What's up for you in 2018? (Re: games)

[Kikki]

I have quite a few games I'm keeping an eye on in 2018. There are quite a few I don't know enough about yet to say I definitely want them...but when I added up everything I want to keep on my radar, it's a pretty healthy list, this year. I'll share mine under the spoiler, but I'd like to hear what other people are waiting for or keeping a watch on, too. It never hurts to add even more games to my watch-list, after all.

Spoiler:

For Switch:

· My Time at Portia
· Re: Legend
· Lost Sphear

And Switch Titles that are still in flux/ (Just speculation but hopefully 2018 will bring releases or at least concrete info):

· Bokumono Switch
· 'Tales of' Switch (might be a port of a previous game OR a new game)
· Dragon Quest Builders (the first one and the newer one, too...I'd rather have it on Switch than PS4 so I'm waiting for the Switch port of
the first game.)
· Animal Crossing (no info or date known, yet)
· Spellbound (by Chucklefish...probably not 2018, though...but there should be more info coming)

For PS4:

· Cold Steel III and IV (I do NOT think CS III will be out in 2018 but I hope for a localization announcement in 2018, hopefully from XSEED.)
· Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (supposed to be 2018 but no real info yet so kind of questionable, still)
· Ni No Kuni II

For PS Vita:

· Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms
· Code: Realize Bouquet of Rainbows (possibly also for PS4) or Future Blessings, dunno which they're calling it. The extra Code Realize
stuff, anyway.
· Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk
· Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly
· 7’scarlet
· Legend of Mana (remake)

For 3DS:

· Radiant Historia (remake)
· SMT Strange Journey Redux

For PC: (I'd almost as soon sit on tacks as play on PC, but I'm still keeping an eye on just a few games currently only scheduled for PC release)

· Ooblets
· Mineko’s Night Market
· Wytchwood

And there it all is...everything I know of so far that I want to keep track of this coming year. You guys anticipating anything or still looking for more info on something that sounds interesting?

[Bluie]

I only have a Switch now and it's going super strong into next year. There's quite a few titles i'm looking forward to next year.

Spoiler:

Lost Sphear
Atelier Lydie & Suelle
Project Octopath Traveler
Valkyria Chronicles 4
Penny Punching Princess
Re:Legend

Which are all confirmed for next year, but there's also a lot of games without solid dates that I hope come out next year too. Mainly the next Tales, Fire Emblem, Bokujou Monogatari, and Pokemon titles. There's also a few games i'd like to see localized next year too. Mainly;

ANONYMOUS;CODE
World End Syndrome
Anata no Shikihime Kyouikutan
Monster Hunter XX

And the Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada Switch port. I really wana play that game but the import cost is $$$ + I'm not confident enough with my Japanese to play it well enough. Namco is having an event tomorrow where 5 Switch games are to be announced for 2018, so i'm sure my list will add a few titles by tomorrow evening.

[JayDucky03]

I only have a Switch now and it's going super strong into next year. There's quite a few titles i'm looking forward to next year.

Spoiler:

Lost Sphear
Atelier Lydie & Suelle
Project Octopath Traveler
Valkyria Chronicles 4
Penny Punching Princess
Re:Legend

Which are all confirmed for next year, but there's also a lot of games without solid dates that I hope come out next year too. Mainly the next Tales, Fire Emblem, Bokujou Monogatari, and Pokemon titles. There's also a few games i'd like to see localized next year too. Mainly;

ANONYMOUS;CODE
World End Syndrome
Anata no Shikihime Kyouikutan
Monster Hunter XX

And the Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada Switch port. I really wana play that game but the import cost is $$$ + I'm not confident enough with my Japanese to play it well enough. Namco is having an event tomorrow where 5 Switch games are to be announced for 2018, so i'm sure my list will add a few titles by tomorrow evening.

Is the Atelier Series any good? I've never played any of the older games, but this new one looks super cool.

[Bluie]

I only have a Switch now and it's going super strong into next year. There's quite a few titles i'm looking forward to next year.

