Which new games will you be buying?

[Shou Miko]

I'm currently playing the new game +, or director's cut, or whatever it's called second playthrough, as I think the devs meant it to be played to get the full picture.

As for Valve games, they always ended on a cliffhanger, so what you're saying about HL: Alyx isn't new... oh wait... there's a VR-less version?

Yes, and I even linked it in my original post, it's a github project but it playable but missing a little here and there which I guess cannot be emulated like both hands sometimes.

 

[Hyderz]

I bought waaay too many AAA games last year. Hogwarts Legacy, Starfield (it came free with my GPU), Jedi: Survivor (it came free with my CPU), CP: Phantom Liberty, Robocop, Alan Wake 2... I only want W40k: Space Marine 2 when it comes out, and then I'm set for the next decade or so.

 

[INSTG8R]

Played a little Star Trucker Demo while is was available during the NEXT event(too bad I found out the day before it enced)
I mean I have a couple grand worth of Wheel/Pedals/Shifter/Seat almost ALWAYS hooked to my PC for ATS/ETS2 Motorsport etc. and having recently started messing with VR it will stay put even more.

But I played enough Star Trucker to see it has some "sim depth" as far as gameplay went(I didn't even get a chance to figure out what all the buttons and levers did)
Just seems to be something a bit different but still right in my wheel house.
I did struggle a bit with the Game Pad controls a bit...

 

[AusWolf]

To be honest, the last year when I bought so many new games was 2004, so I'm sure this won't happen again for a while now.

Yes, and I even linked it in my original post, it's a github project but it playable but missing a little here and there which I guess cannot be emulated like both hands sometimes.

Ah, I see. I just thought there was something official. Valve is losing lots of potential customers (myself included) by making it a VR-only game.

 

[Splinterdog]

I was a bit disappointed with Alan Wake 2 (First one is one of my favourite games ever btw). Remedy now see Alan and Control as a single franchise so they will keep writing cliffhangers and making the story more and more convoluted to keep selling new games. I'm absolutely not a fan of this approach and "connected universe" stuff. Control and Alan were perfectly fine separately, and they add nothing to each other besides trite and ludicrous comic book multiverse bull.

That sounds weirdly similar to the Walking Dead universe.

 

[Zach_01]

Had a few years to get new games and got a few on Steam sales 1.5months ago

FarCry6 GoYE
CP2077 UE
Hogwarts Legacy DDE
Remnant: From the Ashes (+ a couple of DLC)
The Callisto Protocol DDE
BeamNG.drive

 

[Harthad]

Bought Dead Space remake, got all hyped up, then disappointed, very predictable, repetitive, finished it bored out of my mind.
Now all I can think of is RE9

 

[Chrispy_]

I purchased my copy (smack for preordering games is due, I'll accept it) from Epic to dodge Steam Input's shenanigans completely, and also because I have Zero Dawn there, but I have a good feeling this time around. Nixxes is porting FW to PC. I'm more concerned about the longer term viability of Starfield and whether they'll be improving the game, I enjoyed it, but I can't see myself playing much further until the meat of the upcoming content comes out.

IMO don't count on anything from Bethesda or Blizzard improving. It'll be nice if either Starfield or D4 go anywhere but you are deluded if you think that's likely.

The people in charge aren't gamers, have no passion or understanding of gaming and wouldn't know what a fun game was if you handed one to them on a plate. They know how to run a business that puts out big and expensive games, but not how to identify any of the important qualities of a game.

I was a bit disappointed with Alan Wake 2 (First one is one of my favourite games ever btw). Remedy now see Alan and Control as a single franchise so they will keep writing cliffhangers and making the story more and more convoluted to keep selling new games. I'm absolutely not a fan of this approach and "connected universe" stuff. Control and Alan were perfectly fine separately, and they add nothing to each other besides trite and ludicrous comic book multiverse bull.

On a separate note, quite interested in Dragon's Dogma 2, probably that's the next game I'm gonna buy.

The Alan Wake stuff in Control's DLC was just wrong, IMO.
It didn't really add anything and didn't really fit properly. If I hadn't played AW, It probably would have made absolutely zero sense, too.

 

[mechtech]

Got
Ff4 and ff6 pixel remaster
Palworld

haven’t played anything in a month, life’s been too busy. The older I get the less interest I seem to have for gaming, but maybe it’s just not having enough time to get into it?

 

[AusWolf]

I was a bit disappointed with Alan Wake 2 (First one is one of my favourite games ever btw). Remedy now see Alan and Control as a single franchise so they will keep writing cliffhangers and making the story more and more convoluted to keep selling new games. I'm absolutely not a fan of this approach and "connected universe" stuff. Control and Alan were perfectly fine separately, and they add nothing to each other besides trite and ludicrous comic book multiverse bull.

On a separate note, quite interested in Dragon's Dogma 2, probably that's the next game I'm gonna buy.

I'm not a fan of cliffhangers, either. I'm also not a big fan of the convolution in AW2's storyline. Sometimes it feels like the devs only added stuff to fill up our gameplay hours, as a lot of the discoveries, while are interesting, don't bring the story forward. As for the multiverse part, it's subtle enough here that I don't mind. I actually quite enjoyed finding bits about the FBC in AW2. Any more mergers, and I'd probably agree.

