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Favorite Game With Less Than 10 Reviews on Here?
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Kamifuda is a indie half card game, half visual novel, and is one of my favourite games in the card game genre, as someone that was a fan of single player Yu-Gi-Oh! games, it scratched much of my itch for these more traditional card games (as opposed to those more inspired by Slay the Spire).
What I like the most are the cards theming and the setting, while both the story and characters are still enjoyable. The card game itself is very good, the different archtypes are varied enough, and you are very much encouraged to mix and the match cards of different playstyles. However it's a very hard game, so instead of making a deck in the archtype that you like, you are supposed to make a complete counter-deck to your opponent by the late-stages of the game, which can be either a strenght or a weakness of the game depending on taste.
In the end It also made me much more willing to look out for more indie card games.
What I like the most are the cards theming and the setting, while both the story and characters are still enjoyable. The card game itself is very good, the different archtypes are varied enough, and you are very much encouraged to mix and the match cards of different playstyles. However it's a very hard game, so instead of making a deck in the archtype that you like, you are supposed to make a complete counter-deck to your opponent by the late-stages of the game, which can be either a strenght or a weakness of the game depending on taste.
In the end It also made me much more willing to look out for more indie card games.
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Gaming Challenge 2024
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First three months list
09-1. A remake or remaster of a game: Yakuza Kiwami 2
- Remaster/Remake of Yakuza 2.
18-2. A visual novel or text-based game: Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume
- Really cute and short visual novel.
24. An arcade-style high score game: Summer Carnival '92: Recca
- The fastest shoot em up in the nes, as others of its time it has a high score system.
37. A game that heavily features money, gold, or economics: New Super Mario Bros. 2
- 2D Mario game all about collecting coins.
40. A post-apocalyptic game: Shin Megami Tensei IV
- As in other SMT games you play in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo overrun by demons.
41. A game with a short title (4 letters or less): EDGE
- Puzzle game where you play as a cube, 4 letters.
47. A game that had its HLTB times on a purple/red/gray background at the time you started playing it (color indicates the amount of submitted playtimes, red = low amount, gray = zero): Pazuru
- very simple and short, yet interesting puzzle game, besides me, there is only one other time uploaded.
Full game collection
09-1. A remake or remaster of a game: Yakuza Kiwami 2
- Remaster/Remake of Yakuza 2.
18-2. A visual novel or text-based game: Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume
- Really cute and short visual novel.
24. An arcade-style high score game: Summer Carnival '92: Recca
- The fastest shoot em up in the nes, as others of its time it has a high score system.
37. A game that heavily features money, gold, or economics: New Super Mario Bros. 2
- 2D Mario game all about collecting coins.
40. A post-apocalyptic game: Shin Megami Tensei IV
- As in other SMT games you play in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo overrun by demons.
41. A game with a short title (4 letters or less): EDGE
- Puzzle game where you play as a cube, 4 letters.
47. A game that had its HLTB times on a purple/red/gray background at the time you started playing it (color indicates the amount of submitted playtimes, red = low amount, gray = zero): Pazuru
- very simple and short, yet interesting puzzle game, besides me, there is only one other time uploaded.
Full game collection
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Top 10 Game Completions of 2023
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10. Fate/stay night: Visual Novel with fairly high highs and very low lows, still I was fairly engaged with the story throughout the game.
9. Liberation Maiden: Very impressive shooter, but it is too short and even then still fairly repetitive.
8. Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology: Kinda mixed on this JRPG, loved the combat in the beginning when was more about manipulating position of the enemies, but by the end was more about spamming strong spells, the story was fairly good, still I would like it much more if I liked the main cast more.
7. Inazuma Eleven 3: Team Ogre Attacks!: As its predecessors it's a very good football RPG game, the only thing that tarnishes it a little for me is the gacha-like recruitment system.
6. Elite Beat Agents: Very simple rhythm game, simple fun in its purest form, with the exception of the mission "A Christmas Gift", that mission hits really hard and is one of peak gaming moments for me.
5. Tokyo Xanadu eX+: Really good mix of social sim and dungeon crawler, dungeon, characters, story and world are nothing exceptional, but all aspects come together to make something greater than the sum of its parts.
4. Sakura Taisen 3: Pari wa Moeteiru ka: Not too much to say, as well as other Sakura Wars games is a good vibes dating sim/RPG, I really liked the main cast in this entry.
3. Fire Emblem: Awakening: Good gameplay, story and characters, but the amount of customization of the units makes this entry of fire emblem for me, some side missions are stupidly hard, but making broken child units is fun, so I guess it evens out in the end.
