What Games Are You Excited Over?

[Abd-L-zeez]

Mass Effect 3
halo 4

 

[thaddeus6th]

It's not out for about a year, but the new Tomb Raider looks interesting. It seems to be more of a survival story, so it might have some similar aspects to MGS3. Lara's been redesigned, the graphics seem much better, but, alas, the lovely Keeley Hawes is no longer her voice.

Also, Monkey Island has returned, with a cheapish (£15) remake of the first two stories, out in a month or so.

However, the only game I'm properly excited by is still Skyrim.

 

[Overread]

Diablo 3 is off the list - demanding all the time net connection for singleplayer is not a thing I'm keen on having!


However its eagerly replaced with Sword of the Stars 2 - big octopuss space ships; massive hulls and a gameplay that is making battles far more strategic and not just point and click affairs with big ships - armour points, top, side and underside armour values and lots of other great stuff.
I just hope my computer can actually run it!

 

[vickylucky]

Star Wars: The Old Republic

 

[Snowdog]

Well I was looking forward to Skyrim, but with that being made a Steam-exclusive game and you being forced to have a Steam account and the Steam client and Steamworks etc. etc. that's gone into the toilet so I don't actually have anything to look forward to

 

[thaddeus6th]

Snowdog, I'm not a PC gamer so that doesn't affect me personally, but that sounds like a stupidly restrictive approach from Bethesda, almost designed to put off gamers.

It's a shame you don't haver an XBox 360 or PS3.

 

[CyBeR]

Well I was looking forward to Skyrim, but with that being made a Steam-exclusive game and you being forced to have a Steam account and the Steam client and Steamworks etc. etc. that's gone into the toilet so I don't actually have anything to look forward to

Get a console and get it on said console. No Steam, no problem.

I just got me Dark Souls so the only game I'm still excited to get is Uncharted 3 (and Resistance 3 when the price will cease being ridiculous for me).

 

[thaddeus6th]

I'm going to follow my strange convention of only getting Uncharted games when they're platinum

It'll be interesting to see how the new Tomb Raider measures up. I think the survival element could be good but it's a damned shame Keeley Hawes isn't the voice actress anymore. She's got such a lovely voice.

Did you play Demon's Souls? I decided against it, after much prevaricating, because I don't spend that much time on games and when I do a challenge so steep might be frustrating rather than exhilarating. If you did, is Dark Souls easier/harder?

 

[CyBeR]

I have platinumed Demon's Souls (and will brag about it until someone either punches me or kicks me in the groin in sheer frustration) and got the last trophy just under the hundred hours mark. I have grinded for tens of hours and fought my way through three playthroughs (I just duped a couple of souls, I was in no mood for a 4th playthrough). Did not find it that hard once I got used to how the game works and how to defeat bosses. Other than one boss, the third playthrough was a breeze.
From what I understand from other people, Dark Souls may just be harder than Demon's Souls just because of a few design choices, like enemies respawning as you visit camp sites, or traps scattered across the game world and so forth. If it's still like the first game, it's probably not that nasty if you play cautiously and if you trust your instincts (that is to say, if an enemy looks tough, then he damn well is VERY tough). I'll start on it tomorrow, so my girlfriend can join me (she's a fan as well). I'll come back with first impressions if you wish.

 

[Cayal]

I have platinumed Demon's Souls (and will brag about it until someone either punches me or kicks me in the groin in sheer frustration) and got the last trophy just under the hundred hours mark. I have grinded for tens of hours and fought my way through three playthroughs (I just duped a couple of souls, I was in no mood for a 4th playthrough). Did not find it that hard once I got used to how the game works and how to defeat bosses. Other than one boss, the third playthrough was a breeze.

Wow, hats off to you sir. I beat it once and that was enough. It was insanity trying to beat that game.

But I do want Dark Souls and will revisit Demon Souls at some stage.

