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[NightmareFarm]

I think it's fair to say Spring 2024 has been completely lackluster for gaming. But Summer looks very exciting, especially if you are a JRPG fan.

Personally, I will be starting out with SMT Vengeance. I plan to get the upcoming summer Chainsaw Lollipop remaster, Turbo Overkill(if they finally port it to PS5 since its one year anniversary is coming up in July) and Ravenswatch(releases on consoles in summer as well).

I might end up buying The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak this summer. I have reservations towards it as I am going to be playing Vengeance for quite a while and cycling between two JRPGs feels weird. Also, my friend played it and says there is no incentive to engage with the turn based combat and that you can just mash x in the overworld. But it's a game that has been on my radar for quite a while...

There's Black Myth Wukong which i'm kind of split on. It looks like a decent game but i'm not entirely sold on it. Nothing about it screams "Day 1" to me, it just seems like your average action game with very high production values. The combat looks nice but it bugs me how the main weapon(staff) which is extendable isn't treated like a staff and he just hits enemies with it at close range like a club. Kind of petty I know but still.

There's also Visions of Mana which initially I had a keen eye on but it made the mistake of releasing the same season SMT Vengeance and Trails Through Daybreak came out. It just doesn't look ambitious enough to compete with the other bombshell JRPG hits coming out this year. In between Vengeance, Trails and Metaphor Refantazio that comes out in October. I might get it somewhere down the line but probably not this year.

 

[GymWolf]

A list of games would help.

But it's probably just wukong for me.

 

[PeteBull]

 

[TintoConCasera]

SMT V and Elden Ring's DLC for me, bet those will keep me busy for a while.

Edit: oh, and EDF 6! Forgot that one's getting a western release this summer (finally!)

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

None. I gave up looking forward only to have my hopes shattered by shite.

 

[Kupfer]

What are the big releases in summer?

 

[Ic3man]

 

[STARSBarry]

My top 3 in order are

 

[winjer]

My list starts and ends with Shadow of the Erdtree

 

[xrnzaaas]

Hoping to replay the entire Stalker trilogy in time for Stalker 2 in September. I'm close to the end of Shadow of Chornobyl so it's progressing slower than I hoped.

 

[spons]

Hopefully Rebirth on PC whenever they feel like releasing it, but also Shadow of the Erdtree.

 

[Dazraell]

Looking at the release schedule, I'll most likely be catching up on backlog. I'm curious about a few games (Stalker 2, Astro Bot, Star Wars Outlaws and Space Marine II), but I'm not planning to buy them at launch

 

[foamdino]

I think it's fair to say Spring 2024 has been completely lackluster for gaming. But Summer looks very exciting, especially if you are a JRPG fan.

What??

Spring:

• Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
• Gran Blue Fantasy: Relink
• Unicorn Overlord
• Dragon's Dogma 2
• Stellar Blade
• Rise of the Ronin
• Helldivers 2
• No rest for the Wicked (early access)
• Hades 2 (early access)

Spring has been anything but lacklustre!

 

[Majormaxxx]

Outlaws

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Dawntrail

 

[Danjin44]

 

[Mister Wolf]

 

[KungFucius]

What is coming out in summer (pre labor day)?
I just scanned IGN and nothing really stood out until Stalker 2. This summer looks lackluster compared to last summer.

 

[Borowski_1]

Elden Ring DLC
Astro Bot
Space Marine 2 if it's good

That's about it for me

 

[NightmareFarm]

What??

Spring:

• Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
• Gran Blue Fantasy: Relink
• Unicorn Overlord
• Dragon's Dogma 2
• Stellar Blade
• Rise of the Ronin
• Helldivers 2
• No rest for the Wicked (early access)
• Hades 2 (early access)

Spring has been anything but lacklustre!

Spring is Late March to Late June.

Like half of those games(Rebirth, Relink, etc) came out in Winter 2024. April and May have been pretty dry for both AAA and indies imo.

 

[NightmareFarm]

What is coming out in summer (pre labor day)?
I just scanned IGN and nothing really stood out until Stalker 2. This summer looks lackluster compared to last summer.

You probably aren't a JRPG fan then. Although there are some other cool games to look forward to like Black Myth Wukong.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

 

[foamdino]

Spring is Late March to Late June.

