I've never played monster hunter but I can say Fire Emblem: Awakening is an excellent turn-based strategy game for the 3DS. I think it's my favorite game I've played on my 3DS. The story is great and the cutscenes are amazing. Plus you can make your characters get married and have kids and they will fight with you.

I played Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky and it was okay but I've played other games in the "rogue-like" genre and Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon is better. ALTHOUGH I do have two copies of the game (long story) so I could send you one of mine. I'd just need to find something to mail it in because it's cartridge-only.

An interesting hybrid between the open-world and decision-based games you say you like is L.A. Noire. It's super fun and has an awesome story but I'd say the one downside is that it has zero replay value. But man, that story... I was crey.

And then there's also Red Dead Redemption which is made by the dudes who made L.A. Noire which are also the dudes who mane GTA. I still haven't finished it but it's really fun. The best part about the game is riding horses. They've got some of the most intelligent AI I've seen in a video game and their models are so dynamic (rippling muscles while galloping????)

I'm not even sorry that I wrote you a small novel because video games, man...

Hmm, one of my close friends absolutely loves Fire Emblem. I've never been big into turn-based games aside from Pokemon, but I may check it out. And I've heard great things about LA Noire, and from what I've heard it shares some similarities with Heavy Rain, which I loved. And did you mean you have two copies of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon or Chocobo's? I may actually be into trying the Pokemon one if that's the case.

And I actually bought Read Dead Redemption a couple years ago but never ended up playing it. I bought it for PS3 back when I still lived with my brother and could borrow his, but now I have no console to play it on XD Although I think my new roommate has a PS3 so maybe he'll let me borrow it lol.

What I've really wanted to get is Destiny, but arghhhh there is no PC version ;__;

Thanks for the suggestions!

I have two copies of PMD!

Well, don't be too disappointed that you don't have a way to play Destiny. Seriously. I preordered a copy and was so excited for the game to come out, especially with how Bungie hyped it up. But it's not very good. You can beat the game in less than 20 hours of gameplay. The story is garbage and unfinished. What little gameplay is there is fun, but the game is so limited everything just turns into a grind, running the same mission over and over to get the good loot even if you fork over the twenty extra dollars to buy the DLC. If you ask me, your money would be better spent just buying the soundtrack because quite honestly that's the best part of the game, and they fired the dude in charge of making it without giving him any reason. As an honest game trailer put it: "It's gaming's hottest 7 out of 10"

Heheh, I wouldn't mind taking that extra copy off your hands X3 And I would pay you for shipping, of course.

And that's interesting, I haven't heard/read that many actual reviews on it, I mostly just heard all the hype prior to its release. It seemed like it would have been a lot of fun.. wasted potential, I suppose. Probably would have been better had it been made for PC ;)

Nah, don't worry about it. Figuring out how you would get me the money in itself is more hassle than it is worth. Note me your address and I will get it out to you the next time I run to the post office

Yeah the game was definitely overhyped. It was absolutely a case of wasted potential. At least if it was made for PC it could be modded.