Which games to be released this year are you most excited about?

[HeXen]

Heavy Rain
Gran Turismo 5
FF 13
Mafia 2
Crysis 2
That is all!

 

[Bateluer]

Motion to strike all sequels and triquels from this thread?

 

[Dumac]

Mass Effect 2
Bioshock 2
God of War III
Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver
Starcraft 2, if it even makes it this year
Hopefully Ar Tonelico 3 will be translated this year.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Starcraft II - It WILL make 2010!!!

Crysis 2

Mass effect 2

deleted Sup Com2. otherwise, THIS!

 

[ZzZGuy]

AvP 3
Star Wars: The Old Republic (STO can suck my, well you know)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Supreme Commander 2
Jumpgate Evolution (mmo)
Natural Selection 2
Aliens: Colonial Marines (probably won't make it this year though)
StarCraft II

 

[NickelPlate]

I wish I could say Diablo 3 but I don't think that's gonna happen this year. Ditto for GuildWars 2. Thief 4 is another one I'm really looking forward to but seems far off.

Alienwho, check out http://www.thief4.com/. It's coming but when is speculation atm.

 

[Locut0s]

Just a shoutout for one of my fav game sites/blogs for what's up and coming. Go check it out!:

http://adrianwerner.wordpress.com/games-of-2010/

 

[Locut0s]

I wish I could say Diablo 3 but I don't think that's gonna happen this year. Ditto for GuildWars 2. Thief 4 is another one I'm really looking forward to but seems far off.

Alienwho, check out http://www.thief4.com/. It's coming but when is speculation atm.

Holly shit I almost creamed myself when I saw that. Had no idea they were making a new one. Didn't have any hope for one after Looking Glass studios was bought out and went under.

Thanks for the news!

 

[Nik]

Mass Effect 2
AvP 3
Bioshock 2

 

[Praxis1452]

BF Bad Company
SW:TOR
ME2
DA expansion

FF 13: I don't have a console.
Heavy Rain: also more enjoyable on console I'd bet. boooooo

 

[GundamW]

 

[Rezident]

Bioshock 2. If it's only half as good as the first one it'll still be better than most other games.

 

[brencat]

BF BC2...at the top of my list
Max Payne 3

Still have ~ 7 games I bought during Steam Xmas sale I haven't even loaded yet to play. I think I'm done for the forseeable future.

 

[JoshGuru7]

Motion to strike all sequels and triquels from this thread?

Compare game development to computing hardware as well as other sorts of computing software. I find it highly unlikely, even ludicrous, that you would dismiss the latest video card or software product entirely simply because it is a sequel to an existing product. Yet game development is a form of software development.

It is interesting how many movie sequels are underwhelming, while when it comes to gaming nearly all of the highest reviewed games are sequels along with most of the games we are looking forward to. Even the games in this thread without numerals tacked on the end are mostly spiritual sequels of earlier titles. Heavy Rain is an evolution of Indigo Prophecy, Red Dead Redemption is GTA5, etc.

The reason for this seems obvious to me: movies rely on a smaller subset of the elements that go into a game and this subset is largely less dependent on improvements over time. Movies contain no gameplay elements to be refined and adjusted over several sequels. They have no software errors or software features such as multiplayer connectivity and co-op to be added. Rarely are the graphics dependent solely on an engine, they essentially maintain the same resolution over time, and special effects are rarely improved in sequels (T2, Bourne Ultimatum aside).

On the other hand, game sequels allow developers to revisit their initial offerings and upgrade the whole set of elements that is much more dependent on technical evolution. In this sense, the technical analogy to the movie industry is closer to converting a single title from VHS, to DVD, to Blu-Ray.

 

[Arkaign]

If they come out :

D3
Elder Scrolls 5
BF3
BF1943

 

[mindcycle]

Just a shoutout for one of my fav game sites/blogs for what's up and coming. Go check it out!:

http://adrianwerner.wordpress.com/games-of-2010/

Thanks for the list. Have a couple more now after looking at that list and seeing a few titles I forgot about.

Project Offset (assuming it ever comes out)
Stalker Call of Pripyat

 

[Regs]

Bad Company 2 - at least I can get back with my clan to play something freash.

Fallout Las Vegas


Mafia 2


I got my fingers crossed for Napoleon Total War but I got a bad feeling it might end up just as bug ridden and boring as Empire TW.

 

[QueBert]

Mafia 2 & Dead Rising 2. I dunno when the hell Capcom's releasing it, but it sounds awesome as shit! Never played the original but this should be one of the best Zombie games out there. I heard they're working on a Stubbs The Zombie sequel. I loved the original so I'd buy this one probably.

 

[tviceman]

For sure
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Amnesia (makers of Penumbra)
Crysis 2

Possible buys
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Bioshock 2
AvP
Mass Effect 2 (bought 1 during steam holiday, still need to play it)
Metro 2033
Irrational's unannounced X-Com remake (if it is released)
Anything from Valve
Fallout Vegas
Rage

My wishlist
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Mirror's Edge 2
Civ 5
Half Life 3
A single player story driven L4D game
Portal 2
Official Torchlight DLC
New Frozenbyte game (makers of Trine)
New X-Wing flight sim game
Elder Scrolls V (single player, I don't want an Elder Scrolls MMO
Might and Magic X (first person perspective, party based RPG!)
Doom 4
DNF

 

[GullyFoyle]

:sneaky: uhhh....eehhh, Hmmm... I can't really think of anything coming out soon that I am interested in.
Maybe I'll just catch up with my Steam purchases. :biggrin:

 

[TheSlamma]

AvP 3 & Colonial marines if that one really makes it.
HL2 Ep 3 would sure be nice
Thief 4 (prolly 2011 or 12 though)
Elder Scrolls 5
Silent Hunter 5
Two Worlds 2 is supposedly going to be a decent game compared to the first rag

 

[aclim]

:sneaky: uhhh....eehhh, Hmmm... I can't really think of anything coming out soon that I am interested in.
Maybe I'll just catch up with my Steam purchases. :biggrin:

such a liar!!!!!!

 

[zinfamous]

Motion to strike all sequels and triquels from this thread?

anticipation is largely a result of sequels. It's quite hard to develop a significant level of anticipation around an uknown, and untested product. This is why sequels to extremely popular movies often make much more money than the original.

It's in fact quite rare to develop anticipation for original content that can compare to something established. Avatar is one such example. ....I can't think of something comparable in terms of video games. And for that, it's almost entirely based on new eye-candy prowess. That never really says anything for actual playability though.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Xcom remake I haven't heard this but that and bad company have me excited. I am disappointed that mortal online looks like it's DOA.

 

[ShreddedWheat]

Crysis 2
Bioshock 2 (loved the first one and still playing)
AvP
Mass Effect 2
Stalker CoP
Metro 2033 (maybe)

Hitman 5 (surprised nobody mentioned it but from what I have read it is "supposed" to come out 2010)

Right not I have too many games to play from steam sales during the holidays.