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[Cayal]

PS3 games to look for in 2008 - PS3 Fanboy

360 will enjoy the bottom.

[Lenny]

Ooooooh. The second quarter is going to be expensive!! But LBP and MGS4 will be Q3... well, LBP is definitely September/October, and 'm pretty sure MGS is sometime during the back-end of the Summer.

FFXIII has been moved to 2009 now, rather than Q4.

I have to say, it's a very good list. This year is definitely one in which I'll have to get a weekend job and a lot of free time.

[McMurphy]

The list of Xbox360 titles schedule for 2008:

Originally Posted by ConsoleMonster.com

February
NFL Tour (1st)
Devil May Cry 4 (8th)
Turok (8th)
Frontlines: Fuel Of War (15th)
Lost Planet Colonies (22nd)
A-Train HX (22nd)
Army of Two (29th)
Bully: Scholarship Edition (29th)
Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway (TBC)
Lost Odyssey (TBC)
Battlefield: Bad Company (TBC)
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (TBC)
Hei$t (TBC)
Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom (TBC)
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty (TBC)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (TBC)

March
Dynasty Warriors 6 (7th)
Alan Wake (21st)
FIFA Street 3 (28th)
Midnight Club: Los Angeles (28th)
Viking: Battle for Asgard (28th)
Race Driver One (28th)
Conflict: Denied Ops (TBC)
Universe at War: Earth Assault (TBC)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (TBC)
Unreal Tournament 3 (TBC)
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (TBC)
The Club (TBC)
Alone in the Dark 5 (TBC)
World In Conflict (TBC)
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (TBC)
Mirror's Edge (TBC)
Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends (TBC)
Warhammer: Battle March (TBC)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (TBC)

Q1 2008 (Jan, Feb, Mar)
The Siege of Khe Sanh (TBC)
Lost: The Video Game (TBC)
Rock Band (TBC)
Too Human (TBC)
Dark Sector (TBC)
Left 4 Dead (TBC)
Hellboy: The Science of Evil (TBC)
Condemned 2: Bloodshot (TBC)
Tom Clancy's EndWar (TBC)
SEGA Superstar Tennis (TBC)
Q2 2008 (Apr, May, Jun)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (TBC)
Grand Theft Auto IV (TBC)
Huxley (TBC)
Fable 2 (TBC)
Destroy All Humans: Path Of The Furon (TBC)

2008
Mobile Ops: The One Year War (TBC)
Mafia II (TBC)
Cipher Complex (TBC)
Indiana Jones (TBC)
Theseis (TBC)
Elveon (TBC)
The Lord Of The Rings: The White Council (TBC)
Just Cause 2 (TBC)
Fracture (TBC)
Saints Row 2 (TBC)
Warhound (TBC)
Resident Evil 5 (TBC)
Shootout: Normandy (TBC)
Sacred 2 Fallen Angel (TBC)
Halo Wars (TBC)
Ghostbusters (TBC)
MX vs ATV: Untamed (TBC)
Prototype (TBC)
The Wheelman (TBC)
WET (TBC)
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy (TBC)
Dead Space (TBC)

Below is a link to the release schedule for the Xbox360 this year.

Xbox360 Releases in 2008

You should note by comparisons of the lists that many of the big title releases, such as Turok, Devil May Cry, and Grand Theft Auto, for the PS3 are not exclusive to the system.

[Commonmind]

If I remember correctly Army of Two has been canceled.

[Lenny]

Cancelled outright, rather than just delayed?

Well I'll be. I quite liked the look of it... well, the trailers at least. The actual game wasn't that good, according to journalists. You'd have thunk that after spending that much time on it they'd keep going with it and iron all the problems out.

[Overread]

totally unrelaited to the list -but have any of the ps3 players tried out that new dragon flying game?
it got slated in the reviews for being tricky to control and tough to play (Irony, they will compain like there is no tomorrow if they cannot finish a game for a review, but keep asking for harder, more challenging games)

[Lenny]

Lair?

I'd have loved to try a demo, but one was never released. I doubt I'll ever play it, to be honest. Whilst the concept is good, and the game itself looked quite good, it's not up my street.

According to many reviewers, Sixaxis controls are no good for flying dragons... whereas if they're used to fly planes in Warhawk, they're brilliant. There were other flaws too (lock-on system, the slating of which sounded fair, and the fact that the dragon made wide, sweeping turns... what do you expect? It's the size of a lorry!), which could have at least merited a patch, but nothing came.

Hopefully with later released, Factor 5 will address them.

[Cayal]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

The list of Xbox360 titles schedule for 2008:



Below is a link to the release schedule for the Xbox360 this year.

Xbox360 Releases in 2008

You should note by comparisons of the lists that many of the big title releases, such as Turok, Devil May Cry, and Grand Theft Auto, for the PS3 are not exclusive to the system.

Why are some bold?

Which of those are exclusive? 360 doesn't seem to have a big list (at least announced) in the coming year.

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by Jaire

Why are some bold?

Which of those are exclusive? 360 doesn't seem to have a big list (at least announced) in the coming year.

