Jagged Alliance 2 Gold
The small country of Arulco has been taken over by a merciless dictator - and only you can loosen the iron grip! Jagged Alliance 2 Gold Pack immerses you into an elaborate role-playing universe where you will interact with more than 150 characters, recruit your own band of soldiers and create your own custom mercenary to win back Arulco - not once, but twice! The perfect blend of strategy, role playing and tactical combat!
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CHRONO TRIGGER®
This game will be one of my favorite JRPG of all time. I have known that Japanese gamers has voted this game for the best game of Heisei era (1989-2019). I played it and now I know why. I recommended for both JRPG lovers and those who want to start playing JRPGs.
– Real player with 61.9 hrs in game
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Honestly, it aged gracefully, from both a gameplay and a story perspective! 10/10.
– Real player with 58.2 hrs in game
GRANDIA II HD Remaster
Right, where to start.
This is a game that I can safely say I have completed more than any other over the course of the last 15 years.
I have completed all ports of this game released to date so I hope I can elaborate on things specific to this edition of the game.
I found out they were releasing this game on Steam a few months ago and I had been sitting on tenterhooks waiting for the game to finally be purchasable. Thankfully for the first week of release the game had a 25% off sale so I couldn’t complain about picking up my favourite RPG of all time for a mere £11.
– Real player with 104.1 hrs in game
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“Sister, please, pray for us!”
“…I’m afraid I cannot help you anymore. There is no God.”
Oh, Grandia II! One of the best games from my childhood that were fortunately ported by GungHo America to Steam. Originally a Dreamcast title released in 2001, ported later to the PS2 in 2002 and later to Steam as the Anniversary Edition in 2015, this classic JRPG still holds well even after 15 years of it’s initial release, mostly for it’s memorable story and innovative combat system!
The story in Grandia II revolves around Ryudo, a Geohound (a sort of bounty hunter in the Grandia universe), moved around from place to place, taking requests the normal folks would generally despise. One day, he received a letter of invitation, or a job request, to escort a band of Sisters of Granas for their usual prayer ritual from the nearby village. Things unfortunately went south and from a basic escort job, Ryudo is now stuck in a potential catastrophic event that may decimate the world.
– Real player with 40.4 hrs in game
Lux Delux
Risking it All
Lux Delux is a Risk game where you play on technically an infinite variety of maps and control various “pieces” as you attempt to defeat your opponents. This plays very much like a board game with very little strategy to it. You’re going to find yourself just build doom stacks of units and then plowing through enemy territory. At the same time, there is immense satisfaction as you finally plow through enemy stacks and make the entire board your color. The unique boards you can play with that users created can range from plain to superb and complex. Despite having the exact same mechanics every time, seeing these new environments and moving your units throughout them makes you feel like you’re conquering completely new areas. Even the hex-based maps that seem to be abundant have their own unique flair to them. This game is not particularly hard, even on hard AI so I recommend at least playing on medium even if you’re a more casual gamer.
– Real player with 77.2 hrs in game
Game Summary:
I’m sure there are several different board games this would be similar to, but when I look at it, it reminds me of Risk. Risk isn’t as notorious as Monopoly is for being a relationship-ruining, hours-long game, but from the times I’ve played Risk it does tend to take a while. Plus, there can be some contention as to what rules or style to base the game off of, as randomly drawing cards can set someone up and screw other people. However, getting to select where to start also has some drawbacks as it can develop an immediate rivalry between two players whilst another can dodge the conflict and conspire against both. This rendition of the game offers the benefits of strategy and territory-conquering board games, without the need for physical space. It also would probably be faster since it’s pretty easy to set up different rules and situations without much effort.
– Real player with 16.7 hrs in game
THE GAME OF LIFE
I get why this has mixed reviews but at the price point it’s worth it. This is basically just a digital recreation of your favorite childhood game. Not much more and not much less.
There are a couple small interface issues, like for example sometime a card pops up for a few seconds and before you’ve figured out what the card even says you are being asked to select another player to apply the card to…. now I don’t know if this card is going to take money away from them or pay them money becasue I can’t actually see the card when slecting another player. So the two obvious solutions are to either make you select the card to continue so at least you have a chance to read it or acknowledge it before selecting another player or leave the card visible when selecting another player. But neither is an option here.
– Real player with 9.1 hrs in game
cute little game thats nice to play it has a great soundtrack and nice visuals. theres not much in terms of variety for the actual gameplay but the game itself lasts awhile so theres lots to do. Theres not many players so playing online is kind of depressing and playing with the CPU just doesnt feel that fun but the pass and play feature for people irl is actually a great way to play if you want to play with real people. I assume in the future where there are more players that own the game online will improve. The game can get glitchy, sometimes in really bad spots, like the spinner froze for me right at the very end of the game which felt really frustrating but its not frequent enough to be a real issue. The game is nice to play if you can’t decide what else to play or you’re really bored. Also its worth noting that the acheivements are really easy to complete and you can probably get them all perfect in like 6-7 hrs of gameplay so its good if you like getting perfect games or something. Overall a good game and my expectations were definitely exceeded.
– Real player with 7.5 hrs in game
FINAL FANTASY IX
TL;DR: Every long-life gamer has that particular game considered life-changing. To me, Final Fantasy IX is that game. And to me, this is the best game that a life being have ever crafted. Yes, I say “life being”, not “human”, because I’m assuming aliens have their own videogames. But they won’t be as good as Final Fantasy IX.
