Games to look forward to: 2012

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2011 22:07

Personally, I'm frothing at the spluff over Mass Effect 3. Loved the second one with a mad passion.

Also really looking forward to Fez and Retro City Rampage on the XBLAH. Hopefully Capsized will get released on there at some point too.

Anyone else?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2011 22:11

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14416

The Last Guardian. Oh, this isn't the Games to look forward to in 2013 thread? That Retro City game then.

TheVision · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2011 22:48

I'm looking forward to Kid Icarus on the 3DS.. Apart from that, I haven't read much into what's coming out so I'm looking for pleasant surprises.

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

Dimvinterblot wrote:

Personally, I'm frothing at the spluff over Mass Effect 3.

I want Mass Effect 3 more than I want resolution to all my other extraneous shite right now.

sdg · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2011 23:14

Mass Effect 3, without a doubt. Can't wait for it, I expect great things.

TheVision · **Posted:** Sun Jan 01, 2012 0:46

Oh.. Just read about Epic Mickey 2. I'll add that to my list. I really enjoyed the first one.

myp · **Posted:** Sun Jan 01, 2012 0:53

GTA V. That is all.

metalangel · **Posted:** Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:21

GTA V, ArmA3, Planetside 2.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Borderlands 2 for me. Hoping for a L4D3, too.

Alberto · **Joined:** 28th Jan, 2011 **Posts:** 1198

I don't cocking know do I? Someone tell me. Probably Max Payne if it happens next (this!) year, there, happy now?

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16633

I'm looking forward to Mass Effect 3 too, although I hope they've managed to make the resource gathering something other than almost game-breakingly tedious.

Runcle · **Posted:** Sun Jan 01, 2012 13:47

My Top 10 looky forward to:

Asura's Wrath
SSX
Fifa Street
Quantum Conundrum
South Park: The Game
Bioshock Infinite
Borderlands 2
GTA V
Fez
Tomb Raider

I'm betting half of them will turn out shit.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Am I the only person who thought Mass Effect 1 & 2 were dogshit? Couldn't get into them at all. The whole universe is sterile and leaves me cold. Boring.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Sun Jan 01, 2012 14:10

Mass Effect 3, I guess. But I honestly don't know any other games coming out this year :shrug:

Hopefully that'll mean it'll be a cheap year, but it won't.

Alberto · **Joined:** 28th Jan, 2011 **Posts:** 1198

There's nothing good coming out... time to buy a Kinect!

Malc74 · **Posted:** Sun Jan 01, 2012 16:31

I have absolutely no idea what's coming out this year, but going from what other people have said, Bioshock Infinite and Borderlands 2 have me raising a Roger Moore-esque eyebrow of vague interest.
Oh, and that new pinball thingy from Farsight, which I'm hoping will be awesome.

I still have an embarrassing stack of games to play though, not to mention about two dozen old computers/consoles in my gaming area that I haven't even connected up yet.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

WTB wrote:

Am I the only person who thought Mass Effect 1 & 2 were dogshit? Couldn't get into them at all. The whole universe is sterile and leaves me cold. Boring.

Not at all. Hi5! I don't give a toss about ME3.

Bioshock Infinite I have high hopes for. Uhh... That's all I can think of just now, but I pay very little attention to games until the month before they come out so I'm really not sure what there is to get excited about.

Malc74 · **Posted:** Sun Jan 01, 2012 17:18

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

WTB wrote:

Am I the only person who thought Mass Effect 1 & 2 were dogshit? Couldn't get into them at all. The whole universe is sterile and leaves me cold. Boring.

Not at all. Hi5! I don't give a toss about ME3.

Double Hi5! I played ME1 for a couple of hours, shrugged and never went back to it. Thoroughly underwhelming.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sun Jan 01, 2012 17:25

MW 3 DLC.

Plissken · **Posted:** Sun Jan 01, 2012 18:22

SSX for me. Adored Tricky and SSX3 so I pray EA haven't screwed it up.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

IGF nominees are out on the 10th, so be sure to look there.

myp · **Posted:** Sun Jan 01, 2012 20:34

Malc74 wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

WTB wrote:

Am I the only person who thought Mass Effect 1 & 2 were dogshit? Couldn't get into them at all. The whole universe is sterile and leaves me cold. Boring.

Not at all. Hi5! I don't give a toss about ME3.

Double Hi5! I played ME1 for a couple of hours, shrugged and never went back to it. Thoroughly underwhelming.

Same here, although my achievement OCD means I need to go back and deghost it at some point.

YOG · **Posted:** Sun Jan 01, 2012 21:10

Akai Katana Shin :kiss:

sdg · **Posted:** Sun Jan 01, 2012 21:54

Plissken wrote:

SSX for me. Adored Tricky and SSX3 so I pray EA haven't screwed it up.

