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@Ravenmaster
"Nintendo Execs: THERE SHALL BE ONLY MARIO KART 8! NO OTHER RACING GAMES ARE ALLOWED TO EXIST!"

Fixed that one for you.

Meh, I just wish if they did another round of DLC where they'd sdd some more tracks for FF4-FF9, they really didn't add enough in the jump from 3DS to here and 4 and 6 in particular feel incredibly shafted.

I did start out Sea of Stars since I was at a convenient spot where I had just finished my last big playthrough, around 8 hours in now. It's okay but hardly amazing, the writing in particular is pretty atrocious.

Why not Wario though.

Is this one of those toohoos

Already know I'm getting it so no real point in watching it.

Huh, funny. I actually just started Illusion of Gaia as a "filler game" in hopes that I would be able to finish it before Sea of Stars releases, had zero clue that it was something that had influenced it.

Well as for Sea of Stars itself, the demo was good and I do hope the full game continues to deliver.

I just beat Yakuza Like a Dragon yesterday so I dunno really, I'm at the awkward spot between games, I'm thinking maybe I'll try giving Sea of Stars a shot since it conveniently releases next week and I did quite enjoy the demo, maybe in the meanwhile I'll try checking out something a bit shorter.

I already tried getting into Command & Conquer remaster late yesterday, I knew it was an RTS and all, but it turns out you cannot pause time to give commands in that game whatoever, so that one's pretty much totally undoable for me, and the lack of any tutorials is annoying too, how am I supposed to know what any of the units do or anything, they just kinda throw you in there.

Dunno much of the games but you just gotta love that bog standard 90s anime look.

Playing Yakuza: Like a Dragon, which my friend bought me (for christmas I think?). I've got some prior experience with the series, I've played through Yakuza 3 and 4 some years prior but this one's got a completely different playstyle, instead of a beat-em-up with some light RPG elements, it's just a plain ol' turn based RPG which I'm all in for, though the battle gameplay in itself isn't all that compelling, clearly the focus in moreso on the storytelling and the world around you, there's just vast amounts of stuff to do and collect, seriously, this game's even got a fully functional version of Virtua Fighter 5 that you can play at the ingame arcade, crazy.

My GOTY so far is 8-Bit Adventures 1: The Forgotten Journey a delightful classic JRPG style indie game, it goes a bit too heavy on the silly references at few points, and the enemy sprites are amateurish (in spite of the overworld pixel art looking pretty good) but othewise it's a tighly designed game with nice dungeons, simple and functional gameplay, great soundtrack and fun and surprisingly well thoughout writing for an indie game. A great reminder how good this genre can be when done right.

And I hear the sequels even better, can't wait.

@Dman10
You start thinking like that and suddenly there's not gonna be much meaning to anything, best not to go there and just enjoy whatever brings you joy.

I don't really recall ever getting rid of something I particularly wanted back, I guess Red Dead Redemption (1) I sold to my friend and repurchased a few years ago, it wasn't a big deal.

I guess for the wackiest story I sold of all three of my starting 3ds games Dead or Alive Dimensions, Ocarina of time 3d and Resident Evil Mercenaries because the latter pissed me of so much that I just didnt want to see it and I guess I figured it'd be easier to sell then in a bundle. Bit of a shame I guess since the Dead or Alive game was pretty legit.

My favorite racing game of all time and one of all time greats just in general. I played through it a year or two and I think it hold up just as well as it ever did.

Been playing Fallout New Vegas it's been fun but 30 hours in I think I'm starting to get a little bit overwhelmed by all these sidequest, I think I'll just start homing in towards the main quest.

Well, the trailer doesn't really say much of anything, if I had to guess I'd say it'd be a moba of some kind, but who really knows.

I don't really like how it looks. Stick of Truth was a one hit wonder, I doubt there's ever going to be a south park game that's as amazing as that one.

