Region Locked

by Matthew Barnes, Greg S-C, Dazz Brown

Not all games are released equal. The barriers of language and culture can leave our world divided, and this includes the video games that we get the chance to play. Matt Barnes, Dazz Brown and Greg S-C of DidYouKnowGaming? created the YouTube series Region Locked to give people an insight into the weird and wonderful titles that never left their home countries, and now they bring their expertise to you in this book. Encounter masterpieces you never knew existed from your favourite series and developers, as well as some utterly bizarre creations that seem so outlandish you might wonder how on earth they were released in the first place. The authors explore what it's like to play these games and investigate the fascinating characters behind them to discover why such remarkable creations never enjoyed international exposure.
The book covers games from all eras and a variety of platforms so there’s sure to be something to pique the interest of everyone, from casual gamers to hardcore fans.

Genres: Collections

224 pages, Hardcover

Published January 18, 2022

Reviews

[Joseph · Rating 4 out of 5]

This reads like one of their Youtube videos. It doesn't really go into detail about the process of how these each game got made, but explains a little about its background, how the game plays, its story, and some reasons or guesses as to why it wasn't localized. It's an easy read that anyone interested in obscure games should check out. There are some games that seem like glaring omissions (Mother 3), but I'm assuming they didn't want to do anything that's a super well-known game that wasn't localized - although there are a couple that weren't very obscure IMO. I definitely came away with a couple games that I would really like to play that I didn't know about.