SCOURGE'S PROFILE

Yeah, four figures for a single piece would be an astronomical price. While the art is certainly impressive, I've seen student art that approaches or surpasses it in quality and that was just done for a grade when I used to work at a university that had a game design program. Not a knock on Fabian at all; the examples I see are all fantastic. I would love to see some idea of pricing though! I'm on the hunt for facesets for a project.

Trying to get back into this whole RPG maker thing. Does my mapping still hold up?

In purchase order:

Gameboy Color:

Really hard to pick anything but Pokemon Gold. It was not my first Pokemon game - Yellow was - but it had moments that blew 9/10 year old me's mind, like returning to Kanto or going up to the top of the Bell Tower to catch Ho-Oh. To this day, it's probably the only Pokemon game I consistently replay (though I usually go with the remake on DS for ease of use).

Gameboy Advance:

This is a really hard tie to break between Golden Sun and Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. Both of them ignited my passion for whole new genres: JRPGs and Tactical RPGs, and when people ask me about my favorite games of all time, regardless of platform or genre, they are always on the list. Golden Sun just hits a sweet spot for me. It has cool puzzles, party customization, and a solid story (albeit a wordy one). On the other hand, Fire Emblem actually made me get into romhacking for a brief while and has, in my opinion, some fantastic characters and unlimited replay value. Seriously, I think I replay both of these games at least once a year.

Xbox:

Morrowind. I don't think I can accurately sum up how much this game means to me. I first started playing it when I was around 12 years old and the alien nature of a world filled with so much to explore and do was amazing. The way it handled player choice still seems revolutionary to me more than 10 years later (seriously, how many games let you kill people who are necessary for the game to proceed and then allow you to keep playing afterwards?) and the soundtrack is burned into my memory.
Honorable Mentions: Halo 2, Battlefront 2, KOTOR 1 and 2

Nintendo DS:

This is a hard one for me, because I mostly played remakes or sequels. I think I've got to give it to the Dragon Quest 4 remake because it was my first DQ title and has influenced my game-making since.

Xbox 360:

Another tie here. This time between Halo Reach and Dishonored. Reach had amazing multi-player and I spent hours on it with my friends in high school, in addition to having a surprisingly good, character-driven story with some memorable moments, like the mission that revolved around space dogfights or the urban combat missions towards the middle of the game. Meanwhile, Dishonored had fantastic aesthetic, compelling story, and so many goddamn ways to complete a mission that I can't count them all. Every time I think I have the game figured out, I'll see a YouTube video of someone with a crazy new strategy and I'll hop back in-game again to try new things out.

3DS:

Fire Emblem Awakening. No contest. I literally bought the 3DS to play it.
Semi-Honorable Mention: Bravely Default, but with the last 5-10 hours cut so I don't have to endure fighting the same four bosses over and over and over.

Xbox One:

Another tie. I'm really bad at making up my mind. This is the console I played Witcher 3 on, so I won't say anything that hasn't already been said about that masterpiece. The other game? Life is Strange. Unusual, I know, but it just hit me at the right time in my life. The summer after my sophomore year of college, I was taking some classes on campus because I'd changed my major in the spring and I had a lot of free time. One day, a friend of mine from high school texted me raving about how good this Life is Strange game was and how I had to play it. It was Friday and I had some money to burn, so I downloaded it, played the first episode and then want to bed. Saturday morning I decided to start Episode 2 and I literally did nothing else that whole day. I played through the entire game in, basically, one sitting. I didn't get dressed, I didn't shower, I didn't cook, and I didn't leave my apartment. When I finished around midnight, I was emotionally exhausted and amazed at what the game had done. To this day, I don't think I've ever been sucked into a game in that way.

PC:

If we go by playtime, it's Crusader Kings 2. I have, and this is not a typo, 1000 hours logged in it. During college, when I had papers to write, I'd open Word and CK2. Write a paragraph, play for 5-10 minutes, lather, rinse, repeat. As a result, there were times in college where I 'played' CK2 for 12 hours a day because I'd just leave it on in the background while I did homework on Sunday and occasionally alt-tab over to it, click some things, move some people around, and then go back to work.
Honorable Mentions: Stardew Valley, Dark Souls, Baldur's Gate, Hollow Knight

PS4:
I've got to give this one to Bloodborne. The combat, the horror and mythos influences, and the stellar atmosphere are like nothing else.
Honorable Mention: Persona 5

SNES:

I've only ever played SNES games via emulator, but Chrono Trigger, Fire Emblem: Thracia 776, and Earthbound are all on about the same level for me.

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FFXII has Moogles who architect airships. I think they win this one.

But Final Fantasy Fables has a cbocobo that explores dungeons Pokémon Mystery Dungeon style, dives into magic fairy tale books to change the environment and is also a summoner with Yu-Gi-Oh cards.

Good argument for the chocobo, but it will take the Washington Post coming out with dirt on the moogles to turn this poll around, at this point.

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Welcome! It sounds like you'll make some cool stuff with that game design/art background. Can't wait to see what you create.