Spoiler:

Lost Sphear
Atelier Lydie & Suelle
Project Octopath Traveler
Valkyria Chronicles 4
Penny Punching Princess
Re:Legend

Which are all confirmed for next year, but there's also a lot of games without solid dates that I hope come out next year too. Mainly the next Tales, Fire Emblem, Bokujou Monogatari, and Pokemon titles. There's also a few games i'd like to see localized next year too. Mainly;

ANONYMOUS;CODE
World End Syndrome
Anata no Shikihime Kyouikutan
Monster Hunter XX

And the Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada Switch port. I really wana play that game but the import cost is $$$ + I'm not confident enough with my Japanese to play it well enough. Namco is having an event tomorrow where 5 Switch games are to be announced for 2018, so i'm sure my list will add a few titles by tomorrow evening.

Is the Atelier Series any good? I've never played any of the older games, but this new one looks super cool.

The short answer is yes, they're good games, but they don't appeal to everyone. It's one of my favourite series because they're like slice of life RPGs focused on characters and the world they live in instead of the standard 'my parents are dead and I must save the world' trope.

Long Answer:

Spoiler:

You'll be put into the shoes of a young alchemist (usually a female, RARELY a male) who must go into the world, gather ingredients, and then synthesize them into new items (can be anything from equipment to pies). The protagonist's goals change from game to game, but Lydie & Suelle's story is about them trying to revive their financially failing atelier. The gimmick of this title in there's magical paintings they can enter to find rare ingredients found nowhere else thus boosting their profits. However, it seems the paintings also have people living within them, which seems to be the plot progression as the sisters try to figure out the mysteries behind the paintings.

The gameplay is turn based with active time events sprinkled within (ie: press A at the right time for an extra attack). The games since the PS3 era are usually on time systems (days or time of day) but they've yet to reveal how this new title will be run.

Anyways, if you like anime tropes, turn based combat, and a more relaxed plotline, you'll enjoy the series. Also, while Lydie and Suelle is the 3rd part in the trilogy, the games are made that you can jump in anywhere in the series and not miss anything besides a few references. My first game was Totori and it was the 2nd in the Arland trilogy. Zero problems playing and enjoying it fully.

[Blue Rose]

Bokumono Switch
FE Switch
Pokemon Switch
RF Switch (COME ON, MARV. MAKE IT HAPPEN)
Detroit
7KPP
Chucklefish's Spellbound
Cyberpunk 2077 (probably gonna be more in 2019-20 but a gal can hope)
Elder Scrolls 6 (whenever that is, lmfao)
Project Octopath Traveler

And that's pretty much it...? Been pretty busy irl myself and working on my backlog of games. Mostly itchy for new Fire Emblem games, primarily.

[Nightlight]

Spoiler:

Announced games with announced release dates/windows:

The Alliance Alive.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age.

Mega Man 11.

FE Switch

Ni No Kuni 2 (I don't have the console it's for, though, and I don't think my PC will be able to play it. So even though I'm interested in it, I'm probably not going to be able to play it for a while after its release, if ever.)

Project Octopath Traveler.

Announced games with unannounced release dates/windows:

Bokumono Switch.

Pokémon Switch (really doubtful that it will come out in 2018 if it's a completely new mainline game and not a remake, though, because by that time it'll only be two years since Sun and Moon's release and, usually, there's about a three to four year gap in between new generation games.)

"Tales of" Switch.

There are probably some games I'm forgetting, but I believe those are all the main ones I'm interested in.

[RopeMaidenKirie]

I...have a lot I'm looking forward to, lol. Obviously not going to pick up everything day 1, but these are the games I'm pretty interested in at least.

