Haven't played it.

This explanation makes sense to me.  I also think it had another thing in it's favor, which is an artistic principle I learned in book called, "understanding comics" by Scott McCloud.  McCloud says that people like a highly detailed world, but that characters are easier to relate to when they are less detailed.  An extreme example is the smiley face, which has almost no details but everyone relates to it.  So some of the best comics choose to draw their characters simply while having highly detailed backgrounds. 

Final Fantasy VII does this thing throughout most of the game.  They had a hard time transitioning to 3D, so they decided to hand draw most of the background environments.  These hand drawings look beautiful.  At the same time the 3D character models look incredibly basic.  The result is that it is very easy to get immersed into the game world while still being able to relate to Cloud and the other characters, because they look so simple. 

The story of Xenoblade Chronicles is excellent and even one that I know non-anime fans would be able to get into. The plottwists in this game are somewhat predictable, but still great. All the characters are compelling with their own story arcs, and personal epiphanies. Riki is a personal favorite of mine. He's just a middle aged guy, saddled with great debt, and a ton of kids. But the fact that he's a cuddly little Nopon makes the player look at him differently. For most of the game you might be tricked into thinking he's just an adolescent fun loving kid that is tagging along with Shulk on an adventure. Nope. He's an grown man with an adult life. He's cowardly and lazy to boot. Oh and did I mention that he makes the ultimate tank? Just imagine a round ball of fluff, suited up in impenetrable spherical armor, taunting giant foes. 

#1 is Heroes of MIght and Magic 3
(A very awesome game in a very awesome series.  I put HoMM2 as my #5 game, but I can't fault anyone who prefers HoMM3.)

Dark Souls sucks.

Slarvax's #1 is... um I don't know, maybe I should use his incredibly anti-mystery official thread post to help me out? Nah, I'm not doing that. The only obvious answer to his hint would be Super Metroid (as I've previously mentioned), but that was at #3 and I don't think they allow us to list a game twice. So, I'm gonna go with... um, I don't know.

Xenoblade Chronicles maybe?

Dark Souls sucks.

It does suck in the sense that it ends. I'd love if the game was endless, but unfortunately, just like with every great thing in life, it does end.

I'm going to take a wild guess here and say that Kimhari Ronso is the biggest embodiment of Hint 3.

I was just about to guess that, but you had to beat me to it didn't you?

Guessed by John19

So, it all comes down to this. Skyward Sword, like apparently most of my favorite things in life, is a bit controversial. It drew loads of criticism from Zelda fans for being too linear, having too much backtracking, too self-contained areas, too much handholding, and forcing motion controls into everything - most of which was eventually addressed by Nintendo, who responded with the widely acclaimed Breath of the Wild. The new Zelda is a fantastic game, but ultimately the main reason I couldn't put it above its predecessor was because it couldn't compare to the things that made it so special: the story, the dungeons, and the soundtrack.

When I was playing this game, I could never get into any of the controversy. Where some people were complaining left and right, I was just having the time of my life everytime I woke up and picked up that Wii remote. Every day I was fascinated by the beautiful locales, the clever puzzles, the incredible dungeons, the immersive music, the somewhat intense combat and above all, the engaging story filled with characters I deeply cared about - at this time it felt like I was living in this world - and ultimately, this is one of those games that keep getting better and better all the way to the mindblowingly epic ending. It was truly a rollercoaster ride: something you can't control, but is still awesome no matter how many times you try it.

I admit it's maybe a little hard playing this game off the back of Breath of the Wild, as there are constant nuisances like the pop-ups everytime you pick treasure or Fi always halting your gameplay to talk about something totally irrelevant you already had figured out, but in the end I think it just takes a bit of time to adjust and from then on it's easy to experience again and again everything that was so special about this game - in fact despite all the handholding and linearity, somehow I had more fun replaying it than most Zelda games (even its successors!).

So, yeah. I can only try to put it into words, but ultimately it is what it is. Skyward Sword is very special, and a game I love maybe too much - though that's something I can never feel guilty about.

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