Pumpkin's Top Games of All Time Ever

[Pumpkin]

And now for a game no one cares about except for me!

39. Girls Fashion Shoot (Nintendo 3DS)
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In this game you are an aspiring super model in high school, without the drinking, drugs, or eating disorders. It's a very kid friendly game. But your goal is to climb to the top of the model ladder over several in game years.

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There are a few different things do do in this game. You start out by creating your own avatar character. The main thing is photo shoots. Every month you have 5 photo shoots to do, including a special one that might be posing with another model or a cover shoot. Each one will have a criteria, like “Pink skirt and sporty look” for example. (Yes, there are weird combos like that). Then you select from the massive selection of clothing to make the required look. There's a nifty search feature to help you narrow the clothing down, so you can input “sporty” or “pink” for example, and the clothing is separated in different categories like skirts, sweaters, dresses, etc. If your boss lady likes your outfit, you get to pick your pose and decorate your fashion page with many different options. You get paid for each job and you get paid more depending on your popularity. Once all 5 jobs are completed, you move on to the next month. Besides the main job, you can also audition for separate fashion spreads and such, but you'll have to pay for your own wardrobe, hair, makeup, and photos to submit. There's also some hanging out with friends events and you can spend your money on your own fashions and looks for your character.

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To understand why this silly game ranked so high on my list, you have to understand my quest for the perfect dress up game. I love dress up games, I don't know why. I'm not even that in to clothing or getting dressed really. But anyways, those little kids games you can play, those are super fun to me, but they last like 5 minutes and there's minimal clothing selection. So it's fun but then it's done and I'm bored again. But this game is the first decent length dress up game I've found and it has an amazingly large selection of clothing. I didn't get bored at all and it took me like 2 weeks to finish instead of the time it takes to watch a commercial on TV. It's cute, it's fun, it's positive and upbeat. You get to make your own character, you get to see tons of clothing combinations, and you can replay it again and make totally different outfits and covers and stuff. This certainly won't be the most popular game on my list, but I think it's awesome and it's pretty close to my ideal dress up game. It's also a game I play for something lighthearted just to relax since you can step away from it for a while and come back without being lost. Much fun.

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[metagloria]

In this game you are an aspiring super model in high school,

I'm listening...

without the drinking, drugs, or eating disorders.

*yawn* Pass.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

She made me pick outfits.

Then she made fun of my choices.

#stopbullying

[Slothy]

Bullying over fashion modeling? Sounds pretty realistic to me.

[Pumpkin]

I didn't bully him. I just said it was interesting that he decided to pair a navy blue and white horizontally striped sweater with some camo pants and heels is all

I mean it fit the criteria (somehow) it was just not the most flattering outfit he could have come up with

[Pumpkin]

38. La Pucelle Tactics (PlayStation 2)
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This game follows a group of demon hunters from the Church of the Holy Maiden, and a new demon hunter named Prier in her hopes to become the new Maiden of Light. Her brother joins her as well as some odd characters she encounters on her journey.

This is a strategy RPG. It's pretty typical, move and act, but with some twists. There are certain areas you can purify, and standing on one of the floor panels that contains these squares will allow you to change the direction of it. Enemies and allies standing on it when you purify it will receive damage (or be healed with the right colour). You can also recruit monsters that you meet and train them to become stronger in battle. But don't train them too much without rewards or they'll leave you. There's a large selection of playable characters if you include monsters.

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General impressions:
This was one of my first ever SRPG's, so at the time I didn't really know what I was getting in to. But it was a lot of fun, and I loved being able to recruit cute monsters with cute names and the silly little things they say. The battles were fun and not too complicated, although the game can get pretty difficult. It's overall pretty funny, it has some good, well written humour. I bought it again not to long ago and I loved it just as much.

Story:
The story is overall pretty forgettable, although there are a few scenes here and there that stood out to me and gave me the feels. I think the individual character stories were more interesting than the overarching plot, but I don't think it was poorly written either. Just not my favourite.

