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10 - metaphor ref--the persona spinoff thing
pc/consoles
2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btHGCpUPjPk

kinda not sure what to make of this just because it looks like persona 6 but isn't. I'm tentatively just keeping an eye on it to see if worthy of main series-like hype or if this is just somehow the next spinoff. it looks like it might be a class based turn based jrpg, based on the character names? I don't know. right now it's just a lot of style without knowing the substance so I'll wait patiently and try to see if it's worthwhile. if it is real, it probably gets delayed 2-3 times like a proper persona game should.

9 - hades 2
TBD
TBD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-iHDj3EwdI

Hades is real good and this is more Hades. I respect the heck out of the supergiant guys for always coming out with unique games in different genres and no sequels (bastion, transistor, pyre, hades) -- so the idea of them making another Hades game seems super notable, like they're not going to just do the same thing again. this trailer certainly looks like more Hades but I'm sure there's a lot more to it. anyway, hades and good and so hades 2 will be good. I'll wait for the 1.0 release.

8 - suikoden 1 & 2 hd remaster
2023
pc/switch/consoles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNnhBP_FiXM

for those who don't know, I have a near 25 year battle with suikoden 2, a game that has hilariously screwed me over at least 6 times, whether it is game crashes, lost saves or worse. the last time I played it, it corrupted not only my suikoden 2 save 15 hours in, but also every single PS1 save on my vita. I am praying that the curse of suikoden 2 ends with a new release, and I am going to beat that goddamn evil game or die trying.

7 - final fantasy vii rebirth
ps5
q1 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2aNzos4qi4

I didn't love ff7 remake part 1 or its newly manufactured story beats (especially that end - yikes), and I don't even plan to play this on release since I don't have a ps5. still, I have to see this thing through just to see what insane ideas they go with. there's seemingly time travel and divergent storylines and probably even more insane stuff. just seeing the proper world of ff7 come together is something I'm really keen on, even if I'm not the one driving the bus. ff7 remake is such a bizarre and ambitious thing and I need to see how/if it crashes spectacularly.

6 - arcadian atlas
pc
Summer 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_3faIObbrk

I've been waiting on this FFT-like for like a decade -- I backed this game when it was still talking up playable Booker DeWitt -- and it's finally almost out. arcadian atlas seems to ascribe to the political backstabbery storyline/depressed chess gameplay that makes the FFT/TO games so good, and while it probably can't hang with the king, it'll still be fun to see it try. I love this genre and am eternally hoping the next game is going to be the one.