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Future games you are excited about

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Storm Rider:
Hmmm, smaller games. I guess I'll use this opportunity to pimp some downloadable games then.

The Behemoth's next XBLA game just got an official title. It's called Battleblock Theater, and it looks like a really interesting mashup of co-op and competitive platforming. I really liked Castle Crashers and I support the Behemoth's indie sensibilities, so I'm pretty excited about it. Supposed to come out sometime this year, it sounds like they're going to be narrowing down the timeframe pretty soon.

The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom is another quirky indie platformer. It's basically if somebody took the world from Braid where you make shadow copies of yourself and expanded heavily on that concept and then gave it a tongue-in-cheek silent movie atmosphere. This one is out in just two weeks, too.

There's also Fez, which has a retro art style and soundtrack, which I'm always a sucker for. I also really like the 2D-3D gameplay concept. It's been done a couple times before, but I think there's still potential there to make something really cool.

As far as retail stuff goes, I'll just rattle off a list quickly. I'm interested in a lot of the more esoteric DS RPGs that are coming out like Infinite Space, Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, and Etrian Odyssey 3. Those don't exactly show well on video though, and I think the only ones I could find would all be in Japanese anyway.

Sin and Punishment 2 is supposed to get an English release sometime. Impressions I've read from importers indicate that it's fucking awesome.

Split/Second looks like somebody cranked up the knob on Burnout, which I'm all in favor of because I find the vast majority of racing games completely dull. Here's another video which explains the Power Play concept in the game.

Not sure if these really count as 'small' but I'm also really curious about Alpha Protocol and Alan Wake. I'm really pulling for Obsidian to finally have a success that lives up to their pedigree, and I'm really intrigued by the idea of a modern day spy RPG, but it doesn't seem like Sega knows what the fuck to do with AP, which worries me a bit. Alan Wake has been in development for fucking ever, which is usually a bad sign, but I like the moody, atmospheric spin that they're going for. Whether or not they'll pull it off, I honestly can't tell.

snalin:
Avernum 6 comes out for Windows this spring, being one of the very few game series that's developed for the mac and ported to the pc. I'll be playing it, as I've played all of the other ones. I haven't finished 5 yet, but I'll be getting around to it. This rpg series is full of awesome, great story, great exploration, big, big locations, and a enjoyable combat system.

I also just read on their homepage what's going to happen next:

    * What's Coming? We are about to start porting Avernum 6 to Windows. We hope to release it in early March. Then we will begin an all-new game series, with a new system, world, and epic storyline.

Spiderweb has made magic for more than 15 years, and will probably keep doing just that. Exciiiited!

FIXDIX:
Katawa Shoujo. A bishojo visual novel where the male protaginist moves to a special school for disabled students after he develops a heart defect. Luckily the school is filled to the tits in disabled hotties. The game was developed by users on 4chan a while back with a demo chatper released last year. I played the demo when I came across it on a hentai site, and only remembered it now because of a recent article on Kotaku about it. Mostly played the demo to have a laugh but found myself kinda liking it, moreso for the fact that it got me to thinking that it wasn't just a mere fetish game and more of a commentary on anime and dating sim games in general.

Basically this is the only really obscure game that I know of worth mentioning right now.

Scandanavian War Machine:
I just read that Kotaku article yesterday.

I think it's a cool idea and I support it but it's really not something I feel like I could sit down and play.

Scandanavian War Machine:
then there's the 4chan angle which makes me think the entire game will be really well made and poigant(no idea how to spell that) only to have an unskippable goatse/2chicks1cup cutscene when you beat it.

or something.


basically, it sounds too legit to be true and I feel like it's going to  be a horrible prank on humanity.

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