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Okage: Shadow King (PS2)
I dunno how well others liked it but it was pretty awesome to me back when it came out.
It was sorta like if Tim Burton made an Earthbound game or something.
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Wow, I saw a lot of ones listed that few people I know have even heard of. Guardian's Crusade, Threads of Fate, Azure Dreams... I might have missed a couple though, so if these were mentioned already or aren't considered sleepers, I apologize.

Battle Hunter (PSX) - An odd little game. It's not much to look at, especially when it comes to the "dungeons", but it might be worth a look if you like TBTs. I think it's one of those love it or hate it games. At least of the few I talked to that actually played it, I'm the only person that can find a middle ground to the game.

Top Shop (PSX) - From the same bunch that did Battle Hunter. It's more a board-game type of game... but I just wanted to add it in the one-in-a-million chance someone here might have heard of it. Nobody else I talked to has.

Evolution (Dreamcast) - NOT the Gamecube version. I have that... it may have voice acting unlike the DC version, and combine both 1 and 2, but what they cut out in exchange is overwhelming. It's basically a dungeon-crawler, so if you know what that is, you have an idea of what to expect in terms of gameplay. Still, I thought the story was pretty good from what I saw of it... a bit predictable in some spots though.

Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (PSX) - Is this a sleeper or a singer? Either way... if you've ever heard of Disgaea, Phantom Brave or Nippon Ichi, you'll have an idea about what this game is like. It has plenty of problems... the dungeons are about as good as the ones in Battle Hunter, and the battles are... well... pathetic. Still, it's pretty original in the fact that characters just start singing throughout the game... hence the title.

I could have sworn I had more to list... darn memory. Oh well.
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i think thats like.. a waker rpg

i thought a sleeper was one that is still asleep, no one ever bought it despite it being really good

Calling something a "sleeper hit" is a reference to its quiet, unexpected success despite a lack of major public mindshare or advertising.  FFT is a great example of a sleeper hit, as would be something like Shadow of the Colossus.
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ya... i didnt really think they were talking about sleeper hits as much as just a complete sleeper than never woke up :(

people are saying stuff like jade cocoon and dungeon maker and guardians crusade and i havent even heard of 2/3 in otomon's first post
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Calling something a "sleeper hit" is a reference to its quiet, unexpected success despite a lack of major public mindshare or advertising.  FFT is a great example of a sleeper hit, as would be something like Shadow of the Colossus.
Uh, SotC is not really a sleeper hit. It was nominated for goty and had tons of advertising online, and was hugely talked about. Same with FFT. As far as your definition of a sleeper hit... well I can't even think of any that fit that description right now.
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Uh, SotC is not really a sleeper hit. It was nominated for goty and had tons of advertising online, and was hugely talked about. Same with FFT. As far as your definition of a sleeper hit... well I can't even think of any that fit that description right now.
To give you a better idea of what he means, ask twenty people who identify themselves as gamers if they've played Shadow of the Colossus. And not on the internet.

Then ask them if they've played Halo.
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Shadowtext: It has been my goal in life to never ever drink alcohol, do other drugs, smoke cigar/ettes, or play Halo. So far, I have suceeded.

Also, the first two Harry Potter GBC games are... amazing. Like, seriously. Get an emulator and play them if weren't an obsessed fan when you were younger and bought them already. But man. They're some of the hardest, funniest, darkest and most bestest RPGs I've every played. I mean, come ON. You can attack final bosses with umbrellas! In the second one, you can charm enemies with autographs and gain extra EXP by hosting impromptu lectures mid-battle. Soooooo fuuuuuuuun.
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Shadowtext: It has been my goal in life to never ever drink alcohol, do other drugs, smoke cigar/ettes, or play Halo. So far, I have suceeded.

Also, the first two Harry Potter GBC games are... amazing. Like, seriously. Get an emulator and play them if weren't an obsessed fan when you were younger and bought them already. But man. They're some of the hardest, funniest, darkest and most bestest RPGs I've every played. I mean, come ON. You can attack final bosses with umbrellas! In the second one, you can charm enemies with autographs and gain extra EXP by hosting impromptu lectures mid-battle. Soooooo fuuuuuuuun.

