3. Halo 2?

2. Kingdom Hearts?

I have to catch up, so let's get going. Etrian Odyssey stays unguessed, probably #7 as well, but hopefully the other get guesses:

#7: As you complete the quests for the people, the tavern gets more and more empty, as these task was often the last thing that kept these people in Duhan.
The game is in a classic RPG series that started in the west, but this game and others are japanese entries.
This party based RPG allows for special moves involving multiple party members called Allied Actions.
This PS2 game has kept the magic system from the series that once started at Sir-Tech.

#6: Guessed by Darashiva: Dragon Quest Builders 2
Once you completed the story and therefore no finished task triggers it automatically, you can ask for the high five.
The story has three main chapters on their separate islands, but the stuff happening between the chapters is often even more interesting.
You main goal is building stuff that people ask you for.
This is a a spin-off series to a long running RPG series, this is the second game in the spin-off series.

#5: Guessed by S.Peelman: Tokyo Mirage Session ♯FE

#4: Guessed by UnderwaterFunktown: Heroes of Might and Magic III

#3: Magandang tanghali po!
Buenos días!

#2: Use the Oraclos chain.
The chain is not only useful in combat, but also in solving puzzles.

#1: Guessed by UnderwaterFunktown: Elden Ring

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Guessed by @UnderwaterFunktown

Breathtaking.

When I first started up this game, the moment the title screen appeared, I was taken aback, stood still as my mind tried and failed to process the beauty in front of me. I didn't know my TV could even display something so gorgeous, I didn't know my ears could ever be moved by wavelengths so soothing. I just sat there. It felt like my screen had become a window to heaven. I sat there for over 30 minutes, holding a controller filled with all sorts of buttons, none of which I could compel myself to press.

And then, I did.

What followed was unsurprisingly legendary. Not because I expected this level of quality before playing the game, rather, because the title screen made sure to clarify that this was going to be a masterpiece and I gave it the necessary amount of time embrace that it was going to be a once in a lifetime experience.

I experienced joy, thrills, despair, fear, hope, sadness and awe - usually more than one of those at a time - as the little spirit danced his way through this enchanting world, each movement so smooth and silky, it felt like the game was therapy for my hands and for my soul. It was hard to believe it was a game, really, hard to believe that me of all people was controlling what looked like a choreography. I suppose the controls being so wonderful was necessary to counterbalance the weight of the emotional punches that were swung my way, but if that was the idea, the execution was flawed because I was still left a complete wreck by the end.

And then, I wanted to do it all over again. And again. And again. I wasn't gonna let an experience this amazing end just because of an ending. Even if it was the most beautiful and incredible ending I've ever seen in a videogame. I wanted more. And the more I kept playing, the more I realized how deep this game really was, which maybe shouldn't have been surprising given how good Ori's movement felt, but it really does go deep, and the deeper you go, the more soothing it becomes to control him. As much as I feared the idea of speedrunning, that it would take away from the emotional resonance I had with this game, it felt like an inevitability. And it was.

However, even after dozens upon dozens of playthroughs (including one that put me in third place worldwide, as I just now notice the coincidence of me listing this game at #3), I am still floored each time I boot the game up to that wonderful title screen, and I am still reduced to tears every time I have the confidence to watch the ending again.

I'm just thankful. Thankful to Moon Studios for creating a game this incredibly wonderful. Thankful to Gareth Coker for creating a score this moving, a soundtrack so good I still struggle to understand it even after listening to it possibly hundreds of times. And thankful to the loving community I found myself in when I got into speedrunning it. Will of the Wisps has been, and it continues to be, an unforgettable ride - I'm thankful to all the people who helped build it.

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#3 is very close! It's Halo: Combat Evolved. I realize now that this clue could have indicated any number of Halo games, including Reach. 

#2 is incorrect. This forgotten character was reacquired by Disney in 2006.

Almost over already, feels weird every time.

I feel like I should know this. Did you already have Okami in your list? No? Then I pick this.

2: Deus Ex (talking about Warren Spector and Epic Mickey I presume)

6: Dragon Quest: Builders 2?

I'm sure I know this one, just can't place it at all. The instrumentation reminds me of Okami, so I'll guess that.

Correct!

#3

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This game was my young childhood. I remember every time I booted this game up on the old box tv my family used to have and hearing that wonderful music encapture me into a brand new world. I never even made it that far as a young kid, only able to beat the first few areas but it didn't matter. I imagined myself in this world, roaming around the hub letting the music take me in. It's why this game still holds up so highly for me. Sure, it's still a fantastic platformer with excellent level and world design but its been beaten out by other platformers and even its own series in that department. What holds this game up is the atmosphere. The music, the movement, Rosalina's storytime bits, the navigation in the observatories. It gives me this magical feeling I can't find in any other game. A true and utter masterpiece in every sense of the word

It's Okami.

Welp.

It's Waka's theme, by the way.