IAmRandom31
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uncharted, no mans sky, bloodborne, persona and the order. 5! just one will be on the PS3 too
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NeoGAF's Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2015
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uncharted, no mans sky, bloodborne, persona and the order. 5! just one will be on the PS3 too
Yeah I mean I'd say MGS2 was 'average', but I definitely thought MGS4 was legit bad. But I digress.
Here's my anticipate list:
1. Bloodborne - Dark Souls and Demon Souls redefined what I thought was possible on consoles anymore from any developers. Games like this just don't get made anymore, unless it's on PC and has a very small budget. From proved me wrong, and created some of the best games of last generation. My expectations for Bloodborne therefore are similarly large.
2. Zelda Wii U - Well I mean, it's Zelda. If it actually makes 2015, it'll immediately go to the top of my anticipation list. I'm a bit incredulous about the size of the world and how much interesting stuff they'll actually pack into it (Twilight Princess world was not half as big and was simply boring as fuck to traverse outside of dungeons), but I can't not have this on my list.
3. Armikrog - Point and click adventure game, by the Neverhood creator. This is like eight dreams rolled into one, and is immediate justification for Kickstarter to exist. Thank you Gods of gaming.
4. No Man's Sky - Open ended game set in a universe so large it would take 500 million years to visit every place even if you visit one planet every second, this is the definition of high concept. So much to do, so much can go wrong. But I love developers who aim high, and unlike many people I know exactly what you're supposed to do in NMS and so my expectations are set precisely at "as long as they actually execute it, we're good."
5. Hyper Light Drifter - They say it's inspired by Zelda, which is already my flavor. But it's god excellent pixel art and fantastic concept. The music is also rad, being made by one of my favorite game composers these days.
6. Just Cause 3 - For a while there it looked like it was set to be destroyed by microtransactions. Then all of that was false and it's back to balls-to-the-wall action and grapple hooks strapped to the sides of rockets. It's the open world game of dreams.
7. Rime - Gorgeous Studio Ghibli/Studio ICO/SalvadorDali etc inspired adventure puzzle game. It's magnificent looking, it's inspired by like everything I love, and they seem to have the right idea about how to approach the concept judging by the interviews. TequilaWorks isn't a surefire hit, but I'm willing to take a chance on this one.
8. Kentucky Route Zero - I've been avoiding playing any aspect as I wait for all the episodes to be out before playing. Apparently, that's set to finish in 2015. Everyone I talk to raves about it, its distinctive American mythology, plot and stark and innovative atmosphere is to die for.
9. Twelve Minutes - This game puts you in a neverending loop of twelve minutes when you find your wife accused of murder, and you must try to solve the mystery within the twelve minutes stuck only in your home. You can do essentially anything and the game will adapt. For example, if you take over the cooking from your wife, she will not just continue the animation she will go and complete a different task. You can sit down at dinner, or not. You can go in your room and search around, or interrogate her. You can do nothing. Every action you take is a chance you might get out of this time loop and figure out what's going on. It's an amazing concept and so far people say it's extremely well executed.
10. Persona 5 - I'm pretty sure this is going to make it this year. So, it's one of my favorite jRPG series and I'm super hyped for it.
HONORABLE:
11. Syberia III - The first two are amongst my all time point and click favorites. They're also some of the only games my fiancee and Mother enjoy. So we sit down together and try to solve the games. They're excellent games themselves, but because of the way they bring my family together they have extra weight.
12. Xenoblade Chronicles X - The first game was good but a bit overrated in my view, but I'm still hugely anticipating this one.
I know my GAF
GAF is too big to end up with anything but a somewhat generic overall list in any kind of common polling process.
Not necessarily. I mean of course that'll be the case most times, but one or two years when there has been a less clear frontrunner (like no Uncharted games or Metal Gear games or Halo games in that year), the lists tend to spread out and get a bit more inventive.