2. Kamifuda: This indie card game/Visual novel mix caught me off quite of guard, it's simple but it manages to be interesting and presents you with new strategies throughout the whole game. The story is just interesting enough to make you keep going, and the characters do a lot of the heavy lifting in this part; they are all quite interesting. Finally, the setting is the best part for me, especially because it manages to have a cool synergy with the card game itself.
1. 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors: Best Visual Novel that I ever played, the only negatives are that some puzzles aren't that interesting and I think the game holds too much of its punch to the true ending, aside from that everything is just excellent, characters, story, setting, etc. The ending is another peak gaming moment for me, specially because I played it on 3ds.
9. Liberation Maiden: Very impressive shooter, but it is too short and even then still fairly repetitive.
8. Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology: Kinda mixed on this JRPG, loved the combat in the beginning when was more about manipulating position of the enemies, but by the end was more about spamming strong spells, the story was fairly good, still I would like it much more if I liked the main cast more.
7. Inazuma Eleven 3: Team Ogre Attacks!: As its predecessors it's a very good football RPG game, the only thing that tarnishes it a little for me is the gacha-like recruitment system.
6. Elite Beat Agents: Very simple rhythm game, simple fun in its purest form, with the exception of the mission "A Christmas Gift", that mission hits really hard and is one of peak gaming moments for me.
5. Tokyo Xanadu eX+: Really good mix of social sim and dungeon crawler, dungeon, characters, story and world are nothing exceptional, but all aspects come together to make something greater than the sum of its parts.
4. Sakura Taisen 3: Pari wa Moeteiru ka: Not too much to say, as well as other Sakura Wars games is a good vibes dating sim/RPG, I really liked the main cast in this entry.
3. Fire Emblem: Awakening: Good gameplay, story and characters, but the amount of customization of the units makes this entry of fire emblem for me, some side missions are stupidly hard, but making broken child units is fun, so I guess it evens out in the end.
2. Kamifuda: This indie card game/Visual novel mix caught me off quite of guard, it's simple but it manages to be interesting and presents you with new strategies throughout the whole game. The story is just interesting enough to make you keep going, and the characters do a lot of the heavy lifting in this part; they are all quite interesting. Finally, the setting is the best part for me, especially because it manages to have a cool synergy with the card game itself.
1. 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors: Best Visual Novel that I ever played, the only negatives are that some puzzles aren't that interesting and I think the game holds too much of its punch to the true ending, aside from that everything is just excellent, characters, story, setting, etc. The ending is another peak gaming moment for me, specially because I played it on 3ds.
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Pokemon. Evolution, history, thoughts.
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Like most Brazilians, I first became interested in Pokémon through the anime and the movies. Therefore I still wanted to try another game even after not liking FireRed that much.
Emerald is my favourite because of being the most consistent in most aspects imo.
- It has a lot of my favourite pokémon (Ralts line, Scepitle, Absol, Rayquaza, Kyogre, Altaria, Manectric, Sableye, Deoxys, Cacturne, Armaldo, Latios/Latias, etc)
- It has the second-best villain team in team aqua/magma, I really like the theming of land vs. sea, and to this day, Archie and Maxie are the main villains with the most personalitty imo.
- Some of my favourite gym leaders in Wattson, Flannery and Winoona.
- It's the region I liked exploring the most, like finding a nice place for your secret base, to explore the abandoned ship, to go through the saga to catch regis, to scour the region to catch groudon and kyogre.
- It has some of the best post-game content, I find that the battle frontier already gets enough praise, but I am also a big fan of the pokémon contests.
- It has one of my favourite pokémon soundtracks and to this day I find the cutscene of Raquaza stopping the fight between Groudon and Kyogre the coolest cutscene in the franchise.
All these aspects combined made the Hoenn region games the only ones where I actually put in the effort to complete the Pokédex. I already completed the Dex once in Emerald, though unfortunately, I lost that save, so I will probably do it again sometime. I am now in the process of completing Alpha Sapphire's Dex.
My ideal team consists of some of my favorite Pokémon that I could reasonably use in one playthrough. This excludes legendaries and it tries to have at least some semblance of type synergy.
Pokémon Infinite Fusion seems interesting, I will probably play it sometime, though as for Pokémon hacks/fan games Pokémon uranium is higher in my backlog.
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Pokémon is comfortably one of my favorite gaming franchises. My first game was Fire Red, and I thought it was fine, but it didn't do much for me. In general, I find the Kanto region quite basic and just fine. However, then I played Emerald next, and it all clicked for me. To this day, Emerald is one of the top three best games I've ever played.
Not much later, I got to play competitive Pokémon through Pokémon Showdown on Smogon and some Brazilian Pokémon forums. I played a lot during generations 6, 7, and a bit of 8. Nowadays, I still play every now and then, but nothing compares to gen 7, where I actually put in a decent amount of time.
