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If you have a pc you can get board game simulator which has digital versions of hundreds of board games. It's a bit buggy though. 

There are a few good ones on phones but that's about it. I'd also like more of these. 

There's tons of indie 16 bit games that are really good on steam and switch. Most are platformer or rogue likes but there area few really good rpgs there too. Like secret of grindea which is a 40ish hour RPG inspired by Secret of Mana. Or undertake which is a 10-20 hour RPG. Hopefully more come. I wish there were more 32 bit games though. Theyre freaking beautiful. 

Me too, though it's looking like Bethesda might have us covered with Doom Eternal and Rage and the like. There's also the new Metro title coming out. Plus stalker 2 is officially being worked on again. I'd love another good Fear game though.

I really hope the evil within 3 gets made. Evil within 2 was such a massive step up that I'd love to see what they do next. Though 2 didn't sell well so it might not be likely. 

Weirdly enough there are actually quite a few good ones on mobile now. There's even an original Smt game on there. I'd prefer them on a console but I'll take what I can get. Hopefully the switch picks up where the vita left off in that regard. And hey, octopath seems a pretty big hit so maybe we'll see another boom. 

I'd love to see this make a comeback too. Tomb Raider gives us a little bit of that but I'd prefer something more focused on the platforming. And I would love another Jak and Daxter game. 

Yup. I very much am looking forward to RE2 considering its a remake of my second favourite re game with the mechanics of my favourite re game. 

The bit trip runner series is sort of a rhythm platformer. It might be worth checking out.

But yeah there could be more of both. 

Great game! It's been a long time since something actually reminded me why I used to like sonic.

Now I just wish they'd do this for more genesis titles. I want to see a new phantasy star or beyond oasis or... Well they did wonder boy so I'm happy about that at least. 

I finished Ys viii but haven't touched octopath yet so I skipped the parts where you talked about it as I do want to get around to it.

I found the true ending of the game to be really dumb. I've seen this ending used a lot in anime and it's something that annoys me every time. The rest of the game is really good and Dana's story is surprisingly heartbreaking. At first I didn't like Dana's sections because I wanted to get back to the village stuff but by the end I was more invested in her story than I was the rest.

The game play balance was weird though. I found the bosses to be really easy and I don't think I died to any of them but some of the normal enemies completely destroyed me. It's like the opposite to how Ys usually works. 

I also really enjoyed Laxias progression. She's a great character who learns from her mistakes and becomes a better person for it while still remaining flawed and sympathetic. 

I was vaguely annoyed the noble guy came back and didn't change at all. I would have liked it better if he grew as a character or became more of a hindrance to you that had to be dealt with. He would have made a decent antagonist - especially if you didn't have to fight him and instead just made him realise how much of a dick he was being.

I wish they went a bit further and killed off a few more characters and raised the stakes a bit more. 

It's also a long game, and I wish you got more powers over the course of the game for exploration, as the ones you did get were quite good but there weren't enough for a 50 hour game in my opinion.

Who was your main party BTW? I switched Adol out for Dana as soon as I could but still stuck to Sahad and Laxia despite Hummel having more OP moves (that counter) and found ricotta just boring to play as. 

I haven't beat the main story yet because iconoclasts and reading are taking up my time atm. If you havent played iconoclasts I recommend it. It's a metroidvania but it has a story that reminds me a lot of a final fantasy story if it dealt with things like mental illness and grief in a very real way. Has a surprisingly weighty and well written story.

Haven't read miss perigrene, only seen the movie and my partner tells me it's nowhere near as good - apart from Samuel l Jackson being in it. Neverwhere is one of the few Neil Gaimen works I haven't read and definitely need to.

Name of the wind reminds me a bit of Gaimen actually, if only in the way he writes prose.