Edit:

Spoiler: What makes AW1 better in my opinion.

The reason I totally loved AW1 is because you couldn't decide if there was really some dark stuff going on, or if it was all in Alan's mind. This ambiguity is almost completely gone from AW2, which is a shame.

The Alan Wake stuff in Control's DLC was just wrong, IMO.
It didn't really add anything and didn't really fit properly. If I hadn't played AW, It probably would have made absolutely zero sense, too.

I treated it like a separate game, or a spin-off from the story. It was fine that way.

Bought Dead Space remake, got all hyped up, then disappointed, very predictable, repetitive, finished it bored out of my mind.

I have only played the original Dead Space so far, although I've got the remake, too. While I can't say that it was bad (it wasn't), I really don't get the hype around it. It's linear, predictable, filled with fetch quests, only a few story twists at the end make it interesting. The atmosphere is alright, but it's a typical example of a game that sits on the atmosphere factor alone. In short: a fairly enjoyable, B-class game, but nothing special.

 

[Vayra86]

Just bought

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Its due for a real release next week

Looks like the Grim Dawn community is hooked on this, at the very least, so that's enough incentive for me
@Ahhzz did you have this on the radar yet?

 

[Deleted member 237813]

Dragons Dogma 2 full price. otherwise nothing. most is modern trash anyways for modern audiences that does not exist.

 

[BMfan80]

Probably Horizon Forbidden West

 

[nomdeplume]

None.

Best with all that entails.


Tomb Raider games are most of what is left on my shortlist. If the new Assassin's Creed comes out this year I'll probably get that. Forza Horizon 6(?) is another question mark.

 

[TyreseD]

Hogwarts Legacy - I hope it will be worth the money

 

[kurosagi01]

2024 list:
Already bought Persona 3 reload on PS5
Rise of the ronin maybe
Blackmyth Wukong will be getting it on day 1
Shin megami tensei V Vengeance on steam, already played the original on switch so I look forward to replaying it again with better performance and the added story expansion
Gundam breaker 4
Elden Ring shadow of erdtree DLC, may jump back in and play from scratch if I can get my family to coop from start to finish

 

[TyreseD]

Elden Ring shadow of erdtree DLC - this game is worth it no matter what

 

[Kapone33]

It would seem so many people bought Last epoch that the Game has a hard time connecting in Offline mode. Other than that, I played until 2 AM this morning.

 

[Sithaer]

It would seem so many people bought Last epoch that the Game has a hard time connecting in Offline mode. Other than that, I played until 2 AM this morning.

Luckily I'm yet to have connection related issues in the game, also playing offline.

 

[Kapone33]

Luckily I'm yet to have connection related issues in the game, also playing offline.

The latest patch solved my issue. Helldivers2 also got a patch and that works smooth as butter too. Of course I have already finished 2 more Quests. I have not even done any crafting yet.

 

[Hyderz]

Pacific Drive... Survival Horror, Post Apocalyptic with a CAR
This game strangely enticing hehe

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[Vayra86]

Luckily I'm yet to have connection related issues in the game, also playing offline.

Oh man game is good. The sheer amount of builds you can make... the skill system.. it strikes a near perfect middle ground balance between too-casual Diablo and overly complex Path of Exile, while taking the mastery system and its combinations plus the damage conversion (albeit within a class) from Grim Dawn.

Got a Bladedancer running now with Umbral Strike, it fcking rocks! The progression curve is great too, you get specialization pretty early and pacing of new stuff just seems to keep on giving. I think Ill match my 600+ hrs from Grim Dawn in this one..,

The latest patch solved my issue. Helldivers2 also got a patch and that works smooth as butter too. Of course I have already finished 2 more Quests. I have not even done any crafting yet.

You should be crafting almost the entire way through, it really speeds things up. Especially weapons / additional damage affixes. Early on they catapult you to high clear speeds.

 

[boomheadshot8]

I don't buy games so much ;
especially when a ceo of a company call a game aaaa, and justify the increase price on console
And then when the game is full of bug (multiplayer) and have many exploit get a ban 7d

So players are in fault because the dev team can't fixe exploit : good joke

Hurry up by investors to make unifinished game sold way to expensive : STOP IT

 

[InVasMani]

Mostly waiting on Risk of Rain 2 to drop another DLC expansion. It looks like it'll shape up to be pretty great building upon what already is working very well further piling upon the replayability of the game that's already very high.

 

[Sithaer]

Oh man game is good. The sheer amount of builds you can make... the skill system.. it strikes a near perfect middle ground balance between too-casual Diablo and overly complex Path of Exile, while taking the mastery system and its combinations plus the damage conversion (albeit within a class) from Grim Dawn.

Got a Bladedancer running now with Umbral Strike, it fcking rocks! The progression curve is great too, you get specialization pretty early and pacing of new stuff just seems to keep on giving. I think Ill match my 600+ hrs from Grim Dawn in this one..,


You should be crafting almost the entire way through, it really speeds things up. Especially weapons / additional damage affixes. Early on they catapult you to high clear speeds.

I've also started with a Bladedancer since I had a BladeMaster 'Pierce dmg off meta variant' in GD but I've just rerolled today to a summoner Necro cause I'm lazy and felt like playing something chiller. 'at least for the first playthrough and while learning the game's basics,etc'