So far, I'm interested in exactly six games that have been announced for 2021; the rest...meh.
1) Persona 5 Strikers (23 Feb). I absolutely love Persona 5 and P5 Royal, and I've been looking forward to this sequel for a year or so now. Hopefully it's bloody excellent, as the RPGs were - but the price...AU$100 for the base game, and $108 for the Digital Deluxe? Very likely will have to wait for a sale, later on in the year. Oh, and Denuvo Anti-tamper - fuck Denuvo; I don't care what it is, just fuck Denuvo.
2) Bravely Default 2 (26 Feb). Back in my high school days, I was in love with Bravely Default (and to a lesser extent, Second) due to just how customisable the Job and Ability mechanics were, along with the lovable and memorable cast. I was disheartened when Bravely Second ended with a sequel hook involving "the Sword of the Brave" being a "Key", and the Planeswardens (which Ringabel joined in-between Default and Second), but there was never any third game to follow up on that - unlike the sequel hook at the end of Bravely Default, which featured Magnolia Arch.
HOPEFULLY Bravely Default 2 will feature the Planeswardens and follow up on the Sword being a "Key" for something - and that the new cast and world will be just as interesting and lovable as the originals.
3) New Pokemon Snap (30 April). It's been ages since there's been a worthwhile Pokemon game - the last ones being 2017's Ultra Sun/Moon, over three years ago now - so I really do want this one to be stellar. The series desperately begs for some actual effort and innovation, and from what I've seen this will likely have them. I'm a bit annoyed they took out Todd Snap in favour of a bland, empty-slate male/female PC choice (when Todd had some history, being featured in the original Pokemon anime), but hopefully the game's actual quality will make up for that.
4) Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (14 May). Several years ago, I couldn't get enough of the Mass Effect Trilogy, playing it over and over again on the PS3, then switching to Origin. A bloody fantastic series, that I hope will only be improved in this remake. Oh, and as long as they can separate ME3's War Asset values from the multiplayer (which, by the time I got to Mass Effect, was barren and dead), that would be freaking peachy.
5) Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (???). My favourite PlayStation 2 games are undoubtedly Going Commando, Up Your Arsenal, and Deadlocked; I played these plenty as a kid, since the humour was glorious and the sheer variety of unique weaponry was something to behold, along with the memorable cast of characters. The PS3 Future series were mediocre (Tools of Destruction had cutscene bugs, none of them had the same energy or life as the PS2 titles, and SIXAXIS rightfully died a horrible death eventually), with only Into the Nexus being somewhat enjoyable - so I'm hoping Rift Apart will be more like the PS2 titles than the PS3.
This is definitely a tentative interest, this one.
6) Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe (???). Haven't heard anything about this one; just spotted it when searching for 2021 releases. The original was outstanding; hopefully this remaster, or whatever, will be just as amazing.
1) Persona 5 Strikers (23 Feb). I absolutely love Persona 5 and P5 Royal, and I've been looking forward to this sequel for a year or so now. Hopefully it's bloody excellent, as the RPGs were - but the price...AU$100 for the base game, and $108 for the Digital Deluxe? Very likely will have to wait for a sale, later on in the year. Oh, and Denuvo Anti-tamper - fuck Denuvo; I don't care what it is, just fuck Denuvo.
2) Bravely Default 2 (26 Feb). Back in my high school days, I was in love with Bravely Default (and to a lesser extent, Second) due to just how customisable the Job and Ability mechanics were, along with the lovable and memorable cast. I was disheartened when Bravely Second ended with a sequel hook involving "the Sword of the Brave" being a "Key", and the Planeswardens (which Ringabel joined in-between Default and Second), but there was never any third game to follow up on that - unlike the sequel hook at the end of Bravely Default, which featured Magnolia Arch.
HOPEFULLY Bravely Default 2 will feature the Planeswardens and follow up on the Sword being a "Key" for something - and that the new cast and world will be just as interesting and lovable as the originals.
3) New Pokemon Snap (30 April). It's been ages since there's been a worthwhile Pokemon game - the last ones being 2017's Ultra Sun/Moon, over three years ago now - so I really do want this one to be stellar. The series desperately begs for some actual effort and innovation, and from what I've seen this will likely have them. I'm a bit annoyed they took out Todd Snap in favour of a bland, empty-slate male/female PC choice (when Todd had some history, being featured in the original Pokemon anime), but hopefully the game's actual quality will make up for that.
4) Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (14 May). Several years ago, I couldn't get enough of the Mass Effect Trilogy, playing it over and over again on the PS3, then switching to Origin. A bloody fantastic series, that I hope will only be improved in this remake. Oh, and as long as they can separate ME3's War Asset values from the multiplayer (which, by the time I got to Mass Effect, was barren and dead), that would be freaking peachy.
5) Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (???). My favourite PlayStation 2 games are undoubtedly Going Commando, Up Your Arsenal, and Deadlocked; I played these plenty as a kid, since the humour was glorious and the sheer variety of unique weaponry was something to behold, along with the memorable cast of characters. The PS3 Future series were mediocre (Tools of Destruction had cutscene bugs, none of them had the same energy or life as the PS2 titles, and SIXAXIS rightfully died a horrible death eventually), with only Into the Nexus being somewhat enjoyable - so I'm hoping Rift Apart will be more like the PS2 titles than the PS3.
This is definitely a tentative interest, this one.
6) Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe (???). Haven't heard anything about this one; just spotted it when searching for 2021 releases. The original was outstanding; hopefully this remaster, or whatever, will be just as amazing.
