Alright, let's start with the old man because it's like the Sophiest choice ever
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1. Like A Dragon - My game of the year...whenever it came out. I think it beat P5 Royal. Anyway, you like Yakuza. You have beaten 6. I would love to see your old man take on Kasuga, the new protag. It has a job system. It's turn based because Kasuga LOVES DQ games. I chose this for all those reasons plus if you stuck with Kingdom of Amular for so long, I think you would see this beast through as well. Trust me, you'll love it. And then Infinite Wealth will be here (that's my 2024 game apparently, they made it super long
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2. Spidey - It's the GOAT...THE GOAT!!!...but Miles Morales is better paced and tighter overall. But this is such a great game, you need to get on it at some point. You love these open world jammies, you would absolutely get a kick out of this sir. And what a humdinger of a story they cooked up!
3. DQ Builders 2 - I am finding this a great in between palette cleanser type game to keep going back to. It can be addictive as a main focus game of course but that's not how I am approaching it. It's breezy enough to pick up and put down.
4...The Messenger I guess? I played it for like ten minutes or so. it was fine.
5. Alan Wake. I don't care about Alan Wake at all. Survivor horror is absolutely not my jam.
Next up, izzy:
1. Disco Elysium - I want your take on this then I will dive in. This is a selfish choice
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2. Illbleed - I owned Illbleed! That game was dumb in the best way. Again, survival horror ain't my jam but Illbleed is goddamn hilarious. Would love to see your take on this. If I wasn't so curious what you would say about Disco Elysium, this would be my 1st choice.
3. The Guild 2 - This sounds VERY up your alley from what I glanced.
4. Kentucky Route Zero - Seems interesting. This seems very much like an izzy game.
5. Fatal Frame 2
6. Kuon - These are not my kind of hype but I think you might like them.
7. Gothic - Wow. Old school.
8. Mount and Blade - Not my kind of hype...
9. Amnesia - Kuon and FF2 are interesting looking. Amnesia I never saw the appeal of for some reason.
10. Devil Kings 2 - I do not think you would like this at all judging by your taste.
And finally, argyle my man:
1. TW101 - I didn't care for it but I think you have more tolerance for these character action games than I do. From what I did play, it seems right up your alley. And maybe you can give me some pointers
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2. A Hat in Time - I think you like your 3D platformers. This seems like something you should have played and recommended to us already.
3. Wild at Heart - Do you Pikmin? I can't recall. If so, This should be your number 1. I put it at 3 because the other 2 seem more interesting to me but I get a puzzly Pikmin vibe from that trailer.
4. Mat Rat Dead - This trailer didn't do much for me.
5. Ninja Saviours - I got bored and stopped playing. It needed to not be a straight 2d beat em up but more like Turtles or Streets of Rage with multiple planes. It just didn't click with me.
Now here's my list. I'm going the izzy route of picking 10. My only caveat is I am only playing whatever it is until Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth arrives so It has to be able to be beaten by the time that arrives in late January:
Chained Echoes
Weird West
Fell Seal Arbiter's Mark
Captain Tsubasa Rise of New Champions
Marvel's Avengers
XCOM2
Spiritfarer
Daganronpa
Death End Request
Sakuna of Rice and Ruin
