Don't threaten me with a good time.
It's definitely not for everyone, and transphobes need not apply for obvious reasons, but I thought "I Saw the TV Glow" was an interesting psychological horror. Do not expect realistic performances or an unambiguous story, but as an arthouse fever dream representation of someone suffering from gender dysphoria, autism, self harm, and obsessive fandom, I thought it was a worthwhile watch.
No, sorry, I'm referring to the 2007 Wii game. Instead of turn based battles it was a more traditional 2d-3d hybrid platformer with RPG elements.
Super Paper Mario was more platformer than RPG.
Cool premise, but they couldn't have picked a more narratively underwhelming roster.
Boomer take, but going from NES to the SNES and seeing the advances in sprites and animations in Nintendo games like Donkey Kong Country, Link to the Past, Yoshi's Island, and Super Metroid was really mind blowing.
Also seeing the early days of more cinematic approaches to storytelling in SquareSoft games like FF IV, VI, and Chrono Trigger. Those really forshadowed how games would mature into a serious storytelling medium for me. FF IV's opening scene on the airship and the music is still burned into my brain.
The transition to 3D the following generation was also insanely impressive obviously, but none of those games have aged half as well as the 32 bit era.
When has that ever happened (except for those several hundred times)?
But what about the fog on the windows?