1992
Diehard D&D boomers will tell you to start the series at Final Fantasy 1, 90s kids will tell you to start at 7, and we all know that weird guy addicted to FF14 that shills it 50 times a day.
I'd say 5 is a good starting point if you wanna get into the series, it's retro enough at this point to be considered oldschool and lets you get used to the rudimentary mechanics that will only get better in 6 and 7, while also not being as poorly aged as the first entries to which I can only reccomend to somebody who has a high tolerance for retro games or hate themselves but have rose tinted glasses to the games they grew up with
It's good and simple in the way only early 16 bit era games managed to be, and that's all I could really ask for
I'd say 5 is a good starting point if you wanna get into the series, it's retro enough at this point to be considered oldschool and lets you get used to the rudimentary mechanics that will only get better in 6 and 7, while also not being as poorly aged as the first entries to which I can only reccomend to somebody who has a high tolerance for retro games or hate themselves but have rose tinted glasses to the games they grew up with
It's good and simple in the way only early 16 bit era games managed to be, and that's all I could really ask for
2003
2018
Despite it's flaws and stumbling a bit with the gameplay due to being the first Dragon Engine game (rip tiger drop) and the somewhat short length compared to other Yakuza games, it still holds up as one of the best entries in the series exactly due to it's simplicity
No bloating completion for stingy bonuses, no stupid playable characters that never show up again, no rubber bullets, just Kiryu on the send off journey he rightfully deserves after his arc supposedly concluded in 3 but people kept bringing him back for the sake of nostalgia. Hopefully with characters like Ichiban and Yagami being able to stand on their own Nagoshi will give the Dragon of Dojima a needed rest.
And yes, I still cry every time I hear Hands on the Karaoke, don't judge.
No bloating completion for stingy bonuses, no stupid playable characters that never show up again, no rubber bullets, just Kiryu on the send off journey he rightfully deserves after his arc supposedly concluded in 3 but people kept bringing him back for the sake of nostalgia. Hopefully with characters like Ichiban and Yagami being able to stand on their own Nagoshi will give the Dragon of Dojima a needed rest.
And yes, I still cry every time I hear Hands on the Karaoke, don't judge.
2003
2014
There's a good reason 2D Sonic had histun, levels under 8 minutes, didn't have 20 minutes of voiced over cutscenes, or made a huge focus on new characters we dont care about: it breaks the pace of the game and it makes it feel like a complete chore to play.
Feels like a mix of Dimps-Era Sonic with a slight hint of Gunstar heroes but with even more automated sequences, unsatisfying physics and unrewarding platforming.
Not horrible but just play Sonic Mania
Feels like a mix of Dimps-Era Sonic with a slight hint of Gunstar heroes but with even more automated sequences, unsatisfying physics and unrewarding platforming.
Not horrible but just play Sonic Mania
This review contains spoilers
"Will we see each other again?"
"Of course not, you're just a filler character."
- Inuyasha
As someone who's familiar with the anime and heard this was gonna be a retelling of arc 3 I was pretty intrigued. What-If scenarios tend to get pretty wacky but it's fun to see how much they stray from the source material if anything.
Well turns out they don't even do that here, it sets up a 6th candidate for the royal throne and an impostor to look out for, and if you've seen anything about the first season, you know exactly who the impostor is because the original characters are staring at you right on the box art, the only way you couldn't see this coming from the start was if you didn't watch the show (Which the game kind of expects you to) but even so it cuts off from the most interesting parts of arc 3 (The whale fight, I love Emilia, Beetlejuice) to tell a wannabe town of salem story with a few character interactions when it could have been a more acessible way to read the web novels or something original entirely.
The animations are pretty cool I guess but I wouldn't say they're worth the journey, let alone full price.
"Of course not, you're just a filler character."
- Inuyasha
As someone who's familiar with the anime and heard this was gonna be a retelling of arc 3 I was pretty intrigued. What-If scenarios tend to get pretty wacky but it's fun to see how much they stray from the source material if anything.
Well turns out they don't even do that here, it sets up a 6th candidate for the royal throne and an impostor to look out for, and if you've seen anything about the first season, you know exactly who the impostor is because the original characters are staring at you right on the box art, the only way you couldn't see this coming from the start was if you didn't watch the show (Which the game kind of expects you to) but even so it cuts off from the most interesting parts of arc 3 (The whale fight, I love Emilia, Beetlejuice) to tell a wannabe town of salem story with a few character interactions when it could have been a more acessible way to read the web novels or something original entirely.
The animations are pretty cool I guess but I wouldn't say they're worth the journey, let alone full price.
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