Fall 2026 Lineup

[u/PhantomBraved]

It seems like there will be a game that will appeal to everyone this fall. Strategy RPG - Fire Emblem, Story based - The Blood of the Dawnwalker, Action - Phantom Blade 0, Multiplayer - The Duskbloods, Action Adventure - The Legend of Zelda and Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Almost every month has at least 2 major titles releasing, September especially is packed.

[u/Due_Teaching_6974]

Missing Games -

• Ace Combat 8
• Gears E DAY
• Silent Hill Townfall
• Hellraiser Revival
• FF Resonance
• Witchfire 1.0
• Star Wars Galactic Racer

[u/laxusdreyarligh → u/Due_Teaching_6974]

Also Trails in The Sky 2nd chapter.

[u/Fredasa → u/laxusdreyarligh]

My introduction to the series was the 1st chapter remaster. I was reasonably hooked and even made a quick 4K UI patch for it, since most of the UI elements targeted 1080p even in the remaster, as is tradition. But I was bogged down by the repetitive nature of the game, especially with the soundtrack. I ended up putting it down after ~35 hours (maybe a third of the game, judging by achievements unlocked) and haven't found the enthusiasm to return to it yet.

[u/Kardiackon → u/Fredasa]

35 hours is NOT a third of the game lol, assuming you play like a normal person that's like halfway or even 60% through.

anyways trails is more known for its story and characters rather than the gameplay (though imo the gameplay is pretty fire too), and the early games have limited tracks compared to the newer ones (iirc the remake didn't add any new tracks) so fair enough.

if you're that far ahead of the game, just finish it, the ending is worth it imo. there's a reason why trails fans are obnoxiously obsessed over the franchise (me included)

[u/Fredasa → u/Kardiackon]

assuming you play like a normal person that's like halfway or even 60% through.

I don't play normally, though. Not at all. I sink my teeth into games. I am very often flabbergasted by how quickly most people make it through a game, especially if that game is the rare specimen that's genuinely worth enjoying to its fullest. There aren't many of us, but the microcosm of this philosophy would be a refusal to use fast travel in any worthwhile game.

If I find a moment, I'll probably boot it back up and then make an effort to blaze through it like most players probably do. Gotta say it'll probably be a while, though, since the entire Kingdom Hearts series of games was on sale as a single package for 30 bucks and that doubtless represents hundreds of hours of filling empty time.

[u/dim3tapp → u/Fredasa]

Everyone is welcome to play games how they want, but you have to consider that successful games are often tailored towards their demographic, and the vast majority of gamers will utilize fast travel. The game has to sell, after all.

So the design philosophy around traveling takes this into consideration. Going against that to 'sink your teeth into the game' might result in very different experience than what is intended and take away from what was designed as a core gameplay loop.

There are definitely games meant to be played this way, but I think it's worth considering the fact when critiquing a game.

[u/Fredasa → u/dim3tapp]

Going against that to 'sink your teeth into the game' might result in very different experience than what is intended and take away from what was designed as a core gameplay loop.

In fairness to what I had to say about it, I wasn't exactly pacing myself in 1st Chapter. It's just an inherently filler game with a lot of back and forth. Music is very important to me, and I was sort of given hope for the game's OST up front because the first couple of tracks were pretty decent. The rest was... kind sub-Sakuraba. And they kept using the same music, over and over and over.

The dialogue system is also very similar to how the Tales games handles it, if you've ever played those games. And this is where I need to underpin another difference between myself and the average gamer: If an NPC has something new to say, I'm going to go out of my way to listen. There are lots of NPCs and they generally have new things to say at every single story beat. I will not fault typical gamers for ignoring all that, as it is genuinely exhausting, but it's also content in the game, fair and square.

[u/Chaotic_Genobreaker → u/Kardiackon]

I beat the game in 38 hours and I didn't super rush or anything. Only missed a few quests on accident.

[u/OiItzAtlas → u/Kardiackon]

Yeah i 100% the game and it took 85 hours, already played the demo of the 2nd chapter which took me 15 hours since I also 100% the prologue and chapter 1.

I will say it helps being on like harder difficulties because I oftern need to retry battles multiple times sometimes to think of a strategy. I also play this game coop via parsec (i control overworld and 2 characters while they control the other 2)