I would play them but then again I already know how the story ends...Harry Potter IS NOT A SLEEPER RPG as the books are some of the top sellers..so you know hp fans are gonna buy all the games...  :fogethuh:
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I would play them but then again I already know how the story ends...Harry Potter IS NOT A SLEEPER RPG as the books are some of the top sellers..so you know hp fans are gonna buy all the games...  :fogethuh:
Just because something's popular in one medium doesn't mean it's going to be popular in or take up much mindspace in another. Considering how bad most video game adaptations are, I imagine there are a ton of people who refuse to play games like that just because they're adaptations. So it's easy to imagine fans of RPGs not playing them, and therefore not realizing they're good. I know I haven't.
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To give you a better idea of what he means, ask twenty people who identify themselves as gamers if they've played Shadow of the Colossus. And not on the internet.

Then ask them if they've played Halo.
Okay so I did this at work today (I work at a school)

I asked 20 kids who said they played video games

13 said yes to having played halo, 19 of them knew what it was
12 said yes to having played SotC, and all 20 of them knew what it was

So...
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So who the hell was the guy that didn't know what Halo was?!

I like to think of Sleeper Rpgs as games for older gen consoles that people now talk about due to downloading them and playing them with an Emu, or games that were released exclusivley in Japan and were only recently translated for Emu. IMO I think Tales of Phantasia was a sleeper hit, the story was great and the combat system was the best, most innovative system of it's time.
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To give you a better idea of what he means, ask twenty people who identify themselves as gamers if they've played Shadow of the Colossus. And not on the internet.

Then ask them if they've played Halo.

Dude "Shadow of the Colossus" is completly overated,dont get me wrong...its a good game but it feels to much of a Zelda rip-off for my taste,still its fun...but not really a full fledged rpg...
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The Soul Blazer trio of games for the SNES: Soul Blazer; Illusion of Gaia/Time; Terranigma. They are all great games. I guess I should also include Granstream Saga since it's made by the same people and is believed to a part of the series.

There's also the Ys series. Not all of the games have been released out of Japan though. Ys I and Ys II are being remade for the DS.
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Dude "Shadow of the Colossus" is completly overated,dont get me wrong...its a good game but it feels to much of a Zelda rip-off for my taste,still its fun...but not really a full fledged rpg...
How does it feel like a Zelda rip-off?
...because you ride a horse?
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The Soul Blazer trio of games for the SNES: Soul Blazer; Illusion of Gaia/Time; Terranigma. They are all great games. I guess I should also include Granstream Saga since it's made by the same people and is believed to a part of the series.

There's also the Ys series. Not all of the games have been released out of Japan though. Ys I and Ys II are being remade for the DS.

I love Terranigma but the prequels I found are horrible shit.
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To give you a better idea of what he means, ask twenty people who identify themselves as gamers if they've played Shadow of the Colossus. And not on the internet.

Then ask them if they've played Halo.
just because a game isn't halo doesn't mean that it's a sleeper. shadow of colossus had quite a bit more buzz than the average game

and if a game has an established franchise name on it, it's automatically NOT a sleeper.

Dude "Shadow of the Colossus" is completly overated,dont get me wrong...its a good game but it feels to much of a Zelda rip-off for my taste,still its fun...but not really a full fledged rpg...
i wish. i would have really liked shadow of colossus if it was a zelda ripoff. it probably wouldn't have been the most boring ps2 game i played.


anyway, THE sleeper rpg is anachronox. the only people i know who have played it were people i instructed to play it.
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I love Terranigma but the prequels I found are horrible shit.
but illusion of time/gaia is awesome. best game in the series. :(
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anyway, THE sleeper rpg is anachronox. the only people i know who have played it were people i instructed to play it.

I only played it because you told me to and it's my favorite rpg now.
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I only played it because you told me to and it's my favorite rpg now.

Anachronox is not a sleeper since even mods were made for it..
Anyways playing it now cause u said so.