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At #44 we have a game that has moved around a lot on my list. Most people praise NieR: Automata for its story and while I think the story has some wild high points, the real appeal for me is getting to experience that Platinum level combat in a longer RPG type game. Really what drags it down a bit is not so much what the game lacks but what it has on top of that, such as a tad much repetition to complete the story and a somewhat overused hacking mini game that doesn't have nearly as much depth as the real combat. I do like how it blends genres a little bit though and that's even more clear after playing NieR: Replicant. Criticisms aside certainly still one of the best Action RPGs out there.



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#43 - Watermelons beware.

  • Not Fruit Ninja, but my steam review for the game reads: "Fruit Ninja on steroids."
  • Guess this needs one last hint: Ahem... RUULEES OF NAAAATUUUREE!!!!!!!!!!!


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UnderwaterFunktown said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:

More hints!

#45 - Gorilla, Zebra, Ostrich, Elephant, Snake.
#44 - A leaker recently claimed that this 2004 game will get a remake in the future, with a gaudy Unreal Engine 5 coat of paint, no doubt.
#43 - The franchise started by this game has come a long way, with many sequels and side projects, including a musou spin-off just this month.
#42 - The auteur behind this Switch title just spent over 100 minutes selling us on his new game.
#41 - You could call this game PlayStation All-Stars Bot-tle Royale.

41) Astro Bot? :D

44) Haven't heard of the leak but Half Life 2 comes to mind

#41 is correct!

#44 is the right genre and it starts with the same three letters...



Veknoid_Outcast said:
UnderwaterFunktown said:

41) Astro Bot? :D

44) Haven't heard of the leak but Half Life 2 comes to mind

#41 is correct!

#44 is the right genre and it starts with the same three letters...

Going in for the steal, #44: Halo 2



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TruckOSaurus said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:

#41 is correct!

#44 is the right genre and it starts with the same three letters...

Going in for the steal, #44: Halo 2

That’s the one!



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Next set of clues.

#40

  • One of this game's side characters is likely the Finnish god of water, though it's never explicitly confirmed.

#39

  • The highest-selling game in this long-running series focused on killing monsters.

#38

  • A remaster of this action RPG was just announced less than a week ago.

#37

  • Drangleic.

#36

  • Pick your side, black, blue, or gold.


Darashiva said:

Next set of clues.

#40

  • One of this game's side characters is likely the Finnish god of water, though it's never explicitly confirmed.

#39

  • The highest-selling game in this long-running series focused on killing monsters.

#38

  • A remaster of this action RPG was just announced less than a week ago.

#37

  • Drangleic.

#36

  • Pick your side, black, blue, or gold.

#36 Fire Emblem: Three Houses?



#43: Lead your people from the Stone Age to the Space Age.

  1. Unlike Civilization, this God Game is in real time
  2. As a God Game, you have make some godly interventions sometimes like healing your citizens, striking UFOs with lightning strikes or protecting them under a protective dome
  3. The inhabitants of the planet that you develop are called Nuggets who like Rayman don't seem to have limbs.
  4. Since you're a god, the inhabitants sometimes ask you to do some godly feats for them.
  5. By your side is a narrator that's both very funny and can be obnoxious.

#47 (Yeah I forgot that one initially, sorry): A PC pinball game with 3 tables and a horror movie level design

  1. The 3 tables are called Castle, Dungeon and Laboratory
  2. In the Castle multiball, the castle gate tower becomes a giant angry face with the gate becoming teeth and it constantly says "FEED ME!"
  3. It's part of a Pinball series from Sierra On-Line
  4. It's actually the second one of the series, and the first one had the same title but lacked the subtitle.

#40: This game series from Stardock got often called a successor to Master of Magic, here in it's third iteration.

  1. It's the technically the third iteration like I mentioned above, but also the first iteration, as the second replaced the first and the third replaced the second one entirely.
  2. You start with a sovereign of your selected nation and build an Empire (evil races) or Kingdom (righteous races) out of it

#39: Thwart a global alien invasion with your handful of soldiers

  1. It's an hommage of a series that was big in the 90's and still gets some games out now, but unlike those who mostly played in the future, this one starts in an alternate late 70's.

#38: The weaponry of your character includes 19th century cavalry pistols, shotguns, a Tommy gun, a minigun, rocket launcher, quad laser and a 17th century cannon... which fires chargeable depleted uranium cannonballs



Bofferbrauer2 said:
Darashiva said:

Next set of clues.

#40

  • One of this game's side characters is likely the Finnish god of water, though it's never explicitly confirmed.

#39

  • The highest-selling game in this long-running series focused on killing monsters.

#38

  • A remaster of this action RPG was just announced less than a week ago.

#37

  • Drangleic.

#36

  • Pick your side, black, blue, or gold.

#36 Fire Emblem: Three Houses?

Correct.



Bofferbrauer2 said:
Salnax said:

50. A new IP, but a spiritual successor to a GBA spinoff of another series.

49. If you play the wrong route, you're gonna have a bad time.

48. A revival of a classic platforming series.

47. A bit of a guilty pleasure, but it is fun to mess around in this frigid world.

46. The third entry in an RPG series, released on the DS.

45. The year is 1807, and you need to make an insurance report.

44. An indie platformer where the greatest obstacle is a foot-tall barrier.

43. A roguelike strategy game IN SPACE.

42. A grand strategy game that's popular among those with spicy political leanings.

41. In 2028, a Sigma male gets kidnapped and then learns about parallel universes.

49: Undertale?

46: Etrian odyssey III?

43: FTL: Faster Than Light?

42: Hearts of Iron IV?

49, 43, and 42 are correct!