Fandom Promo!

[crantz]

Welcome to the Fandom Promo post, everyone!

Here's where you get those eyes on your fandoms for sign ups!

Share what makes your Yuletide fandoms the shiniest and why you love them. A big part of Yuletide is how small our fandoms can be, and this is a good way to make sure other people know what gems there are out there!

Suggested form to use:

<b>FANDOM NAME</b>:
<b>WHAT MAKES IT GREAT</b>:
<b>WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional)</b>:

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Fable, Getsu Fūma Den, Legacy of Kain

[mieldyne]

FANDOM NAME: Fable

WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: High fantasy + steampunk. The first game is typical RPG medieval-ish fantasy, but Fable II and Fable III bring in steampunk and some greater sci-fi style into the world as well. The emphasis on storytelling and great world building to explain how the Hero thing works as an inherited trait and not just a title or character class. A fun morality system and ways to interact with NPCs, fun ways to grow your character either with combat and gameplay and with the lean towards Good or Evil. Watching their decisions actually physically change them and affect the world and people around them. The Fable Pain Train where you'll know when you're riding it and you're not allowed to get off, now embrace the feels, good and bad. Plus, the ambiguous nature of Heroes in general, as not all of them are good.

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): They are all Xbox 360 exclusives, but Fable Anniversary (remake of the first game) and Fable III are available for PC, with Fable Anniversary also on Steam.

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FANDOM NAME: Getsu Fūma Den ("Legend of Getsu Fūma")

WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: It's one of those games under the famous "Nintendo Hard" label, but it's quite fun. It's a platformer similar to the likes of Castlevania, but with creatures and themes from Japanese folklore or inspired by such. The enemies constantly keep you on your toes and you must act quickly, learning their patterns. There are some silly interactions with demons and other inhabitants of Mad Demon Island / Kyōki-tō, a variety of different subweapons to use and nice lore and story of a young man wanting to put the souls of his fallen brothers to rest by ridding evil from the world and taking out the demon Ryukotsuki.

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): It's an old NES game that was never officially translated and localized outside of Japan back in 1987. But some nice fans have translated it (two versions exist now) and can be played via emulation.

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FANDOM NAME: Legacy of Kain

WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: Dark, gothic, and with some fantasy and sci-fi here and there. Also time travel and characters trying to change fate with varying degrees of success. And vampires, lots of them. Beautiful storytelling, beautiful world, unique vampires and a "villain protagonist" in a world where the two of them are probably the least of your problems. You go from a nobody nobleman (or a hotblooded paladin-like person) and quickly turn into a nightmare, with all the bells and whistles of being a powerful vampire to boot.

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): HIGHLY recommend playing the games in order, for best story experience. The first game, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, can be found on the Playstation Network or found as a physical copy for the PS1 for really cheap. Note that Blood Omen is radically different in gameplay than the others. All the others can be found on Steam and in physical copies for cheap, with Soul Reaver being another PS1 game and Soul Reaver 2, Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain and Legacy of Kain: Defiance being for PS2. This one is optional but recommended too: There was an MMO called Nosgoth that shut down in 2016. If you want extra lore there is a fan website where you can read up all about the story added in that here. (Set after the intro to Soul Reaver, but before that game's story actually starts.)