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The_Liquid_Laser said:

Here are some more clues to my games:


40. a) The source material for this game is classic Chinese literature, but it is not any of the games from the "3 Kingdoms" era.  First in the series.

b)  If the title of this game were translated to English, it would be "The Water Margin".
c)  The plot of original Chinese literature was about a group of bandits from the marsh.
d)  In the game this literary group is represented by 108 different characters.


37.  This is the first single player entry in the series that does not have a separate battle screen.

36.  The is the first home console entry in the series to feature local co-op.

40: Suikoden.

37: Could be a lot of things, but Final Fantasy XII?



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Darashiva said:

The next batch of hints.

#35

-Elder Crossing

#34

-Lord of Calamity

#33

-Each kingdom stands in ruins, their kings long gone, but the queens still remain

#32

-The main character becomes a teacher at a military academy after being a student in the previous two games

#31

-A journey for revenge brings little else beyond death and misery for everyone involved

Think I got several of these

34) Tales of Berseria

33) Elden Ring

32) Definitely Trails. Cold Steel III maybe?

31) Last of Us Part II



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UnderwaterFunktown said:

More hints:

40) Prisoner's Dilemma

999 -> 0

39) Though the game has no combat you can wield an axe and bring it with you suprisingly far

You can also paint QR codes with buckets of white paint (which is weird since a lot of it is black)

38) There's two of you and both become party members

A JRPG for the PS2 and later 3DS

37) The owls are not what they seem (again)

The combat was completely redesigned from the first game, it makes for great gameplay but does feel a little strange given the main character

40 - Must be one of the Zero Escape games. If 999>0 is a reference to quality, it'd be Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. If it's something to do with the narrative maybe Zero Time Dilemma?

Darashiva said:

The next batch of hints.

#35

-Elder Crossing

#34

-Lord of Calamity

#33

-Each kingdom stands in ruins, their kings long gone, but the queens still remain

#32

-The main character becomes a teacher at a military academy after being a student in the previous two games

#31

-A journey for revenge brings little else beyond death and misery for everyone involved

32 - Valkyria Chronicles... 3? Or 4.

31 - Think Underwater has beaten me to this - TLoU PII.

The_Liquid_Laser said:

Here are some more clues to my games:


40. a) The source material for this game is classic Chinese literature, but it is not any of the games from the "3 Kingdoms" era.  First in the series.

b)  If the title of this game were translated to English, it would be "The Water Margin".
c)  The plot of original Chinese literature was about a group of bandits from the marsh.
d)  In the game this literary group is represented by 108 different characters.


37.  This is the first single player entry in the series that does not have a separate battle screen.

36.  The is the first home console entry in the series to feature local co-op.

36 - New Super Mario Bros. Wii?



UnderwaterFunktown said:
Darashiva said:

The next batch of hints.

#35

-Elder Crossing

#34

-Lord of Calamity

#33

-Each kingdom stands in ruins, their kings long gone, but the queens still remain

#32

-The main character becomes a teacher at a military academy after being a student in the previous two games

#31

-A journey for revenge brings little else beyond death and misery for everyone involved

Think I got several of these

34) Tales of Berseria

33) Elden Ring

32) Definitely Trails. Cold Steel III maybe?

31) Last of Us Part II

Correct on 34, 32, and 31. 33 is wrong, though you're not too far from off

Machina said:

32 - Valkyria Chronicles... 3? Or 4.

31 - Think Underwater has beaten me to this - TLoU PII.

32 is Trail of Cold Steel III, and yes, 31 is The Last of Us Part II. 



Darashiva said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

Here are some more clues to my games:


40. a) The source material for this game is classic Chinese literature, but it is not any of the games from the "3 Kingdoms" era.  First in the series.

b)  If the title of this game were translated to English, it would be "The Water Margin".
c)  The plot of original Chinese literature was about a group of bandits from the marsh.
d)  In the game this literary group is represented by 108 different characters.


37.  This is the first single player entry in the series that does not have a separate battle screen.

36.  The is the first home console entry in the series to feature local co-op.

40: Suikoden.

