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[lycheestar1]

Because she was born on a solar eclipse, I though of Louise during this year's solar eclipse.

[sugar-konpeito]

Louise (Ruise?) is so cute. I'm starting the Louise fan club

[satoshi-mochida]

Some games that have an English version of a song in it that I think is well done.

Wild Arms 3:

'Advanced Wind'

Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete:

'Wind's Nocturne'

World's End Club:

'Go-Getter's Club Theme'

Growlanser III: The Dual Darkness:

'To Your Tomorrow', Opening and Ending Versions.

The many songs from Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure.

All the Kingdom Hearts openings.

There might be a couple others, but these are the ones I know of/remember.

Some suggested additions I got:

Final Fantasy X-2

'Real Emotion'

'1000 Words'

Fire Emblem Fates

'Lost in Thoughts All Alone'

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

'Lifelight'

[obscuredilfoff]

Propaganda below the cut!

The Mad Hatter

Literally like the one of the only parents in that series who supports his child. Also he bakes which is an absolute slay. He is only in like a minute total of the entire show but I still love him ❤️❤️

Randall

Listen. Listen. There was a time where literally the only thing I remembered about this game was this man (I had rented the game but never got around to playing it). I spent years tracking the game down with only his face keeping me going. I did end up finding it. Still haven't been able to play it but…

[datcloudboi]

List of Video Games Turning 20 Years Old in 2024

Alien Hominid (started off life as a Flash game and graduated to a real game.)

Army Men: Sarge's War (the sequel to the Sarge’s Heroes games, but this one was rated T for Teen and used realistic guns instead of plastic ones)

Astro Boy: Omega Factor (seriously, if you have a chance to play this, take it. This game is AMAZING)

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II

The Bard's Tale (the 2004 version with the guy who played Wesley in The Princess Bride)

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings & the Lost Ocean (hey! That collection with this game and it's follow-up is out on the Switch now! Go get it!)

Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space

Blood Will Tell: Tezuka Osamu's Dororo

BloodRayne 2

Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django (this GBA game had a special cartridge that required you to go outside into the sunlight to power up your character in game)

Breakdown

Bujingai: The Forsaken City (the game where you play as Gackt)

Burnout 3: Takedown

Call of Duty: United Offensive

Call of Duty: Finest Hour (a side story to the original Call of Duty, which came out the year before)

Capcom Fighting Evolution (the darkest of the dark age of fighting games)

Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums (a full-on adventure game where you play as the mascot of a series of edutainment games)

Champions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest

The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (the rare movie-in game that's not only really good, but is actually better than the movie it's based on)

Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage + Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy

Crash Twinsanity (a childhood favorite)

Crimson Tears

Crusader Kings

Custom Robo (the first one in the series to release in North America)

Cy Girls

Dead Man's Hand

Dead or Alive Ultimate (remakes of Dead or Alive 1 and Dead or Alive 2)

Def Jam: Fight for NY (the vastly superior sequel to Vendetta)

Dog's Life

Doom 3 (the original version. Hope you've got a flashlight on you...)

Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors

Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury (the final game in the Legacy of Goku series)

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3

Drakengard (Yoko Taro's debut as a game director)

Driver 3

Evil Genius

Fable (another childhood favorite)

Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (the last Fallout game made by Interplay before Bethesda acquired the IP.)

Far Cry (the very first one.)

Feel the Magic: XY/XX (a launch title for the Nintendo DS)

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (the only Final Fantasy game to release for the GameCube)

Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls (remakes of the first two mainline Final Fantasy games)

Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone

Front Mission 4

F-Zero: GP Legend (the last F-Zero game to release for almost 2 decades, until F-Zero 99 released in 2023.)

Galleon

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (the PS2 one. There was another version of SAC that released for the PSP a year later that is completely different.)

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2

Ghosthunter

Godzilla: Save the World

GoldenEye: Rogue Agent

Gradius V (the last mainline Gradius game)

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto Advance (yes, there was a GTA game on the GBA.)

Growlanser Generations

Guilty Gear Isuka

.hack//Quarantine

Half-Life 2

Halo 2

Hitman: Contracts (the third one)

Hot Shots Golf Fore! (yet another childhood favorite)

It's Mr. Pants (Rareware made this for the GBA after being acquired by Microsoft)

Jak 3

James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing

Katamari Damacy (the very first Katamari game)

Killzone (PlayStation's supposed "Halo killer".)

KOF: Maximum Impact

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

Kirby & the Amazing Mirror

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

Lifeline (a microphone-based survival horror game for the PS2 by Konami.)

The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (a turn-based RPG that uses the exact same battle system as Final Fantasy X.)

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth

Mario Golf: Advance Tour

Mario Party 6

Mario Pinball Land

Mario Power Tennis (not to be confused with "Mario Golf: Power Tour" for the GBA.)

Mario vs. Donkey Kong (the first one, which is getting a remake for the Switch in February!)

Maximo vs. Army of Zin

MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

Mega Man: Battle Chip Challenge

Mega Man Battle Network 4: Red Sun/Blue Moon

Mega Man X: Command Mission

Mega Man Zero 3

Mega Man X8 (yeah, there was a lot of Mega Man stuff in 2004.)