After Emerald, I played Heart Gold, Platinum, and White. As for Johto, I'm not much of a fan; it just feels like Kanto 2.0. But Kanto, at least, is so basic that it kinda has a charm of mindlessly playing it as comfort food. I really liked both Platinum and White, platinum has cynthia, by far the best champion, the only fight in a pokémon game that was hard not because I was underleveled, but because she had a actually half decent team, White as well as its sucessor has the best story, it really shows that if game freak was interested in flesh out more of the story of the pokémon universe they could pull it off.
Then I got a bit sick of the franchise for a while until I played a hack rom called Pokémon Fire Red: Rocket Edition. I really loved it, highlight goes to the mechanic of stealing Pokémon, and then I went back to play more games. I loved playing White 2, seeing Team Plasma split after the events of the first game was really cool, fighting past pokémon characters in the post game was also fun. Thought Pokémon Y was just okay, Team Flare is by far the most underwhelming team in all of pokémon. Also loved playing Alpha Sapphire, Delta Episode was very interesting, it's a shame that they don't much else new, still, is a solid remake of one of my favourite games of all time so not too much to complain. Now, I've just begun playing Ultra Moon, so I don't have a opinion on it.
I will probably play the Switch games eventually, but to be honest, neither Galar nor Paldea seem to be that interesting to me. The only game I look forward to playing eventually is Legends Arceus.
As for mechanics, the only one I really liked is Mega Evolution, primarily because it gave us cool new Pokémon designs. Additionally, at least in singles, it's the easiest gimmick to balance. If a Mega Pokémon is too good, you can just ban it, whereas a mechanic like Dynamax, which is completely unbalanced for the singles format, can't be restricted. Therefore, your only option is to ban the whole mechanic, which takes away some of the fun of the generation.
My ideal 6 would be something like:
Sceptile
Gallade
Absol
Greninja
Altaria
Armaldo
Other pokémon games I played:
Pokémon Ruby
Pokémon Sapphire
Pokémon Resolute Version
Pokémon Light Platinum
Not much later, I got to play competitive Pokémon through Pokémon Showdown on Smogon and some Brazilian Pokémon forums. I played a lot during generations 6, 7, and a bit of 8. Nowadays, I still play every now and then, but nothing compares to gen 7, where I actually put in a decent amount of time.
After Emerald, I played Heart Gold, Platinum, and White. As for Johto, I'm not much of a fan; it just feels like Kanto 2.0. But Kanto, at least, is so basic that it kinda has a charm of mindlessly playing it as comfort food. I really liked both Platinum and White, platinum has cynthia, by far the best champion, the only fight in a pokémon game that was hard not because I was underleveled, but because she had a actually half decent team, White as well as its sucessor has the best story, it really shows that if game freak was interested in flesh out more of the story of the pokémon universe they could pull it off.
Then I got a bit sick of the franchise for a while until I played a hack rom called Pokémon Fire Red: Rocket Edition. I really loved it, highlight goes to the mechanic of stealing Pokémon, and then I went back to play more games. I loved playing White 2, seeing Team Plasma split after the events of the first game was really cool, fighting past pokémon characters in the post game was also fun. Thought Pokémon Y was just okay, Team Flare is by far the most underwhelming team in all of pokémon. Also loved playing Alpha Sapphire, Delta Episode was very interesting, it's a shame that they don't much else new, still, is a solid remake of one of my favourite games of all time so not too much to complain. Now, I've just begun playing Ultra Moon, so I don't have a opinion on it.
I will probably play the Switch games eventually, but to be honest, neither Galar nor Paldea seem to be that interesting to me. The only game I look forward to playing eventually is Legends Arceus.
As for mechanics, the only one I really liked is Mega Evolution, primarily because it gave us cool new Pokémon designs. Additionally, at least in singles, it's the easiest gimmick to balance. If a Mega Pokémon is too good, you can just ban it, whereas a mechanic like Dynamax, which is completely unbalanced for the singles format, can't be restricted. Therefore, your only option is to ban the whole mechanic, which takes away some of the fun of the generation.
My ideal 6 would be something like:
Sceptile
Gallade
Absol
Greninja
Altaria
Armaldo
Other pokémon games I played:
Pokémon Ruby
Pokémon Sapphire
Pokémon Resolute Version
Pokémon Light Platinum
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Games Beaten - July 2023
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08/07 - Kamifuda 9/10
Excellent blend of a card game and a visual novel, good characters and atmosphere that fits very well with the theming of the cards. Sometimes is a bit too hard and the deck building menu could have a bit more functions, still it is was perfect to scrath my itch for more single player card games.
14/07 - Inazuma Eleven 3: Team Ogre Attacks! 7/10
Still a good blend of football with RPG mechanics, It has mechanics that are a meaningfull upgrade to its predecessors, however the story is a bit lackluster compared to the second game, and a new "gacha" system that takes out some of your ability to customize the team to your liking without some grinding kinda soured my experience a little.
