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[Bonfires Down]

It's a year of few games of the type that would normally be in competition for GOTY awards. But, there's still many promising titles and a lot of variety. So, what titles have your attention?

Darkest Dungeon 2 is likely going to be my most anticipated as I loved the first game. But, I'm must admit I'm also hyped for Battlefield and Back 4 Blood even though multiplayer games tend to feel too stressful for me at this point in life. And Diablo 2 is one of my all time favorites so I might try the remake to see if I'm still into that type of game.


Some other games that didn't quite make the poll:

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Aliens: Fireteam Elite
No More Heroes 3
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/ Shining Pearl
Super Monkey Ball
Sable
Wario Ware Get it Together
Life is Strange: True Colours
Mario Party Superstars
Advance Wars
Pathfinder: War of the Righteous
Humankind
Darkest Dungeon 2

 

[ArtemisClydeFrog]

Battlefield
Dying Light
Advance Wars
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
SMT 5
Halo
Forza
Metroid Dread
Age of Empires
Dying Light 2
FF14 Endwalker
Horizon Forbidden West

 

[Labadal]

Lost Judgment
NEO: TWEWY
Shin Megami Tensei V
Tales of Arise

 

[Vagswarm]

Honestly not that many... Diablo 2R because it looks pretty crisp & polished. Blizzard games do look and play well for the most part. Halo & Metroid because I'm a pretty big fan of both, and look forward to seeing what they came up with.

I usually have a wait and see approach for new games.

 

[Robb]

Quite a lot apparently, thanks for the reminder!

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No More Heroes 3
Back 4 Blood
Psychonauts 2
The Ascent
Battlefield 2042
Deathloop
Halo Infinite
Forza Horizon 5
Metroid Dread
Horizon Forbidden West

 

[Hobbygaming]

Day One's
Horizon Forbidden West
Kena
Tales of Arise

And the director's cut for Ghost of Tsushima

Maybe's
Dying Light 2
Guardian's of the Galaxy
Lost Judgment

 

[Danjin44]

 

[Naked Lunch]

Halo Infinite - been 6 long years since the last Halo. Crazy we had to wait this long.
Flight Sim console - a true next gen showcase. Still hard to believe this game does what it does. Cant wait to discover the earth.
Battlefield 2042 - its looking like Battlefield is back.

Super Mario World - 16:9 widescreen hack, on real SNES hardware. Still in a semi beta with more releases on the way.
Metroid Dread - still not 100% sold on this. No clue why it looks worse than Super and the GBA games.
Forza Horizon 5 - keeping arcade racing alive. Pure fun.

Blaster Master Zero 3, Psikyo Shmup Collection, and Hades - I waited for the Xbox versions.

 

[R6Rider]

Battlefield
Deathloop
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Dying Light 2
Lost Judgment
Kena

Not an option on the poll:
Fracked (PSVR)

Should note that there are lots of other titles in the poll that I plan to get later on at a cheaper price/when I catch up on my backlog more.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Psychonauts 2
Tales Of Arise
Dying Light 2
Halo Infinite

 

[Arcadialane]

Little Devil Inside

 

[Pantz]

Top 5:
5. The Ascent
4. Horizon Forbidden West
3. Tales of Arise
2. Forza Horizon 5
1. Halo Infinite

 

[Bonfires Down]

Little Devil Inside

It does look sweet. Release date seems to be up in the air at the moment though.

 

[kyliethicc]

Knack 3 baby

 

[Bartski]

Horizon: Forbidden West is my no.1 most anticipated game this year, followed by The Darkest Dungeon 2 and Ascent this week.

I'm also there on day one for both GoT and Death Stranding director's cuts and that could be it for the PS5, I doubt Little Devil Inside will be out this year. Maybe Kena and maybe Dying Light 2.

Going for the Halo campaign and some back4blood on gamepass and finally checking out Hades. Definitely Scorn if it's still coming this atumn.

Some great-looking indies in the meantime, Eldest Souls, 12 minutes, plenty more still scheduled for 2021 but with no release date.

 

[YukiOnna]

Pokemon DP Remakes
FFXIV Endwalker
SMTV
Tales of Arise
Ace Attorney
Halo Infinite
NEO:TWEWY
Lost Judgment
NMH 3

 

[ShadowLag]

Sadly, I'm not looking forward to ANY of those. The franchises I care about are not being properly represented this year (so far).

 

[fran.fernandez]

Stay alive

 

[Con-Z-epT]

Diablo 2: Resurrected

I'm gonna lock myself up in the living room for days when this releases.


Otherwise i hope Sony still has something to anounce with a release date of 2021. But i'm sure that it is unlikely.

 

[Labadal]

Stay alive

I will do my best.

 

[RoyalLaFlame]

I voted Halo Infinite and Metroid but since I only have a Switch, Metroid.

Maybe I'll get an Xbox before Halo. Or a Playstation. Fuck I don't know.

 

[Vagswarm]

I voted Halo Infinite and Metroid but since I only have a Switch, Metroid.

Maybe I'll get an Xbox before Halo. Or a Playstation. Fuck I don't know.

I'm in the same boat as you, lol. The Series X is just as hard to find as a PS5. But playing the Halo MCC on the PC has been pretty awesome, and I actually prefer the keyboard + mouse over the console controller for straight FPS games. Sounds like Halo is coming to the PC at the same time.

 

[TonyK]

Only two of those. What a sad year

 

[RoyalLaFlame]

I'm in the same boat as you, lol. The Series X is just as hard to find as a PS5. But playing the Halo MCC on the PC has been pretty awesome, and I actually prefer the keyboard + mouse over the console controller for straight FPS games. Sounds like Halo is coming to the PC at the same time.