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (a remake of the original Metal Gear Solid for the GameCube)

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (SNAAAAAKE EATERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR)

Metal Wolf Chaos (LET'S PARTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY)

Metroid: Zero Mission (a remake of the original Metroid for the GBA.)

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

Monster Hunter (the very first one)

Mortal Kombat: Deception

Mushihimesama ((a bullet hell that you’ve probably seen a lot of if you search for “HARDEST GAME OF ALL TIME?????” on YouTube)

Myst IV: Revelation

Need for Speed: Underground 2

Ninja Gaiden (the reboot from the Dead or Alive devs)

The Nintendo DS

Onimusha 3: Demon Siege

Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors (an action-adventure hack & slash made by FromSoftware)

Painkiller

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (can you believe this is getting a remake this year??)

Phantom Brave

Pikmin 2

Pitfall: The Lost Expedition (the last game in an series that started all the back in 1982 on the Atari 2600)

Pokemon Colosseum

Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (the 3rd one)

Red Dead Revolver (the predecessor to Red Dead Redemption.)

Resident Evil Outbreak

R-Type Final

Sacred

Samurai Warriors

Scaler

American McGee Presents: Scrapland

Second Sight

Serious Sam: Next Encounter

Shadow Hearts: Covenant

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne (you know that “Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series” meme you guys love so much? This is where that came from.)

Silent Hill 4: The Room

Siren (a spirital successor to Silent Hill from the same creative director)

Sly 2: Band of Thieves

Sonic Heroes

Sonic Battle (an arena fighter for the GBA.)

Sonic Advance 3

Spider-Man 2 ((based on the movie of the same name. The one with the really good web-slinging)

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (the 2nd one)

Spyro: A Hero's Tail (the 5th one)

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (the 3rd one)

Star Wars: Battlefront (the one that everyone liked)

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords

Steel Battalion: Line of Contact ((this, and the original Steel Battalion two years prior, used a special controller called the Mega-Jockey 9000, which had 44 buttons, two joysticks, a throttle handle, a radio channel dial, five switches, an eject button, and three foot pedals.)

Sudeki

The Suffering

Super Mario 64 DS

Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain (the 4th one)

Tales of Symphonia

Thief: Deadly Shadows (the 3rd one)

Tony Hawk's Underground 2

Total War: Rome

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Viewtiful Joe 2

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

X-Men Legends

[witchofcustom]

have you played growlanser before? it's making me insane and crazy

I have not, but I really need to! I played the Langrisser 1 and 2 remake in 2021 and thoroughly enjoyed it.

[obscurevideogames]

Hi ( ' ')/ Do you have any obscure but with good gameplay game recs? For any console but especially PS2 and N64?

Well it depends on how obscure you want to get and what type of games you like. These are some of my favorite "good gameplay" games that I feel like people don't talk about enough:

PS2 strategy RPG's -- Stella Deus, Arc The Lad Twilight of The Spirits, La Pucelle Tactics, Growlanser Generations

PS2 JRPGs -- Grandia Xtreme, Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2, Jade Cocoon 2, Atelier Iris 3 Grand Fantasm, Tsugunai Atonement

PS2 Action RPGs -- Devil Summoner 1 & 2, Shadow Tower Abyss, Forever Kingdom, Dual Hearts

PS2 Adventure/Horror -- Clock Tower 3, Disaster Report, Raw Danger

PS2 Action -- Bujingai, Gungrave, Polaroid Pete, Blood Will Tell, ChainDive

PS2 RTS - GrimGrimoire

PS2 Light Gun - Vampire Night, Ninja Assault

N64 - Rocket Robot on Wheels, Rakugakids, Sin & Punishment, Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon

[emilsan]

Game List - PC Launchers (not Steam) + Emulation

Below is the list and overview of my games on PC Launchers (non-Steam) and emulation.

Completed – finished the story or played enough to consider the game completed. For example, if it’s an action-heavy and not a very story-oriented game, I may or may not play it to the end credits. If it's something without an explicit ending, I'll consider it beaten when I get tired playing it and if the game is very story-driven, I’d need to see the entire story.​

Mastered – achieved something that grants a “mastered” status. For example, spent more than 100 hours, played at numerous points of my life, collected all trophies or achievements, et cetera.​

Dropped – I tend to avoid dropping games but there might be some which I will want to keep for one reason or another despite having negative views or just not willing to complete them properly. They will have a “Dropped” status.​

No status – yet to play or haven’t finished yet but intend to.

Ratings

10 out of 10 - very important to me on a personal level.

9 out of 10 - this game excels at what it's trying to be, impressed me a lot.

8 out of 10 - just a very good game.

7 out of 10 - good, though could have been better.

6 out of 10 - decent experience but I expected a lot more.

Console titles emulated on PC, launchers (Epic Games, RGL, etc.) running natively.

PlayStation 2​

Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia Undub

Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica Undub

Baroque​ Undub

Berserk: Millennium Falcon Hen Seima Senki no Shou English-patched​

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence

.hack//fragment

.hack Infection vol. 1​

.hack Mutation vol. 2​

.hack Outbreak vol. 3​

.hack Quarantine vol. 4

Dark Cloud 2​ Undub

If like a lot, consider the first.

Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore

Drakengard / Drag-On Dragoon​ Undub​

Drakengard 2 / Drag-On Dragoon 2​ Undub

Dynasty Warriors 6 Undub

Out of curiosity. If like, consider older PS2 entries.

