just hc’s (aside from the obviously confirmed intersex kainé and gay emil)

i love nier being trans coded too so i add this version. mtf ftm all i love

Was considering replaying Alundra 1, and just remembered your search for "darkish" games.

Alundra 1 fits that bill pretty well!

as is tradition the story is nierverse canon even if its a collab :D. and its pretty good, with or without knowledge of it.
think they are genuinely fun for alliance raid difficulty range. besides the current one, would be consider to say to see most deaths i see in allis, is here. also v unique!

ff14 has, (besides all the serious epic good music, and older ff remixes) based on what boss such a wide array of genres and 99% of they are amazing.

(what i would call) Irish folk, death metal, gospel, splatoonesque, 80s shonen anime opening, j-pop....

youtu.be/ccHpBLJQMjI with this ill stop my ff14 nerdout HAH

yea thats more then fair. thats true in ff14 with certain songs that are made for bosses or moments, and after all the buildup and hype , a banger starts playing, so songs easily can put one back to the moment .also songs that shift/evolve from songs you hear more often, "replying" to one another..

thats very very valid :D hope you enjoy it , however you end up engaging with it ♥
barely a game has made me cry this much, hyped and engaged with the story this much. the amount of memorable quotes and moments... HAH

Sure♥At times is the best story game for me after DODnier. some similiarities to mmos are natural but you can play most of it solo if you wish. AND THE MUSIC ohh boy.. youtu.be/GFulM_9OSSg & youtu.be/bREZqkbI2WU T_T
90% of sidecontent requires no grinds, those that do , the grind is the content.

Ff14 is ALL about its stories. especially main s.
the sidestories can be amazingly, its a lil hit on miss on what you like at times.
it will take you a long ass time to run out stories in ff14. its like an FF that has "mmo" added, rather than an MMO that happens to be ff14, if that makes sense.