they may not have gotten the widespread
recognition they wanted but they did
create the legion of loyal fans the
penalty for this transgression is death
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 video game cult classics can’t you
see I’m on permanent vacation for this
list we’re looking at games that didn’t
sell very well but managed to grab hold
of a few dedicated gamers be it for
quality or unique style and have since
been elevated to that strange and
ill-defined status of cult classic well
you know that they’ll leave him on this
is a live one bullshit number 10 spec
ops the line you brought this on
yourself we were helping down the river
of madness inspired by Joseph Conrad’s
Heart of Darkness this shooter went
beyond the run and gun gameplay style of
its brethren to deliver a smart and
insightful tale I did what was necessary
you don’t get to make that call as the
player progresses they dive deeper into
the psyche of Captain Walker in the
haunting sand-covered ruins of Dubai
although this plays like a typical
shooter it bucks the narrative trend of
burly war heroes with unflinching morals
instead becoming something much more
shocking and meaningful than you’d
expect from the genre there’s always a
choice
truly not number 9 Mirror’s Edge a
first-person platformer certainly sounds
intriguing but making it work is a whole
other story however with a beautiful art
style set in a vibrant city with the
backdrop of a big brother inspired plot
Mirror’s Edge managed to successfully
land on most of its lofty promises no
other first-person game to date has
captured the feel of parkour as well as
this one and the wait for the sequel has
left its dedicated fans eagerly
anticipating its open-world next gen
leap number 8 enslaved Odyssey to the
West a drastic reimagining of the
Chinese novel Journey to the West by Wu
Jiang in this story is set 150 years in
the future with few humans trying to
survive against lingering killer robots
introducing us to the intriguing
characters of monkey and trip and using
a solid mix of combat and wall scaling
platforming puzzles it proved to be one
of the most unique adventures to grace
the last gen consoles it’s pretty cool
huh yeah yeah it’s pretty cool
number seven vampire the masquerade
bloodlines releasing to stiff
competition in an unfinished state this
games dismal sales would force its
studio troika games to close down due to
insufficient funds but that hasn’t kept
fans from supporting it with the
community releasing patches and mods to
improve the game the original potential
has been fully realized making for one
of the most engaging open-world RPGs to
date you make it back from Santa Monica
with your high will train life story ok
with players being penalized if they use
certain vampiric abilities in front of
witnesses the game mixes stealth and
action admirably with a myriad of quests
clans and disciples to find and conquer
each playthrough makes for a blood
sucking good time oh man wait say that
again number 6
Okami
inspired by Japanese watercolor
paintings director Hideki Kamiya
attributed this game to his love of The
Legend of Zelda series and it certainly
played like a Zelda game using the
celestial brush players could call upon
their various abilities to interact with
the world changing the dark dreary
colors that have invaded the land back
to its original glory is a sight to
behold every time it sadly didn’t sell
well during its ps2 run and its we
release unfortunately didn’t do much
better this is certainly one of the most
underappreciated gems of yesteryear
number-5 Conker’s Bad Fur Day I don’t
see any men around Oh Hayley gyal again
who would have thought that Nintendo’s
golden boy heir had it in them to
release this raunchy adventure coming
out late in the n64 is life those who
did pick up the satirical masterpiece
got to play as a hilarious foul-mouthed
squirrel with drinking problems the game
later got a remake on the original Xbox
but that ruined the charm of the
original by censoring some of the more
profane parts like this for instance
still if you’re up for battling a
singing boss made of fecal matter track
down the n64 original now that’s what I
call a bowel movement number four
Stalker shadow of Chernobyl
there has been a second significantly
more magical meltdown in Chernobyl and
you are a stalker an illegal scavenger
that forages the wasteland with no
memories of who you are your only clue
to your identity is the cryptic task
you’ve been given to kill the strelok
let’s go and see what values see the
rich will put on your head and
engrossing FPS RPG hybrid with a heavy
emphasis on survival players must manage
radiation hunger and bleeding levels to
stay alive in the zone and I’ll see what
I can find out about your problem number
three Beyond Good and Evil
fasting do you not bees on honey this
game follows Jade who is trying to
uncover an alien conspiracy threatening
her planet while also trying to keep her
orphanage from running out of money
