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Thanks for the heads up. Just ordered one for my best friend who is a huge Zelda buff.

In movies one day before my birthday. Nice~

One of the (many) big reasons I love the Fire Emblem franchise is they're the perfect length usually approximantly 30-40 hrs with my play style. Having my favorite gameplay of any series and being the perfect game length I'm more likely to do multiple playthroughs.

Persona games are another franchise I love, but I get burn out really bad micromanaging social links and having 100+hrs of an otherwise great game. Gameplay is fantastic, but the mind starts to drift well before finishing cos of all the downtime fluff.

I'd like Final Fantasy Tactics to come to Switch before the successor comes out. Switch already has the majority of Final Fantasy games and that's easily one of the best spin offs.

I am playing Redemption Reapers and this game is an absolute gem. I fricken love it!

I don't know how this game went under my radar initially other than mixed reviews may have hurt it from being talked about, but I stumbled upon it and I'm having the time of my life. It's like a dark walking dead/souls esque game with SRPG combat much more liken to Fire Emblem instead of the usual Final Fantasy Tactics. The animations are so cool and the graphics dark and pretty. The best part is the gameplay. The combat is definitely well thought out. The difficulty is somewhat hard, (but not impossible or unfair) so it requires you to make excellent strategic use of skills unique to characters and their assets, positioning, and being resourceful. This game deserved way higher rating than poor-mid. I definitely get the impression these were people who don't expect games like this to be SRPG and would rather button mash. This game is a genuinely great game that I wholeheartedly suggest to anybody who is a fan of SRPGs, especially Fire Emblem, cos the game certainly took a lot of skills and game attributes from it. I'd say it's an objective 8-9 outta ten, but based on how much fun I'm having for me 10/10.

Well, I won't be able to afford the successor for awhile... The lovely perks of being poor/having a job that pays crumbs.

@imadeanaccount The story absolutely gets better. At first I was admittedly disappointed at the story to P5T too. Well I was wrong, cos it just has a slow start. After the early games parts are out of the way, the story really starts to hit it's stride and refuses to let up on the gas. The new characters Erina and Toshiro(I initially loathed him) really end up being interesting characters with huge character development and the phantom thieves themselves really feel like the same as ever with their charming quirkiness. Definitely ended up being a game that hits you in the feels. Keep playing, cos I ended up loving the story.

Recently beat Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker. Game was an absolute blast and was the last game of my focal backlog. I did both arcs and the first was a strategy king and going into the 2nd arc with NG+ perks I just rekt everything. Very fun strategic battles in general and the improved crack system was a nice QoL change.

My side backlog still has some games, but these games I either just wanna try out to see if I like or games I have to be in really specific moods for. My focal backlog is games I feel imperative to play and beat cos I know I'll really like them. Having just recently finished my backlog, it's a very fulfilling sense of accomplishment. Once TTYD comes out that's what I'll be playing and adding to my focal backlog quite willingly again for it.

Just bought Balatro on sale awhile back. Can see what all they hype is about. Definitely a fun time waster. Cool merch, wouldn't mind having some, but my little extra money goes to dates with the wife and supplying my vidya games habit~

@Dang_69 Ah, thanks for the clarification. Hadn't contemplated motion sickness myself. Guess I've just become apathetic over FPS and graphics over the years. I'm sure I would notice if I decided to really look, but it was never something I cared enough about to be bothered with unless it effected the permormance of course.

While I do appreciate say, good graphics and decent FPS, I came to the realization that games generally keep improving with those over time. That stuff will unfortunately date quick given the haste of modern tech growth, but man, good games (gameplay) or good stories stick with you for a life time, so that's where my mindset comes from.

@ikki5 From what I've read from review(s), none of the action based commands have suffered from being 30 FPS. Playing devil's advocate, I don't play on an expensive TV like everyone else seems to, so I don't get to see the FPS differences to the extent maybe others do. I'm sure that makes a difference to some people who are better off than me.

Putting that to the side, I still stand by my reasoning. It's not a game that should require super high FPS, cos being turn based and cartoon paper shouldn't suffer from it. Again, I read that even the action based commands were smooth. Guess it's one of those we'll see when the game comes out.

SRPGs and traditional turn based JRPGs (both my favorite gaming genres) have helped me during a lot of mental health crisis moments. Something cathartic about knowing I'm in control, can take as much or as little time as I want, and I'm pretty successful at it unlike ya know, life! Haha. Plus, I genuinely enjoy them. I like using my brain for strategy and I'd rather use said brain for something stimulating rather than wallow in the misery in my head.

@Samalik Don't be ludicrous, you know what I meant.

Again, as long as it has enough FPS to run smooth that's all that matters to me. This article asked our opinion and I gave it. No need for the sarcasm.

Caring about frame rates is silly to me in a game with cartoon paper characters and (slow action command) turn based combat. As long as the game runs smooth and by all accounts it does, then I'm happy and especially after the glow up it got in the detail of the graphics.

