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#80. Final Fantasy VII

I think the Remake has let me appreciate OG FF7 a little more. It hasn't moved up my list or anything but the bloated nature of Remake reminds me to appreciate FF7's relative brevity. I don't think this game plays especially well from a 90s JRPG perspective (most FFs around this time are more enjoyable in battle), but the tone and feeling of it is amazing, especially considering what they had to work with aesthetically. The soundtrack really carries this game, even with the sound quality being subpar.

#79. Shadow Complex

Give me a highly competent metroidvania and it'll make its way onto my list. (unless you're Hollow Knight, I guess.) Shadow Complex is a drab mess in the aesthetics department but this game is so easy to just run around and lose yourself in. Before you know it, 2 hours have passed and you're always a couple of rooms away from the next interesting thing.

#78. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

I just appreciate this game from a distance more than anything else. It's fun to play, sure, but it's seeing all the stuff shoved into this game that opens my eyes. I always refer to this game as a virtual museum and it's definitely its best quality.

#77. Persona 5

It's better than Persona 4 is pretty much every way -- the style, the music, the gameplay -- and yet it's pretty much the same quality, with this game being ever so slightly better across the board. This game is stuffed with content (sometimes to its detriment) and the atmosphere is good. I would like this one a lot more if it was on a portable system. Persona's day structure always made it feel like it belonged on a handheld. Too bad the cutscenes drone on. Anyway I'm being too negative on Persona. This game is really good!

#76. Gorogoa

This game is literally just moving around four picture frames to solve some weird esoteric puzzles. But, man... this thing is enchanting, seeing the kid drop fruit into a basket or climb up a ladder or whatever. I can't explain it. Some games just grab you and this one does that to me. I even go back to it and do it all over again. It makes me happy.