Every January 2019 Video Game Release Ranked By Anticipation

7. YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG

Resident Evil 2 Remake
Ysbryd Games

Release Date: January 17

Platforms: PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC, Mac, PS Vita, Wii U

In development since 2016, this baffling insane homage to retro JRPG’s is finally about to become unleashed on unsuspecting audiences.

Made by new developers Ackk Studios, the trailer hints at a game that feels like Suda 51 directed a Super Nintendo-era RPG set in modern-day hipster USA.

This has cult hit written all over it but seems blatantly aware of that fact. Let’s hope there’s plenty of substance beneath the sporadic and flashy exterior - and it's not just weird for weird sake.

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