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2

Eternal Poison Undub

Eternal Ring

Galerian's Ash

If like, check out the PS1 prequel.

Grimgrimoire 

Growlanser: Heritage of War

If like, play the rest of Growlanser.

ICO​ 5+ hours, 2018​. 7/10

ICO was interesting to play. It’s a platformer by Fumiko Ueda, and it has the kind of grim story you’d expect to see in his games. The presentation is great and platforming/puzzle mechanics feel fun. At some point I got stuck on some moment and couldn’t progress, so maybe I will finish the game later.​​

Kuon

King's Field: The Ancient City Undub

King's Field IV

Magna Carta: Tears of Blood

Puyo Pop Fever 2 Fan-translated

Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song

Rogue Galaxy Undub

Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love Undub

Samurai Warriors 2 Xtreme Legends Undub

If like a lot, consider other older entries.

Seiken Densetsu IV: Dawn of Mana Undub

Shadow Hearts: From the New World Undub

If like a lot, play the rest of Shadow Hearts.

Shadow Tower Abyss English-patched

If like, look at King's Field and previous Shadow Tower.

Shining Force EXA Undub

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner - Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2 - Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga Undub

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 Undub

Shin Megami Tensei – Persona 3 FES​ Undub + music modification​ May continue, 20+ hours, 2018. 8/10

I went into Persona 3 shortly after finishing Persona 5. I played it a few times (one on PS3, then on PS2 emulator undubbed) and I never finished it… but I still think it’s a great game. ​​

Soul Nomad & the World Eaters

SoulCalibur III

Silent Hill 2, 3

And look at 4, other.

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time Undub

Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity Undub

Suikoden III

Suikoden IV Undub

Suikoden V Undub

Suikoden Tactics Undub

Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut Fan-translated

Tales of Destiny 2 Fan-translated

Tales of Legendia Undub

Trapt

Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria​ Undub

Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht Undub

Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse Undub

Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra Undub

Warriors Orochi Undub

Warriors Orochi 2 Undub

Wild Arms 5

If like, maybe previous

Zill O'll Infinite 

Waiting for full English patch

PlayStation 3

Ar tonelico Qoga Knell of Ar Ciel Undub

Asura’s Wrath​ Digital + DLC (Xbox360 license). Completed, 10-20 hours, June 2018.

Disgaea D2 A Brighter Darkness

Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention Completed, 10-15 hours, 2019-2020. 6/10

Drakengard 3 / DRAG-ON 3

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn

Eternal Sonata / Trusty Bell: Chopin's Dream

Enchanted Arms Undub

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection + Peace Walker (PS3)

Red Dead Redemption

Soulcalibur IV

Soulcalibur V

Tales of Graces F Undub

Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World Undub

Tales of Xillia Undub

Tales of Xillia 2 Undub

Xbox Game Pass

Celeste​

Fable III​ (not available on digital platforms, except Xbox Gamepass Ultimate streaming)​ Completed, 20-30 hours, before 2014​. 8/10

Fable III is a one-of-a-kind Western RPG, and not just because of its unique British aesthetics but also because of the gameplay. You can become friends, lovers, foes with any of the NPC in the game, interact with them, get married, live together and more. On top of that, the game has plenty of unique content such as mini-games, its own economy system, choices which affect the story. ​ ​ I think that choices are the core element of RPG games and for some reason (cost of development?) JRPG and Western RPG tend to avoid them, and even companies which used to be the frontrunners of choice in games have moved away or don’t focus on them as much anymore.​ ​ It’s unfortunate that Fable has such a troubled fate as a franchise and ceased to exist after the third game. Hopefully, the new Fable will not be cancelled and I’m curious to see how it will turn out.​

GUILTY GEAR STRIVE

Available on Game Pass in 2023.

Life is Strange True Colors

If like, maybe Tell Me Why or other LiS.

Epic Games Store

​NIOH: The Complete Edition (favor PS4 version but keeping EGS for better framerate and graphics)Mastered, 103 hours, 2019. 9/10

One of my first platinum trophies was achieved in Nioh. I liked the game so much that I wanted to get all the trophies and the platinum.​

The best thing about Nioh is perhaps the atmosphere. It’s an interesting mix of historical Japan with mythology and supernatural yokai. The bosses and enemies were all impressive in their own right and felt challenging but fair. The skill system adds a lot of depth to the combat and feels rewarding to learn, the game is essentially a constant learning experience.​

Another part of Nioh I liked was its story. William is a foreigner in Japan who speaks English while all of the other characters (except villain) are using Japanese. The language barrier feels fresh and as the player, you’re put into the same role as William who learns more about Japan in his journey.​ ​

Nioh is one of my favorite games ever made and it almost reaches the level of quality set by the FromSoftware Souls games. Even though Nioh takes a lot of inspiration from Souls, it always feels original and not borrowed like every other Souls-like tends to be.​ ​

I’ve played Nioh 2 and found it to be nowhere near as good as Nioh 1: the story was nowhere near as good, fighting felt too overwhelming and overstuffed, built around grind and the gamedesign was way too similar and seems like it did not evolve one bit after Nioh 1. So, Nioh remains my favorite part of the franchise and I see Nioh 2 as the “add-on content” or “post-game”.​ ​

Shenmue III

Yoku’s Island Express​ EGS - performance, Switch - portability. Completed, 2020, 5 hours. 6/10

Yoku’s Island Express is a mix of a platformer and pinball game. In order to progress through the areas, you need to collect enough points and you do that by performing pinball jumps. The visual style is unique, the game has a distinct atmosphere and the pinball inspiration is executed well.

