December 2017 Game of the Month: Illusion of Gaia

[obsidianspider]

I mean, who hasn't gotten a letter like this?

[obsidianspider]

I finally beat the first boss after a few dozen tries, and what's my reward? Being stuck on a plank in the middle of the ocean.

Seriously though, this game is excellent. I'm really enjoying the Link to the Past style game play and quirky story.

[lilbud]

Had to take a few days to work on stuff (including passing my driver's test, woo!.) But I finally started this game. So far, it is very awesome and seems to have aged very well.

[PokeEngineer]

@lilbud

Congrats!

[obsidianspider]

Damn, game. A bit existential, no?

[celly]

@lilbud firing this up right now. Looks cool.

[lilbud]

I updated the OP to be more fleshed out.

[obsidianspider]

Got to the pyramid this weekend. I am really enjoying the game. Some of the dungeons take quite a while to figure out, and I felt that they're not quite balanced (The Great Wall of China was way too easy) but overall this is definitely an underrated game.

[lilbud]

@obsidianspider I'm only at the Sky Garden, but I share your thoughts on this game. It is truly a hidden gem and I've loved every moment of this game. Probably the best OST on the SNES.

[lilbud]

Patiently waits for the vinyl release of Illusion of Gaia OST

I mean, we did Kid Dracula and it got a vinyl OST run.

[lilbud]

Maybe we should start to think about January GOTM. Give some suggestions people.

Sadly not able to finish Gaia due to a lost save file in the move to a new PC.

[obsidianspider]

@lilbud I got busy after getting to the pyramid. One of these days I’ll finish it. Really good game.

[lilbud]

Here is the poll for the January GOTM. If anyone has more suggestions, let me know. Couldn't really ask before hand since the site was down all morning.

Poll: http://www.strawpoll.me/14734922

[obsidianspider]

Finished the game. The story is weird, but so good. It's not often that I get pulled in to the point that I am having an emotional response to what's happening to the characters.

[lilbud]

@lilbud The voting will probably end around 7:30 am on 1/2/18

[lilbud]

Voting is closed and the game of the month for January is Super Mario RPG for the SNES

[A Former User]

@lilbud Making a thread for it?

[lilbud]

@livefastcyyoung Yeah, when I get time to write the description and create the overlay. Probably tomorrow at some point.

[lilbud]

Link to the January thread: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/15626/january-game-of-the-month-super-mario-rpg