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None! I just want free games. /s


Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

> It's a new year, with the promise of many new games to come. Are we
> excited about any of them? Here's a partial list of titles expected to
> release this year; do any of these wet your whistle? 

>   Anno 117: Pax Romana  -- Assassin?s Creed Shadows -- Atomfall -- 
>   Avowed -- Borderlands 4 -- Civilization 7 -- Death Stranding 2 -- 
>   Donkey Kong Country Returns HD -- Doom: The Dark Ages -- 
>   Dune: Awakening -- Elden Ring Nightreign -- Fable -- Ghosts 
>   of Yotei -- Grand Theft Auto 6 -- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 -- 
>   Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza -- Mafia: The Old Country -- 
>   Marathon -- Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra -- Metal Gear Solid Delta -- 
>   Metroid Prime 4: Beyond -- Monster Hunter Wilds -- Outer Worlds 2 --
>   Sniper Elite: Resistance -- Subnautica 2 -- Synduality Echo of Ada

> (feel free to add to the list if you felt I missed any. I only did the
> most preliminary of searches)

>                                 *

> Like, I suspect most of you here, I'm not the sort to rush out and buy
> any of these games on Day One. It's not worth the price nor the hassle
> of dealing with unpatched bugs. Still, there are at least a few I'm
> /tempted/ to Day One purchases.


> Most notable is "Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2". The first game was...
> well, I can't honestly say it was great. It was gorgeous certainly
> (one of the best looking games in my extensive library), and I loved
> its portrayal of medieval Bohemia. It had some very interesting
> mechanics and a fairly good story. It did have this minor failing of
> not being, you know, all that much fun to actually play. I don't
> expect the sequel to be much better, but still, I look forward to
> immersing myself in its world again. It's definitely one of the games
> I'm most likely to buy this year.

> "Civilization 7" is pretty high on that list too although honestly, I
> don't really know anything about it, but... it's Civilization, damn
> it. Do I need anything more? I think the biggest thing that makes me
> hesitate is that I already /own/ six versions of the game and adding
> another one doesn't seem necessary (especially since I'm terrified of
> playing any of the older ones anyway). But I know I won't be able to
> resist. Meier's got his hooks in me too deep.

> Less certain to make the list is "Doom: The Dark Ages", but for
> largely the same reason as "Civilization"; it's part of a franchise I
> have a good deal of attachment too. Frankly, I'm not the biggest fan
> of the gameplay of the newer games, but I gotta admit, I'm sort of
> interested in where they take the story (Carmack would be rolling in
> his grave, were he dead, for me to say the /story/ is what I'm most
> interested in a Doom game). But even if its comic-book schlock, I
> gotta admit that the narrative and back-story Bethesda has built up
> around the Doom franchise is what's got me hooked. 



> Other than that... well, there are a number of games that look
> interesting to me, but none of them leap out and say, "Play, play,
> play!" Certainly in time, most of these will get added to the library,
> and many will at least get a short look-over, but I'm fine waiting a
> year or six before that happens.


>                                 *

> What about you? Any games in the list (or not in the list but you've
> heard of elsewhere) that you're waiting for, eagerly or not? Is 2025
> going to be one of the great years in gaming, you think, or a fairly
> humdrum experience like was 2024?



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