Ooh! This too!

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

SSX hit its high point with Tricky, every game since has been not as good as the last.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

Plissken wrote:

SSX for me. Adored Tricky and SSX3 so I pray EA haven't screwed it up.

I'm sure it will be more of the same, but you won't be able to play it online, as linking your account to EA will most likely get it hacked

I have no idea what games are coming out this year. The only games I can see myself playing for the next few months are WoW and BF3 to be honest...

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Jan 02, 2012 0:52

I hope SSX is like Tricky and not some Kinect centric pile of shit.

I'll play the next Mass Effect game as I really enjoyed the first two.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

I'm looking forward to:

Finishing the NG+ of Dark Souls I immediately started upon finishing NG.
Playing Zelda SS
Playing Skyrim
Playing Demon's Souls

Which are not new games, but then they've only just come out and should last me to summer at least.

For new games? No idea...

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jan 02, 2012 2:34

L4D3 for me.

shoesonwrong · **Posted:** Mon Jan 02, 2012 7:40

1) Borderlands 2

2) Bioshock Infinite, though I am growing increasingly anxious that it's just vaporware. I'm excited about it. The game, not the being punk'd by Ken Levine part.

3) Gotham City Impostors looks like it might be fun! I mean, roller skates + rocket launchers?

romanista · **Posted:** Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:11

mmm. not really on of those mentioned..ssx maybe, but looking forward mostly to be surprised by new stuff on iOS..

wand will be playing my icade for the next week or so..

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14416

We've got the Devil May Cry reboot and Ninja Gaiden 3 to look forward to too.

Street Fight v. Tekken and maybe Tekken Tag Tournament 2 for the fighters.

Syndicate will be out to ruin our adolescent memories with Aliens: Colonial Marines following to do exactly the same.

And even Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City and new Tomb Raider to ruin our recent memories. Max Payne 3 might do the same.

I'm quite looking forward to Capcoms Dragons Dogma though to satisfy the hole that Dark Souls has left me with. It's shaping up quite nicely by the looks of things.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

Ian Aris wrote:

Street Fight v. Tekken and maybe Tekken Tag Tournament 2 for the fighters.

Yeah, this, even if I didn't know about TTT2 til now.

I'm mainly going to be catching up on games from 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007 that I've not played yet. And probably 2006. I'm not one for recency.

gospvg · **Joined:** 7th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 2306

Borderlands 2 that is all I want

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:08

Ian Fairies wrote:

I'm quite looking forward to Capcoms Dragons Dogma though to satisfy the hole that Dark Souls has left me with. It's shaping up quite nicely by the looks of things.

Now I've just seen it.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Big list from RPS:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/01 ... -for-2012/

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

Max Payne 3 now up for pre-purchase on Steam.

£29.99, gets you the game, some DLC, and full versions of Max Payne 1 and Max Payne 2, (guaranteed to work on fancy new PCs).

Scheduled for release on 1st June.

I'm so there.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Or £21.38 for just Max Payne 3 here.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

LewieP wrote:

Or £21.38 for just Max Payne 3 here.

Box and a disc? No thanks!

(Not knocking the offer in itself, it's a good price, but I just don't do discs and boxes any more.)

I note that the 360 and PS3 versions come in at £34......

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16633

Yeah, but you can sell those when you've played it.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

markg wrote:

Yeah, but you can sell those when you've played it.

I suppose, but I never do that anyway so it's a moot point for me

Besides which, digital distribution is so mega-convenient I can't imagine ever buying a boxed game again, it seems positively archaic TBH.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:53

Much rather have a physical product that retains resale value myself. Especially when paying over £20 for something, seems daft to loose cash for convenience. Apart from the quicker delivery, there's nothing more convenient anyway really.

devilman · **Posted:** Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:03

Zardoz wrote:

Much rather have a physical product that retains resale value myself. Especially when paying over £20 for something, seems daft to loose cash for convenience. Apart from the quicker delivery, there's nothing more convenient anyway really.

Storage is a consideration too. According to my Steam library, I've got 178 items. I'd hate to have that many boxed PC games.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16633

Not an issue for me since I've absolutely no interest in amassing a collection of old games that I'll probably never play again.

Grim... · **Posted:** Sat Apr 14, 2012 12:22

markg wrote:

Yeah, but you can sell those when you've played it.

Can you sell PC games?

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

Grim... wrote:

markg wrote:

Yeah, but you can sell those when you've played it.

Can you sell PC games?

I think all boxed PC games these days come with a one-time activation code, and although it's years since I've bought a boxed PC game, the practice was almost universal even back then.

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