Criminally Overlooked Games 5 

"Thank you for watching Gamesack" Thank YOU 4 making "GameSack"

You know.... those giant crabs really remind me of ancient feudal Japan.. for some reason. Just seems so . . . Historically accurate to it.

The pixel art in Beyond Oasis looks great. I really like the restraint shown in communicating the textures of the grass, ground, walls, etc.

Seeing Beyond Oasis on the Genesis Mini helped make it a bit less underrated imo - good to see it getting some recognition in this day and age.

“Attack their weak points for MASSIVE damage”… I caught that. This game is of course historically accurate, right?

I'm a 40 year old man that loves spending sunday mornings eating cereals while watching Game Sack. Mentioned cereals are low on sugar and high on fibers, of course. And low fat yoghurt instead of milk.. Anyways, you get the point.

I remember my parents taking me on a caravan holiday to rainy Wales. Luckily I had the forethought to bring my MD and a copy of Beyond Oasis (Story of Thor) and it ended up being an absolute banger. Great game.

365 eps, one for every day of a year, well done!

I had my snack ready and was browsing previous Game Sack videos to watch when this video popped out. New video, nice timing there!

Thanks for being an excellent representation of a Joe. I and the rest of the Joe's appreciate it.

Fun fact: In the options menu for Final Fight 3, there's something called "Hit Config." For reasons passing understanding, it defaults to on, but if you turn it off, you can't hit each other in 2P anymore.

I like this new bit where Joe multi-pronounces words.

Dark Cloud and it's sequel on the PS2 are criminally underrated.

Really had me going there for a second, Joe. Didn’t think you’d show us Dragon Valor… I was ready to click off when you said “pshhhh, I’m not going to tell you!” then BAM! You showed us!!!

What are some games you feel don't get enough attention?

Episode 365?! That's enough for one a day! Congrats on the milestone! For a leap year, I'll just rewatch the ngpc 😁

26:33 No emotion has ever been captured more accurately in a work of art than the "I don't want to be here" vibe portrayed on this box. Well done Sega!

I was just thinking I should go to bed because its 230am and then I saw GameSack released a new video and suddenly I have no desire to sleep until this video is over.

For me it's the Bloody Roar series. I friggin love those games so much. Especially 2. Wish to hell it would come back.

Great stuff as always Joe! I feel like Extreme-G for the N64 is a pretty fun futuristic racer that gets overlooked when compared to the Wipeouts of the era. It has a great sense of style, speed and a bangin soundtrack. Not the best game in the genre, but very quality stuff and not one I hear talked about a lot these days.

Great lineup. You have been on fire lately, Joe.

That master system d-pad still offends me to my core to this very day.

Joe making my Sunday morning. Thanx pal. Always a pleasure. I was commenting lots on your game skit channel last night as you uploaded several of the skits lol

Thank you for remembering and covering Cyborg Hunter!

I always enjoy the little skits at the end of these.

After all these years, I still have never skipped your intro. Keep killing it Joe, you the man!

Really love these type of videos - I discover so many hidden gems this way!

My day always brightens up when there's new stuff from Joe. It's my favorite channel on RU-vid for a while now, and Joe, kudos for all the effort you put into your episodes. I came to really appreciate after watching the stream where you edited the MSX episode, and then when I got into editing my own stuff. It's a tough racket! Keep up the great work!

I dont start off intending to binge watch this channel. I just always end up binge watching this channel.

I always find Gamesack comforting and will continue to watch Gamesack until the day I die 🪦

I like your videos. I listen to them for hours and hours until I literally fall asleep and I wake up to them still playing.

That ending bit made me choke on my morning tea.

Thanks, Joe, once again, for all your efforts. They are much appreciated as always, man.

Playing beyond oasis now. It is so good. Definitely recommend to anyone that likes beaten ups but put off by rpgs

"I would've flipped those around, but what do I know" literally laughed out loud

I'm so glad someone finally gave a fully detailed explaination of how to get massive damage.