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Gameplay:
The gameplay is really pretty fun when you get the hang of it and there's some pretty cute attacks. I like learning the strengths of the different monsters I recruit and how to use my parties as best as I can. The negatives would be that the game can be quite difficult, and eventually the monsters start becoming stronger pallet swaps so then it gets frustrating if you spent all that time level grinding a monster for a stronger one to just come along, especially for me because I didn't like having more than one type of monster. Other than that it was very fun.

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World:
There's some pretty neat areas, but not really an explorable world map in the traditional RPG sense. You mostly explore it through the battle maps, and the few townish maps you get are 2D. But there was some good area diversity and it stayed interesting.

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Characters:
I'd say this is the strong point of the game. The characters are well written, have good depth, and are quite interesting. Even though she wasn't one of my favourites, Prier was particularly well fleshed out I think and you get to see a strong young lady, and not just in the way she shows you. I didn't really dislike any of them.

Favourite character: Eclair/Dark Eclair Y10MfDL.pngwUX9Z6a.png
Honourable mention: Alouette EFgKE5W.png

Like I mentioned in my Legend of Mana review, I enjoy characters with split personalities, and that was Eclair. Shy and sweet on one hand and open and aggressive on the other. Also they both had different fighting styles. Alouette was like the mentor lady and I like her now mostly out of nostalgia because I loved her when I first played. But she is kind and her story is really interesting.

Overall it's a fun, silly game with some touching moments thrown in. The gameplay is fun and easy to get in to, but it can get a bit difficult. But the characters are where the game really shines and it has a great cast.

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[Skyblade]

Overall I enjoyed La Pucelle, but I found the battle system did get a bit more tedious than most tactical RPGs, especially as you progressed. It had some interesting ideas, they just didn't all work out.

[Pumpkin]

Last one for tonight. Also, fun fact, this is the game my current forum set is from!

37. Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory (PlayStation 3)
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This game has our favourite video game consoles turned in to attractive and kind of crazy anime ladies. In this one, our hero Neptune is sent to an alternate dimension where she meets alternate dimension versions of her friends and needs to find a way back home when she isn't busy slacking off for several years. Meanwhile, there's some bad guys and stuff.

This is an RPG game. You'll see enemies on the maps and if you hit them to initiate a battle, you'll start with the upperhand. If they get you from behind you'll be ambushed. In battles you'll have a targeting square, the size will vary based on weapons, and when you attack you'll hit all enemies in that targeting square. Your attacks can be customized on the menu. You can also use abilities, and at a certain point you can transform in to the powerful HDD mode, which also gives access to special skills. There are four characters usable in battle at a time, and you can have support characters linked to them as well.

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General impressions:
I was a bit nervous about this game because it is very fanservicy, but I heard it was funny and that Victory was the best one, so I gave it a try. I really liked it a lot. It was a lot of fun, it was very funny, and the characters were great. It also taught me a lot of stuff about the game industry since I had to look up some of the jokes. But with that being said, it is way too fanservicy, which made me very uncomfortable, and there's a lot of grinding needed. There's also a huge amount of breaking the fourth wall, which never bothered me but might bother some.

Story:
The story is pretty memorable, but it's not deep or involving. This is a silly game so the story is pretty silly as well. It does have a lot to do with the video game industry, so if that's something you're interested in, it might be pretty fun.

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Gameplay:
I did like the gameplay, although it wasn't anything special and the targeting system could be frustrating. My biggest complaint was that there were quite a few times I had to stop and grind like 10 levels and it took a while and I'm not super in to grinding like I used to be. But other than that it was fun, and I loved the battle quotes, especially since a lot of them are things I actually think while playing an RPG.

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World:
Pretty much a low point in this game. A lot of areas are recycled and none of them are really that interesting to begin with. There's some fun ones I guess but I don't have much positive to say about this.

