Knuckle Sandwich is visually and aesthetically astounding RPG with a pretty wild idea of combat mechanics. I would say it's like what if you had Mario & Luigi mechanics of dodging attacks along with Warioware microgames to counterattack enemies and deal the best damage all in an RPG. You can clearly tell that the developer put so much inspiration from the medium and tries so much to deliver on a fulfilling combat system, story, characters, and word. Despite this, I kinda didn't connect with the game. Like I clearly see 'The Vision' and love put into this short RPG but I wasn't as wowed by the story or characters in the game; I can certainly say though it gets crazy and some to most will see the charm in it with its weirdness. While the game didn't click with me and didn't pull me in with some personal feelings and flaws such as the limited inventory, I DO respect this game and hope for its success as it did take a long time to make this. It's a pretty good title I will say and, if you want to play it, I recommend trying out the demo first to see if the gameplay and/or story really connects with you so you can buy it.

Super Mario RPG is a pretty easy and short RPG game to play that, much like the other Mario RPG games, keeps your attention by having input-required actions during attacks to maximize damage. The remake does something really well with this by having a chain system that boosts stats so it encourages you to do your best and keep up the combo along with nice indicators what is and isn't a blockable attack from enemies. I never got to play the original Super Mario RPG game and learning that this game has added post game boss fights when the original didn't have much of a post game is the best addition to it. Haven't defeated all of them yet, but the post game fights are at least a little challenging which I like. Plot really isn't much to talk about other than the character I like the most out of it was Mallow. It's hilarious that people hype Geno up when he doesn't get much dialogue that makes him stand out, but he's cool I'll give it that. If this was the original I'd have give this a 3 and half stars but with the added post game it's an improvement. It's a pretty good remake that adds QoL, a new mechanic, and a many times mentioned post game that makes it the best version over the original. I like the game, but it's not really memorable to me compared to how others see it. Still, it's a pretty solid RPG.

I want to say so much what I love about the Yakuza/Like a Dragon franchise. This game is perfect. This isn't about the gameplay anymore it is what this series offers as a long-running franchise.

From starting with Yakuza 0 in 2018 and being a fan of this series for 5 whole ass years is a journey. I have never loved a dev team more than RGG for just delivering something emotionally powerful than these games. Following Kiryu's journey you experience and witness so much and you see the underworld crime hell itself yet still manage to always come out on top because you're The Dragon of Dojima... a legend. You witness characters in the main story grow, develop, live life as it was, y'know, real. People come and go, come together or go separate ways but despite all that you're still you and must keep going to the march of time for your efforts. The final chapter of the game proved that and it fucking broke me that's for sure. I love the world of RGG games so much and I thank the years that these games have offered me. Now, you witness the new legend of Ichiban Kasuga who had such an amazing start. Watching the trailer of Infinite Wealth has made me prepare for another tearjerker story that I will love dearly again. I know all of what I said is some cheesy or corny stuff, but I mean it when I say I love this franchise to death for moments like the final chapter of this game.

This is one of my first Disgaea game's I've completed in terms of finishing the main story and... I actually quite like this one a lot! I like the jumbo and hell mode mechanics, the main cast that quickly grew on me and the story that played out. I still haven’t finished Disgaea 3’s main story, but now that I understand more how to play and break the game like this one I will definitely go back to it and finish that other game’s main story. That’s all I really have to say about this game so no deep, personals thoughts on this one. Perhaps one day I will be invest myself in one of the games’ post game.