I mean as you can see from my list I got lots of big ones on there, but I dunno too many of the "big AAA games" are just sort of uninspired these days. It's not that I need innovation or anything like that (refinement > innovation), but so many of the big guys seem rather interested in continuing to peal back layers of depth for some sick drive toward mass accessibility. It can work for some games, but most games do go off the rails for it.
A lot of my list is also governed by skepticism. Like if Star Citizen does its job right it'll likely be one of my favorite games of all time, but because I am skeptical with all the money they're getting it'll not go off the rails a bit with development I didn't include it. it's insanely ambitious.
nrvalleytime
Member
I know my GAF
GAF is too big to end up with anything but a somewhat generic overall list in any kind of common polling process.
Indeed. Now I kinda expect you to be some graphic-correcting madman or something similar.
I genuinely can't help but laugh. The odds of that game appearing exactly at #20 are pretty low - there were over 155 unique mentions just in the one section I counted. Very good speculation. :-D
Magic Mushroom
Member
Wasn't meh at all. It was some of the most dynamic combat seen in a TPS.
Nice list, though only two out of the top 10 are definite buys from me. I've got more games I'm interested in in the 11th-20th place range, lol.
Also, I had thought the general opinion of the Arkham series had soured after some of the more recent games; is there something different about the new one?
Also, I had thought the general opinion of the Arkham series had soured after some of the more recent games; is there something different about the new one?
KefkaPalazzo
Member
Order being at 10 really leaves a bad taste in my mouth....but that is what happens when one console is so popular I suppose.
Rest of the list looks pretty good to me. Should be an amazing year.
Rest of the list looks pretty good to me. Should be an amazing year.
ninjablade
Banned
probably the most dynamic third person combat ever, it really is pushing the envelope.
IAmRandom31
Banned
yeah people saying random shit about Uncharted ... I really wonder if they actually watched more then 2 minutes of the PSX demo.
The enemy AI, the shooting mechanics, the dynamic combat. And come on, that damn scene where he jumps off the cliff to avoid the explosion and then ropes onto a limb, swings down to an enemy below, pummeling his jaw just to catch the dudes weapon as it flies out of the guys hand and then turns around and headshots 2 guys.
COME THE FUCK ON.
If you didn't cheer at that, wtf you doin playing games?
The enemy AI, the shooting mechanics, the dynamic combat. And come on, that damn scene where he jumps off the cliff to avoid the explosion and then ropes onto a limb, swings down to an enemy below, pummeling his jaw just to catch the dudes weapon as it flies out of the guys hand and then turns around and headshots 2 guys.
COME THE FUCK ON.
If you didn't cheer at that, wtf you doin playing games?
I imagine there isn't much of an overlap for people that like that and for example visual novels.
Now I'm going to get quoted by hundreds of Danganropan Uncharted lovers. :-D
orthodoxy1095
Banned
I like both!I imagine there isn't much of an overlap for people that like that and for example visual novels.
IAmRandom31
Banned
I imagine there isn't much of an overlap for people that like that and for example visual novels.
Now I'm going to get quoted by hundreds of Danganropan Uncharted lovers. :-D
ok ok
action games
lol
I imagine there isn't much of an overlap for people that like that and for example visual novels.
Now I'm going to get quoted by hundreds of Danganropan Uncharted lovers. :-D
You are, because you might be more wrong than you think.
A lot of people like a lot of different types of games. I'm one of them.
Bloodborne, The Witcher 3 and The Order are a given at this point.
Zelda U and Xenoblade Chronicles are Nintendo's big 2015 cartridges, they cannot afford to push them back.
Batman Arkham Knight and Metal Gear Solid 5 should have been 2014, unlikely to see them slip past 2016.
Persona 5 and No Man's Sky are the only one that I could see delayed to 2016, especially for the western release of the former, and the PC one of the latter.
I imagine there isn't much of an overlap for people that like that and for example visual novels.
Now I'm going to get quoted by hundreds of Danganropan Uncharted lovers. :-D
Me ! Me !
