25 Games to Look Forward to in 2008

L31mr0d

Good lunchtime read. Plenty on there i'm looking forward to. Although i'll need to invest in a console (or two)

TPS Report: 25 Games to Look Forward to in 2008

L31mr0d

crap, had 2 boards windows open, can a mod move this to the games forum. Thanks

r3nu4l

Hee hee, I wondered what this thread was doing in Tweaking & Modding

Some very cool games on that list. Looking forward to see what Spore turns out like!

Anti

moving it now

tman

Jesus, and there was me thinking that 2007 was an awesome year to be a gamer!:)
They also missed out on God of War for the PSP - pretty much the sole reason I haven't sold mine yet...

L31mr0d

Far Cry 2 looks really good. If they can keep it like the first few levels of Crysis then it should be amazing. Surprisingly, Crytek is not involved with this title at all, and its going to be run on the Dunia engine? Never even heard of it before

EDIT: Developers blog video on the Farcry 2 engine

http://blog.ubi.com/farcry2/article.php?content_id=6350&content_title=Introduction%20to%20the%20game%20engine

humanji

The videos for Far Cry 2 are fairly impressive. It seems to be more like Stalker than Far Cry. I read in one preview about how one guy play testing it was talking to a fellow mercenary that he had helped. He went off on a mission and was heavily outnumbered and about to have his ass handed to him, when this other mercenary, who had heard the fighting, came along to help out. Pretty cool stuff, if it works out like this.

Also really excited about Star Wars: Force Unleashed. The game engine for that looks amazing, as does the trailers so far.

Kiith

Ya, some of the stuff in Far Cry 2 sounds great. Love the idea that the AI has three basic needs...food, water and shelter. They actively seek out these during the course of the day. Also, the flame effects are frikin amazing.

Pepe LeFrits

Holy sequel overload, Batman. It seems games designers are even LESS imaginative than their hollywood brethren.

humanji

Luckily, games can be improved. Hollywood has no intention of making sequels any better than the original (or even making them any good at all)

muppetkiller

Ì've been looking forward to the New ww2 Combat sim from the makers of IL2
Battle of Britain Storm or War...

Creature

Isn't Resident Evil 5 due in 09?


But anyway, yes Spore *drools*

Stephen

1. GTA 4
2. Burnout Paradise

That's all that's on my radar for 2008 at the moment

Necronomicon

Ninja Gaiden 2 and Resi 5 on that list for me. Although odds are I'll have a PS3 by the time Metal Gear 4 and FFXIII come out, so 2008 could be good alright

d22ontour

No smash brothers on that it list ??? The list fails so.

A-Trak

Necromomicon wrote: »

Ninja Gaiden 2 and Resi 5 on that list for me

Agreed.

Ah Ninja Gaiden, a game that will scoff at your inflated sense of gaming skill and punish you time after time.

Ciaran500

Only 4 games I'm actually looking forward to on there

Hopefully some will supprise when they come out.

mewso

I dunno I must be the only person on the planet that thinks Spore sounds totally crap.

Retr0gamer

Ninja Gaiden 2 looks very disappointing. Devil May Cry 4 looks a whole lot better.

Screw FFXIII. FFXII was really dull, Lost Odyssey lots like the jrpg to watch.

Nerin

devil may cry 4 and monster hunter 2G for 2008.!!!!!!!!!

Zillah

The Farcry AI stuff worries me. It really didn't work well in Oblivion.

tuxy

Does anyone else find it weird that only one of the games in the list will be available on the wii?

steviec

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Holy sequel overload, Batman. It seems games designers are even LESS imaginative than their hollywood brethren.

Sequels are generally the only games that get hyped because new things are unknown quantities, unless they're being heavily pushed by console manufacturers like Little Big Planet and Alan Wake.

Nobody was talking about, say, Portal or Uncharted this time last year but they're certainly two of the best games of the year.

I have no doubt that a year from now we'll be talking about games that aren't on that list too.

