Positions #50-#46 and honorable mentions: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8943647
Positions #45-#36: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8944604
Positons #35-#26: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8945131
Positions #25-#16: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8946152
Positions #15-#6: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8946743
Now, my top 5:
#5 - Kingdom Hearts II
What I like the most about this game: The incredibly fun, engaging and well balanced battle system, which is one of my favorites from any RPG; the magic of visiting worlds based on Disney movies that I grew up with (also, there's a world that I found it to be soooooo charming, named "Timeless River", based on the classic movie "Steamboat Willie"); the memorable moments that the story has (there's a particular event near the start of the game that is so sad); the epic and well designed boss fights; the varied and well designed regular enemy encounters; the interactions of Sora, Donald, and Goofy with the Disney characters (forgot to mention this for the first game); the ageless art-style and the fantastic soundtrack. I have so many fond memories of this game, I still remember my first few hours with it.
#4 - Chrono Trigger
What I like the most about this game: The endearing cast of characters (one of my favorites ever); the time travel story, which is incredibly well executed and full of memorable and impactful moments (for example, the scene in the pic below); the overall sense of being in an epic adventure that the game gives you, mainly thanks to the time travel story; the side-quests, as they help to flesh out the characters and have their own moving stories (all of them connected to the main plot in some way); the fun and fast-paced turn-based battle system and the Techs system (I love the idea of the double and triple techs); the ageless sprites and, of course, DAT soundtrack, which is one of my favorites.
#3 - NieR: Automata
What I like the most about this game: THE STORY, which is just so engaging, thought-provoking, and full of unforgettable moments: no story before had this kind of impact in me and I'm not sure if it will ever be topped, it's my favorite story from any video game; the very special relationship between YoRHa units 2B and 9S; the game's world, which has an incredibly deep lore; the overall desolate atmosphere of the game; the side-quests, as they show a lot of interesting lore and background of different side-characters, and many of them are thought-provoking like the main story; the combat system, which has many fun sub-systems to play around with; the chips system, the glorious soundtrack.
#2 - Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
What I like the most about this game: The way it completely nails the sense of being in a big epic adventure thanks to its beautiful explorable world, which has a great variety of locations to visit and a lot of beautiful towns and secrets to find (as well as different modes of transportation through it, like the sabrecat or the ship); the cast of characters, all of whom have their own, well developed, backstories; the memorable story moments that it has; the turn-based battle system and the tension sub-system, which adds another layer of strategy to the combat; the memorable side characters and side activities, the Alchemy system, the gorgeous and ageless art-style and the soundtrack (the field theme gives me so much nostalgia).
#1 - Xenoblade Chronicles
What I like the most about this game: Its beautiful and expansive world, which gives the game a sense of scale that completely and utterly blowed me away in a way that no game had ever done before; the overall concept of the game's world (it being basically two huge dead titans) and all of its lore; the overarching plot and the super engaging story, which is full of memorable moments that made me have all kinds of emotions; the very likeable cast of characters and their backstories; the engaging battle system, which has a lot of strategic elements without it being too convoluted and overwhelming; the gameplay sub-systems (like gem crafting, the Skill Tree, Skill Links); the way the world changes according to the time of the day; the fantastic variety of enemies; the great art-direction, which makes up for the technical shortcomings; the magnificent soundtrack, which is my favorite ever (tied with Nier Automata's and Chrono Trigger's).
As y'all can see, I changed my avatar to reference my #1 game :P
Also, happy new year to everyone!
Last edited by Keybladewielder - on 01 January 2019
