Persona 4 Golden
Definately the Definitive version of this game. Don’t expect it to be as grand as Persona 5 or as slick. BUT. The story is a classic and all the elements are there. It looks great and runs well. There are few games that were as loved as this one and it’s not aged too badly. If you don’t mind graphics that are a little old and you like social sims or dungeon crawling or RPGs in general, it’s honestly worth trying. If you want to experience all of the game to its fullest then try out all aspects of the game and hang out with classmates and do the other activities. The game rewards you greatly!
– Real player with 143.8 hrs in game
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The truth of this story…
Persona 4 is one of those games that will stay forever in your hears, not because of the mechanics, since this is applied a very old implementation of the Turn-Based RPG, but because of its story and characters.
The Story of persona 4 is amazing, a very cool mystery game with a mystic aura around the concept of the Truth Self and the TV World, the first 4 episodes were made to introduce the characters and mechanics in different ways, giving all the dungeons an special feeling, meanwhile around the end of
! Naoto’s dungeon the story spikes and a lot of plot twists happen around the mystery.
– Real player with 124.6 hrs in game
Hylics 2
Days like these you wish you had an organ fort.
Flesh +35
Power +3
Will +12
– Real player with 15.9 hrs in game
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I highly recommend this game. It’s a massive improvement from its RPG maker predecessor Hylics.
Positives and improvements:
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Story is a lot more defined than the original Hylics, taking place after the events of the first game.
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Combat is… Beautiful. Everything in battle sequences is more animated now. Enemies now move in the most mesmerizing yet unnerving fashions, as opposed to the static images of the first game. The items and special attacks are also still just as animated as the first game, with the obvious artistic improvements of Mason Lindroth within that time period.
– Real player with 13.8 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
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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
Pyre
Pyre
It’s hard to stand out in the crowd. We live in an age where gaming has never been more popular, and as a result, the temptation to stick to known genres is stronger than ever. A game doesn’t have to be original to achieve financial success or notoriety, it just has to iterate on standard designs. Pyre takes this practice and throws it to the wind. It creates its own path. Instead of following a blueprint, it takes some ideas and blends them into something original. Pyre is brave, unique, and a strong game.
– Real player with 40.9 hrs in game
See, I told you we would get you back up there! [immediately after] I miss them already.
With reading a huge aspect in our world, and many love to read books in their spare time, it’s hard to see the world where you are not allowed to read. However, there are stories out there that depict how a world will be if literacy was indeed illegal. In the world of Pyre, literacy is illegal in Commonwealth and well…you tried to keep your reading a secret. Luckily, people don’t get executed, but those who break the rules get exiled to a land below called the Downside. For anyone that think they can somehow float back up, there is a boundary that blocks all who try to go back up. That doesn’t mean there is zero hope of going back to Commonwealth though.
– Real player with 35.1 hrs in game
FINAL FANTASY VII
This was the first real game I bought with my own money. I was 13 years old and after a long wait, it finally hit the shelves in 1997. It will always hold a special place in my heart. I love the storyline and character development. So few games at the time (and even now) were able to elicit such a full range of emotional reactions as this one.
– Real player with 90.0 hrs in game
Like Skyrim, but the remake is garbage. Play this instead. Try mods.
– Real player with 78.3 hrs in game
The Dragons' Twilight II
I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed Dragons' Twilight II [DT2], but you know…here goes:
Be sure to play DT1 before starting DT2. The story is wonderful and very important to know so you’ll better understand the DT2 continuation. I was a bit disappointed with the DT2 storyline at first. It is not as dragon-involved and doesn’t have quite the heart that DT1 had. But after getting into the game further a bit, I became enthralled with how the weapons, armor, and magic tomes could be enhanced or rearranged.
– Real player with 109.2 hrs in game
I can highly recommend this game. The developer has used clever changes in plot to make the story continually interesting. Just when you think things are getting predictable you are thrown a curve. The variety of music is excellent and the background scenes in battle and in travel mode are carefully done. Gameplay is interesting and fun. If you get stuck the developer is right there to help with advice. A great addition to the library of any old school rpg fan.
