Tales of Kenzera: Zau has jumped to the top of my most-anticipated Metroidvania list. This isn't a bad thing per se, but my tailored catalog of cool-genre-games-to-play-next is growing by the day – to the point where I've started a spreadsheet just to keep track. In case that needs repeating, I've started a damn spreadsheet. So vibrant is the Metroidvania space in 2024 that I've been compelled to keep a somewhat formal record of the games that are due in the coming weeks and months, which aligns with how buzzing I am to play them.
It's a simple system, a traffic-light style rubric where red marks the games I'm least interested in, amber is games I want to play, green is the games I need to play, and purple is the one Metroidvania game I'm looking forward to most – the latter slot only ever housing one game at a time. At present, there are no games in the red zone. And at present, Tales of Kenzera: Zau holds my one purple top spot.
