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[imapiratearg]

I thought I'd start a thread about them.  What games are you guys looking forward to.  I probably won't be able to play half the next-gen games that come out, if any of them.  But anywho.

Does anyone like the Medal of Honor series?  It rocked on PC, but was mediocre on the consoles.  I'm really looking forward to Medal of Honor: Airborne.  It looks absolutely brilliant and gorgeous.  Also, Hellgate: London.  I probably would've never known about it until I heard something about it here.

[Storm Rider]

Games I'm super excited for are in bold.

Bioshock
Assassin's Creed
Blue Dragon
Castle Crashers
Fable 2
The Darkness
Mario Strikers Charged
Fire Emblem: Goddess of Dawn
Mass Effect
Stranglehold
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Brothers Brawl
No More Heroes
Guitar Hero 3 (especially for the wireless controller)
Starcraft 2
Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition (I skipped out on the GC/PS2 version, so if the Wii controls add to the game I'll probably pick it up)
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Luminous Arc
Last Remnant
Fallout 3

That's all the top of my head and a quick browsing of my Gamespot I Want list gets me. I've only listed the ones for platforms I actually own, so if the PS3 stuff Sony has coming out soon is mind-blowing enough to actually justify its obscene price (or if it gets a price cut), those will obviously be important too. Or maybe they'll actually come out with games that make a PSP worth buying. Hopefully not every one of these will end up being good, or I'm going to end up broke.

[SilentJ]

Guitar Hero '80s
Guitar Hero 3
Call of Duty 4
Halo 3
Any of the Guitar Hero variants (Band Hero, Guitar Villain, etc.)

Is that Medal of Honor game for the PC or consoles?  Personally I thought European Alliance kicked some serious ass.

[Blue Kitty]

Team Fortress 2
Fable 2
Halo 3
Phantom Hourglass
The Wii Sims
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Guitar Hero 3
Halo Wars
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men
Army of Two
Overlord (sort of)
Mass Effect
Two Human (at the very least it interests me)
Hellboy
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Fire Emblem: The Goddess of Dawn

[McTaggart]

Bioshock
SSB Brawl
Warhammer Online
Resident Evil 4 for the Wii

Apparently (read: according to the single review I've read) the Wii port of RE4 does a world of good for the game. Also, I don't have an gamecube controllers, so this will be a version that I can actually play through.

[Storm Rider]

I think the fact that my list is like, quadruple the size of anyone else's is indicative of how much of a games geek I am.

[Felrender]

Bioshock (Covered in WRIST BEES!)
Assassin's Creed
Warhammer Online (WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHH!)
Starcraft 2

[Johnny C]

Bioshock
Assassin's Creed
The Darkness
Mass Effect
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Brothers Brawl
No More Heroes
Guitar Hero 3
Starcraft 2
Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Last Remnant
Fallout 3

Yeeeah, I think that's about it for me. Game of the year at the top right there, I think.

[Storm Rider]

I dunno, I think Mass Effect and Super Mario Galaxy might give Bioshock a run for its money.

[rasufelle]

I dunno about any of you, but I'm lookin' forwards to Harmonix's next non-Guitar Hero project, whatever it may be.  I've been, like, a huge Harmonix advocate since the days of Frequency, so this is like the holy grail of gaming for me.

[ackblom12]

Bioshock
Super Mario Galaxy
Resident Evil 4 Wii
The Sims Wii
Dragon Age
Mass Effect
Super Smash Bros. Wii
Metroid Prime 3
Dragon Quest IX
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chonicles: The Crystal Bearers
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles DS
Starcraft 2
Hellgate: London
Fallout 3 (The teaser has turned me from "bitter and cynical" to "cautiously optimistic")
Half-Life 2: Episode 2
Portal
Team Fortress 2
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword

I'm far too excited about far too many games., and I've probably forgotten a couple.

[Storm Rider]

Rasufelle, the game you're looking for is Rock Band. I'm not sure how to feel about it. I mean, on one hand Harmonix makes great games and they always have. On the other, they're with EA and MTV this time, two groups that I have a whole lot of difficulty putting faith in.

[rasufelle]

Yeah, I know, but still... even an MTV license can't hurt them too bad, can it?

Can it?

Oh, God, help me, I just remembered- MTV has never been part of the release of a good video game, have they?

Stupid, stupid, stupid...

[McTaggart]

Wait a second... has fallout 3 been announced (as in more than 'I heard bethesda bought the license')?

[The extra letter]

They released a FMV teaser trailer today.

[wraithzero]

Apparently it's all in-game engine, not FMV.

If this is true, it makes me happy.

[McTaggart]

Hmm, we'll see when we see what they've done with the gameplay. (If this turns out to be oblivion then bad things will happen)

[ackblom12]

Yeah, supposedly they're supposed to be revealing gameplay details at E3. I'm praying that it doesn't make me revert to the "bitter and cynical" stage.

