I mean, just look at Sim City, Far Cry 3, Dead Space 3, Crysis 3, Planetside 2 etc. I feel it was too much hype around it compared to how it actually is. I'm not saying "don't get your hopes up" but when you see all those in game trailers and how it's looking awesomely and everything, I've burned myself so many times on it.
Do we often sit down and just think about game mechanics, balance and overall playability and maybe the replayability as well? Sure, we all got our own taste in genres and how it's done but to see how for an example Diablo III, how the sequel differs from the previous ones so big it's barely recognizable as a world of demon hunters if you might. All I see in Diablo III is auction house and a short story, with too much replaying the same levels over and over again to hope you get some loot you can sell --not for your own character, but for gold-- Which makes it more or less a trading game in my eyes.
Look at Dead Space 3, (To be honest, I haven't finished off the 2 first either, but I've pretty much catched up on the story, thanks youtube!) It's plain shooter, a huge difference from the other 2, where there is a lot of scary shit going on and a lot of "jump scares" during you play. The DLC's are a story for themselves, yes I'm talking about the weapons and extra scavenging bot and make him talk DLC's. Utter useless if you ask me, I pre-ordered the game and got 2 weapons which is ridiculously overpowered at the start, it's like i just want to make a poor gun for the challenge!
(Before I continue I wish to make it clear I'm not saying the games are bad or they "suck so bad i can't even play it" but rather I believe most of us think: "omg omg omg omg a new game, must bloody buy it and play the hell out of it.")
Battlefield 4
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| Source: http://www.gamesradar.com/6-reasons-battlefield-4s-single-player-should-be-awesome/ |
oh wait... just don't let it be alot of cutscenes and "PRESS THIS BUTTON ,QUICKLY!". That really killed my enjoyment. The Co-op was enjoyable but mere 6 missions are just...too few to get all the weapons, it felt too much of a "grind" (doing the missions over and over and...over again). This is an FPS game, not an MMO. And try to add at least 4 people in co-op, so you could play as a squad.
Apparently the Singleplayer will be somewhat better, thanks to Lars Gustavsson. He's been at DICE since the beginning and has worked on almost every battlefield game, so he knows his stuff. FYI: Lars was multiplayer lead on Battlefield 3, and if there is something the game does better than every shooter of this generation, it's online multiplayer. To be honest, the battlelog is one of the best systems I've seen for a multiplayer game. You have Stats, assignments, weapons, Vehicles, Awards Dogtags, loadouts, unlocks and Game activity, while you're looking at those, you can even look after a server to join.
It's lovely how it has turned out, but it is a shame it's on origin and EA is under control.
I've had alot of problems thanks to Origin and the famous "Something went wrong" (...no shit)
Let me just make a small list over the "anticipated games so far this year" or... something.
Anticipated games this year:
Star Citizen - Have you ever wished that you could play an MMO where you can be walking in an actual Spaceship/carrier and just get in your fighter and Defend your friend/guild/clan/community's Ship? well this game sounds really promising and so far so good. The Kickstarted hoped for "mere" $500,000, but got $2,134,374 instead. And thanks to the loyal fans and founders, They want it to make it the best for you, yes YOU!
Thanks to Arma II, DayZ was born.
DayZ Standalone - It had to happen, the guy who made DayZ mod for Arma II finally got his own crew and funds to make a game he wanted for so long, everyone loves it and so should you! it's a great game to play with friends and to find out who is your true friend... and foe.
The Elder Scrolls Online - From the early 90's game Arena to Skyrim, We've followed the story in the fantasy world Tamriel. Home of the Altmer, Argonian, bosmer, Breton, Dunmer, Imperial, Khajiit, Nords, Orsimer and Redguards, There is so much lore here I can't make it short, oh wait... Dragons! wizards! evil stuff, Political war, WAR! there we go.
Grand Theft Auto V - The graphics are impressive, let's hope the story sticks with it as well, what I fear it's going to be the classical "get to the top from the bottom".
I've played all the games though, and had a fun ride with it, until Saints Row 2 and 3 came out, after that I've just skipped GTA and kept my fingers on Saints Row.
Saints Row 4 - All i could find about the Saints Row 4 is this teaser they put up in March, quick fact, they planned a DLC for SR3 but scrapped it and now is making SR4, now you have superpowers and aliens attack! can it be more humoursly fucked up?
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist - Sam Fisher is the leader of the newly formed Fourth Echelon unit: a clandestine unit that answers to solely to the president of the United States. Sam and his team must hunt down these terrorists by any means necessary, and stop the Blacklist countdown before it reaches zero. (yes, i just copy pasted, not really intersting me this much)
Neverwinter - From the creators of RaiderZ, Torchlight, Torchlight 2, Star Trek Online and other "below the radar" games, they are making Neverwinter. Not Neverwinter nights, but it's in the "Forgotten realms" world, if you pay attention from now on, maybe you can join the open beta for it.
The list could go on and on though, but these are the ones I've managed to put up here are the ones me and some friends are looking for.
Now that would be the Sunday Dinner from my end! and let's hope you all don't get too excited on games that might just be "normal". Hell I could be wrong and they all could Suck so horribly you want a refund.
Keep on playing!
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