As someone with near zero knowledge on DnD the game is really imposing, right at the start the character customization throws tons and tons of classes to choose from, perks and skills to pick from and whicever deity you like serve from those classes... 's not like a bog standard RPG where you start as a scrub either, right away you're knee deep in it, and have tons of combat options to pick from and the starting area in itself is such a confusing mess that I just couldn't deal with it.

Maybe I'll try it again at some point and pick something simple like a barbarian that just hits things with a big ol' hammer or something.

Yeah I'm gonna join in singing the praises for this one, one of the best fighting games I've ever played, and probably the nicest looking one ever. If you've got a buddy to play with it and you like figting games, get it.

It's also the only game where my main man Hwa Jai is playable.

I did play the first Red Dead a year or so ago on my PS3, a pretty decent open world game with great atmosphere and writing, I do need to check out the Undead DLC at some point too.

Patenting game mechanics and physics like this never sat down well with me, just stills creativity and nothing else.

Well I donno much about (american) football or games based on it but the art direction on this game is really nice.

I loved this game as a kid, but even back then I though that this game is slooooooooow, between that and being limited to the underpowered rental Pokemon only you're gonna need the patience of a saint to be able to play this for much.

But back in the day, this was such a fantastic companion piece to the Gen 2 games, I love the art and personality the game has.

Pokemon Stadium 2 with rental Pokemon, 's not for the faint of heart.

@Dringo
I agree, Legends truly was a great game. And while Scarlet & Violet had some pretty big issues and should've spent like an extra year in the oven, the open world formula in itself really did help the exploration aspect of the game, finally the "guided tour" campaigns no more.

Sea of Stars potentially, I liked the demo well enough, but I need to see some further impression first I feel. Though I'll prolly get it on steam if I do get it.

Bleh, not a fan of this character, despite being a pretty cool game, none of the MK11 newcomers really did anything for me, meanwhile I did like the glowup many of the MKX characters did get in 11.

I like the clean japanese cover. This is another one of those game I've had since childhood but just never completed alongside few others like Paladin's Quest and Secret of Evermore. Should get to those at some point.

Well I just managed to complete my playthrough of Vagrant Story yesterday, for my next game I'm currently considering stuff like Final Fantasy X-2, Suikoden Tactics, Halo 1 and Street Fighter 6, I donno for certain still what I wanna go for.

I've also been playing Death Road to Canada, an awesome rogue-like I discovered this week as my friend was visiting, still haven't managed to do a complete run but I've unlocked some stuff and it's been fun seeing all the weird events and obtaining all sorts of weirdo cameos. Amazing deal for the 5 bucks I got it for.

No. It's the exact sort of "whimsy" that I cannot stand.

The original as in the Japanese SNES version (fantranslated) is my favorite way to play FF4, the PS1 version is fine too though the load times are a pain. Pixel remaster was terrible because of the gutted level of challenge (game's already pretty easy) and I really am not a fan of how this poll clumps that up with the other versions.

PSP version I'm also not a huge fan of, I just don't like the brand of HD sprites they used for it, it lacks the nuance that the original had.

3D FF4 is cool, it's a very unique take on the game and I do like the increased depth and challenge it has over the other versions, the remixed soundtrack is terrible though and it's not exactly easy to the eyes.

I donno, it's summer vacation time for me so I'm going to be having a lot of time on my hands, probably going to be doing at least one slightly more meaty game. I just beat the first campaign of Shining Force CD yesterday, not as good as Shining Force 1 or 2 for certain so far but it was still okay and I'm going to be playing the other two campaigns at some point but right now I feel like I'm all shining forced out for a bit.

Bow from Breath of Fire 2 is pretty cool (even if there really isn't much reason to use him when Rand's also a character in the game).

Looks cool, but I do have 2 complaints. Those "recommended race lines" or whatever the hell they call them need to go, I find them incredibly distracting and demeaning, second I donno if its just the video but this definitely needs some music.

Oh yeah, I don't remember where it was but I did see this game somewhere earlier. I'm not really into this type joke games but I do love how the battle screen looks like, giving me some major Shining Force vibes.