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Characters:
This for me is what makes the game worth playing. On the downside, the characters are way too fanservicy, which I hated. But other than that I like most of them in their own way. They're just absurd and crazy and silly. I actually really did find them pretty funny and I thought a lot of their dialogue flowed well and felt genuine. Like stupid conversations I would have with my friends. Great characters. Also, most of them fit the split personality thing I enjoy (it's a part of the game).

Favourite character: Vert SssPxdz.png
Honourable mentions: Neptune, Noire 92OIZD8.pngWTP2FAL.jpg

I had a hard time narrowing this one down too. I like Plutia a lot, but not her transformation. I like Nepgear because she's sweet and kind, but she's not as funny or interesting. Anyways so on to my favourites, I like Vert a lot because she's an odd combination of proper lady, snob, and neckbeard gamer shut in, and you just don't get that combination very often. Noire is like the one sane man, but still not very sane. I love her voice though. And Neptune is an excellent character for her slang and attitude alone. Her slang is both the best and worst thing ever.

Overall this game is ridiculous, but that's what makes it fun. The humour can be pretty crude and it's very fanservicy, things I didn't like, but I loved the characters and it had me laughing out loud quite often.

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[metagloria]

This looks like a game I would really enjoy and never admit that to anyone.

[Pumpkin]

36. Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (PSP)
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This game follows the gang of Final Fantasy IV many years after the end of the first game. Rosa and Cecil's son is growing and taking his test to join the Red Wings, but soon things take a turn for the worst, and a mysterious girl who looks like Rydia arrives, fully equipped with summons, and starts stirring bad stuff up.

This game plays very much like Final Fantasy IV with a few differences. It's turn based combat with each character having a certain role or job they fulfill, meaning the action commands differ by character. There are also combo attacks available. One of the key differences is that in this game battles are affected by phases of the moon. Different phases of the moon will lower one type of attack or skill and augment another. These can be changed by sleeping at an Inn for example and can affect the outcome of battles. There are 22 playable characters, although some can be lost, and also 9 temporarily playable guest characters.

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General impressions:
I wasn't sure what to expect with this game because it seems to get some mixed reviews. But I'd really enjoyed Final Fantasy IV, so I wanted to give it a try, and I also wanted to own a physical copy of IV so I bought the PSP collection. I will say this game starts out very very strong and the beginning had me more excited than IV did. The turning point comes in the fact that it's separated by character chapters, and some characters didn't interest me much or their chapters weren't fun for me, so those dragged the game down a bit. But overall I enjoyed it, it was fun, and it was nice to see the group again.

Story:
I think it has a really strong story, although some of the credit is due to IV for laying the foundation for it. But it always had me guessing, wanting to know and see what would happen next, and the music mixed with it well to create good ambiance. It was a really strong story and certainly a high point of the game, although the storytelling was a bit odd and some of the time frames were a bit wonky or at least hard to follow.

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Gameplay:
I enjoyed IV's gameplay and this is very similar, so I enjoyed this too. I did think the moon phases were a neat touch and they brought a unique element to the game. It was important to know what did what if you had trouble with a boss fight or something for example. I did find this game a bit on the hard side, unfortunately, and some of the bonus dungeons were awful so I didn't bother to complete most of them. Overall it was good.

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World:
Pretty much the same world as in IV, which I liked. It was nice seeing all the places again, but they did actually feel like years in the future and it was really fun to see how everything had changed. It's not the FF world that stands out most to me, but I don't have any particular complaints either.

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Characters:
This is the strong point of the game for me. IV has such a strong cast so seeing where they are many years later and catching back up with them was awesomeness. It also has an incredibly large cast, which I love, and added a few new interesting and likeable characters.

Favourite character: Porom NjnHoYf.jpg
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I wanted Rosa to make the list but she doesn't stand out as much in this game. But Porom is of course still my favourite because she's as awesome and loveable as ever. I hated her new pink hair at first but it has grown on me and I like it now. I like Ursula for her strength of character. She fights for what she believes in and she doesn't give up. Leonora is similar and she works really hard, plus I just like her attitude.

