When it came to 2020 wrapping up, I was left wondering what games I'd initially been hyped for, what games I'd dismissed as boring, or games I'd thought would just suck. I wanted to make this blog just for myself, so I could check back in around a year from now, and see how it all turned out! It's really just a mindless stream of thought I'm recording here.
Scott Pilgrim VS the World The Game is going to be a day 1 buy. There's...not really much else to say, unless Ubisoft fails spectacularly at porting an XLBA game to modern consoles...
Ys IX is releasing!! I really hope NISA handles it well, after their Ys 8 scandal. Won't be a day 1 purchase, but I'll keep my eye on it.
Persona 5 Strikers...I don't like Persona 5, but I'm a mindless fan, so I'm obviously going to play it. I do like Koei Tecmo Warriors games, so it'll probably be worth it for the gameplay and OST alone.
I hope by the time bravely default 2 releases, I'll have played 1, or at least gotten somewhat close to trying it? I hope they port the original to Switch or PC or anything that isn't the 3DS tbh.
Can Natsume ever make a good Harvest Moon? One World looks...actually better than their other attempts. It's no Rune Factory, though.
Prince of Persia SoT remake!!! I'm so super hyped for this. I know the footage looked really crappy, but I'm hoping...Ubisoft...fixed...things...before release...oh boy.
Disco Elysium: Final Cut. I want to try this a ton. All last year I heard was hype for this game, and now it's got a definitive release! Yes please!
Nier Replicant will be something interesting. I'm a little sad it's going to be specifically the Japanese version, and not the western one, but I don't know much about the series myself, just what I've heard from others. It seems like a great game, and maybe I'll like it enough to wanna go back to the og Nier?
Deathloop: anything that Arkane makes has my attention instantly. I was sad it got delayed, but hopefully they made the most of their time. It looked like Dishonored but with guns and repetition shenanigans. Hopefully having to redo sections won't be annoying.
RUNE FACTORY 5 FOR GAME OF THE YEAR DONT LET ME DOWN
I totally forgot Apex Legends was coming to the Switch. Can the console handle that? I'm really skeptical but who knows!
The Good Life has been something on my radar for what feels like years at this point. I'm really hopeful on it being good, but I'm super apprehensive as well. Maybe it won't be what I'm hoping for.
Gotham Knights looks like the Batman game I've always wanted--where you can play as Red Hood and Tim Drake Robin...even if he's in Damian's costume?
There's that whole Hogwarts Legacy game that I didn't care about initially, but now I've seen almost all the Harry Potter games and I'm actually interested. But the developer doesn't give me any confidence...
Kena: Bridge of Spirits was my favorite game revealed at the weirdo fake E3 last year. It looks adorable! I haven't heard much about it lately, though? Is it doing okay? I wonder.
Mass Effect has seemed like the most boring RPG series out there, to me. I've never really given it a fair shake though, and given the fact that EA games come with Game Pass now, it's free to try...why not. I don't think I'll like it.
Is No More Heroes 3 even real?
Oh my gosh I forgot the SMT 3 remaster was coming out. Heck yes!!!! And V? Gosh, I'm just gonna take my switch and disappear for months with my precious SMT goodness.
I'm not confident in Halo Infinite, purely going off the weird developer flip flops going on at 343. They keep losing people and that's never a good sign...
Nintendo finally joins the year of our lord 2007 as it adds online play to Mario 3D World. Maybe I'll actually beat it this time!
I'm sorry I don't like Monster Hunter...I'm going to try the demo for Rise...but I just am skeptical. I've tried World, I've tried 3U...ehhhh. I bet it's going to sell GANGBUSTERS though! ...not a shocking claim.
Oh, there's that LEGO Star Wars game! I saw it at E3 a few years ago and I really liked what I saw. I've played 2 LEGO games ever, and never really gotten into Star Wars outside of IV/V. Kinda excited for this one! It sure took them long enough to make it, but it does have a huge scope to cover!
Jeez, Roller champions didn't release already? It was like a bootleg Rocket League. I seriously hope they retooled it, otherwise it's going to suffer a very quick death in the esports lineup.
Dying Light 2 has some serious writer cred to it...or it did, before Avalone got ejected...Vampire 2, too. I don't know what to think when a creator gets accused of bad things...I love his work, and I can separate the person from the allegations, but yikes. Yikes? Yikes.
WHERE IS SKULL AND BONES UBISOFT? I assume we're getting its cancellation this year.
