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Phantasy Star (sms)
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Boy, what an incredibly impressive title for 1987. One of the earliest RPGs, and not only that, encompasses a surprisingly progressive story with a revengeful female lead, robots, space ships, and magic cats. There's not a lot of interaction with the characters, so unfortunately personality is more...
Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne (PS2)
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- Release Date: 2004
- Time to complete: ~48hrs
There are plenty of stories where protagonists are attempting to save the world from ending, but even in the Shin Megami Tensei series, SMT3 is somewhat special in that the world ends about 10 minutes into the game. If there's one thing that's done...
Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception (psvita)
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- Released: May 2017
- Time to beat: ~26 hrs
Linear visual novels aren't the most appealing form the genre to me, but Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception delivers a compelling story and some "actual" videogame sections which lessen the disappointment of the lack of player choice.
Like many in th...
Fight'N Rage (PC)
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- Release Date: September 2017
- Time to complete: ~1hr
When done right, "belt scrolling beat'em up"s (that's games like Final Fight, or Streets of Rage), are a classic arcade-y experience that are a lot of fun, especially with a 2nd player. Fight'N Rage is up there with the best, with great fee...
Tales of Berseria (PS4)
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- Release date: Jan 2017
- Time to complete: ~40 hrs
I'm not sure if Berseria is a good entry point to the Tales series, for even after 40 hrs of gameplay, I still didn't have a handle on the combat mechanics. Sure, I won my encounters, but I didn't REALLY understand what caused me to gain certa...