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So many good games to come out this year (In order of excitement)

1. AFL 2011
2. Star Wars: Old Republic
3. Forza 4
4. GOW 3
5. Pokemon Black/White

Not as many big games as last year but still some good games
 

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Mass Effect 3
Dragon Age 2
La Noire
Uncharted 3
Gears of War 3
Skyrim
AFL 2011
NBA 2K12

Glad most of those are after the footy season.

Actually was planning to knock off a bit of the 'pile' this year, but there's too many good games coming out.
 
If anyone is looking forward to the PC DA2, don't get your hopes up, particually if you were a fan of something like BG2.
Seems they've gone for a more 'arcade' style game, and it's looks like a pretty big disappointment, espesically from Bioware.
No top down camera, no attack stacking, predeterminded character, 'streamlined' (aka less) skills and abilites and a more 'stylized' flashier combat. A very bad direction for an already slighly disappointed orignial. Sounds like everyone's "Mass Effect with swords" fears came through, not that Mass Effect is bad (can't wait for 3) it's just the self proclaimed successor to BG2 should be some much different
 
is la noire suppose to be like gta and red dead redemption those style of games
 
The Witcher 2
Red Orchestra 2
Diablo 3
Mass Effect 3
Subversion
Dead State
Crysis 2
Battlefield 3
Grim Dawn
Might and Magic: Heroes VI (dumb name change, btw)
Guild Wars 2
Neverwinter
The Old Republic
E.Y.E
Dues Ex 3
Portal 2
Test Drive Unlimited 2
Rock of Ages

That would be my list of most wanted games of 2011. Hopefully Diablo 3 makes it:)
 
Thought i would semi hijack the thread to see what people have heard about Mindjack, some interesting stuff like how th SP can turn into a MP game.

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the games I am most looking forward too are:
Gears of War 3
L.A. Noire
AFL 2011
 
sacka said:
Thought i would semi hijack the thread to see what people have heard about Mindjack, some interesting stuff like how th SP can turn into a MP game.
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Honestly it looks terrible. The gunplay looks average at best, the graphics are so damn bland (what is it with Japanese devs using such shitty engines?!) and while the concept of merging SP with MP is that good kind of quirky it just doesn't look like enough of the game comes together to really capitalise on that.

If you wanna see more GiantBomb have an "Ask Me Anything" Quick Look which gives a good run down of everything to do with the game basically. But with the bevvy of awesome releases this year I wouldn't be looking twice at Mindjack.

http://www.giantbomb.com/ask-me-anything-mindjack/17-3580/
 
GamesRadar have come up with another 100 Most Anticipated titles of 2011.

Source: http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-100-most-anticipated-games-of-2011/a-20110114102929585088
100 - Diablo III (PC)
99 - Hitman 5 (PS3, 360, PC)
97 - Beyond Good & Evil 2 (PS3, 360, PC)
98 - Saints Row 3 (PS3, 360, PC)
96 - SSX: Deadly Descents (PS3, 360)
95 - Final Fantasy IV: Complete Collection (PSP)
94 - Gray Matter (360, PC)
93 - X-Men: Destiny (PS3, 360)
92 - Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One (PS3)
91 - Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition (PS3, 360)
90 - True Crime: Hong Kong (PS3, 360, PC)
89 - Ms. Splosion Man (XBLA)
88 - Gun Loco (360)
87 - Dust: An Elysian Tail (XBLA)
86 - The Secret World (PC)
85 - Rock of Ages (PS3, 360, PC)
84 - F1 2011 (PS3, 360, PC)
83 - Ni no Kuni (PS3, DS)
82 - Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon (PS3, 360)
81 - Rayman Origins (XBLA, PSN)
80 - Fight Night Champion (PS3, 360)
79 - Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation (DS)
78 - Total War: Shogun 2 (PC)
77 - NeverDead (PS3, 360)
76 - Spec Ops: The Line (PS3, 360, PC)
75 - Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (PS3, 360, PC)
74 - Inversion (PS3, 360)
73 - Bodycount (PS3, 360)
72 - Dungeon Siege III (PS3, 360, PC)
71 - The Last Story (Wii)
70 - Alice: Madness Returns (PS3, 360, PC)
69 - The 3rd Birthday (PSP)
68 - MotorStorm: Apocalypse (PS3)
67 - The Witcher 2 (PC)
66 - Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 (XBLA, PSN)
65 - Max Payne 3 (PS3, 360, PC)
64 - Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (PS3, 360)
63 - SOCOM 4 (PS3)
62 - Guild Wars 2 (PC)
61 - Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D - The Naked Sample (3DS)
60 - Brink (PS3, 360, PC)
59 - Darkspore (PC)
58 - Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (PSP)
57 - Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (PS3, 360, PC)
56 - The Witness (PS3, 360, PC)
55 - DiRT 3 (PS3, 360, PC)
54 - El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (PS3, 360)
53 - Valkyria Chronicles III (PSP)
52 - Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (PC)
51 - Mario Kart 3DS (3DS)
50 - Silent Hill: Downpour (PS3, 360)
49 - Driver: San Francisco (PS3, 360, PC)
48 - F.E.A.R. 3 (PS3, 360, PC)
47 - Shadows of the Damned (PS3, 360)
46 - I Am Alive (PS3, 360, PC)
45 - Torchlight II (PC)
44 - Okamiden (DS)
43 - The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (PS3, 360, PC)
42 - Red Faction: Armageddon (PS3, 360, PC)
41 - Resident Evil: Revelations (3DS)
40 - Catherine (PS3, 360)
39 - Stacking (XBLA, PSN)
38 - XCOM (360, PC)
37 - Forza Motorsport 4 (360)
36 - Resistance 3 (PS3)
35 - Twisted Metal (PS3)
34 - Child of Eden (360, PS3)
33 - Homefront (PS3, 360, PC)
32 - inFamous 2 (PS3)
31 - Tomb Raider (PS3, 360, PC)
30 - Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney (3DS)
29 - Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC)
28 - Crysis 2 (PS3, 360, PC)
27 - Journey (PSN)
26 - Battlefield 3 (PS3, 360, PC)
25 - Shift 2: Unleashed (PS3, 360, PC)
24 - Rage (PS3, 360, PC)
23 - Killzone 3 (PS3)
22 - Duke Nukem Forever (PS3, 360, PC)
21 - LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3)
20 - Call of Duty 8 / Modern Warfare 3 (PS3, 360, PC)
19 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3DS (3DS)
18 - Pokémon Black / White (DS)
17 - Dragon Age II (PS3, 360, PC)
16 - Mortal Kombat (PS3, 360)
15 - Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (PS3, 360)
14 - Bulletstorm (PS3, 360, PC)
13 - Kid Icarus: Uprising (3DS)
12 - Ico and Shadow of the Colossus: The Collection (PS3)
11 - Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PS3, 360, PC)
10 - Gears of War 3 (360)

