New Games on the Horizon (the video game thread)

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

Foaming at the mouth for GTA V.



I thought it was supposed to come out at the end of this year but it looks like it won't be til March.

Same here, I just love that game franchise.

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[mredskins]

I played Mass Effect one and it was so painfully control wise I just put it down. I could not aim at people; walking around was awkward etc...

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by mredskins

I played Mass Effect one and it was so painfully control wise I just put it down. I could not aim at people; walking around was awkward etc...

Did you play console or PC?

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

Did you play console or PC?

Console.

[DynamiteRave]

They're so much easier on the PC. Exactly the reason why I prefer getting ME3 for the computer instead of PS3.

[Dirtbag59]

Looks like I wasn't crazy.
Best Games of 2012 - Metacritic

A far cry from 2011's heights

It's a good thing that 2013 looks likely to be loaded with great games, because, as we look over this year's numbers, it seems 2012 wasn't. Not even the late arrival of a great new installment in Ubisoft's Far Cry series could make up for the fact that the past 12 months paled in comparison to recent years, at least at the high end of the scale.

Just 14 console games—and 18 products overall, including PC and handheld (non-iOS) titles—scored 90 or higher in 2012. Those figures represent a huge drop from the previous year, when 23 console titles (and 32 games overall) met or exceeded the 90 mark. In fact, since we started publishing these year-end reports in 2009, we have never encountered such a low total number of great games in a single year.

Anyway I'm kind of excited about The Last of Us but the game I'm really looking forward to right now is Beyond Two Souls which is a product of the same team that put together Heavy Rain. South Park and Watch Dogs also seem pretty interesting. Never could get into the Bioshock series but a lot of the things the developers have said in interviews really resonate with me so I'll probably give Bioshock Infinite a spin.

[mooby]

As far as I can remember right now there are only 3 games I'm looking forward to that should be coming out this year. GTA, Watch Dogs, and South Park. I still watch South Park's new episodes even as the tone has changed from earlier in the series. I remember playing South Park on the Nintendo 64 at a friend's house a long time ago. This should be wayyyyy better than that. Watch Dogs looks cool too, I saw the game play trailer and was intrigued. And of course I don't need to say anything about GTA, I will say though I love the idea of 3 protagonists.

[mredskins]

I can't believe that hte game of the year ws based off a TV show and people are looking forward to South Park as a game.

The number one rule when growing up was if the game was based off a movie or TV show it sucked. Hence Jaws for NES and Rambo for NES; awful games that hours of lawn cutting was wasted on.

I did though like the NES Goonies II game for some reason:

TAS Goonies 2 NES in 16:45 by Randil - YouTube

That game was ahead of it's time.

[ArtMonkDrillz]

^Yes, especially that CRAPPY GoldenEye game.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

^Yes, especially that CRAPPY GoldenEye game.

Goldeneye was good? No?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by mredskins

Goldeneye was good? No?

Point is not all games based on movies sucked back in the day.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Point is not all games based on movies sucked back in the day.

True. Pretty sure games like The Walking Dead are the exception to the rule. As far as SP goes, I am enthusiastic about it because Matt Stone and Trey Parker are involved with it. Usually you don't see that with a crossover game. I don't think it's going to be like those other cheap crossover games out there. Still though, there are other crossover titles out there that have gotten good reviews, like Resident Evil and Batman.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by mooby

True. Pretty sure games like The Walking Dead are the exception to the rule. As far as SP goes, I am enthusiastic about it because Matt Stone and Trey Parker are involved with it. Usually you don't see that with a crossover game. I don't think it's going to be like those other cheap crossover games out there. Still though, there are other crossover titles out there that have gotten good reviews, like Resident Evil and Batman.

Resident Evil started as a game then became a movie. Which another good generally rule is if a movie or TV show is based off a video game it will suck too.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Point is not all games based on movies sucked back in the day.

Right but the days of NES and even SNES it was a safe bet games based on movies and TV shows sucked. Agreed?

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by mredskins

Right but the days of NES and even SNES it was a safe bet games based on movies and TV shows sucked. Agreed?

Angry Video Game Nerd has tons of videos on this topic.

Schwarzenegger Games
Schwarzenegger Games - Angry Video Game Nerd - Episode 107 - Cinemassacre.com - YouTube

Star Wars
Star Wars Games - Angry Video Game Nerd - Cinemassacre.com - YouTube

You can find the rest here.
AVGN Episodes - YouTube