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Coincidentally I was just telling the boy about how Arceus was probably a one-off like Let’s Go, but the 2025 “simultaneous” release (no doubt verification that the Switch is about to go the way of the Wii U) does offer something of a deadline to my parallel play-throughs of this game I’ve more than once described as my second coming of Ultima V. The same thought occurs while hoarding certain items like I did those broken ᚨᛏ scrolls, but truth is, I’ve reserved a full treatment for fear of failure to do my feelings justice. These past few months in Faerûn have truly allowed me to relive du temps perdu and marvel at the storytelling craft in both epic scale and minute detail I haven’t since. And I can’t thank Larian enough for the risk they took on their ambitions with a dice-rolling turn-based alternative for someone who’s aging out of twitching as a measure of interactive experience.

It’s $15.50 now, an over 200% price increase from 20 years ago. I still like it, and if it were available locally, would probably add it to my lunch menu (as I’ve tried with 짜장면, though parking at the plaza is a deterrent) because the “teppan” alternatives exceed the $20-mark. Used to come with minestrone-style soup, too.