Overall not as great as IV, but still a game very much worth playing. It had some awesome chapters and storytelling, an amazing, large cast of characters, and some new and unique aspects to the gameplay.

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[Bubba]

I bought the FFIV PSP collection myself recently for my Vita. I haven't played either so am very much looking forward to them!

[Pumpkin]

35. Xenoblade Chronicles (Nintendo Wii)
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Xenoblade Chronicles is about two giant robots and the people who live on them. On the one, we have the human type people called Homs (and some cute puffball type people called Nopon) and on the other you have the Mechon, these machine type monsters who come over and attack and destroy. But there is one weapon, the Monado, which can damage the Mechon in ways that normal weapons can't.

This is I think an action RPG. You control one character of your choice in a party of three. I'm trying to give details but the gameplay took a while for me to pick up on and I haven't played it in months so I've forgotten some of it. You auto-attack I think until you select a skill. The skill icon will then start to “refill” before you can use it again, and each character has different skills. You can also customize your characters to a certain degree. Also, character outfits change with equipment, which is pretty cool.

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General impressions:
I will say this game unfortunately did not interest me at all at first. We got it because it was expensive but had gone down in price and was starting to get hard to find. So we picked it up while we could. Sharky decided to play it first, at the first parts I saw did not catch my attention. It was like 2 giant robots fighting (not my deal) followed by some dudes with British accents fighting some robots (still not my deal) with a gameplay style that was slightly confusing, in some dark environment (doesn't interest me). Plus, I'm sorry to say this, the character faces creep me the heck out, I really hate them. Their faces look like melty and sunken and it's just... it's just weird. Anyways, point is I'm glad I decided to play it anyways because past that point the game is pretty awesome. It's got a great story, typical for a Xeno game, and the world is absolutely gorgeous. Beautiful, large, free to explore. Overall to me it is a very strong game with a weak beginning.

Story:
Like I said, this is a Xeno game, so the story is awesome. Plot twists galore. Some of them were slightly predictable, but a lot of it came out of nowhere and really had me surprised. That does add some replay value as well because you can go back and play it again and see things differently. But yeah the game had me on the edge of my seat, wanting so much to know what would happen next.

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Gameplay:
The gameplay is good, but wasn't great for me. The best part was just the sheer amount of sidequests, which was awesome if you wanted a break from the main storyline and it gave you something to do while grinding. But the game was hard near the beginning. That one boss that gave me so much trouble, can't remember his name. It does get a bit easier, but not as easy as I would have liked, and the gameplay did have me confused at first. I did get the hang of it and got pretty good at it, but it isn't a game I can go back and just play like I'd never left, I'd have to relearn the battle system. Another problem that was really a personal thing was how big some enemies were, which I found to be very intimidating. But that wasn't a fault in the game, just personal preference.

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World:
Best part of this game, hands down, and one of the best of any game I've ever played. So many beautiful and gorgeous areas, very explorable. You can spend hours just going around and finding stuff and seeing the sights. There was not one location I disliked and a lot I absolutely loved. Some areas were literally breathtaking and I would just stand and stare at them. I'd always heard it it had an awesome game world, and that was no exaggeration. It is stunning. I don't have enough pictures in this review to show you all the great locations, so google some if you'd like

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You can explore all of that

Characters:
Kind of a weak point for me, otherwise this game would have ranked probably a good 10 spots higher. The character designs, like I said, creep me the heck out. Although it's neat to see them in their current armor in the scenes. I didn't have anything against the characters per se, but none of them really grabbed me in a way that made me care as much as I could. Not to say they were poorly written because a lot of them had good story and development, just that none of them meshed with me that much. Also, they yell way too much during battle. “IT'S REYN TIME!!!!!!!”