Wii and Wii U

Arc Rise Fantasia

Depending on whether there is a functional control scheme.

Super Mario 3D World (succeeded by Switch remaster) Completed,

The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD​

Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon​ Completed, 10-20 hours​, 2020. 10/10

Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon is a very unique game about loneliness and life after trauma. It has one of the best atmospheres in games I’ve seen. The game is very important to me personally.​

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

Would also like Metroid Other M if there’s a config for wiimote

GOG Galaxy (CD Project Red)​

Deus Ex

Ghostrunner Completed, 5-10 hours, 202​1. 7/10​

Gwent: The Witcher Card Game / Gwint: Wiedzminska Gra Karciana​​ Mastered, 300+ hours, 2016​. 7/10

I really enjoyed Gwent in its beta/alpha test moments. I spent more than 300 hours just playing it and it was my first computer card game. After the launch on mobiles, I felt like the game was too streamlined and became too similar to Hearthstone in a bad way, as opposed to being a mix of all card games and leaning more towards Yu-Gi-Oh. ​

Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance

No Man’s Sky

Thief Gold, Thief II, Thief: Deadly Shadows

Wiedźmin 1: Edycja Rozszerzona / The Witcher: Enhanced Edition​ (GOG Galaxy)​ Mastered, 30+ hours, before 2015​. 7/10

The Witcher 1 was one of my first RPG. I’m lucky to have played it after the updates in the “Enhanced Edition” form. And I say “lucky” because CDPR games are known for being buggy on release, which makes me wonder how buggy was The Witcher 1 since it was their first game ever made. ​ ​ In anyway, I liked the atmosphere of TW1, more Slavic lore and mythology compared to TW2 and TW3, more choices and a decent storyline, soundtrack and Polish voice-actors.​ The only major issue with the game is its combat, of course but it didn’t feel bad to me back when I played the game.​

Wiedzmin 2: Zabójcy królów / The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings​ (GOG Galaxy)​ Mastered, 50+ hours, before 2016​. 8/10

The Witcher 2 was a step in the right direction for CDPR – the presentation was much better than the first game, quests were even more carefully written and the system of choices and impact on the story is still one of the best ones I’ve seen in modern games. At some point in the story, depending on your choices, the game will present you with an entirely new chapter, one which cannot be accessed unless you replay the game from the beginning and make a different choice. I wish more RPG were doing that since (for me, at least) choice means “role-play” and indicates that the game is actually an RPG. ​ ​ To this day TW2 remains a very good RPG. In some ways I actually like it more than the third Witcher.​

Wiedzmin 3: Dziki Gon / The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt GOTY Edition​ (GOG Galaxy)​ Completed, 25+ hours, 2016​. 8/10

Even though I like The Witcher 3 less than the second game, I can’t argue against how well the third is made and how much it advanced the franchise forward, earning world-wide success and recognition. It honestly makes me wonder if TW3 was just lucky, being released in a time when nearly every other popular Western RPG franchise was “resting” or had some issues.​

Ys Origin

Ys Seven

Ys: the Oath in Felghana

Zwei: The Arges Adventure

Ubisoft Connect (Uplay)

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood​​ Mastered, 50+ hours, before 2014​. 8/10

I’ve done absolutely everything there was to do in Brotherhood and loved every second of it. The setting of Rome was brilliant, the gameplay had a lot of depth and variation and the story was enjoyable, even if I wasn’t a fan of the main character. ​

Assassin’s Creed II​​ May continue, 5-10 hours, before 2014​. 7/10

I haven’t played that much of Assassin’s Creed II. The game came out at a time when I couldn’t afford licensed game, so I had to go for a pirated copy… which didn’t work out. At that time Ubisoft had implemented a piracy-protection tool which forces all players to connect to the Internet, otherwise you can’t play the game, and at that time I couldn’t play the game.​ Many years later I tried playing it and I spent 5-10 hours doing that. It wasn’t as impressive. My guess is that I didn’t like AC II as much because of how much time I spent in AC Brotherhood, so a lot of the innovations and new mechanics brought by the second game didn’t impress me that much. Still, I want to keep it in my library and maybe finish properly one day. ​

Assassin’s Creed: Unity​​ Dropped, 2016, 5-15 hours​. 4/10

This is definitely one of the weakest Assassin’s Creed games ever made. I thought the story and characters were fine, Paris was nicely detailed but everything else was just poorly made. The missions were boring and repetitive, pacing was poor, the AI was dull and the online component were poorly implemented. It was ridiculous seeing yellow-colored assassins not noticed in public but that’s what you’d see in the game. And if that’s not enough, Unity was also a major technical mess on consoles and PC. ​ I’ve decided to keep Unity despite disliking it since I like Paris and the way it is shown in the game.​

Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey – Gold Edition​​ Completed, 50+ hours, 2020. 8/10