Still a pretty strong list though as it is. Fallout 3, MGS 3, Dragon Age, Final Fantasy XIII, Little Big Planet, GTA IV and Spore would be my must buys from that list.

L31mr0d

steviec wrote: »

Sequels are generally the only games that get hyped because new things are unknown quantities, unless they're being heavily pushed by console manufacturers like Little Big Planet and Alan Wake.

WTF??? eh... project offset? It's one of the games i'm most looking forward to although I don't think we'll see it till 2009 so i'm not getting worked up about it now. They are really slow releasing info on it which is why its generating a lot of underground hype on the forums.

Vegeta

WFT is the story with Burnout games

Is there something i am seriously missing about them

silvine

There will be a lot of sequels in 2008.

Fallout has the looks of something great. Gears of War 2? We can only hope. Star Wars' lightsabres on the Wii would be a big system seller - every little boys dream come true! Fingers crossed Army of Two can deliver.

Anyone else underwhelmed by Halo Wars?

seraphimvc

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Ninja Gaiden 2 looks very disappointing. Devil May Cry 4 looks a whole lot better.

Screw FFXIII. FFXII was really dull, Lost Odyssey lots like the jrpg to watch.

Ninja gaiden 2 is disspointing?i was looking forward for it though,heard 1 was really good!

my list:
never a big fan of any FPS(except COD series:)),so wont bother any of them on the list...

1.MGS4!delay to summer means i will have more time to buy a ps3,it will be cheaper as well!due today,it is the only game that i want ps3 simply for it!
NB:why on earth do they included splinter cell and MGS in the same list....

2.Halo releasing a STR game?emm..i am interested...

3.Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
anyone tell me what is this about?no PC platform?:mad:i love playingstarwars game on PC...
Quote:
And how about that Wii version? Could it be the fabled lightsaber emulator we've been yearning for since the system was first announced? Come on Lucasarts, you know it makes sense.
Nice!

4.Spore:D

5.Fallout...ahye...good old times...see hows it going this time...

doubt RE5 will come out on 2008 btw:cool:

overall,the list has nothing to surprise tho...

tuxy wrote: »

Does anyone else find it weird that only one of the games in the list will be available on the wii?

wasnt realise that!tbh,we have no nintendo news on next year eh?zelda,mario are gone,i am abit worry about the wii now...1 brawl fighting is obviously not enough...maybe they are spending most of their time on counting money now?hope not...

Retr0gamer

seraphimvc wrote: »

Ninja gaiden 2 is disspointing?i was looking forward for it though,heard 1 was really good!

Ninja Gaiden 1 was indeed a masterpiece. The videos of Ninja Gaiden 2 just look a bit ordinary. There's just nothing special about it other than the over the top gore and looks boring compared to the original. Compare that to the awesome videos of Devil May Cry 4 on xbox live. It looks like the far more attractive game.

seraphimvc

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Ninja Gaiden 1 was indeed a masterpiece. The videos of Ninja Gaiden 2 just look a bit ordinary. There's just nothing special about it other than the over the top gore and looks boring compared to the original. Compare that to the awesome videos of Devil May Cry 4 on xbox live. It looks like the far more attractive game.

ah,the preview is out?better check it out...

sorta get what you mean...just like God of war 2 dissapointed me...was really looking something more...:p

MikeHoncho

MGS4 will make me buy a PS3. Damn you sony!!!!

Kinetic^

Xbox 360

Splinter Cell Conviction
Grand Theft Auto 4
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (not so sure about this but would like a good star wars game)

PC

Left 4 Dead
Far Cry 2 (........maybe.......)

PS3

Gran Turismo 5 (if it's out in 2008.....will also mean I've to buy a PS3)

CrazyTalk

No Smash Bros. Brawl?
Thats the game me and most of my friends have been waiting for for about 3 years now, I smell some anti-nintendo vibes off that article and it's testosterone pumped, sub-par FPS sequels...

Zillah

L31mr0d wrote: »

WTF??? eh... project offset? It's one of the games i'm most looking forward to

Yah, yah, looks cool. Dark Messiah + fun.

Bubs101

Worrying lack of Wii games....