37: Could be a lot of things, but Final Fantasy XII?

Both correct!

Machina said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

Here are some more clues to my games:


40. a) The source material for this game is classic Chinese literature, but it is not any of the games from the "3 Kingdoms" era.  First in the series.

b)  If the title of this game were translated to English, it would be "The Water Margin".
c)  The plot of original Chinese literature was about a group of bandits from the marsh.
d)  In the game this literary group is represented by 108 different characters.


37.  This is the first single player entry in the series that does not have a separate battle screen.

36.  The is the first home console entry in the series to feature local co-op.

36 - New Super Mario Bros. Wii?

Correct!



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Machina said:
UnderwaterFunktown said:

More hints:

40) Prisoner's Dilemma

999 -> 0

39) Though the game has no combat you can wield an axe and bring it with you suprisingly far

You can also paint QR codes with buckets of white paint (which is weird since a lot of it is black)

38) There's two of you and both become party members

A JRPG for the PS2 and later 3DS

37) The owls are not what they seem (again)

The combat was completely redesigned from the first game, it makes for great gameplay but does feel a little strange given the main character

40 - Must be one of the Zero Escape games. If 999>0 is a reference to quality, it'd be Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. If it's something to do with the narrative maybe Zero Time Dilemma?

Oof both wrong actually but you are very close.



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UnderwaterFunktown said:
Machina said:

40 - Must be one of the Zero Escape games. If 999>0 is a reference to quality, it'd be Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. If it's something to do with the narrative maybe Zero Time Dilemma?

Oof both wrong actually but you are very close.

Virtue's Last Reward? xD



Machina said:
UnderwaterFunktown said:

Oof both wrong actually but you are very close.

Virtue's Last Reward? xD

There it is :D



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#41

Change YoY: -3   My Rating: 9.1 / 10

So, what exactly is there left for me to say about Super Mario Bros. 3 that just about everyone else hasn't already repeated ad nauseam over the last 30+ years? One of the most legendary and beloved video games of all time, often still considered by many to be among the very best 2D platformers ever created, and a game whose influence can still be seen and felt in the genre to this day. Yeah, I suppose it's an all right little game. I also think this Mario character might have legs.

I do still remember when I got Super Mario Bros. 3 somewhere around 1993 or 94, a few years after its original release in the PAL regions. My cousin was no longer into video games that much, and he was getting rid of his NES games, so obviously I took all of them off his hands. Though there were quite a few very good games among them, like Kirby's Adventure, for example, it was SMB3 that remains my favourite of the entire NES library. Even by today's standards it remains a near flawless game in a lot of ways. The platforming is precise, the colourful graphics are some of the best on the console, and most importantly, it's simply just fun to play. If I was ranking this game based on pure gameplay, Super Mario Bros. 3 would probably be quite a bit higher on the list.



Sorry, I had not enough time to properly participate and maybe still have not much time. Anyways, I update my hints for upcoming games. I probably will not add full write-ups for every game this year, as I did already in the past years, I just reference last years. Only new games and games I feel like updating will get a more in-depth treatment.

Anyways, more hints for the unguessed games and more games to guess:

#50: Descent as guessed by Machina.

#49: Doom 64 as guessed by S.Peelman.

#48: Slice&Dice as guessed by drbunnig.
Slice with your sharp dice the enemies.
RPG in which you advance the dice of the character classes.
Probably pretty obscure indie game for most, so the first hint contains two of the words that make up the title separated by an 'and'.

#47: Crusader Kings III as guessed by Machina.

#46:
Other guests at Spiffo's restaurant may actually crave *you* more than a burger.
These are the End-Times.
There was no hope of survival.

#45: Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana as guessed by Veknoid_Outcast.

#44:
Again brave space travelers crash land on this strange planet.

#43: Deathloop as guessed by Machina.
Break the loop!

#42:
Muhahaha! You think you outsmarted me, the mighty Moldorc?! I don't think so, Yoked Girth!

#41:
What the hell is that? Looks like the ground there is alive.

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