As a complement to the other game thread I thought it would be nice to have a place to talk about our expectations, hopes, dreams, and fears for upcoming games

Personally I'm looking forward to Halo 5 but I'm not sure if it's enough to make me spring for an Xbone. It'll be good for sure but the library is just so freaking weak right now.

I'm also pretty hopeful for No Man's Sky which looks amazing but holy crap they are promising the moon so I'm also pretty cautious.

I've yet to dive into the 8th generation aside from the Wii U because honestly the libraries are just terrible at the moment. Certainly not worth the outlay IMO.

Mostly I'm looking forward to Nintendo titles and while I'm bummed by Zelda getting pushed back Splatoon and Star Fox should fill the gap.

What about you guys?

I'm mostly waiting for That Which Sleeps, a game where you are supposed to play the Big Bad waiting to return to the world and lay waste to it.

I Lovingly got an Xbox One for Christmas so Halo 5 is going to be in my hot little hands on release day!!

I feel the same as the OP about No Man's Sky.

I want to get excited about Sword Coast Legends, but I'm worried it will lame with inane in app purchases, and no ability to modify the game. If it didn't have the purchases, and allowed for a mod community, it might become a go to for running online games of D&D.

The Witcher 3 looks promising. I hope it offers the kind of freedom that  Skyrim did, and more. I don't know much about it, but it it allows mods, I might move over to it and give Skyrim a break.

Quote from: Monster Manuel;822954The Witcher 3 looks promising. I hope it offers the kind of freedom that  Skyrim did, and more. I don't know much about it, but it it allows mods, I might move over to it and give Skyrim a break.

Freedom? In a Witcher game?

I just hope I'll find the time to play the stuff I already own. Though Pillars of Eternity does look good.

Hmmm, kinda jaded about games I'm looking forward to, as the last few games I got on release were changed dramatically from what was originally promised.
Specifically, X3 and Elite Dangerous.
So I have a "Wait and see" Philosophy now.
I'm kinda looking forward to "Star Citizen" , but there's no way I'm buying into it until several months after official release and that's after I see how things pan out after release.

There's some DnD 5e type game that allows you to create your own content that sounds interesting. Sort of looks like Neverwinter Nights.
I'll be watching the development of that.

The new batman game on ps4 has my sons' interest and therefore mine as well.

honestly im falling behind on my gaming news so i dont know whats coming out soon i will go have a look and get back to you

wait are we allowed to be hyped for games we are involved in making

because if so im hyped for when we decide what the next game is going to be after the recent release of insane asylum.

I'm looking forward to Xenoblade Chronicles X and whatever Bioware has going with the newest mini-expansion for SWTOR.

And I'd be lying if I wasn't guiltily looking forward to Yoshi's Wooly World.

wait theres a new yoshi game i think i know what im excited for now

I'm not really looking forward to anything.

I'll probably pick up Persona 5, but that's because of the hype and not from any great love of the Persona series.

I might pick up Etrian Odyssey Untold 2, just because I've bought all the others.  But I haven't played much of any of the others either, so I may finally quit hoarding that particular franchise.

The only video games I can think of that I might have a little excitement for are an upcoming port of Star Castle for the Atari 2600 and a potential port of Defender for the Atari 7800 in the far future.

I'm looking forward to Crowfall, which should be Shadowbane 2: without all the stuff that didn't work, and with all the stuff that worked in EVE.  Sadly it'll be almost two years for that.

Real short term as it's coming out in 5 hours, but Age of Wonder 3 has a new expansion that's supposed to greatly improve the diplomacy and a number of other things. Also necromancers.

OK, I just learned of one that I'm interested in coming along at the end of the year.  Ironically, it was announced the day before my previous post.

Project X Zone 2

Of course, my interest in that one is contingent upon Kos-Mos or some other characters I'm interested in being part of the roster.  So far, only Yuri Lowell (Tales of Vesperia), Ichiro Ogami, and Erica Fontaine (Sakura Wars) fit under that bill.

Since they have Tales of Vesperian characters again, maybe this time Rapide will be in there.