About Streets of Rage 3, there was an interview in a german magazine with the sister of Yuzo Koshiro, who worked on the sprites and design of Ancient games and she said, that they did not work on SoR3. Sega took that one inhouse.

Beyond Oasis is a great game. Collecting hearts buffs your health, collecting gems buffs your mana. You can use breakable weapons of different power, but there are also ways to get infinite powerful weapons if you pass a challenge. Maze-like dungeons, puzzle-like bosses. Some hidden mechanics like summoning spirits from enemies and inventory items. Very nice animations. One of my favourites. Happy to see it mentioned.

Actually, I was just playing Virtua Racing Deluxe on 32X today. I got one of those all in one power supplies and had to make sure the 32X worked. Don't have the Japanese box though.

Some times I watch your videos just to hear that awesome intro and leave a like. You’ve definitely earned that from me 😀

Game sack is the best. I could watch these videos over and over.

Growing up I would play Final Fight 1,2, and 3 all in one sitting on the snes. Good times! I'm still obsessed with the side scroller beat em ups. (and shmups)

Enjoying this one with a new born on my lap. Thanks!

S.O.S. SNES is criminally underrated. Not the Sink or Swim S.O.S. Game, the other one with the Titanic looking ship on the box art. And Fur Fighters on Dreamcast and PS2 is also an underrated shooter game

Thanks, I love when you do these, there is a few titles here that I never heard of, and will add them to my devices to check out.

Had a lot of fun playing Game and Watch 3 on Switch recently. Underrated. Where has this been all of my life

Those disappearing blocks on the tower in skyblazer drove me nuts for weeks, glad im not the only one

Great episode as usual. Thank you and never stop gamesack

Stayed for the end skit. Again not disappointed. Amazing

10:39 For every Genji joke reference you make I will henceforth always reach to with the legendary MGS3-Meme: "Crab Battle!

Cyborg Hunter is awesome! That was the first game I fully beat. Love the upgrades and everything about it

No other host on RU-vid is comparable or even comprable to you, Joe. Thanks for another great video.

I like how you can light up the dark corridors with your gun in Cyborg Hunter while you can still use your radar to see incoming enemies. Clever!

Major props for including Beyond Oasis and Final Fight 3 😁👍

I stayed up for this! Totally worth it!

So happy to see Skyblazer mentioned here. Definitely an awesome game with excellent gameplay mechanics and excellent graphic and sound design. I only wish it were longer!

Landstalker for genesis is a game that deserves more love

Skyblazer is so overlooked, when I beat it like a couple years ago, eventually I forgot it existed until this video reminded me.

Your sack was filled with some great games. Thanks for the video.

Dragon Valor looks like my kind of game.

EGM in the late 90's did an issue with the top 100 games of all time. They had Beyond Oasis pretty high on the list, and I remember wanting to get a copy after reading about it.

Giant enemy crabs..! 🦀 😂 good stuff man.

Yours is a criminally overlooked channel Joe.

The Trails of Cold Steel series is under appreciated. Heck the Legend of Heroes saga in general.

Incredibly cool episode, cheers Joe!

Young Merlin for SNES was a pretty cool game none of my friends had heard of...

Some incredible games, great video as always man.

I love getting these videos at 2am where I am but my brain is fried from work, haha

Nothing like a Sack to start a Monday.

Criminally Overlooked RU-vid Channels. 10+ years of sack.

Massive crab, massive damage. That's just science at work.

Needed this one tonight. Thank you for the excellent content as always Joe :)

Lost Odyssey by Mistwalker is a forgotten treasure.

FREAKING JOE & his under rated overtly sarcastic end sketches!! You almost had me do a spit take!! XD

Beetle Adventure Racing on the N64 is a pretty fun game even that gets overlooked. I know I rented it four times before I finally bought it on clearance at some small game store. When I worked in a game store, we always had a couple in stock and they never sold. Customers would see the title and think it was another crappy licensed game. You can get it for around $20 nowadays.

