Why it worked
The video taps into nostalgia and a sense of shared, niche experience among millennial gamers. By highlighting lesser-known or personally significant games, it creates a relatable and engaging narrative that encourages viewers to share their own obscure favorites in the comments.
Summary
This slideshow features a collection of video games that the creator feels are obscure or not widely played by others, particularly from the perspective of a millennial gamer. Each slide showcases a game cover with a brief personal anecdote or opinion about it.
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video games i feel like no one else has played
(as a millennial gamer)
Metropolismania
my first real "city building" game, i was OBSESSED
EO3
EVE OF EXTINCTION
this game was a fever dream, i just liked the weapon variety and how they were all glorified glowsticks
Bug!
THIS GAME WAS TOO HARD FOR A CHILD
LENNY LOOSEJOCKS
GOES
WALKABOUT
the Australian experience
COMMANDER KEEN
in COOOEY, GALAXY!
popular at the time, but kids these days don't even KNOW about commander keen
GROW
HOME
not AS obscure, but no one talks about this game or its sequel
STEAMBOT
CHRONICLES
GENUINELY one of my top 3 games of all time, i'm still holding out for the cancelled sequel
White Knight Chronicles
INTERNATIONAL EDITION
lowkey don't remember this game, it was my first ps3 game though for some reason
RIVIERA
THE PROMISED LAND
one of the first games where I remember choosing who to romance was a BIG deal
RADIATA
STORIES
PEAKKK this game is so underrated, great art direction and gameplay, plus there's SO many characters you can recruit to your party
P.N.03
PRODUCT NUMBER
some people WANT this game to be forgotten but she was a baddie
Contact
this game was advertised to me as Earthbound on the DS, it was too weird for me though
AGENTS
OF
MAYHEM
absolutely braindead but... kinda fun ngl
EVOLUTION
WORLDS
other people have been mentioning this game finally so i know it was real, one of my first RPGs
Arc The Lad
TWILIGHT OF THE SPIRITS
super unique gameplay for the time, i was kinda scared of it though lmao
MAD
MAESTRO!
sick rhythm game except they made button pressure sensitivity a CORE component... on a PS2