I imagine there isn't much of an overlap for people that like that and for example visual novels.
Now I'm going to get quoted by hundreds of Danganropan Uncharted lovers. :-D
literally hundreds of us. Danganronpa 2 was actually my GOTY.
ninjablade
Banned
In addition to all that the stealth gameplay looked pretty awesome and so natural in the gameplay vid.
Maybe I should finally give DragonGrandpa a try. Heard so many interesting things.
IAmRandom31
Banned
No Mans Sky is only officially announced for the PS4. Can't delay something that doesn't officially exist yet.
Bloodborne, Witcher, The Order, Batman Arkham Knight are first half of 2015 type games. So unless some major development hell occurred they would all hit 2015.
You helped Shinobi count the votes, right?
Steve McQueen
Member
Solid list. Kinda hoped that Quantum Break would be higher but so be it. Surprised at The Order....didn't think the game was so popular. Could be great though. Ready at Dawn made several great and exciting games.
Love Deterrence
Member
*insert post about how Kojima turned MGS fans into conspiracy theorists after MGS2 here*
brickarts295
Member
My List:
1. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (1st) Dead-on
2. Metal Gear Solid V (2nd) Dead-on
3. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (5th)
4. Batman: Arkham Knight (9th)
5. Persona 5 (6th)
6. Star Wars: Battlefront (14th)
7. The Legend of Zelda Wii U (3th)
8. The Order 1886 (10th)
9. Hotline Miami 2
10. Just Cause 3
8 out of 10, Faith in Gaf restored.
Shocked by how low Witcher 3 and Arkham Knight ended. Surprised by The Order making top 10. Glad Battlefront made the top 20.
1. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (1st) Dead-on
2. Metal Gear Solid V (2nd) Dead-on
3. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (5th)
4. Batman: Arkham Knight (9th)
5. Persona 5 (6th)
6. Star Wars: Battlefront (14th)
7. The Legend of Zelda Wii U (3th)
8. The Order 1886 (10th)
9. Hotline Miami 2
10. Just Cause 3
8 out of 10, Faith in Gaf restored.
Shocked by how low Witcher 3 and Arkham Knight ended. Surprised by The Order making top 10. Glad Battlefront made the top 20.
IAmRandom31
Banned
lol no
i was not one of the counters
i did do my own counting though
i didn't omit as much as Shinobi did. MGS was actually #4 or so
Mine was Uncharted, Bloodborne, Zelda U, MGSVPsycho_Mantis
Banned
I imagine there isn't much of an overlap for people that like that and for example visual novels.
Now I'm going to get quoted by hundreds of Danganropan Uncharted lovers. :-D
I will be one soon.
Lion Heart
Banned
Top 2 in a single year is super exciting. So much to look forwards to.
I'd replace The Order with WiLD though.
I'd replace The Order with WiLD though.
I don't think that's coming out this year.
nrvalleytime
Member
What's crazy is how important those first three spots were - while I was counting, Arkham Knight has a ton of 4/5 spots, but few first rankings. That killed it a bit, since it would near literally twice as many votes to make up the ground.
It didn't, as we can see here.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Come on guys Uncharted 4 & MGS will both be awesome
We don't need to fight about this
We don't need to fight about this
Wow, Halo 5 missed the top 10. A gameplay trailer of the single player will be interesting to see how much it hypes. Hope it's shown before E3.
