10 Forgotten Sci-Fi Video Games You Need To Play

6. Binary Domain - Sega (2012)

Binary Domain
Sega

Set in Tokyo, Japan, in the year 2080, Binary Domain is one of those games where the most horrific element of the entire experience is the grotesque fusion of man and machine. And the visuals certainly drive this point home.

In an interesting take on current trends, the game's setting offers up a world largely flooded on account of continued global warming.

Also noteworthy, the game makes use of a consequence system, which decides how non-playable characters in the squad view and trust the player in story mode. Decisions and actions matter in this one.

Stats of both the player and the squad members can be augmented with nanomachines that need to be fitted in place in a style similar to that of a jigsaw puzzle, making the experience quite customisable.

Binary Domain also boasts seven different multiplayer modes, with five classes available (Scout, Sniper, Striker, Soldier, and Heavy Gunner). Its robust mode options still hold up well now but were the stuff of legend back in 2012 upon release.

Sadly, despite being appreciated by critics and consumers alike, the game only moved a total of under 50,000 worldwide, making it a truly underappreciated science fiction gem.

Contributor

Jason Russell has been working in video game journalism since the early 1990s before the internet existed, the term "fanzine" had meaning and sailors still debated as to whether or not the earth was flat. The first time. More recently he has been the guy responsible for the Retrospective column for Old School Gamer Magazine, pens up a Game Skinny column on a plethora of video game topics. He's somehow managed to author nine novels, writes and runs the blog CG Movie Review, is co-founder of the science fiction publishing house Starry Eyed Press, and sometimes, when the planets align and the caffeine has fully left his system, it's rumored he sleeps.