At first, I was avoiding this game. I’m not exactly sure why I was avoiding it, maybe the Internet’s hate towards any AC game that isn’t about Ezio or Desmond influenced me, I’m not sure… Regardless, eventually I started playing it and after a few hours I started falling in love with AC Odyssey. The world was beautifully made, main heroine was very unique and became one of my favorite female protagonists in games and the new gameplay systems introduced in AC Origins were tuned in to a very good state. ​ Some of the issues I’ve had were: a) unbeatable bosses and the whole thing with level cap. I played after it was all patched but sometimes the balance and the whole mess with “you can’t fight this enemy unless you get to their level” was quite annoying; b) the “present time” storyline with Abstergo was very annoying and I never want to experience it again; c) some of the animations could have been better and the game still didn’t improve the horse riding despite being released 8 years after Red Dead Redemption 1.​ AC Odyssey has some issues but once you get into the game, a lot of them just don’t matter anymore. And the fantastic main heroine, good story, Greece and the usual charm of Assassin’s Creed bring it up to be one of my favorite AC games.​

Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate​​ Mastered, 20-50 hours, 2016​. 8/10

I’m hesitant naming my favorite Assassin’s Creed game just because I like both Syndicate and Odyssey that much. I loved the story in Syndicate a lot, I loved exploring London and the gameplay was quite nice, too. AC Syndicate is one of the very few games in which I genuinely wanted to get all of the trophies, just to see every part of the city and do all the missions.​

South Park: The Stick of Truth

South Park: The Fractured But Whole

Rockstar Games Launcher​​

Red Dead Redemption 2 – Special Edition​​ Completed, 72 hours,  2018​. 10/10

After the fantastic Red Dead Redemption 1, I thought it was impossible to make a sequel which will be as good. Rockstar Games managed to not only reach the quality of the first game but surpass it on every aspect you can think of.​ The game is a prequel set some time before the events of RDR 1. It tells the story of a gang in which John Marston (protagonist of the first game) used to be. Story of RDR II manages to show a different side of John Marston and the writers were brave enough to go for a completely different main character… who ended up being more interesting to follow than John (which is something I couldn’t imagine the first time I saw Arthur Morgan in the trailer). ​ Every mission in Red Dead Redemption II is handcrafted, all 70 hours of my playthrough I never felt like I’m doing the same thing and the story is quite lengthy with a great amount of cutscenes, the execution of which can easily rival many of the Western film classics.​ Red Dead Redemption II is one of the best games ever made.​

Max Payne 3​​ Completed, 10-20 hours, before 2015​. 10/10

Absolutely fantastic and one of my favorite games made by Rockstar Games. Perfect combat, bold storytelling, impressive cutscenes, memorable music, technical excellence – Max Payne 3 has everything. MP3 is a noir game but unlike many other noir films and games, it doesn’t just slap black and white color palette. The game takes place in sunny Brazil (and other locations) and manages to create this rich dark atmosphere of noir without using some of the cliché of noir genre.​ ​Max Payne 3 is one of my favorite games to date with a story unlike any other.  ​

BattleNET

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019 No license, Mastered, 2020, 50+ hours, 8/10

Much like Battlefield 1 is my favorite "grand scale" online shooter, Modern Warfare 2019 is my favorite "smaller scale". The gunplay is very satisfying, the game has a near perfect shooter loop and mechanics that combine the classic "run and gun" of Call of Duty and a more grounded, heavy handling from Battlefield.

The only few things that did bother me while playing Modern Warfare 2019 were the obnoxious hyper-masculine finishing animations, dialogue (I had to turn off the voice-acting to not be annoyed by it) and very tasteless and out of place collaborations (like the one they did with Godzilla, out of all things, or some horror movies).

Overall, Modern Warfare 2019 is worth playing if you can look past its obnoxious hypermasculinity and just pay attention to the gameplay.

Diablo II: Resurrected

Hearthstone Completed, 50+ hours, 2021, 8/10.

Hearthstone is easily the most presentable and easy to learn card game around. Despite being free-to-play, you don't need to spend money on it to have fun, so that is a plus.

The game is set in the World of Warcraft universe, so it carries over all the colorful and interesting characters from WoW. Since WoW isn't very heavy on the story, I actually think Hearthstone has a better narrative than WoW.

Hearthstone may not have the technical quality and depth of Yu-Gi-Oh nor the invetiveness and edge of Gwent but the colorful visuals, laid-back gameplay and a fantastic (for a card game) story make it one of the best digital card games.

Heroes of the Storm​​ Completed, 2020, 15-20 hours​. 6/10

Heroes of the Storm has all the unique characters from Blizzard games. RTS and MOBA aren't something I feel interested in at all but I thought the gameplay here is easy to learn and has enough depth, challenge.

Community in HotS is more toxic than you can imagine but it is easy to turn off the chat and all communication for a better experience.

Overwatch​ Mastered, 50+ hours, 2017-2018​. 8/10

Overwatch's biggest strength is that it wasn't afraid to talk about representation in gaming and create characters that would be memorable and inspirational. Not just that, Overwatch plays great and is excellent in almost every way.

I do wish Overwatch would had some story content, though.

