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The first video game specifically that made me emotionally invested in its story:

Roxas: "Looks like my summer vacation is . . . over."

Goofy dies

Coming back to the series after a several year hiatus, Cold War has been a fun mainstay on my PS5 with quick online matches and simple online play with friends.

Real talk: the adaptive triggers on the DualSense controller genuinely immersed and engaged me with the game far more than I anticipated from yet another yearly CoD title.

This is the super hero game I always wanted growing up.

Incredible story, open-world, traversal mechanics, combat, etc. - my only gripe is the lack of engaging side quest lines that included any other iconic characters within the Spiderverse (though the story pretty much compensates for this!).

Remember games before "games-as-a-service" was a thing? Same.

It baffles me how dysfunctional the local / online play with friends is.

I almost made the stupid mistake of letting internet discourse convince me that I would regret playing this.

Emotional regret? Debatable.

TLOU2 is one of my two GOTYs for 2020. If you are or have been on the fence about this game, try it out for yourself. It may not be for you! But you will never know otherwise imo.

Hey, Animal Crossing, its been a while.

I know I don't play you often anymore; nevertheless, the 80 or so hours you entertained and immersed me during the beginning of the pandemic will never be forgotten.

Sincerely, thank you. Never in my life has such a game come out at just the perfect time. This rating is biased in no short reason due to the external factors at the time, but I could not possible possess less regret.

I cannot express how far this game has come since its release in 2016.

The Hoenn region is one of the closest things I can call a fictional "homeland". With the introduction of double battles, excellent new Pokemon designs (including epic legendaries), and a post-game like no other (the Battle Frontier); Pokemon Emerald is the series damn near its finest and I will never not want to start another run through the Hoenn region.

What if a game was just weird, cool, and fun as hell?

2018

This game made me care about a roguelite.

Where did the Final Fantasy go?

I've never fallen more in love with a cast of characters. The dichotomy between the player's relationships with confidants and the game's mechanics in and out of its incredible turn-based combat system constantly tempt me to replay this for another 100 hours.

Shockingly, I never got sick of the soundtrack after all that time and to this day still go out of my way to queue up some of this game's banger tracks.

Pure, un-adulterated, Disney-less Star Wars bliss and perfection.