I ended the year as I start every year, it is my life. Ended again run of DA:I. :P

1. Hades (PC)

2. Gris (PC)

3. Salt and Sacrifice (PC)

4. Death's Gambit: Afterlife (PC)

5. Dragon Quest VI (DS)

6. Mega Man 10 (PC)

7. Nioh 2 (PS5)

8. Crystal Project (PC)

9. Final Fantasy 16 (PS5)

10. Super Mario RPG (Switch)

11. Evoland (PC)

12. Parasite Eve (PS1) - Did not finish.  My Steam Deck corrupted my SD card, which is where my PS1 memory card file was located.  I'm gutted, since I was in the final area.  I will not be starting over, so I'm calling it a finish for the purposes of this thread.  Maybe if I can recover the file from the SD card (formatted in a Linux file system, unfortunately), then I will finish it up.  

13. Chrulhu Saves Christmas (PC)

My final list for 2023. Surprisingly busy year for me. It was great to game some more. I got a PS5 for Christmas and currently playing FF16, but wasn't able to finish it, so will be on my 2024 list. 

1. Hi-Fi Rush (PC) 
2. Resident Evil 2 Remake (PC)
3. Resident Evil 3 Remake (PC)
4. Metroid Prime Remastered (NS)
5. Dead Space Remake (PC)
6. Resident Evil 4 Remake (PC)
7. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (NSO)
8. Donkey Kong Country (NSO)
9. Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (PC)
10. Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - Reunion (PC)
11. The Last of Us Part I (PC)
12. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (PC)
13. Goldeneye (NSO)
14. Pokémon Stadium (NSO)
15. Tyranny (PC)
16. Advance Wars 1+2: Reboot Camp (NS)
17. Ravenlok (PC)
18. Baldur's Gate 3 (PC) My GOTY!
19. System Shock Remake (PC)
20. Spongebob Squarepants: The Cosmic Shake (PC)
21. Starfield (PC)
22. Pikmin 1+2 (NS)
23. Quake 2 Remaster (PC)
24. CP2077: Phantom Liberty (PC)
25. Panzer Dragoon Remake (PC)
26. Pikmin 4 (NS)
27. Super Mario RPG Remake (NS)
28. Pizza Tower (PC)

Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
Octopath Traveler 2 (Platinum)
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
FFVII Remake: Intermission
Street Fighter 6
Final Fantasy 16
Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon (NG, NG+, NG++)
Disgaea 7
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty
Persona 5 Tactica
Star Ocean The Second Story R

Final Update for the year. I beat 13 games this year. I played 7 JRPGs this year compared with 10 last year. But this year I played the ME trilogy, AC6 and World of Warcraft as major time sinks taken from JRPGs. I already have 5 JRPGs lined up for the beginning of 2024, so it will be a big one.

Persona 5 Tactica- This game has the Persona 5 characters return once again and some decent new characters. The enemies are very meh, and the battle system is interesting but overall not very inspiring. I didn't expect much from the previews and the game was pretty much as expected, meh overall. I hoped it would be a 3rd great entry in the persona 5 series, like Persona 5 and Strikers. Still it doesn't stain the Persona franchise in any way for me. I am extremely excited for Persona 3 remake, Persona 6 and Atlus's mysterious new game.

Star Ocean 2nd Story R- This game confirms Star Ocean as still one of my favorite JRPG franchises. This remake was masterfully done, even though I never played the original, I can tell it is quality. As usual the world is amazing and the story is full of twists and turns. You can make your own story by recruiting a maximum of 8 characters out of the 14 available characters and choosing the main character out of 2. I must admit the battle system is quite easy on regular difficulty, but it was fun enough at times. IC skills make a return with a complex system that can even boost your characters stats. The late game grind isn't too painful, though the true final boss is hidden behind some mumbo jumbo that I couldn't do on my first playthrough. It would be fun to do a 2nd playthrough, skipping anything repeated, but I have a busy schedule of JRPGs to get through.

And so this is it for 2023 list. I think this is my personal antirecord. Just 12 games completed.

Forgot to contribute to this one, but the games I finished for the first time in 2023 were:

Elden Ring
Resident Evil 3 Remake
God of War (2018)
Horizon Forbidden West