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Apart from Ken Kutaragi retiring have you all noticed there's absolutely nothing of note happening in the gaming world for the last few months?
It's the gaming doldrums, that rare combination of calm seas and nothing blowing to give gaming momentum. I think this year is especially quiet due to two new consoles being released with not many games and now everyone is frantically trying to polish off games in development so they'll have something to release for the summer.
It's OK for PS3 users who get Oblivion to keep them busy, and it's fine for FFXI fans who've got FFXI to fall back on, and I guess XBox users will be content shooting each other in their shooty games and Nintendo users will carry on collecting stars and bouncing on mushrooms, but in terms of anything new happening it's been a dire quarter of a year. I can't remember it being this quiet in the previous two decades, and now that E3 has been scrapped we haven't even got all the pre-show press hype that used to give us something to drool over during the lenient months.
I note that Ken Kutaragi timed his retirement just before the Forza 2 demo gets released, it may not be a coincidence.
Anyhow, to keep us busy during this lean period, here's a little compo:
Guess what IGN is going to nominate as Overall Game of the Year (GOTY, see?) for 2007.
Personally I'm going to plump for Mass Effect on the XBox 360 because it offers something relatively new (spacey RPG shooter) and looks like it might do it rather well.
It could be ousted from this position by something unheard of getting released this year, but I don't think these days it's possible to have something in development for 5 years without us knowing about it.
Previous IGN Overall Game of the Year Winners were:
2006: Okami (PS2)
2005: God of War (PS2)
2004: Half-Life 2 (PC)
So add your guess. Whoever gets it right can have every poster replying to their topics during 2008 add a little /bow to the end of their replies, and deservedly so. Although I can't make it compulsory.
(Closing date for entries: June 30th 2007)
It's the gaming doldrums, that rare combination of calm seas and nothing blowing to give gaming momentum. I think this year is especially quiet due to two new consoles being released with not many games and now everyone is frantically trying to polish off games in development so they'll have something to release for the summer.
It's OK for PS3 users who get Oblivion to keep them busy, and it's fine for FFXI fans who've got FFXI to fall back on, and I guess XBox users will be content shooting each other in their shooty games and Nintendo users will carry on collecting stars and bouncing on mushrooms, but in terms of anything new happening it's been a dire quarter of a year. I can't remember it being this quiet in the previous two decades, and now that E3 has been scrapped we haven't even got all the pre-show press hype that used to give us something to drool over during the lenient months.
I note that Ken Kutaragi timed his retirement just before the Forza 2 demo gets released, it may not be a coincidence.
Anyhow, to keep us busy during this lean period, here's a little compo:
Guess what IGN is going to nominate as Overall Game of the Year (GOTY, see?) for 2007.
Personally I'm going to plump for Mass Effect on the XBox 360 because it offers something relatively new (spacey RPG shooter) and looks like it might do it rather well.
It could be ousted from this position by something unheard of getting released this year, but I don't think these days it's possible to have something in development for 5 years without us knowing about it.
Previous IGN Overall Game of the Year Winners were:
2006: Okami (PS2)
2005: God of War (PS2)
2004: Half-Life 2 (PC)
So add your guess. Whoever gets it right can have every poster replying to their topics during 2008 add a little /bow to the end of their replies, and deservedly so. Although I can't make it compulsory.
(Closing date for entries: June 30th 2007)
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E3 was becoming too big and expensive for developers showcasing their games so they decided a smaller, more limited thing, would be better.
Ridddddddddge Racer!
Geffdof wrote:
> No more E3? How did I not know about this? It made May so
> exciting after seeing loads of new game trailers.
My thoughts exactly. Why did it get cancelled?
Ohhhh maybe it was because of the PS3 show last year :D
> No more E3? How did I not know about this? It made May so
> exciting after seeing loads of new game trailers.
My thoughts exactly. Why did it get cancelled?
Ohhhh maybe it was because of the PS3 show last year :D
I say Super Mario Galaxy.
If it lives up to the hype, I cant see anything beyond Spore winning.
I was quite excited by the prospect of Mass Effect but all the recent videos have put me off it as it looks too FPS-ish compared to what was originally promised.
I was quite excited by the prospect of Mass Effect but all the recent videos have put me off it as it looks too FPS-ish compared to what was originally promised.
No more E3? How did I not know about this? It made May so exciting after seeing loads of new game trailers.
Assassins Creed looks like it will be good as does GTAVI, but little detail is know of either and probably wont be for months. I might just ignore any gaming news for 6 months than randomly take a look and be pleasantly surprised.
Assassins Creed looks like it will be good as does GTAVI, but little detail is know of either and probably wont be for months. I might just ignore any gaming news for 6 months than randomly take a look and be pleasantly surprised.
But then, apart from Nintendo's efforts, the gaming industry is steadily going downhill.
People are less interested in it than they were before, people are moving on from the home console, everyone wants something new.
I know I'm certainly bored with the same old titles with new faces.
People are less interested in it than they were before, people are moving on from the home console, everyone wants something new.
I know I'm certainly bored with the same old titles with new faces.
I've actually worked out this entire time, it's time for another 6-pack thread.
Does look impressive for a PS2 game, yes, but does it stand out enough from the first one?
God of War 2.
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