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The Darkness [30/03/07] - This also looks amazing. Being able to pick up and throw cars with your darkness powers looks great, really like the look of the whole setup where you have to power up in the dark to bring about your evil little minions.
Crackdown [23/02/07] - This looks like a metropolis straight out of 2000AD. Big cartoony (graphic novel) graphics, loads of over-the-top things to do and a big free space to do them in. Can't wait!
Bioshock [24/08/07]
Battlestations Midway [23/02/07] - This looks fun, plenty of playable craft (not just planes it seems) and it seems as if the delay has been used to add plenty more detail to it over it's nearest rivals (Over-G, Blazing Angels).
Assassins Creed [01/07/07] - A Medieval Splinter Cell with added crowd gimmic. The plot's shrouded in secrecy but it should do the business. Like the 'removed finger replaced with dagger' idea too. Freerunning concept is cool, plenty of bits to climb it seems - wonder how limited it'll actually be in the finished product. Really nice looking sword-fighting and a spicy level of difficulty to combat too it seems (but what else would you expect from a stealth game from Ubisoft?)
Mass Effect [30/03/07] - KOTOR meets Deus Ex meets Babylon 5. This is looking great especially with the Full Spectrum Warrior style battles.
Stranglehold [1/03/07] - Midway's Max Payne with super destruction and added moves. This should atleast be a great rental but hopefully there's more depth to it than it currently seems to have. Seems to be a lot less 'walk into a room' than Max Payne - the fighting seems to flow a lot better rather than Max Payne's stops and starts - more targets and more room for on-the-fly tactics equals more fun in my book.
Kindom Under Fire: Circle of Doom [TBA] - 4 player co-op over live. More of a hack and slasher than the previous games but don't expect the strategy elements to be completely non-existant.
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Metronome has been put into limbo due to not finding a publisher. Hopefully MS will grab it and use it to fill next summer's gap like they did with Earth Defence Force and Vampire's Rain this time around.
Once you get the hang of controlling your minions then taking out a herd of sheep in a whirlwind of violence can be very satisfying so I've got this on my 'to get' list for this Friday.
IGN say the full game lasts 15-20 hours offline and there isn't all that much to do online, but Overlord and Forza 2 should keep me going until Two Worlds (July 20th) or Mass Effect (October 5th) and Fable 2 (October 30th) finally hit the shelves.
(If they arrive later than expected I guess I'll try and grab some achievements outstanding from my old games).
you guys should get these games when they are released because they are awesome!
Pre-ordered Forza 2, Spiderman 3 and C&C 3 today. Guess I'll have about a tenner on my points card when I buy them all.
If I win any more, I'm going to have to get some more toys for my kids, I think. Too many games to play (though I still have a list a mile long of new games I want!)
And next year, Rock Hero will be out and will have a similar game play but with drums. MTV have boutght in (and unfortunately EA have a finger in this pudding) so the songs will be licensed.
Looking good for the future. And of course, the effects pedal and online mode for GH2...