NeoCracker
11-28-2013, 10:00 AM
9. Tactics Ogre: Let us Cling Together
...I should enjoy this, but I just don't. I have no explanation for that. It just doesn't grab me like Ogre Battle or even FF Tactics.
8. Alpha Centauri
Were I a bigger Strategy game fan I would love teh fuck out of this game. As it stands, I just enjoy it alright.
7. Costume Quest
Competant, funny, and adorable. Nothing major, but good.
6. Final Fantasy Dimensions
Dragged down by a lot of dull characters and the game being re-leveling the same classes for both groups practically. Still though, a lot of fun and smooth running battle system, and the development you do get is solid.
5. Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Ages
Well, it's Zelda and great for it! Haven't quite beat seasons yet, though I feel having beaten Ages and most of seasons I am legit to comment.
4. Hotline Miami
This game is fucking nuts. Hard game it is, and some pretty crazy visuals and a plot that takes a fair bit of thought to piece together. Definitely deserving of a lot of the praise it gets.
My top three are all Suikoden, and here is the order of awesome I place them.
3. Suikogaiden Vo. 1
Yet to play Vol. 2, but the first was a lot of fun if you can enjoy a Visual
Novel style game. And if you are a fan of the serious how have you not played
the fan-translation of this game? The highlight is the first story arc as it
were, as you play an agent from Harmonia, and you are escorting Serra who
claims to have information on some of the True Runes. And OH DEAR GOD THE
FEELS OF THAT PART! ;_;
This game cements Sierra as my favorite character in the series.
2. Suikoden 1
I will say to start off this game has aged badly. The combat is fairly
lacking, but it was still a fun play for me. A lot of options for characters,
though it largely falls in with Chrono Cross for all of them feeling rather
pointless, though it handles it much better then Cross did.
1. Suikoden 2
And while I'm referencing Chrono Cross, it wishes it could be this game. While
there are definitely members that feel tacked on to reach the 108 mark, you see
a lot of them have stronger personalities and relevance, and so many feel like
the really are part of your army and not just add ons.
The writing in this game is also wonderful, as any Suikoden fan in these parts
will tell you. The battle system was also vastly improved over the first game,
and you have a lot of room for customization with runes and party combinations.
However I hate Duels. I am playing an RPG, not Rock papers Sciscors god dammit.
For some negatives, however, I don't really like that your lead is kind of irrelevant to the overall plot. Yes, he has his connections with Jowy and their friendship, a damn well told story, but let's be real here. This isn't you saving the day, you are just the figure head for the games real hero, and my second favorite character (He was my favorite prior to Gaiden), Shu the strategist. Dear god this guy is ruthless. Some of his plans are things you would never think the good guy would do. These include asking Kiba to sacrifice himself, as well as using Jowy's love of a little girl to his disadvantage. Dude's legit.
Secondly is the complaint I brought up in my original play through thread of this game, but I don't like how the villains are done. Now Luca Blight is threatening as all fuck. Yet he is way to baby kicking evil for my tastes. I mean his last name is Blight for christs sake. They weren't even trying. I will say, however, the final fight against him fucking rules. The really made him out to be the force of nature the plot had been building him up as.
Then the villain becomes Jowy, and any real threat is gone at this point. The rest of the story is basically Shu making a mockery of him time and time again. We now have a villain who has a damn good story unlike the last, but lacks any real threat or urgency. The later part of the game feels more like Mop up duty and tying up loose ends then an actual finally.
Still though, I fucking love that game.
...I should enjoy this, but I just don't. I have no explanation for that. It just doesn't grab me like Ogre Battle or even FF Tactics.
8. Alpha Centauri
Were I a bigger Strategy game fan I would love teh fuck out of this game. As it stands, I just enjoy it alright.
7. Costume Quest
Competant, funny, and adorable. Nothing major, but good.
6. Final Fantasy Dimensions
Dragged down by a lot of dull characters and the game being re-leveling the same classes for both groups practically. Still though, a lot of fun and smooth running battle system, and the development you do get is solid.
5. Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Ages
Well, it's Zelda and great for it! Haven't quite beat seasons yet, though I feel having beaten Ages and most of seasons I am legit to comment.
4. Hotline Miami
This game is fucking nuts. Hard game it is, and some pretty crazy visuals and a plot that takes a fair bit of thought to piece together. Definitely deserving of a lot of the praise it gets.
My top three are all Suikoden, and here is the order of awesome I place them.
3. Suikogaiden Vo. 1
Yet to play Vol. 2, but the first was a lot of fun if you can enjoy a Visual
Novel style game. And if you are a fan of the serious how have you not played
the fan-translation of this game? The highlight is the first story arc as it
were, as you play an agent from Harmonia, and you are escorting Serra who
claims to have information on some of the True Runes. And OH DEAR GOD THE
FEELS OF THAT PART! ;_;
This game cements Sierra as my favorite character in the series.
2. Suikoden 1
I will say to start off this game has aged badly. The combat is fairly
lacking, but it was still a fun play for me. A lot of options for characters,
though it largely falls in with Chrono Cross for all of them feeling rather
pointless, though it handles it much better then Cross did.
1. Suikoden 2
And while I'm referencing Chrono Cross, it wishes it could be this game. While
there are definitely members that feel tacked on to reach the 108 mark, you see
a lot of them have stronger personalities and relevance, and so many feel like
the really are part of your army and not just add ons.
The writing in this game is also wonderful, as any Suikoden fan in these parts
will tell you. The battle system was also vastly improved over the first game,
and you have a lot of room for customization with runes and party combinations.
However I hate Duels. I am playing an RPG, not Rock papers Sciscors god dammit.
For some negatives, however, I don't really like that your lead is kind of irrelevant to the overall plot. Yes, he has his connections with Jowy and their friendship, a damn well told story, but let's be real here. This isn't you saving the day, you are just the figure head for the games real hero, and my second favorite character (He was my favorite prior to Gaiden), Shu the strategist. Dear god this guy is ruthless. Some of his plans are things you would never think the good guy would do. These include asking Kiba to sacrifice himself, as well as using Jowy's love of a little girl to his disadvantage. Dude's legit.
Secondly is the complaint I brought up in my original play through thread of this game, but I don't like how the villains are done. Now Luca Blight is threatening as all fuck. Yet he is way to baby kicking evil for my tastes. I mean his last name is Blight for christs sake. They weren't even trying. I will say, however, the final fight against him fucking rules. The really made him out to be the force of nature the plot had been building him up as.
Then the villain becomes Jowy, and any real threat is gone at this point. The rest of the story is basically Shu making a mockery of him time and time again. We now have a villain who has a damn good story unlike the last, but lacks any real threat or urgency. The later part of the game feels more like Mop up duty and tying up loose ends then an actual finally.
Still though, I fucking love that game.