It’s almost the end of the year, so it’s time to look forward to the next. And by that I mean video games, new ones.

Recently I was seriously thinking about getting a Switch and PS4. But of course, a game console needs games. So I was looking at what was out there, as far as exclusives goes. But it’s not just extant games that matter, but future ones as well. Since trying to predict which games won’t come to PC (especially for PS4) is pretty tricky, I decided I’d just make a list of games I’m actually looking forward to. The following list came from stuff I picked off whatever was the first hit from Google that looked reasonably complete, so I might be missing some; and of course there’s the caveat that any or all of these can be delayed or even cancelled, but at any rate, here is a list of games for next year, which I’m looking forward to coming out:

Greatly Anticipating:

• Cyberpunk 2077 – I’ve been looking forward to this ever since the reveal. I’m very interested in cyberpunk stuff in general, and CD Projekt Red is a company I’ve come to expect good things from.
• Rune Factory 5 – RF4 is one of my favorite games, ever. I’ve been waiting for the continuation of the series ever since that game came out.
• Granblue Fantasy ReLink – OK, this probably won’t come out in 2020, but it might! I of course love the original game, and everything I’ve seen from the console version looks great.

Highly Anticipating

• Granblue Fantasy VS – Another Granblue Fantasy spinoff, but this time a fighting game. Only kept out of the above list because I’m not to big into that genre. However, there is basically a single-player/coop RPG beat-em-up that’s also part of the game, which looks quite fun.
• Trials of Mana – I loooved Secret of Mana, and this looks like a proper sequel. Only kept from the above category because I’ve played some of the later Mana games, and they weren’t that good.
• Sakura Wars – A VN, but with gameplay? And it’s gameplay I might actually like? Sign me up!

Anticipating

• Final Fantasy VII remake – This looks like it could be a lot of fun. Not a fan of breaking up a single, older game into two-plus games, and I never really played FFVII in the first place, though.
• Destroy All Humans remake – Another game that I loved. But I want to see just what’s being remade, and how, before I fully jump on the hype train.
• Persona 5 Royal – Persona 4 is another of my favorite games, and I also quite liked Persona 3. Never got P5 proper because I never got a PS4. So I’m looking forward to playing the “definitive” version.
• Tales of Arise – back in the PS2/GC days, I really liked the Tales of series. But when gaming moved on past that, I lost contact with the series, for the most part. I played the Vita version of Tales of Hearts, which was fun enough, but nothing special. But Arise looks different, somehow. We’ll see.
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles remaster – This was a game I really wanted to get back when it came out, but I couldn’t. This is mostly just a fake nostalgia pick, to be honest.
• The Settlers – the city-building genre is one I’m a fan of. I’ve heard a lot of good about the original Settlers series, but they’re all so old and funky. Maybe this game will settle that itch, in a way that games like Patrican and Tropico haven’t quite gotten yet.

Mildly Anticipating

• Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2 – The original is another of my favorite games, so any sequel is going to get my interest. But what I’ve seen isn’t too promising. Nonetheless, there’s still a lot of time to fix things, and we’ll see how it goes when it comes out.
• System Shock – I liked SS2 well enough, but never could get into the original. This is my chance, but I’m not really a fan of those old-school shooters.
• Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore – I wanted to try this game, but I didn’t have the system, and the censorship issues didn’t drive me to rectify that situation. I still want to play it, though it looks like this version will still have the censorship, even in the Japanese. I’m going to keep an eye on this one, to see if anything comes of it.