What was your first game?

I don't remember my exact first game but I'm sure like most people it was a mario game of some sort. One of my aunts used to babysit me my brother and my cousins a lot and she had a NES that she would let us play whenever we wanted and we would definitely play mario the most.

What was the game/s that clicked and made you a "gamer" and why?

I'm gonna twist this question a bit because I'm not sure if there was a particular game that made me a gamer. Really I think my older brother made me a gamer by making me play games with him when i was a kid. But I can remember what made me the TYPE of gamer that I am which is primarily a jrpg gamer. The first game being Breath of fire 2. One of the first jrpg's I ever played and def defined the kind of vibe I love from jrpg's. That goofy, anime inspired high fantasy type vibe. Of course i played a few final fantasys but those didn't gel with me as well. But then I found the game that would launch me down a spiraling path of jrpg weeb-dom. Tales of Phantasia. The tales series to me is what the final fantasy series is to most jrpg enthusiast. It's my favorite game series of all time.

What is your favorite game and why?

So if you read the previous paragraph you know that he Tales of series is my favorite game series. So obviously one of the game sin that series must be my favorite game. That game is "Tales of the Abyss". The why could take me forever to explain but one of the main reasons is I feel like this game has the most relatable protagonist out of all of the tales games and the way he grows and matures over the course of the game is so well written and planned out . And then there's that PLOT TWIST! in the middle of the game I did not see coming.

This game was originally released for ps2 but if you have a 3ds they re-released it there and if you have ever thought about trying the tales series I highly recommend this game. There's no bad place to start in this series really. Like the FF series there like 15 or so entries in the main series but none of them are connected canonically except direct sequels of the same name.

for those who just appreciate good animation, this is a Highlight reel of sorts from an animation studio called "Studio Mir". They are a south korean studio that pretty much just do contract work for other studios. Mostly known for animating the majority of The Legend of Korra. They also animated dream works new Voltron Series, both of which you will see clips of in the video. They have yet to make their own series and studios like these tend to never really branch out into personal projects very often but I hope that one day they will create their own series.
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Sony produced a prequel anime short that happens between 1 and 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-hs9QQXjSo
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yeah when a company hasn't decided on a release date yet they always put the date close to the last day of the current year. When we get to 20 17 it'll probably say 12/30(or 31)/2017.

Also not to be a debby downer but if you expect any part of this game to come out before 2020 you're insane :/. We're talking about the same guys who took 10 years to make ff15 and are still currently in development of KH3 which probably isn't coming out until 2018. And apparently this game is so big it needs to be in 3 parts?! FF15 didn't need to be in 3 parts and it took forever.

I'm not saying its gonna take them another 10 years, I think there was a lot of nonsense going on with the development process of 15 that hindered its release that ff7 isn't gonna suffer but this isn't a remaster, its a completely new game just using the same name. Sure we saw gameplay but only because they were clearly using modified assets and code from 15 as a proof of concept.

It's best to forget about this game, the wait will crush you.

Hope nobody posted these already.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzlmUqteKQo
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Puppeteer- one of the most underrated and unknown ps3 games ever made but reviewed very well.
Infamous 2- I see you ave infamous on there and if you're going to play that you should probably play two as well 1 is great but it ends with a cliffhanger that sets up 2.

@BladedTech Cool! and YEP <---- story book edition right here. I think you can probably get it from target, walmart and toys r us to if amazon isn't your preference.

1. The Last Guardian
2. Odin Sphere Leifthrasir
3. Inside
4. BoxBox Boy
5. Thumper
6. Severed
7. Paper Mario Color Splash
8. Unravel
9. Furi
10. Hyper Light Drifter

I think the only game on that list that you would think goes against your guidelines is Odin Sphere Leifthrasir. I say "you would think" because I don't believe it does given what it is. I don't know how familiar you are with the game but there was a version of this game just called "Odin Sphere" released back in 2007 on playstation 2. Overall both versions have the same story and same art style altho the Leifthrasir art was remastered but the game itself is much more than a remaster. I'd say the correct term is a "remake". The combat was changed substantially to be more fast paced and combo oriented, new enemies and sub bosses were added. More sections were added to the levels. The ability and skill system were redesigned. New music was created. Both versions are so different that they included the old version of the game with the new version but both still having the updated graphics.

That's my reasoning anyway :/ It's ok if you don't agree. Everyone has their views and that's good, keeps things fresh and evolving :)

Yep that's right ANOTHER VIDEO GAME MUSIC THREAD! But this time we are only focused on video game soundtracks that came out this year and THIS YEAR ONLY! If it wasn't released this year don't even MENTION IT!

So that said I want you to pick you favorite 3 video game soundtracks of 2016 and post one specific track for each of them if you can find it. If you want to give an explanation of why you liked that particular sound track or song feel free but it's not required.

Heres mine!

1. Paper Mario: Color Splash
   https://youtu.be/ncHbeq64Tz8
   (i liked this tracks be cause it evolves as you collect the seven stars in the game)

2. Odin Sphere Leifthrasir
   Youtube Video

3. Owl Boy
   Youtube Video

@Haru17 I beleive so which is sooner than I was expecting :)