Zillah

Nintendo has never been good for games.

Gamecube, lol.

Retr0gamer

Zillah wrote: »

Nintendo has never been good for games.

Gamecube, lol.

Which despite not having a huge amount of games had some of the finest game of last generation from nintendo. Pikmin 2, Smash Bros., Mario Sunshine, Wind Waker, Metroid Prime 1 and 2 etc.

L31mr0d

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Which despite not having a huge amount of games had some of the finest game of last generation from nintendo. Pikmin 2, Smash Bros., Mario Sunshine, Wind Waker, Metroid Prime 1 and 2 etc.

...says the mod of the nintendo forum who has mario as his avatar... biased much

B00MSTICK

Looking forward to Starcraft 2 the most myself

conzy

http://blog.ubi.com/farcry2/article.php?content_id=6814

d22ontour

tuxy wrote: »

Does anyone else find it weird that only one of the games in the list will be available on the wii?

Not really seeing as most of them are yawntastic cash-cow sequels with shiny button add-ons though there a a couple which might be appealing to me.As i said in my earlier post Smash Brothers is easily the most anticipated game on Wii 'though another sequel' and it's exclusion can only be through some unknown factor to me ???

tman

d22ontour wrote: »

Not really seeing as most of them are yawntastic cash-cow sequels with shiny button add-ons though there a a couple which might be appealing to me.As i said in my earlier post Smash Brothers is easily the most anticipated game on Wii 'though another sequel' and it's exclusion can only be through some unknown factor to me ???

No more heroes is definitely one that should have been on the list. It's a damn sight more important to me than "EA Survival Horror... '08" or whatever they're calling it...

seraphimvc

tman wrote: »

No more heroes is definitely one that should have been on the list. It's a damn sight more important to me than "EA Survival Horror... '08" or whatever they're calling it...

ahye,no more heroes looks really good:D

but the problem is,what more games from Nintendo?so far we have heard very few...

forget about starcraft 2 as well!!cant wait!!but again it will be delayed i guess,Blizzard is a very ambitious company ye...

Fnz

Vegeta wrote: »

WFT is the story with Burnout games

Is there something i am seriously missing about them

I guess so... they are huge fun. Criterion has found the sweet spot when it comes to arcady handling - and the breakneck speed makes the game very satisfying to play; especially when you're in the zone, boosting constantly around some well thought out tracks that present plenty of opportunities for massive power-slides along winding roads.

Now, thanks to high definition gaming, players will (hopefully) be able to make out that those 'pixels' on the horizon are actually 'vehicles' before they're on top of your rocket car.

I just wish EA's choice of music didn't suck quite so bad. No matter, custom soundtracks for all. Huzzah!

P.s. I don't even care for the extra crash modes... just the racing.

Zonda999

Despite all others gta iv will cause more commotion than all the others. I'd say it'll outsell halo3. I've set aside 70euro for it already...

Davidius

A severe lack of Smash Bros. makes this a very disappointing list.

seraphimvc

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Ninja Gaiden 1 was indeed a masterpiece. The videos of Ninja Gaiden 2 just look a bit ordinary. There's just nothing special about it other than the over the top gore and looks boring compared to the original. Compare that to the awesome videos of Devil May Cry 4 on xbox live. It looks like the far more attractive game.

watched the trailer...:)i am not impressed at all,might be a good game,but seems nothing blood pumping of.maybe seems too early to say so,but we have seen this kind of visual bloody killing effect in many action games before already!

what i am looking forward on the next gen action games is ,at least,please,when you are using your very destructive weapon on enemies,wont you destroy the place as well?no damage or whatsoever happened...

hope this is not off topic cause' i dont wanna open another thread for it :pnot much action games fan here eh?

Blowfish

hmm, they seem to have ignored MMO's completely, I would have had Stargate Worlds and WAR on there.

Of the ones there, Spore and Fallout 3 I'll definitely be getting, there are a few 'wait and see', one or two 'if I happen to have money I don't know what to do with' and the rest are pretty much meh.