Excellent blend of a card game and a visual novel, good characters and atmosphere that fits very well with the theming of the cards. Sometimes is a bit too hard and the deck building menu could have a bit more functions, still it is was perfect to scrath my itch for more single player card games.
14/07 - Inazuma Eleven 3: Team Ogre Attacks! 7/10
Still a good blend of football with RPG mechanics, It has mechanics that are a meaningfull upgrade to its predecessors, however the story is a bit lackluster compared to the second game, and a new "gacha" system that takes out some of your ability to customize the team to your liking without some grinding kinda soured my experience a little.
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Games Beaten 2022
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Jan 09 - Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time (8/10) 58h2m
Feb 14 - Persona 5 Strikers (8/10) 52h33m
Feb 26 - Shin Megami Tensei: Persona (6/10) 40h
Feb 26 - Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 (8/10) 32h22m
Mar 18 - Yakuza 0 (9/10) 63h9m
Mar 21 - Top Gear (5/10)
Apr 18 - Pokémon Y (6/10) 26h33m
Apr 23 - Inazuma Eleven 2 (8/10) 30h31m
Apr 24 - Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (7/10)
May 20 - Starsnap
Jul 02 - Metroid: Zero Mission (7/10) 5h31m
Jul 03 - Pokémon Light Platinum (4/10) 3430m
Aug 02 - Skypeace 23m
Aug 04 - Spec Ops: The line (9/10) 7h40m
Aug 06 - Pokémon Alpha Sapphire (9/10) 26h
Aug 14 - Kirby Planet Robobot (8/10) 6h49m
Aug 19 - Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure (8/10) 8h6m
Aug 20 - VVVVVV (6/10) 2h20m
Aug 22 - Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 - Record Breaker (9/10) 63h1m
Sep 30 - Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon (7/10) 53h43m
Oct 02 - Missed Messages.
Oct 11 - Doki Doki Literature Club! (7/10) 2h30m
Oct 19 - Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked (10/10) 39h6m
Oct 24 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (7/10)
Nov 02 - Sonic The Hedgehog (8-bit) (4/10)
Nov 06 - Sonic Chaos (5/10) 44m
Nov 11 - Ben 10: Protector of Earth (4/10) 4h44m
Nov 23 - Super Mario 3D Land (5/10) 5h30m
Dec 03 - Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe (4/10) 20m
Dec 21 - SteamWorld Dig (6/10) 6h22m
Dec 23 - To the Moon (8/10) 4h47m
Dec 27 - The World Ends with You (9/10)
32 games in total, 3 more than last year, pretty good year overall.
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Top 10 Game Completions of 2022
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10 - Inazuma Eleven 2
9 - Persona 5 Strikers
8 - Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time
7 - To The Moon
6 - Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
5 - Spec Ops: The Line
4 - Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker
3 - The World Ends with You
2 - Yakuza 0
1 - Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked
Honorable Mentions: Rhythm Thief & The Emperor's Treasure, Kirby Planet Robobot, Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2.
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Gaming Challenge 2022
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August Update:
I'm still very behind, maybe if I played less jrpgs I could make it more easily, but I'm hopeless when it comes to that, still I want to see how far I can get.
6. A quickie (less than 1 hour) - SKYPEACE
9. A game made during a game jam - Starsnap
20. A game that makes you feel like a terrible person - Spec Ops: The Line
21. A game with no humans - Kirby: Planet Robobot
26. A game with an incredibly strange name - VVVVVV
29. A game that’s heavily inspired by or about music - Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure
31. A collectathon - Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
32. A ripoff/bootleg/romhack game - Pokémon Light Platinum
33. A game that features time traveling - Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 - Record Breaker
39. A game where you can kill but choose not to for the entire game - Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution
Full list:
Total 18/53
I'm still very behind, maybe if I played less jrpgs I could make it more easily, but I'm hopeless when it comes to that, still I want to see how far I can get.
