Most anticipated games of '08

[Blotus]

Mine's pretty easy with what I know...


Grand Theft Auto 4.

When others come to mind, I'll add them.

[Andrew, Killer Bee]

Ugh, I am about franchised out. I don't have high hopes for GTA.

I think what I'm most looking forward to this year is getting a PC. Ocean of time-sucking turn-based strategy games, here I come!

[Kupek]

I hear this "Metal Gear Solid 4" thing is hot with the kids these days.

[Blotus]

Added: MGS4.

Franchise this, Andrew.

[Andrew, Killer Bee]

MGS4! I forgot about it. Okay, so maybe I am just GTAd and Mario Karted out. I am looking forward to MGS4. To having to buy a PS3, though, not so much.

[Blotus]

You're franchised out, but your most played game is COD4?


Did you like the GTA (post 3) games? San Andreas came out almost four years ago. Think about what they could have done with the formula since then.

[Blotus]

Uh.....

I've not been interested in Lost Odyssey since I heard since I heard about the Xenosaga-long-esque cut-scenes and 45 minute-long text sequences (Xenogears disc 2 says hi)... not to mention the extreme loading times.

I WAS interested in it from all the trailers I saw, previous to this kind of information.

But the Shane/Andrew/Ray section of the 1up Show I guess gave me initiative to try it out.

[Andrew, Killer Bee]

You're franchised out, but your most played game is COD4?

COD4 is my first COD!

Did you like the GTA (post 3) games? San Andreas came out almost four years ago. Think about what they could have done with the formula since then.

I loved GTA and GTA3. I liked Vice City. San Andreas — I liked it at the time it came out, but I find it to be unplayable today. I guess I just don't have a lot of faith in Rockstar to get it right, observing the momentum of the series from GTA3 to the Stories games (that is: lots of stuff added, but very little refinement of horribly broken gameplay mechanics), and considering so many of the original series developers have left.

Also: Crackdown has completely ruined me for sandbox games. Will you be able to leap buildings in a single bound in GTA4? I don't think so!

[Julius Seeker]

No question, SPORE, if it comes out. If not, Dragon Quest 9 is an obvious second.

Brawl for consoles, so far the game is scoring only perfect scores with the reviewers, including Famitsu who ghave it a very rare 40/40.

What have I had on my mind lately? Well, next week there is Professor Layton and Apollo Justice. The week after there is Dragon Quest Swords lf which I am also very much looking forward to. I eat up any games like King Story and the Wii Ware version of FF:CC, games where you essentially play the role of a King and build up your own Kingdom. Final Fantasy 4 DS is also one I have had on my mind a lot, but it probably won't be here for a good 8 months.

[Zeus]

Right now? Wow.....MGS4 and Mario Kart Wii probably take the cake. I'm eliminating SSBM 'cause it's already out in Japan. MGS4 might actually make me buy a PS3 if they've come down in price by then and the other games I'll be playin' like mad when they come out.

[SineSwiper]

Right now, it would be Ninja Gaiden 2. No better thing exists than to combine a fighter with a third-person action game.

[RentCavalier]

Mmm...Ninja Gaiden...2