Looking into 2010, what PC games are you most looking forward to for this next year?
Being a strategy gamer, the biggest mass-market releases of strategy games are probably gonna be Starcraft and Napoleon: Total War. However, I probably won't get either, in protest. No Starcraft for its anti-LAN stance. No Napoleon: Total War for the fact that even now, Empire: Total War still isn't bug-free, and the AI still sucks. I don't want to buy another beta, that will still be a beta 6 months after release. Not too sure about CnC IV yet.
I like Sins of a Solar Empire even more now, with the Diplomacy Expansion coming out in a few months. I can't wait for Stardock's Elemental though. A strategy gamer's dream, with both killer AI AND multiplayer (an oxymoron? No). I've definitely gone indie these days. Mass market games just don't cut it anymore, being composed entirely of "wow" graphics and just 10 hours of mediocre gameplay. Age of Empires got me into the strategy genre, but Galactic Civilizations and SoaSE told me what I really liked.
Lots of inspiration. Some people here really buy a lot of games. How do you find the time to play all of them?
Is there any TW game that was any good in terms of AI etc.?
I need to add Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening expansion pack.
I cannot wait for Stardock to start producing RPGs a la Bioware.
What's Distant Worlds? I couldn't find any information on it.
Both Shogun and Medieval actually have very decent combat AI, and the campaign/strategic AI in Shogun isn't bad either. Not great, but not horrible. The campaign AI in Medieval is mediocre, although still probably better than in either Rome or Medieval 2.
The AI in Empire is downright schizophrenic, on both the tactical & strategic levels. One moment it will be brilliant, and the next moment it will do something unbelievably stupid.
Link to the game's website
It's a 4x space strategy game being developed by Code Force, a New Zealand company. What's unusual about Distant Worlds is that it's in real-time, not unlike the Imperium Galactica games.
There's not a whole lot of info yet, as it's not been officially announced. However, what we've seen so far looks very promising.
Also, it's an open secret that the game is going to be published by Matrix Games (the same folks who are publishing Armada 2526), which I find to be a point in its favor as well. An official announcement is supposed to be made later this month, at which point more details on the game itself are to be released as well.
Homeworld 3
The thread is about games anticipated to come out in 2010, not games that won't be released til I'm at least in my mid-thirties....
Distant Worlds seems promising. I plan to follow it. Any news on when it is expected to be released?
“Shack: So it wouldn’t have the true 3D, shift-click movement controls, but…
Jonny Ebbert: I think that might be too complex for most people.”
Boy are you out of touch with your Homeworld fanbase! That’s not complex. It’s holding a damn button. People know how to hold one button while clicking another button, and if they don’t, they don’t deserve to be playing PC games in the first place and the rest of us don’t want to have to deal with such incompetent players online in the first place.
If you release a half-assed Homeworld sequel I will never buy another Relic game. Ever. Don’t screw up one of the greatest RTS IPs out there by catering to idiots and console-ized interfaces. That’s a death knell.
The problem with Sins of a Solar Empire, that disappointed so many gamers, is that it’s not the true 3D space combat RTS that Homeworld games were, and that disappointed everyone who’s been waiting for a righteous update to the Homeworld series.
Starcraft 2, simply because there's been a void in good competitive RTS' as of late. Sins multiplayer balance is, and apparently always has been, a sad joke. Not to mention the community is barely a hundred strong at this point. DoW2 was mostly a flop, and Company of Heroes is getting stale. Time for something new that will hopefully be fairly balanced and have a large pool of players.
Not holding my breath on Elemental or SupCom2. If they're good, great. If it's not, oh well.
@lbgsloan- the community in general, or the online community. If you mean online, well no duh. Something like 90% of Sins players never even pop in online.
As for my anticipated games- Dark Void, SoaSE:Diplo, SoaSE:Trinity, Star Ruler (check it out here: http://moddb.com/games/star-ruler), Angels Fall First:Planetstorm's UDK release, AFF:2nd Antarean War (if it releases in 2010 and has an F2P option/free SP-only version (it is an MMORTS)); that's all I can think of ATM.
EDIT: DO NOT USE THE ABOVE LINK! For some reason it is incorrectly set. Here is a good one- http://moddb.com/games/star-ruler.
Only that it should be released towards the end of 2010, and even that's not been officially confirmed. At the moment, both Code Force and Matrix Games are being very tight-lipped about the game (including the release date); again, there's supposed to a lot more info made available to the public at the end of the month here.
