43: Mega Man X?

42: YS VIII?

41: Dark Souls III

Same thing.

Hints for my games #50 to #43:

50 - Second installment of a well-known wet racer.

49 - Highly popular reinvention of a character that debuted in the arcades in 1981.

48 - The start of a spinoff series that young gamers continue to mistake for main series games.

47 - The game that Nintendo Software Technologies developed after the splendid Ridge Racer 64.

46 - Water. Water. Water. And some wind.

45 - Link's harem.

44 - A waste of time on part of the developers who should have continued to work on FPAs.

43 - The final great entry in a racing series before things went sour when development was handed to Sega.

Same thing.

Hints for my games #50 to #43:

50 - Second installment of a well-known wet racer.

49 - Highly popular reinvention of a character that debuted in the arcades in 1981.

46 - Water. Water. Water. And some wind.

50 - Wave Race 64?

49 - Donkey Kong Country

46 - TLOZ Wind Waker

Edit; Damn got beaten to it. 

50 - Wave Race 64

49 - Donkey Kong Country

46 - The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker

45 - I want to say A Link to the Past because of the maidens but that's a low position for it.

Hints for my games #50 to #43:

50 - Second installment of a well-known wet racer.

49 - Highly popular reinvention of a character that debuted in the arcades in 1981.

48 - The start of a spinoff series that young gamers continue to mistake for main series games.

47 - The game that Nintendo Software Technologies developed after the splendid Ridge Racer 64.

46 - Water. Water. Water. And some wind.

45 - Link's harem.

44 - A waste of time on part of the developers who should have continued to work on FPAs.

43 - The final great entry in a racing series before things went sour when development was handed to Sega.

47. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Illusive Age (PS4)

First Played: 2018

Time Completed: 1

Very much an incremental improvement over DQVIII, but that means it’s still a great game. In terms of visuals, however, it is a giant leap for the series and is one of the most gorgeous looking JRPGs ever. The game is vast and includes plenty to do, just the story took me 70+ hours to finish and, without any spoilers, I can say there is still a lot to do after the credits roll. In terms of gameplay, it's very similar to DQVIII but some improvements have been made to world traversal, allowing faster travel and occasional enemies that you can ride to access some areas. Battles are very similar again, but now there is an additional temporary power up system that gives a bit more depth. I only wish that the slew of extras included in the Switch release, was added to the PS4 and PC versions. It starts off slow, maybe for too long, but eventually the story starts to pick up and by the end I was convinced that this is the pinnacle of Dragon Quest.

Valkyria Chronicles was a series I never tried, until it came with this entry to the Switch. Before release I started to take an interest and learned that it might be very well to my liking. And so it was!

I like deep tactical gameplay, which is why I prefer usually turn-based gameplay over action gameplay, as the faster paced variant has to be cooked down a bit to make it possible to make faster decisions. But Valkyria Chronicles is actually turn-based gameplay with a lot of deep decision making. The game only uses some tricks to hide the fact. So you can move freely - until you have eaten up your alloted movement for the turn. Also seemingly stuff happens in sound and visually - but if you take notice, this doesn't actually have any effect until the turn moves forward.

So yes, this is turn-based gameplay dressed up to look more like real time. And this is fun! I have the deep decision-making but with more adrenaline as the action seems to go forward.

Also the 3D-view is usually a thing that I would think brings less overview helping my decision. But I do have a map-overview too and the 3D-view give you many visual helpers to help make the right decisions. This is a well thought through interface.

The setting is a fictional setting, which is inspired by europe and World War One. The characters are likable and in their history and actions understandable and each has their own unique character.

Visually the game creates very beatiful images with the style of hand-drawn colored images. This is very nice and I do like a less realistic style very much, if it is done well with artistic intention, which is clearly the case here.

Overall this is a well-made package for a fan of tactical games like me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSmVJc88HxE

#44 - Pokemon Conquest (DS) [ ↓ 9 ]

The last great Pokemon spinoff. Conquest is such a simple yet ingenious idea that it's shocking that it was neither attempted earlier nor since. Taking TRPG gameplay, medieval Japan as a setting, and throwing Pokemon into the mix, it was a blaze of creativity that culminated in one of the best games in the franchise. A sequel is very long overdue for this one, and one that fleshed out its gameplay further whilst expanding features would be a super hype announcement.