Edge7
is a name people speak well of

Glad you are enjoying it this time. P3 stood out to me due to it's artistic nature and how it the gameplay was used to push that concept forward.

Very true, I feel MGSV is certainly a strong finish for a pretty damn good franchise.

Yeah, I pretty much decided that MGSV was Kojima trying to get across the message he had in MGS2 but did a better job of removing the MC's dominate personality to make it easier for the audience to project onto him and realize he's a player avatar instead of a separate character like Raiden felt like. Hell, I still think the unfinished quality of MGSV was done on purpose to give the impression to the player that the story and world are not finished until the player decides and not when Kojima/Konami says it is. It will be interesting to see what he does with Death Stranding.

Have you ever read this series of articles?

Yeah, if you read comments by the fanbase in social media, the SMT/Persona fanbases are all assholes. Not that FF doesn't have it's fair share of those types (myself, likely included) but I've been through enough of it not to want to get involved. I like talking about the games, but I probably wouldn't bother joining a large community or anything just so I wouldn't have to deal with that type of negativity.

I feel DQV kind of trips and stumbles in the third act, leaving a bit of a bad taste towards the end compared to how great it was for the first two acts. I need to replay it again to see if that feeling will change. I love DQIII, and while the episodic story element does disappear in the games "third act" if you want to call it that, if you've played the earlier games, it has it's own fair share of treats to offer that makes it enjoyable in a different way.

Nice to hear! I appreciate Sonic 3 & Knuckles overall a little more after having played Mania. Mania is still a 10/10 in my eyes, but it's not without some criticisms. It could have been a giant killer, but just enough of it was "wrong" to prevent it from dethroning S3&K. I want to make a thread about it, but I still need to finish up my Knuckles run and play through as Tails first.

Yeah, it's the weirdest thing for me, because as I've grown older I gained a new appreciation for it. There's just something about Earthbound that feels "off" to me, and not in the way that it intends. Still a great time, when you do play it, I look forward to your impression.

I have a soft spot for old school dungeon design in RPGs, so it may not affect me too much. It will probably come down to how the battle system works or if I like the characters.

I sadly missed out on the series back in the day and I've been meaning to get a copy and give it a real try. A bit annoyed Earthbound isn't available for either of the Nintendo consoles I own (Wii and 3DS).

Thought you would like it sice you mentioned you were listening to Mother soundtrack.