#20: nope

#19: nope, never played this, other genre

#18: correct

#28

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III (PS4)

YoY: +5

I've talked about this series plenty of times in the past, and considering there are still four games from it coming up later on my list, I'm not really sure what I can talk about here. This is the (obviously) the third game in the Erebonia-arc of the storyline, and the overall 6th game in the storyline that started with the first Trails in the Sky. Weirdly, I've had a really difficult time putting the Trails of Cold Steel games in any specific order, because they are all so closely intertwined with each other in terms of story and characters, to the point that it's easier to just think of them as a single entity.

I've ranked this one the lowest out of the Cold Steel games on my list, mainly because the second game finished the initial story arc and this one introduced a number of new characters that had to be established too, so the story took a little while to really build and take hold. It's still an excellent game, and even though I've only had the game for less than two years I've already played through it twice. It's now been roughly six years since I played my first Trails game, and it that time the series has taken its place among my all-time favourite video game franchises, really only behind Dark Souls and Final Fantasy.

#29 This game was the first in the series to include a multiplayer mode. The title is an innuendo.

#28 This game featured large scale ground battles and was the first that let you take fights into space.

#27 Totally not GTA. part 2

#26 This game has some of the most funniest random dialouge you'll hear in a game. 

#25 When this game first released the art style was a pretty divisive part of the game though many grew to like it over the years.

#27

Final Fantasy VII Remake (PS4)

YoY: -1

Honestly speaking, I wasn't expecting to like FFVII Remake as much as I ended up doing. I was certainly hyped for it, but not nearly as much as other people were. Obviously, I found the game to be absolutely wonderful, and the changes and additions made to the original are in my opinion excellent. I don't mind the changes to the story because the original is still there, and always available, so creating a different experience that is still true to the spirit of the original was in my opinion a great choice.

I also found the extended stories to many of the characters a great touch, and made me care much more about them compared to the original. Of course, it's difficult to yet properly compare the remake to the original because it only covers the maybe the first 8 to 10 hours of the original. The battle system is great, the first truly great example of a real-time/turn-based hybrid in the series after several earlier attempts. The music is also genuinely exceptional, taking the also phenomenal score from the original and rearranging it beautifully while also adding a lot of new music.

Yep, all the guessed ones are correct

Guessed by Darashiva

Big games take all the spotlight and claim entire genres if you stop paying attention. The turn-based strategy genre, of the grand variety at least, is pretty much cornered by the great Total War series, and maybe Paradox Interactive's games like Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings and Victoria. However sometimes, something minor comes out that's secretly better than all the big guns. Now I must admit, in this case I played 'Astérix' before I ever knew of the existence of those bigger series, but this premise does hold true regardless. The lesson is to just try unknown things, a lesson I sadly forget much too often myself during the last decade however.

Astérix, a simple name but called Asterix: The Gallic War in a later release, is a simple turn-based strategy game where you manage the strength of your own provinces and attack and conquer back all the others in Gaul, present day France, from the Roman invaders. The game ends when you reach Italy and own a set of special provinces that require the completion of a mini-game or a platforming level to conquer. I was a fan of the Asterix comics, of maps, Romans, and I had been on holiday to France for a couple years in a row at the time so really, perfect game at the perfect time.

So #19 requires a third hint, #18 a second and #17 gets its first.

#19: Out of sight out of mind says us.

Hint 2: Is what the barkeep said about the abundance of garbage this planet creates. He knows the real reason why you asked though, so time to show your weapon.

Hint 3: And that weapon commands respect. You got it from your father in the previous game, but it's a bit strange though because now the blade is blue while in the previous game it was green.

#18: This game features a building named "Kong Tower", which is fitting because it kind of looks like the real 'Kong' tower.

Hint 2: It's $$$ commercial and 3x3 large.

#17: The Mac OS version of this game (at least) featured an interesting anti-piracy measure where you had to look up letters in the manual.

Radiant Dawn was my first contact with the Fire Emblem series. And it did quite impress me. It was challenging but fair, was nice on the eyes and had a compelling story with interesting characters. I went on to play more Fire Emblem titles, as turn-based tactics happens to be a genre I like very much (as more entries in my TOP 50 prove). But as this was the first contact, it left an impression and I still think this is a great title in the series.

This game was the direct sequel to the Gamecube entry Path of Radiance and followed the events of that game. I really do like a lot of the tactical options, like height or the ability to shapeshift of some units. The game is quite hard, it is needed to keep the characters you use leveled.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwougPPy9Ro

#26 This game has some of the most funniest random dialouge you'll hear in a game

Hint#2 It is an open world game. You can join several different factions in this game.

#21: Fire Emblem: Three Houses

My first Fire Emblem game. I enjoyed the game alot and later played the 3DS entries. Story, gameplay and characters are all equally great. Some people criticize the honestly ugly graphics but I don't mind them. The three different storylines are all equally great and offer a huge amount of playtime. I enjoyed it more than Awakening, which is lower on my list even though I do think that they're both on equal footing in terms of quality.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses is my favorite Fire Emblem game and my favorite turn based strategy game.