View Full Version : What games are you looking forward to right now?
So the videogame industry had been like this lovely girl I dated through highschool which had the same interests and I enjoyed being with her and everything was fine. But in recent years I had been shunning her because she turned into a morbidly obese girl who didn't have anything in common with me anymore and did not interest me anymore. That might not be the best analogy ever but the point is... this year, everything has changed for good (IMO). Companies have started to be a bit more diverse and the companies that didn't have any serious competition in some markets now have an incentive to up the game.
We started the year with Portal 2, Mortal Kombat 9 and Crysis 2. All of these were good and tried to do things their own way. I have to single out MK9 because maybe its old school-ness helped it pique my interest. Now Alice: Madness Returns and Shadows of the Damned brought back that "don't ask too many questions and just accept it" attitude that I miss in videogames and made me sad for not having money to go out and buy them. And there's more on the way too. Rage is shaking up pretty nicely and seems like a very robust game where every idea was carefully implemented. Battlefield 3 is giving MW a run for its money since it already has more pre-orders than MW3 and pre-orders are the majority of sales normally. It seems it'll be fairly different from MW3 and looks rather nice. There were more games in my list of games that I want that elude me at the moment. But so far everything has been fairly good with the exception of Brink which didn't deliver on what I expected. But it was still decent in my eyes.
So what games are you looking forward to?
BreakABone
07-08-2011, 11:19 AM
My list hasn't much changed this year
Zelda Skyward Sword
Gears 3
Uncharted 3
Batman Arkham City
I'll get Halo CE and Mario Party 9
And sadly think that's the extent of it so far.
magus113
07-08-2011, 11:31 AM
I'm on the fence about Halo CE, I mean, I liked the first three Halos, but I'm on the Bungie should have stopped at 3 bandwagon. I should be getting an Xbox within the next week so my list pretty much matches Earl's, except for some 3DS additions for me:
Star Fox 64 3D
Mario Kart 3DS
Super Mario 3D
Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor: Overclocked
possible Cave Story 3D, not sure
Vampyr
07-08-2011, 01:40 PM
Skyrim
Diablo III
Gears 3
Skyward Sword
magus113
07-08-2011, 04:15 PM
Skyrim looks fucking boss. I got pretty far in Oblivion, never finished it though.
Angrist
07-08-2011, 04:48 PM
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm
I am getting Skyward Sword, I forgot to mention. But I always trust Nintendo with the Zelda Franchise and they always fill my expectations on varying degrees. I'm also getting Gears of War 3 since I pre-ordered that limited Xbox 360 that comes with it.
TheSlyMoogle
07-09-2011, 03:47 AM
No love for dead island? really? It comes out in like 2 months. Really?
I was sold after that gameplay trailer.
No love for dead island? really? It comes out in like 2 months. Really?
I was sold after that gameplay trailer.
I haven't seen too much about it.
Typhoid
07-10-2011, 01:39 AM
I haven't really been paying much attention to games these days.
I don't even know what is coming out when, or even what looks good and doesn't.
TheSlyMoogle
07-10-2011, 03:52 AM
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Be amazed.
Jonbo298
07-10-2011, 03:47 PM
Dead Island piques my interest but still up in the air. Other than that, I'm anxiously awaiting Saints Row 3
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Be amazed.
It looks interesting. I can always play another zombie game. But I like the openworld aspect of this one. I will wait to see the score and then pick it up if it's good. I won't have too much money by then.
Typhoid
07-11-2011, 05:16 AM
Dead Island looks really fun, actually.
Then again I never overplayed L4D (I always said I'd enjoy it more if it were open-world, like this is).
I may have heard about this and just forgotten, because now that I've seen that footage I remember being pumped for a zombie game - this was probably it.
TheSlyMoogle
07-13-2011, 04:43 PM
It looks like they took borderlands and slapped it onto a zombie game. So pumped.
Typhoid
07-13-2011, 06:27 PM
How is Borderlands, anyways?
A buddy of mine left that game at my house for maybe 4 months, and I didn't touch it once before giving it back to him. Big mistake?
magus113
07-13-2011, 06:30 PM
How is Borderlands, anyways?
A buddy of mine left that game at my house for maybe 4 months, and I didn't touch it once before giving it back to him. Big mistake?
I liked it well enough! If you're not a very offensive class (aka not a sniper) the game is easy enough to get through on your own. If not co-op is your buddy.
Professor S
07-14-2011, 01:07 PM
I'm looking forward to the Rocky Patel Decade 10th Anniversary game I'm going to be playing tonight. Should take me a little over an hour to beat...
http://www.smokerjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Rocky_Patel_Decade_by_Drkmstr104-645x4831-300x224.jpg
It looks like they took borderlands and slapped it onto a zombie game. So pumped.
I'm sorry, I don't see how it is like Borderlands. And it's funny that every game is like borderlands nowadays (at least on youtube). And speaking about that, I'm looking forward to Firefall. The game is an FPS blended with MMORPG qualities and... somehow there's borderlands in there. I suppose it is because there's sand in the trailers shown so far. Yeah! But the thing is this game looks fun and will be available for the low, low price of free! >=D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHuhv9tJByE
It's developed by some people who left Blizzard during the first year(s) of WoW being launched.
And Bioshock Infinite looks sexy too. But I'll probably be broke by then. =[
Jason1
07-17-2011, 05:41 PM
Zelda, Bioshock, Uncharted 3. Oh, Battlefield 3 also.
TheSlyMoogle
07-21-2011, 02:15 AM
I'm sorry, I don't see how it is like Borderlands. And it's funny that every game is like borderlands nowadays (at least on youtube). And speaking about that, I'm looking forward to Firefall. The game is an FPS blended with MMORPG qualities and... somehow there's borderlands in there. I suppose it is because there's sand in the trailers shown so far. Yeah! But the thing is this game looks fun and will be available for the low, low price of free! >=D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHuhv9tJByE
It's developed by some people who left Blizzard during the first year(s) of WoW being launched.
And Bioshock Infinite looks sexy too. But I'll probably be broke by then. =[
Randomly generated weapon combinations, a ton of missions mostly. Pretty open ended with areas that can be warped and driven to.
Randomly generated weapon combinations, a ton of missions mostly. Pretty open ended with areas that can be warped and driven to.
The guns is the only aspect which is kind of unique seeing as they went overboard with it. But many of the other things were already done by games like Fallout 3, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Metro 2033. I just don't feel Borderlands stands out that much. And I also meant it like a general comment. I've seen it happen too much in youtube lately and I was wondering why.
Uncharted 3
Bioshock Infinite
Mass Effect 3
Starcraft II Heart of the Swarm
2 console and 2 PC. Nice mix for me.
Okay, battlefield 3 beta is starting in September. I missed the three day alpha because I didn't open the invite. Oh well.
Who's getting BF3 for the PC?
magus113
08-20-2011, 06:06 PM
Okay, battlefield 3 beta is starting in September. I missed the three day alpha because I didn't open the invite. Oh well.
Who's getting BF3 for the PC?
Assuming I have a better video card, me.
I hate that the 8800GT is like a minimum requirement for games now. :(
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