#9 for me this year (slow year!) - Xenoblade Chronicles 3 176 hours spent and I still didn't even finish every quest in the game. I liked some of the refinements they made to things like affiliation and gems, they were streamlined but less tedious than in the previous games. Some parts of the story ...

ratsoalbion wrote: ↑August 4th, 2022, 2:02 pm Yes, just added it to my calendar!

A good excuse to add it to next year's list of games!

ratsoalbion wrote: ↑July 26th, 2022, 7:01 pmCool indeed!

Confirmed! And a physical edition to boot!

https://www.gematsu.com/2022/08/tactics ... tch-and-pc

It looks like PS4/5 are getting a Tactics Ogre remake this November.

https://www.gematsu.com/2022/07/tactics ... ce-tracker

Is Live A Live on the list yet?

I'm three characters into Live A Live and this might be my game of the year.

Thoroughly enjoying everything about it. Well written, looks pretty, great music, fun combat.

Should be on Leon's List if it's not already.

How about Greedfall?

Out of nowhere, Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation – The Endless Seven-Day Journey coming west for PS4, Switch in August If anyone is familiar with the Boku no Natsuyasumi games, this is from the same creator and is a Shin-Chan spin on those types of games. Seeing as this is the firs...

Tangentially E3 related - Nintendo had a decent Direct today.

At least there was a nice bit of variety and a few surprises like Pac Man and Mega Man Battle Network.

I still think the two best announcements out of the whole SGF were Arkanoid and Flashback 2 though.

A Rayforce collection was just announced for PS4/Switch for 2023. No word of a Western release yet.

https://www.gematsu.com/2022/06/shoot-e ... ps4-switch

Mini Direct for 3rd party games was announced for the 28th of June at (I think) 2pm UK Time.

It's 6am Pacific and 9am Eastern for NA.

Every bloody game has either been a top down shooter, a Metroidvania, a rogue-lite or a bloody Stardew Valley clone.

I'm dying for Nintendo to drop a Direct and least present a little variety.

I liked Crescent Isle too! The requirements for Colony 6 rub me the wrong way straight away. Can Torna be played without playing the main game? Yeah, Colony 6 is just basically a slog with ridiculous hoops. As for Torna, yes it can. You get a bonus if you have Xenoblade 2 save data, but it's just m...

How about Centennial Case - A Shijima Story?

New Sony State of Play on June 2nd (tomorrow).

6pm ET/11pm UK time/7am for me, which means I'll be sleeping through it.

For all the things I did do in that game, I ignored Colony 6 very quickly. :D Never felt that pushed to play the second game though. :? I quite enjoyed the second game, though I was kind of burned out at the end of that one too. If you can get Torna, I really, seriously recommend it. It is a preque...

#8 - Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition (Including Future Connected)

I forgot what genuine BS that Colony 6 quest is.

Only took 157 hours. Now bring on Xenoblade Chronicles 3!

Just for info, Darius and Vasara aren't Japan only. ININ distributes Darius in the West (as of 2020) and QUByte Interactive published Vasara in 2019. Currently Illmatic Swamp + Radirgy Collection is still Japan only however! Edit: I realise now that you may well have meant in-game language (on impo...

Been picking up more shmups lately. Darius Cozmic Collection, Vasara Collection and Illmatic Swamp + Radirgy Collection. All three are Japanese only but only the last one is a bit tough to figure out as it has specific challenges that I have to figure out on the fly. Quite like all three, though the...

#7 - Xenoblade 2: Torna, the Golden Country. Finally managed to get a copy of this for a reasonable price, and it might have ended up being my favourite Xenoblade game so far. Set characters instead of having to gamble for Blades, an amazing soundtrack and a concise story. This is an amazingly focus...