Already playing this one, which was part of what motivated me to start this list, as I wanted to make sure I had something to move onto next in the language. Not sure it merits its reputation as one of the worst RPGs ever yet, but it certainly seems dated and a bit of a mess. Still, dialogue is pretty straightforward, and it's been fun reading practice. I played a little bit of Crimson Gem Saga (which is actually a numbered sequel to this one in Korea) back in about 2016 and remember that one being better - maybe I'll give that another look as well somewhere down the line.

The only Korean-developed PS1 title as far as I know, and while it didn't seem especially good from the little I played in the past, it seems like my kind of weird and interesting, and kind of keen to finish it just for the novelty factor. I believe it was the brainchild of a Korean ex-Squaresoft staffer who worked on the first Parasite Eve, which is a decently big get for the time!

Early Japanese consoles like the SNES and Saturn had to be licensed and distributed by Korean companies due to restrictions on the distribution of Japanese pop culture in the country, but by the time of the PS2, the ban had lifted and Sony were able to distribute games and consoles themselves. So the console saw a wee bit of a push in the country compared to Japanese stuff that had come before, with quite a few text-heavy games being translated, and some even getting the full Korean dubbing treatment.

Jak 2 is one of the games that's fully dubbed, and given that I've only ever played the first one, I thought it might be nice to finally tackle the first sequel this year. It never really appealed in the past because of how much of a departure it seemed to be from Precursor Legacy, which I absolutely loved. But I think it's been long enough now that I can take it on its own terms, and I hear it's a quality game despite the shift in tone and format. So with the added language incentive, I think I'll probably have a lot of fun.

(I actually played the first Jak in French, which is also not my native language. If I do get around to the sequel in Korean, it's going to be a very confused series in my head. Maybe we can play the third one in English and then Lost Frontier in Japanese to complete the chaos!)

My partner bought me a copy of this remake of the second game in the War of Genesis series this Christmas. Thought it was super-cool to see a Korean developed RPG on consoles in the 2020s, especially a remake of such an influential series from the early days of Korean gaming. I think linguistically it might be a bit of a challenge for me where I am right now, but it's the game here I want to play the most, so hoping if I can get back into the swing of the language this year I can take it on by the end!

A Korean-developed version of Ys II that apparently began as a straight port but changed so much during development that it's very much its own thing. Have been curious to try for ages. I hear it's quite unstable on hardware beyond its era, and I dunno if I'll be able to get it running well on my old Windows XP PC, but I'll try.

Decided I wanted to play this in Korean when I eventually got a PS4, and imported that version for quite a lot of money. Got quite deep into it, but wound up dropping off before the pandemic. Probably simultaneously the easiest and toughest game to finish on this list - the easiest because it has Japanese voice acting that I can fall back on to aid comprehension, the toughest because it's so ridiculously long. Don't realistically know if I'll make time for all of Persona 5 this year, but it's sat on my shelf for so long that it makes me sad. So we can certainly give it a go!

Not really familiar with MapleStory, but I enjoyed and played a lot of both this and its 3DS sequel in Korean in the 2010s. The first one, especially, was a cute little side scrolling action RPG with multiple protagonists and gameplay that kind of reminded me of Monster World. My language skills were a lot weaker back when I played, so keen to give it another shot from the start and see if we can clear it this time.