Bravely Second: End Layer (3DS)

Just like the original the gameplay is excellent but the story and characters are kinda boring. The story is actually not too bad and it has some cool ideas near the end but it's just that the dialogue is very long-winded so I ended up skipping most the cutscenes.

The gameplay is where it's at with these Bravely Default games. Bravely Second has a really great selection of jobs, some very cool new ones and interesting takes on the classics. The Boss fights are all excellent. The battle system is the same as the first game but it's really good. I also like that has a lot of QoL features like changing the encounter rate and difficulty when you want.

I really didn't like playing these Stories games on the PSP because of the controls. I much prefer the PS2 versions.

I don't like the name. I still use because if you say Metroidvania everybody will know what you mean.

The name Metroidvania was never meant to be the name of a subgenre. It was meant to distinguish the classic linear Castlevania games with the Metroid like Castlevania that people would call the "Metroidvanias". When the genre started to get popular again in the 2010s people just called all the games that are similar to Metroid "Metroidvanias".

I really don't remember nothing from this game. I just thought it was very underwhelming and was disappointed that you couldn't fly any helicopters or planes nor could you swim. It would be a good opportunity to bring something new to the Liberty City from GTA III but all they added were bikes and the weapon arsenal from Vice City.

I think it's by far the weakest from the 5 GTA III era games.

Both Battlefront games were really great. I played the first one a bit more though. Both of them are way better than the EA games but just not good enough to make my top 8.

I have never played Revenge. I completely missies this entry in the series.

I've always wanted to play the swat series but never have.

@shoulderguy It has quite a few of my all time favorite games. Some of them would only get an HM.

Mario Kart DS is a good game in the series but to be honest all the Mario Kart games after Double Dash just kind of blend in together in my mind. Don't remember what was different about this one of which tracks are from DS.

@sheria That sounds great. I've only played the first one in the series but you get me excited to play this one.

Resident Evil 4 is from 2005 though.

@jdincinerator You can make it if you want.