– Real player with 104.8 hrs in game
Arelite Core
Arelite Core. My review!
Story: Traditional RPG with terrifyingly powerful supervillain who wants to bring about utter destruction of the world. You play a blacksmith who has made up his mind to journey across the world seeking out all other Master Blacksmiths to learn from - you want to become the greatest Blacksmith who ever lived. Oh, and it just so happens the most powerful sword in history is needed to kill the supervillain and guess what Blacksmiths do? CREATE SWORDS! Along the way cities are razed, friends die, levels are gained, and fun is had.
– Real player with 62.0 hrs in game
Arelite Core is the story of a humble blacksmith named Karden, who over the course of a journey to learn more becomes a hero. Very much like Die Hard, Karden does not set out to be a hero but takes up the mantle when no one else will. The story is very robust with many twists and turns.
The gameplay harkens back to jrpg’s of yore while fixing some of the old mistakes. There are generous skills to invest points in and weapons to forge. The relics you find can set off an eureka moments and totally change how you configure your party and their approach to battle.
– Real player with 29.3 hrs in game
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
This game is awesome! I am replaying it after a few months playing other games right now and giving the turn based system a try. it is great. the combat is different if you play turn based or real time with pause so you can experience two different game styles. i think that it would be a lot better if you had both in one play-through but then again by not having it they make different stats more important for different modes. like dex is more important in RTWP and is absolutely useless in turn based mode, unless you just want to go first every round.
– Real player with 460.1 hrs in game
One of my all time favorite games. A true modern rpg masterpiece.
– Real player with 233.6 hrs in game
Dungeon Kingdom: Sign of the Moon
This one is my favourite in the genre realtime dungeon crawlers. I’m an old skool gamer and play video games since the 80’s, Dungeon Kingdom comes close to old skool Dungeon Master and the early 90’s series Eye of the Beholder. My favorite of the serie was EOB II, I was hooked to the game, addicted, I played a few houndred hours to finish the game on the commodore amiga 1200 :-)
DK also comes close to the grimrock serie but I prefer this game much more, it gives you that creepy dungeon crawler feeling and most important the game stays close to the original gameplay as the old skool crawlers from the 80’s and 90’s but with much better graphics and sound effects, eerie, creepy sounds/music is a must for this genre DK has it and much more.. my opinion.
– Real player with 59.7 hrs in game
just stay away from this crap… one of the graves in the cemetery at the beginning of the game has very arrogant “RIP Legend of Grimrock"inscription, which is just hilarious… LoG is finished (2 installments even) while this game is being promised to be completed “very soon” for last 7 or so years, surprisingly it still isnt and the production quality reflects that… i gave it one more try after several years to see how the development is going and im going to uninstall it and never look back again.
– Real player with 28.1 hrs in game
Elminage ORIGINAL - Priestess of Darkness and The Ring of the Gods
This is a really fun first-person dungeon crawler RPG (blobber). It is heavily inspired by the early Wizardry games, especially in it’s character progression and combat. The main quest has an straight-forward structure to it and there are plenty of optional quests to do as well. Some of the environments could get visually repetitive, but that’s not what you play blobbers for anyway. There were some dungeons that weren’t very interesting mechanically and felt kinda barren and ones that were completely optional as well. This game is also not too punishing for a blobber, so it might be good for beginners. Overall, this is an easy recommendation for blobber fans or for people who want to get into blobbers.
– Real player with 81.1 hrs in game
This is a great wizardry-style game. Full disclosure, I totally understand this game isn’t for everyone. But I enjoy it for what it is. It’s a great homage to classic CRPGs. I do like how after the initial dungeon the game becomes open ended. Though it can be difficult, it does give you a lot of options for characters and equipment.
Elminage is very old school in comparison to modern rpgs but the menus and navigation are really well laid out. A lot of older CRPGs suffer from clunky interfaces and thankfully Elminage does not have this problem.
– Real player with 65.0 hrs in game