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#44

Secret of Mana

Action RPG with beautiful visuals and music. Bit clunky magic system but a blast playing with a friend or significant other.

Recommended for people who like JRPG but don't enjoy turn based combat or random encounters so much.



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#43

Super Mario World

I struggled to decide if this great plattformer would make the list this year. The older brother is the one 2D Mario Plattformer I would recommend over this. But hey, this game have Yoshi. And Yoshi is awesome. If you want to play 2D Mario and need that green steed, this is the game.



#42

Super Smash Bros Ultimate

Mash up of great proportions. Easier to get into than the more technically demanding Melee. Less unfair than Brawl. Easier on the eyes than Smash 64. And just an over all upgrade from the WiiU instalment.

If you want to play king of the hill with a couple of friends, pick up Smash Ultimate.



#41

Chrono Trigger

The music alone would get this game recommended. Twisting time travelling story with multiple possible paths to victory. Turn based but not annoying with random encounters. Great companions.

If you like JRPG you probably have already played this. If not, this is where I would start. 



#40

Limbo

So you want to play a horror game? And a puzzle game? And a plattformer? Boy I got the game just for you. This strange beautiful game does something few succeed with. Excellent sound design and visuals create an experience of unease that sticks with you.

I'd recommend this to anyone interested in the indie scen but not yet have 50 different unplayed strange small games in their steam account.



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Darashiva said:
UnderwaterFunktown said:

I haven't played either game but I was wondering if this was a case where it makes sense to combine remake and original or count them separately according to our rules?

Remasters and remakes are generally counted together with the original game unless it’s a very significant overhaul like the Resident Evil remakes, the Metroid remakes, Final Fantasy VII remakes etc.

I guess I'll let you be the judge of it since I think you're one of the few/only people listing it.

Right, I forgot about that. It is basically a complete overhaul of the original game. They rebuilt the entire game from scratch using a new engine, retranslated the entire script, and redid pretty much everything else. The story is the same, but besides that nothing of the original game really exists in the remake anymore. For reference, the original looks like this:

and here's that same place in the remake:

Alrighty thanks! Sounds like they should be counted seperately then.



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#39

Golden Sun

Ok. This game is not that easy to get into. It have all the things most disslike about JRPG. Random and frecvent encounters. Turn based fights that can drag on. Enourmous amounts of text to read acompanied with that blip blip sound indicating someone talking. But it is also the most beautiful game on the GBA and a fun magic system used for puzzles as well as fights.

Recommended for people that are not afraid of text.

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Final set of clues now, I'll see when (and if) I have time to do the rest of the writeups.

#5

  • A tactical RPG set in an alternate history Europe during the second Europan war

#4

  • You can choose to perpetuate the cycle or end it and bring about the age of darkness

#3

  • The second and final game in a space combat sim series that spun off from the Descent series of games

#2

  • A war from 11,000 years ago ended the subjugation of humans

#1

  • A thief, a princess, a mage, and a knight walk into a kidnapping


#38

Astro Bot

Some two years after it's realse I have had the pleasure of experiencing this 3D plattformer. Collecting some of the best concepts from multiple other 3D plattformers into a cocktail of awesomeness. The forgiving system with lots of save points makes this game recommended even for newcomers to the gaming medium.

If you are a playstation fan or a fan of 3D plattformers this game is worth getting a PS5 for.



#37

Chu Chu Rocket

Guide your mice to safty using arrows.that is pretty much it. But the puzzles are greatly designd and you can build your own. I return to this game on my brother's dreamcast every few years getting stomped by my own puzzle creations.

Bit of a nostalgic game that might not hold up for new players. But I still recommend this for any puzzle soliving lovers. And the multiplayer mode is a beautiful chaos that needs to be experienced do understand.