I guess F-Zero, though Advance Wars should get a wholly new title before that, the HD remaster was fine but what I really want is a new game.

Though more than anything I'd love to see stuff like Metroid and Fire Emblem, my favorite series, actually get a new title that I'd be able to enjoy.

Not a Pikmin fan just in general but this looks more in vein of 2 rather than 1 which is a turn off, I feel a game like this needs some form of agency to be of any interest.

I've done the glitch several times but I'd hardly call myself a mayor or anything.

I like both but I feel the one with solo Shanoa is a bit more dynamic so if I have to choose I'd say that's one I'll go with.

Superb game by the way, I really should replay this at some point though at the same time I'm kinda holding to hope that this'd get released on non-portable systems at some point.

I'm playing Shining Force CD on the Sega Megadrive Mini 2 solely bought it for that game. It's been pretty good, I liked SF1 and 2 a lot and I don't mind more of the same.

I did play All stars when I was on my emulator binge years ago back when the internet was still new and exciting.

I prefer the original games for sure, I don't like the All Star audio at all.

Wow. You can probably argue whether or not the CD-I Zeldas are something you do want to emulate, but they nailed the style, both ingame and in the cutscenes. They definitely went all in on this.

Huh, interesting, this is a series I never expected to come back. I enjoyed Tomba 2 (Or tombi as it was called here in europe) as a kid. Never played the first one.

Oh joy here we go again with this nonsense. The horror guests were fine but all these action heroes 'n ***** just doesn't work I don't think.

Mortal Kombat has a gigantic cast of cool characters to pick from, it's such a shame to see "slots" wasted on stuff like this.

Quite excited for this, big fan of the fact that its connected to DQ4, that one's my favorite in the series easily.

Can we get DQ10 Offline also? Please Squeenix.

I wish I could go back to a time when I didn't know that the master sword was actually a sentient ballerina robot, somehow makes it seem a whole lot lamer.

I'm continuing on with Fire Emblem New Mystery (w/old mystery fanhack which removes the awful prologue & gaiden maps the remake added and removes the avatar from the plot). Decently far in already, Chapter 19 to be exact.

Game's been fine but even with the hack its definitely a lesser version compared to the original Mystery of the Emblem between the loss of the weapon weight mechanic, massively inflated growth rates, and lesser slots for units to deploy (despite the gargantuan roster of units). I wish I could just have the original mystery's balancing with the smoother engine and added difficulty options from the remake.

I haven't been playing all that many games this year just in general and many I ended up going for ended up being stinkers anyway, and my unquestionable top picks Advance Wars Reboot and Etrian Odyssey Trilogy are just that, remasters of games I've played before so I don't really feel confortable picking it for this year and Theatrhythm similarly is so much of the same as the 3DS one that it barely counts.

With all that in mind looking at my limited list my vote so far goes to Pizza Tower, I'm not a platformer guy but this one was superb and so full of charm, amazing soundtrack too.

Though my backlog is massive with plenty of games like Vagrant Story, Suikoden Tactics and Vestaria Saga 2 all of which I'm sure would immediatedly shoot up to my top spot if I just sat down to play them.

I'm playing Fire Emblem New Mystery of the Emblem, the terrible DS remake of the 3rd Fire Emblem game and the only one in the series I've never completed. At its usual state I find the game to be nigh intolerable but I did find out about this fan mod that gets rid of some of the game's more egregious issues, namely the avatar character and the godawful prologue & side maps the remake originally added. I still do have some pretty big issues with the game mechanics and balance wise but at least now its palpable and I do enjoy the far higher difficulty options compared to the original FE3 and it does also run on the same engine as the DS Shadow Dragon which is a big plus from me. Currently sitting at Chapter 8 I believe, Palla just slays everything.

Oh that's easy, it's La-Mulana and its sequel La-Mulana 2, superb games both with some of the best video game music ever.

Wii Version of Resident Evil 4 is still the definitive release of that game in my eyes, pointer controls work so well for that, I honestly didn't love them for many other like Metroid Prime 3 for example I don't think was all that great.