Spoiler:

Scheduled for 2018
-Pillars of Eternity 2 (PC)
-Project Octopath Traveler (Switch)
-Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (PS4, or 3DS if they bring that version over)
-Ni no Kuni 2 (PS4)
-Dragon Ball Fighter Z (PS4)
-Vampyr (PS4)
-Detroit (PS4)
-Red Dead Redemption 2 (PS4)
-Indivisible (Switch)
-Lost Sphear (Switch)
-Dreams (PS4)
-Zwei: The Arges Adventure (PC)
-Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk (Vita)
-Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly (Vita)
-7’scarlet (Vita)
-Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Switch)
-Kingdom Hearts 3 (PS4)
-The Wolf Among Us Season 2 (PC)


Games that have no current localization announcements or don't have firm dates that may or may not make 2018
-Ghost of Tsushima (PS4)
-Cold Steel 3 (PS4, hopefully PC)
-Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Switch)
-Cyberpunk 2077


Not formerly announced but are coming eventually
-FE Switch
-Spellbound (PC)
-Animal Crossing
-Bokumono Switch


Indies
-Ebon Light (PC)
-Spirit Parade (PC)
-Because We're Here (PC)
-Night in the Woods (Switch version)
-Kentucky Route Zero (Switch version)
-Re: Legend (Switch version)
-Ooblets (PC)
-Mineko's Night Market (PC)
-No Truce With the Furies (PC)
-The Pirate Mermaid (PC)
-Queen's Crown (PC)
-7KPP (PC)
-Boyfriend Dungeon
-Zodiac Axis (PC)
-Omori (PC)
-Cinderella Phenomenon Fan disc (PC)

[Bluie]

Man, you put Omori on your list. I'm convinced that game is in eternal development hell. I almost helped kickstart it just for a 3DS version. I'll be honest; i'll be surprised if it actually comes out next year. I want to play it and it'll be added to my 'games to play when I eventually get a PC', but it's kinda a bummer to watch yet another Kickstarter game be in this situation.


Well, at least it's not Project Phoenix.

[RopeMaidenKirie]

Yeah I definitely wouldn't be surprised if it somehow gets delayed another year :/ I didn't KS it either but definitely hope it ends up being good! I know they showed off a demo back in October but it's been pretty radio silent since then.

[Kikki]

I hear that the original title of Atelier Lydie & Suelle was Atelier Lydie & Soeur. 'Soeur' is the French word for 'sister', and those two do seem to be sisters according to the info...so I'm not sure why they changed it. Unless they wanted the sister to have an equal standing with Lydie rather than seeming like an add-on? I guess that is fairly probably though I know little of the game, at this point. Or did they not mean for 'Soeur' to mean sister in this case?

I have 2 Atelier games (I think. I know I have Rorona +) but I have yet to play them more than half an hour or so. I always keep my eye on them, though, because they look like if I played one long enough to understand what I was doing (I felt confused and like I was doing everything wrong the first time I played, which made me stop playing pretty quickly in favour of other games.) they'd be my cup of tea.

There's a good bunch of games here I haven't heard of at all. More to look up

I hope the game you guys are looking forward to does not get delayed again. Ni No Kuni II has been delayed again. I don't really mind since I have a rather weighty backlog, but for people who were expecting to have it in July, it must be frustrating.

[Sanne]

Radiant Historia will most likely be a day 1 buy for me.
I hope they'll release the old portrait DLC over here though.
(Don't really like the style of the new portraits, old ones were pretty.)

Not really up to date on other games, but I'll probably buy the new ps vita otome games and any fire emblem/animal crossing/farming game that may be released.

[Kikki]

We've got a rich year for farm/life sims, as long as they turn out to be good. I mean, we don't know for sure when Bokumono Switch will come out but it doesn't seem unlikely that it will be released in Japan in 2018, since I've read that the Switch is easy to develop games for. Hopefully we'll start hearing dribbles about it in January or February in Japanese gaming magazines and on the bokumono.com site and so on. Gotta say, I twitch a bit if I start thinking about what the graphics will be like in a Switch Bokumono game, wondering if they will try to stick to the same style or if it will change a lot, especially given that it's a single-screen, now.

