Thread:HoundTheDestroyer93/@comment-28358106-20160917003313/@comment-28358106-20160917021008

The first one is way up there, but the one I love the most of the classic NES games is Simon's Quest, which is usually everyone's least favorite (aside from Castlevania Judgement.) It was the very first quest style game I ever really got into, and the first free roaming game I ever played. I also liked it because I could save my goddamn progress! I thought the graphics were far more complex, even compared to 3, not to mention the dynamite music that set the bar high forever more.

For the handhelds, Portrait of Ruin was easily my favorite. I loved them all, but I thought everything about it was a step up from before, and it was the only title where to me nothing felt recycled. The misic, graphics, and soumd design seemed fresh. I also liked the protagonists, and I even cared about the villains. I liked Dawn of Sorrow a lot too.

But bar none, nothing even comes close to Symphony, a title whose very name gives me goosebumps even as I type it. There's nothing I can say about it that you don't already know, except that it opened my eyes to exactly how good a game can be. To this day it is among my top three games of all time, and I still play it. My only regret is that the Saturn version is only available in the US on the Dracula X Chronicles on PSP, because that version is far superior.

A couple of honorable mentions for me is Bloodlines, which I liked because it was an edgier, darker game. Plus, Michiru Yamane did the soundtrack, which was excellent (and later she would go on to do Suikoden and Symphony, both games with top notch music.)  Plus, I may be the only person in existence who liked Legacy of Darkness, which has a lot of nostalgia for me.

In truth I love almost all the titles, each for their own reasons, but I never played either Lords of Shadow. I was going to until I heard the news that Konami wasn't making any more A-list titles, and a piece of me died.