FPS is such a silly thing to be so hung up on like some people are. I care more about the quality of the game like gameplay, story, or world building. Constantly wanting higher FPS is like thinking you've gotta have the latest phone and all it's latest tech, when in all honesty it's superfluous and I've seen it feed into major spending addictions for it. They're both gonna constantly generally improve over time, but decades from now after the FPS for all games this gen are outta date, what you're gonna remember is the game itself. As long as the game runs smooth that's all that matters.

Plus, it's the fricken TTYD. Hype!

Hey, still salty here that I paid full price for the game and beat it already and now this version is out with much more content. They really need to release the added content as DLC for those that already bought the vanilla game. I'd gladly buy the added content, but I don't wanna pay full price for the game twice.

@Synthatron_Prime What you said is fair when it comes to performance issues. I'm just saying it doesn't have to be high quality or best of the best FPS as long as the game runs smoothly and looks decent enough. I mean, it's a game with cartoonish paper characters, so wanting high class over this seems silly to me. Not every game needs it, people have become pampered/entitled about FPS and graphics in my opinion. As long as I can see things clearly that's all I need. The point you said I agree with is if it affects performance issues, of which I'd have a problem with that too...

...and yay I got congratulated~

I've always thought caring about FPS was pretentious and silly... It's like the disease where people think they need to throw hundreds-thousands of dollars every time a new shiny phone comes out with all the latest tech upgrades. Just like phones, gaming FPS and frame rates will generally keep improving over time. As long as I can clearly see what I'm looking at and it runs smoothly, I don't give a toss about that superfluous nonsense. I care about quality of the game itself like gameplay and/or story. Aside from FPS, seems like the visuals got nicer anyway. Not gonna miss out of a bonafide classic like TTYD just cos lower FPS.

@kendomustdie Same! I love the combat system of FFX and was always disappointed that it immediately got ditched, especially after having went over so well...

Timeline combat aka CTB= conditional turned based. (combat) Game sounds a lot better than was let on honestly. I'm apathetic to having Japanese audio, but to the merit of the review the combat sounds delightful. Final Fantasy X is one of my favorite games of all time, so that comparison has my attention. Game looks like a lot of fun, will definitely think about it.

Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne was my stressful little bundle of joy. The punishment really brought out the machochist in me. I enjoyed the torture and am a life time fan of punishmen- SMT.

Late to the party here, but I'm playing Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker. About break my jaw saying that whole title out loud, heh. Game is an absolutely great SRPG. It's like Persona meets Fire Emblem, so I'm definitely a fan. The first SMT DS is a classic for me, but some personal things went down and I never got around to the second one. Record Breaker is so fricken good, though. I genuinely wish Atlus would make a third DS game. We're long overdue~

I can dig that. Can't wait to hear it.

YES! I was so excited initially seeing the trailers for this game only to be disappointed that it wasn't coming to Switch. Day one buy here: I'm a sucker for anime and JRPGs. Hype!

The trailer definitely has me enticed. That and the dark humor vibe. I might get it.

Dang them cops and their master balls!

That was a beautifully written article. I get together and game with my friends often and it is as magical as you indicate in this article. We like to Smash and Mario Party ourselves. The BETRAYAL is real~

Shin Tensei Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker. I enjoyed the first game remake (SMT Devil Survivor Overclocked) so much, but due to my 3DS having a corrupt memory card that I bought used and my at the time gacha addiction, I never finished this amazing game. Overclocked remains one of my top ten favorite games to this day. With Record Breaker I'm already having a blast of nostalgia, strategy, and monster taming. The story so far doesn't seem quite as good as Overclocked, but everything else seems to be just as good. Magical game already.

I'm honestly quite proud of myself. I have 2 backlog lists: 1 for focal points i.e. must plays/beat and 1 for wanna try out/have to be in particular mood for. As of this last week I beat the focal point of my switch backlog and the only must play I have left is on my 3DS with Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker being the absolute last of my focal points, which I plan to start today. I loved the first game so much, but never finished the 2nd one, so I wanna go back, cos the game was superb.

So thankfully my palette will be clean by the time TTYD comes out, which is definitely a must play. Feels good to finally have the backlog managed. It's been a fun wild ride and I look forward to just having a few games now and then pop up.

EDIT: Ugh, my 3DS didn't charge, so I guess I'll have to play it a different day...

I've always loved Shadow. Too bad I can't Chaos Control like he does, cos warping is nice~

Glad she did this, cos I have DQ 7, but don't have the DLC. It's in my backlog, but not at the focal point of it. I wish Nintendo would do a better job of preserving their legacy of amazing games and machines so people wouldn't have to do this.

3DS remains to this day one of my favorite gaming machines of all time. Great library and lotsa nostalgia from me. Would say I'm gonna miss it, but I plan on playing mine soon, so not dead to me!

