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comment by crafty

Oh haha, well. . . this may come as a bit of blasphemy, but I haven't played Persona 4! In my defense, however, this was one of my favorite games to lay in bed and watch my partner play, so it's definitely on my top list. With a unique visual style, great soundtrack, memorable writing and characters (Kanji and Teddie were my favorites) and fun dungeons, it really has the whole package. As far as which one RPG I would say is my favorite, I'd have to go with FFX. It might be an anathema to purists of the genre, but growing up in a household where my parents felt that kind of thing was unhealthy for the growing mind, it was the first real JPRG I was able to experience so it will always hold a special place for me. I also spent a long time playing FFXI and more recently, FFXIV. There are some incredible psychologically immersive experiences that can come out of MMORPGs. I have to be honest, I also liked the Mass Effect series. It had its flaws, but the worlds and stories were just so detailed and the visual imagery was very satisfying for a sci-fi fan like myself.

Outside of those, I love sandbox games; they are my true passion as far as video game genres go. I played every Sim City iteration for literally countless hours, starting at a very young age with the original, through 4, which I still play modded with some irregularity. I love Civilization V, and Minecraft is another game I play with frequency. I'm a moderator on a small whitelisted vanilla server which is fun as a creative outlet for my casual interest in architecture.





Meriadoc  ·  3784 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've been playing dozens of hours of Torchlight II recently, and I've been replaying Fable for the first time since it came out. Loads of fun.

eightbitsamurai and I both have Torchlight II, you should pick it up and join us for a game if you like dungeon crawlers!

crafty  ·  3784 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'll check it out and let you know what I think! Also have to mention to eightbit that I saw his opinions of Shadow of the Colossus, and Kleinbl00, you are so very wrong! Haha, I loved SotC and Ico. I think it's hard to judge and compare video games because they're such a diverse medium. It's like dumping youTube, TV and movies all together into one group and comparing them.

Meriadoc  ·  3784 days ago  ·  link  ·  

you're opening a can of worms here.

This is the greatest debate of all time on Hubski. I'm not sure which you saw, but 8bit even did a whole post reviewing it and arguing in the style of kb. Gotdamn work of art is what it was.

crafty  ·  3784 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, that is what I read. I hope the can of worms doesn't spill here! I'll just add that everyone is entitled to their opinion, and like any creative endeavor, it's always open to interpretation.

user-inactivated  ·  3784 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hahahahahaha, no can of worms here, no sir!

And by that I mean, Kb knows he's fucking wrong and to shut up about it or else.

Being (slightly) more serious, my ideas of gaming have become very aligned with kleinbl00's as of late. Maybe it's because I'm jaded, or because I want people to take the medium more seriously, but eh. I'm in love with Dark Souls right now, though.

    I was wearing a reinforced +2 Fang Boar Helm, a Kite Shield, and a Great Axe.

    You were wearing Soltaire's Armor, with a matching sword and shield.

    I was stuck in the Undead Parish's church, trying to find my way to the Blacksmith, with a conjurer pestering me and I, low on health, when you showed up. Like it was nothing, you cut the conjurer down and sped us on our way to the top of the tower.

    As the corpses of skeleton knights tumbled down the stairs while I followed behind you, I thought I was in love.

    But I wasn't. Not until you turned around, bowed, and gave me a +5 Lightning Longsword with a base damage of 200.

    We reached the roof, and defeated the two gargoyle statues in less than 15 seconds. And just like that, you disappeared. I don't know who you were, ANGELOX24, but know that you will be in my heart forever.

    -Dark Souls Missed Connections

But yes, let us do the Torchlight II.

kleinbl00  ·  3784 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've been waiting until I have time to shit all over Ingress. Be warned.

user-inactivated  ·  3784 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh no no no, Ingress is really bad for lots of reasons, some of them nefarious. But it got me out of the house when all I could do is absolutely hate my city, so I owe it that.

That's all I owe it, though.

Meriadoc  ·  3784 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Seriously dude hurry the fuck up with school and leg it outta Boulder

user-inactivated  ·  3784 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"I'm doing it, wait for me Merry!"

- Frodo voice.

user-inactivated  ·  3784 days ago  ·  link  ·  

nod of approval

You and I are gonna be friends, I can tell.