World of Warcraft: Classic and Retail​​ Completed, 30+ hours, 2020​. 7/10

There's something very immersive and satisfying about just playing World of Warcraft. Though the game is mostly a collection of very small stories, the sound, atmosphere, visuals and the masterful execution make it fun to play even 18 years later since its release (2004).

The game did age, unfortunately, and the lack of a strong narrative really brings it down. WoW has everything to be the epic saga that is Final Fantasy XIV but it seems the developers have no will to attempt that.

With that said, World of Warcraft is an experience and something worth to see. I tend to prefer Classic WoW because it feels more atmospheric but Retail has its good sides, too. Perhaps eventually there will be WoW 2 that combines the strengths of both?

EA Origin

Alice Madness Returns No license

Battlefield 1​​ Mastered, 170+ hours, 2017​-2022. 8/10

Battlefield 1 is one of my favorite first-person shooters focused on multiplayer. I like how the game goes for a more grounded and serious portrayal of war and keeps reminding people that wars aren’t as fun as entertainment and fiction, and veterans’ stories make them out to be – war means death and that is a topic that video games don’t do often.​ The multiplayer is very well made, and I feel like every weapon is balanced nicely; the game encourages you to assign or follow orders and not just play “deathmatch on a big map”. Speaking of maps, they’re all memorable. Shooting feels right and challenging but not as complicated as previous Battlefield games.​ I think Battlefield 1 managed to make the right choices in almost every aspect of its gamedesign - the game feels modern, it takes the best things from its main competitor (Call of Duty) while retaining the old Battlefield formula of large-scale conflicts and team-work. The graphics are impressive and each map has its own atmosphere.​ Absolutely my favorite multiplayer shooter to date.

Battlefield V Mastered, 15+ hours, 2020-2022, 6/10

With Battlefield V, Dice (developers of the game) were trying to make the franchise more profitable and prepare it for extensive monetization that can be seen in Battlefield 2042. Naturally, the quality and quantity were both put on lower priorities. Even though V uses a lot of the programming and ideas from Battlefield 1, it still manages to make the entire experience much less engaging.

Now, I'm not saying Battlefield V isn't fun to play. The maps are still beautiful (though, severely lacking the identity that matches BF1), the 64 player Conquest mode is fun and the weapons, shooting are satisfying. The biggest problem here is that Dice has damaged the dynamic of classes and simply didn't provide enough content.

This could have been a lot better but as it is, BF V is not as bad as BF 2042, so at least there is that. There's some fun to be had here.

Dragon Age II Completed, 20+ hours, before 2015. 7/10

While the game is lacking visual quality, dungeon/map variety, I thought the story was quite good and in many ways to me this is the best Dragon Age out of all three games. Despite its noticeable problems, everything comes together into a satisfying and memorable game with unique and believable characters (something BioWare is so good at) and a true RPG freedom of making decisions, falling in love, making friends or enemies.

Dragon Age Inquisition: GOTY Edition

Fe Completed, 6 hours, December 2019, 7/10

Fe is about a little fluffy creature that tries to understand the world it found itself in. As you explore the home-forest of Fe, you learn more about the terrifying Silent Ones, you'll communicate with the other inhabitants of the forest, run and jump and learn more about their and perhaps our world...

Fe is pretty vague about its story but I think it has a much stronger message than most vague games I've played. The gameplay is a mix of an immersive adventure game and platformer.

My only issue with Fe is that it lacks some polish in giving the player directions and perhaps having gameplay variety. Other than that, it's a cute platformer with a very memorable visual style.

Mass Effect​​ Mastered, more than 50 hours, before 2014​. 8/10

There were sci-fi games prior to Mass Effect, there were also RPG games where you could make an impact on the story and there were, of course, plenty of shooters set in space. What makes Mass Effect so monumental is that it wasn't just another game where you shoot aliens for 20 hours and forget it. Mass Effect 1 was the first part of the ME trilogy in which every choice mattered and the adventure was personal and memorable.

Perhaps the biggest strength of Mass Effect is its world-building. Everything makes sense, feels organic and believable. And though the shooting needed refinement it received in the future installments and the main antagonist and conflict scale were somewhat... introductionary, the game is still among the best RPG I can think of.

Mass Effect 2​ DLC Bundle​ Mastered, more than 100 hours, before 2014​. 10/10

I’ve completed Mass Effect 2 from start to finish more than 20 times and I felt like each playthrough was mine. ​There are few games that have attempted to take this