While being technically correct, this is some next level pedantry

 

[darth.shrimp]

Boltgun: Forges of Corruption
Visions of Mana
Space Marine 2 (technically still Summer...)

 

[Mr Hyde]

Astro bot
Shadow of the Erdtree
Luigi's Mansion 2
Visions of Mana

 

[Punished Miku]

For sure playing:

• 06/18 - Still Wakes the Deep (GP)
• 07/18 - Dungeons of Hinterberg (GP)
• 07/18 - Flintlock (GP)
• 07/19 - Kunitsu-Gami (GP)
• 08/08 - Steamworld Heist 2 (GP)
• 09/04 - Age of Mythology (GP)
• 09/05 - Stalker 2 (GP)
• 09/13 - Demon School
• 10/25 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (GP)
• 11/08 - Slitterhead
• TBA - Avowed (GP)
• TBA - Indiana Jones (GP)
• TBA - Replaced (GP)
• TBA - Towerborne (GP)
• TBA - 33 Immortals (GP)
• TBA - The Alters (GP)

Interested, but not yet sold on it. Will read reviews and impressions first:

• 07/11 - Anger Foot
• 07/23 - Conscript
• 08/06 - CYGNI

Will get on sale:

• 08/20 - Black Myth Wukong
• 08/29 - Visions of Mana
• 09/06 - Astro Bot
• 09/09 - Space Marine 2
• 10/11 - Metaphor

 

[TintoConCasera]

Kunitsu-Gami (GP)

Woah, didn't know that one was coming to GeiPee. Nice!

 

[Well_Of_Souls]

Shadow Of The Erdtree should keep me busy until Astro releases in September.

 

[Punished Miku]

Woah, didn't know that one was coming to GeiPee. Nice!

Yeah, I'm really excited about it. Hope it's as good as it looks!

 

[Hrk69]

Erdtreeee

 

[The_hunter]

• Erdree
• Luigi's mansion 2
• Kunitsu-gami
• Nintendo world championships

 

[IAmRei]

My backlog still at awesome size, cant play others right now

 

[Fbh]

Between the Elden Ring DLC, SMTV and the games from earlier this year I still haven't played (mainly Rebirth, Stellar Blade and Eyuiden Chronicle) I have enough stuff to play for the next 8-10 months.

EDIT:
That said, if Silksong actually comes out some day that's day 1 no matter what.

 

[Spukc]

Minecraft 2

 

[SmokedMeat]

Nothing at the moment. We’ll see what good deals come up on my wishlisted games.

Wouldn’t mind picking up a shmup, Witchfire, or Ratchet and Clank.

 

[mayham2199]

So glad I didn't have to scroll down to far to see this. This is also the game I'm looking forward to the most.

 

[R6Rider]

For Sure: Shadow of the Erdtree, Astro Bot, Stalker 2, Space Marine 2, Age of Mythology: Retold
Maybe: TDU: Solar Crown, Black Myth Waking, Star Wars: Outlaws, Flintlock,

 

[Bartski]

Frostpunk 2

 

[AJUMP23]

College football is the one I want the most.

 

[Lagspike_exe]

This generation is so boring.

 

[Antwix]

ER : Shadow of the Erdtree
Frostpunk 2
Age of Mythology

 

[JohnSpartanLee]

RE7 - thanks to the PSVR2 PC-adapter.

 

[amigastar]

Deus Ex VR

 

[El Muerto]

Pretty much everything hitting gamepass.

 

[FoxMcChief]

I don’t think I’m looking forward to anything this summer, other than Elden Ring DLC. After that, it’s a ton of game pass games and AstroBot.

 

[FunkMiller]

Fuck all apart from Erdtree.

Then into Space Marine 2 in September.

 

[Celcius]

Just ff14 dawntrail for me

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

The games from spring

 

[Black_Stride]

I dont know your summer is......twould help with months or something.
So ill do what I want!

Flintlock

Space Marine 2

Star Wars Outlaws

Stalker 2

Sonic x Shadows Generations

Trails through Daybreak

 

[ssringo]

My list through August.

June 20

July 16

July 18

August 7

August 29