The bold are the original poster's doing, sorry. They signify high profile releases. By "exclusive," I was referring to PS3 only releases. Being that some of the more noteworthy games are being released on both the Playstation and the Xbox, it is hard to view them as marks against the 360.

I hope Sony makes a comeback this year---I adored my PS2.

Sidenote: how is the Wii's release schedule for 2008 looking? I am aware of the soon Dragon Quest Swords release and the eventual appearance of Mario Kart Wii, but that is about it off the top of my head.

[Lenny]

Hard to view them as marks to the 360? !

Killzone 2
LittleBigPlanet
Metal Gear Solid 4
Final Fantasy XIII (and Versus XIII for that matter)

And those are only the exclusives I care about.

The Getaway, Tekken 6, fl0wer, Heavy Rain, GT5 and GT5: Prologue, Singstar, and MLB Live '08 are all going to be major games

The only things I can see on the 360 list which are sure to be big are Halo Wars, Fable 2, and possibly Saints Row 2.

I admit, I am somewhat biased to the PS3, but I can see it doing better than the 360 this year, maybe even taking the lead in the 'Console Wars' by the end of the year, and the start of the next.

Of course, I'm open to criticism from 360 owners about my thoughts on 360 big hitters for 2008.

[Commonmind]

Sony is going to have a lot of ground to cover to take the lead. Each one of these high profile titles would have to move millions of systems in order to make a huge impact; GT5 and Final Fantasy XIII's release dates are still unconfirmed and I'd be willing to bet we won't see both titles until '09, meaning two of the largest system-selling games won't be affecting sales much this year. Killzone 2, while looking quite impressive, still doesn't have enough clout, compared to other franchises with anticipated sequels. And while there is a lot of buzz building around the game, I think there will be a lot of confused consumers who remember the flop that was the first Killzone and might be unwilling to give the second title the chance it will likely deserve.

I'm a huge Sony fan, and I definitely want to see them do well; but I've also become a Sony skeptic and I can't deny that they've made some mistakes thus far that may hurt them this hardware generation. What I'm hoping is that by next year they'll be in a better position than they are now - I could care less about market leadership, I just want to make sure they're in a better spot so their first party titles don't start to suffer from reduced development budgets (God of War III anyone?).

[Durandal]

A couple things coming for the 360 that I'm really looking forward to which haven't been mentioned here yet:

Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway -- I'm mostly sick of WWII games, but this series is just so well executed I'm willing to go back to those battles one more time.

Mercenaries 2 -- Just adored the first one; can't wait for more.

Alan Wake -- This thing grabbed my interest from the first teaser trailer, and it's from the developers of Max Payne. Sold.

Splinter Cell: Conviction -- I generally don't like stealth games, but I tolerate the "big three" for one reason or another -- the Thief series for its incredible medieval/steampunk setting; MGS for Kojima's wonderfully silly stories; and Splinter Cell for the best, most polished gameplay in the genre.

Unreal Tournament 3 / Enemy Territory: Quake Wars -- Already out for some folks of course, but for those of us who haven't bought a PS3 and who have weak little computers that won't run it, these releases are very, very much anticipated.

The Club -- Can't wait to see what happens when my favorite racing game developer turns out a shooter.

Too Human -- Yeah, I know. I still can't wait.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed -- Oh god yes.

And of course, things other folks have mentioned here, like Halo Wars and Fable 2. Oh, and the next Indiana Jones games looks really nice as well.

And yes, quite a few of these are multiplatform, but I think of them in terms of the 360, as that's what I have. The more multiplatform games the better, I say.

[Cayal]

Originally Posted by Lenny

Saints Row 2.

Not exclusive.

Sony is going to have a lot of ground to cover to take the lead.

They are outselling the 360 on a weekly basis all over the world, except NA, and are over taking them on comparable sales. (ie. when the 360 was out at this certain time, the PS3 sold more).

North America is the 360s final hold.

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by Jaire

Not exclusive.



They are outselling the 360 on a weekly basis all over the world, except NA, and are over taking them on comparable sales. (ie. when the 360 was out at this certain time, the PS3 sold more).

North America is the 360s final hold.

I got to say that I need some citation to that claim because, from what I have heard, the PS3 has faired even worse weather on the European front due to all forms of the system not backwards compatible.

[Lucien21]

It will have to have a blinding year to catch up with the 360.

I fully expect that before the year is out the 360 will have another update and come packaged with either a blu-ray or HD_Dvd drive.

It comes down to games and 99% of the games people want are coming on both systems and with the PS3 yet to prove that it do games better than the 360 (The PS3 ports all suffer from lower framerates atm) people will buy the cheaper one.

Both systems have their faults (I own both), but the PS3 has yet to touch games like Mass Effect, Bioshock etc for quality.

Metal Gear looks great, Little Big Planet doesn't do it for me, FF will not be released until Spring 2009, Killzone 2 is an unknown factor (Killzone 1 had similar hype and it was sh*t)

Had GTA been an exclusive I would say that the PS3 would win in 2008, but at the moment it could go either way.