​​Mass Effect 3​ DLC Bundle​ Completed,  before 2016, 15-20 hours​. 8/10

Mass Effect 3 released in the time when Electronic Arts was negatively impacting the developers with demands to add multiplayer, microtransactions and turn games into service. Mass Effect was not the only franchise that got hurt because of that. Dragon Age, Battlefield, Dead Space – these franchises and more had a very hard time adjusting to the new demands of the publisher. As a result, Mass Effect 3 (despite having great talent and potential) turned out nowhere near as good as Mass Effect 2 and nowhere near as passionate and striking as the first one. ​ A lot of the choices made in Mass Effect 1 and 2 don’t end up changing much in the third game, many of the fan-favorite characters are reduced to a small appearance and often make you feel like the decisions you’ve taken were pointless. And on top of that, the pre-DLC story does not provide enough of a closure. Without the DLC, the game doesn’t deserve more than 7 out of 10. Thankfully, the downloadable content sets things right, gives more personal moments for the characters of the first two games and improves the ending as much as possible. ​ The gameplay suffered, too. Similar to Dead Space 3, Mass Effect 3 combat just doesn’t feel as good as it used to in the second installment of each franchise and the online/co-op is intrusive, takes away from the experience especially if you play when the servers aren’t active.​ Mass Effect 3 had a nearly impossible task – it was supposed to resolve a conflict set up by two games which ideally would take more than one game to explore fully; it was supposed to be better than ME2 which I consider my favorite Western RPG of all time – unfortunately, Bioware could not make the game they wanted to make. That said, Mass Effect 3 still ended up being quite good. The DLC improve the experience and I’m sure if developers had not been forced to do multiplayer and had another year of development, maybe even waiting until PS4/Xbox One generation… then the game would have been perfect.

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition

GameCube

Metroid Prime​

Metroid Prime​ 2

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Pikmin​

Pikmin​ 2

Soulcalibur II

Nintendo 64

Yoshi's Story

Paper Mario 64

[misdre]

songs sung by beyblade VAs #2

a couple of people were interested in another post with songs by beyblade seiyuu... well alright, this comes with the fact that in addition to the main five, there's a small handful of big name seiyuu in bakuten shoot who have done a lot of everything and the rest have done pretty much nothing, so, this is a very mixed bag. and a bit too many of these are hetalia songs because i just actually really like hetalia music ok

# a link to the previous post if you missed it #

i put these in alpahbetical order according to character names so you can easily just check whoever you want. or whatever. do what you want with these

hiroshi kamiya (blood & garland):

lost in shinsekai (one piece)

dark side of the moon (shingeki no kyojin)

wasabi mizuta (boris):

yume wo kikasete (doraemon) -- i.... i couldn't find anything but doraemon songs by her.......... so this is how life is now

souichirou hoshi (brooklyn):

I can fly (saiyuuki) -- this was like my favourite song 13 years ago? i’m having such a throwback compiling this post

ima kono shunkan ga subete (gundam seed)

akira sasanuma (claude):

marukaite chikyuu: austria edition (axis powers hetalia) -- not very surprised this is the only thing i could find

yasuhiro takato (dunga):

pechka -kokoro tomoshite- (axis powers hetalia) -- also didn't expect to find anything but russia's songs. and i didn’t. russia it is

daisuke sakaguchi (giancarlo):

update go-issho ni (hyouka) -- with satomi satou

back to back (dynasty warriors)

shiho kikuchi (hiromi):

spring dream (tokimeki memorial)

imitation (memories off 2nd)

daisuke namikawa (hitoshi):

tales of hermit (K project)

oishii tomato no uta (axis powers hetalia) -- we are dying on this hill now guys

emi shinohara (judy on season 1): 

starlight ni kiss shite (sailor moon)

hitomi wo wasurenaide (lupin III)

yumi touma (judy on seasons 2 & 3):

kiss shite ii (angelique)

my heart iidasenai, your heart tashikametai (aa! megamisama) -- with kikuko inoue & aya hisakawa. i apparently love hisakawa too much and can’t make a list without her in there somewhere

kumiko watanabe (julia):

love drug (tekkaman blade II)

say yes! (digimon frontier)

junko shimakata (kiki):

kimi no ouen uta (sotsugyou -graduation-)

hirofumi nojima (king):

shitsuren samba (toradora!) -- this one is on soundcloud because i hunted for this specifically on youtube for ages and it was nowhere. the volume is ridiculously high for some reason

ki ta ko re (kuroko no basket)

hiromi konno (mathilda):

nade nade shite (gegege no kitarou)

hakase no same to inu (nichijou)

kappei yamaguchi (michael):

it's a show time (magic kaito 1412) -- with mamoru miyano

tenka muteki no yattarou (samurai pizza cats) -- some other familiar voice is in there in the beginning too. what a coincidence. misi what a coincidence of you again

hiro yuuki (mihael):

brain damage (weiß kreuz) -- i know this guy has sung a lot of stuff including lots for weiß kreuz and i love his voice but the title of this one describes my mood when i tried to find any GOOD songs

aya hirano (ming-ming):

god knows (the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya) 

cha-la head cha-la (dragon ball z featured in lucky star) -- it's just so beautiful.

kouki miyata (mystel):

akogare starting block (free!)

yuukyuu no tsuki (kyou kara maou!)

omi minami (olivier):

in the stillness (kidou senkan nadesico)

born to be queen (code geass) -- with junko minagawa

yuki kaida (ozma):

ni hao chuugoku (axis powers hetalia)

koko de bokura wa deatte shimatta (prince of tennis) -- with ryoutarou okiayu

mie sonozaki (queen):

whiteout (bleach)

yakusoku (growlanser)

kouichi nagano (rai):

run to win (eyeshield 21) -- with aya hirano, miyu irino and kappei yamaguchi, technically nagano is the only one whose voice you can't hear worth shit tbh (i assume he can't really sing. he's just there to be like a B voice in the bg) but i've always liked this cute song plus it's like ming-ming and michael singing with rai pushed flat against the wall somewhere behind them so here it is anyway

akiko kimura (raul & yuuya):

yasashii mirai (inazuma eleven chrono stone) -- with aoi yuuki

hikaru ikeda (salima):

katakoi (yakin byoutou) -- apparently this song is from a porn that's regarded as the most brutally graphic hentai to ever exist? sounds good

tomokazu sugita (sergei):

