(Hey, I couldn't think of a blog title!)
I was thinking earlier about how crazy 2009 is for gaming. It seems the meat of the great games, at least the ones I personally wanted, have already come out and it's only July. Then there's a good deal of them which got delayed (such as BioShock 2) or are inevitably going to be (StarCraft II).
The cool thing about this year in gaming for me though is undoubtedly the fact that every game I've purchased this year has been excellent. Here's the short list of new release games I've picked up this year so far:
Uno Rush
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned (Yes, I count it as a new game.)
Street Fighter IV
Resident Evil 5
Bionic Commando
Battlefield 1943
While a short list of games, I've had tons of fun with the games listed above, especially the unexpectedly insanely awesome Battlefield 1943.
So what am I looking forward to for the rest of the year? Not much, honestly. I browsed through the list of upcoming 2009 games listed on Giant Bomb and I came up with the following:
Definites:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (everyone's going to be playing this)
Shadow Complex (Looks like Uncharted meets Super Metroid. Interesting.)
Maybes:
Left 4 Dead 2 (The original game was great fun for a while, but hasn't grabbed my attention in a while. We'll see.)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (looks leaps and bounds better than the original game, so I'll probably give it a shot if I can.)
Reduced price maybes/rentals/late purchases:
Red Faction Guerrila (No idea why, but I want to try it.)
Prototype (Looks iffy but could be fun.)
Madballs BABO: Invasion (Never thought twice about even giving this game a chance, but I did, and it's really fun.)
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It's been an interesting year so far, I must say, but there's a shockingly small amount of games to look forward to in the holiday season this year that interest me. How about you, is there a lot you want to pick up?
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