Favourite character: Melia JWGkvRi.jpg
Honourable mention: Shulk Xy7r1C5.jpg

I like Melia because I found her very sweet and awkward. She seems kind of snobbish but doing some sidequests and stuff you can see that she really does care, she just isn't always sure of herself or how she should act. I put Shulk as second simply for his development and writing.

Overall this is a very strong game with amazing writing, interesting gameplay, and one of the most gorgeous video game worlds I've ever experienced. It's a great adventure and RPG so I'd recommend it to fans of the genre.

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Also, please let me know if the images are working~ Was acting a bit weird

[sharkythesharkdogg]

All images are working. They're working "Thanks to the power of the Monado!"

A massive game with hours of things to accomplish in a massive world.

It has Shadow of the Colossus amounts of environmental and enemy ambiance.

[Fynn]

XENOBLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, on TAY, I'm really ashamed to admit this, but I've spent way too much time on Rydia's chapter on the iOS version because the 3D model uses the I censored version of her outfit.. I'm sorry, I'm a disgusting human being

[Pumpkin]

34. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GameCube)
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This game follows our hero Link as he has just turned of age to receive his cool green clothes in honour of that other Link dude from that other game. But because there wouldn't be much of a plot if we all just ate cake and partied (well that would be a different type of game) Link's sister gets kidnapped and Link has to hitch a ride with some pirates to go rescue her.

This plays like most Zelda games. You play as Link and go around beating up monsters and evil plants, solving dungeon puzzles, and killing bosses and absorbing their hearts (that is what happens right?) You get some cool gadgets along the way like a boomerang and a giant leaf among other things. A large part of this game takes place on the ocean in a boat traveling from island to island.

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General impressions:
I wasn't too sure about this game because having only seriously played OoT and MM (I'd tried a few of the handhelds but never sunk many hours in to them) the art style of this one kind of turned me off. It looked too cartoonish. But when I started this list and heard good things about it I decided to give it a try and I was happy I did. I'm still not a huge fan of Link's new look, although he is much more expressive, but I actually enjoyed the light, cartoonish environments, especially the waves when travelling by boat. I also very much enjoy water areas and well... you know. This game does have it's faults, I think the beginning half was very linear and it didn't let me explore, and some of the areas were frustratingly difficult, although that last part is typical Zelda for me. Overall it was really fun and I quite enjoyed it.

Story:
I do enjoy the story in this game and I enjoy the added personal element of Link having to rescue his sister instead of just a kid going to save the world because why not. With that being said, it wasn't super deep and a lot of it was predictable, (SPOILER)especially the Zelda part. As soon as I met our pirate lady friend I was just counting down the minutes until her reveal as Zelda. But the story was still interesting. I did like that it was actually an “after the end” type of thing, but it was still lighthearted ad cheerful.

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Gameplay:
As I mentioned above, my biggest issue was them giving me a huge sea to explore and telling me “We can't go that way right now!” It was very linear at the beginning, and the dungeons were too close together for my liking. Other than that the game was really fun, even if some of the dungeon puzzles were confusing. I think this game did a great job of also having some puzzles be solved by objects other than the key item you get for the dungeon, and it made me have to think a lot harder about my surroundings and not just about what I had in my inventory.

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World:
I really liked the world, I thought it was bright and vibrant, but with some diversity as well. Sailing the sea was a lot of fun of course and a lot of the towns were lively and cute. I really did enjoy exploring new places and I always got so excited to see where I would go next and what it would be like.

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Characters:
Surprisingly strong for a Zelda game. I think Link emotes much more in this game than the others, which gave him some personality despite being silent. A lot of the extra characters had me excited to meet them and learn more about them as well.

Favourite character: Medli B6KlKes.png

I love Medli, I think she's so sweet and adorable and I always felt bad for sending her flying in to a wall because I wasn't sure what I was doing. But yeah I always got super excited when I would see her.

Overall it's a very fun game, and other than the art style is similar to the other Zelda games I've played. It's a bit linear at first but it does open up, the world and characters are charming, and the puzzles are fun.

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That's all for today!