Cool list! Nice to see Pseudoregalia get some love, that's a neat game that seemed to slip under the radar. Also, I probably need to just play Paranormasight. It keeps coming up on lists!
Great list and write-up! It's nice to hear that Mario RPG can work so well for those who haven't played the original. The SNES version is a favorite of mine, but I didn't get to the remake before making my own list. Hopefully sometime in 2024!
Great list! I'm in the middle of Shadow Gambit right now, and it will likely end up being the final addition to my own list. It's very good! RIP Mimimi.
For Theatrhythm, how criminal is it that Eyes on Me only comes with the "Digital Deluxe Edition" upgrade? They know what the people will pay extra for. (Jokes aside, Theatrhythm's still great.)
Good list! I feel like Talos Principle 2 got lost in the shuffle this year, but it's very good, so nice to see it get some props. And hell yeah, Chants of Sennaar.
@manburger: Thanks! That Colgera boss theme is very good indeed, and I love how the Dragon Roost Island theme (also the basis for the Rito Village theme) makes an appearance during the climactic crescendo of it. It's a neat callback and still fits very well.
Hell yeah Theatrhythm. I may be a weirdo, but I did find myself missing the touch controls from the 3DS games. Then again, I played those games a ton so I may have just gotten overly used to them. Still, Final Bar Line is great, it just has so many songs.
Good list, and well-written! Half of these will likely be on my list whenever I get around to writing it (still wrapping up a few games first). I still need to get around to Alan Wake 2, too. Hi-Fi Rush is the one from your list I bounced off of, something about the timing never clicked with me (and I generally like rhythm games). But I do love it's style.
Definitely agree that BG3 is going to be a tough comparison point for many RPGs going forward. Going to be an interesting next few years in that space.
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