mainstream modern-day cult games

not new but i think dr. mario is cultish. it could have been a terrible tetris ripoff that cashed in on the mario brand, and instead it's a great tetris ripoff that people are still playing (people i know, anyway).

Guardian Heroes is one of the best games I have ever played in my entire life btw

yeah - its fantastic. i def understand the nostalgia around saturn titles console was "ahead of its time" in a lot of ways but hi dere if u have any of those working designs saturn titles they are worth a mint now and i doubt youd miss that albert odyssey

chronicles of riddick

I wish Seaman would make a comeback; that "game" was dope.

Seaman would make a come

come-dy

manstream

I would not miss Albert Odyssey at all because, aside from one ridiculously awesome scene, it sucks hardcore.

u should sell it

fyi sorry slocki completely missed the "modern-day" part of this thread title. best example of new cult games other than blazblue i can think of is maybe the nancy drew wii game

Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure.

(lol I just looked on eBay and maybe bidding culture has changed in the past few years so what I'm seeing doesn't mean anything, but it looks like no one actually wants to buy AO (which is as it should be))

What about Castlevania: SotN?

wind waker?

This is a pretty difficult thing to do these days, though, since if something's "cult" it basically means EVERYONE loves it due to the internet saying they shuold. Like BG&E would be a great example if it didn't gain traction from EVERY PERSON ON THE INTERNET basically saying "best ps2 game" all the time or whatever.

Right, but did all that love for BG&E actually result in sales? Also, cultists are way over-represented on internet forums.

or like Rocky Horror Picture Show gets called a "cult" movie all the time, since people seem to like it well enough but a particular subset of the population BREATHES it (at least one night a year, anyway). I suppose Earthbound is the Rocky Horror Picture Show of games.

I think Will's misposting to this other thread (inc. the bit poly just put there) is actually pretty key here. RHPS and Earthbound are exactly what "cult" means. However, I don't believe that's what s1ocki was attempting to get at here. There are lots of cult games with relatively small, super devoted fans. If I interpret correctly, I'm guessing you're looking for stuff more like Fight Club or The Matrix - stuff with inherent cult appeal but clearly still attempting to gain a mainstream audience AND at least somewhat succeeding. Most of the examples here I think don't quite make this definition, being just cult and/or unpopular, though BG&E probably does (as well or Zack and Wiki, probably - maybe Riddick too).

Stuff like Wind Waker, Castlevania, no way, that is just mainstream. Still great stuff, tho.

Anything by Grasshopper is straight-up cult material (and man do I love Killer7, so so much). God Hand is just way too weird to be anything other than seriously cult. Same with everything jamescobo mentioned. MadWorld probably destined to remain cult, since it was definitely not going for the mainstream Wii audience.

luigi's mansion?

(lol I just looked on eBay and maybe bidding culture has changed in the past few years so what I'm seeing doesn't mean anything, but it looks like no one actually wants to buy AO (which is as it should be))

― her performance (ie, her pubes) stood out for me (HI DERE), Monday, July 6, 2009 8:10 PM (Yesterday)

er it seems like no one ever bothers to bid seriously on stuff on ebay until there's <2 hours remaining these days, so that might be the change yr looking for

chronicles of riddick

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didn't this get some great reviews though? otherwise it surely fits here, anyone who played it loved it.

I posted that on the wrong thread? Shit. Someone should take away my tabbed browser until I can prove I can use it responsibly :(

copied over to here for u:

This is a pretty difficult thing to do these days, though, since if something's "cult" it basically means EVERYONE loves it due to the internet saying they shuold. Like BG&E would be a great example if it didn't gain traction from EVERY PERSON ON THE INTERNET basically saying "best ps2 game" all the time or whatever.

What's a good comparison to "cult" in this context? Like for example I've heard people call Oldboy a cult film, and yet virtually everyone I speak to about movies around my age has seen it and loves it.

― ㇱ (Will M.), Monday, July 6, 2009 10:40 PM (Yesterday)

or like Rocky Horror Picture Show gets called a "cult" movie all the time, since people seem to like it well enough but a particular subset of the population BREATHES it (at least one night a year, anyway). I suppose Earthbound is the Rocky Horror Picture Show of games.

― ㇱ (Will M.), Monday, July 6, 2009 10:41 PM (Yesterday)