Portal balances snappy pacing and story progression with great individual puzzle gameplay and difficulty ramping. Nice and tight, never really sags like its sequel does in parts. Also responsible for a host of "portal mechanics" showing up in other games across genres, for better or worse...

Dammit….

R-Type gets my vote because it’s a better game…

I know Rondo isn’t highly acclaimed around here but just wanted to reiterate that I think it’s the best non-metroidvania Castlevania out there. I didn’t think so before scouring it but it’s truly an incredible game.

Oom-fwaa? Oom-fwaa?

Warsong (perhaps the best Genesis game) is much more compelling to me than a remake of an admittedly good NES game.

Sorry, Sonic 2, but Gradius happens to be a much better game than the best Sonic game.

I’m abstaining here this time. Only like SotN and never played a Baldur’s Gate game.

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (Steam) Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (NES via PS4) Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (NES via PS4) Super Castlevania IV (SNES via PS4) + Castlevania: The Adventure (GB via PS4) 2024 total games beaten = 5 (1 new) 2023 total games beaten = 23 (19 new) 202...

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (Steam) Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (NES via PS4) Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (NES via PS4) + Super Castlevania IV (SNES via PS4) 2024 total games beaten = 4 (1 new) 2023 total games beaten = 23 (19 new) 2022 total games beaten = 35 (26 new) 2021 ...

This replaying Castlevania games us gonna make me fail my goal of beating more games that I haven’t beaten before. Oh well. Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (Steam) Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (NES via PS4) + Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (NES via PS4) 2024 total games beaten = 3 (...