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Ten Most Anticipated Games of 2005
Gamemethod writes "We've highlighted ten of our most anticipated games for 2005 spanning each major platform from PlayStation 2 to Nintendo DS to PC. While our feature by no means intends to be comprehensive or to denote that we're not looking forward to other games, these ten titles stand out as the most impressive of what 2005 has to offer. There are exclusive galleries of Gran Turismo 4 and Call of Cthulu: Dark Corners of the Earth as well as a lengthy developer interview with the Call of Cthulu producer."
No wait, isn't this just an ad for video games? And maybe I'm just jaded, but they don't make any of them sound compelling at all. Meh.
No Duke Nukem Forever? I am just dying to play it on the Phantom Console.
How ya like dat?
Well, I hoped someone stroked out writing Cthulu, and meant to say Duty. Alas, it's just a Resident Evil clone. Still... "Call of Duty : Dark Corners of the Earth" - wonder where that would take place?
2000. Or maybe 1999. I can't remember that well. Anyway, it's finally starting to come together and look like a game. I just hope they get round to releasing it this year.
"Disappointment arrived when the first The Legend of Zelda game to hit the GameCube came steeped in cel-shading;" It was disappointing when GameGossip decided to phrase a sentence in such as a way that it made it sound like their opinion was everyone's opinion. Other than that, it's an all right article. Pretty obvious choices for the most part, though.
"When the atomic bomb goes off there's devastation...but when the atomic bong goes off there's celebraaaaation!"
Erm..
The new Zelda game was released on January 18th?
If that's the case, then I'm guessing it was the Japanese release..
Anyone got a date for the Euro and US releases?
Yea, I remember seeing stuff on Cthulu in a GameDevMag back in..what...'98? Is this Cthulu game a sequal or something?
A new Zelda game is coming out for GC. But that's bad because it's bad when Nintendo uses their franchise characters. Oooo Gran Turismo 4!!
"Derp de derp."
Facing competition from a host of other role-playing game, our list of anticipated game wouldn't be complete without naming Final Fantasy XII...
...as the most promising of them all.
Agreed...
Urg. No. No more Final Fantasy. Square fooled me with IX, that was supposed to "return to the roots" but just sucked. (It's hard to explain, other than "lackluster plot and annoying gameplay.") Square tricked me with Final Fantasy X, offering a new gameplay style that wound up being yet another power-gamer uber-level fest system with an extremely linear and boring story.
And then Square raped the franchise with Final Farming XI, a game so plagued with flaws and outright boredom that I vowed never to buy another Final Fantasy game ever again. They finished off that convinction to never buy another Square product with Final Fantasy X-2, The Search for More Money and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicals, The Quest for More Gameboy Advance Sales.
Final Fantasy XII is supposed to be "like Final Fantasy XI." If that's true, then NO. I am NEVER going to buy another game from Square EVER AGAIN regardless of content. Final Fantasy XI is without a doubt the WORST online game I've ever played. Combined with server issues to put World of Warcraft to shame (remember the time the servers were inaccessible for OVER A WEEK?) and a gameplay system that rewarded powergamers above all else (hey, why would someone want to only level up one class? Let's force 'em to level up two!), the game was a total stinker.
Ultimately, I'm not looking forward to Final Fantasy anything any more. Square's fooled me enough in the past, I won't be tricked by Final Fantasy XII, We Won't Try Something New.
... is Metal Gear Acid, I've got the Japanese version on import and the story is just very weird and because it's a card game it gets very tedious. Why do I need to use cards to move across an empty room after killing all the enemies?
Because that's what's really going to be the big news for this year.
Wait for E3.
Jon Acheson
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Actually, I prefer the title, "The Legend of Zelda: Thunder Before Lightning"
:) And yes, this is pretty much the only game I'm eagerly anticipating this year. I'm sure I'll buy many others as well, but they will be diversions until the main event arrives.
Doesn't sound that bad, eh? And it doesn't look that bad, either, a few moments later. (Oh, I'm so clever.)
