Resident Evil 4: It was my first time playing RE4 since it's initial release back in January/Febuary 2005. I bought and played the GC rev and I am so very glad I picked it up. I seriously loathe the RE series with a passion, finding the entire series dull and uninteresting for it's high focus on puzzle solving, bad camera angles and yet lack of actual zombies. RE4 was the complete opposite offering an action-centric game with SUCH simple puzzle solving and for some reason this great amount of replayability that I didn't think would keep me hooked, but it did. Also, the offering of newer weapons is awesome.
Tales of the Abyss: Ahh, yes. Namco's way of celebrating Tales of Phantasia's 10th anniversary, and what a nice way to go out. I loved Abyss because of the character interactions and above all the FR-LMBS battle system (Free Linear Motion Battle System). Also, the Field of Fonim focus was amazing and made battles so intense and strategic I ended up restarting certain bosses to have some more fun and not even care about getting a better grade. An awesome, awesome game that I'm sure Symphonia fans would love to death (easily more than). Too bad it's an import only for the time being.
Tales of Rebirth: Ahh, yes. Another Tales game, only this one nearly entirely in 2D. Overall, I enjoyed this game a lot more than Abyss because all the characters had backstories I really cared about. Unlike in Abyss where I would give a damn about one character's backstory and ignore another, etc. Great game, really should come stateside to give Symphonia fans another taste of Tales. Oh well.
Tales of Legendia: Not really finished, but at the moment storming through the Character Quests. It's a really cute game and while it's nothing amazing that will end all games and become game of the year, it is so much FUN, that I place it above all the games I'm currently playing. Norma's also such a cutie. <3
Jam it back in, in the dark.