PC games you are looking forward to (4th quarter 2010 edition)

[Burnnitdown]

If you mean 4th quarter exclusively, then most likely..nothing.

Guild Wars 2 is the game I'm really waiting for, Starcraft 2 will be here to hold me over. The original Guild Wars I've played for five years for about four and a half thousand hours, most of it spent in PvP, the PvE was somewhat lacking. This is a game that still has a massive competitive community, and is still being balanced to keep up with new trends. It really set the bar for team-based PvP, and I can't wait to see what happens with it in Guild Wars 2.

GW2 has been in development for almost four years I think, and it looks like PvE is getting a lot of time spent on it, something that never happened in the original. If you're wondering about visuals, guildwars2.com has videos of gameplay, animations, and the world itself up already. It looks stunning.

Two things almost every big MMORPG to date (excluding Guild Wars) has done are charge monthly, and focus your time on grinding. Guild Wars 2 has already been confirmed to be free to play (after you buy the game itself), and it has never offered any exclusive benefits to those who pay more. In previous games, the PvE has been story-driven, and you hit max level about halfway through if you bother with a few side quests. Not sure on this game, they may take more of a typical MMO stance on max level being high, with the twist being that leveling is easy, and linear.

Again, guildwars2.com will have all the available info, excluding the release date which looks to be q1 or 2 of next year...these rumors are always around though...ask a Guild Wars fanatic like myself and they will always give you an optimistic response. But watching the gameplay has really set me to hoping it's soon, so I can fall behind on everything else I have to do.

New Vegas also looks interesting, but I doubt it will break the mold, and modded Fallout 3 will still compete with it until their incredible modding community makes the switch and is given some time.

Oh, and maybe the new Borderlands expansion, that game has been consistently entertaining with a group of friends.

 

[AsRock]

F.E.A.R 2had graphical upgrades in other areas though, I liked the graphics, didn't notice the lighting was different first play through TBH anyway, was to engrossed in the situation XD

Nothing I'm looking forward to, no idea when things come out!

Using this thread to decide for me

FEAR 2 had playability downgrades Fear 1 pawed FEAR 2.

 

[BondExtreme]

FEAR 1 had a full time dynamic lighting.. where FEAR 2 only has it from specific (*few) light sources.

Also FEAR 1 had a massive online following with a community of devoted fans.

That's just one area of the engine though. I myself though am not going to really discuss the graphics of the F.E.A.R. games though since they are already awesome looking.

I can definitely see where you're coming from on the original F.E.A.R. being the best including the expansions. I myself was dissapointed with the F.E.A.R. 2 as it was very short and it had no expansions.

Still, I have a heart for the series and will definitely try out their games. The third installment though has an interesting turn in the series.

 

[ShiBDiB]

Im hoping guild wars 2 is good. I really dont wanna get sucked back into the time sink that is WoW. But I jus enjoy MMO's cause your constantly talking to people.

 

[assaulter_99]

Its a pity i passed on the original fear, yeah at the time i had just sold my p4 and was running on a p3. Got it a couple of years later, the atmosphere was great but there's something with the engine that makes it age badly. It just keeps me from playing it with ease. Don't get me wrong, i play a lot of old games, but this one although its a gem in its kind, makes it... rather uneasy for me. Does anyone get that feeling?

 

[MatTheCat]

Its a pity i passed on the original fear, yeah at the time i had just sold my p4 and was running on a p3. Got it a couple of years later, the atmosphere was great but there's something with the engine that makes it age badly. It just keeps me from playing it with ease. Don't get me wrong, i play a lot of old games, but this one although its a gem in its kind, makes it... rather uneasy for me. Does anyone get that feeling?

I strongly disagree.

FEAR is one of the few games I have played through a good few times. In comparison to more modern shooters (including FEAR2), I feel the game engine offers very crisp and smooth gameplay. This is probably because it was built from the ground up as a PC game, not as a console shooter. These days of course things are the other way around.

Aside from that I cant think of any other title that has offered better CPU AI gun battles than FEAR, ever.

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

GuildWars 2.

Free, play anytime, your not obliged to grind, and your not obliged to play.. well because its free.

 

[assaulter_99]

I strongly disagree.

FEAR is one of the few games I have played through a good few times. In comparison to more modern shooters (including FEAR2), I feel the game engine offers very crisp and smooth gameplay. This is probably because it was built from the ground up as a PC game, not as a console shooter. These days of course things are the other way around.

Aside from that I cant think of any other title that has offered better CPU AI gun battles than FEAR, ever.

I think you got me wrong there, I was talking about graphics, maybe I should have specified it. Gameplay-wise, I don't have anything against the game, like I stated

 

[RoutedScripter]

duke nukem forever
crysis 2
rage

rage has a september 2011 release afaik

 

[FordGT90Concept]

That's likely to be pushed back into 2012.

 

[RejZoR]

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 3
This is really what i'm anticipating the most. Everything else is really not important. Maybe some stuff next year...

 

[wahdangun]

That's likely to be pushed back into 2012.

i hope we won't get doomed by the time the gemes get released

btw, i miss 2009 so much, its was the golden age of PC games,

its doesn't only have plenty of new and creative but the graphic was stunning, even by today standard ( SupCom, crysis, COD4, bioshock, AC etc) but now every games must be thumbed down to meet cosolities standard, its so sad , its even downgrade some of the games and destroy the franchise (ex: SupCom, FEAR2, AC2).

i hope 2011 we will see the rise of PC games,

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

well if shogun 2 is any indication ill be a happy camper in 2011 empire visuals with 56000 soldiers on screen at once

 

[kid41212003]

Games that are not MMO, under 7 hours , name CODs, and FB games.

 

[Jaffakeik]

My game list for 2010 4th quarter is>>>
1)Castlevania Lord of Shadows(ps3)
2)Medal Of Honor Limited Edition(pc)
3)Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 2(ps3)
4)FALLOUT NEW VEGAS(pc)
5)The Fight - Move(ps3)
6)Assassins Creed Brotherhood With BETA Access(ps3)
7)Gothic 4 Arcania(PC)
8)and maybe something else if theres anything

 

[erixx]

i am a tactical player and i am not looking forward to anything
Enjoying Arma2 Arrowhead - British Armed Forces...

 

[Black Panther]

Fallout New Vegas - preordered

 

[Zen_]

Guild Wars 2 is the game I'm really waiting for, Starcraft 2 will be here to hold me over. The original Guild Wars I've played for five years for about four and a half thousand hours, most of it spent in PvP, the PvE was somewhat lacking. This is a game that still has a massive competitive community, and is still being balanced to keep up with new trends. It really set the bar for team-based PvP, and I can't wait to see what happens with it in Guild Wars 2.

I have an embarrassing amount of time sunk into GW as well (R10 / G5), but from a PvP player perspective I'm not looking forward to GW2 at all. They never got skill balancing right with GW and in many ways made the game worse over the years. GW2 is going to be more PvE oriented with PvP being like a giant random arena noob festival with GvG as an afterthought. So if you like PvE GW2 will probably be awesome but for the tiny number of players who played PvP primarily it's going to be a huge let down.

 

[MatTheCat]

i hope we won't get doomed by the time the gemes get released

btw, i miss 2009 so much, its was the golden age of PC games,

I miss 1992, it was the Golden Age of video games, Sensible Soccer, Pang, Mariokart SNES, etc etc.

 

[wahdangun]

I miss 1992, it was the Golden Age of video games, Sensible Soccer, Pang, Mariokart SNES, etc etc.

yeah i think that was the golden age for console games. i'm still remember playing golden axe with my friend, and how stunning was the graphic,i really miss sega.