It's an interesting insight into Barney's events of the Resonance Cascade, but god if those bugs and glitches aren't annoying as hell. A bit on the shorter side of Half Life games, though that's fine. Since enough has been said from the other Half Life games.

One of many visual novel detective DS games to play around Christmas time. Or after, since it takes place right after it.
Amazing dialogue and story telling, the puzzles are centered around the DS mechanics so while it might be tricky to emulate, if you have a DS it's a real treat. The music here is wonderful and the art style is unique, like it's coming out of the imagination of someone reading a noir mystery novel. While it can get a bit repetitive at times, from going to the phone, to questioning, to investigating, it makes up for the various dialogue trees. Hell, you can get a game over depending on if you show the piece of evidence to the wrong person. Please play it, hell get an actual DS to play it. It'll be worth it.

Ass game, had my cousin do some of the bosses for me lmao

Ok so, I've only seen playthroughs but I own the game. Please be oh so nice to me.
Anyways, I love this story to bits, the music is wonderful and it's a treat to come back to every November. If you're not able to play the game, watch a longplay of it, it's so worth it.

This definitely started my transgenderism. Very explicit memories of "accidentally" changing my inklings gender to male and not changing it back.
This is from older memories, so take it all with a grain of salt.
Wonderful game with a wonderful, albeit cheesy, story. It sets the foundation from what we expect from the Splatoon series. It's great to see what Nintendo builds off of it and how it's evolved in the Splatoon series we know today. Saltspray rig we'll remember you for the fun squid parties and beacon jumps on that grate.

Very fun Metroidvania styled game! The sprites are so lovingly crafted and it's a very interesting peak into what culminates as the story for Strange Journey. I will take any Jack Bros content. If you're good at these sorts of games it's quick to get through. The music is fun too, a nice improvement from SJ's music.

GRULOVIA GRULOVIA!
In all seriousness, wonderful game about inter generational trauma and healing from it. All the interactions from the characters are great, and Raz is a very charming protagonist as always. Highly recommend playing it!

ALL THE INTERESTS WRAPPED IN ONE!
Amazingly fun game, especially for a april fools game, love it to bits. You get to see more of the conductor and his wife in a brief cameo for the winter comics from IDW. Highly recommend playing it if you're a sonic fan and love the lore.

This sums up my feeling about the game.

https://youtu.be/n9V91nM9L40

Immerse yourself in the role of the protagonist more by playing this first before the B/W games. That way you'll have no idea what the characters are talking about "2 years ago" when talking about the last game, just like the protag! That aside, fun game. I want to make an animatic for the Colress boss fight someday.

This made me trans, I swear it made me trans
Im so glad to be able to play this game, it's very fun and while I can't remember too much of the story
The fact it made me want to look like Link for the longest time should show the impact it left on me. Play it if possible, it's very fun

Those gay ass loser lawyers.
That aside, it's a wonderful story about legacy, about family and amending the mistakes that have marred people for far longer than they should. Like any other visual novel game, it gets wacky, it gets crazy, it makes you want to reach your hand into the screen and reassure the characters.
You will listen to the scent of dark coffee jazz version at least once. Please play the trilogy. Please.
(If possible) Get the DS version "legally" too please, the sprites there are great.

This shaped my music taste from the ripe old age of 7 or so. This single handidly introduced me to Blaze and how wonderful of a character she is, and how bullshit that sky level is. Very fun game, listen to Naganuma's music PLEASE.

If you feel like you haven't had a good cry in awhile, then this will do it. Very charming characters and a wonderful story about accepting and facing death over and over. It can get a bit tedious at times but fulfilling the tasks for the characters is well worth it. Highly recommend playing it if possible.

Miitopia silly miitopia funny miitopia has a pretty fun story with easy to grasp rpg mechanics that make it a great introduction to rpg games. The enemies will make you cringe, but the music is a blast and Steve Harvey can play the role of the Dark Lord. The custom creator is great and really improves on the 3ds version. If only it had streetpass, it'd be perfect.