It's been about 5 and a half years since I did my last Top 100 list. Due to my OCD and compulsion to constantly create lists in my head I think it's time for an all new Top 100.
My first thought was to reevaluate the old top 100, but fuck it, it's easier to pick 100 new games that I didn't have on the list last time. In the past 5 and a half years I've played more than I usually have, largely due to COVID. And in that time I've played a lot of new great games.
Plus, when I made the last list, I avoided adding multiple games from the same franchises. So I can dip back into the Dragon Quest pool and a few others.
Anyway stay tuned. Starting tomorrow we're doing this shit again.
My first thought was to reevaluate the old top 100, but fuck it, it's easier to pick 100 new games that I didn't have on the list last time. In the past 5 and a half years I've played more than I usually have, largely due to COVID. And in that time I've played a lot of new great games.
Plus, when I made the last list, I avoided adding multiple games from the same franchises. So I can dip back into the Dragon Quest pool and a few others.
Anyway stay tuned. Starting tomorrow we're doing this shit again.
Recently Spotted:
*crickets*
It’s a secret to everyone.
SMT: Devil Survivor is a tactical RPG that features all the demon summoning and apocalyptic themes that we've come to know and love from the SMT series over the years. But with Devil Survivor, we have it all in a new package. Bring out the grid because now we have it in tactical RPG form.
Being a trpg was what initially pulled me in, because at that point Final fantasy tactics made me a fan of the genre and I couldn't get enough of it. But prior to this I had never played a smt game before and I really was not prepared for how dark it would be. Amusingly, the devil Survivor games are slightly lighter in tone than the main SMT games. Slightly. There's still lots of innocent people getting killed and grim vibes throughout. But yeah, I wasn't expecting that out of a DS game. Fortunately I loved it and because of this it actually opened the door to Persona and the rest of the smt games afterwards.
One last note about the game, of all the games on my list(s) there are only a few I have not been able to complete. Devil Survivor shares a special place, along with bloodborne because not only did I not beat them, but I didn't even get through the majority of the game. This one unfortunately featured a boss battle in the mid game that spiked with such difficulty that I had to quit to save my own sanity. But that said, I've returned to it many many times over the years trying to get past that point. I haven't done it yet, but I love the 15 to 20 hours leading up to it so it's still worthy of making my list.