Michael

I love the concept of Geno, but tbh he's one of the weakest characters. Peach is really good in the game and an almost necessary spot filler in the party because of her healing skills.

It's not really an RPG, but the "world" is completely open in the NES masterpiece Solstice. You get dropped in the starting room and wander around trying to figure out how to collect six staff pieces. There's no set path (although there is an optimal one) and no hand holding. You just had to experiment until you died and then apply your new knowledge to the next attempt. If you didn't have the instruction manual you didn't even know what your potions did. You had to use trial and error. It took me months of playing daily to work it out and conquer the game. It wasn't easy.

It's very very very clear that the show is over. Ambiguity over Eleven's fate does not mean anything other than they wanted people to decide for themselves how it went down. For me the fact that they showed a short bit of El actually standing nearby a small village near waterfalls means that she really did live on. Otherwise there's no need to have it there. Mike's theory showed obvious clips of the rest of their futures so to have the one with El be a fake out ruins the continuity of the scene and the Duffers are not hacks that would screw that up in my opinion. Hence El lives. It was a great show, but now it's over. Move on people.

Octopath Traveler deserves a shout out. Beautiful graphics combined with a surprisingly deep story make it a wonderful experience. I don't think I've ever played another RPG with the same battle mechanics either. It's inspiring the release of games like the Dragon Quest HD2D remakes which I also can't get enough of.