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Persona 4 Golden Haven't binged a game like I did P4G in a long while. I think I really get the series' appeal now. It hits a lot of the right notes for me overall, and offers one of my favorite casts in any RPG I've played. If I had any gripes, it's that the dungeons were overall not great...

Yakuza 3 I'm repeating myself here, but I had a great time with it. I had read some things here and there going into it that had me curious about how it'd play, but none of the criticisms ever were much of a problem, IMO. Would replay, and might do some side content post-game here too.

Yakuza Kiwami 2 Had about as much fun with this one as I did 0. I feel like I've played so much, and there's still a lot of side stuff left to do after beating the main story. I'll be chipping away at this one for a while.

Yakuza Kiwami 0 set the standard high, so I was wondering how Kiwami would end up, especially since it's a remake of the first game on PS2. Some roughness around the edges aside, I had a great time. Final boss made up for the rest of the fights being pretty not great, though I wish it lasted...

Yakuza 0 Had a really great time with this one, and I'm not nearly done with everything I want to get out of it. Still got some major side quests to wrap up now that the main story's done, but a banger from start to end. Having played it for myself, I get the appeal of the series, and I'm 100%...

never mind the double post Crisis Core FF7 Reunion I've never actually played the original FF7 (or the remake for that matter), but Crisis Core caught my eye a while ago when it was first announced. Hearing that you really didn't need to play FF7 to appreciate it made it easier to just pick up...

Final Fantasy XV From what I've gathered about FFXV, it's a controversial entry in the series for one reason or another. Going in, I didn't exactly know what to expect despite having some knowledge about the series and how it plays indirectly and directly through other games like FF14 and...

Sonic Frontiers I haven't been much of a Sonic fan (if one at all) in quite a long time. Not really any issues with the series so much as I fell away from having interest after Generations; and seeing the response to games after that, I didn't miss much it seems (Mania being the one exception)...

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Where XC was a game I grew to appreciate over time rather than one that had me hooked from the start, XC3 wasted no time drawing me in and keeping my attention. To call it anything less than a wild, wonderful ride from beginning to end would be an understatement. There...

Devil May Cry feat. Dante from the Devil May Cry series Been taking a bit of a break from RPG'ing and clearing some shorter games in the old backlog. I knew pretty well going into this one what I was in for. And DMC1 delivered on a game that's about as much of a mixed bag as it gets. For...

Koumajou Remilia: Scarlet Symphony A short and (somewhat) sweet game, Touhouvania was something I had looked forward to for a while now. It was alright. The gameplay is action platformer through and through (100% Castlevania inspired, which is admittedly a style of game I'm not terribly...

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition The JRPG of all time. Kidding aside, it was a fun game. Suffers from a bit of pacing issues (both early and late game; the early game pacing and gameplay being why I dropped it for so long) and the grind:tm:, but hardly enough for me to not say it's a...

Kirby and the Forgotten Land Lovely game. Makes me happy to see the Kirby team actually do something decently ambitious with the series. Excellent presentation, great gameplay, half-decent plot. Plenty of good replay value with all the little side objectives. Even a few "wow" moments thrown...

Rune Factory 5 RF5 is a good game. It's a solid life/farming sim game, but also a solid entry in the series itself. I don't like every change it made coming from 4, but if a series is gonna move forward, there's gotta be some necessary growing pains. Those are unfortunately pretty evident in 5...

Tales of the Abyss Yeah, this one had been sitting in my backlog for way too long. Started and dropped it a couple times, in fact. A shame too, since it ended up being a game that really grew on me as I kept playing. First impressions as far as plot/cast went weren't great, but some more...

Tales of Arise Fun story, lovable main cast of characters, great gameplay. Nails the presentation, the music, the visuals, etc. Especially when it comes to art style, Arise has one of the most inspired, beautiful styles I've seen in a game. Ufotable on point with the anime cutscenes too. Pacing...

Ghost of Tsushima - Iki Expansion Been really hyped for this since it was announced. Having more content for GoT be released is very welcome, considering how excellent the original game was, and the Iki expansion really delivered. Despite being smaller than any of the individual sections of...

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask I hate that it took me so long to go back and finish this one. It's an amazing Zelda game, and a fantastic game, period. I had a few gripes with it, mostly with dungeon and boss design, like Great Bay and Gyorg, as well as the time limit making the dungeons...

Scarlet Nexus Great new IP from Bamco. Fantastic art direction, dope music (that final boss theme chef's kiss), and slick, responsive combat make for a consistently fun action RPG experience from beginning to end, nitpicks aside. Overall, Scarlet Nexus excels more in its presentation and...

