Underplayed Gems

Hakai-ou: King of Crusher (1998)

Hakai-ou: King of Crusher cover
Publisher
Fab Communications Co., Ltd.
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
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How it feels

a giddy power-fantasy of smashing through cities as an ordinary man mutates into a rampaging kaijuu, played for laughs as much as carnage.

destructivechaoticgoofyover-the-topcomedicescalatingarcade-stylefrantic

About

You are a Japanese salary man, normal in every way... except that you've just been bitten by an evil space insect, turning you from a regular man into a rage-fueled monster. Destroy anything you can to fill your dopamine gauge, and reach the end of the stage to continue your transformation from a normal human into an enormous kaijuu monster, all the while avoiding the police and the military trying to stop you.

Screenshots

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