I beat Persona 4G about a week ago. Highly, highly recommend the game. I had so much fun playing it. Wonderful cast of characters, classic Megaten combat, addicting shuffle time, and thrilling story. I'll miss playing it.

Right now I'm playing Final Fantasy III pixel remaster. Enjoying the simplicity.

@Joeynator3000 I think the numbers were one of the things that excited me at first too, but it's loses it's charm after awhile. Yeah, the games are an absolute grind fest, which typically I love grinding in RPGs, but I feel like SRPGs shouldn't require it, but be totally optional. Strategy/tactics should be the focal point in my opinion.

@Joeynator3000 Respectable opinion and I'm of a similar mindset. I love SRPGs, cos I've always loved RPGs, but I especially love tactics and having to play strategically to earn my win, hence my particular love of Fire Emblem and Atlus spin-off SRPGs. Disgaea, while definitely being an SRPG, really doesn't require much thought to win in my experience. You can macro grind or whatever and it just becomes all about big numbers. Do ludicrous amounts of damage and utterly destroy. I still like the games, but they're nowhere near my favorite of the genre.

Too bad Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance didn't do the same with making the added content add on DLC for those who already bought the base game. Respect to NIS for not screwing balling us into full on double dipping.

This list will change in the next 10 years, if even that long. A lot of recency bias, but once the flame of those games die down a bit you'll still see the likes of Mario, Pikachu, Master Chief, Crash Bandicoot, Link, Sonic, Cloud, etc. An individual character still being heavily talked about a decade(s) later is proof of living beyond the honey moon phase and is the true definition of iconic.

@Desrever You win comment of the day! 🤣

Sad that we can't even go out and have fun without being paranoid some lunatic will commit a mass homicide. May the cell rot his brain away to oblivion...

Can't say as I agree with this list... Dunno, localization of the number changes could be throwing me off too, but even then that top ten is still missing some pivotal entries. Should make games with multiple incarnations like FF VI all count as one entry and take the one with the highest score instead that way these lists have less clutter.

I prefer more "linear" Zelda games myself. A Link to the Past and A Link Between Worlds were the ones that made the biggest, classic impact on me. OoT was special too. As for BotW and TotK, played BotW for quite a few hours, enjoyed it, but burned out and eventually shelved it. TotK looked like more of the same, but with Minecraft esque elements when I watched friends play it. Both games are beautiful and have a wonderful OST. Fun games deserving of the hype. Personally, I'm just feeling haggard of everything going fully open world and being 100+ hr grand adventures where you can get story out of order, cos you got your nose easily led too far one way and made the story confusing. They're good games that have my respect, but I prefer old school Zelda.

@OrtadragoonX I like Tidus for his character growth. He goes from being whiney, dramatic, and an absolute noob of a fighter to being quite mature at the end of the game and a conversation with Lulu reveals he has become perhaps the best guardian there ever was. He goes from being a snot nosed kid, to be completely understanding his plight and willingly sacrifice himself for everyone else's sake.

I feel like games need more characters like him, cos most games don't show character growth in quite the beautiful way FF X does and in particular with Tidus.

@Kiz3000 Amen! FF X was special to me with the innovative and extremely fun CTB combat, the graphics were far ahead of their time, and the first time FF ever got fully voice acted. Not to mention one my favorite, just gorgeous OST and a gut wrenchingly powerful story. Once the focal points of my backlog are finished I'd like to play and beat it for the like the millionth time all over again. Magical game.

I'm here to rep some love for FF X. Game changed how I view video games entirely. Still a top 5 fav game of all time for me.

This is extremely disappointing news for me. South Park the Fractured But Whole is a game that is way better than it had any right being and had me hyped for this game. Perhaps I'll just play that again. Yeah, I'm not feeling like putting myself through glitches and soft locks anymore. Pokemon S/V burned me out on that bollocks.

Heh, not my place to judge. Snuck around as a kid with this stuff and I've played on break a few times. When I was younger and not on break I used to sneak out to the dumpster area to play~

SRPGs or traditional turn based RPGs. These are the focal point of what I play anyways, but I feel more relaxed playing, taking turns, and strategizing vs say playing button mashers or shooters. Gives me a cozy feeling to know that I can be in control of 99% of what happens and that I can take as little or as much time as I want. Ironically, I usually don't take long, but I do like having no time constraints just in case.

@Ooyah You're totally fine and I took it as such! I'm all for jokes and chocolate myself~

@Ooyah Lol! Wish it were as simple as that. He's special needs, so a lot more maintenance required. I'm just keeping in mind, the endgame is to get back to Persona 4G, which is a god tier JRPG already.

Persona 4G. Man, this game is such a a joyride. Sucks that I'm babysitting right now and can't play as much, cos I think I'm addicted to the game! 🤣

With so many Final Fantasy games on Switch, the mere fact that Final Fantasy Tactics hasn't come to Switch seems like a crime.

One and done. Double/triple dipping is a greedy practice that needed to have been stopped as soon as it began.