Upcoming games! How do you feel about the future of gaming?

[Luseth 1,927]

So the past few day's I have realised I have for the better part of the past year missed out a lot on the games that I typically have enjoyed the most in the past and really what got me into gaming and that's my JRPG's.

 

Generally the gaming market feel's stale at the moment and when it comes to triple A titles very few of them excite me.

 

However I spent some time yesterday looking at the sorts of games I historically have enjoyed, more akin to Final Fantasys and I have realised there has been and is continuing to be a bit of a boom with regards to the quantity and quality of what is being produced and this has completely passed me by.

 

So typically I don't pre-order many games but I wanted things booked in for the rest of the year so to speak and have pre-ordered 3 games, the first being Dragon Age where I have loved each game but the other 2 (ordered for the Switch) are JRPG's, games that don't typically use the same extreme sized budgets that we see with Western Triple A titles and upon looking at them there are probably another 2 or 3 I could have ordered (though money does not allow currently) as well as a promising looking year next year.

 

So all of a sudden things are looking less stagnant for me and I am also now aware of a whole bunch of games that passed me by.

 

However it also got me thinking that if your a big fan of our Western style of games then the landscape is looking a little bleak and barren for a while it seem's, so just getting your thoughts? Are you expecting to be playing COD for the next year? Are you anticipating you will still mostly be playing games from yesteryear all next year?

[WelchyTV 440]

Personally, I would say the next 12/18 months is looking pretty exciting! 
 

For me I’m looking forward to playing the following (roughly in order of release):

 

- Black Ops 6 (game pass)

- Fear the Spotlight 

- Stalker 2 (game pass)

- Indiana Jones (game pass) 

- Marvel Rivals

- Assassins Creed Shadows 

- Avowed (game pass)

- Ghost of Yotei

- Fable (game pass)

- GTA 6 

- Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra 

- South of Midnight (Game Pass)

- Splitgate 2

These are just the ones we know about, I’m sure there will be some good surprises too (who would have guessed Helldivers 2 would have been that good!) 

 

I’m sure the games I listed won’t all be as good as I’m hoping, but I’m definitely excited for them and there’s nothing wrong with that! 

[J4MES OX4D 10,019]

I'm not really hyped for anything and I'll just take each half-decent release as it comes. Only GTA 6 truly stands out as a potential generation-defining title and whilst there is a few other ones that should be received well, there's nothing really ground-breaking. We are 4 years into this generation and there's not been much at all worth talking about - most of it has been negatives surrounding pricing, unfinished games, disappointing releases and a lack of any ambition. 

 

I really hope we see some top releases like we did towards the end of the PS4 era but right now, I am more happy about playing classics. Right now, Japan are the only ones delivering. 

[JM 1,604]

8 hours ago, WelchyTV said:

Ghost of Yotei

 

8 hours ago, WelchyTV said:

GTA 6 

are both games myself and GF are looking forward to! Hopefully I’ll hear good things in your reviews about the rest and on here on FG!

[GazzaGarratt 11,034]

I think the gaming scene is more turning into what we as consumers can do with existing titles to be creative with them. In an era of gorging content seems to be the socially acceptable thing to do, when its the exact opposite of how game developers want you to play it, I think its the only way forward. That, and a lot more indie B or C titles because no one is patient enough to wait 7 years for a video game to be developed these days.

 

That being said, i'm looking forward to the Winter as I think there are enough MP games for us to be able to have fun gaming nights across a ton of games. Some underrated ones have been out for a while and are worth playthroughs with friends. Baldurs Gate 3, Sea of Thieves, Space Marine 2 to name a few. Even Helldivers 2 which has largely dropped off the larger playerbase is a solid game that has lots of game nights where many here would really enjoy. Spreading yourself across a few titles will also remove that silly feeling of needing to complete a whole game in 12 minutes. I'm really enjoying pacing myself through the new Astrobot game as its not a huge game so I want to enjoy the content whenever I put it on.

 

Glass half-full. Especially with FGers is my summary.