I used to play Final Fight 3 and, indeed, a lot of people didn't know it had branching paths and a better storyline with the new characters

Dragons valor… I played this game when it originally came out on PlayStation and absolutely loved it! I had always wished for a sequels but it never came. I didn’t know that it was related to an earlier series… great coverage Joe, Game Sack is awesome and honest, and the comedy in top notch lol

Great work. Another overlooked game not a lot talk about is Adventure of Little Ralph for PS1. Maybe this channel has talked about it, I wouldn’t be surprised. Very fun game. Hard but addicting. You keep wanting to retry until you beat the level. Only takes a few hours to beat but worth the afternoon trying it and replaying it every year.

My two most underrated games are Mystical Ninja 64 and MK: Shaolin Monks. Two of my favorite games ever that deserve a ton more recognition.

12:42 When you're on foot in Wyrm, it reminds me of a game from Action 52 a little bit. 😂

Joe, I've been following your channel for years now, never fails to entertain me Next episode of underrated games, I'd love if you'd bring up Threads of Fate from PS1. It's a Square Action RPG game that I only found out about last year. It plays almost like Dragon Valor, has two stories and an extremely funny plot with loads of gags. It's a beautiful game that no one talks about, you really should give it a look

I love watching Game Sack! I always wondered what kind of TV and connectors do you use to play your retro games?

Why are criminally overlooked games always the most expensive ones. Drives me crazy sometimes. Thank god for everdrives 😁

Those Virtua Racing ladies though...haha great episode once again Joe :).

Another great episode. Thank you. One game I think deserves more love is Jurrasic Park on the Sega CD. It is one of my favorite point-and-click games and the production values are pretty impressive.

Great episode! Skyblazer looks like a game I would have loved back in the day. Pretty and NES hard.

Was just playing Dragon Valor yesterday! A memorable game from my childhood for sure

Glad to see some Skyblazer love! Extremely underrated!

So glad you mentioned Skyblazer, as it really doesn't get enough love! Though I think it's funny how you mentioned the game being difficult in spots and often frustrating, as I found it to be quite possibly the easiest 2D platformer I've ever played -- I rented it from BlockBuster back in the day, and literally beat the whole game on my first sitting. But I liked it enough that I went out and bought it afterward, so I could replay it again and again! Definitely didn't find any part of the game even the slightest bit challenging, though, nor was I ever frustrated for even a moment. If anything, it was kind of a relaxing game to play, since I could almost just zone out and beat the whole thing without even paying attention to it. I also think it's funny that you mention hating the stage with the wind currents, as that's -- again -- quite possibly one of my favorite stages in any 2D platformer, ever. I LOVE that there's not a single piece of solid ground in the entire stage, and you just have to ride wind currents to get to the exit -- it feels so freeing and fun, and is such a cool change of pace from other platformer games of the time!

What a pleasant surprise for the weekend. Love your content man, hope you can always continue and wish you the best!

Absolutely love both Oasis games. Super fun!

10:39 Giant enemy crabs? Seems like a very accurate historical game!

Game Sacks a nite time treat for me , comfort food

General Chaos on the Sega Genesis was a frequent rental for me back in the day!

The Mark of Kri, Binary Domain, The Saboteur and Darksiders 2 are all excellent games that were hideously underrated

Thanks for referencing that old E3 meme. Made me laugh.

"Yes, the Aladdin soundtrack is now stuck in my head too." How... did he know? PRINCE ALI, MIGHTY IS HE, ALI ABABWA!

I'm just happy you're still going on! Thank you, Joe! I think I know some overlooked games. Sega Megadrive - Cadash. And... Monopoly! It's rather stupid to play the exact board game on a console but that was that age back then! Also... let's see. Famicom - "Gekitotsu Yonku Battle"!! I suppose that one of the left in Japan, but we did have it in our region ( in the country I wont name now). It's a fun top-down car wrecking arcade with a great music. Also no one in America knows the game from the great "Namcot" - Battle City !!! But here it's a godlike. (not in Japan also. Here) Keep it up!!!

The character from Wurm looks like the character when using the Justin Bailey code in Metroid 🤔

There is a cool feature in Final Fight 3 that parts of the scenario are breakable. This open branching patches that leads to different bosses and stages.