Spyder_Monkey
Banned
So if you're reading this, congratulations you almost made it through 2015 unscathed. It's been a great year when all is said and done. Hoverboards are gaining popularity, Jaws 19 finally came out after months of hype, and anti-gravity is being used to cure back injuries. And of course the games, from Bloodborne, to Rise of the Tomb Raider from Super Mario Maker to Undertale 2015 has been a remarkable year for games both big and small.
However all of that is in the past now. It's time to take out our crystal balls, dress up as Michael Pachter and try to predict the future of gaming the best we can.
1. No Man's Sky lives up to the hype.
Since practically its announcement, Hello Game's No Man's Sky has been unfairly compared to Spore. Besides the fact both games are ambitious, they're almost nothing a like. Still, unless you're going in with extremely high expectations, the game will be met with positive reviews and will end up as a solid seller.
2. VR will underwhelm.
This is what's going to get my house torched. Don't get me wrong, Virtual Reality is an exciting technology that will offer a lot of possibilities not done before on either film or gaming. With all that being said all three of the major players, Vive, Oculus, and PSVR are still being coy with their launch dates and their pricing. Which to me doesn't inspire much confidence. The big problem though is that despite being positioned as new platforms, they're still very much accessories to the PC/PS4 and not actually standalone platforms. While it'll still maintain a strong niche of followers its mainstream viability is still iffy to say the least.
3. Horizon Zero Dawn: Game of the Year
The amount of times the Witcher 3 won GOTY at various outlets just shows how much we crave western RPGs. Horizon's unique setting combining a post apocalypse with tribal imagery will be a sight to behold and make it standout from other RPGs. Combine with its wonderfully designed protagonist in Aloy and robot freaking dinosaurs and not only will this be Guerrilla Game's magnum opus but a huge fan favorite among the press come end-year. Or it gets delayed to 2017 which is very well possible.
4. The NX
Okay, let's not try to turn this into a sole NX speculation thread because that's how threads get locked. With that being said it is Nintendo's biggest elephant in the room and there's a lot we don't know. Still, I think it won't release in 2016 but it will be shown off at E3 definitely won't have Mario, Zelda, Pikmin, Smash Bros. all at launch. That's just delusional. Whatever Nintendo does have planned for this machine (we don't even know its form factor) will be both exciting, cool, fun and make the internet mad because it's not a "traditional" video game machine.
5. The Division will suck.
I mean it could be good but anything overly ambitious made by Ubisoft has tend to fallen flat on its face. See Watch_Dogs and Assassin's Creed Unity
What are your predictions? Share Below.
P.S. Specific predictions people, no "Some games will exist" or "games will be delayed" at least try have some fun.
However all of that is in the past now. It's time to take out our crystal balls, dress up as Michael Pachter and try to predict the future of gaming the best we can.
1. No Man's Sky lives up to the hype.
Since practically its announcement, Hello Game's No Man's Sky has been unfairly compared to Spore. Besides the fact both games are ambitious, they're almost nothing a like. Still, unless you're going in with extremely high expectations, the game will be met with positive reviews and will end up as a solid seller.
2. VR will underwhelm.
This is what's going to get my house torched. Don't get me wrong, Virtual Reality is an exciting technology that will offer a lot of possibilities not done before on either film or gaming. With all that being said all three of the major players, Vive, Oculus, and PSVR are still being coy with their launch dates and their pricing. Which to me doesn't inspire much confidence. The big problem though is that despite being positioned as new platforms, they're still very much accessories to the PC/PS4 and not actually standalone platforms. While it'll still maintain a strong niche of followers its mainstream viability is still iffy to say the least.
3. Horizon Zero Dawn: Game of the Year
The amount of times the Witcher 3 won GOTY at various outlets just shows how much we crave western RPGs. Horizon's unique setting combining a post apocalypse with tribal imagery will be a sight to behold and make it standout from other RPGs. Combine with its wonderfully designed protagonist in Aloy and robot freaking dinosaurs and not only will this be Guerrilla Game's magnum opus but a huge fan favorite among the press come end-year. Or it gets delayed to 2017 which is very well possible.
4. The NX
Okay, let's not try to turn this into a sole NX speculation thread because that's how threads get locked. With that being said it is Nintendo's biggest elephant in the room and there's a lot we don't know. Still, I think it won't release in 2016 but it will be shown off at E3 definitely won't have Mario, Zelda, Pikmin, Smash Bros. all at launch. That's just delusional. Whatever Nintendo does have planned for this machine (we don't even know its form factor) will be both exciting, cool, fun and make the internet mad because it's not a "traditional" video game machine.
5. The Division will suck.
I mean it could be good but anything overly ambitious made by Ubisoft has tend to fallen flat on its face. See Watch_Dogs and Assassin's Creed Unity
What are your predictions? Share Below.
P.S. Specific predictions people, no "Some games will exist" or "games will be delayed" at least try have some fun.