6. A quickie (less than 1 hour) - SKYPEACE
9. A game made during a game jam - Starsnap
20. A game that makes you feel like a terrible person - Spec Ops: The Line
21. A game with no humans - Kirby: Planet Robobot
26. A game with an incredibly strange name - VVVVVV
29. A game that’s heavily inspired by or about music - Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure
31. A collectathon - Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
32. A ripoff/bootleg/romhack game - Pokémon Light Platinum
33. A game that features time traveling - Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 - Record Breaker
39. A game where you can kill but choose not to for the entire game - Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution
Full list:
✅1. A new game (released within the last year) - Persona 5 Strikers
❌2. An old game (released 10+ years ago)
❌3. A really old game (released 20+ years ago)
❌4. An ancient game (released 30+ years ago)
✅5. A time sink (50+ hours) - Yakuza 0
✅6. A quickie (less than 1 hour) - SKYPEACE
❌7. A game featured in the PAX 10
❌8. An IGF award winning game
✅9. A game made during a game jam - Starsnap
❌10. A crowdfunded game
❌11. A game you got for free
✅12. A game you saw someone else playing first - Pokémon Y
❌13. A game that’s genuinely horrible but you love it anyway
❌14. An overhyped game
✅15. A game involved in some kind of controversy - Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
❌16. A game with bad acting
❌17. A game that went through Development Hell
❌18. A sequel that’s a different genre than the original
❌19. A game that scares you
✅20. A game that makes you feel like a terrible person - Spec Ops: The Line
✅21. A game with no humans - Kirby: Planet Robobot
✅22. A game with 6+ endings - Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time
❌23. A cornerstone to gaming culture
❌24. A game that was involved in an ARG
❌25. A game with really weird box/promo art
✅26. A game with an incredibly strange name - VVVVVV
✅27. A game with no dialogue - Top Gear
❌28. A Hollywood movie tie-in
✅29. A game that’s heavily inspired by or about music - Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure
✅30. A failed mascot game - Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
✅31. A collectathon - Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
✅32. A ripoff/bootleg/romhack game - Pokémon Light Platinum
✅33. A game that features time traveling - Shin Megami Tensei: Devl Survivor 2 - Record Breaker
✅34. A post-apocalyptic game - Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
❌35. A game with a diverse cast
❌36. A very gritty game
❌37. A game developed by a single person
❌38. A tabletop roleplaying game
✅39. A game where you can kill but choose not to for the entire game - Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution
❌40. A collection of games
❌41. A game that would make George Romero roll in his grave
❌42. A game that’s been banned in at least 2 countries
❌43. A cell-shaded game
❌44. A game whose title could describe your sex life
❌45. A co-op game
❌46. A meta game
❌47. A simulation game
❌48. A game with both a male and female lead that doesn’t have a romantic subplot
❌49. A party game
❌50. A game that a Youtuber was involved in
❌51. A game that starts with the letter Q
❌52. Someone else’s favorite game
❌53. A game chosen by the HLTB randomizer
Total 18/53
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Games Completed on JULY 2022
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July 02 - Metroid Zero Mission 5h31m 7/10
July 03 - Pokémon Light Platinum 34h30m 4/10
July 03 - Pokémon Light Platinum 34h30m 4/10
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Games Beaten - April 2022
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Apr 18 - Pokémon Y 26h33m (6/10)
Apr 23 - Inazuma Eleven 2 30h31m (8/10)
Apr 24 - Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (7/10)
Apr 23 - Inazuma Eleven 2 30h31m (8/10)
Apr 24 - Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (7/10)
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Gaming Challenge 2022
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March/April update
Yakuza 0 : If you only play the main story you can finish it more quickly, but come on, this is an Yakuza game, The main story is superb, but with the amount of minigames, special moves, substories and challenges it's almost criminal to just be stuck with the main story. I finish it in 63h09m but I still can see myself going back to it every now and then.
Pokémon Y: Maybe one the first games I watched a full playthrough on youtube when I still was a child, It is one of the more mediocre Pokémon games for me, but I still had a weird/good feeling by finally playing it by myself.
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona(PSP): Maybe in this case I'm cheating a little, because the biggest center of controversial isn't just this version of the game, but also its original version for the PS1 in the US.
Basically the controversy revolves around the PS1 game localization, where the localization team tried to "westernize" the game, the most infamous example of this being how they changed all of the main characters races. But even the PSP remaster that is absent of these localization issues have their shares of problems, most noticible the completelly different soundtrack that most fans consider inferior to the original one.
Because of all of this mess there isn't a "denifitive version" of Persona 1, some people will say it's best to play the japanese PS1 version with a translation patch, others will say it's best to play the PSP version with a soundtrack patch.
Top Gear: The only dialogue boxes are for some onamatopeias when you crash your car.
Klonoa: Door to Phantomille: I know this game have a lot of dedicated fans, but I think it's fair to say that is not very successfull commercially speaking, I hope the remaster that is coming changes that.
