for anyone wondering about the game with japanese in the title. it says: 式神の城 (shikigami no shiro) roughly translated to "castle of shikigami"

One game I definitely don't hear too many people talk about was "The Suffering" very creepy open world shooter/horror survivor. You a play a prison inmate named torque and you're stuck on an island kind of like alcatraz. The island is being overrun by all the tortured inmate souls of the past and almost everyone is dead. Check it out if you haven't already man its really good.

The original Xbox was such a well designed console. MS really put a lot of thought and work into the design. Those damn things were built like tanks and worked for years with no problems. They pursued a lot of developers and got a lot of great software as well. Some of my best gaming experiences were on that console.

No chance you read this but I just found you… about 2 months ago. And now I bought a OG Xbox and a bunch of games. I’m a 31 sales dude with a 35 year old lawyer brother…. Now we’re playing 11 year old memories while our wives are out! thanks to you!!!

I just bought 3 games he mentioned out of curiosity. I'm glad he gave an honorable mention to Darkwatch. Great game. My only 2 additions would be Sudeki, and Metal Arms.

Sudeki is a pretty good hidden gem in my opinion. Loved the inclusion of Breakdown and Indigo Prophecy at the end!

Finally somebody recognized Jade Empire, I've been waiting for a sequel for years..

you can't forget Toe Jam & Earl III, that one was FANTASTIC in my opinion, and also hilarious. Earl is one of my all time favorite characters in any video game series.

Sudeki was also a good rpg, also the princess was on the cover of maxim magazine just like blood rayne

Arx Fatalis was also a PC game. It was originally supposed to be Ultima Underworld III but the makers couldn't get the license. Great game!

Call of Cthulhu was massively underrated and genuinely gave you a sense of urgency and helplessness, as you spend quite a bit of the first half of the game without any weapons at all, relying completely on stealth hiding places to advance the story. I sorta felt like the east access to weapons in the second half sort of lessened the suspense and genuine scariness, but it's still very worth checking out!

Game List in Order of Appearance 10 Hidden Gems ---------- Otogi Myth of Demons Xyandide Star Wars Republic Commando Stubbs the Zombie In Rebel Without a Pulse Gun Valkyrie Arx Fatalis Panzer Dragoon Orta Call of Cthulhu Dark Corners of the Earth Yager Jade Empire Honorable Mentions ---------- Advent Rising Phantom Dust The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Outrun 2 Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge Oddworld Stranger's Wrath Ninja Gaiden Black ???? Pariah Darkwatch Beatdown Wakeboarding Unleashed feat Shaun Murray Galleon Conker Live & Reloaded Indigo Prophecy Deathrow: Underground Team Combat Tron 2.0 Killer App Shenmue II Barbie Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue

Are you referring to the racing/combat game: Cel Damage?

What about Brute Force!!!

You were holding Advent Rising when you mentioned honorable mentions, but it wasn't included in the pile. Props for including it at all, I LOVE that game! Still weird theres a villain named Barrakka Bahma...

dude, i really love all the content you jam pack in these videos. there's never a dull moment.

A game that no has heard of and is one of the best games on the system is voodoo vince.

The suffering! One of my alltime favourites for the classic xbox, and a near perfect horror game :)

Thank you for the Crimson Sky hit at the end. That game consumed me. I loved the missions and it felt so much like I was the controlling element (until yo get in the balloon). Metal Jesus...Rocks.

Awesome Video Metal Jesus,You really hit home with all of these titles.:)

Dreamfall the longest journey and indigo prophecy were some of my favorite hidden gems.

Was kinda disappointed that Raze's Hell wasn't there :c

This is of my favourite channels on YT and the OG Xbox is one of my favourite consoles as well. I play with even today, and the games you reviewed are great man.

Great video. Love the barbie horse adventure at the end lol

I loved all those games and still have the majority of them in my collection. I was hoping for a long time that Bioware would pick up with Jade Empire again. It wasn't as stellar as KotOR but it was a great starting point for a franchise. Something to build off of. Sadly a sequel will probably never happen.

Is it wrong that the only game ive played out of all of these is barbie horse adventures

Thanks for the info video M.J. I got Gun Valkyrie, and am loving it. Arx Fatalis and Yager too, they're aren't that expensive and are well worth even more than they sell for!

Oh, how the ending made me laugh. After having found a minority of my previously played and beloved Xbox games, I've recently re-bought an Xbox with the desire to re-live many of those great memories, as well as potentially expand and buy some Xbox games that I never got to look into back in the day - there are some particularly great looking games on this list, definitely worth a try and add to my collection. Though the ones I played and really liked were all pretty much shown at the end of the video as the Honorable Mentions - Breakdown, Conker: Live and reloaded, Morrowind, Shenmue II. Though I also remember games like Time Splitters: Future Perfect and Gauntlet: Dark Legacy being quite addictive games, but I understand these were not games entirely devoted to the Xbox as they were released on the other mainstream consoles at the time as well. Never the less, great list, it's really given me ideas for re-building on my collection, great work :)

i was waiting for JSRF :(

Destroy All Humans was one of my top favorites.

