The Games of 2018 - what's coming and will it be any good? - The Bear and Badger

JonB

2017 will be tough to top, but there's still some good stuff on the horizon.

What will be the big games of 2018 for you?

First major release seems to be Monster Hunter World. I've never played a MH game, but am up for this. Then there's Shadow of the Colossus, of course.

Mostly, I'd like a release of Dragon Quest XI, but still no date on the US/EU version yet. And will we finally see something of Shenmue 3?

djchump

Spider-Man, Into the Breach, RDR2 and TLoU2 are the only ones on my radar right now.

Dark Soldier

God of War, Metroid Prime 4 (lol)

retroking1981

RDR2

acemuzzy

Onrush, motherfuckers

Birdorf

EDF 5.

Skade

Flippin ell mun!

Ni No Kuni 2

Skerret

POQ 6

Moot_Geeza

Definites: RDR2 day one. Ori and the Will of the Wisps.

Maybes: Fire Emblem Switch, assuming it arrives. Spiderman (more of a probably, but depends on reviews), Yakuza 6, Fist of the North Star. Yoshi for reluctant co-op that I'll probably end up enjoying. Hollow Knight and Owlboy on Switch. Runner 3. Meat Boy Forever. God of War. The Last of Us 2. Metroid Prime 4.

I'd guess Shenmue III will be Spring 2019, judging by Ryo's latest appearance.

acemuzzy

Ooh wait, Ori 2!

Beaten to it by fucking moot

Moot_Geeza

Also UFO 50 and the No More Heoes indie cross-over thing.

optimark_prime

Yakuza 6 is the game I’m most looking forward to.

Vela

Yakuza 6 of course, cheers moot. Hopefully metroid. Ace Combat next entry. Octopath traveller.

dynamiteReady

The Dragon Ball Z fighting game looks amazing.
Will be keen to see if that will shake Capcom of it's high horse.

Stopharage

I’m not excited about any game coming out this year. But then I said the same last year and it was a barnstormer. Think the attempt took at 52 games last year left me a bit jaded.

hylian_elf

The inevitable Forza Horizon 4 will be an insta-purchase.

monkey

Spider-man, Ori 2. I’m not interested in RDR2 but, as is usual for me with Rockstar games, I’ll probably crack around launch time, enjoy it for a while then start slagging it off as the same old, same old.

When I get round to buying a switch then Bayonetta 3.

Oh and mega man 11.

Raiziel

I don’t expect to see The Last of Us 2 this year. I do expect Bethesda to announce their sci-if game at E3 for an early winter release. That will probably automatically win even though I know nothing about it.

Dead certs for this year will be Dragon Quest XI and Ni No Kuni 2.

Olimite

Sequels sequels sequels. Yawn.

Let's hope we see lots of original content this year.

Kow

Metroid is the only thing I'm actively interested in. Vague interest in Red Dead, but that's about it. Might try and play the stuff I already have, for a change.

Vela

Olimite wrote:

Sequels sequels sequels. Yawn. Let's hope we see lots of original content this year.

Cant exactly predict unknown unknowns, Rumsfeld.

Olimite

Vela wrote:

Olimite wrote:

Sequels sequels sequels. Yawn. Let's hope we see lots of original content this year.

Cant exactly predict unknown unknowns, Rumsfeld.

Is there not such a thing as previews?

[Deleted User]

I'm not buying anything this year but I will be keeping an eye on the following.

Sea of Thieves.
I doubt I would commit to scheduled MP though.

Xbox One E3
Surely a make or break E3 for Microsoft. Sea of Thieves, Forza H4 and Crackdown should all be out or nearly out by then. What are MS going to show us that is new? Probably Halo 6 yawn.

Spiderman, God of War, Metroid. All games I will one day pick up but I need to invest in the hardware first.

Andy

I ordered and paid for Insomniac’s Spider-man a long time ago, and I’m looking forward to that.

I won’t be buying anything this year, so I’m hoping it turns out to be a bit of a dud.

Moot_Geeza

Is Forza H4 confirmed or is it a standard two year thing as a rule?

JonB

Think a lot of the big games are less appealing to me this year. RDR2, TLoU, Spiderman, God of War are all nos, unless they do something really surprising.

Main ambition for the year is to get a Switch. Bayo 3 and some good indie stuff have tipped the scales (Fire Emblem would make it irresistible). Relies on me getting a job first though.

dynamiteReady

Oooo...

Didn't know about Bayonetta 3... Found it on this list.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-01-02-the-50-most-exciting-games-of-2018

Just a relaunch of 2 would have been fine for me.

Webbins

@Moot - Most likely the two year thing, alternates with Forza Motorsport.

Looking forward to Sea of Tea Leafs, RDR2, the continued development of PUBG, and possibly Anthem; if it continues to be the bastard love child of Titanfall and Destiny.

Dubs

Monster Hunter is preordered. Tempted by Dragon Ball Fighterz but I struggled to get into GGXrd twice so I'm hesitant to jump into another anime fighter, even though DBFZ looks a bit simpler. I really just want to use the fat marshmallow man and turn people into a biscuit.

Fist of the North star is about as close to a God Hand sequel as I can hope for so I'll give it a go.

That's it unless Spelunky 2 or EDF 5 come out. I bought four new games last year so that seems about right.

HawBawJaws

Far cry 5, state of decay 2 and FH4.

JonB

dynamiteReady wrote:

Oooo... Didn't know about Bayonetta 3... Found it on this list. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-01-02-the-50-most-exciting-games-of-2018 Just a relaunch of 2 would have been fine for me.

Spelunky 2, of course. Griftlands is also of interest, but PC only so far.

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