I have - I’ve played all 3 Grandia games. The second is really good, and it refines the battle system in some nice ways, but it’s a (slightly) smaller, more character driven story that loses a bit of the grand, somewhat naive, adventurous spirit that makes the first game so unique and satisfying.

There’s a large number of people who prefer Grandia 2, and for good reason, but I prefer the characters and story of Grandia 1. If you haven’t played either, I recommend playing both in order. Grandia 3 is a bit of a letdown in comparison, but I still really enjoyed it and think it gets a bit more hate than it deserves.

I have an alarm set every week just for grabbing the free Epic game.

Literally every game on console with online multiplayer forces you to pay for essential features.

Bloodborne

500 hours is also my sweet spot I think - I don’t think I have any games with significantly more than that. Here are the games I have ~500 hours in (that I can remember off the top of my head):

Breath of the Wild
Civ IV
Dark Souls
Monster Hunter World
Skyrim
Warframe

If entire series count though, it’s gotta be Civ, by a landslide.

I just upgraded my computer for the first time in a decade to a 7700X and Radeon 6700XT. I’m doing my part!

I went back and forth between my SNES and N64. SNES was better for RPGs and a lot of 2D action games, but the N64 was much better for multiplayer/party games. If I had to pick one, I’d probably go SNES, but it was close.

For me, these games are, in order of release: Civilization IV, Dark Souls, Subnautica, and Monster Hunter World

Each of them scratches a different itch, and no matter what mood I’m in, one of these games is likely calling to me.

Grandia is one of my favorite games of all time. It captures the pure joy and excitement of adventure better than any game ever made.

Also one of my favorite battle systems. A great expansion of the early Game Arts system seen in the (also amazing) Lunar games.