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Red's Seven Games for 2020
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Red's Seven Games for 2020
Red Thomas discusses seven games he’ll be watching in 2020. Will it be a good year for RPG fans, or will we be facing a year of slim pickings? Red outlines his thoughts on several upcoming games and gives specific nods to those he feels will have the largest impact on the future of gaming.
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Cyberpunk 2077
Marvel's Avengers
Tales of Arise
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Trials of Mana Remake
Persona 5 Royal
Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition
Honorable mention:
Persona 5 Scramble
Vault-Tec analysts have concluded that the odds of worldwide nuclear armaggeddon this decade are 17,143,762... to 1.
When you say an "Early-Access version", what do you mean? The game has essentially been in early access for a long time now. Anyone can purchase the $50 backer pack and play immediately.
At some point there will be a free beta, which will enable anyone with a Crowfall account to try the game for free. I'm reasonably certain that won't be happening in February. They aren't going to push their biggest patch to live and then immediately invite 300k more players.
The only games I'm (tentatively) looking forward to at this point are...
Iron Harvest
Wasteland 3
Balder's Gate 3
But, I won't be buying any of them 'til I'm sure they aren't a buggy fucked up mess!
Things are not going the way I thought they would for the MMO genre; I'm playing my last one - GW2 - as we speak. The whole "microtransaction" thing has killed them for me...I'll take a monthly subscription over a cash-shop MMO any day of the week! Looks like it's gunna be single player games from here on out.
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A group of angry fucktards decided to get loud about not wanting left leaning politics in their games, while not similarly calling out right leaning politics. Thus was born the rallying cry of "keep politics out of games," which is ridiculous because games are art and art is often supposed to be political.
Journalists then started actively antagonizing these people for clicks, and they took the bait because they are too stupid to realize that ironic/hate traffic is just as good as legitimate traffic for the journalistic outlets. This led to a lot of regular gamers growing disillusioned with game journalism due to a drop in quality and constant air of hostility and contempt.
So now we have gamers delegitimizing games as an art form by attacking their ability to tell politically-charged stories, while we also have game journalists delegitimizing game criticism by actively giving the middle finger to their own audience.
They are running short of funds and they have developed in such a way they really could launch what is done so far as an early access title to try and raise more to complete the game, a la SotA.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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Cyberpunk 2077
Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2
Doom Eternal
Mount and Blade 2 Bannerlord
Baldur's Gate 3
Dying Light 2
Crusader Kings 3
Is a man not entitled to the herp of his derp?
Remember, I live in a world where juggalos and yugioh players are real things.
"Damn, I was looking forward to watching the Great British Bake Off show until I found out it contained British people and baking"
I don't think I'd call what they've already had "Early Access," but then phrases like that, Alpha, and Beta are all pretty meaningless these days.
It's a little different and I don't know any other games that I could really look to for an idea on how successful the idea will be, but I'm interested in seeing how it plays out. Notionally, that should mean release sooner than expected. If they have a good direction lined out and are more in the polish stage (which MAY be true from some of what I've heard 3rd-hand), then they could be in good shape.
I don't know on any of it, though. It's all just some guesses based on what I've heard and what I'd expect after watching other similar projects over the years.
To me, the real concern is that they have this unique ability to have a really great idea and stop just short of totally executing on it. STO was a fantastic game that just felt flat because there wasn't enough dynamic content. The use of bridge officers, different ship types, and some of the crew mechanics added later through updates was just brilliant. They did some fantastic stuff in that game, but really missed some opportunities by not creating some open world PvP opportunities between factions. Other mistakes too, but I see that one as really being the big miss for them.
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Logic, my dear, merely enables one to be wrong with great authority.
New World ( friends want to)
Pantheon ( eq and vanguard fan .. have to check it out)
Magic Legends ..( love arpgs for mindless fun)
I have a list of Under the Radar indie games im looking forward to .... That some may be interested in ..
1.Astrox Imperium .. Been playtesting this for over a year now ... such a great game from a fantastic indie dev .. Anyone that ever wished for Eve single player would enjoy this game ..
https://store.steampowered.com/app/954870/Astrox_Imperium/
2.Archemage Rises ... Really immersive fun game here,Where decisions shape your game and matter (alot)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/506480/Archmage_Rises/
3.Biomutant .. some may have forgotten this one .. But its coming along really nicely and will hit retail soon ..THQ Nordic is gonna deliver with this one
https://store.steampowered.com/app/597820/BIOMUTANT/
4.Realms Beyond .. Backed this one early on .. Excellent TB party RPG .. this one gonna take people by surprise ..
https://store.steampowered.com/app/762550/Realms_Beyond_Ashes_of_the_Fallen/
5.Knights of Honor 2 .. Another gem from THQ Nordic incoming .. I played Knights of Honor till my eyes were bleary so many nights .. One more turn goodness.. Cant wait for this sequel
https://store.steampowered.com/app/736820/Knights_of_Honor_II__Sovereign/
6.Among Trees.. Such a beautiful game to get lost in .. a Labor of Love and it shows..
https://store.steampowered.com/app/897730/Among_Trees/
7.Burden of Command .. the WW2 TB nerd in me is looking forward to this one ..
https://store.steampowered.com/app/887490/Burden_of_Command/
I have others .. but 7 for 7
Might explain why it appears the scope of NW has been cut back some and the sudden rush to get it quickly out the door.
If so, very likely not much good will come from this, at least not for those waiting on NW unless they are the traditional fans of such survival games who supported Rust, Conan Exiles, and Atlas quite vigorously despite the many flaws and limitations.
I have to be suspicious of cheap or free games...you tend to get what you pay for in life.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon