Some releases I'm looking forward to...

[buzzmong]

Blood was brilliant, I've still got the dos version that I used with DosBox back on my home PC.

Outlaws was fun, I only played the demo though.

[MORDETH LESTOK]

Outlaws also had a "sprint" function whereas, you could sprint for a short distance and then be out of breath which made running a bit more realistic instead of perma-run like most games.

[Imperatore]

I'm looking forward to the just announced Final Fantasy XIV MMO just for PS3, I think it will be an average MMO but being in a FF setting I'm sure to enjoy it. Not bother with XI because I got the capability to play MMO's waaay to late to want to start new,

Edit: Apparently it's just PS3 and PC.

[FatherJack]

I'm looking forward to the just announced Final Fantasy XIV MMO just for PS3, I think it will be an average MMO but being in a FF setting I'm sure to enjoy it. Not bother with XI because I got the capability to play MMO's waaay to late to want to start new,

Edit: Apparently it's just PS3 and PC.

In 2002 all I wanted was a console MMO, being set in my favourite FF universe would have been just icing on the cake.

Imagine my disappointment when the PS2 disk peripheral, and thus the PS2 version of FFXI failed to appear over here. Two and half years later I settled for the PC version, and it was quite difficult to get hold of.

The stage was all set for fail. My then-crap PC on uncomfortable chair, no players in my timezone, all the other players 1-2 year veterans. That and a rubbish control system and too-hard battles to solo made me feel completely mugged.

This wasn't helped by the draconian account terms - cancelling deletes all your chars and resubscription requires you purchase an entirely new copy of the game and any expansions you had. That's not keeping customers loyal, that's fucking coercion. I paid for the game for a year after I stopped playing because I couldn't bring myself to kill off my characters.


So, while there's no platform-specific reason this can't be released worldwide simultaneously, and there's no crappy PS2 version holding development back, I'm not sure I'm ready to be shafted twice.

See, they could do a Phantasy Star on it - and just release a slightly prettier version of exactly the same game. They could leave us gaijin out again and have it to themselves for years before we get to play. It could learn nothing from its predecessor and feature the same repetitive gameplay.

It might be great though, but I'm waiting to see first this time, not be fooled by the cuteness or the setting.

[Imperatore]

I doubt it will be anything special, other than the graphics perhaps but I have no doubt I'll try it. Probably on PC rather than PS3 though.

[Roman Totale]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8Qz9ah8cKQ[/media]

[Imperatore]

No denying it looks good Roman but so did the first one and I didn't enjoy it. I tried really hard too but couldn't get into it although part of the problem was I had it on PS3 and it had flickery lines when you turned the camera.

[buzzmong]

I just hope the devs have listened to all the complaints and made it the game it should have been.

Looks like he can swim as well now, which was utterly stupid that he couldn't in the first.

[Roman Totale]

I've not actually been following the discussion about AC, just thought I'd post that 'cos it looked pretty

[FatherJack]

Pre-bought Anno 1404, been enjoying 1701 AD rather a lot, not realising it was three years old, or the third in a list of games whose numbers all add up to nine.

Also there's a Wii/DS version on the way, which look..kinda appropriate for the platform: http://anno.uk.ubi.com/wii-ds/

[Baliame]

Well, the Anno series got boring after 1602 for me.

only pic I could find...

Mmmm, that reminds me of Heretic.