A lot of your compliments for Evergrace actually fit into a lot of reasons why people really like Demon's/Dark Souls/Bloodborne/ uh, Sekiro... The intricate world, mysteries, and challenging but rewarding gameplay all are why a lot of people like them. They get too much of a reputation as a hardcore game (as memey as that is), but are crafted really damn well.

FromSoft was low-key one of my favorite developers as a kid. Lost Kingdoms, Evergrace, and Otogi were all games that immediately struck me as being something different and worth paying attention to. I was basically the only person I knew who was actually excited for Demon's Souls before it came out.

Ever grace,+ chrono and ffx ost reminds me of the times I spent with my brother who has passed. We spent hours trying to beat evergrace. That opening stage.

I just found out that EverGrave actually got a seuqel, somehow! The localized version of it for North America was renamed to "Forever Kingdom" for some reason, while it was still titled "EverGrace 2" in Japan.

I like playing games where the menu shows the character's blood type and has a logo of the game itself in the corner.

I would love to see an Evergrace remake, just to see what they would do to keep that interesting soundtrack alive

FWIW, Motoi Sakuraba is also a self taught musician who didn't learn traditional theory. (Dark Souls composer)

20:23 That song from AC:FA is called “Precious Park” if anyone else was wondering.

The lack of Enchanted Arms fans in this comment section is really a shame, but it means a whole lot to me that you talked about it. The game means so so much to me because of how me and my Dad played it together during a really hard time in my life and I'm currently replaying it! The characters and the plot and even the horrible voice acting all make me so comfortable and you mentioning Makoto and how he's got his own stuff happening rather than just shifting him off to the side makes me so happy. Him and Mystery Man are my favorite characters and I think that he's just to cool and had a lot going on behind the scenes and that it's awesome that he's gay and treated normally, at least as normally as 2006 could have. Again, Enchanted Arms is lovely and I think more people should play it, and I'm so happy that you spoke about it in a more positive light!

Talking about games that aren't Souls games from From Software but tagging it with the souls games.

I miss weird games. Even weird games nowadays don't feel as truly surreal or weird as some of the stuff I'd find in the bargain bin in the mid 90's. I had Tecmo's deception 1 as a kid when it first released... that was some shit for a kid man.

Not gonna lie: I'm pretty interested in Evergrace now.

FromSoft jank is a special kind of jank. It's a jank of the soul. Something deeply endearing permeates the unsorted heap of dirty and clean clothes that is their catalogue.