My favorite console of all time, I loved playing old Spiderman games, GTA:SA, Otogi, Republic Commando, Forza, Chronicles of Riddick and other games.

Good call on Yaegar and nice honorable mention for Crimson Skies. My own hidden gem would be Battle Engine Aquila.

Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders & Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes maybe? I love those games!

Crimson Skies is a pretty good Xbox game, not sure if its an exclusive though. Best flying game I've ever played.

what great insight! I remember my mom buying me the xbox when it was released. I sold it many years ago in a yard sale. but today I came across one for 10 bucks at a thrift store. I couldn't pass it up, and now I will hunt down all these games you mentioned.

Great channel as always, MetalJesus. I very much enjoy your content.

both kingdom under fire games ("the crusaders" was the first one i think, don't know the name of the 2nd) on the original xbox are great. hack and slash with strategy and RPG elements. its a bit like dynasty warriors or N3 at the first look, but you atually command your troops, level them up, watch them fight,... graphics aren't bad at all (facial animations and lipsynch are awful, and textures are low res), and the soundtrack, well...it's some kind of metal, so you'll probably enjoy it ;)

1:01: 1. Otogi: Myth of Demons 2:09: 2. Xyanine 3:03: 3. Star Wars: Republic Commando 3:54: 4. Stubbs the Zombie 5:45: 5. Gun Valkyrie 6:38: 6. Arx Fatalis: Enter a World of Darkness Like no Other 8:19: 7. Panzer Dragoon: Orta 9:32: 8. Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth 10:46: 9. Yager 11:49: 10. Jade Empire 13:56: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, OutRun 2, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath, Ninja Gaiden Black, ? (Idk what game is), Pariah, Darkwatch, Breakdown, Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray, Galleon, Conker: Live & Reloaded, Indigo Prophecy, Deathrow: Underground Team Combat, Tron 2.0: Killer App, Shenmue II & Barbie Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue

I know this is one of your older videos, but I've just watched it for the first time. One of the old Xbox games that I liked to play with my son was Brute Force. We played it many times and we always enjoyed it.

Oh man, this video brings back great memories. The original xbox was the console that finally got me hooked into video games and turned me into a full fledged game. I always had an appreciation for games, enjoying stuff on PC, Sega Genesis/CD, N64, PS1, Game Boy, Game Gear, etc., but there was a combination of my teenage years and the fact that this was the first console I ever owned that didn't just belong to my brother. MJR brings up some great selections. Some of my favorite unknowns were stuff like Voodoo Vince, Blinx the Time Sweeper, Raze's Hell, Advent Rising, Phantom Dust, Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance, Malice, Tork, Unreal Championship, Metal Arms, Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge, XIII, Amped, Aggressive Inline, Deathrow, Sudeki, Dai Senryaku, Otogi, Panzer Dragoon Orta, etc. Fuck, there were so many good ones. I really do need to get back an original xbox as I still have my old library of games.

During the honorable mentions, what's the game after ninja gaiden / underneath dark watch. The one with the anime like cover. Thanks in advance

OMG...Jade Empire was so bad ass!!

Great video as always,keep up the good work man.Rock on!

Wow that water in Yager looks amazing for the specs of the original Xbox!

Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay JSRF Raze's Hell Sudeki Amped Star Wars: Obi Wan

STUBBS THE ZOMBIE YES I LOVE THAT GAME

Great Hidden Gems ty,, have and love Otogi ,Panzer Dragoon Orta and GunValkyrie ,,,, looking to get some more on your list , just found a local store that has alot of Preowned Xbox games , i couldn't look then so i cant wait to get back thier and see what treasures they have :)

The games I probably played the most on my original Xbox which wasn't a Halo game were Jade Empire, Sudeki, Voodoo Vince and Fusion Frenzy.

jet set radio future should have been here

My underrated gems, no order... . Kung fu Chaos . ToeJam N Earl 3 . Voodoo Vince . Stubbs the zombie (in the video i know) . Whacked . Whiplash . Malice . Urban Chaos : Riot Response . Spy vs Spy . Worms Mayhem (Worms 3D for Gamecube shouldn't be missed also,,its so fun) . Worms Forts : Under Siege . Jet Set Radio Future . Conker Live and Reloaded (Censored unlike N64 but amaing visuals, both good) . The Warriors . Max Payne 1-2 . True Crime Streets of LA/new york (SUPER buggy but fun, prequels to Sleeping Dogs) . Narc (for its ridiculous power ups ) . Crazy Taxi III . Second Sight (amazing underrated gem) . Def Jam : Fight for NY (A surprisingly well built fighting game with tons of customisation options)

Some awesome games in here! I still have my copies of Republic Commando and Stubbs they are amazing games that got so unfairly overlooked back in the day. Also the soundtrack to Stubbs is beyond awesome I still have it in regular rotation on my ipod :) I dont know if you ever played it but The Punisher for the Xbox and Ps2 was another game that got overlooked but I taught it was a lot of fun and it still holds up today :)

Awesome that you mentioned Call of Cthulhu, i played it on the PC and its one of my favourite games of all time :)

Ininja, Blinx: Time Sweeper, JSRF?

