dragonsroar:

Hey guys! Let me recommend you an amazing game that you should try in 2015. 

It’s called Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean for the Nintendo Gamecube. It’s an old game, released in 2003. It is my single favorite console game of all time, and the graphics and story DEFINITELY hold up to this day. It never experienced a huge amount of popularity due to the time it was released and it’s lack of advertising, but trust me, this game is GOOD.

The game’s plot revolves around a world where the sea has disappeared. All the landmasses float in the sky, and as a result the people living in these landmasses have evolved to grow wings.

Our protagonist, Kalas, is a hot-tempered young man with only a single wing.

That’s just the premise, let me give you a list of reasons you really should try this game out:

• You are a canon character in this game. Yes, YOU. You have to play to find out how, but the characters constantly talk to you and you actually support them throughout the story.
• The battle system is a real time card game, and the cards are treated like real items. You can also GET new cards by using cards in unison during a battle, for example if you use a fire spell and a wood card in the same turn, you’ll receive a charcoal card that you can use permanently. 
• Any cards you have in your inventory evolve over time. If you keep a young bamboo shoot for too long, it’ll turn into a stick of bamboo, and then into a fishing pole. All these have different uses!
• The plot is amazing. I’m serious. I was so shocked on my first playthrough, because I did NOT see the twist coming. The story is /GOOD/, and I feel like this game really upped my expectations for the plots of many games I played afterwards.
• The graphics are still fantastic and hold up to this day. Check out this photoset for some screenshots. Also, the music is beautiful.
• You make money by taking PHOTOS! Depending on the amount of light or dark spells you used during a turn, you can take a photo whose quality will differ and can be sold for cash. This is the main way of making money in the game.

You can find it on Amazon, ebay, or by now you can probably emulate it off of an average computer with ease. Please make your 2015 better by trying this game out!

Thanks for reading!