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Gamer (Switch, PS5), reader (between slumps) and foodie. Just a profile to share games/reads
Currently reading: Inheritance (Christopher Paolini) & The Enigma of Room 623 (Joel Dicker)
Currently Playing: Triangle Strategy/Super Mario 3D World (Switch)
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Will keep you posted, love discussing Alagaësia!
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To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - yes. Loved it.
Factual Noise I received for Christmas so it's on my TBR pile (along with so much else!).
Can't wait for Murtagh - I'm about 600 pages through Brisingr so should be bang on track!
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Oh awesome! I'm doing a re-read of the cycle culminating in a first read of Murtagh when it gets its paperback release next month 📚🐉
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If you've not read the series, I highly recommend it.
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Not surprised it's become an instant favourite, they're an incredible couple of games for sure!
You may not consider yourself extremely good, but I consider my drawing skills extremely bad! 😅
But a 'journal' of a king to flick back through should be very fun to do and reflect on.
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Chrono Trigger is so very good. Easily among my top games of all time, let alone RPGs. 🎮❤️
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Triangle Strategy & Super Mario 3D World+ Bowser's Fury are the games for this weekend 🎮.
Hoping to get the former complete this weekend, I feel like I'm so close to the end!!
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Love the idea - I'm doing it myself but in a far less creative and cool way, because I can't draw for toffee and my handwriting is a scrawl!
Can't wait to look back on what's played this year though!
Also Golden Sun is amazing, I might put it and the sequel on my TBP list!
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Both fantastic entries in the series!
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Currently working through Triangle Strategy, but have a glut of games to get through after a very generous season from my fiancée ❤️.
Mario & Luigi Brothership
Super Mario 3D World
Prince of Persia: Lost Crown
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
^^ so much to get through! Need all the weekends 😅
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PS1 FFVII for me.
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Brill, just ensure you also leave Treno and SPOILERS?*********************************************
Visit the place just next to Dali that Steiner visited when trying to get an airship. :)
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Make sure you save beforehand, it's better to keep replaying to win, and there's a key item you can only get by leaving Treno during the tournament!
Hope you haven't gone that far yet! 😅
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I did spot that, sounds like an excellent idea - I love real books too, but a gaming book club seems like a cracking thing!
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I really appreciate that, thanks!
And will do!
I've got quite a backlog across the board, but it's nice going back to my JRPG gaming roots and then looking at the wealth of SRPGs that exist there too, maybe a whole new avenue to enjoy!
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Tactics Ogre is on my wishlist, so guess I better get that whilst it's on a good sale or something!
Definitely prefer a physical copy.
Thanks for the heads up!
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Good to hear! If I like it enough I might take a lil tour of the genre on Switch! Not that it would help my backlog at all!
Playing anything fun yourself?
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I used to watch a bunch of anime but dropped off completely for the last few years - games though, that's the eternal in my heart 🤣.
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Breath of Fire IV is absolutely amazing and never talked about! So glad to see it appear on a list of great games in any form!
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It is criminally underrated I feel, for a AAA game especially.
The atmosphere, music and that feeling you describe... It's all just perfect in my book. And the difficulty was great, who doesn't love a challenge!? 😅
But yeah, so so good and I wish more people knew it.
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You too - if you ever wanna chat games n bits hit me up! 🎮🕹️
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You know it! Currently working my way through Echoes of Wisdom after getting it as a gift from my fiancée, really enjoying it even a good chunk in!
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Definitely worth knowing how to play and getting some good cards for an event partway through - you'll only get one attempt when it happens or it's back to the save file! - and I personally think the item is worth.
It is not anywhere near as useful a game as Triple Triad though, so don't worry!
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That's a great selection! Koudelka never gets enough love or mentions, and MGS1 is basically the pinnacle of gaming that gen. And many other gens!
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I meant to write XII not XIII 😅. My B!
I think 12 is sorely underestimated, especially as a PS2 game where it's a complete gem and incredible.
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FFXIII does not get the love and praise it deserves, as a part of the FF series or as a game overall. Incredible PS2 game for sure.
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Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap for certain. Great LoZ game.
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You've summed up the difference perfectly. Linear itself doesn't equal bad, but how FFXIII delivers it's journey has always felt 1000 time worse than FFX (which I thoroughly enjoyed every time I play it).
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I can completely relate to this - having something more contained and with a greater sense of direction than a lot of more open games offer these days really has a place.
I loved FFVII Rebirth, but afterwards it was nice to switch to something that offered... Conciseness 🤣
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Yeah the end game stuff for KH2 was great, and the drive forms all felt like they had a place.
Gotta hate anti-form though when you needed Drive in a clutch moment 😭🤣
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For me it's probably KH2 - that's the one I've played through the most for sure. Yourself?
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That's a good list there, I see DBZ and KH at the top and we know there's culture afoot! 😂💪