It Takes Two looked hilarious--I think it's going to be like Unravel 2 and will be a great little coop game. Not too much hype for it, but fun enough to be interested in it when it launches.
Scott Pilgrim VS the World The Game is going to be a day 1 buy. There's...not really much else to say, unless Ubisoft fails spectacularly at porting an XLBA game to modern consoles...
Ys IX is releasing!! I really hope NISA handles it well, after their Ys 8 scandal. Won't be a day 1 purchase, but I'll keep my eye on it.
Persona 5 Strikers...I don't like Persona 5, but I'm a mindless fan, so I'm obviously going to play it. I do like Koei Tecmo Warriors games, so it'll probably be worth it for the gameplay and OST alone.
I hope by the time bravely default 2 releases, I'll have played 1, or at least gotten somewhat close to trying it? I hope they port the original to Switch or PC or anything that isn't the 3DS tbh.
Can Natsume ever make a good Harvest Moon? One World looks...actually better than their other attempts. It's no Rune Factory, though.
Prince of Persia SoT remake!!! I'm so super hyped for this. I know the footage looked really crappy, but I'm hoping...Ubisoft...fixed...things...before release...oh boy.
Disco Elysium: Final Cut. I want to try this a ton. All last year I heard was hype for this game, and now it's got a definitive release! Yes please!
Nier Replicant will be something interesting. I'm a little sad it's going to be specifically the Japanese version, and not the western one, but I don't know much about the series myself, just what I've heard from others. It seems like a great game, and maybe I'll like it enough to wanna go back to the og Nier?
Deathloop: anything that Arkane makes has my attention instantly. I was sad it got delayed, but hopefully they made the most of their time. It looked like Dishonored but with guns and repetition shenanigans. Hopefully having to redo sections won't be annoying.
RUNE FACTORY 5 FOR GAME OF THE YEAR DONT LET ME DOWN
I totally forgot Apex Legends was coming to the Switch. Can the console handle that? I'm really skeptical but who knows!
The Good Life has been something on my radar for what feels like years at this point. I'm really hopeful on it being good, but I'm super apprehensive as well. Maybe it won't be what I'm hoping for.
Gotham Knights looks like the Batman game I've always wanted--where you can play as Red Hood and Tim Drake Robin...even if he's in Damian's costume?
There's that whole Hogwarts Legacy game that I didn't care about initially, but now I've seen almost all the Harry Potter games and I'm actually interested. But the developer doesn't give me any confidence...
Kena: Bridge of Spirits was my favorite game revealed at the weirdo fake E3 last year. It looks adorable! I haven't heard much about it lately, though? Is it doing okay? I wonder.
Mass Effect has seemed like the most boring RPG series out there, to me. I've never really given it a fair shake though, and given the fact that EA games come with Game Pass now, it's free to try...why not. I don't think I'll like it.
Is No More Heroes 3 even real?
Oh my gosh I forgot the SMT 3 remaster was coming out. Heck yes!!!! And V? Gosh, I'm just gonna take my switch and disappear for months with my precious SMT goodness.
I'm not confident in Halo Infinite, purely going off the weird developer flip flops going on at 343. They keep losing people and that's never a good sign...
Nintendo finally joins the year of our lord 2007 as it adds online play to Mario 3D World. Maybe I'll actually beat it this time!
I'm sorry I don't like Monster Hunter...I'm going to try the demo for Rise...but I just am skeptical. I've tried World, I've tried 3U...ehhhh. I bet it's going to sell GANGBUSTERS though! ...not a shocking claim.
Oh, there's that LEGO Star Wars game! I saw it at E3 a few years ago and I really liked what I saw. I've played 2 LEGO games ever, and never really gotten into Star Wars outside of IV/V. Kinda excited for this one! It sure took them long enough to make it, but it does have a huge scope to cover!
Jeez, Roller champions didn't release already? It was like a bootleg Rocket League. I seriously hope they retooled it, otherwise it's going to suffer a very quick death in the esports lineup.
Dying Light 2 has some serious writer cred to it...or it did, before Avalone got ejected...Vampire 2, too. I don't know what to think when a creator gets accused of bad things...I love his work, and I can separate the person from the allegations, but yikes. Yikes? Yikes.
WHERE IS SKULL AND BONES UBISOFT? I assume we're getting its cancellation this year.
It Takes Two looked hilarious--I think it's going to be like Unravel 2 and will be a great little coop game. Not too much hype for it, but fun enough to be interested in it when it launches.