Nier for PS3 and 360. It's an action RPG that's probably has as little RPG-ing as a game can and still be called an RPG. I liked it because the combat is simple and refreshing in a genre that's usually all about stats and numbers. Plus, the story is amazing, especially if you play it multiple times for the secret endings. Apparently it ties into the Drakengard games, but I've never played those so can't really comment. The soundtrack is, hands down, the best I have ever heard in any video game. I downloaded a lot of those songs onto my phone, they're so good. They just released the sequel, Nier: Automata, but I haven't played it yet.
Tales of Xillia 1 (and 2 to a lesser extent) for PS3. Again, amazing story. That's these games' major selling point. The graphics are pretty in an anime story of way, but apart from the main characters there's not much worth looking at. The combat almost feels like you're playing a fighting game, but the fights are all waaay too easy (in the first game, anyway. I actually think they're too hard in the second one). The second game has that stupid debt it makes you pay off in between major events in the story, thus artificially padding it out to twice as long as it should be. But the stories they both tell are some of the best I've ever heard in a video game. If you're like me and can look past mediocre gameplay for a great story, you'll probably love these just as much as I did. Otherwise, you're probably just as well off skipping them.
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