So, as a lover of RPG's, as a gamer with a backlog that...let's be just be realistic here, folks - is too big to be thoroughly completed in any *entire* lifetime - much less, however many years or decades may be left in MY lifetime; considering that my favorite genre (which, ironically & luckily:) is one of the few genres that I'm physically capable of playing is, by its very nature, some of the biggest time-sinks in gaming...plus, add to that the fact that I'm a voracious reader...and, I've made a somewhat bittersweet decision.
I've decided that (as a person who's never been bothered much by spoilers because, I seem to be able to hear them and...ignore, erase, or block them out when I actually play the game), I'm going to start reading through some of my many strategy guides - *especially* in the cases of games that I'm already a fan of and/or have already played other games in a series + games that have received a lot of love, over the years, for having outstanding stories.
So, I'm intentionally reading through those guides marked with a "
contains massive spoilers" warning to get to read/know these stories that I've been missing out on.
I'm about 20 pages into the guide for
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (PS1) now.
Some others that I have in mind are
Tactics: Ogre, Vandal Hearts 1 & 2, Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen, Saiyuki: Journey West, Valkyrie Profile 1 & 2, FF Tactics, Heavy Rain, The Last of Us: Remastered, and possibly Skyrim, LA Noire & Dragon Age 1, 2, & 3.
Thoughts?
Do/would any of you do this?
Any more suggestions for games w/ the best & greatest stories?
What I wanna know is...
...who's gonna snag that much coveted
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