SM hantei forum (inu x boku SS)

one jump ahead (aladdin)

kenichi suzumura (steve):

oreta tsubasa de -with broken wings- (digimon frontier) -- i was getting tired at this point and steve is a very minor character with a very major seiyuu for whatever reason and i didn't even feel like browsing suzumura's discography for this purpose so i just put my boy kouichi's amazing song here and called it a day. the best digimon character song to existtt

takehito koyasu (volkov):

dengon (fushigi yuugi)

hyakumankai no je t'aime (rosario + vampire) -- the difference in mood between these two songs was too much for me. good thing this is the end of the list

[babybananaoaffriend]

One of the most obscure and least talked about #jrpg series from my most beloved publisher #workingdesigns. It's a real time tactical rpg. In the first picture you can see the first game package that contains both Growlanser 1 and 2. The story is your typical political one as most RPG from #japan. If you like #shiningforce type of gameplay then you are at home with this. Swipe right 👉👉 👉👉👉👉👉👉 In the second picture, you see the 8th (😵‍💫 yep we never got the 5 games in between in NA...so typical) entry in the serie and this one was developed by #careersoft and published in NA by #atlus Voice acting continues to be subpar (but so were most from that era). The gameplay is pretty good and similar to the other two, though each time that anyone cast an action the game pauses for a second or two so it could get annoying from times to times. I still recommend it. Have you played this? Did you like it? . . . My gaming partners ---------------------------------------- @neverendingpixls @phonexus_ @geekforsure @retro_consoles_shelf @m.beauty_gaming @a_xnon ---------------------------------------- . . . #gameroom #mancave #retrogameroom #gamingsetup #gamingfolk #gamertalk #gamingselfie #gamingislife #gamersofinstagram #retrogamingdaily #retrogaminglife #retrogaming #consolegaming #gamerroom #gamescollection #videogamecollection #retro #playstation2 #growlanser #growlanser2 #growlansergenerationsdeluxe #collectorsedition #growlanserheritageofwar #growlanserheritageofwarlimitededition (at Victoria, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/COvfV8kHiCp/?igshid=cm0kj30qcywr

[septentrlon]

Tagged by @blackonslaughtii

Rules: List your favorite character from 10 different fandoms and tag 10 people!

- Yosuke Hanamura (Persona)

- Jungo Torii (Devil Survivor)

- Hallelujah (SMT)

- Black (Pokespé)

- Carl Clover (BlazBlue)

- Karamatsu Matsuno (Ososan)

- Grima (Fire Emblem)

- Yellowfang (Warriors)

- Growlanser 1 Protagonist (Growlanser)

- Shinsou (BNHA)

i tag .. um. @rofocalus @friskyghost @yarrayora @trafuris and whoever else wants to do this because im out of people who havent been tagged 💖

[mhk-87]

Interesting Games for PS2

1. TALES OF LEGENDIA

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2. GROWLANSER (series)

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3. MANA KHEMIA 2: FALL OF ALCHEMY

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[sugar-konpeito]

I love Julian like A LOT.

She's so cool looking, and her whip and sword are both really cool weapons. Her character arc is great and made me cry at least 3 times. Her rivalry with the player is very cool and romantic

Her and Carmaine are androgynous baddies together

[satoshi-mochida]

Atlus is hosting a new Player Survey to gather feedback “to help us determine the next steps for some of our most popular series, including Persona, Catherine, Etrian Odyssey, and more.”

Users who take the survey can opt in to the Atlus Player Survey Sweepstakes for the chance to win their choice of a gift card for the Atlus Online Store, Nintendo eShop, PlayStation Store, or Xbox / Microsoft Store.

The survey asks questions like:

Which games do you want to see more new content for? (Catherine, Devil Summoner, Devil Survivor, Digital Devil Saga, Dragon’s Crown, Etrian Odysssey, Growlanser, Odin Sphere, Persona 3, Persona 4, Persona 5, Persona Q, Radiant Historia, Shin Megami Tensei, Soul Hackers, Trauma Center, Other)

What do you want to see from [chosen titles] in the future? (Downloadable Content, Merchandise, Remake / Remaster, Sequel / Next Installment / Xbox One Port / Nintendo Switch Port / PC Port / PlayStation 4 Port)

What format (digital or physical) do you typically buy your games in?

How often do you purchase collector’s editions?

Which of the following sites do you rely on for gaming news? (Gematsu is listed, we’re in the big leagues now)

Take the survey here.

[god-mode-civilization-6-wt]

PC Cheats - Civilization 6 Wiki Guide - IGN

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[grandlethal16]

My #Top 5 Underrated #SRPGs: 

1. #ValkyrieProfile: CotP (DS) 

2. Saiyuki: The Journey West (PS1) 

3. Project X Zone (3DS) 

4. #Pokémon Conquest (DS) 

5. Jeanne D'Arc (PSP)  

Notable Mentions: 

#FireEmblem: The Sacred Stones (GBA), 

Growlanser II: The Sense of Justice (PS2) 

Any Disgaea game ever~!!

Thoughts??