Solmango
Pokemon Gold and BW2 are the only great games in this entire series.
2018
Go Play Hitman 2 if you pick any game in this trilogy and you didn't buy World of Assassination in digital.
I played this game so many times despite not knowing Japanese but enough about the anime series inside this. There's so many combinations to play it and I've yet to uncover that many secrets. Highly worth an entire memory card or two.
2004
I think about this game every month.
2011
A whimsical return to Mario greatness on the handheld.
2006
A balls out sequel. Two and a half cities to explore, more fighting styles to unlock, obscure Japanese esoterica, and a gripping story of decades old rewenge that Kiryu has to clean up.
I play the entire series on DS every three years. The pinnacle of the handheld visual novel genre.
2000
This is what video games should be. A young woman living in the modern world is plagued by the most intricate devices of modern engineering: bombs found inside an orange, a gun, a stop sign, and much more. Tell the cowards at Bethesda to stop making boring fantasy games.
One of the best comic book video games I've ever played. I can't believe yet another game from this genre made me cry, much less any video game. Space llama rocks.
1999
A top tier Pokemon game for me and a marvel of software programming. Playing this as a kid after waiting two years for the sequel was eye opening, as you not only got to explore a new league with new monsters, but you also get to visit areas from the first game.
Biggest obstacle with this game is that the wild areas don't prepare you for the harder fights instead requiring you to break flow and train for five to ten levels.
Biggest obstacle with this game is that the wild areas don't prepare you for the harder fights instead requiring you to break flow and train for five to ten levels.
2017
An uneven game handicapped by its buggy engine. Loved the story about revenge and its corrosive nature on future generations. Ryuji Goda may be a jerk but he was willing to put his life on the line, even if Kiryu's stubbornness won out.
1997
Foundational RPG for the modern era. A cyberpunk story where post-capitalism has created a huge divide between the poor and the rich, to the point where the only normal people you meet live in slums. I spent too many hours learning to raise chocobos, and it made me feel like Saitama when fighting even the weapons. Sephiroth is a joke.
2012
Fantastic GTA style game. What I consider the apex of this style of game play. Drive and fight through a vibrant recreation of Hong Kong circa 2010. I'm amazed this game changed Publishers quite a few times. I wish there was a sequel but Square Enix execs we're disappointed it didn't sell as well as GTA IV.
The story is very bare even moreso than the SNES games. But the plot is you reawaken as a half demon, half human, 100% f-kboi. The plot says you have the choice to remake the world, but after seeing everyone from the first 20 minutes of the game, you're just here to collect demons and fistfight with the devils of most major religions. See the origins of a new century for Atlus.
Warning, the first five hours is very tedious as the enemies don't give you much money and experience points but are a pain to fight. It's better to turn on Merciful difficulty because life is short and you have punching to do.
Warning, the first five hours is very tedious as the enemies don't give you much money and experience points but are a pain to fight. It's better to turn on Merciful difficulty because life is short and you have punching to do.
You play as a dolphin that flies an airplane. Nuff said