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Post by excelsior on Sept 26, 2023 5:37:04 GMT -5
I think Nintendo might want to keep it around. I think it depends whether they see Astral Chain as a replacement, since it's their own IP, or something complimentary.
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Post by retr0gamer on Sept 29, 2023 6:52:13 GMT -5
Always loved how the likes of alundra, shining force and landstalker looked.
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Post by excelsior on Sept 29, 2023 9:30:52 GMT -5
It's been like a year but I'm finally starting to get the JRPG bug again. Being a light JRPG I'm just playing in travel on handheld, I'm still on with Mega Man X Command Mission. Around halfway through I think, but it's a shorter game, which is generally what I'd been sticking to.
Now picking up Baten Kaitos again. The original Gamecube version on Steam Deck, though I guess the new release is what compelled me to do it. I did get a good way through the game a good 15 years back, but remember being interrupted by exam season back then and being stuck when I got back to it. Hopefully I can push further this time. It is a pretty wonderful game and is grabbing me again pretty quickly. Of course the spoken dialogue is awful, not really fitting the tone, though I still manage to enjoy it due to the cheesiness. Storyline, setting, battle system and of course Sakuraba's soundtrack are all pretty great in this.
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Post by lurker on Sept 29, 2023 15:17:12 GMT -5
Always loved how the likes of alundra, shining force and landstalker looked. I was wondering why FEDA and Shining Force had similar vibes in their character designs. |
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Post by JDarkside on Oct 2, 2023 5:10:18 GMT -5
If you ick up Baldur's Gate 3, I recommend doing The Dark Urge story. Basically a custom character plus, very clear choice to get the full intended story (anyone familiar with the previous games will know why instantly when you realize Urge's main thing is struggling with murderous impulses). I've just barely started proper, but I'm impressed by all the attention to detail basically everywhere. Being able to light grease you summon on fire, and summon more on the fire to make explosions was a real "you can do that???" moment. Decided to go monk because it's my favorite melee class in these sorts of games, but considering doing a Paladin playthrough in the future.
Demon Turf rules, wrapped up all but time trial trophies in the first turf. Tight controls, fresh style, just an all around good time.
Wrath of the Righteous remain my main addiction, though. I now have *seven* playthroughs going on concurrently because I want to experience that many paths. I also just discovered the slayer variant arcane enforcer, which lets you get an easy to use dimensional portal ability, and now have two characters messing around with that class. This game is going to get really stuid (already very stupid on my demon barbarian playthrough, where I just charge everything with armor that further buffs my charge).
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Post by JoeQ on Oct 2, 2023 14:18:43 GMT -5
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Post by lurker on Oct 4, 2023 15:31:20 GMT -5
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Post by excelsior on Oct 5, 2023 3:36:05 GMT -5
Edge Magazine did a list of their top 100 games of the past 30 years. I would say there is more recency bias, with not enough 90's content in there, but otherwise I'd say they captured the most popular/acclaimed games from this period pretty well. You won't find anything unknown on here for sure. Obviously a list like that isn't going to represent the personal tastes of anyone to a tee, but for me I've played half of these games - not bad - with only a handful that I wouldn't consider if it were a list for myself.
