What games are you looking forward to in the NEAR future?

Imran Siddiqui · June 10, 2003, 17:30

(By near future, I mean by the end of this year)

My pick is Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader

http://lionheart.blackisle.com

Here is a little FAQ: http://www.gamebanshee.com/lionheart/faq.php

Lionheart is a role playing game being made with the SPECIAL system, that is the same system used in Fallout and Fallout2.

The story is interesting. During the Crusades, Richard the Lionhearted brought together a bunch of holy relics and started a spell designed to wipe out Saladin's forces. Instead things went horribly wrong and there was a rip in the fabric of reality... demons and spirits flowed unto the world. Christian and Muslim joined to fight back these spirits resulting in a series of crusades against Dragons, Fell Spirits, etc. The Inquisition exists, but now it fights magic.

You show up a few centuries afterwards (after the crusades and England breaking up due to magical earthquakes). There are actually historical people in the game, a bit off center, of course

. Apparently Cervantes is a bit mad

. Some of them live longer than they should because of spirits helping them along.

It should be released in August, and it sounds awesome

.

Jon Miller · June 10, 2003, 18:09

SoU

Jon Miller

St Leo · June 10, 2003, 18:11

Warlords IV

BustaMike · June 10, 2003, 18:25

HL2
Halo2
Doom3
Diablo 2 1.10 patch
Fable
Crash Nitro Cart
Rallisport 2

Imran Siddiqui · June 10, 2003, 18:38

Jon - SoU?

And can you guys include a little blurb about what these games are?! Thanks

.

Skanky Burns · June 10, 2003, 18:57

Thief 3
Garrett is back, and this time the Keepers are too powerful for their own good. FPS - First Person Sneaker

Deus Ex 2
You are some new guy who enters the Deus Ex world, but can meet old favourites from the original. The thinking man's FPS, with a healthy dose of RPG as well.

HolyWarrior · June 10, 2003, 18:58

Sou--Shadows of Undrentide--the Neverwinter Nights expansion.
Hopefully they came up with a decent story this time.
I'll second Lionheart.

Imran Siddiqui · June 10, 2003, 18:59

Ah, DX2

. Is it coming out this year?

Skanky Burns · June 10, 2003, 20:03

*Eligibility of nominated games not guaranteed*
However, they are the only games I am looking forward to.

ixnay · June 10, 2003, 20:52

HALF LIFE 2
DEUS EX 2

Jon Miller · June 10, 2003, 21:37

note I answered the near future

as in the next couple of weeks

to my knowledge none of the rest are coming out than

Jon Miller

Skanky Burns · June 10, 2003, 21:39

I have another one. GTA Vice City.
By July, it might just be released in Australia for the PC!

Asher · June 10, 2003, 22:40

Near future as in next couple weeks:

Midtown Madness 3

ixnay · June 11, 2003, 01:31

Transport Giant (see my new thread in this forum)

JCG · June 11, 2003, 02:18

Victoria*
Crusader Kings*

*I -HOPE- at least one (if not both...though that's a bit greedy of me, sorry) is released before the year's out.

Oh and...SMT2 (if translations count).

Lord Zalzabad · June 11, 2003, 02:25

Vice City is avalible for PC here in Australia, Ihave seen it around town in varoius EB stores

FrustratedPoet · June 11, 2003, 04:56

Half-Life 2
Doom 3

Dilemma: If I stay unemployed and keep living at home then I'll have a comp capable of running these games. If I get a job and move out (with my g/f) then I'll have neither the money to afford a suitable comp nor the time to play the games. What a cruel cruel world we live in....

Skanky Burns · June 11, 2003, 06:10

Quote:

Originally posted by Lord Zalzabad
Vice City is avalible for PC here in Australia, Ihave seen it around town in varoius EB stores

Where abouts? I am near Sydney, and my local EB said that it was delayed until July when I asking today.

Adagio · June 11, 2003, 06:14

At present time there's only one game (or should I say: addon) I'm looking forward to see: SimCity 4 - Rush Hour

FrustratedPoet · June 11, 2003, 06:20

Quote:

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
Where abouts? I am near Sydney, and my local EB said that it was delayed until July when I asking today.

Maybe they just don't like you, buddy.

FrustratedPoet · June 11, 2003, 06:25

A few minutes of intensive google searching reveal several sources listing the Aussie release of ViceCity(PC) as 5th July. Nothing to contradict this.

Skanky Burns · June 11, 2003, 07:52

Quote:

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
Maybe they just don't like you, buddy.

That'd be revenge for my comment that made it into your sig?

My searches also turn up the same results. Thanks though.

DrSpike · June 11, 2003, 08:04

Warcraft3: The Frozen Throne.

Jac de Molay · June 11, 2003, 08:20

Half life! It'll be time to put another computer together when I get it

Sarxis · June 11, 2003, 10:15

Actually.. none.

Which is bad, and good, in the sense that I have all the games I want at the moment, but have nothing to look forward to.

John-SJ · June 11, 2003, 12:02

Republic: The Revolution, due out on 6/24, I believe.

John

DrSpike · June 11, 2003, 12:29

Quote:

Originally posted by John-SJ
Republic: The Revolution, due out on 6/24, I believe.

John

Was reading about this today..............looks quite interesting so far.

FrustratedPoet · June 11, 2003, 13:19

The fact that the release date for Republic has been pushed back several times doesn't inspire me with confidence, but it does sound like it has potential.

DrSpike · June 11, 2003, 13:32

Hopefully the fact they have been developing it for so long will mean we wont see a half-finished version straight out of the box.

FrustratedPoet · June 11, 2003, 13:40

Or it could suffer from the MOO3 effect - whereby the game sucked so much that they kept pushing the release date back until the publisher got fed up with sinking money into the project and just said "Oh for ****'s sake, we can't be bothered anymore!".