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psychicscubadiver on 20 November 2023

42. Link's Awakening
This game has my favorite story in all of LoZ. Which is funny, because it all went right over my head when I played it for the first time as a small child on my brick-sized original Gameboy. It's one of the first games I can remember playing and I loved poking around and exploring every inch of that little island, discovering every secret I could, trading items, and defeating enemies. It wasn't until years later that I re-played it and realized how sad it is, that to wake and return to the real world means destroying the little island that you've come to love. And how Marin seems to know somehow that she's part of the dream, wanting to leave the island to be with Link but in the end she can only ask him to never forget her.



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S.Peelman on 20 November 2023

Final game from this batch up to #41, let's give it a third hint.

#43: Better to follow [his] lead and do as [he] says.
Hint 2: Because otherwise you'll surely crash your confiscated enemy fighter right into the cliffside.
Hint 3: Even though this is a rail shooter, this third person flying level is just one of a variety of gameplay styles and viewpoints throughout the game. Guessed by drbunnig - Star Wars Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire

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SvennoJ on 20 November 2023
Machina said:
SvennoJ said:

#43 Take notes

Fez!

Yep! Awesome game, too bad I lost my notes lol. And he is actually wearing a Fez!


#42





Farsala on 20 November 2023

43- One of the surprise entries from 2022. While an extremely easy game with its strategical gameplay, still it had quite the interesting story and some of its design choices were used in FFXVI.

Honestly this game could have been a FF game, but instead had its own lore. The continent in the game is featured in the title.

The game released on all major platforms in 2022, and features music from composers who worked on Game of Thrones.


41- This is my cheat JRPG, because it is more strategy than JRPG (thus loses spots on my top 50 JRPG list) but you can still level up your army in battle.

In order to level up, you must deal the finishing blow, and the game can be quite difficult, so you can't really make a certain unit stronger and one weaker as all units available will be needed in every battle. But you can team up on enemies, so sharing the last bits of an enemy by surrounding them can be effective.

set in 3 kingdoms China, unlike other games made by the publisher, this game featured a story with a lot more imagination, with the 2 main characters fighting over a woman they probably never met historically.

drbunnig on 20 November 2023
Darashiva said:
drbunnig said:

43
- Go ahead and indulge in that hazardous habit if you like, but your health will suffer, and you may get a lecture from certain members of your support team if you talk to them.

Metal Gear Solid?

Yeah, that's right. The hint was a reference to smoking cigarettes.



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The_Liquid_Laser on 20 November 2023
Mnementh said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

Some more clues from my games:

50.  a) Classic anime character on the Gameboy Advance.
b) He's a robot.

49.  a) This game was based on a comic book and originally available only as a digital download.
b) The game released the same year as a movie by the same name.

48.  a)  This indie game gives you a reward for beating a level fast.
b) A Metroidvania and a Roguelike.

47.  a)  The second gold box game.  Not Zelda.
b)  Think Baldur's Gate, but even older and turn-based.

45.  This tower defense game is part of a series, but most games in the series are not tower defense games.

44.  Like Advance Wars, but with commanders on the field.

#50: MegaMan?

#48: Dead Cells?

#47: This is hilarious. The first "hint" is specifically naming the game. The second "hint" adds no information, as all gold box games were D&D games (like Baldur's Gate later) and are all turn-based.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Box

So second must mean Curse of the Azure Bonds.

#45: Pixel Junk Monsters

#44: Yeah, that description is Heroes of Might and Magic and you like the second one, so HoMM II

50. No

48  Correct!

47. Correct!  And yeah, after you give the game away with the first hint, not much to do but dance around it with more "hints" hoping someone will guess the game.

45.  Correct!

44.  Good guess, but no.  I like HoMM II about as much as you like HoMM III, so it's higher up on the list.  (Also, it's just an awesome series.)

Darashiva said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

50.  a) Classic anime character on the Gameboy Advance.
b) He's a robot.

Is that the Astro boy game? Omega Factor was it?

Correct!

Darashiva said:

Second hints for a couple of games.

#40

-Core and the Arm Total Annihilation

#39

-Help the dead find peace

-The shipwright keeps telling bad jokes when you visit

#38

-The mountain beckons Journey

#37

-"You think there's a dog buried in this."

-"I can tell you're not a yesterday's grouse's son."