How does Cliff Bleszinski’s development team plan to top the bullet-soaking meat shields, planet-chewing worms and Locust-stomping Brumaks they gave us in Gears of War 2? With horrific new enemies, like the Lambent Drudges that mutate three times before finally dying. With welcome new heroes, like a playable Anya and Cole Train that contribute to the game’s four-player co-op. With powerful new weaponry, like a mech exoskeleton; brutal new execution moves, like a flamethrower to the mouth; and extremely satisfying new moves, like kicking from cover, or the “bag ‘n tag,” which transforms corpses into corpse-sized grenades.

Not enough? The improvements to Gears of War 3 go much deeper than a list of simple additions. A best-selling writer was brought on to enhance the storytelling and sell the characters’ emotions. Multiplayer has been beefed up, especially with Beast Mode, which puts you in the scaly shoes of Locust creatures and is even more addictive than Horde Mode. Criticisms of the first sequel are also being addressed... less linear set-pieces this time around and more of the open battlefields that characterized the original. Gears of War 3 may not be the final game in the series, but it very well could be the last one we play on current consoles, and Bleszinski is determined to end the Xbox 360 trilogy on a breathlessly high note.


9 - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii)

Unlike most other mega-franchises, we usually have to wait several years before the next proper Zelda rolls around. Sure we’ve had hourglasses and railroad tracks since Twilight Princess, but the reality is we haven’t had a console-sized adventure since late 2006. Cue Skyward Sword, Nintendo’s waggle-heavy entry that casts Link as a denizen of the floating world Skyloft. In his travels, Link discovers the Skyward Sword, as well as a whole other world that exists beneath his hovering home. And naturally it’s full of evil powers bent on… doing something bad, probably.

We weren’t fans of Princess’ extraneous waggle, but Skyward Sword is implementing Wii MotionPlus to make Link’s sword movements more realistic AND suitable for extended gameplay (so no more SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE to swing). Horizontal swipes will hurt some enemies, vertical hurts others, diagonal yet more still and so on, so we can at least expect some brand-new puzzle and combat ideas from a series that’s kinda treaded water since Ocarina/Majora. Oh, and the watercolors visual style looks really cool. The screens don’t do it justice.


8 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS3, 360, PC)

Nobody – not even GTA/Red Dead daddies Rockstar – does open world games better than publisher/developer Bethesda. The company’s Fallout and Elder Scrolls games continue to deliver larger and larger worlds with more and more freedom to do whatever you want to everyone and everything you encounter. For example, Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion and its expansions enabled you to handcraft your own magical weapons and spells, buy infamously useless armor for your horse, command a vampire underling, or simply steal every single fork in the entire kingdom and hide them in the now-empty house of a family you murdered because you chose to also be a serial killer … or not. So, yeah – Bethesda games are vast and vibrant. And now? Now they’re adding a dragon.

