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Xbox was interesting. I was primarily on Sony consoles , but I eventually bought one because Splinter Cell and Ninja Garden looked too good. I was obsessed with SC after the initial E3 trailer. Looked like a dream game, being a stealth and big tactical shooter fan and Tom Clancy game then. 

Enjoyed the hell out of Halo. I was skeptical of the straight 10 scores in EGM, but it definitely turned out to be a game to remember. Beat it twice at a friend's house before I owned a Box, then borrowed it and beat it again myself. 

Will be interesting to see what other games you talk about. Look forward to that trip down memory lane. 

I didn't and still don't like how they designed Link, but the style, design, and animation of enemies and particle effects were and still are a joy to look at. Btw, BoTW had a similar art direction, and I think the character designs , although following generic anime stylings, are a decent compromise between WW and TP. 

Sid Meier's Pirates is still the king of pirate games I've played, as that was a simulation and the pirate theme in WW was hardly developed, mechanically. The sailing and sea exploration was some of the most memorable content in the entire series for me though. I spent more time on that than the main quest. 

Combat is maybe the best in the series. Felt smooth as silk.

Very stoked about GG: Strive

Always liked Falcom. Their games are what I'd call "cozy." Ys on the SMS might have been the first video RPG I played. In those days I had the habit of playing from other people's saves on rental games, so naturally I couldn't make heads or tails of it. But there was something compelling about it. The superb music helped, I never forgot the tracks since those three days I had possession of it.  Same with Legacy of the Wizard.

Falcom also had a knack for creating charming, magical, and grand worlds of fantasia with limited means. They are nostalgia generators.

For some reason I never knew about the LoH games until a few years ago. I should check them out to see if they also have the qualities I mentioned above. 

Titanfall 2 was lit, but I don't remember the music

I think Bomber Raid on the SMS was a clone of these games. Hey, we took what we could get in that platform.

How much time did you spend on each game?

I honestly can't remember the media I engaged this year. Nothing much that is current.

Tenet was the only 2020 movie I saw.

I played some older games, which I posted about.

All the music is definitely older, I don't keep up on that stuff.

Watched Primal, which I think started this year, and Better Call Saul which I believe had a season this year. 

I NEVER read anything that is younger than 5 years old, I just don't keep track of the market like that.

I'm meaning specificially the Castlevanias on GBA and DS. Guess I should have just wrote that lol

Yeah, probably. DQ and FF are still the guide stones for much  of RPG design in Japan. They never had much of a pen and paper RPG scene, like in the west, to draw from.

You'd want to switch for variety and/or to gain certain permanent abilities from other classes.  And it's kind of like a respec option. Don't like the class of a character? Change it into something else, while still having the option to go back. I usually know what class composition I want my party to have ahead of time, so I just switch to whatever jobs are a prerequisite for that as they come, until I get to the class I wanted and stick with it.

Although you can ask what is the point, why not just have a wider class selection from the start? I think it comes from Wizardry, where if you started with or gained the right stats, other class options would be open to a character. It's not something that comes from DnD or any other tabletop RPGs I'm aware of. Maybe 1st edition DnD, which I never played, but it's strange and needlessly convoluted just the same.