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#68 - Chrono Trigger (SNES, 1995)

ranking it lower than both MSG and Bartz, oh no now Nick is disappointed

In all seriousness, Chrono Trigger is a very solid SNES RPG that still plays well today. While I do find the initial 2300 AD portion to be very long (and have had several replays die there) the game itself is very well presented, and explores time travel in a way that makes some sense unlike some other games that use it. The game having the enemies visible to fight and having multiple tech attacks between party members still leads into great gameplay today. It's why many games try to copy from Chrono Trigger and few seem to actually succeed due to various reasons (though Cosmic Star Heroine did fine! That's why it's on my list as well.)

#67 - Tales of Xillia (PS3, 2013)

This has always been one of the lower points of the series, was definitely unfinished and had to rush to an ending somewhere, and yet I still think of it as my second favorite Tales title, The battle system being a mix between the more classic titles and Graces f (the best combat in the series) was definitely a factor, plus having a battle system where every character is actually fun to play. Most Tales games have only a few of the characters be actually usable by the player. The plot is sometimes laughable even when it isn't rushing ahead and the characters can be frustrating at times, but the overall game is very fun to just keep playing through the end. It's also nice to have a lead that isn't dumb as rocks, and while Jude fits that mold, Milla definitely does not.

#66 - Final Fantasy VII (PS1, 1997)

While Final Fantasy VII is definitely overrated, I still like it even though I only finished it many, many years after it was initially released. I still enjoyed myself as the Materia system still works and it's definitely satisfying taking out some of the harder bosses like Carry Armor. It's weird that there's so much talk about that one spoiler when other Final Fantasy characters have done the same in much better scenes, and that there's an even bigger spoiler when you get midway through disc two. There's a huge amount of side content here but I never managed to finish it all, and I never did get Knights of the Round either. Still, I expect I'll finally do it someday when I play through the PS4 port.

I do also like Final Fantasy VII Remake, but that seems to be carving out its own path. More on that when I post my top 10 for 2020 in a separate topic!

#65 - Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, 2007)

Galaxy has always been my favorite of the Mario platformers, so no surprise that it is the highest one on my list. It is the only one of the 3D platformers where I've actually collected all of the base game's stars, something I haven't done in any of the others (I didn't really do much as Luigi, didn't feel like playing through the entire game again.) The game still holds up today as I played a bit of it in the 3D All-Stars remaster and I still found it fun, unlike the other two games in the collection. I don't think another game will ever unseat Galaxy here as I've generally moved farther away from platforming games since, only playing a few titles like Super Mario Odyssey. It definitely isn't my genre so Galaxy being this high is quite an accomplishment.

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