Total: 8/53
✅1. A new game (released within the last year) - Persona 5 Strikers
❌2. An old game (released 10+ years ago)
❌3. A really old game (released 20+ years ago)
❌4. An ancient game (released 30+ years ago)
✅5. A time sink (50+ hours) - Yakuza 0
❌6. A quickie (less than 1 hour)
❌7. A game featured in the PAX 10
❌8. An IGF award winning game
❌9. A game made during a game jam
❌10. A crowdfunded game
❌11. A game you got for free
✅12. A game you saw someone else playing first - Pokémon Y
❌13. A game that’s genuinely horrible but you love it anyway
❌14. An overhyped game
✅15. A game involved in some kind of controversy - Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
❌16. A game with bad acting
❌17. A game that went through Development Hell
❌18. A sequel that’s a different genre than the original
❌19. A game that scares you
❌20. A game that makes you feel like a terrible person
❌21. A game with no humans
✅22. A game with 6+ endings - Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time
❌23. A cornerstone to gaming culture
❌24. A game that was involved in an ARG
❌25. A game with really weird box/promo art
❌26. A game with an incredibly strange name
✅27. A game with no dialogue - Top Gear
❌28. A Hollywood movie tie-in
❌29. A game that’s heavily inspired by or about music
✅30. A failed mascot game - Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
❌31. A collectathon
❌32. A ripoff/bootleg/romhack game
❌33. A game that features time traveling
✅34. A post-apocalyptic game - Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
❌35. A game with a diverse cast
❌36. A very gritty game
❌37. A game developed by a single person
❌38. A tabletop roleplaying game
❌39. A game where you can kill but choose not to for the entire game
❌40. A collection of games
❌41. A game that would make George Romero roll in his grave
❌42. A game that’s been banned in at least 2 countries
❌43. A cell-shaded game
❌44. A game whose title could describe your sex life
❌45. A co-op game
❌46. A meta game
❌47. A simulation game
❌48. A game with both a male and female lead that doesn’t have a romantic subplot
❌49. A party game
❌50. A game that a Youtuber was involved in
❌51. A game that starts with the letter Q
❌52. Someone else’s favorite game
❌53. A game chosen by the HLTB randomizer
Yakuza 0 : If you only play the main story you can finish it more quickly, but come on, this is an Yakuza game, The main story is superb, but with the amount of minigames, special moves, substories and challenges it's almost criminal to just be stuck with the main story. I finish it in 63h09m but I still can see myself going back to it every now and then.
Pokémon Y: Maybe one the first games I watched a full playthrough on youtube when I still was a child, It is one of the more mediocre Pokémon games for me, but I still had a weird/good feeling by finally playing it by myself.
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona(PSP): Maybe in this case I'm cheating a little, because the biggest center of controversial isn't just this version of the game, but also its original version for the PS1 in the US.
Basically the controversy revolves around the PS1 game localization, where the localization team tried to "westernize" the game, the most infamous example of this being how they changed all of the main characters races. But even the PSP remaster that is absent of these localization issues have their shares of problems, most noticible the completelly different soundtrack that most fans consider inferior to the original one.
Because of all of this mess there isn't a "denifitive version" of Persona 1, some people will say it's best to play the japanese PS1 version with a translation patch, others will say it's best to play the PSP version with a soundtrack patch.
Top Gear: The only dialogue boxes are for some onamatopeias when you crash your car.
Klonoa: Door to Phantomille: I know this game have a lot of dedicated fans, but I think it's fair to say that is not very successfull commercially speaking, I hope the remaster that is coming changes that.
Total: 8/53
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1. A new game (released within the last year) - Persona 5 Strikers
22. A game with 6+ endings - Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time
This game has about 40 endings, some are just ending scenes with different characters, others branch significantly the story.
34. A post-apocalyptic game - Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
I can basically throw any SMT game in this category.
Total 3/53
Very busy January combined with playing mostly jrpgs resulted in a slow start, I will try to catch up eventually though.
22. A game with 6+ endings - Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time
This game has about 40 endings, some are just ending scenes with different characters, others branch significantly the story.
34. A post-apocalyptic game - Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
I can basically throw any SMT game in this category.
Total 3/53
Very busy January combined with playing mostly jrpgs resulted in a slow start, I will try to catch up eventually though.
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Games Beaten - February 2022
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Feb 14 - Persona 5 Strikers 52h33m (8/10)
Feb 26 - Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 40h (6/10)
Feb 26 - Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 32h22m (7/10)
February was a Megaten filled month for me, very enjoyable overall.
Feb 26 - Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 40h (6/10)
Feb 26 - Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 32h22m (7/10)
February was a Megaten filled month for me, very enjoyable overall.
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Do you typically use a guide on your first playthrough?
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I would rather not, but depending on the game I end up using them.
There are games that have a lot of missables, like Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time, firstly the game has a mechanic where some characters can die and you are supposed to "change their fate", most of the time you have to do very specific things like show an item to a specific character. Furthermore the game has about 40 endings, what just make very daunting trying to tackle this game without a guide.
Talking about endings I would like to mention the first Persona, where you have to give specific answers throughout the game to achieve the good ending, so basically you can literally lock yourself out of the good ending in the first hours.
Outside of those cases I use guides if I am lost (especially for older games) or for some tedious sidequests, like having to find an specific item.
