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Narelle is a freelance writer with a New York State of Mind. She's a member of the TAY Blog (www.tay2.org), where she can be found musing about JRPGs, music and doing this ಠ_ಠ. Reach her on Twitter.

Undertale. My god, Undertale. I cried so damn hard that first playthrough. And while it’s replayability was part of the point of the game, the fact that you could never play it for the first time again was a literal game mechanic Read more

Fr me it would have to be pokemon gold. Either discovering the kanto region post elite four, or first time encountering red on mount silver. Read more

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The main battle theme is really good as is the remix? boss theme of the intro theme. I’ve never liked jrock but that intro slapssss

Just finished the game (got it on PS4) - it’s an absolute masterpiece. The way most of the puzzles utilize environmental mechanics of the planets themselves is brilliant. And the story is indeed moving. I feel like the game could easily be adapted into a terrific movie with the combination of the different planets and Read more

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There are quite a few. Witcher 3. Persona 5. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Those are probably the most notable ones. They’re all great, and they all just might be way too long. A game being 80-100 hours long is just too daunting to me. I do play all three occasionally and try to chip away at them, but I haven’t gotten a Read more

I really hope they make a PS4 port of the game.  I can’t recall the last time I picked up a controller to play something myself (I always end up helping my son play Lego _____ ) but this seems like something I’d actually get into.  I don’t think my mid-level PC build from a few years ago will do well with the game.  Read more

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Dark souls 2 and 3. I love the souls series and I finished bloodborne. Im just in a different place now. Time alludes me. I can only play games when my kids are sleeping and I don’t have to go to work the next day. Lately I have just been watching anime instead of trying to complete these games 😂 Read more

A lot. I have some sort of problem. I play and enjoy a game. Get near to the end and then and then just stop. Read more

Every Dragon Quest game ever. They are fun and interesting and pull me in at the start, but they end up being a bit of a slog near the end and I always loose interest. Read more

So weird to see this - I happened to start up New Game+ for Persona 5 this weekend. I loved it the first time around but can tell it will be even better with the carry-overs. No need to worry about planning out my calendar to max my stats, no need to worry about running out of SP in Mementos/Palaces since I have my SP Read more

The immediate beginning of the game kinda sets you loose without any clear direction, but the discoveries breadcrumb into each other incredibly well. Once you find one discovery, it naturally serves as a bridge to the rest of the other content in the game, and the more pieces you unlock behind the mystery, the more Read more

This game is definitely up there for me on GOTY lists, and up there for contender as game of the generation. It just does something that so few games do - exploration and discovery as a means of progress - and does so without the least bit of (intended) violence. Each new bit you explore you find out more and more Read more

Buying this game tonight goddammit! I didn’t even read past the spoiler warning. I’ve been circling around this game for over a month, I don’t know why I’ve been holding out. Read more

Outer Wilds still is my GOTY for 2019, and honestly I don’t think any other game coming out this year will be able to take its position at the top. Read more