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Probably Resident Evil 2, but it's hard choice between that and Sekiro. I loved Sekiro at launch, but I don't know if I ever want to play it again, whereas I completed Resident Evil 2 numerous times at release because it was just so fun.

People hate season 2? I thought, aside from that one episode, it was a pretty fun ride.

I'm three episodes into season 3 and it's good summer fun. I need to finish it ASAP before it's spoiled for me.

Rock Band. It’s the only game that impacted what I’d go on to do as a career in the future (music performance and production), and it helped me get over my fear of singing and gain self confidence in something. Yeah, it’s a rhythm game and I can’t say much for the “gameplay”, but it’s the best game I’ve ever played because of how it impacted me as a person.

Yeah, I was looking into transferring my character over, but this whole situation just seems kinda ridiculous. I play on Malboro, and it's a bummer that that decision has barred me from the communities I've wanted to be a part of.

The way that all works, people can't even make fresh characters on those servers now, right?

@liquiddragon: I went back to PoP a few years ago and was really surprised by how much I liked it. I never finished it all the way through again, but I adore the visual style of that game. There's a fluidity to it that I don't think many other games have captured.

Sadly, I was playing the GoG version on PC, and it had some issues with my machine and frequently crashing to desktop. I should look at it again!

Growing up, my family was pretty poor. I only got consoles right as the next generation was dying out, and every time I got a new console, it was like a whole world of new games opened up for me. My favorite moment like this was getting a Gamecube on Christmas in 2003 after making an N64 last for a very long time. I was given the console, Smash Bros. Melee, Metroid Prime, and a Wavebird controller. I had read about and heard about the console from friends for years, and that Christmas, it was sort of teased out to me. I got the games and the controller first, and was told "Oh that's so we can rent it from the video store and you'll have things to play" (A valid response in our small town back then). It wasn't until that evening at my grandma's house that I was given "one last" gift with the full console. I don't think I've ever been that excited for a gaming-related thing in my life.

I'd also include:

-The Skyrim launch in 2011, when my full college dorm got taxis to the mall at midnight to buy the game and were heckled by all of our cab drivers for going out to buy "some dragon game".

-Tasting the forbidden fruit that was GTA: Vice City back when I was 11 years old at a friend's house. I felt so guilty, but I also absolutely loved what I played.

-Winning a local Guitar Hero tournament in 2008 and receiving an Xbox 360 as a prize. This was the closest feeling to when I got my Gamecube. Never thought I'd win, but the tourney was on a flatscreen with serious input lag, and I was the only player used to it in the competitors.

-Playing through Final Fantasy VII for the first time over a whole summer in 2006. Got a PS1 with a black label copy of the game at a garage sale for $15. I don't know if it holds up for me personally, but that summer it really blew my mind.

I am so, so close to the end of Stormblood. Super excited to see what everyone's talking about in ShB. I'm glad the FFXIV fandom is generally pretty good about avoiding spoilers. My FC is pretty annoying at times, but spoilers is a line that nobody has ever crossed, even when it comes to old content.

I'm 100% for this stuff being brought back. I haven't watched the original movie in about a decade, but I'm cautiously optimistic about all the new Akira content.

But to be honest, I'm just into it because the vibes spoke to me as a 14 year old into the whole anime thing. Give me some cool motorcycles and government intrigue with big set pieces, and I'll probably be happy with it. Taika is a great director, I hope they just let him go wild on this.

It's nice to see a thread that's just focused on this, but with positivity!

I've been getting way back into Final Fantasy XIV recently. I played for a whole summer back in 2015, and have pretty much dropped it since then. But a friend decided to play it, and I got into it to reconnect with him. We've played pretty much every night for the last two month, and I'm finally about to hit the new expansion. It's the best MMO experience I've ever personally had.

When I first played back in 2015, I skipped most of the cutscenes and ignored the story, much to my detriment. The writing in the game and the world that they've made is really great, and it only gets better as you step into expansions. While a lot of the content is very, very dry for the first 40 hours, it's mostly been on the upswing since then (aside from a few boring quest lines here and there, and most of the non-dungeon content in the ARR post-game).

However, despite some slow going here and there, I've been continually interested in it due to its amazing dungeon/raid design, great story, and amazing soundtrack. So excited to see what happens in the plot once I'm out of Stormblood!

I've been getting back into this recently, and have decided to dive back in fully after this cool new update. I haven't been on for a bit, but I've been pretty active, just about to hit level 5 on my account, and was curious if I could get an invite.

Username in game is 3.50rice