But other than that, we've got Re: Legend, My Time at Portia, Sakuna, Ooblets, Mineko's Night Market, and Wytchwood coming out, all already announced for 2018. And Ni No Kuni II has a kingdom-building system in it that is supposed to be great. And I think the Atelier games fit somewhere within the genre, too. Sort of. They're not all of them specifically farming games, but I like almost all of that life-and-town-building simulation stuff as long as they give me enough choices and interactions that I like. It's regrettable for me that three of those will, of the systems I have, only come to PC, but I like that they exist even if I can't/won't play them because it means the type of game I like is getting more popular and is likely to grow and give me more choice.

Don't know if I'll actually buy Radiant Historia or Legend of Mana but I've got my eye on them for now. Only a handful of the games on my list are ones I definitely intend to buy. My tastes are so narrow that it's hard to make a decision before the game comes out unless I'm already familiar with the series.

[Panda Parfait]

A lot of the games I'm excited for have uncertain release dates, not a ton that I'm super interested in for 2018. This year was packed to the brim though and I have a huge backlog so I'm cool with next year being more sparse lol.

Spoiler:

For Switch:
Darkest Dungeon, already own it on PC but I prefer playing indies on a portable
Moonlighter
Octopath Traveler
Indivisible

For PS4:
Vampyr

For PC:
Ooblets
Graveyard Keeper
Spellbound
Iconoclasts
Children of Morta

Not confirmed for 2018:
The Last of Us Part II
Ghost of Tsushima
Shin Megami Tensei V
Bokumono, next year pls
Whatever game From Software is currently developing that they released a vague teaser for at the VGA

[LeBurns]

We've got a rich year for farm/life sims, as long as they turn out to be good. I mean, we don't know for sure when Bokumono Switch will come out but it doesn't seem unlikely that it will be released in Japan in 2018, since I've read that the Switch is easy to develop games for. Hopefully we'll start hearing dribbles about it in January or February in Japanese gaming magazines and on the bokumono.com site and so on. Gotta say, I twitch a bit if I start thinking about what the graphics will be like in a Switch Bokumono game, wondering if they will try to stick to the same style or if it will change a lot, especially given that it's a single-screen, now.

But other than that, we've got Re: Legend, My Time at Portia, Sakuna, Ooblets, Mineko's Night Market, and Wytchwood coming out, all already announced for 2018. And Ni No Kuni II has a kingdom-building system in it that is supposed to be great. And I think the Atelier games fit somewhere within the genre, too. Sort of. They're not all of them specifically farming games, but I like almost all of that life-and-town-building simulation stuff as long as they give me enough choices and interactions that I like. It's regrettable for me that three of those will, of the systems I have, only come to PC, but I like that they exist even if I can't/won't play them because it means the type of game I like is getting more popular and is likely to grow and give me more choice.

Don't know if I'll actually buy Radiant Historia or Legend of Mana but I've got my eye on them for now. Only a handful of the games on my list are ones I definitely intend to buy. My tastes are so narrow that it's hard to make a decision before the game comes out unless I'm already familiar with the series.

Verdant Skies is another farms sim (futuristic, on PC) that's supposed to come out in early 2018.

I still don't have a switch and have yet to feel like I need one. I may wait until the next gen of it comes out, though I still just want a handheld, not a console system. The fact the Switch is both is actually a big negative to me. But still a few PC and 3DS games coming in.

[Ida]

I honestly don't think that far ahead and I have a HUGE backlog, so I plan to dive into some of the games that I haven't been able to play yet. I am supposed to be getting a Nintendo card (that's what I asked for) for Christmas in which I plan to buy Xenoblade 2 with. I also backed Re:Legend so it would be great to see that actually get released in 2018 but I am okay with waiting however long it takes for them to ensure it has no errors. Played the demo for Octopath Traveler and fell in love with it so would enjoy more information on an official name and time frame for official release.

I am all about the switch right now so I'd love to see more games get announced and released for it! I bought a bigger memory card too so that I can have most of my library with immediate digital access. :}

Because of my obsessive/impatient tendencies, I am trying not to look too forward to any game until I know that it has a release date that is within reach. When I get really into something I try to research it until I get my hands on it but it is a lot easier to do that when the wait doesn't feel like forever.

I see a LOT of games I want on people's posts!