One of my favorite last-gen games Bladestorm: The Hundred Year War is getting a remake on the current consoles.
If you are unfamiliar with the original game, it is a real-time strategy game where you play as a mercenary captain during the Hundred Year War (that's the one with Jeanne D'arc). As a mercenary you are privileged to be able to play missions for either the English or the French side and occasionally you'll take part in large history battles where you get to meet many of the other historic characters of the game.
An issue that the original game had was that you couldn't actually play as any of the historical characters and it did get a little bit repetitive in the long run. However, it seems like Tecmo Koei is going to rectify that in Bladestorm: Nightmare, mixing the gameplay up a little and allowing you to control multiple units by switching between your own custom mercenary captain and the hero captains of the battlefield.
There's also an added Nightmare story mode revolving around an evil version of Jeanne D'arc who is summoning monsters and demons. Here you also get the option to control monstrous fantasy units like trolls and even dragon cavalry. It also looks to have bossfights against large dragons.
The games coming out here in the west in March and nobody seems to be talking about it at all for some reason, probably because it's not super flashy and next-gen lookin'. It is however one of my most anticipated games this year. It's gonna be awesome!
Here's a Japanese trailer showcasing what they gameplay is like in the game
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