#36

-Make it to the spring of the third year to meet the person who started you on this journey

-The person you're meeting is your grandfather

39.  Final Fantasy X-2?

37.  Divinity: Original Sin?

Farsala said:

43- One of the surprise entries from 2022. While an extremely easy game with its strategical gameplay, still it had quite the interesting story and some of its design choices were used in FFXVI.

Honestly this game could have been a FF game, but instead had its own lore. The continent in the game is featured in the title.

The game released on all major platforms in 2022, and features music from composers who worked on Game of Thrones.


41- This is my cheat JRPG, because it is more strategy than JRPG (thus loses spots on my top 50 JRPG list) but you can still level up your army in battle.

In order to level up, you must deal the finishing blow, and the game can be quite difficult, so you can't really make a certain unit stronger and one weaker as all units available will be needed in every battle. But you can team up on enemies, so sharing the last bits of an enemy by surrounding them can be effective.

set in 3 kingdoms China, unlike other games made by the publisher, this game featured a story with a lot more imagination, with the 2 main characters fighting over a woman they probably never met historically.

41.  Dynasty Tactics?



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Machina on 20 November 2023
drbunnig said:

Some more clues

44
- You solve everyone’s problems but your own in less than a day. But what you do discover along the way does offer you hope in your search for an old friend.
- There’s so much going on, that the protagonist feels the need to quiz himself at the end of every chapter
- A treacherous author and a hardworking maid are just two of a colourful cast of characters you’ll come across in the story.

43 - Metal Gear Solid
- Go ahead and indulge in that hazardous habit if you like, but your health will suffer, and you may get a lecture from certain members of your support team if you talk to them.

42
- Hitting enemies in a certain spot can trigger a long and agonising (but possibly amusing) death animation.

41
- I’m not sure why the playable characters in this game weren’t included when the series made the move to 3D, as two of the new characters created for the 3D game were pretty similar.

Current list - https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/247804/the-official-thread-the-14th-annual-greatest-games-event-post-only-once/4/#3

44 - Hotel Dusk?

Darashiva said:

Second hints for a couple of games.

#40

-Core and the Arm Total Annihilation

#39

-Help the dead find peace

-The shipwright keeps telling bad jokes when you visit

#38

-The mountain beckons Journey

#37

-"You think there's a dog buried in this."

-"I can tell you're not a yesterday's grouse's son."

#36

-Make it to the spring of the third year to meet the person who started you on this journey

-The person you're meeting is your grandfather

39 - Spiritfarer?

SvennoJ said:
Machina said:

Fez!

Yep! Awesome game, too bad I lost my notes lol. And he is actually wearing a Fez!


#42



Long shot: Bloodborne?



The_Liquid_Laser on 20 November 2023

More clues about my games:

49.  a) This game was based on a comic book and originally available only as a digital download.
b) The game released the same year as a movie by the same name.
c) Defeat seven evil X's.

44.  a) Like Advance Wars, but with commanders on the field.
b) This indie game was available on Switch before it was available on PS4.


43.  This entry in the series can be seen as connected to the first entry in a variety of ways.



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Veknoid_Outcast on 20 November 2023
The_Liquid_Laser said:

More clues about my games:

49.  a) This game was based on a comic book and originally available only as a digital download.
b) The game released the same year as a movie by the same name.
c) Defeat seven evil X's.

44.  a) Like Advance Wars, but with commanders on the field.
b) This indie game was available on Switch before it was available on PS4.


43.  This entry in the series can be seen as connected to the first entry in a variety of ways.

Is #44 Wargroove? One of my favorite indie games of the last five years :)



The_Liquid_Laser on 20 November 2023
Veknoid_Outcast said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

More clues about my games:

49.  a) This game was based on a comic book and originally available only as a digital download.
b) The game released the same year as a movie by the same name.
c) Defeat seven evil X's.

44.  a) Like Advance Wars, but with commanders on the field.
b) This indie game was available on Switch before it was available on PS4.


43.  This entry in the series can be seen as connected to the first entry in a variety of ways.

Is #44 Wargroove? One of my favorite indie games of the last five years :)

Correct!



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Master Thread, Game of the Year/Decade
Switch Will Be #1 All Time
Zelda Will Outsell Mario (Achieved)
How Much Will MH Rise sell?
My Bet With Metallox