 

[thaddeus6th]

That would be handy indeed, CyBeR. Even if I don't go for it I know Demon's Souls is very popular and I'm sure others here would be intereste din hearing impressions of the successor game.

 

[Snowdog]

Snowdog, I'm not a PC gamer so that doesn't affect me personally, but that sounds like a stupidly restrictive approach from Bethesda, almost designed to put off gamers.

It's a shame you don't haver an XBox 360 or PS3.

I've read around this extensively and the thought is that this will increase sales and especially profits for Bethesda (same price for a Steam download as for a physical DVD, all patches and updates through Steam), though time will tell.

It will put off some gamers like me who don't want to be tied to third-party distributors or have to install extra software to play a game but I don't know what proportion of the PC market will feel the same way. The mass market generally prefers ease of use over having more control.

The reason I prefer games like this on the PC is that I get into modding them. I modded Morrowind extensively and was looking forward to modding Skyrim, but the Steam link would make that particularly difficult due to the loss of control people will have over patching.

I still have some hope that a GOTY edition will come out with all the patches and no Steam requirement, but if it does come it will likely not be for another two years at least.

 

[Bugg]

I was in a bit of a quandary over which platform to get Skyrim on. I have Oblivion for 360 and it was great, but I bought a new pc earlier this year and was thinking of getting Skyrim for that. Your posts have helped a lot, thanks - I'll go for the 360 version.

Really excited about this one - I just hope they give you a 'big slipper' weapon for splatting the giant spiders!

 

[Snowdog]

Well since I can't go forward, I'm going backward. I never played the Fallout games when they came out. I was heavily into the fantasy side of RPGs and the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout didn't appeal at the time. Now I've ordered the Fallout series compilation and I'm quite looking forward to it. I know the graphics will be a little dated but I'm ready for that. Anyway it's the gameplay that's important. That's Fallout 1 & 2, and Tactics.

 

[biodroid]

Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception, the last 2 were amazing, definitely in my top 5 games (series wise mind you).

 

[Cayal]

Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception, the last 2 were amazing, definitely in my top 5 games (series wise mind you).

Yep. Hoping they break street date today and release it.

 

[No One]

I sympathise with Snowdog on the Steam issue - I hate that damn thing. Just the idea of having to sign up to something to be able to play and save a game really rubs me the wrong way. The last time I created a Steam account I chose an expletive-ridden username and password that made my feelings clear - and the hilarious part was that the username had already been taken.

I'm so glad I got back on the 360 horse though - besides the fact that pc games are fast outrunning my machine's specs, I'm just fed up of buying games that are essentially unfinished products, rushed into release without having been properly play-tested for bugs and glitches - leading to the inevitable need of patch after patch. How selling an unfinished product isn't illegal is beyond me.

Anyhoo, my point is - Skyrim, Skyrim, Skyrim, Skyrim, Skyrim. Can't wait.

 

[Snowdog]

Speaking of Skyrim...Apparently Bethesda have taken over a million pre-orders for the PC alone. Back to the Steam issue for a moment, the Amazon.uk website makes no mention of Steam and when I asked them about it they just said that the game could be installed without Steam - which it can. It was only when I pressed them that they admitted - or found out if they didn't know - that although you can install it, you can't activate or play it without Steam. Were they just un-knowledgable or were they deliberately keeping quiet so as not to affect pre-orders?

Even without Steam, though, I wouldn't have bought it on day one. Those million pre-order people are essentially beta testers and I prefer to leave unpaid beta testing to other people.

 

[thaddeus6th]

Often shops are unaware of things, or unwilling/unable to find out more. It took until a few days ago for the 'premium' (burlap-style paper, but not cloth) map to be confirmed for Amazon preorders.

I'm still very much looking forward to Skyrim (for the PS3).

 

[Connavar]

Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception

Thats the ideal single player game for gamer like me. Great adventure gameplay,action, awesome film sequences,story. I hope its stronger than the second game. I thought first game was better gameplay wise.