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PC Games to Keep an Eye On

Sunday, January 17th, 2010; 3 Comments

I could easily list all the games I am looking forward to this year, but I thought I’d instead spotlight the the PC games that I am most interested in playing. I consider the PC to be my main platform for gaming and I thought it had a great 2009 and I hope it is at least as good in 2010.

Alpha Protocol (Obsidian Entertainment)
I am a pretty big fan of Obsidian and especially Chris Avellone, who I think is among the premier game writers and designers in an industry where writing is typically poor. So it is no surprise that this is one of the games I am looking forward to most this year. For the unaware, Alpha Protocol is being called “The Espionage RPG” and is basically just that, a modern-day spy RPG. There are varying ways to play the game, from a suave James Bond-type to a bust in and kick ass Jason Bourne-type. Originally slated for early 2009 and now having suffered numerous delays, I hope that the extra time publisher Sega has given Obsidian has really helped to give the game the level of polish it deserves.

BioShock 2 (2K Marin)
This one shouldn’t take too much explaining why I am excited for it, with the first game being one of my favorite games of all time. I actually do not expect this to be as good as the first, but I’m certainly willing to be pleasantly surprised. I expect for the overall gameplay to be more polished, but perhaps the story and characters to not be as engaging. The multiplayer mode sounds great too which I have written on before.

Fallout: New Vegas (Obsidian Entertainment)
Another Obsidian-developed title, there is not much info widely available about this game yet other than it will use the Gamebryo engine (see Oblivion and Fallout 3) and it will not be related to the Fallout 3 story, merely take place in the same universe. Having recently played and beaten Fallout 3 for the first time, and this coming from one of my favorite studios, even the little info we have on this is enough to make me excited, and it is potentially the game I am looking forward to most in 2010.

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment)
Like BioShock 2, this should need no explanation for why it is on this short list. Blizzard has been working on this game for years now and I expect it to be one of the most polished experiences of 2010. I have probably not played the original StarCraft for 10 years so it is definitely time.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Chaos Rising (Relic Entertainment)
The first expansion to 2009’s Dawn of War II, Chaos Rising will add an entirely new campaign, continuing the story of the Blood Ravens Space Marines, this time in their fight against the Chaos Space Marines. I am already a Warhammer fan, having played the tabletop game for more than several years in the past and I just loved this game’s main campaign. The game combines RPG and RTS elements (loot drops, fixed number of squads with no base building) to make for a truly unique strategy experience.

So there you have the games on PC I want to get my hands on most this year. Do you share the same anticipation or are your top upcoming games completely different?

BioShock 2 Multiplayer Detailed, CoD4-esque

Sunday, May 10th, 2009; 3 Comments

2k has announced that they are partnering with Digital Extremes to create BioShock 2’s multiplayer component. Digital Extremes is the developer of Dark Sector and also worked on the Unreal Tournament games.

The multiplayer mode is set before the fall of Rapture, so it does not tie in to the single player campaign. You play as a Plasmid test subject for Sinclair Solutions and fight with other players across fully reworked maps.

The mode will include an experience point system, presumably similar to Call of Duty 4’s in which you earn experience from playing matches and can customize your character with weapons, gene tonics, and plasmids. This is the part that really interests me as I’m big on customization and it sounds like you will have the same level of customization in multiplayer as you do in single player. This is the game I am looking forward to most (obviously from all the posts about it on this blog) and it will be released this fall on Xbox 360, PC, and PS3.

First BioShock 2 Footage is Awesome

Friday, April 10th, 2009; No Comments

Or you could substitute “Awesome” with “Orgasmic” or “Fap-worthy” if you are as excited about the game as I am. Check it:

2K, Make Up Your Mind!

Friday, April 3rd, 2009; No Comments

Remember when 2K Games said BioShock 2 no longer had the subtitle ‘Sea of Dreams’, and then went back on that and said it still had the subtitle? Well they have changed their minds again, this time with the “official” word that the title is simply BioShock 2.

“We name most of our trailers at 2K and the name of the teaser trailer we released last October for BioShock 2 is called ‘Sea of Dreams,’ 2K spokesman Charlie Sinhaseni told IGN. “There was talk about adding that as an official subtitle, but we decided to simply keep it BioShock 2. We’re sorry for the confusion, but we’re glad people are so interested.”

I still like ‘Sea of Dreams’, but I hope this is the last change in the BioShock 2 title saga.

BioShock 2’s Subtitle Saga [IGN UK]

Am I the Only Person Who Liked ‘Sea of Dreams’?

Friday, March 20th, 2009; 3 Comments

UPDATE: Apparently I’m not. Eurogamer reports that 2K Games has confirmed with them that BioShock 2 is still BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams. So you will be seeing ‘Sea of Dreams’ moving forward.

Well I knew that BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams was not a popular title when first announced but I personally thought it was a cool title. But apparently there weren’t enough people like me as the subtitle has been chopped, simply making the title BioShock 2.

This was confirmed by 2K Community Manager Elizabeth Tobey, who said, “You won’t be seeing ‘Sea of Dreams’ moving forward, just ‘BioShock 2.’”

Good night sweet title.