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My Top 10 Most Wanted Games of (the rest of) 2013 [top ten]
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We're over half-way through 2013, and it's already been a terrific year for video games. The Last of Us and Bioshock Infinite are not only my two early front-runners for Game of the Year, but both are among the best games of this current generation of consoles. Just by themselves, they are giving this generation one hell of a send-off. Along with other really good games like Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon and Tomb Raider, I feel that 2013 has already been better than last year, and there's plenty more to come. This thread got me thinking that while some really awesome games have already released this year, there's a heck of a lot of good games still set to release this year, and I was inspired to narrow this list down to 10 and rank them in order of my anticipation. And with that, this is a list of the games that I'm personally most looking forward to over the next 5+ months.
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07/21/13, 23:51 Edited: 07/21/13, 23:56
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Since its surprise debut at E3 2012, I've felt like this game had tons of potential; now, it's just a matter of delivering on it. It's going to depend heavily on the strength of the individual missions. How much control over the city will you have, and how much of a good reason will there be for using this technology in meaningful ways throughout? If it works, this could be really awesome. The open-world game has seemingly plateaued a bit with me in recent years, and the predictability of Assassin's Creed and its overabundance of shallow, monotonous activities and repetitive missions has tempered a lot of my enthusiasm. Will Watch_Dogs prove to be a lot more than a modern-setting Assassin's Creed, and furthermore, will it make a stronger debut than that series did back in 2007? This is a "cross-gen" game, but I'm more interested to seeing how well it will take advantage of the PS4's added power. (November 19th, Ubisoft)Game Page
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Grand Theft Auto V (PS3/360) |
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Up until last week, GTA V was probably middle-of-the-pack as far as games that I was really looking forward to this fall. Going into 2013, my most wanted games were easily Bioshock Infinite and The Last of Us, and GTA was well down the list. I mean, I fully expected it to be a good game. I fully expected to get it. I fully expected to really enjoy it. And maybe a lot of that is because the open world game, as I mentioned earlier, has started to wear on me a bit. It had become predictable. It felt like I already knew what to expect. So with GTA V, for me it was always like, "Alright, it looks a lot prettier. And hey, the story seems like it'll be more interesting and less self-serious this time. Sure, it'll be good." And that was about it, for the most part -- it never got into "cannot wait for this game" territory for me. That all changed when Rockstar released their first gameplay trailer of GTA V, and holy ****! I should have expected it considering the long development time, but I wasn't prepared for just how impressive of a product this is shaping up to be. It really, truly looks like the open-world game that I've always wanted, and the next big evolution for this series and the genre at large. Not only are they delivering on the sheer size and scope, but they are finally holding up their end of the bargain on the gameplay front as well, notably bringing in the excellent shooting mechanics of Max Payne 3 (a game I didn't much care for, but not because of this). And some of the varied activities like golfing, hunting and deep sea diving will probably eat up hours and hours of my life. But what really stood out the most to me, are the things Rockstar has brought to the table when it comes to missions. More specifically, the heists. Being able to plan these missions out in advance is something that I've always wanted to do in a GTA game; being able to essentially set a script for the crime you're going to carry out (much in the same way you'd plan out an assassination in a Hitman game) sounds awesome. And then there's the partner-zapping, which infamously didn't work for Resident Evil Zero, but seems to be applied a lot more sensibly here. The partner-zapping mechanic could prove to be a landmark innovation for open-world missions if used effectively in conjunction with the pre-mission plan. I'm already salivating at the number of possibilities there will be for completing a mission, and also wondering just how crazy Rockstar is willing to let us be. In any event, GTA V looks to be going far above and beyond the typical "car chase -> shootout -> escape the cops" that made up the bulk of the missions in previous games. In summary, GTA IV was a really good game, but it was missing some of that magic that the series had on the PS2. With GTA V, it looks like Rockstar has taken notes from their recent successes in Ballad of Gay Tony, Red Dead Redemption and Max Payne 3, and is bringing it all together at last. It really looks to be the total package. All of these reasons are why Grand Theft Auto V is my most wanted game of 2013. (September 17, Rockstar Games)
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