Other Crap First
So my bad I didn't update this blog for a whole month, my last blog was about some
Crazy Grandma freaking out, it gathered a lot of attention, it has 39 comments and I'm guessing a few hundred views here on GIantbomb. But I'll just get to the point, there's a lot of good games being released in 2010 (Hopefully) below is my list of games that I'm most excited for in 2010.
I lied, my Christmas was fun, didn't get much this year but that's to be expected, I'm nearing the age where socks is a luxury so I wasn't expecting a lot anyway, new years was boring, had a beer and sat at home playing Modern Warfare 2 because I've had no time to play it yet and I've owned the game for almost two months.
Also I setup my Xbox Live account, I'm currently rocking out with a total of 4 friends so add me! - Y0URL4STN1GHT (The O is a Zero)
Most Anticipated games of 2010
Well if you've read some of my other blogs you'd know that I'm interested in The Old Republic, I guess that's why it's my sixth most anticipated game this year,
6. The Old Republic
So I've been a fan of Star Wars for along time, I've played KOTOR / KOTOR 2 hundreds of times and I even played The Force Unleashed (I didn't like it very much) but what has me interested in this game is Bioware, it's their first MMO, it's going to be a Star Wars MMO and it's not going to be SWG, I'm interested in the stories, each class having a different story would mean that TOR could potentially last me for a few years if I complete every story.
Pros
Star Wars (Who doesn't love Star Wars besides Trek fans?)
Sith Warrior
Pay-To-Play (Keeps all the young brats out assuming they don't beg their parents for money, there's been some rumors TOR could be going Micro-transaction though)
Cons
First Bioware MMO
Star Wars (Theirs nothing unique / creative about using an old story / lore from Star Wars anymore)
5. Fable 3
Bowerstone (Fable III concept art)
This is somewhat of an obvious choice, I enjoyed Fable, Fable: TLC and Fable 2, while Fable 2 didn't deliver as much content as I'd hoped it was still an enjoyable experience, Fable in my opinion is one of the better RPG's on the Xbox 360 and it's been enjoyable to replay many times however with as little information as there is for Fable 3 it's hard to say if this will be the Modern Warfare of the Call of Duty Series or just another Sonic game.
Pros
Open World
RPG
Interesting crap no one cares about (Scarring after dying in Fable 2 anyone?)
Cons
Dogs (They killed mine in the last game)
Fantasy
Very little information about it
4. Alpha Protocol
Based on my cons from Fable 3 you should be able to figure out why I'm excited for this, if not it's simple, this is something new, it doesn't have a 2, 3, 7, etc at the end of it's name and it's also an RPG (of sorts). To be honest I haven't really looked into Alpha Protocol very much but from what I've seen it looks like it's going to be an amazing game, it has some James Bond style CIA work with some (from what I can see) Mass Effect style leveling. Regardless of how this game is hyped I'll be at least renting it, I've seen enough for this game to spark my interest and I'm eagerly awaiting the release of it.
Pros
Original title / series
Spy
RPG
Some Canadian Developers (Represent!)
Cons
None
3. Bioshock 2
So I'm sure you've all played Bioshock, if you haven't you should the game was amazing, I've been interested in Bioshock 2 since I went golfing in Bioshock 1 and the features / videos I've seen already look amazing, being able to play as a Big Daddy is definitely going to be an interesting experience that I think even Micheal Jackson could enjoy (too soon?). I'm also interested to see what exactly Multiplayer in Bioshock is going to be, to be honest I can't picture Big Daddies vs Little Sisters in CTF or a bunch of people trying to protect Andrew Ryan while another team tries to assassinate him but I'm still interested in how this game is going to turn out.
Pros / Cons are being cut out from here on, to many to list for the next few games.
2. Mass Effect 2
It's almost here!!!!!
Where to begin, Mass Effect was amazing, I had a blast exploring all of the planets and just doing the boring parts of other games like walking around and talking to people, I'll be honest this is probably the only game I didn't press B / Cancel the dialog with NPC's because it was very real. I can play Mass Effect right now and still find interesting or funny moments in the dialog of the game, sure it's nothing like Fallout 3 where I was tricked into a kinky threesome with some crazy guy but it was enjoyable throughout the game. Mass Effect 2 is also improving on the skills / classes of Mass Effect which I'm extremely happy about, one of the faults Mass Effect 1 had was it's skills / classes, the game was extremely easy if you played as a soldier and offered no challenge throughout and all the other classes had lame skills, but with Mass Effect 2 I think I'll actually play the Paragon, something about being able to dash through walls / objects towards an enemy / target is appealing to me.
Mass Effect 2 is also being released soon, I'll probably wait a month or so after release to buy it (Sold Out at most places around here) but if anyone want's to send me a copy I won't stop you :P.
1. Half-Life 3 / Episode 3
Concept art for Half-Life 3
There's been no news about the Half-Life series for a while, this is how Valve works though, just when you forget about a game / franchise BAM Team Fortress 2, I'm hoping for a 2010 release for Half-Life 3 or Episode 3 (assuming their still doing the episode stuff) but I'll settle for some news. I can't count the days I've played Half-Life / Half-Life 2, I've played it on my 360, I've played it on my PC, I've modded it, I've played other games people made based on the HL2 / Orange Box Engine and I'm hoping it sees a release this year.
That means you better release it, hear me Gabe?
Well anyway, I've had a blast in 2009, played a lot of good games, smoked a lot of good uhhh never-mind, I hope you all have a wonderful 2010, I know I will, so many games this year will be awesome, but their's a few I didn't feel like mentioning above, check out for the other anticipated games below in my not so anticipated anticipated games list.
Honorable Mentions
1. Natural Selection 2
2. Final Fantasy 13
3. Final Fantasy 14
4. Guild Wars 2
5. Starcraft 2
6. Diablo 3
7. Fallout: New Vegas
8. Metal Gear Solid: Rising
9. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
10. Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
11. Singularity
12. Bad Company 2
13. Portal 2
14. Rage
15. Just Cause 2
16. Dantes Inferno
17. Heavy Rain
and finally
18. Dark Void
