Recommend me quirky, game-y adventure-ish games!

[JSR]

Okami is also on my list, and I should really finish Majoras Mask one of these days. I'm just afraid that it will get a 3DS remake as soon as I complete it.

[Guts]

Have you played Beyond Good & Evil? If you haven't, it's a very nice Zelda-like adventure (except it's sci-fi) with a very charming and atmospheric world and characters (Jade is one of the best female leads in gaming, period). The HD version looks great and is pretty cheap.

[JSR]

Yeah, and to be honest I only find it "good", and not "super excellent" like the rest of the world seem to do. The combat is so simple, removing a lot of the tension from enemy encounters. Love the world and photography features though. Should probably play through it again.

[Guts]

I agree, the combat is clearly the weakest part of BG&E, but the other parts are great enough to lift it to a "classic" in my books.

How about Little King's Story on the Wii? It's a very charming Pikmin-like game where you run your kingdom exploring other lands and fighting monsters with your horde of little subjects.

Edit: There's also a Vita version which I think is somewhat different.

[chopemon]

The Way of the Samurai games are really interesting. They give you no guidance and the story has a crazy amount of branches you're supposed to replay them lots of times to see everything.

[EvilBoris]

Ah yeah, I played a bit of one of those once, reminded me a little of Shenmue/Yakuza

[chopemon]

After a recommendation in this thread I picked up Majin and started it last night.

LOVE IT.

What a lovely, bright Japanese fantasy world. None of the self important nonsense of western fantasy. Only played half an hour or so but cannot wait to get back to it. I love the art style and that B tier Japanese game look. Take your shaders and fancy lighting and shove them.

[crocky-chocky]

Glad to hear you're enjoying it.

Majin really seems to divide people but I totally love the setting, and the brand of quirkyness in the game design reminds me of the PS2 days. Sorely tempted to rebuy it now!

[Sketcz]

What's the final third like? I enjoyed Folklore, until it started to drag on with a forced replay and the need to grind folk. Felt like padding.

[chopemon]

Has anyone played Knight's Contract? It's by the same studio.

[fuse]

I'm gonna come out and say it - I didn't like Majin that much. I'm all for colourful and charming romps, but I ended up finding the Majin rather annoying by the end, and a lot of the combat just frustrated me. I did finish it though, and I'd be interested to see if your opinion changes throughout the game.

I really, really need to get to Nier. I've only played about 30 minutes but I have a feeling I'd love it given the chance.

[crocky-chocky]

What's the final third like? I enjoyed Folklore, until it started to drag on with a forced replay and the need to grind folk. Felt like padding.

I don't remember having an issue with it, and some of the better gameplay moments were towards the end I'd say. There's a tiny bit of backtracking, and a generally slow pace that might put some folk off I guess.

[JSR]

Completed Cursed Mountain earlier today. Decent enough game. Pretty linear with sub-par combat, but makes up for it with atmospheric locations and some pretty cool narrative devices. Uncharted 3 seems to have borrowed heavily from the game.