Now THAT is for the people who saw the E32K4 trailer.
"Halo 2: The rest of the friggin game"
Seriously, what kinda ending is it to stop in what seems, as far as the story is concerned, to be the MIDDLE! AARRRGHHH! Anyone else dissapointed in the story? The multiplayer is a blast, as expected.
Loved the previous 2 iterations, and this one looks to be getting a nice new engine to go along with the great gameplay.
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http://www.splintercell.com/us/splintercellchaost
Ironically, the word ironically is often used incorrectly.
Where is S.T.A.L.K.E.R.? This game allows you to explore the Chernobyl nuclear reactor area ~20 years after the blowout at the reactor. One playtester even found the office he used to work in while playing this! The animal AI decides whether to rest and hunt, and go on without you being in the area. There are over 100+ npc players for you to intereact with, form clans with, or destroy... It's going to release spring 2005. This may sound like some hyped up fanboy, but just read the about page and you'll see why one could be more excited about this than most any other game known so far slated for release this year.
...wasn't Gran Turismo 4 one of the most anticipated games of 2004?
The Zelda games that were for the Gameboy and GBA are cartoonish, and it works for those platforms. In fact, The Minish Cap, which is for the GBA and Gameboy SP, is more cartoonish than ever. I like the way it looks. Been playing it for over a week and its fun!
For N64 and Gamecube, I think the 3D realism is a little better because, generally speaking, you're playing on a bigger screen (can't speak for the NES version 'cause I never played that one). But really, it doesn't matter as long as the story and the action/adventure/puzzles are good, because you tend to not think so much about how it looks if you're engrossed in the gameplay and having fun.
Sig cancelled due to lack of interest
Gamespy has a far more comprehensive list of good games coming out this year, covering many genres and platforms and whatnot. While I don't necessarily agree with the order they put them in, my favorites all seem to be here.
http://mostwanted.gamespy.com/2005/?ui=gstop1 (Working link)
In Europe, World of Warcraft is probably the most anticipated game of 2005. They still haven't released it here. I guess you guys will soon have finished Beta testing it for us so that we can play without the server issues you're experiencing though ;)
The game didn't do well in retail sales, but it just feels like Time Splitters, and you can't beat EBGames online price of only $15 of either version. They may even still be offering free next day delivery.
It might make the wait for Time Splitters 3 go a little faster.
How was anything that I listed "internals"? A new game (not graphics) engine means that all of the cars control differently, and I'm not sure how new game modes, new cars, and new tracks are "internals".
It may be out on Xbox already, but PC users are anticipating its release next month very much.
I am sad to see City of Villains did not make the list. Given how good City of Heroes was/is, it will be interesting to see what Cryptic Studios comes up with. I cannot wait to have evil minions and a base. Plus, Dave "Zeb" Cook is the lead designer. How cool is that?
What else?
Analogies don't equal equalities, they are merely somewhat analogous.
The game I was most looking forward to was Resident Evil 4. It's incredible. It's all down hill from here. Zelda will be great, as will GTA:SA for the Xbox. But I can't imagine a better game than RE4 will come out in 2005.
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if they didn't have the most retarded aiming systems for a console FPS in the history of games, Timesplitters 2 would be one of the best console games ever. whoever though that would be a good idea to have the targeting reticle have free movement inside a specific area before starting to move the view point, when using a console controller, must have had smoked some bad granola.
... balance, 5/10 game, if you can tolerate the god awful control. and from what i hear timesplitters 3 is going to implement the same system. i had TS3 on my 'to pre order' list before i found that out.
and it makes the game useless with the mouse/keyboard adaptor as well, because they second you move the mouse, it makes a tiny movement of the reticle on the screen, but then stops, so the reticle resets itself again. so you literally cannot aim at anything at all, and it makes it useless.
game 10/10 control system 0/10
I think not. Console games are not even close to the top driving simulations on the PC like GTR, LFS and Nascar 2003 for realism.
There is a Game Cube version too. It's a fun game if a little on the short side.