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Darashiva on 25 November 2023

#39

Change YoY: -2   My Rating: 9.1 / 10

Spiritfarer is a beautiful game, in every sense of the word. Obviously the visuals are gorgeous and the music is wonderful, but the story, characters, the setting, and everything else is just beautiful. I genuinely can't think of a better word to describe this game. Touching, emotional, bittersweet, relaxing, they all apply, as do so many other descriptors, but after all other words are used, the one that I always go back to is beautiful. While the game's basic premise is that you're the new person in charge of ferrying the spirits of the dead to the afterlife, the real core of the experience are the characters that you spend time with on your ship. 

Spiritfarer can be an absolutely heartbreaking experience at times, which all stems from you spending time and learning new things about the characters that join you on your journey. As they learn to accept their deaths, you must accompany them on their final journey onward, and it's never easy to let go of these characters you've learned so much about and become attached to. It's an experience that will stay with me for a long time. Of course, the game has so much more to offer than that, like upgrading your ship, traveling around the game's world discovering new fantastic locations, completing quests for various characters you meet along the way, and then sometimes just sitting down to watch the sunset on the deck of your vessel.

There are very few games that have made me genuinely tear up, and Spiritfarer belongs into that group. Playing through it was an experience I will likely never forget, moreso for the fact that I played it through with my wife. I'm not sure if I will ever go back and replay it because much of the power of the experience came from doing all those things for the very first time and finding out the stories of the many characters that come along for the journey on your ship and then eventually move on to the next phase of their existence. It was, as mentioned, a beautiful experience, and I can't wait to see what the people behind it do next.



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Farsala on 25 November 2023
SvennoJ said:

#37 Concept art of a semi open world platformer where you collect eggs

double post but just looked at this.

spyro the Dragon?



Darashiva on 25 November 2023
SvennoJ said:

#37 Concept art of a semi open world platformer where you collect eggs

Jak & Daxter?



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SvennoJ on 25 November 2023
Darashiva said:
SvennoJ said:

#37 Concept art of a semi open world platformer where you collect eggs

Jak & Daxter?

Yes, the Precursor Legacy, the start a great series I would love to see make a comeback.
https://www.gamingbible.com/news/platform/jak-daxter-fans-are-begging-naughty-dog-to-revive-iconic-series-487449-20230712



Veknoid_Outcast on 25 November 2023
S.Peelman said:

Apparently these are tricky. Let's give them a third hint that'll hopefully shove some of you the right way.

#40: Probably the coolest special edition I own is the one for this game, it comes with a wooden miniature of an Onager that you could build yourself.
Hint 2: At launch the game was criticised pretty heavily by players however. With a slew of updates adding things like a family tree and overhauled politics, much of this criticism has subsided.
Hint 3: It also features something that was sadly cut again in entries after this game's direct sequel, namely that cities would 'grow' on the map as you upgraded them instead of cities being represented by a sort of 'model'.

#37: Technically just a sprite swap of another strategy game, and considering the franchise this is part of, shouldn't they have done more?
Hint 2: The basis for this game is a famous rts from an otherwise completely unrelated franchise and developer, but my game's gameplay is basically exactly the same, down to the building types and technology (in the sense of advancements and upgrades for the purpose of the gameplay).
Hint 3: For example the original game's 'Barracks' is now a 'Troop Center', the 'Castle' a 'Fortress' and the upgrade 'Heated Shot' is 'Ion Accu-Accelerator'.

#36: A handheld entry in the series which unlike its console brother actually is a numbered sequel.
Hint 2: These two games were released pretty much simultaneously.
Hint 3: And even though other games in the series would release in between, the next 'numbered' sequel wouldn't release until about 19 years later.

Is #36 Metroid Fusion? I was thrown off because it doesn’t technically have a number, even if the industry counts it as Metroid 4. But everything else seems to match.



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UnderwaterFunktown on 25 November 2023

Gonna be the final hint for these two games, let's see if we can get them guessed

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)

Unlike the recent sequel everything in this game takes place in a simulation

The box art for this puzzle game shows a robot stroking a kitten

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

A JRPG for the PS2 and later 3DS

Luke, Tear, Jade, Guy, Natalia, Anise, Asch

Tales of ____



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S.Peelman on 25 November 2023
Farsala said:
S.Peelman said:

Apparently these are tricky. Let's give them a third hint that'll hopefully shove some of you the right way.

#40: Probably the coolest special edition I own is the one for this game, it comes with a wooden miniature of an Onager that you could build yourself.
Hint 2: At launch the game was criticised pretty heavily by players however. With a slew of updates adding things like a family tree and overhauled politics, much of this criticism has subsided.
Hint 3: It also features something that was sadly cut again in entries after this game's direct sequel, namely that cities would 'grow' on the map as you upgraded them instead of cities being represented by a sort of 'model'.
#37: Technically just a sprite swap of another strategy game, and considering the franchise this is part of, shouldn't they have done more?
Hint 2: The basis for this game is a famous rts from an otherwise completely unrelated franchise and developer, but my game's gameplay is basically exactly the same, down to the building types and technology (in the sense of advancements and upgrades for the purpose of the gameplay).
Hint 3: For example the original game's 'Barracks' is now a 'Troop Center', the 'Castle' a 'Fortress' and the upgrade 'Heated Shot' is 'Ion Accu-Accelerator'.
#36: A handheld entry in the series which unlike its console brother actually is a numbered sequel.
Hint 2: These two games were released pretty much simultaneously.
Hint 3: And even though other games in the series would release in between, the next 'numbered' sequel wouldn't release until about 19 years later.

Maybe 40 is civ 6?

Incorrect. This is somewhat close genre-wise though.

Veknoid_Outcast said:

Is #36 Metroid Fusion? I was thrown off because it doesn’t technically have a number, even if the industry counts it as Metroid 4. But everything else seems to match.

Yes! And Metroid Fusion maybe doesn't have a number on the box, but in the intro cinematic the game is called 'Metroid 4'.



Darashiva on 25 November 2023
UnderwaterFunktown said:

Gonna be the final hint for these two games, let's see if we can get them guessed

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)

Unlike the recent sequel everything in this game takes place in a simulation

The box art for this puzzle game shows a robot stroking a kitten

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

A JRPG for the PS2 and later 3DS

Luke, Tear, Jade, Guy, Natalia, Anise, Asch

Tales of ____

38. Never actually played it, but the only Tales game on both the PS2 and 3DS is Tales of the Abyss I think.



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UnderwaterFunktown on 25 November 2023
Darashiva said:
UnderwaterFunktown said:

Gonna be the final hint for these two games, let's see if we can get them guessed

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)

Unlike the recent sequel everything in this game takes place in a simulation

The box art for this puzzle game shows a robot stroking a kitten

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

A JRPG for the PS2 and later 3DS

Luke, Tear, Jade, Guy, Natalia, Anise, Asch

Tales of ____

38. Never actually played it, but the only Tales game on both the PS2 and 3DS is Tales of the Abyss I think.

Correct



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Machina on 25 November 2023
UnderwaterFunktown said:

Gonna be the final hint for these two games, let's see if we can get them guessed

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)

Unlike the recent sequel everything in this game takes place in a simulation

The box art for this puzzle game shows a robot stroking a kitten

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

A JRPG for the PS2 and later 3DS

Luke, Tear, Jade, Guy, Natalia, Anise, Asch

Tales of ____

39 = The Talos Principle.