Recommended Games & Favorite Genre, Lets share! Options

[Rui L'cie]

I'm sure everyone here has played lots of different games, from awesome games to horrible ones that you dont even want to remember again.

So, what games do you recommend people to play? or is there any must play games? Tell me about your favorite games genre too!
* lets exclude Final Fantasy, because I'm sure everyone play this already..and Its way to well known to the world.
and also Harvest Moon from the list of recommended games.

For me, I love RPG and Tactics, most of the game I played came from those two genres.
And here are some games that I recommend people to play.

-Star Ocean series
-Atelier Mana series
-Gensou Suikoden series
-.hack series
-Fire emblem
-Disgaea
-Galerians (I think this game is extinct, because the first series if PS1, that was released more than 5 years ago, and I had difficulties to find the sequel for PS2)

[Darth-Paper-Boy]

Chrono Trigger is the bee's knees. The not needing to grind thing is the bestest thing about it, because I can just pick up the game and actually play it all the way through. Anyway, most of what I play tends to be RPGs and more classic-y style action games. Less story, more awesome. Sorta stark opposites, aren't they? Anyway, here're some of my favorites that haven't already been said.

Deus Ex is a hybrid FPS/RPG, with a great plot, great twists, and fun gameplay. You're JC Denton, a bio-mechanically enhanced agent out to get things done and set the world straight with a selection of whatever guns and tools you can find and your wits. And your ability to take advantage of the AI. Wanna run n' gun like a madman? Go for it. Wanna play the sneak and not hurt a soul? s'good too. Wanna not even USE weapons and use MacGyver like skills to manipulate objects in the environment to save your butt? Can't think of a reason not to.

Uncharted Waters New Horizons is a funktastic sort of pirate/sailing sim. You can select from six characters, each focusing on different aspects of the game. Exploration, treasure, trade, piracy, working for your country, and one guy who's just there to continue the story from the first game hailing from Holland, Italy, the Ottoman Empire, Spain, England, and Portugal respectively. Each character also has their own story, and each character can also say "screw that" and go about doing whatever the heck they feel like. Build up a fleet, recruit some sailors, get to sailing and take on the world during the great age of exploration. It's also on the Virtual Console.

Legend of Valkyrie is a top-down arcade shooter type game that doesn't play at all like a top-down arcade shooter type game. Instead you can take your time through the levels, which is encouraged so you can explore and find all the awesomest stuff. Different weapon types, different magic spells, and a fair share of branching paths to prevent you from snagging everything on the first go around. Also, co-op! None of that taking turns jive so many other shooters of the age liked to do. I don't know a lick of the story beyond the basic premise really, but the whole thing feels charming and enjoyable whatever it is.

Long post is long. I'll leave it at that for now.