Firstly: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
2014 promises some innovative new games – possible gameplay breakthrough – continued evolution in storytelling and more interesting TV to game crossover.
The Games to Get
The stand out titles with scheduled releases include Thief (Cross Platform, Feb), South Park: Stick of Truth (Cross Platform, March) Titanfall (XBox360, March), Infamous: Second Son (PS4, March) and Destiny (Cross platform, Sept). Of these, Titanfall has the most buzz. With gameplay footage already out, it depicts all out FPS, every-man-for-himself mayhem, complete with mech warriors. But the real excitement seems to be in the new free-flowing gameplay that allows players to jump onto pretty much any building or object, or any part of any building or object be it a helicopter, tank or giant robot…then blow it up. You can blow up everything. Every gamers dream really.
But wait there’s more!!
Creeping up like unseen perversions of science are the survival horror titles, The Evil Within (Cross platform) and Outlast (PS4). Survival horror has been growing in popularity especially with the success of the Walking Dead serial game and the Dead Space franchise. However, these are rumoured to really take the genre to a even more terrifying depth. Oh, and keep an ear out for Telltale Game’s deal to make Game of Thrones into a game series. Should be fun.
Most anticipated
Game Hedz most anticipated games of 2014 are Watchdogs (Cross platform) and The Order: 1886 (PS4). We’ve already seen plenty of Watchdog’s gameplay footage as it was meant to be released in 2013. In terms of gameplay, it’s Assassin’s Creed set in the 21st century. The Order is from triple A developer Naughty Dog. These guys made The Last of Us and Uncharted, so you know it comes with a proven track record. With some footage already out there, it looks like a sci-fi history adventure. Steam Punk shooter might be one way to put it.
All that said, the games that will really hold centre stage won’t be played on any console: That’s the World Cup of Football in Brazil. Hooyah.
All the best for 2014. Keep ya hedz up.
By Blakniss
