Alastor

Metal Gear Solid 4 is now free from PS3 jail, I don't think it's a top MGS game overall like I did at the time when I thought it was a series ending, MGS5 has way better gameplay and a better story (4 shits on almost every aspect of 2 for me, like Kojima was ashamed of it at the time), but there's no denying this being back is a good thing, to top it off, we have the Game Boy Colour game on there, which is very underrated if only because it's rare and no one has played it, crazy good for a GBC game.

We're getting both an old Dead or Alive release and a new one, excellent news because DoA is the most fun button mashing FG for me, very fun to watch too with how much of a spectacle it is as well.

Legacy of Kain Defiance Remastered finally brings the whole series (bar the dubious canon status of Blood Omen 2 I think?) of LEgacy Kain to modern consoles, if you like a good story then goingthrough them all is a good time I think, you might even like the gameplay heh

The new Castlevania looks excellent, I'm just confused as to why Trevor apparently looks 99% like Sonia Belmont?

I am a bit surprised they're remaking old God of War trilogy, like sure it'll be cool but what happened to Nu Gow?

Very high odds on being Ys, Adol regularly ends up drifting ashore.

Edit - Ys 8, all in 😤

This is the inventing game isn't it? Wanted to play it for ages, low key Dark Cloud as well

Citadel is amazing, I don't remember if it's part of the DLC or not but try and find Grunt and get his recap on his night out, it's fucking hilarious.

Also help I'm absolutely glued to Wuthering Waves, I am going to spend so much money if I'm not careful…

JRPGs are the best genre by far, used to be action games for me but as much as I like Devil May Cry and all that, the RPG genre is absolutely glutted with quality AND quantity, for that matter I think pound for pound Final Fantasy is probably the best series of all time honestly.

Final Fantasy VII
The original, not that the remakes aren't good but I can't replay them as much as I do the PS1 version because they're at least three times longer for the single disc they represent. I'm actually playing a modded version of it on Steam Deck right now, that changes the combat and the events (Tifa joins the opening Reactor raid, for example). If you have a handheld emulator/Vita/PSP it's a good game to play on the go.

Dragon Quest VI
I wouldn't recommend this for a new DQ player really, but this is my last try to convince people that Dragon Quest on Android is pretty damn good. Also, it's really interesting how playing DQ and FF close together reminds you how different they are but both pretty much nail what they want to do, even in FF7 I don't think simply grinding for gold and slowly gearing up my party has near enough of that old school almost DnD vibe to it, which is why grinding on the phone by sliding your thumb around to run in the overworld is so good. Can't speak for 1-3 but 4 and 5 are real good, though LIKE 1-3 who knows when they'll be remade so maybe just wait, I dunno play Dragon Quest 11 it's one of the best RPGs ever anyway.

Seeing as it's been mentioned, Trail in the Sky 1st is the remake of the first Trails game to kick of a long running continuous RPG story only really matched in ambition by Kingdom Hearts, I just think it's a lovely game regardless though, they found a graphical style that captures the heart and soul of the first Sky arc in my opinion, and I bet my life that the sequel will be the best game, not RPG, game, in 2026.

Also branching out into games I've always wanted to play, like Dark Chronicle but I keep going back and forth on what to actually playi t on.

I recently bought both Octopath Traveller games on Steam, even further back I bought the 3D FFIV/FFIII games on Steam too, and I'll be playing the two Yakuza RPG games sooner rather than later on that platform too, I think if you want to play a lot of RPGs a Steam Deck is a good grab!