First game of the year + Gaming plans

[JG5009]

I started it with .hack Infection and it's quite the banger, I just gotta love old Y2K internet futurism thematics and digital worlds.

For this year I want to dive into a lot of JRPG and racing franchises, specially:

-Kingdom Hearts
-dot hack
-Xenosaga
-Xenoblade
-Yakuza
-Star Ocean
-Super Robot Wars
-Disgaea

(I'm insane for choosing the series of hundred hours content and a lot of entries with barely any time to waste)

And perhaps a Gran Turismo to understand cars better (racing fan here that has barely played any games with actual cars in them and just a ton of f-zero and sonic racing stuff, big fraud I know )

 

[bjork]

Whatcha gonna be your first game of 2026?

Whatcha gonna be your first game of 2026? I think i'll kick off with a bit of the og The Witcher... ::pipo-monkey-eating Happy new year guys and gals!

retrogametalk.com

 

[waterxwraith]

Finally got around to setting up Doukutsu-RS with the Switch graphics, running it at 120 fps and having a grand old time. I'm mostly a JRPG guy, but other than FF14 and some games I received for XMAS (Trails 1st and Digimon Time Stranger) I think I wanna take a major step back from RPGs for a while and enjoy some other genres, been thinking about replaying the Megaman series (og, x, zero and zx) in full this year and maybe actually finish some of my indie backlog.

 

[doll_in_spell]

the first game im gonna play this year is my second playthrough of armored core 6 but this time on pc with my new flight control stick i got for Christmas!!!

(not my picture)
so far its really disorienting since my whole life, the left stick/buttons are to move and the right stick/mouse are to look but now the movement and looking are both on the right hand with extra keyboard buttons on the right.
hopefully I'll get the hang of it soon!!

 

[polter99]

As per tradition, I wanted to replayed Armored Core PS1 Trilogy*, OG King's Field, and some random game I found that usually shitter one in April as "Old World Project". I have beat the first AC Kneeling-Only Challenge, so I'm thinking going Rocket-Only (unfinished challenge) while streaming, if I can be bother to setup my OBS again.

*the truth is I usually skip Master of Arena lol

On August as part of "New World Project" where I tried to beat video game(s) I never heard of within a month, this year will feature Koudelka, and Spriggan: Lunar Verse or Life Line (this one kinda cheating since I know it from Jerma985, but I did not watch his playthrough).

And then to close the year (Oct-Nov-Dec) by again replaying my favorite, Armored Core: for Answer, Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin, and Casino Inc. (clearing all scenario), with fitting name as "End of the World Project".

In the meantime, I'm just going to keep playing Monster Hunter Rise, and Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising.

 

[PacGuy]

Because @Waffles had discussed Half-Life earlier, I installed Team Fortress 2 and when the hand struck past midnight that was the game I was still playing. So I guess that's my new years game!


Dot hack is amazing by the way! Did you know they made a parody episode of .hack//sign officially?

 

[Zerohour2k12]

First game I will be starting would probly be either Tales of Vesperia or Xillia. Or Utawarerumono 1 or Fantasian. Depends on how many I'm currently playing I'd be able to finish.

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

It was Borderlands 4 for me. Didn't plan on it, but popped it in and had fun with it for like 8 hours today.

 

[χKai]

 

[Vardalis]

First is probably going to be Star Wars: The Clone Wars for PS2 based on an arbitrary challenge I've set for myself in this thread. As the year goes I'll hopefully keep tackling the release timeline of 2003 as stated.

 

[Lod 10]

My list of DS games

 

[iisoide]

Not sure how many games I'll be playing this year realistically speaking, but I want to get around to playing the games I got in the Steam sale,; Greedfall, Ace Attorney, Urban Myth Dissolution Center, Super Monkey Ball, Hi-Fi Rush, etc.

 

[Ikagura]

Finally got around to setting up Doukutsu-RS with the Switch graphics, running it at 120 fps and having a grand old time.

That's Cave Story?

 

[χKai]

Did you play Xenogears?

 

[Nickakyoin]

Currently on my way to beat these bad (not literally, they're pretty good) boys.

Literally 50 minutes left for beating both already today LOL. A great way to start 2026.

 

[waterxwraith]

That's Cave Story?

yes, a rust port to be exact. you can basically have it mimic each version of cave story (except 3d) if you can get the data file from that original version. very neat.

 

[Thilom593]

Comecei com .hack Infection e é um jogo incrível, eu simplesmente adoro a temática futurista da internet dos anos 2000 e os mundos digitais.

Para este ano, quero me aprofundar em muitas franquias de JRPG e de corrida, especialmente:

-Kingdom Hearts
-dot hack
-Xenosaga
-Xenoblade
-Yakuza
-Oceano Estelar
-Super Robot Wars
-Disgaea

(Sou louco por escolher uma série com centenas de horas de conteúdo e muitas entradas, sem quase nenhum tempo a perder)

E talvez um Gran Turismo para entender melhor os carros (sou fã de jogos de corrida, mas mal joguei jogos com carros de verdade, só um monte de F-Zero e Sonic Racing, uma grande farsa, eu sei ).

Esse ano eu vou jogar os seguintes jpgos que eu já queria jogar no ano passado.

- LittleBigPlanet
- LittleBigPlanet 2
- LittleBigPlanet 3
- LittleBigPlanet Karting
- Skate 3
- The Last of Us part I
- Resident Evil 3 nemesis original
- Tomb Raider

Já tinha jogado LBP 2 quando era criança e me deu uma vontade imensurável de jogar de novo.

 

[stealthRUSH stealthRUSH]

First game of the year : Belzerion on 3DO. I'm about half way through and plan on completing it soon.

-Finish Airs Adventure on Sega Saturn
-Complete the Yoshi series, for whatever reason I haven't completed them yet.
-Start playing the recently English fan translated Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon by Compile.
-Would like to complete at least (1) game in the Langrisser series.
-Casually playing Samurai Shodown online.
-Would like to complete at least (1) game in the Macross series.
-Complete the Sonic the Hedgehog series including Sonic Racing spin-offs.
-Start playing the English fan translated Team Innocent: The Point of No Return by Hudson-soft.
-Finish D.N.A.: Dark Native Apostle on PS2.

Spoiler: 2025

- Finish Pandemonium 2 on PlayStation.
- Complete the Shock Wave series, for whatever reason I haven't completed them yet.
- Start playing the recently English fan translated Princess Crown by Atlus
- Would like to complete at least (1) game in the Sakura Taisen series.
- Casually playing Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves online.
- Would like to complete at least (1) game in the Shining series.
- Complete the The Legend of Xanadu series including The Legend of Xanadu.
- Start playing the English fan translated Battle Blues by Shin's Entertainment.
- Finish Blade Force on 3DO.

Spoiler: 2024

- Finish Kahen Soukou Gunbike: Speed Power Gunbike on PlayStation.
- Complete Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut, for whatever reason I haven't completed it yet.
- Start playing the recently English fan translated Rent-A-Hero No.1 by Aspect.
- Would like to complete at least (1) game in the Star Ocean series.
- Casually playing Street Fighter 6 online.
- Would like to complete at least (1) game in the Shining series.
- Complete the Deception series including PS4 release.
- Start playing the English fan translated Policenauts by Konami.
- Finish Alien Soldier on Genesis.