Mystic's Recommendations

Recommendation List

Games

- These games are some of my favourites. Generally they will be good looking, and hopefully not too well-known or obvious.

	Mystic Ark SNES A Japan-only JRPG with a good translation. Amazing atmosphere, and some very nice art. Check out the promo art too because it's beautiful
	Terranigma SNES An action rpg with gameplay that holds up really well for its age. The story is highly original, and might just touch your heart.
	Moon: Remix RPG Adventure Playstation Chock full of charm. An RPG where you don't play as a hero, instead you help the different NPC's, collecting love and rescuing animals. See my review for a further explanation, this one is not the most accessible.
	Ghost in the Shell Playstation Short an sweet. This game is incredibly fun and fast paced, and all of the boss fights are awesome. Once you get used to the controls, it can be finished in an hour or so. A must-play if you're a fan of the anime (and maybe the manga, I haven't read it yet). The techno soundtrack is worth a listen on its own.
	Tyrian 2000 DOS This game is great. Oldschool scifi with an incredible amount of lore told in logs between missions. What makes this game unique is that it's logs and lore are actually interesting to read! (shocking). It also features an incredible number of weapons which can be upgraded between missions, a lot like more modern games. The music is really nice, and unique as well.
	BloodRayne Gamecube Elbow blades, dual wielded machine guns, a grappling hook, and sucking the blood of your enemies are not even all of the cool things from this game. It's almost cool from start to finish, but the first level is a bit of a pain. It also features flying nazis.
	Sin and Punishment N64 This game is an awesome example of what makes "linear" games good, well actually it's just awesome. My favourite in this list. (and yes, a N64 game that doesn't look like it's for little kiddies).
	Valis IV PC Engine CD A platformer with great music and pretty cutscenes. You can switch characters during gameplay to use different abilities, which is cool. It's a bit hard though, and there's no english translation (to my knowledge).
	Biohazard Battle Mega Drive This one's all about setting. It's got a prehistoric/alien theme, and a bit of an odd vibe. Good music too. I was able to beat it (with save-states), so it's not too hard.
	Battle Mania Mega Drive More personality than in your average shooter, and humour too. It's easier not to die in this game than in other shmups, but deaths will hurt you badly.
	Kolibri 32x Laser hummingbird, need I say more? From the same devs as Ecco, Kolibri looks and sounds incredible. Gameplay is oddly open for a shooter, and yes it is a shooter.