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Okay, here comes a very long review. I’ve been waiting this for so long.
First of all, completely ignore my time count on Steam for this game. I’ve put 1000h+ into it, and I can easily make a perfect run by memory. Do you know that particular favorite movie you watch every single year? Well, I do that but with this game.
– Real player with 123.9 hrs in game
While I do recommend this game, I’d suggest getting it only if it’s been discounted. Final Fantasy IX is my absolute favorite game of all time but this “remaster” leaves a lot to be desired.
As mentioned in many, many other reviews, the new interface is really big and ugly and is clearly just the same interface they used for the mobile port. The original interface was actually quite good and it’s a shame it wasn’t restored for the PC port.
Sadly, there’s also a lot of bugs that have gone unfixed since launch, most notably the overworld music glitch. It likely won’t be terribly noticeable to those new to the game but in the original upon entering a random encounter the overworld music would actually pause so that when you exited battle it would pick up where it left off. That is sadly not the case in this version. Every time you have an encounter the music will restart. This is incredibly annoying and quite upsetting since Over the Hills is a beautiful and LONG song but it is perpetually restarted nearly every 10 seconds as encounters are fairly common. This IS a jrpg from 2000, afterall.
– Real player with 118.2 hrs in game
Necromancer Returns
- Hardly win the fight. The last harpy remains. Last enemy between the win.
Miss.
Miss.
Miss.
Harpy crits.
You lose.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Grifons: oh princess ur here to fight necromancer?
Princess: yes damn necromants raise dead people its illegal lets put em' inda jail.
next fight raises fuck ton of skeletons by magic
DEMOCRACY KINGDOM BEATCH
- Early game - Skeleton, skeleton, skeleton.
Late game - Fire wave, fire wave, fire wave.
Faced antimagic creatures with aoe vs our brave skeleton army - WE’R FCKD JOAHNY!!! (tactical preemperation)
– Real player with 20.3 hrs in game
So much fun. At least until you come to the last level (Played on normal). Very unbalanced, till then you don’t have any trouble getting to the final level. Maybe I’m just to dumb to realize what has to be done, but out of nowhere, I didn’t see any other choice than to switch mode to easy. No fun at all, easy is easy at its best… Two battles later I switched to normal again, fine, got an item which raised my attack. Until the final battle… No idea how to make this. Wait, there is a possibility! G.R.I.N.D. No sir, really just no. I won’t play boring-won-before-battles again and again just to get enough money to buy the best armor (angel). Really: No.
– Real player with 14.2 hrs in game
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura… oh, this game…
In spite of my low ownership, I am more than familiar with this bizarre, wonderful masterpiece, a game I sometimes thought was a complete fever dream from the depths of my imagination, among a strange number of other games including an action game involving Skittles and a dark knight. I’m still not sure that one still exists, though.
Arcanum is NOT a fever dream, however, and does in fact exist and is a masterpiece of a forgotten era where computers had the ability to deal with the unique and antiquated graphical features on their own. Because Microsoft doesn’t know how to keep good features from previous operating systems, it is imperative that you look up a tutorial on how to play this game, and while on your way, pick up an unofficial patch and maybe a few mods; one of which being Virgil’s Debug Menu. You won’t regret it.
– Real player with 684.3 hrs in game
In my ongoing and likely futile effort to write a Steam review for every game in my library (#450 out of 612)… it’s time for Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magicka Obscura.
Arcanum is one of the finest CRPGs ever made, and arguably the most impressive product legendary (if somewhat infamous) developer Troika Games ever built. It’s a massive,, brilliantly open game in the vein of Fallout that offers players an unprecedented degree of freeom with regard to how they build their characters, how they play the game, and how they progress through the world. It’s difficult to overstate just how deeply engaging Arcanum can be—this one is a classic roleplaying game for very good reason.
– Real player with 124.4 hrs in game
Magicians Legacy
In the turn-based strategy Magician’s Legacy you are going to follow Korig, the eleventh Prince of the withering kingdom of dwarves, who went to the East hoping to find out the secrets of ancient magic, change the world and give a new life to his people.
You will face hordes of enemies, loyal allies, beautiful and hideous places, difficult tasks, deep dungeons and insurmountable mountains on your way. Raise your best army, build the camp, study the basics of combat magic and go ahead - defeat enemies and find out the mysteries.
The action of Magician’s Legacy takes place in the world of fantasy game “Necromancer Returns”. Once again enjoy the familiar mechanics of classical turn-based strategies and recognizable visual style, explore new spells, face new enemies and allies: from people and dwarfs, to combat eagles and steam dragons!
Key Features
• Immerse yourself into an epic plot, enjoy side quests and tasks
• Turn-based combat system
• Explore a wide new world: from valleys and mountains, to dungeons and ancient ruins
• Watch your choice in dialogues: each answer will affect the fate of the campaign
• Fight dozens of enemies: beasts, people, undead, elementals and mechanical creatures
• Improve your camp to receive reinforcements and study new spells
• Upgrade your hero, find artifacts, choose skills and tactics of fight
• Enjoy the beautiful fantasy world and the mechanics of turn-based strategies
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