I played the demo for Metaphor: ReFantazio (my thoughts are in the demo thread, in short, I think it could be a big hit) and finished Atelier Ayesha. Ayesha has my favorite story of the Atelier games so far--I've only played the Arland games otherwise--but I wasn't big on either the alchemy or the combat. Felt like I barely was required to spend any time in front of the cauldron. This was also the tightest time limit for me so far although I did still have a few months to spare. I'm ready to leave the timers behind, but I'm probably not jumping to Escha & Logy and beyond for a little bit yet.
Instead, the plan for October is more Metaphor, and maybe giving Unicorn Overlord another shot since it's our game of the month in my JRPG Discord. Beyond that, not sure. Maybe I'll try to get a little farther in Ys IX: Monstrum Nox since Ys X is coming out this month.