using stealth and martial arts players
advance as they discover more about the
unseen forces working against them while
taking photographs to sell using their
trusty camera puzzles complement the
more stealthy gameplay and certain
sections require the help of other
characters to advance which makes you
truly feel like you’re part of an
underground resistance yet despite a
sequel technically being announced in
2008 we’re still nowhere near to seeing
that follow up keep doing nothing
the next time there’ll be nothing left
here to save number 2 American McGee’s
Alice
as if falling down the rabbit hole
wasn’t scary enough developer rogue
entertainments take on the Lewis Carroll
classic created an even more dark and
twisted version of Alice’s Wonderland
please don’t dawdle Alice we’re very
late indeed this is explained quite
simply because alice has gone insane
creating a fresh and fantastic context
for a world that many are already very
familiar with up Tommy it’s time for the
pain I hate a twisted take on a classic
that was already creepy enough to start
when you mix in a decent chunk of
psychological horror you’ve got a game
with cult classic written all over it
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
well it doesn’t look like whoever put
him here was too worried about making
sure they would rest in peace no it
doesn’t
number one grim fandago are you ready
for your big journey know what journey
tim schafer is pretty much synonymous
with the term gaming called classic from
full throttle to Psychonauts and brutal
legend see the point in clay genre which
he had such a big hand in creating is
essentially a cult classic category in
and of itself however Grim Fandango was
perhaps his masterpiece considering an
homage reimagining the afterlife in a
neo noir theme it’s weird
stylish clever and cool all at the same
time every port I go I drop her but she
all would come back to me the game
recently got a remaster on Steam
PlayStation 4 and Vita allowing for a
brand new generation to experience this
adventure classic sorry Cal maybe
tomorrow that’s to leap oh yeah like
you’re going anywhere do you agree with
our list is there a game that you’re a
huge fan of that very few people know
about won’t you join us in our rainbow
squirt pledge of purpose for more
devoted top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com right
that’s it
piss off I’ve got some cats to see
little things
I hope there’s many cats that I can make
this everywhere I should smash just
nothing
recognition they wanted but they did
create the legion of loyal fans the
penalty for this transgression is death
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 video game cult classics can’t you
see I’m on permanent vacation for this
list we’re looking at games that didn’t
sell very well but managed to grab hold
of a few dedicated gamers be it for
quality or unique style and have since
been elevated to that strange and
ill-defined status of cult classic well
you know that they’ll leave him on this
is a live one bullshit number 10 spec
ops the line you brought this on
yourself we were helping down the river
of madness inspired by Joseph Conrad’s
Heart of Darkness this shooter went
beyond the run and gun gameplay style of
its brethren to deliver a smart and
insightful tale I did what was necessary
you don’t get to make that call as the
player progresses they dive deeper into
the psyche of Captain Walker in the
haunting sand-covered ruins of Dubai
although this plays like a typical
shooter it bucks the narrative trend of
burly war heroes with unflinching morals
instead becoming something much more
shocking and meaningful than you’d
expect from the genre there’s always a
choice
truly not number 9 Mirror’s Edge a
first-person platformer certainly sounds
intriguing but making it work is a whole
other story however with a beautiful art
style set in a vibrant city with the
backdrop of a big brother inspired plot
Mirror’s Edge managed to successfully
land on most of its lofty promises no
other first-person game to date has
captured the feel of parkour as well as
this one and the wait for the sequel has
left its dedicated fans eagerly
anticipating its open-world next gen
leap number 8 enslaved Odyssey to the
West a drastic reimagining of the
Chinese novel Journey to the West by Wu
Jiang in this story is set 150 years in
the future with few humans trying to
survive against lingering killer robots
introducing us to the intriguing
characters of monkey and trip and using
a solid mix of combat and wall scaling
platforming puzzles it proved to be one
of the most unique adventures to grace
the last gen consoles it’s pretty cool
huh yeah yeah it’s pretty cool
number seven vampire the masquerade
bloodlines releasing to stiff
competition in an unfinished state this
games dismal sales would force its
studio troika games to close down due to
insufficient funds but that hasn’t kept
fans from supporting it with the
community releasing patches and mods to
improve the game the original potential
