Ghost Trick, Etrian Odyssey, Katamari and more
As a PC player, watching Nintendo Directs can be finicky business. Everything simply has a Switch logo, so how do you know what to be excited for? We hear your (very important) woes, so we’ve compiled every PC game featured in last night’s direct. There were plenty of goodies coming to PC including paranormal detectives, retro throwbacks, a new game from Don’t Nod, and more. So let’s get started.
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Reawakens
Another Nintendo DS title makes its way to PC, this time with the puzzle-solvingGhost Trick: Phantom DetectiveReawakens. Ghost Trick is a supernatural detective thriller from Ace Attorney director, Shu Takumi. The PC release will have remastered visuals, fresh music and an updated UI - I guess tapping my monitor with a DS stylus isn’t feasible.Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Reawakenslaunches on PC this summer.
Don’t Nod - the studio behind Life Is Strange - is back withHarmony: The Fall Of Reverie, and this time they’re bringing their choice-based melodrama to a futuristic Mediterranean city. The game is split between two perspectives: Polly in the real world and the titular Harmony, a goddess with access to another. The game’s soothing 2D art is beautiful, and Celeste composer Lena Raine is bringing her spacey tunes to the soundtrack, overall good vibes. Harmony:The FallOf Reverie is launching sometime in June onSteam.
TRON: Identityis a visual-novel puzzler from Thomas Was Alone devs, Bithell Games. Identity is kinda separate from the rest of Tron series, as we’re now in a new, unstableGrid. This time around, there’s also a mystery angle since we follow the detective program Query, and make choices that can affect the rest of the game. TRON: Identity is coming toSteamsometime in April.
Dead Cells’crossover with the classic Castlevania series was previously revealed at last year’s Game Awards. But now we have a solid look at gameplay, and a date. Return To Castlevania looks like a surprisingly detailed homage to the side-scrolling series. We get good looks at returning characters like Alucard, boss fights with the Grim Reaper and Dracula himself, and glimpses of magical abilities from the series. Dead Cells: Return To Castlevania releases March 6th onSteam.
This dungeon-crawling RPG series was previously relegated to Nintendo’s handhelds, but now all three games are coming to PC via Steam on June 1st.Etrian Odyssey1, 2, and 3 are getting the HD treatment with updated graphics, a remastered soundtrack and other quality-of-life updates. You can purchaseEtrian Odyssey Origins Collectionas a bundle, or you can buy the games individually onSteam.
Ah, I can hear you already, “This wasn’t in the Nintendo Direct!” Well, it was, but only if you watched the Japanese version of the show. Square Enix’s Paranormasight is a visual novel horror game where you investigate the ‘Seven Mysteries of Honjo’, AKA a series of ghostly world urban legends that I really don’t wanna mess with.Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries Of Honjois coming to haunt PCs andSteamon March 9th.
From the gorgeous pixelated art style, to the warm blocky equipment menus,Sea Of Starswill surely make you feel nostalgic for classic JRPGs from the 90s - even if, like me, you weren’t alive during that era. This comes from The Messenger devs, so the team has experience with rad retro throwbacks. Better yet, the game features guest tracks from Yasunori Mitsuda, the legendary composer behindChrono Trigger. Sea Of Stars launches forSteamAugust 29th.
That’s it for the PC releases from the Nintendo Direct. What caught your eye?