There are games that have a lot of missables, like Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time, firstly the game has a mechanic where some characters can die and you are supposed to "change their fate", most of the time you have to do very specific things like show an item to a specific character. Furthermore the game has about 40 endings, what just make very daunting trying to tackle this game without a guide.
Talking about endings I would like to mention the first Persona, where you have to give specific answers throughout the game to achieve the good ending, so basically you can literally lock yourself out of the good ending in the first hours.
Outside of those cases I use guides if I am lost (especially for older games) or for some tedious sidequests, like having to find an specific item.
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Games Beaten - January 2022
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Jan 09 - Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time 58h 02m (8/10)
Very good niche jrpg, the game has so many missables that I can't see someone playing this without checking a guide every now and then, it also has a lot of minor flaws, but overall I still had a really good time with it.
Very good niche jrpg, the game has so many missables that I can't see someone playing this without checking a guide every now and then, it also has a lot of minor flaws, but overall I still had a really good time with it.
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Favorite game from each year, starting with your birth year
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2003: Haverst Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
2004: Pokémon Emerald
2005: Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition
2006: Ys Origin
2007: Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: The Beginning of Destiny
2008: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
2009: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable
2010: Pokémon Black and White
2011: Minecraft
2012: Pokémon Black and White 2
2013: Rayman Legends
2014
2015: Rocket League
2016: Persona 5
2017: Horizon Zero Dawn
2018: Celeste
2019: Control
2020: Final Fantasy VII Remake
2021: Persona 5 Strikers (West release)
2004: Pokémon Emerald
2005: Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition
2006: Ys Origin
2007: Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: The Beginning of Destiny
2008: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
2009: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable
2010: Pokémon Black and White
2011: Minecraft
2012: Pokémon Black and White 2
2013: Rayman Legends
2014
2015: Rocket League
2016: Persona 5
2017: Horizon Zero Dawn
2018: Celeste
2019: Control
2020: Final Fantasy VII Remake
2021: Persona 5 Strikers (West release)
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Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard
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Normally I'd be against Microsoft buying third parties, but Activision's case is an exception, not only Activision is basically killing all franchises they own in favor to just make more COD, but now we have the whole toxic and misogynistic workplace environment being uncovered, so I can't really be mad at this acquisition. I really think Microsoft will give more autonomy to all studios as well as to expel Bobby kotick and fix the workplace culture as soon as possible
Though I'm kinda concerned this won't stop only on Bethesda and Activision, Microsoft is clearly aiming to add
more value to Game Pass before other companies do their own subscription services, so they rely a little less on third party stuff as well as to build a lead before competition catch
up on the whole subscription service trend.
Though I'm kinda concerned this won't stop only on Bethesda and Activision, Microsoft is clearly aiming to add
more value to Game Pass before other companies do their own subscription services, so they rely a little less on third party stuff as well as to build a lead before competition catch
up on the whole subscription service trend.
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Gaming Challenge 2022
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I realy don't think I will finish this challenge(as I never finished that many games before), but I might at least try. For now I will fill in some games that I intend to play.
1. A new game (released within the last year)
2. An old game (released 10+ years ago)
3. A really old game (released 20+ years ago)
4. An ancient game (released 30+ years ago)
5. A time sink (50+ hours)
6. A quickie (less than 1 hour
7. A game featured in the PAX 10: Night in the Woods
8. An IGF award winning game
9. A game made during a game jam
10. A crowdfunded game
11. A game you got for free
12. A game you saw someone else playing first: Pokémon Colosseum
13. A game that’s genuinely horrible but you love it anyway
14. An overhyped game
15. A game involved in some kind of controversy
16. A game with bad acting
17. A game that went through Development Hell
18. A sequel that’s a different genre than the original
19. A game that scares you
20. A game that makes you feel like a terrible person
21. A game with no humans
22. A game with 6+ endings: Growlanser Wayfarer of time
23. A cornerstone to gaming culture
24. A game that was involved in an ARG
25. A game with really weird box/promo art
26. A game with an incredibly strange name
27. A game with no dialogue
28. A Hollywood movie tie-in: Ratchet & Clank 2016
29. A game that’s heavily inspired by or about music
30. A failed mascot game
31. A collectathon
32. A ripoff/bootleg/romhack game: Pokémon Light Platinum
33. A game that features time traveling
34. A post-apocalyptic game: Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
35. A game with a diverse cast
36. A very gritty game
37. A game developed by a single person
38. A tabletop roleplaying game
39. A game where you can kill but choose not to for the entire game
40. A collection of games
41. A game that would make George Romero roll in his grave
42. A game that’s been banned in at least 2 countries
43. A cell-shaded game
44. A game whose title could describe your sex life
45. A co-op game: Lego Batman: The videogame
46. A meta game
47. A simulation game
48. A game with both a male and female lead that doesn’t have a romantic subplot
49. A party game
50. A game that a Youtuber was involved in
51. A game that starts with the letter Q
52. Someone else’s favorite game
53. A game chosen by the HLTB randomizer
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Completions- 2021
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29 completions, Overall it was a great year, I look forward to see if I can complete more games this year.