has been fully realized making for one
of the most engaging open-world RPGs to
date you make it back from Santa Monica
with your high will train life story ok
with players being penalized if they use
certain vampiric abilities in front of
witnesses the game mixes stealth and
action admirably with a myriad of quests
clans and disciples to find and conquer
each playthrough makes for a blood
sucking good time oh man wait say that
again number 6
Okami
inspired by Japanese watercolor
paintings director Hideki Kamiya
attributed this game to his love of The
Legend of Zelda series and it certainly
played like a Zelda game using the
celestial brush players could call upon
their various abilities to interact with
the world changing the dark dreary
colors that have invaded the land back
to its original glory is a sight to
behold every time it sadly didn’t sell
well during its ps2 run and its we
release unfortunately didn’t do much
better this is certainly one of the most
underappreciated gems of yesteryear
number-5 Conker’s Bad Fur Day I don’t
see any men around Oh Hayley gyal again
who would have thought that Nintendo’s
golden boy heir had it in them to
release this raunchy adventure coming
out late in the n64 is life those who
did pick up the satirical masterpiece
got to play as a hilarious foul-mouthed
squirrel with drinking problems the game
later got a remake on the original Xbox
but that ruined the charm of the
original by censoring some of the more
profane parts like this for instance
still if you’re up for battling a
singing boss made of fecal matter track
down the n64 original now that’s what I
call a bowel movement number four
Stalker shadow of Chernobyl
there has been a second significantly
more magical meltdown in Chernobyl and
you are a stalker an illegal scavenger
that forages the wasteland with no
memories of who you are your only clue
to your identity is the cryptic task
you’ve been given to kill the strelok
let’s go and see what values see the
rich will put on your head and
engrossing FPS RPG hybrid with a heavy
emphasis on survival players must manage
radiation hunger and bleeding levels to
stay alive in the zone and I’ll see what
I can find out about your problem number
three Beyond Good and Evil
fasting do you not bees on honey this
game follows Jade who is trying to
uncover an alien conspiracy threatening
her planet while also trying to keep her
orphanage from running out of money
using stealth and martial arts players
advance as they discover more about the
unseen forces working against them while
taking photographs to sell using their
trusty camera puzzles complement the
more stealthy gameplay and certain
sections require the help of other
characters to advance which makes you
truly feel like you’re part of an
underground resistance yet despite a
sequel technically being announced in
2008 we’re still nowhere near to seeing
that follow up keep doing nothing
the next time there’ll be nothing left
here to save number 2 American McGee’s
Alice
as if falling down the rabbit hole
wasn’t scary enough developer rogue
entertainments take on the Lewis Carroll
classic created an even more dark and
twisted version of Alice’s Wonderland
please don’t dawdle Alice we’re very
late indeed this is explained quite
simply because alice has gone insane
creating a fresh and fantastic context
for a world that many are already very
familiar with up Tommy it’s time for the
pain I hate a twisted take on a classic
that was already creepy enough to start
when you mix in a decent chunk of
psychological horror you’ve got a game
with cult classic written all over it
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
well it doesn’t look like whoever put
him here was too worried about making
sure they would rest in peace no it
doesn’t
number one grim fandago are you ready
for your big journey know what journey
tim schafer is pretty much synonymous
with the term gaming called classic from
full throttle to Psychonauts and brutal
legend see the point in clay genre which
he had such a big hand in creating is
essentially a cult classic category in
and of itself however Grim Fandango was
perhaps his masterpiece considering an
homage reimagining the afterlife in a
neo noir theme it’s weird
stylish clever and cool all at the same
time every port I go I drop her but she
all would come back to me the game
recently got a remaster on Steam
PlayStation 4 and Vita allowing for a
brand new generation to experience this
adventure classic sorry Cal maybe
tomorrow that’s to leap oh yeah like
you’re going anywhere do you agree with
our list is there a game that you’re a
huge fan of that very few people know
about won’t you join us in our rainbow
squirt pledge of purpose for more
devoted top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com right
that’s it
piss off I’ve got some cats to see
little things
I hope there’s many cats that I can make
this everywhere I should smash just
nothing
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