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Agree. Elden Ring is the only one I’ve liked personally. And a big reason is being able to fuck off and go do something else if you find a boss battle or section of the game too difficult. There’s so much to do and explore and check out that it didn’t feel like I was “grinding” ever.

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I agree with this only because my Packers blew a seven point lead in the fourth quarter last night.

Even though The Offspring is weirdly reactionary for being a punk band, I still agree with this.

Tough being a RETVRN guy these days if this is the barrel they’re scraping the bottom of.

Peter Sweden still posting, huh? Not a name I’ve heard in a long time.

Interesting! I actually had not heard the translation was bad, but I suppose during that time they were all pretty bad in their own ways haha Will have to remember this the next time I feel like playing it.

Those NES Dragon Quest games are really great for pick-up, put down. There’s a fair amount of grinding, so you can just sort of zone out or stop whenever you want. DQ4 was, in a lot of ways, ahead of its time. It’s the first JRPG I can think of that let you at least customize the gender of your character and the chapters-style story telling is really fun. Enjoy, man. I definitely wish I could experience some of those for the first time again, although maybe I’m just wishing I was a kid again haha

Mario RPG along with those two Mother games are great stuff.

I’d recommend some Dragon Quest games from that era as well. DQ4 is one of my personal favorite games, but it definitely shows its age a bit as a NES game. DQ5 is considered one of the best JRPGs ever made and I tend to agree. Don’t know if you’re including those in the main ones you’ve played, since DQ5 didn’t get US release until much later.

Agree with @LaGG_3 about Ogre Battle 64, if you’ve enjoyed the resurgence of auto battlers lately, it’s a game that did roughly about 20 years ago.

Fire Emblem had two great GBA games that I’d recommend. Blazing Blade was a little bit better in terms of story, but The Sacred Stones has an updated engine and better quality of life.

Lastly, Phantasy Star IV is a fantastic look at that 16-bit JRPG game design style. And might be a good change of pace from the high fantasy settings I’ve listed off so far with its more Sci-Fi thing it has going on. It also has those sort of unique anime cut scenes, similar to Ninja Gaiden, during the big story bits that’s kind of unique for the genre.

That’s good news, I have been interested in it too and have no experience with 40K at all outside of knowing that it exists basically.

I really want to play that. I’ve read it has incredible range of choices, similar to Wrath of the Righteous actually. I’ve never done anything with 40K setting before, so hopefully I’m not lost.

I did not play Kingmaker. I had heard Wrath was the better game, so I just jumped there. The Pathfinder system honestly intimidates the hell out of me. And I GM a Shadowrun table. It really just seems like incredible levels of crunch, and I’m happy to have the computer do it for me. But even with that wasn’t sure I would like it, but it was honestly one of the better CRPG experiences I’ve had.

I really do need to get Citizen Sleeper. Especially with the sequel announced.

I am a basic RPG nerd, so my favorites were:

• Pathfinder: Wraith of the Righteous
• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Super Mario RPG
• Sea of Starts

I also really enjoyed Outlanders as a city builder/strategy game.

Really digging the SMRPG remake. Has a lot of quality of life improvements, but still feels like the original in a lot of ways. Didn’t feel bad about getting it on release day since Nintendo stuff rarely goes on sale.

It recently went on sale, so I picked up Midnight Suns and was surprised how much it sucked me in. Reminds me of Fire Emblem a lot.

Super Mario RPG remake has been my on the go choice these days, but I have a copy of Sea of Stars on the way.

First Frostpunk has been 75% off lately. Seems worth it at that price.

Praise the moon.

I was born into the two religions of rural Wisconsin: Catholicism and Packer fandom. Was able to shake the Catholicism, but I bought a share of the team. So, I’m stuck with them for life.