100. Kentucky Route Zero
99. Warioware, Inc: Mega Microgames
98. Starcraft
97. God of War (2018)
96. Persona 5
95. Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
94. The Sims
93. Yakuza 0
92. Fez
91. Team Fortress 2
90. Papers, Please
89. System Shock
88. Fallout 3
87. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
86. Half-Life: Alyx
85. Thief: The Dark Project
84. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
83. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
82. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
81. Super Mario Galaxy 2
80. Street Fighter IV
79. Tomb Raider
78. Fortnite
77. Bayonetta
76. Immortality
75. Katamari Damacy
74. Demon's Souls
73. The Last Guardian
72. Mario Kart 64
71. Resident Evil
70. The Last of Us Part II
69. Silent Hill 2
68. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
67. Chrono Trigger
66. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
65. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
64. Halo 3
63. Shenmue
62. X-Com: UFO Defense
61. Red Dead Redemption
60. Xcom: Enemy Unknown
59. Advance Wars
58. The Witness
57. Hitman (2016)
56. Rez
55. Castlevania: Symphony of The Night
54. Mario Kart 8
53. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
52. Inside
51. Ico
50. Grand Theft Auto V
49. Quake
48. Mass Effect 2
47. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
46. Pokémon Red/Blue
45. Into the Breach
44. Civilization II
43. What Remains of Edith Finch
42. Hollow Knight
41. Super Mario Odyssey
40. Dishonored 2
39. Street Fighter II Turbo
38. Return of The Obra Dinn
37. Hades
36. Slay the Spire
35. Metroid Prime
34. Spelunky
33. Journey
32. Disco Elyisium
31. World of Warcraft
30. Half-Life
29. Tetris Effect
28. Red Dead Redemption 2
27. Super Metroid
26. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
25. Metal Gear Solid
24. Goldeneye 007
23. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
22. Portal 2
21. Bioshock
20. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
19. Outer Wilds
18. Grand Theft Auto III
17. Shadow of the Colossus
16. Deus Ex
15. The Last of Us
14. Final Fantasy VII
13. Minecraft
12. Bloodborne
11. Super Mario Galaxy
10. Doom
9. Elden Ring
8. Portal
7. Half-Life 2
6. Halo: Combat Evolved
5. Resident Evil 4
4. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
3. Super Mario 64
2. Dark Souls
1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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Post by JDarkside on Oct 5, 2023 4:35:48 GMT -5
>Postal 2
And with that, the entire list is null and void
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Post by excelsior on Oct 5, 2023 4:49:49 GMT -5
>Postal 2 And with that, the entire list is null and void I'm sure it would be (he says, knowing little of Postal 2), but the list says Portal 2. It's a whole letter out.  |
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Post by JDarkside on Oct 5, 2023 5:13:56 GMT -5
lol you're right. Curse my weird brain. Otherwise I have no real thoughts on this, big lists like this only matter to me when dealing with a single person's taste, because collective stuff like this always goes back to the general thought, which in extremely uniform in gaming spaces more than any other medium. Now if you keep it to a particularly weird community that exists in niche area, then you start getting the interesting pics.
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Post by retr0gamer on Oct 5, 2023 7:49:41 GMT -5
I wonder if we are ever going to get a critical reassessment of red dead redemption 2 and the last of us 2 like we did with bioshock infinite. RDR2 I find such as awful game and while I actually enjoyed the LOU 2's combat the game has major narrative and pacing issues.
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Post by spanky on Oct 5, 2023 12:05:50 GMT -5
I'm usually critical of these lists but I'd say it's pretty solid, if typical. Breath is a fine choice all things considered but Ocarina is ranked wayyyy too high. It's not even the best Zelda game on the N64!.
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Post by dsparil on Oct 5, 2023 13:19:54 GMT -5
Boring is a less charitable way to describe it. I can't find exactly how they put the list together outside of list of (mostly British?) developers and generic mentions of current and former staff along with readers. The problem is that unless you have a group of people actually debating the merits of various games, it inevitably going to come down to asking for ranked lists. Ranked choice voting is a great way to elect a political leader most people can live with, but it's awful for creative works. There's a lot of general weirdness like the lack of sport games and simulations.
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Post by JDarkside on Oct 5, 2023 16:00:41 GMT -5
I would like more lists from less mainstream places. It's how you learn about overlooked stuff, or more niche topics.
Heck, it was an old /v/ list made in response to an extremely normie reddit gaming one that first introduced me to the existence of Planescape Torment, which had no presence in larger gaming circles at the time (nor much of the PC output). I don't really know what anyone gets out of a Zelda game getting a high spot at this point, it's just a dull given.
I remember I organized something like this for ScrewAttack once, and while there were expected picks (would you be surprised to learn OoT was the number one winner), there were also a ton of interesting swerves you normally don't see from these lists because the people using the site had a lot of experience with middle market and licensed games. So, somehow stuff like Def Jam and Star Wars Battlefront (the original) managed to sneak on there.
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