Your anticipated games in 08

[Rane Longfox]

Soul Calibur 4. Freakin' Darth Vader, man!!

[sarakoth]

My MOSTEST anticipated game is definitely StarCraft II.

Runnerups include Empire: Total War and Frontlines: Fuel of War.

[Connavar]

My MOST anticipated game is really RE5 even if MGS is my alltime favorit.


Resident Evil 4 was soo good that i wish i could time travel to 2009

[Ice fyre]

I am loooking forward to the new Dawn Of War add on or game or whatever it is. I did see an article for it but at 6quid for the mag which was rather thin I thought I would see if anyone else has seen anything about it.

Anyone?

[Overread]

I gave up with the mags ages and ages ago (I only get the odd one because downloading 2GB demos is not possible!)

here try these sites out:
GameSpot:Video Games PC PlayStation 2 Xbox 360 Wii PS3 GameCube PSP DS GBA PS2 PlayStation 3 == reviews just like hte mags, but with videos as well -- downloads require registering though

GamersHell.com - gh3d.com:. PC, PS2, PS3, XBox, XBox 360, Gamecube, Wii / Revolution, PSP, NDS. News, Reviews, Cheats and FREE game Downloads. - GamersHell.com -- gets info on smaller game producers - and also has free downloads of patchs and all the rest

and SoulStorm (or the next Dawn of War stand alone expansion) Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm for PC - Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm PC Game - Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm Computer Game

[MontyCircus]

My one and only anticipated game is the same as last year's: Spore.

[Overread]

spore is certainly a very interesting title - if it can live up to its claims. I am prepared to wait for it to come out if that means I am getting what I am promised; but as of late I am becomming more and more dispointed by games - they are focusing too much on the image and not on the game play; balancing of gameplay and of the story within the game (for RPG type games). This is something that EA are well known for - I remember the hype surrounding the battle for middle earth games; we were hinted and guied to believe that we were getting Rome Total War type sized armies - those seen in the film - what we got was 3 groups of archers and 2 footsoldier and 3 catapults. It was a contrived lie - and the multiplayer was horrid - unit caps in larger numbers of players were capped at very low numbers - with no option to change

[Ice fyre]

Thanks for the links Overead I will go clicking when I get home from work if the wife lets me

[MontyCircus]

Originally Posted by Overread

but as of late I am becomming more and more dispointed by games - they are focusing too much on the image and not on the game play

I've been saying the same thing for about a decade when FPS' took over completely and I dropped out of gaming. I would rather play Ms. Pac-man, or Donkey Kong or Galaga or Robotron, etc. than Halo 3 or whatever.

I don't care about framerates!!! Who cares about framerates???

[Ice fyre]

Well I do know what you mean. There are a lot of games out there that look lovley but are are far too easy or too hard. Millions are spent in development of graphics but sometimes the simple things are forgotten eg gameplay.

[ap0ckalypse]

I'm not a big MGS fan. The stories are great, but I like to play my games. DMC4 would have been on my list, but I'm playing it now so I can't quite call it "anticipated" anymore.

I'm gonna go with:

1. Starcraft II
2. Fallout 3
3. Tom Clancy's Endwar
4. Condemned 2: Bloodshot (The first one was very sorely underrated)
5. Fable 2
3.

[Connavar]

Yeah MSG is famous for the story,videos only..... Not for making the stealth genre what it is gameplay wise

[Overread]

Sins of a Solar Empire

its still anticipated (for those in the UK )
from what I have read not only do the reviewers like this game, but the players do as well. Its only current snag is that it ships without a campain mode - but from what I have read this is no bad thing as the rest of the game, blancing, control, skirmish, multiplayer - are all thier including a multiplayer save game feature - and this is a several hour long game per map!

[sarakoth]

Originally Posted by Overread

Sins of a Solar Empire

its still anticipated (for those in the UK )
from what I have read not only do the reviewers like this game, but the players do as well. Its only current snag is that it ships without a campain mode - but from what I have read this is no bad thing as the rest of the game, blancing, control, skirmish, multiplayer - are all thier including a multiplayer save game feature - and this is a several hour long game per map!

How many gameplay hours are there excluding multiplayer? If it's more than thirty, then it'd be a good value. Unless a game possesses extensive multiplayer (ie Unreal Tounament, Counterstrike), I don't think it's worth it to be under thirty hours of gameplay.

[Overread]

Excluding multiplayer there is (currently) only skirmish mode - however, depending on map size - these go for several hours each - with three races I would guess that there is at least 30 hours + worth of gaming for single player alone. Its a game which if you like empire building and ruling the universe (whilst possibly mumbling out orders to your computer) is going to engage you.
They are also working on a demo now that they have made thier first patch = so we get to try out the game