Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Future Games I Want to Play

E3, the largest game convention of the year in the Americas, has officially ended. The convention showed off tons of new games along with new hardware. Here is the list of things I'm anticipating and my thoughts on them.

1. Halo 3: The 3rd Halo game tops the list. I've been waiting for Halo 3 for a long time, and with a 360, I can play it when it comes out in September. With new weapons like the Spartan laser and the Brute Grenades, the game is being changed up considerably. That said, I'm extremely hyped for the game I support every change made so far to the Halo game engine.

2. New PSP: Granted, I own a PSP and I don't play it, but the new PSP seems cool. I don't really want to buy one, but I'm stoked for it none-the-less. It seems like a good improvement on good hardware. Video-Out, a non-spring loaded UMD drive, and a thinner profile are nice improvements. Keep it up, Sony.

3. Fable 2: Fable was an ok RPG. It didn't deliver the promises that Peter Molyneux made, but it was still a good game. That said, Fable 2 seems like an improvement on the formula. Fable had a great foundation, but it wasn't built very well from there. Simply double or triple the game world, add tons of new armor and features, and allow greater customization and you have a great AAA title.
4. Starcraft 2: It's Starcraft. Nuff' said.

5. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2: I love the original Final Fantasy Tactics; in terms of storyline, it's my favorite game ever. The second title, Advance, was an improvement from a gameplay perspective, but it lacked the complex, adult-aimed political storyline of the original. While the new Tactics game is based more on "New" Ivalice (Tactics Advance, Final Fantasy XII) they are improving the storyline and making it more complex. Hopefully Square-Enix will succeed.

6. Super Mario Galaxy: What can I say, I love Mario. Don't have a Wii, but I'm hyped none-the-less.

7. FEAR 2: The sequel to one of my favorite FPS games ever, thus I'm stoked.

Overall, this E3, being the first of the new style, wasn't as great as the previous ones. It still had plenty of new stuff, and thus it was a great convention overall. It's time to wait for the Tokyo Game Show now.

See ya next mission!

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