Oh boy oh boy! I love nerding out about games.
What's your favorite?
Easily, Zelda: Wind Waker, a lot of it for nostalgic purposes, but mainly
it's just so freaking good. I'll get into why later. I always find myself saying "Man, this might beat Wind Waker" when I'm really into the game, but I always always come back to it. Its biggest competitors though I'd say would be Mass Effect 2 and 3 (I'm currently replaying the trilogy a third time), Dragon Age Origins, Zelda Breath of the Wild, Red Dead Redemption, Witcher 3, Okami, Octopath Traveler, FFVI, Fire Emblem Awakening or Radiant Dawn, and Smash Bros (1v1 me m8. I'll lose with style.
Unpopular opinion: I hate Melee)
Any favorite video game series?
I have played literally every single Zelda game. Yes, even the CD-i ones and that weird Tingle spin-off game that wasn't officially released outside of Japan.
Fire Emblem, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Pokemon are my other favorite series though. I'm especially into the competitive part of the Pokemon community as well as shiny hunting. And I don't think I'll ever be able to shamelessly admit how many hours I have in my Pokemon games dedicated to just shiny hunting actually...
What makes it your fav?
Wind Waker is perfect. Look, I get there's like no perfect anything ever... But if Wind Waker isn't perfect, it's damn near close. You get that real sense of adventure in this game, and it wasn't one I had felt again until I played Breath of the Wild. The story is strong with lovable and expressive characters, Link being one of them. That's kind of a hard thing to find in just about every other Zelda. Link is so expressive and charming and you can see him
grow into a hero. You're not a
chosen hero really, you're just a kid who wants to save his sister and will go to the ends of sea for family. Family's got a subtle but strong role in this game. And don't get me started on the graphics. It may have been bashed as all hell when it first came out, but it's aged wonderfully. It's so bright and vibrant and fluid and beautiful.
Ugh. I love it so much.
What would you recommend others to play?
I once thought Link's Awakening is one of the most slept on games of all time, but now that they're coming out with a remake I'm excited a lot more people are gonna have a chance to play it.
FFVII is a fantastic game, but everyone forgot FFVI because of it. Great story, characters are lovable, and even with all those pixels I still get so emotional playing it.
I feel like people need to experience the ME trilogy at least once. It's fantastic and gave me a newfound love for sci-fi. Dragon Age is amazing too, especially for those into the medieval fantasy setting. God, I miss good BioWare...
Undertale. I might get hated on for so much as saying it, which is quite tragic. I actually played this game maybe a year ago now (it was released in 2015 for context) completely blind and fell in love with the characters, story, and soundtrack. The game should be given a chance just for the OST. If it weren't for the toxic fanbase, I might have played it sooner.
Speaking of great OST, Octopath Traveler is FANTASTIC in terms of gameplay, story, and especially OST and-- look, I loved RD2 as much as the next person, but Octopath Traveler was robbed of "Best Music" at the 2018 Game Awards.
Celeste for the same reasons above. But instead of a classic JRPG, it's a platform game.
Mkay I've had my share of nerding out. Thanks for reading~