I'm only going to try this once, since the pulse here is pretty slow and I don't want to annoy the community (that badly).
I would love to have some one to talk to regularly (and probably casually) about why games work or don't. I haven't met any one who really wants to dissect them yet, just people who like to leave it at "it's good" or "it sucked". It's a conversation vein I feel a little starved of. It'd just be nice to have a buddy I can mention anything to, as opposed to fishing around on forums for other people to respond or finding an existing thread.
But y'know, if I've had so much trouble finding that person until now I somehow doubt they're suddenly gonna pop up, even here. But if I don't try I'll never find one!
Some games that I really like: Banjo Kazooie, Don't Starve Together, Final Fantasy 6,7,8,10,12&tactics, Undertale, The Last of Us, Bioshock, Dragon Age 2&Inquisition, Heroes of Might and Magic, Tetris Attack, Wario's Woods, Portal1&2, Beginner's Guide, Stanley Parable
Games I had fun playing: Ib, Assassin's Creed 1&2, Katamari Damacy, Super Monkey Ball, Kirby's Dreamland 3, most Mario games from Bros. 2 for the NES through Galaxy, Donkey Kong Country 1&2, Dark Souls, Rogue Legacy, Many Harvest Moons, some League of Legends, Grandia III, Jade Cocoon 2, Azure Dreams, Disgaea 1&2, Spelunky, The Wolf Among Us, Ogre Battle 64, LoZ Ocarina of Time, Medievil, Fire Emblem (GBA), Risk of Rain, even Pokemon once upon a time (pokemon stadium's minigames could be surprisingly fun), Suikoden, Chrono Cross, Secret of Mana, Legend of Mana, Shadow of the Colossus, Starcraft (the first one), Star Ocean Second Story, Tales of Symphonia, DDR, Rhythm Heaven, Pikmin, Mass Effect 1&2, Cave Story
Games I'm sadly not very interested in: Counter Strike series, Halo series, most fighting games (I can enjoy tekken but I think that's more to do with who I play it with), sports games, most 'simulator' games, racing games, Final Fantasy XIII & XV, Mass Effect 3 & Andromeda *wretches*
And there are a ton of games I haven't played that I would probably really like - like Chrono Trigger, Twilight Princess, the Mother/Earthbound series, Persona, more Tales of, Half Life, etc.
Also I'm a fan of the youtube channel Game Theory. That's not to say I agree with every video, but overall it's entertaining and promotes observation & analysis.
Kind of stuff I'd probably say: Dragon Age (and Mass Effect) were breakthrough series most notable for their excellent and branching dialogue. While you generally don't go too long without a spoken scene, party banter is an excellent feature that keeps the personality of the game alive while slogging through dungeons or wandering around lost on a quest, and they flow completely naturally as real spontaneous conversations do. Their greatest fault is being so good that you're disappointed if they're interrupted (which is very easy to do, since they start randomly).
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