The games coming out this fall season are an assault on the senses. This is a way better lineup than last year. Games I care about include:
- Dead Space – released Oct 13 to great reviews
- Fable 2 – Oct 21
- Far Cry 2 – Oct 22
- Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Oct 28
- Fallout 3 – Oct 28
- Gears of War 2 – Nov 7
- Call of Duty: World at War – Nov 11
- Mirror’s Edge – Nov 11
- World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – Nov 13
- Left 4 Dead – Nov 17
- Prince of Persia – Dec 2
I’ve bolded the ones I’m definitely going to buy. Almost all of these are Xbox 360 titles. There are a couple good PS3 games (such as Little Big Planet), but I don’t have a PS3.
I’m cautious about Fallout 3. It has probably the biggest advertising campaign out of all of them, but I have a feeling it won’t meet expectations.
Lots of sequels in there. In fact, the only ones that aren’t a sequel or in some way part of an existing series are Dead Space, Mirror’s Edge, and Left 4 Dead.
I’ve been following the Fallout 3 coverage on No Mutants Allowed since Bethesda got the license. I think it’ll be a great game; that may be different from ‘meeting expectations’ for a lot of the Fallout fan community.
Long time no see, Andrew. How are things going? There’s a cool geek get-together in Cambridge this Friday, if you want to come.
WoW:WotLK? Seriously, you play WoW these days? As for the F3 – seems to be more Mad Max-ish/Fallout-ish than Oblivion-ish. Not being the biggest Ob fan I think that’s good for the game.
Notice how I didn’t bold WoW, which means I’ll probably wait a long time before trying it.
I’m only cautious about Fallout 3 because I’ve seen lots of demos (including all the ones at PAX), but the demos never have much substance. They usually amount to “oh look at our fancy targeting system.”
I hope it isn’t like Oblivion, because Oblivion had really broken gameplay and repetitive voice-overs.
Interwebs claim that people who didn’t like Oblivion should give F3 a try since it’s different. Equally huge but different in terms of gameplay. There are more interesting things IMO so I won’t pick it up. I preordered MKvsDC, C&C:RA3 (PC), Mirror’s Edge, PoP and TR:U. I’ll get Fable 2 and GoW2 as well. Now, where can I buy some free time? ;D
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