Forward Planning

Hello lovely Patrons.

As I continue to work my way through the substantial Fate/stay night in order to write about it this month, I find myself pondering what to cover next. Because there's a whole lot of goodness out there that is well worth looking at in great detail… as well as a whole bunch of stuff on my shelves that I've been meaning to get to for the longest time!

I have a short-ish term plan in place for the next couple of months: next month, I'm going to cover the mainline Ridge Racer series for something a little bit different to the norm — and because this is a series that doesn't get talked about too much these days. (Also, something a little more lightweight after the heavy going of Fate/stay night will be much needed!) After that, I'll be delving into MangaGamer's release of Rance, since this is a series I've been interested to look at for a while.

Beyond that, though, there are a whole lot of possibilities — so I wanted to see if you, my Patrons, were particularly interested to see an in-depth exploration of any of the following.

This list is a combination of games I have preordered that will be arriving soon(ish) and titles I have on my shelf that have been waiting to be played for a long time. My synopses are based purely on my pre-existing knowledge of them so I can't vouch for their accuracy! If you'd particularly like to see any of them get the Cover Game treatment, let me know. Well, let me rephrase that; I'd like to cover them all at some point, so if there are any you'd like me to get to sooner, let me know!

Blue Reflection
Gust's "magical girl" game, featuring beautiful graphics and a combination of "daily school life" and turn-based combat. Expect pretty girls, incredible music and a thought-provoking story.

Nights of Azure 2
Sequel to Gust's spectacular lesbian vampire demon 'em up that I previously covered back in January. Expect, uh, pretty girls, incredible music and a thought-provoking story.

Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash
Latest installment in Kenichiro Takaki's series about everyone's favourite ninja girls, this time offering third-person shooting action rather than the usual brawler gameplay. I know nothing about the story to this, but if there's one thing I've learned about Senran Kagura over the years, it's that no matter how ridiculous the premise, it still manages to produce a thoroughly compelling narrative full of excellent characterisation. Also, pretty girls, incredible music and a thought-provoking story.

Ys VIII
The first new Ys game for quite some time. I previously covered the Ys series as a whole last year, but it will be interesting to take a detailed look at the new one. There is also, of course, the promise of pretty girls, incredible music and a thought-provoking story.

Muv Luv
Another classic visual novel (or more accurately, series of visual novels), and a title I backed on Kickstarter. This is another title I feel is pretty much essential to explore at one point or another, like Fate/stay night, but I want to hang fire on it until the localised release is fully complete with Director's Cut patches and suchlike. I expect pretty girls, incredible music and a thought-provoking story.

Family Project
An older visual novel from D.O., developers of the classic Kana Little Sister. Another game designed to destroy your emotions and turn you into a sobbing wreck through tactical use of pretty girls, incredible music and a thought-provoking story.

Yume Miru Kusuri
I don't know a lot about this one, but I know it's a very well-regarded visual novel. I anticipate pretty girls, incredible music and a thought-provoking story.

Seinarukana
Successor to Aselia the Eternal (which may also be worth covering in its own right in more detail at some point), this game, like its predecessor, features a combination of visual novel and strategy RPG along with, of course, pretty girls, incredible music and a thought-provoking story.

Yumina the Ethereal
An unusual hybrid of dungeon-crawling RPG and visual novel, featuring a battle system themed around arguments. I don't know much about this game beyond that, but it looks really cool and I've been meaning to get to it for a while. Something something pretty girls, incredible music and a thought-provoking story.

I'm sure there are plenty more I've forgotten offhand, but these are ones I've been thinking about for a long time now. If you're particularly interested in any of them, let me know in the comments and I can prioritise them once the next couple of months are done! Patrons' privilege. How about that.

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