New Games on the Horizon (the video game thread)

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

Great post man, i agree with a lot of your points. My 3 favorite video game franchises of all time are Silent Hill, Resident Evil, and Metal Gear Solid. I look at all of their offerings with Rose colored glasses, unfortunatley.

I did not enjoy RE5 as I hoped i would, but in time learned to like it. I loved the "lost in nightmares" DLC that was actually scary and payed awesome homage to Resident Evil 1.

Silent Hill has not made a good game IMO since Silent Hill 3. Metal Gear Solid thankfully continues to be awesome.

Dead Space is another one of my favs, not of all time yet. Dead Space one scared the ever loving s*it out of me, and Dead Space 2 was just as scary. I will be very disappointed if they dumb down the 3rd one because it's "too scary".

The survival horror genre could make big money if somebody does it right. Zombie were supposedly done to death and now with stuff like The Walking Dead, Zombies are big business again. You'd think Capcom would figure this out, so maybe RE6 might be good...I'll get it either way

Yeah, it seems like you and I were fortunate to grow up in a time where there was just the right amount of innovation and growth for the big names. Back in the last 2 generations you almost never had to worry about a big game falling on it's face. Resident Evil, MGS, Silent Hill, Final Fantasy were always guranteed hits.

And it's not even that the games are bad but rather they are painfully mediocre. I looked at the last 4 games I got on midnight releases, every single last one of them was unable to get higher then a B in my book (ME3, Dead Island, Final Fantasy XIII, Uncharted 3).

It's basically the equivalent of being a Skins fan circa 2000.

Luckily I recently got a sweet gaming rig from HP and have either been able to rediscover old console classics that I enjoyed (Dead Space 1/2, Mass Effect 2 that basically now resemble high def remakes) as well as games I never played before like Half Life and Portal.

[MTK]

Big fan of the Dead Space series. I was bummed to hear about it going more "action oriented" for DS3, but I've also read this is a little overblown and the game won't be moving away from the horror aspect. I could really care less about the co-op, or the multi-player for that matter. It's all about the single player.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Big fan of the Dead Space series. I was bummed to hear about it going more "action oriented" for DS3, but I've also read this is a little overblown and the game won't be moving away from the horror aspect. I could really care less about the co-op, or the multi-player for that matter. It's all about the single player.

I have DS on PS3 been trying to get into it. Part of the problem my PS3 is in the family room vs. my basement man cave. I don't know why but being up there I can't be focused/comfortable.

I have re-visited Zelda Twilight; great game.

[RedskinRat]

Halo 4 Launch Trailer - 'Scanned' | Watch the video - Yahoo! Games

[MTK]

Anyone playing Halo 4? How is it?

Black Ops II out today... I'm looking forward to checking it out. Hope it's better than MW3, I barely played that one.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Anyone playing Halo 4? How is it?

Black Ops II out today... I'm looking forward to checking it out. Hope it's better than MW3, I barely played that one.

You have beat me up over the years about Halo; now you are asking about it? Oh geez. =)

I have not got it yet; was wondering the same.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by mredskins

You have beat me up over the years about Halo; now you are asking about it? Oh geez. =)

I have not got it yet; was wondering the same.

Just asking how it is, not saying I want it.

[RedskinRat]

Anyone get the Skyrim add-ons? Dawnguard, Heathrfire or Dragonborn?

[mooby]

Man, I stopped playing Skyrim months ago. It's just having too many problems on my PS3. Right now I'm playing Assassins Creed 3, it's pretty good. I'm also looking forward to Hitman: Absolution coming out in a couple weeks and Far Cry 3 coming out in December.

And I also read an article (can't link to it because I'm at work) that said GTA V, which is coming out next spring, will have 3 main characters. There's a new trailer for it coming out tomorrow too.

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by mooby

Man, I stopped playing Skyrim months ago. It's just having too many problems on my PS3. Right now I'm playing Assassins Creed 3, it's pretty good. I'm also looking forward to Hitman: Absolution coming out in a couple weeks and Far Cry 3 coming out in December.

And I also read an article (can't link to it because I'm at work) that said GTA V, which is coming out next spring, will have 3 main characters. There's a new trailer for it coming out tomorrow too.

I'm playing AC3 right now as well. I was a little irritated with how long it took for the game to become open world. You're literally halfway through the story mode.

I was thinking about picking up Dishonored at some point as well, since I've heard good things about that too.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Just asking how it is, not saying I want it.

Try it. It is more challenging then a COD game; IMO.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by mredskins

Try it. It is more challenging then a COD game; IMO.

I have tried it, not my thing. But I wouldn't be against giving it another go. I'll probably wait for the price to drop on H4.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I have tried it, not my thing. But I wouldn't be against giving it another go. I'll probably wait for the price to drop on H4.

Yeah wait for the price to drop and bugs are out. I have never played the campaign just multiplayer. Just know the learning curve is steeper on Halo then COD.

Are you ready for Bioshock 2? I got it if you want it.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by mredskins

Yeah wait for the price to drop and bugs are out. I have never played the campaign just multiplayer. Just know the learning curve is steeper on Halo then COD.

Are you ready for Bioshock 2? I got it if you want it.

Think I'm just going to wait for Bioshock Infinite. Thanks though. I've been keeping busy with Madden 13 and Black Ops II will probably suck up most of my gaming time.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Think I'm just going to wait for Bioshock Infinite. Thanks though. I've been keeping busy with Madden 13 and Black Ops II will probably suck up most of my gaming time.

OK to be honest it was meh. I didn't like playing as a big daddy.