Skyrim will begin with the death of a king, which will trigger a civil war on the ground and send a shape-shifting god soaring into the skies as a dragon bent on torching the entire world. And naturally, as the last dragon hunter left alive, it’s your job to take him down. We know it’ll be epic. What we don’t know is whether or not there’ll be a fork left anywhere on the continent when the deed is done.


7 - Dead Space 2 (PS3, 360, PC)

In the more than two years since the original scared the crap out of us, we’ve built up lots of excitement for the sequel. But developer Visceral Games is changing up the formula while attempting to keep the amazingly scary atmosphere of Dead Space intact. Not only does the formerly silent hero Isaac speak quite often, he’s also a bit more of a fighter, but by no means has he become an uber-badass like Master Chief. He’s still in loads of danger from the necromorphs stalking the city of Sprawl, and if he isn’t careful dismembering them you’ll be treated to some pretty grisly death animations.

On top of what seems to be a pretty full campaign, Dead Space 2 also answers the complaints of some fans that felt the first game needed multiplayer. But from our time with it, the team deathmatch mode of humans vs necromorphs doesn’t feel like some afterthought, as it attempts to keep the same atmosphere of single-player while simultaneously having a leveling system that’s all the rage in MP these days. With the release fast approaching we’ll know soon if all these new ideas pay off.


6 - Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (PS3)

After the amazing thrill ride that was Uncharted 2, Nathan Drake has become synonymous with some of the best, prettiest, most balls-out fun shooting/platforming gameplay of this generation. He’s stolen the relic-hunting crown from Lara Croft, leaving her to repeatedly reinvent herself in an effort to keep up. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, then, that his next adventure is something to get excited about. If anything, you’re probably wondering why this isn’t higher up the list.

The flagship title in (what we’ve just now decided to call) Sony’s Year of Threes, Uncharted 3 will take Drake through a desert (and at least one burning chateau), as he and partner Sully hunt for the lost city of Iram of the Pillars – nicknamed “The Atlantis of the Sands” by T.E. Lawrence. What we’ve seen so far implies that, gameplay-wise, it’ll be more of the same – which is just fine by us, so long as its charm and attention to character are as strong as the previous game’s were. In any case, we’ll also have improved fighting and better enemy intelligence to look forward to, which should make the rest of the game, which should make the huge set-pieces, constant misadventure and cries of “no no NO NO NO!” at least a little more entertaining.

5 - L.A. Noire (PS3, 360)

We didn’t have to see L.A. Noire running to know we were interested in it. As fans of films like L.A. Confidential and Chinatown, the idea of a detective drama set in a meticulous recreation of late-‘40s Hollywood holds enormous appeal for us – especially when it’s being handled by the publisher of Grand Theft Auto. That it was going to temper its action with slow, methodical detective work only intrigued us more.

However, it wasn’t until we saw Noire in action that we got really excited for it. A big part of that is down to its eerily realistic, motion-captured faces – which, as it turns out, play an important part in the gameplay. As a detective, a big part of your job will involve watching suspects’ faces to judge whether they’re lying or hiding something, something that makes the game feel much more organic than your average hidden-object detective game. Throw in plenty of GTA-style shooting-and-driving gameplay (without the random havoc or sandbox approach), and L.A. Noire promises to be completely unlike anything we’ve played before. We’re a little skeptical that something this ambitious will actually hit by the promised spring release date, but that doesn’t make us any less eager for it.


4 - Portal 2 (PS3, 360, PC)

Back in 2007, Portal blue our minds so hard that our brains still mix up homonyms. Unfortunately, it also wrenched open an overstuffed cartoon closet which has yet to cease burying us under jokes about cake lies. Is it all too much? Has our anticipation for Portal 2 been tempered by oversaturation? Not at all!

If we know Valve like we think we do, we know that the moment Portal 2’s first scene fades in from black, we’ll feel just like we did in 2007. Well, not just like we did, because Portal 2 isn’t just a new layer of identical cake, it’s a brand-new cake. (Yeah, that’s right, a cake analogy – what?)

Portal 2 is a cheesecake, maybe. With chocolate swirls and raspberries. The cream cheese is its rich, substantial continuation of Portal’s story, which includes a cast of now-independent personality cores; the swirls are new puzzles and environmental toys (Pneumatic Diversity Vents!); and the raspberries are the added co-op mode, which looks decidedly scrumptious.

Valve’s baking smells good to us, but if you’re still experiencing Portal hype weariness, just consider the following: Hundreds of years later… in a decayed and overgrown Aperture Labs... GLaDOS is… STILL ALIVE!

It gives us chills. For reals.