I don't have a PC as well. Thing is, I'm still doubting that 343i can pull this one off. They're simply not a good developer for Halo, but I hope I'm wrong.

Basically, if Halo Infinite is that good, I will go for an Xbox. If not, PS it is.

 

[Fredrik]

Top 3
1. Forza Horizon 5
2. Horizon Forbidden West
3. The Ascent

The rest
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Far Cry 6
Halo infinite
Metroid Dread
Psychonauts 2
Kena

 

[martino]

On this list :
Dying Light 2: Stay Human
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Metroid Dread
Tales of Arise
The Ascent

 

[CuteFaceJay]

L4D3 & Forza!

I hope Battlefield is gonna be good this time.

 

[GeekyDad]

Just SMTV and Metroid Dread for me. Will be more than enough to last me a while, I think.

 

[Kupfer]

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Not intrested in the rest or I don't believe in a 2021 release.

Also can't wait for the Steam Deck

EDIT:
Didn't know "The Ascent" until now. Watched the trailer, looks pretty decent.

 

[Rickyiez]

Back 4 Blood, BF 2042 , Tales of Arise , Halo Infinite , D2 Resurrected .

And ... PathFinder : Wraith of the Righteous which was not in OP

Quite a stack amount of games , it's going to be exciting going into the end year IMO

 

[Umbral]

What a shit year for games. I’m sitting on the fence about Deathloop. I’m probably only going to buy Lost Judgment, and even that is a maybe.

Probably won’t buy anything new until Elden Ring.

 

[Astral Dog]

Metroid and NEO, im also waiting to hear what surprises are shown in the traditional September Direct

 

[kurisu_1974]

For me

Neo - The World Ends With You (PS4, 27/07/21)

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Switch, 27/07/21)

No More Heroes 3 (Switch, 27/08/21)

Tales of Arise (PS5, 10/09/21)

Lost Judgment (PS5, 24/09/21)

Age of Empires IV (PC, 28/10/21)

Shin Megami Tensei V (Switch, 12/11/21)

And then there is some stuff that hasn't got a date but I'm hoping is coming out this year, like Stray on PS5.

 

[Banjo64]

Flight Simulator
Psychonauts 2
Battlefield 2042
Forza Horizon 5
Halo Infinite
Horizon Forbidden West

 

[IKSTUGA]

Top 5 most hyped for:

1. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania
2. Metroid Dread
3. Lost Judgement
4. Battlefield 2042
5. SMTV

 

[Flabagast]

CP2077 next gen edition.

Everything else looks super boring tbh

 

[reksveks]

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The Ascent
SMTV
Tales of Arise
AoE4

 

[REDRZA MWS]

Just Halo Infinite and BF 2042

 

[nightmare-slain]

Halo is winning the poll? that's not acceptable! /s

games i'm wanting to play the rest of the year:

Battlefield 2042 - i hope it's good.
Diablo 2 - never played the original but have been wanting to since getting bored of Diablo 3. been holding out for a remaster and it's coming so yeah...
Halo Infinite - probably most excited for this
Shin Megami Tensei V - never played one before. only Persona games. not sure i'm gonna like SMTV but will try it.

 

[Haggard]

Horizon FW - (The first game was one of only 2 games ever that I liked enough to platinum it)
Battlefield 2042 - I give it the benefit of the doubt. Portal mode has incredible potential.
Back 4 Blood - I Loved L4D
Diablo 2 Resurrected - Not sure I should start this. I spent ~300 hours or so on the game back then. This could spiral out of control fast
Psychonauts 2 and The Ascent are on my "maybe" list.

 

[jroc74]

Deathloop
Far Cry 6
Guardians of the Galaxy
Horizon Forbidden West
Kena
Metroid Dread
Forza 5
Halo


Metroid.....I finally got a Switch, and I liked what I saw from Metroid.

Not really a Halo fan, but I have to see what they improved, and see if this Halo actually holds my attention.

The rest of the games I listed are just obvious reasons.

 

[cireza]

Halo campaign.

 

[GHG]

My main ones are:

• Age of Empires IV
• Deathloop
• Diablo 2
• Forza Horizon 5
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Kena (already pre ordered on PC)
• Lost Judgment

Keeping my eye on the Ascent and Dying light 2. Have already been playing Flight Sim since last year.

 

[GymWolf]

Obviously horizon crossgen west

The ascent

Kena

Little big devil

Deathloop

Dying light 2

Pc version of MH rise

Halo campaign

Any interesting AA\indie

 

[Putonahappyface]

Not to bad for me this year. 2022 will be a solid year though.

Ghost of Tsushima DLC​

Maneater Truth Quest DLC​

Farcry 6​

Horizon Forbidden West​

Life Is Strange True Colours (non binary deluxe edition)​

Aliens Fireteam Elite​

 

[Camreezie]

Forza 5
Kena
Metroid Dread
Far cry 6
Dying Light 2

 

[Ev1L AuRoN]

Since I have a Pc and Switch I would have to say...

Metroid Dread

Battlefield 2042

When I finally put my wants on a ps5 of course Horizon Forbidden West

 

[Captain Toad]

Horizon Forbidden West
Kena Bridge of Spirits
SMT V
Metroid Dread

Honestly, a pretty down year for games. Thank goodness for Returnal and Rift Apart.

 

[Alpha Male]

Battlefield
Halo
Forza Horizon
Flight Sim
Far Cry
Horizon
Dying Light
Toy Soldiers

 

[kingfey]

Getting my 2nd ps5, and any of the series console. I cant play those games, without those, or I have to stick to my old gen consoles. PC is off the limit for gaming for now.