[0bsessions]

Let's see, since I'm planning to buy a 360 at the end of the summer (It'd be an utter waste for me to drop the money right now, I barely play video games in the summer), I'll include those. Thankfully, they haven't announced a single game I'd be willing to drop money for a PS3 for that isn't coming to 360:

Nintendo DS:
Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hour Glass
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Sonic Rush Adventure

Nintendo Wii
No More Heroes
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Recently announced for Wii as well)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Mario Galaxy
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Probably my current most anticipated game)
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (I LOVE rail shooters, so all the general complaints are moot to me)
Mario Strikers: Charged (I HATE soccer, but loved the original Mario Strikers)
The Bigs (The first real Wii baseball game. I am dying for this one)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Yes, I am actually interested in it. It's been described as "Bully with Wii controls and a Harry Potter bent." I'm sold on that concept)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers


Xbox 360
Guitar Hero 3 (Unless there's some really nifty Wii exclusive features, I'll want the 5.1 surround version)
Resident Evil 5
Assassin's Creed
Fable 2
Blue Dragon
Devil May Cry 4
The Last Remnant

PC
Hellgate: London
Marvel Universe Online

I've been told that when MTV bought Harmonix, they dismantled a good chunk of the employment and moved the offices. I can't find for sure either way online, but after glancing at their Wikipedia entry, I might go try to investigate personally, as their building is apparently only a block away from my apartment: Harmonix HQ, Cambridge, MA. Yahoo's yellow pages does confirm that location, as the address listed matches up with the area of that building (The Starbucks in that picture is 655 Mass Ave, Harmonix is listed as 675). I didn't know this before this morning and am suddenly eager to snoop around after work.

[Johnny C]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Yes, I am actually interested in it. It's been described as "Bully with Wii controls and a Harry Potter bent." I'm sold on that concept)

Have you seen any of it in action? The Wii controls look brilliant.

[imapiratearg]

Guitar Hero 3 isn't being made by the same people as 1 and 2.  So I'm a bit hesitant of it.

[0bsessions]

Have you seen any of it in action? The Wii controls look brilliant.

I didn't even know there was video up! Link, perhaps? Save me some searching.

[Dimmukane]

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (it's the only MMO I've looked forward to)
Blue Dragon
Bioshock
Half-Life 2 Orange Box (360)
Halo 3
Haze
Hellgate: London
LittleBigPlanet
Mass Effect
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
Overlord
Spore
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Brothers Brawl
The Darkness
Too Human
Two Worlds
Unreal Tournament 3
Fallout 3
Starcraft 2

And one game that hasn't exactly been confirmed:
Dead Rising 2

I'm excited enough to want to buy all of those...I may borrrow lesser games from my friends/rent them.

[SilentJ]

Guitar Hero 3 isn't being made by the same people as 1 and 2.  So I'm a bit hesitant of it.

Yeah it is, dude.  It's the last one to be made by Harmonix.

'80s (coming out before GH3) and all subsequent games are going to be made by Neversoft, who bought the GH license from Harmonix.

I think.  Unless wikipedia is lying to me.

[Johnny C]

I didn't even know there was video up! Link, perhaps? Save me some searching.

wheeee

[Storm Rider]

Guitar Hero 3 is being made by Neversoft, but when you think about it, all the hard work for Guitar Hero has already been done by the first two games. Activision (or more specifically, RedOctane) still owns all of the stuff from the first two games, so all the design process really entails for GH3 is plugging in the new songs and redrawing the graphics to look nicer, maybe slapping in a new mode or two. The core gameplay will be identical unless something goes horribly (and completely unexpectedly) wrong.

[rasufelle]

Neversoft has almost TOO good of a record when it comes to 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it.'  Look at the Tony Hawk series.  I doubt they're gonna change anything for GH III, though I am worried about how they're gonna set up the buttons for the songs- that was entirely Harmonix work on finding what felt right for button presses.

[Gladjaframpf]

Pokemon Battle Revolution
Super Mario Galaxy
Starcraft 2
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Spore (delayed until 2008 now, but I'm still excited about it)

However, my complete lack of money will prevent me from getting all of these as soon as they come out. I'm considering getting a job this summer, but it would seriously interfere with my laziness.

[ackblom12]

It's sad how many games people have listed that I forgot to list. I'm going to be even more broke than normal over the next year.

[rasufelle]

Planescape: Torment

It ain't a new release, but I'm about to get it, and I'm sure lookin' forwards to it.

[Storm Rider]

Oh man, I forgot Half-Life 2: Orange Box, Unreal Tournament 3 and Haze. I guess that indicates that I'm not much of a shooter fan. Two Worlds and Overlord I'm not quite sold on yet.

