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How I rate the games:
5/5 - None exists as I don't believe a game is ever perfect.
4.5 - Essentially the 5/5 without the decimals. Usually great to almost perfect.
4.0 - Pretty good to really good.
3.5 - Alright games that were entertaining.
3.0 - Average games that still have some entertaining moments.
2.5 - Games that I felt were disappointing or made me want to fall asleep. Perfectly still playable and had some moments of enjoyment.
2.0 - Games I don't like, but does have hightlights.
1.5 - Same, but worse.
1.0 - Actively dislike.
0.5 - Want to erase from my conscious.
How I rate the games:
5/5 - None exists as I don't believe a game is ever perfect.
4.5 - Essentially the 5/5 without the decimals. Usually great to almost perfect.
4.0 - Pretty good to really good.
3.5 - Alright games that were entertaining.
3.0 - Average games that still have some entertaining moments.
2.5 - Games that I felt were disappointing or made me want to fall asleep. Perfectly still playable and had some moments of enjoyment.
2.0 - Games I don't like, but does have hightlights.
1.5 - Same, but worse.
1.0 - Actively dislike.
0.5 - Want to erase from my conscious.
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Trails in the Sky the 3rd is easily my favorite of the Liberl Arc. Yes, the game is not the conventional Trails game since its more of a dungeon crawler rather than exploring a nation with a grand story and full of named NPCs. Despite it being different, Sky the 3rd still is an amazing game in its own right. The gameplay is still solid, with the big thing being you can basically use a lot of the major characters from the first Sky games and use them in anyway you want. The dungeons (or Corridors) were fun to do and raising a team of about 16 playable character is easy due to level experience gains being easy for low - level characters. The biggest things to note about the game is specific - colored doors in which there are three - Moon, Star, and Sun Doors. While Sun Doors are simply minigames, the Moon and Star Doors are significant is they provide more moments of characterization between the main playable characters, as well as giving focus to side-characters, and setting up plot points for future games. They are all great in quality, though I do admit the Moon Doors do take long (thankfully only five doors are in the game). As for the story, while it isn't a grand tale that doesn't reaches the highs of SC, it still is a well-told story that focuses greatly on Kevin and newcomer Reis. Maybe that fact that the game is shorter in length and didn't have problems with being split unlike FC or SC, the story's pacing is well-done and there is barely any padding at all in it's execution. Music is still great with my favorites being "Fighting Right On" and "Determination to Fight". The only negative I can really think off is the lack money (which even that isn't a problem since you get ample amount of quartz to trade in for mira), the Sixth Corridor does pad out with too many fights, and the game being more of a dungeon - crawler (which is still more on preference than anything). Overall, Sky the 3rd is an excellent game that made Kevin a top-five favorite character and is a game that should NEVER be skipped, even if the game structure is different. Easy 4.5 / 5.
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*Beat the game twice on Switch and third time on PS5.
Ys VIII is a pretty fun game from start to finish. Gameplay of the three-party system was beginning at its peak and exploring the Isle of Seiren was the most fun part of the game. The locations (while still very much an upscaled Vita game) were visually pretty to look at it and the music were some of the Falcom Sound Team's best music in general. Characters, while still simple, were enjoyable and the mysteries around the island is what enticed me to continue to play. The true highlight of the game was definitely Dana Iclucia and the entirety of her story. Doesn't help her va, Brianna Knickerbocker, absolutely played her amazingly.
Now for a few negatives. Character models become a bit choppy whenever they stand underneath a shadow. Map navigation in the menu is clunky, which doesn't help when you need to find a specific item or quest destination from an elevated level. Raids and hunts, while not bad modes, are pace killers. Thankfully, you don't need to do all them. I also experience audio imbalance between the voiced lines. Sometimes, it's loud and then sometimes its a bit too quite (Probably something related to porting it to PS5) While I did say, the characters were enjoyable, the story itself isn't the most amazing thing ever. The basis of escaping the island to the entirety of Dana and the Eternians made the story pretty enjoyable, though some parts of it could've been trimmed down or just not been there. Biggest example being the Nameless Ripper subplot. It didn't add anything to the story and the consequences of that subplot was ultimately minimal in the grand scheme. Finally, the true ending itself is a bit conflicting as it unnecessarily retcons the whole journey of the game to justify itself and Maia's reveal kind came out of nowhere. It's not that bad, but it does say that the journey was better than the destination itself.
Despite my gripes, Ys VIII is still a great game that is still sentimental to me as it was the very first Falcom game I ever played. Still recommend it, though I personally feel you should still play other Ys games before this one.
Ys VIII is a pretty fun game from start to finish. Gameplay of the three-party system was beginning at its peak and exploring the Isle of Seiren was the most fun part of the game. The locations (while still very much an upscaled Vita game) were visually pretty to look at it and the music were some of the Falcom Sound Team's best music in general. Characters, while still simple, were enjoyable and the mysteries around the island is what enticed me to continue to play. The true highlight of the game was definitely Dana Iclucia and the entirety of her story. Doesn't help her va, Brianna Knickerbocker, absolutely played her amazingly.
Now for a few negatives. Character models become a bit choppy whenever they stand underneath a shadow. Map navigation in the menu is clunky, which doesn't help when you need to find a specific item or quest destination from an elevated level. Raids and hunts, while not bad modes, are pace killers. Thankfully, you don't need to do all them. I also experience audio imbalance between the voiced lines. Sometimes, it's loud and then sometimes its a bit too quite (Probably something related to porting it to PS5) While I did say, the characters were enjoyable, the story itself isn't the most amazing thing ever. The basis of escaping the island to the entirety of Dana and the Eternians made the story pretty enjoyable, though some parts of it could've been trimmed down or just not been there. Biggest example being the Nameless Ripper subplot. It didn't add anything to the story and the consequences of that subplot was ultimately minimal in the grand scheme. Finally, the true ending itself is a bit conflicting as it unnecessarily retcons the whole journey of the game to justify itself and Maia's reveal kind came out of nowhere. It's not that bad, but it does say that the journey was better than the destination itself.
Despite my gripes, Ys VIII is still a great game that is still sentimental to me as it was the very first Falcom game I ever played. Still recommend it, though I personally feel you should still play other Ys games before this one.
Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem (or FE3) was a natural evolution of the first two games. Gameplay was a lot more polished in terms of stats, item management, and the flow of battle. Battle animations are a lot more lively as they look like paintings in action. Music (in terms of Book 2) is great all around and the core experience was still fun to experience. Despite those important evolutions, FE3 still felt slow to play in some aspects. The enemy turns took long and some animation of specific units does drag on. Another problem I had was the difference of polish between Books I and II. While Book I is a straight up remake of FE1, Book II is the actual FE3 experience. Due to it being FE1, Book I felt sluggish to play despite the upgraded hardware. It doesn't help that it only had one map theme for most of the scenario and it got really repetitive overtime. Book II on the other hand felt a lot more quicker and fun, though the sluggishness still occurred on some specific maps. It also doesn't help that Book II had a lot more map themes and thus the usual slow gameplay is elevated by a really great OST. If FE3 was just only Book II with a bit more polish, then I'll give it a higher rating. However, because development had to focus on remaking FE1, Book II doesn't reaches its full evolution of the gameplay until the next game succeeds that aspect. For that, the game is just average as Book I simply drags down Book II and thus the experience of the whole game. Despite my gripes, it still is an important game in the series due to its quality of life features and I'll still recommended to any Fire Emblem fan who is trying out the Famicom games (though just play Book II).