Dark Law - Meaning of Death is one of those weird, moody SNES RPGs that slipped under the radar—probably because it never left Japan. You start off as this amnesiac dude in a grim, almost cyberpunk fantasy world where death isn’t just a game over screen—it’s a mechanic. Lose a battle, and you’ll wake up in some eerie afterlife zone where you can actually talk to the monsters that killed you. Weird, right?

The combat’s turn-based but with a twist: you can recruit defeated enemies to fight for you, which is handy because your party’s pretty small at first. The pixel art’s got this washed-out, dreamlike quality that makes everything feel slightly off, like you’re playing through a foggy nightmare. And yeah, the translation’s janky (it’s a fan patch), but that kinda adds to the charm. If you’re into obscure, atmospheric RPGs with strange mechanics, this one’s a trip.