I have some grid thing up on my Twitter page, pinned even, with a bunch of games I thought I was going to beat in 2024. Haha. I am barely getting to any of that, maybe I will try again next year. Instead, I have been looking at the JRPG gaps, and I think I can list 3 I really want to get to before year’s end.
Xenosaga Episode I: I love the Xeno-series in all its permutations, at least what I have played. Xenogears is an all-time great, and I love Xenoblade Chronicles 1-3 very much. My huge gap is Xenosaga, for which I have no real excuse. I had a PS2 back then, I had played, and loved Xenogears. I hope that finally getting to this title will get me to play the other two, and fill in a major gap, from a time of my life where I was playing a lot of games.
Lunar: Eternal Blue Complete: I have played most versions of Lunar: Silver Star Story, hell, I even have the iOS version. I have started Eternal Blue several times in my life and just never followed through. I don’t know if it was because I was attached to the original cast, or what, but if it is as compact as the Silver Star games, I think I can get this one done.
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance: Tried it so many times, got kind of into it, could never follow through. I was too much of a fan of the PS1 Final Fantasy Tactics, that the tonal change to the GBA series really threw me. In my advanced age, I am way more willing to meet a game where it is at, so this would be a great time to give this series another try.
3 games…we will see.
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