January:
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor (9/10)
March:
Persona 2: Innocent Sin (7/10)
Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Tag Force Special (6/10)
Final Fantasy VII Remake (9/10)
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force (9/10)
May:
Persona 5 (10/10)
Rayman Legends (8/10)
Chrono Trigger (9/10)
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga (7/10)
Shadow of the Colossus (8/10)
June:
Rise of the Tomb Raider (7/10)
Bakugan Battle Brawlers (5/10)
Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland (6/10)
July:
Star Wars: Squadrons (6/10)
Plants Vs Zombies (7/10)
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (7/10)
August:
Sonic Mania (8/10)
September:
Celeste (10/10)
Inazuma Eleven (7/10)
Distraint (6/10)
Sonic Blast (4/10)
October:
Horizon Chase Turbo (8/10)
Portal (7/10)
Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (7/10)
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (7/10)
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5ds Tag Force 4 (5/10)
Pokémon Black 2 (9/10)
November:
Sonic Generations (7/10)
Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love (7/10)
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Games Beaten - November 2021
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Nov 07 - Sonic Generations 5h (7/10)
Nov 25 - Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love 16h16m (7/10)
Nov 25 - Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love 16h16m (7/10)
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Games Beaten - October 2021
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Oct 06 - Horizon Chase Turbo 20h45m (8/10)
Oct 07 - Portal 4h (7/10)
Oct 11 - Lego Star Wars: The Video Game 10h24m (7/10)
Oct 16 - The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (7/10)
Oct 19 - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4 (5/10)
Oct 20 - Pokémon Black and White 2 52h57m (9/10)
This was sure a busy month, best was Black and white, I still prefer emerald but I can see clearly why it is the favorite pokemon game of many people, Horizon Chase is a love letter for those who grew up with arcade racing games, Portal was short and fun even if I'm not a huge fan of puzzle games(though also it was the first time I felt some kind of motion sickness playing games in my life), Tag force 4 was the biggest disappointment, it's too repetitive, wish this was more like the first tag force, Lego star wars is the definition of what I expect of multiplayer games, had a great time playing this game with my sister, Minish cap I liked just enough to spark my curiosity to play others zelda games in the future.
Oct 07 - Portal 4h (7/10)
Oct 11 - Lego Star Wars: The Video Game 10h24m (7/10)
Oct 16 - The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (7/10)
Oct 19 - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4 (5/10)
Oct 20 - Pokémon Black and White 2 52h57m (9/10)
This was sure a busy month, best was Black and white, I still prefer emerald but I can see clearly why it is the favorite pokemon game of many people, Horizon Chase is a love letter for those who grew up with arcade racing games, Portal was short and fun even if I'm not a huge fan of puzzle games(though also it was the first time I felt some kind of motion sickness playing games in my life), Tag force 4 was the biggest disappointment, it's too repetitive, wish this was more like the first tag force, Lego star wars is the definition of what I expect of multiplayer games, had a great time playing this game with my sister, Minish cap I liked just enough to spark my curiosity to play others zelda games in the future.
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How Do You Game? (Gaming Preferences)
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1. What Difficulty do you usually play games on now?
I almost always play on normal, sometimes I switch to hard on second playthroughs and maybe I play on easy just if I get too overwhelmed with the quantity of game mechanics.
2. Do you like to take your time or go fast when playing something?
It depends,usually if a game has a more or less repetitive gameplay loop I usually skip some extra content and rush a bit more, however if not I definitely take my time.
3. Are you more critical of how you rate/review/critique games than you were before?
Maybe? I would rather say I got better at identifying what I like/dislike and expressing it, sure I had a lot of experiences that I couldn't imagine back when I started playing games, but ultimately I still enjoy most of the games I liked in my childhood in a similar way, not changing much no matter how many games I play.
I almost always play on normal, sometimes I switch to hard on second playthroughs and maybe I play on easy just if I get too overwhelmed with the quantity of game mechanics.
2. Do you like to take your time or go fast when playing something?
It depends,usually if a game has a more or less repetitive gameplay loop I usually skip some extra content and rush a bit more, however if not I definitely take my time.
3. Are you more critical of how you rate/review/critique games than you were before?
Maybe? I would rather say I got better at identifying what I like/dislike and expressing it, sure I had a lot of experiences that I couldn't imagine back when I started playing games, but ultimately I still enjoy most of the games I liked in my childhood in a similar way, not changing much no matter how many games I play.
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