3 - The Last Guardian (PS3)

If a collection of Team ICO’s prior games makes it to number 12, you’d better believe its years-in-the-making third project will be in our top three. Actually, it was our number one choice last year, back when we foolishly thought it would release in 2010. No, Team ICO takes its sweet ass time – four years elapsed between ICO and Shadow of the Colossus, and now we’re entering six for The Last Guardian.

But the wait will be worth it. Unquestionably. We have the utmost faith in this team, for its two prior games are borderline magical, and about as mystical and subtle as games can be. All we needed to see was the trailer, which showed a young boy running around ruins and caves with his giant man-eating eagle/cat/possum friend and we knew this was a must-have, day-one purchase. It looks to combine the platforming and puzzle-solving of ICO with the heartbreaking sadness and unstoppable tragedy of Colossus… and even if it’s something completely different, it will be amazing. Just you wait.


2 - Batman: Arkham City (PS3, 360, PC)

You’d better believe the sequel to our 2009 Game of the Year would end up near the top of this countdown... and only a handful of votes kept it from taking #1 outright. What keeps us counting down the days to Batman: Arkham City’s release with a feverish exhilaration worthy of comic book villain Calendar Man, however, is not merely the title or the opportunity to play a second helping of the first game. It’s the assertion from developer Rocksteady, in every interview we’ve read, that the original was a nice test run, but only a fraction of what they truly believe they can accomplish with the DC superhero and his universe. Yeah, our brains are staggering a bit, too.

Yet everything revealed so far has confirmed this claim. Batman explored a small island before? Now he’s gliding across a gigantic piece of Gotham City, surrounded by neon lights and towering skyscrapers. Combat included cool, slow-motion takedown moves? Now there are double and triple “executions” as well as simultaneous counters and the ability to use every one of Batman’s gadgets, including new toys like smoke bombs, during the fight. Joker in the first game? Joker, Two-Face, Catwoman, Mr. Freeze, Hugo Strange and that’s just what we know in the second game. Fan service cameos from lesser characters? Have a whole secondary mission starring those villains. No multiplayer? Multiplayer!

As long as Rocksteady doesn’t add Robin, Arkham City looks to be another GOTY contender.


1 - Mass Effect 3 (PS3, 360, PC)

The first Mass Effect was awesome – it had a rich, fully-realized world, with a story and characters befitting an epic science fiction adventure. Its shooter/RPG hybrid combat suited a wide variety of play styles and was highly polished no matter what class you chose to play. But despite the original's exceptional achievement, Mass Effect 2 managed to improve on it in every way – it cut the tedious item inventory without sacrificing the other RPG aspects we love, and cut the terrible Mako driving without sacrificing its feeling of exploration. It had better characters, better writing, better combat, better weapons – better everything.

Currently, we only have one teaser to go on, and like any good teaser it leaves us with more questions than answers. Will it primarily take place on Earth? Will it take a cue from Cerberus and be more human-focused? The idea of leaving behind the diversity of the galaxy worries us, but we're also excited to see future Earth within the Mass Effect universe. At this point we don't even know if EA's recent comments about single-player games being "finished" will have any bearing on Mass Effect 3.

Despite all logic pointing toward BioWare creating another masterpiece, it's hard not to be anxious about Mass Effect's final chapter when we have so much invested in the series. Until we find out more, we can only hope that BioWare continues to improve the series at the same rate, although if that's the case, we're going to have to add an extra number to our ratings scale for Mass Effect 3.
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How has Shogun 2: Total War not been mentioned by you blokes yet? Not too keen on a thinking man's game? It's going to be bloody epic and is coming out in March!
 
What exactly is mass effect i have never played it would love to know if it is any good. And what other games can it be compared to.
 
Mancey said:
It's a 3rd person, squad based action shooter with cover features that incorporates a RPG style leveling/progression system.

Combat includes powers like telekinesis as well as just gun play.
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Anything like bioshock.
 
gareth36 said:
Anything like bioshock.
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Not really. Bioshock has some rpg like features but the similarity stops there really.

Combat and the squad based stuff is somewhat like the Ghost Recon series i guess, but even that is a long bow.

It's hard to capture the sort of game ME is succinctly really. It has so many more features, like multiple conversation options with npc's, much like fallout, but it does them a lot better.

It's a cleverly pitched game that appeals to RPG as well as straight out action shooter fans
 
I only really play PC games, so for me, there are two games I can't wait for:

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Sweet new upcoming downloadable title from Tim Schafer (Psychonauts/Brutal Legend) called 'Stacking' coming to PSN and XBL soon. Check out the stuff in this at GiantBomb with their Quick Look (Featuring Tim Schafer himself), which is a very good and in-depth video. Or have a quick gander at IGN's video preview.

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"How do you empty a crowded room? By farting into the ventilation system." Naturally.:D

GiantBomb Quick Look of Stacking.
 

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