Something to Look Forward too

There are a lot of games I'm looking forward to playing, but nearly all of them don't have firm release dates.  Even if they did, delays are an inevitable part of game development.  As such, it is a little bit hard for me to get excited about anything on that mirage-filled horizon.  Still, there is one game that is coming out soon and I am eager to talk about it.

Suzerain is a very special game to me because it is a visual novel that I genuinely like.  There are only two other titles in the genre that I can say that about (one is Eliza and the other Subsurface Circular).  Needless to say, it's a genre that I don't have much fondness for.  Regardless of all that, I am looking forward to upcoming DLC.

While there have been few details, this supplementary content takes place in the previously unrevealed Kingdom of Rizia.  The player's role is that of King Romas Toras.  The idea of being the sovereign of a relatively modern, yet monarchist, country is certainly interesting.  It's also fairly novel in that most games in which the player is royalty tend to be in medieval settings.  It will also be interesting to see if and how the narrative ties into the original game.

In all honesty, I was not good at being a president in the original Suzerain.  It took me three tries to get an ending that wasn't a complete disaster.  Somehow I doubt my attempts as a monarch will fare much better.  Despite my lack of political skills, I hope that the narrative is as branching as the original.  Suzerain serves as an ideal example of a game that really makes the player's choices matter.  Since the game is made by the same dev, chances are this design feature will be preserved in the new content.