Again, this thread is supposed to be about games that are actually coming out this year. So unless/until you can provide a link showing Homeworld 3 has been confirmed, your posts are irrelevant.
Bad Company 2 360 almost forgot about that!
Hey come on now "We all can be hopefull for Homeworld 3!" Anywho Relics got 4-5 Projects right now (Company of Heros, Warhammers, and they aint saying anymore. Hate when companies beat around the bush with what in store for the future. ) But I know they are holding out on the goods...
Ya I have a big list but I divide my game time up alot... Its sucks cause Im slow but surely starting to losing my touch in shooters...
Settlers 7
Elemental
Star Trek Online, FF 14
And all of them I am perfectly happy to walk away from if they screw it up for me.
It's posts like this that remind me of the adage, "Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent." Since you've completely ignored my previous point(s), there's clearly no further help for you....
If you do get STO, I don't suppose you'd be kind of enough to share your thoughts on it, would you?
I'm very curious about the game -- I should maybe note that I've never played an MMO before -- but keep finding myself holding back on actually purchasing it. (Part of that is because I'm going to have to upgrade my graphics card in order to play STO, which I'm reluctant to do for several reasons.) Having an idea of what kind of gaming experience it's actually like would be enormously useful!
Sheesh, don't you have some homework to grade or something?
I don't choose sides here but if I had to say something I'd say: at least he doesn't use bright colours to offend normal people's eyes?
If you have never played an MMO before, then maybe you are unaware that next week, Tuesday I believe, STO is having an Open Beta. Open Beta's aren't the end all, but I almost always play the Open Beta of an MMO before I buy a game. You mentioned upgrading your card, so if you aren't able to do the Open Beta, I am sure I'll have an opinion on it one way or another, and 99% sure my sister will by it regardless (unless they really, really mess it up).
Ah, no; I was not aware of that, as a matter of fact. I knew there was a closed beta, of course -- indeed, it feels like I've been constantly bombarded with contests in which you can win a beta key -- but I didn't know there was going to be an open beta as well. Thanks for the info, Nesrie; much appreciated!
Now I just have to decide whether or not to upgrade my video card now, or if I still want to wait....
Starcraft 2 by some distance
Diablo 3 (won't be released in 2010)
I'll also be suckered into buying CNC 4, which I will enjoy for about a week and never play again.
I like you
Anybody who believes Diablo III is coming this year doesn't know how much time Blizzard devote to their games or that they delay their releases all the time. StarCraft II was announced in May 2007 at BlizzCon and people thought it was gonna be released at christmas 2008 and the rest thought April 2009 (a 10 year anniversary) but MAN were they wrong
If Elemental comes out in 2010 that will be my only hot for title to come out. I will be preordering a game for the first time in my life(typically no reason to preorder something that can become vaporware at the flip of a switch-or market minded CEO's or CFO's most games ship with bugs that require patching anyways). In my mind, only Elemental and Stardock deserve some influx of early cash in order that they take their time in creating the greatest(hopefully)fantasy strategy game ever. Of course I am in the group that loved Master of Magic beyond any of the other's(sorry Sid, I love your games too but if I had to choose..Civ loses out).
Now for the other games and why I might play them, just not when first released-
Starcraft 2 Yea I loved and played Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft. I think Warcraft was first rts I played and found the game great fun. Of course now I've played various rts's from then on and currently play Co. of Heroes. So even though I loved the Blizzard games in general and still a fan of that company for the dedication to their franchises(much like Stardock). I do believe Starcraft 2 without multiplayer makes no sense in terms of longevity or sales. I might still play it but it won't be for at least a year after release and by then I might be to busy with a different shiny bauble..
Battlefield 2 Bad Co. I like fps's and the Battlefield franchise has been fun. I have enjoyed these fps's Doom, Quake(mods like Action Quake), Unreal Tournament(favorite mod was Tac-Ops), Shadow Warriors("who wantta some wang?"and sending remote controlled Nukes at your buddies was blast), Outlaws("here chicky, chicky"). I also own and have played Call of Duty(WAW), Crysis and untold others that I just didn't find as aweinspiring or as fun as my first group. You can be sure if DRM is an issue with BF2BC that it wont make it to my desktop in that config.
Thanks for the info, looks pretty nice. I have to see more though especially when they bring up real time. I personally find real-time can often interfere with the strategy part in most cases, at least for me. If they do it right (i.e. pause anytime and still let you manage your empire) then it can work though. The real time in Hearts of Iron for example didn't interfere at all. I'll keep my fingers crossed and wait for some more info.
Whatever game my game art and design class is going to be working on.
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