Battlerager
Fascinating, unique aesthetic. The monster combination system is really interesting, and it's a shame this never persisted and developed as a more complex, adult alternative to Pokémon.
2019
This is the most catholic game I have ever played.
2006
Really cool class system. Always a sucker for mythology.
2014
It may look bad, but this game started the entire 'roguelike + deckbuilder' subgenre. Slay the Spire, Monster Train, etc. may be more polished, but this one's still worth playing and is less afraid to go completely nuts with its concepts and numbers.
1994
The music really carries it. The game's pretty good, though!
In terms of being a game, this beats every other RPG on the system - hands down. The puzzles are real brain-busters, the combat is fun, interacting with enemies on the map adds just enough depth to be worthwhile, and the capsule monster system is enjoyable.
Sadly, the game's structure, plot, and characters are all absurdly generic and boring. You repeatedly arrive at the next town with a problem, head to a tower / dungeon / cave and solve the problem, then travel to the next town through a cave.
Sadly, the game's structure, plot, and characters are all absurdly generic and boring. You repeatedly arrive at the next town with a problem, head to a tower / dungeon / cave and solve the problem, then travel to the next town through a cave.
2018
Absolute masterpiece of the tactics genre.
2007
Couldn't really get into it. Maybe I got to it too late.
2001
Absurdly janky. But this is a masterclass in worldbuilding, and making even small, unspectacular sidequests feel count for something. The first third of the game is brilliant.
1993
The music is incredible, but the game is just alright - and really really hard.
Really good - but by the time the midgame rolls around, things start getting too tedious for me.
I almost feel like I know history now.
2013
Alright in multiplayer.
2015
The narrator is etched into my brain.
2012
One of the worse Diablo clones out there.