[Scytale]

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - (Will run Natively in Linux !!!)
UT: 2007
Starcraft 2
Fallout 3

[Melodic]

STALKER was a major disappointment for a game I've been following for 5 years. I'm not looking forward to a sequel so much as I am to GSC releasing a finished product. The STALKER universe, much like the one of Fallout, is an absolutely amazing concept that I think many of us would love to see as a fleshed-out game, the difference between the two games being what I figure to be deadlines. Who knows, maybe STALKER 2?

Fallout 3 for sure. I need to find myself a copy of 1 and 2 that run on XP, though, because it has been a very long while.

[Scytale]

My copy of Fallout 2 runs in Win XP...

[imapiratearg]

Huxley.  For the Xbox 360.  w00t MMORPGs!

[Dimmukane]

My copy of Fallout 2 runs in Win XP...

As does mine...

As for Huxley and Tabula Rasa...I just don't know.  Tabula Rasa looks like its trying to do too much with itself, and Huxley looks too twitchy.  If there are free trial options I'll have to check them out, because I honestly can't see myself paying for them.

[Hynsson]

C&C Red Alert 3 (dunno if they're even going to make one)
GTA IV
And somewhat good remake of Steel Panthers

[Scandanavian War Machine]

Bioshock
Assasin's Creed
Final Fantasy XIII
Metal Gear Solid 4
Blue Dragon (sort of)
Mass Effect
Super Paper Mario (already out but i havent played it yet and i want to)


that's all i can think of right now. there's probably more.

[McTaggart]

Super Paper Mario (already out but i havent played it yet and i want to)

Yeah,this is released and all, but it doesn't exist in stores around here.

[edit] Okay, I saw a trailer for Super Mario Galaxy and oh god that's awesome.

[quietnow]

i really want all the self help games for ds that are out in japan right now. wants!!!!!!!

[Scandanavian War Machine]

i also just checked out some video for Super Mario Galaxy for the first time and must add that to my list.

also:

the Half Life 2 big box or whatever (with Team Fortress 2 and Portal). Definitely looking forward to that.

[Storm Rider]

You guys haven't seen the videos for Super Mario Galaxy until now? Man, the first one was released like, a year ago.

[Scandanavian War Machine]

yeah i dont really follow the modern world. even the parts i'm interested in, like video games.

[ackblom12]

I just downloaded the demo for Overlord, and pre-ordered it on Amazon the moment I finished it.

It's like all my little evil fantasies about my stupidly loyal pikmin were made into a game!

[Mikagon]

Halo 3
Super Smash Brothers Brawl

That is all.

[McTaggart]

I am like ten percent through downloading Will Rock. I remember playing the demo a while back and it was the silliest Serious Sam style shooter I've seen in a long time.

Also, the Battlenet D2 ladder is getting reset on the 25th. Should be interesting to see how it goes without high level characters and a ton of awesome items.

[Neadric]

Starcraft 2, Fable 2, Guitar hero 3, Rock Band, Assasin's Creed, Bioshock, F.E.A.R 2

[McTaggart]

Also, the Battlenet D2 ladder is getting reset on the 25th. Should be interesting to see how it goes without high level characters and a ton of awesome items.

Oh man, I've been playing d2 fairly solidly for 14 hours. My sorc is level 65 and last I checked I was ranked 322 (out of I dunno, well over 5000 doesn't seem competely wrong). I got a message from a friend in the morning, around 9 saying that the ladder was going back up in about half an hour. An hour, a quick shower, a bunch of coffee and moving the computer over to his place later we start our characters. I bet I can and will be doing Baal runs in my sleep.

5 more levels, getting some cheap magic find gear and a rush past nightmare baal to go and then it's running the pit for items. When I've got some semblance of a decent kit going for either a pnb necro, or a sniper zon I'll start that character and work on getting them to 85 or so.


eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee diablo two madness

[Motherfirefly]

Bioshock
Fable 2
Assasins Creed
Fallout 3
Halo 3
Two Worlds
Unreal Tournament III
Guitar Hero III
Rock Band (maybe?)
Rise of the Argonauts
Splinter Cell: Conviction
TimeShift

Edit: oh and did anyone else see that Dark Sector in the Last XBN? Looks BADASS.

[Bunnyman]

Bioshock
Fallout motherfucking 3 motherfucker.
I'm going to buy a 360 just for Army of Two and possibly Dead Rising

Kane & Lynch.  IO does Michael Mann, with a borderline lethal dose of twisted for good measure.  I'm gonna buy three copies.
Stranglehold.  Big question: did they pay John Woo to put his name on it or is he actually 'creative directing' it?  Not that I particularly care.

And all the STALKER shit that's been announced (Blue Sky...)  I gotta hand it to GSC...dissappointment about vanilla STALKER aside, they're sure developing the IP full bore.  What's another year or two after five, right?