Spider-Man: Miles Morales - 7/10 Jumped straight into this after finishing Spider-Man PS4. It was solid, retaining a fair amount of what the first game did right, although the plot was pretty weak and the overall experience felt bare for something retailing at $50. Feels like it'd be better...

Spider-Man PS4 - 9/10 Pretty much everything I'd want in a Spider-Man game. Very few complaints apart from the stealth missions being crappy. Those really killed the pace and felt finicky at times. I didn't do much of the side missions or completion goals, so I can see myself returning to it...

Touhou Luna Nights - 9/10 Tight as heck gameplay, nice pixel art, banging music. All around really good metroidvania. Only thing I wish is that there were more of it to play. Just kinda short for the price.

Ghost of Tsushima - 9.5/10 A masterpiece. I have a blog planned to talk about the game in-depth, but yeah. It's fantastic. I find it hard to fault the game for much, honestly, since I enjoyed the journey every step of the way.

Luigi's Mansion 3 - 6.5/10 I hate to say it, but this was one I really lost interest in after a while. I think it's a nicely done game overall, but the gameplay style just doesn't do enough to hold my attention. So much so that I'm dropping it because I don't feel like continuing. That said, I...

Doki Doki Literature Club - 9/10 Yeah. That was an experience. I'm not into much of anything horror-related or VNs for that matter, but I went and played through it once since a friend had mentioned it. Not much to say other than it was well-written and just as horrifying as I expected. The...

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate - 8/10 70+ hours in, I think I've played enough GenU to say what I think about it. Before GenU, my only MonHun experience was the Rise demo. Coming from that to GenU, there were some noticeable differences, but the core gameplay is still there and still fun...

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - 8/10 Y'know, I enjoyed Age of Calamity. The story was surprisingly ambitious, although I do take issue with it being marketed as the Story Before the Calamity:tm:, since it's not. But what it is is creative for Zelda. The character interactions in particular...

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Second Chapter - 10/10 There's no such thing as a perfect game in my mind, but Trails in the Sky SC comes as close as possible to being perfect. I adore everything about it. The story, the characters, the gameplay, the music...it's all just excellent. A...

Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword - 8.5/10 Not the first time I've played the game, but it was the first time I've completed Hector mode. Just a casual, fun time curbstomping most of the game ('cept for the final chapter where I lost a few units). Not my favorite FE game (that'd be Radiant Dawn), but...

Well, I've been working on Super Mario Galaxy in small play sessions since I've never beaten the game before, and am now in the last stretch of it, near the end. I don't know why I enjoyed playing the parts I did when I was younger, but there are issues that keep cropping up and affecting my...

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Ah, a classic. Amazing art style, fun gameplay, near-perfect soundtrack--a wonderfully pleasant, but challenging game. The only real gripe I have with it is kind of nitpicky, but still. The baby's cry every time you lose him is a bit grating, but everything...

Trails in the Sky SC - 9/10 (so far anyway) Already at the end of Ch. 1 and am enjoying it just as much, if not more than I did the first game. Everything, from the story, characters, gameplay, music, etc., is all just so beautifully done and pleasant to experience. Being a continuation of FC's...

Ys Origin demo - 9/10 Now that was a rush. Wow, Ys is good. It's really good. It feels so enjoyable to play, from the combat, to the intense feeling of the gameplay, to the challenge, and the music! The dungeon was exactly what I would want out of it, mostly combat with barely any puzzling...

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - 9.25/10 An amazing game from beginning to end. The story and characters are so well-written and the gameplay is some of the best in the series. Probably my favorite FE game that I've played so far, beating out Blazing Blade. The overall experience is just so...

The Minish Cap (haven't finished yet, roughly halfway through I think): 8.5/10 Been playing through MC in the past week and I've been enjoying it so far. The spritework in MC is my personal favorite look for 2D Zelda and the music is nice, even if it does feature multiple songs from ALttP and...

Link's Awakening HD: 8.5/10 This was definitely an experience. When it comes to my preferences in video games, I almost always prioritize story and "feel" over the best gameplay or graphics. In the case of LA, it really delivered on the story and charm (the soundtrack is spectacular as well)...

Ocarina of Time: 7.5/10 I can recognize and respect the fact OoT was the series' first 3D entry and was innovative for its time (haha), but I don't feel as though it's aged as well as many tend to say. Admittedly, I'm viewing this game through the lens of being a modern gamer, but I also don't...