#35

Change YoY: NEW!   My Rating: 9.1 / 10

My history with the Monster Hunter series is relatively short. The only title in the series that I'd played to any notable extent before World was Monster Hunter Tri on the Wii well over a decade ago, and I never actually owned the game myself. I just never found the series that appealing for whatever reason, and the same was true with Monster Hunter World. In fact, it was my wife who got the game originally, not me, and she was the one who played it while I just largely ignored it for several years. It wasn't until late last year as I was looking for something to play I though I'd give it a chance. After all, I could certainly see the appeal with the general concept of the series.

As you can probably guess by its ranking, I absolutely loved the game. The setting is wonderfully varied, with the different zones having a very distinct atmosphere and look of their own. The visuals and music are excellent as well, and even the story and characters, while essentially serving as just an excuse to go out and hunt, are surprisingly engaging. Yet, it is of course the gameplay and the monsters themselves that serve as the true stars of the game, and both elements are fantastic. I played the game for nearly 150 hours, and I never got tired of the core gameplay loop of hunting materials to craft more gear so I could then go on more challenging hunts. It helps that the monsters are impeccably designed and exciting to fight against. Even just the base game alone would be enough to warrant a spot on my list.

However, I must also mention the game's expansion pack, Iceborne, which could almost be its own game entirely considering how much content there is in it. Introducing a new are to explore and several new monsters, it was essentially more of what I'd already learned to love, with the challenge level ramped up even further. It's one of the best expansion packs I've ever played, and serves as a great final chapter to one of the best games of the previous console generation.

Second hint makes it sound like a Guitar Hero game, in which case I'd guess Guitar Hero 3.

First hint could really fit a lot, but I'm gonna say Wargroove.

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- You best have a pen and paper handy, as unlike the series that influenced this, any info you come across won’t be documented anywhere for you to refer back to at any time.
- At various points in the game, you’re given a choice of which team mate’s plans you want to go along with. One leads to more puzzle orientated routes, the other more combat orientated.

34 - Donkey Kong Country 2
- You’ll start this game in the same environment that the previous game ended in, although one of the playable characters is different.
- Unlike the game before and after, there is no ‘heavier’ playable character, as both are pretty nimble.

33 - Super Mario Bros Wonder
- People joke that some parts of the first game in this series are an allegory for taking drugs. I’m sure they’ll say the same for this latest entry in the series.

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- One of the unlockable characters in this game is a real life person, who happened to have their own, similar game released by the same publisher a year after this one.

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34: Donkey Kong Country 2

Correct.

I'm talking about Through the Fire and Flames, the 'encore' at the end of the career mode. A ridiculous song really, and with Guitar Hero III's style of song transcription where they put extra notes to be played that in reality would be different instruments or people, or both, that song on the expert difficulty was basically only beatable by robots.

Right you are. DKC ends with the boss battle on K Rool's pirate ship, and the first world in DKC2 is pirate ship themed. And of course, Diddy and Dixie are both quick, nimble characters, unlike Donkey and Kiddy.

It's more of a remaster than a remake, and not really confirmed yet, just a lot of rumors and speculation.

Nope.

Let's add more hints:

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

#44: Pikmin 4 as kind of guessed (right series) by S.Peelman.

#43: Deathloop as guessed by Machina.

#42: Grounded as guessed by Darashiva.
Muhahaha! You think you outsmarted me, the mighty Moldorc?! I don't think so, Yoked Girth!
What is Ominent Technologies deal?
This is great technology invented by Wendell Tully.
Spiders are scary!
At least if you are the size of an ant.

#41: Starcraft/Broodwar as guessed by UnderwaterFunktown.

#40: Songs of Conquest as guessed by The_Liquid_Laser.
Commanders move the armies around the map and lead them into turn-based battle.
This pretty recent game is a spiritual successor to a very old game series.
Grow your cities with more buildings.

#39:
The monsters come out on friday, but the Earth Defense Force will protect us!
Or Laundry Cleaner Man might also help.

#38:
Another recent-ish agme that is the spiritual successor of an much older game, this time made by the original creator of the first game.

33. Super Mario Bros Wonder