My Top Ten RPGs part 2/2

Okay, so you probably don't want a long introductory paragraph, so here's the last 4 games


4: Paper Mario

This is my favorite of the Mario RPGs. When I was a kid, I bought this for my N64 thinking it was like Yoshi's Story, the only other game that looked like it, a 2D platformer. I was blown away by the humor and the story, which were simply incredible. It's amazing that a character as ho hum as Mario can have his name attached to such a subversive game. This probably should be number ten, but it's my nostalgic favorite, simply because of how I misunderstood it when I bought it.


3: Fire Emblem for Game Boy Advance

I picked this game up after hearing that Marth and Roy were in it, and I wanted to play it since I really liked those characters in Melee. They weren't in it but what I found was one of the most fun games I have ever played. The combat is deep and rewarding, the only blemish being the fact that critical hits can foul up your strategy through no fault of your own. I beat this game close to seven times, and I may go back for another sometime soon. The only thing holding this game back is the fact that, well, the story isn't really all that. It's interesting, but ultimately shallow, very much unlike the combat.


2: Final Fantasy Tactics

I picked this game up off PSN on the recommendation of a friend. The game has an amazing story (overlooking the unfortunate translation) and a great battle system. The story is the real draw here though, with ruminations on class and the political warfare being major highlights. Wow, this one ended up pretty short huh? sorry.




Sorry to interrupt, but I felt I needed to warn you, this one of the very best games ever made, easily my favorite game, and I don't know if I'll be able to stop once I start gushing about it.









1: Mother 3

I went in to this game expecting another pretty much entirely lighthearted adventure as I did with Earthbound. I was not prepared for what this game was going to give me. This game will make you laugh and weep. It has the single greatest end boss of all time, a suprisingly deep rythm combo system, and one of, if not the best story ever comitted to silicon. There is so much I want to talk about that I'm eventaully going to have to write a review of it and a more in depth analysis simply to deal with this game

I have not stopped thinking about this game since I stopped playing it 2 months ago. Not once.

I was going to ramble on, and I did, for more than a couple paragraphs, but that would have made this a review as well, and that is going to have to wait. I'll probably try to get my thoughts on Mother 3 together, probably in a series of posts. Know this though, you are not ready for this game.