My 10 Most Wanted (you better care):
1. Batman: Arkham Knight
2. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
3. Halo 5: Guardians
4. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
5. Forza Motorsport 6
6. Star Wars: Battlefront
7. Bloodborne
8. The Order 1886
9. Rime
10. Quantum Break
My 10 Most Wanted (you better care):
1. Batman: Arkham Knight
2. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
3. Halo 5: Guardians
4. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
5. Forza Motorsport 6
6. Star Wars: Battlefront
7. Bloodborne
8. The Order 1886
9. Rime
10. Quantum Break
Great list aside from The Order. It almost matches mine:
1) Bloodborne
2) MGS5
3) Uncharted 4
4) Zelda Wii U
5) The Witcher 3
6) Star Wars Battlefront
7) No Man's Sky
8) Xenoblade X
9) Batman: Arkham Knight
10) Star Fox Wii U
The more I think about it, the more I want to swap Uncharted 4 with Bloodborne for some reason. But overall, 2015 looks like an awesome year. Let's just hope delays don't hit us too hard (ZELDA PLZ) and we don't receive a bunch of broken games at launch again.
1) Bloodborne
2) MGS5
3) Uncharted 4
4) Zelda Wii U
5) The Witcher 3
6) Star Wars Battlefront
7) No Man's Sky
8) Xenoblade X
9) Batman: Arkham Knight
10) Star Fox Wii U
The more I think about it, the more I want to swap Uncharted 4 with Bloodborne for some reason. But overall, 2015 looks like an awesome year. Let's just hope delays don't hit us too hard (ZELDA PLZ) and we don't receive a bunch of broken games at launch again.
ninjablade
Banned
Arkham knight is still my most hyped game cause I trust rocksteady, but damn they need to stop with trying to shove the bat mobile down are throats, aside from that I can't think of one new exciting new addition to the gameplay, one move to disarm 3 guys with guns doesn't sound fun to me, and the part about making a unskilled player feel skilled no matter what sounds like shit to my ears.
Pretty different from my list, but hey, different opinions!
I can't say I'm personally all that excited about Uncharted. Graphically it should be great, but I think they really only hit it out of the park once in terms of gameplay (Uncharted 2).
This is a pretty Sony-centric list. I think that makes sense given that I've always seen Sony fans as the louder force on GAF. Nothing wrong with that, though, totally pumped for what the PS4 has to offer this year!
I can't say I'm personally all that excited about Uncharted. Graphically it should be great, but I think they really only hit it out of the park once in terms of gameplay (Uncharted 2).
This is a pretty Sony-centric list. I think that makes sense given that I've always seen Sony fans as the louder force on GAF. Nothing wrong with that, though, totally pumped for what the PS4 has to offer this year!
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
IAmRandom31
Banned
yeah the list is far more AAA heavy, of course, then my own list.
No Mans Sky
Bloodborne
The Tomorrow Children
Rime
Axiom Verge
The Witness
Uncharted
Cosmic Star Heroine
Persona 5
Super Time Force Ultra
#10 could of been replaced with any number of a dozen games. But any footage I see of STFU ( hey ... great abbreviation for the game too ) looks amazing
No Mans Sky
Bloodborne
The Tomorrow Children
Rime
Axiom Verge
The Witness
Uncharted
Cosmic Star Heroine
Persona 5
Super Time Force Ultra
#10 could of been replaced with any number of a dozen games. But any footage I see of STFU ( hey ... great abbreviation for the game too ) looks amazing
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
Is your sub 250k sales estimation for The Order getting shaky legs?
Can't believe anyone thinks the Order will only sell 250K. Beyond ridiculous.
nrvalleytime
Member
Sure. But this is just a list for fun's sake - GAF has a wide taste, and seeing people excited for series they love is just another part of what makes it special.
I've never played an Uncharted, but I can see the appeal.
That's how Kaz would want it
Love Deterrence
Member
If NeoGAF = Ocelot, and Batzi = Huey, then...
Don't get me wrong. I love Uncharted but it's just same old same old with better graphics and we all know that. MGSV on the other is a whole different story and we all know that too.
Magic Mushroom
Member
Really? One is all gameplay and really dynamic gameplay at that, in an open environment and a big toolbox for the player. Nice use of verticality as well.
The other is far more limited, with corridors, basic AI and gameplay that is limited to QTE's and pop and cover shooting.
But to each his own.
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
Did you miss a 15 minute demo just last month?