I don't think Brothership's that bad at all. Sure it's not the best in the series and there are some parts that are slightly annoying and tedious, but overall I'm enjoying it.
When I was a kid, I loved the LucasFilm Games point and click adventures. My favorite was Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders. I also really like the Sam & Max games.
I don't know if they have a demo of it, but maybe try Ys VIII as well. One of my brothers once described it as "Jurassic Park: The JRPG."
Arkanoid DS got a lot of bad reviews, but I really liked it. It's my favorite in the series. The music is SO good that I imported the soundrack on CD. I felt like the music was wasted there, but luckily Taito repurposed all the songs in their music game series Groove Coaster which you can play on mobile devices, consoles, and even in the arcade!
Really hope you get a chance to play Arkanoid DS. It got a lot of bad reviews, but I really liked it. My favorite in the series.
One genre you might want to add if you feel like it are point and click adventures. Maybe.
When I played Patapon on PSP, I felt the demo of that game was better than the game itself.
So are you playing a demo of Ys IX or X? Ys X: Nordics is the new game out so I just wanted to know which one you are trying?
Waifu...isn't that what you hook your internet up to? :)
If you can find 8-bit Adventures 2 real cheap, I'd say get it. Rogue Sentry is not that great, though. I can think of a lot better twin stick shooters to play. Same thing goes with BlockBlast. I can think of a lot better games in that style. If you have an old DS, I'd highly recommend Arkanoid DS. The music in that game has no right to be that good for a game in that genre.
I don't really really get into games with that kind of relationship/dating mechanic. I'm horrible enough at that as it is in real life But your story reminds me of some of the things I experienced in the Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons/Rune Factory games.
In one of the Rune Factory games, Farmer Man Cary tried to woo a female knight because she was strong and tough and we could fight monsters together.
In one of the DS/3DS (can't remember) Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons games, Farmer Man Cay took a liking to the female blacksmith. She was a little asian lady though and didn't seem to fill the blacksmith type, but Farmer Man Cary didn't care. I THINK her name was Iroha in the game.
My favorite was from another Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons game on the DS/3DS. She was a pretty and flirty writer named Iris, and Farmer Man Cary was smitten!
And those are all the ones I remember.
If they ever made Minecraft 2 you'd be in big trouble.
