a fantastically competent shooter with fantastic enemies that you'll never tire of shooting in the face. It's great. Go get it.

I was thinking about Alpha Protocol too.