I love Stubbs the Zombie

5:25 make me remember the music parodies on the Console Wars channel,so awesome!

Cold Fear to me was definitely a great game for Xbox gives an eerie feel with both musical composition and tight quarter navigation with nasty's popping out of every corner.

you totally forgot Psychonauts man

why tease advent rising and not give it props :( THE COMPANY PROMISED US A TRILOGY WE WILL NEVER GET!!!!! :( I love that game so much. Oooo Majesco how you will be forever missed.

I loved Stubbs the Zombie! I really do remember playing the demo over and over again from when I got the disks that Xbox sent out with their magazine! Heck I later on even bought the game back when Gamestop was ruling off their Original Xbox games! Awesome!

Really like the music you did at the end

Oh, and Sudeki. Fun game, fun game only bad part is the final boss and the anti-climatic ending.

Morrowind was probably the best game ever on the Xbox

Great list. I believe my O Xbox needs to live forever because i never want to stop being able to play Toe Jam & Earl 3, Gunvalkyrie, Outrun 2, Crash & Burn, Crimson Skies, Iron Phoenix, Star Wars KOTOR and Blinx 2.

3:06 Is one of my favorite games on the X bone. It is also my third favorite Starwars game, after Starwars Battle Front and then Knights of the Old republic.

Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions

Jet Set Radio Future, Phantom Dust, Tenchu, and Fatal Frame 2 would be my additions to this list. Star Wars Battlefront 2 is also a really awesome game, but it was kinda high profile and not really "hidden". Definitely a gem though.

SO interesting that I came across your video completely at random, bc just today I set up my old Xbox, & have been on Amazon for some time now, collecting over 30 games thus far, one of which is thanks to you: "Stubbs The Zombie". Great video, thanks! -J

Seems like those honorable mentions warranted another dedicated video

Why are you called Metal Jesus?

Where is: 1- Sudeki 2- Crimson Skies High Road to Revenge 3- Van Helsing 4- Galleon 5- Phantom Crash 6- Kill All Humans

Some amazing games here, nice to see some love for Stubbs!

OMG, i've been trying to find the name of Stubbs the Zombie for years!! Thank you MetalJesus

Phantom Dust

Quantum Redshift anyone? No? Okay :c

metal Jesus, these are all my favourite ones and favourite consol, LOVE THE VIDEO

Thanks great vid. Gonna start collecting soon, this is a good starting point.

Brute Force.

Where was Kung fu chaos

Personally I would say you're missing Sudeki and I think the storyline is one of Jade Empire's strongest traits with the massive plot twist towards the end, but wow, I absolutely loved the look of pretty much all of these games and most I've never even heard of, thanks very much for uploading! :D

Nice! Breakdown is mentioned. That was an excellent game, but had a misleading difficulty setting. I had to turn it down to easy because it was tough even on normal difficulty.

Was blinx 1/2 well known?

If i would ever rob anybody it would probably be this guy. Id let you keep the guitars and stuff though since you a cool dude... :)

Finally a reviewer mentions Arx Fatalis and Call of Cthulhu, as relatively unknown as these games were back in the day they also seem equally unknown to the retro reviewing community on KZfaq. Two of my favorite games for the original Xbox along with Tron 2.0 Killer app and the high budget but fairly forgotten above average golf title Outlaw Golf 2.

Xyanide was supposed to be released for GBA & Nokia N-Gage as well. Idk about Game Boy version but NG version was actually nearly finished and there're betas of the game that can be found in the web

Jet Set Radio Future?

Yo uforgot to mention jet set radio future.

Great list man. Just got a wave of nostalgia. I totally agree with Jade Empire, one of best forgotten games, not only game after KOTOR, but before Mass Effect. One of my favorite games of all time. Unique game, Chinese mythology was such a cool choice. Loved real time combat as opposed to kotor’s, and I dug the story at the time but love to replay it in backwards compatibility

Amped, Star Wars Clone Wars, Tetris, MVP Baseball 2004, Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis

That last part was a bit creepy :-/

no Jet Set Radio Future?

Advent Rising, Black, Freedom Fighters, Enter the Matrix, GUN, and Crazy Taxi 3 were some of the best Original Xbox games that not too many people knew about as well.

Gunvalkyrie reminds me of a spiritual successor of Burning Rangers that might have been originally planned for the Dreamcast. Great video!

dude??? No Sudeki???

Sudeki

Great set of Reviews Metal!

One of the coolest videos for Original Ecs Byyyks, but still many of those need to be ported on Xbox One

...Wh-What? Republic Commando isn't a hidden gem. It's an incredibly popular game.

OMG Stubbs! i loved that game! the soundtrack and upbeat characters just wrapped this game game!

Got my first Xbox with The Chronicles of Riddick to start a new collection. As always your vids helps a lot.

Love Stubbs the Zombie it has an amazing 1950's re-imagined soundtrack as well. Played it originally on PC, but own both. I also enjoy Gun Valkyrie & Panzer Dragoon. Gem recommendation: Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes (xbox exclusive), I don't think it's rare since it typically goes for $10 complete. Long story short it plays very similar to the Diablo series (or a much more complex Gauntlet) & it's up to 4 player co-op.