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Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Games to Buy Next Year
The year is, for all intents and purposes, over, at least for me. Tekken 6 and Dragon Age: Origins have rounded out the list of releases this year I give any care about. I don't really watch TV (don't even own one). I don't go to the movies. My entertainment pretty much consists of books and video games. Naturally, I keep track of what I like.

Next year, however, I have some big games to look forward to.
At the top of the list is Super Street Fighter IV. I'm a Street Fighter nerd, I admit it. I'm looking forward to the buffs Ken is going to receive. He got nerfed rather badly in SFIV, and it looks like Capcom is going to correct that. Crazy kicks? With frame advantage on overheads, please? Faster Shoryu and walkspeed? These would be nice. I am hoping for a sneaky Third Strike release on Xbox Live Arcade, but I won't hold my breath. Capcom could lose money on that.

Mass Effect 2 is coming out at the beginning of the year. This is number two. Mass Effect is my favorite Bioware RPG, and Bioware is my favorite RPG company. Mass Effect 2, by all accounts, seems to outdo the original in every category. There goes a few hundred hours.

King of Fighters XIII. Yeah, XII sucked, but it's not so bad now that the beta's out. Further, I have always liked KOF (I'm going to get Mai back... yay). The gameplay in XII was solid, but it had no options in it. I suspect SNK screwed us over and released what was, in effect, a beta for XIII. I hope that this is the case, and I hope they realize they can't get away with it again. All I can say to SNK is, "Come on, get serious!" I'll still be there for now.

Diablo III. I don't know much about this one, and I can't even be certain it'll be out this year, but it's Diablo. It's going to rock.

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift. It looks to be basically BB Champion Edition. BB was a really good fighter, and I hope that it turns out that CS keeps the same level of story and gameplay. Sure, it was lopsided, but it was fun. I hope Rachel isn't nerfed too much.

If FFXIII corrects the series' mistakes after VII I might go for it, but we'll see.

Those games are the ones I am most excited about. There are others, of course, but that's enough entertainment for most of the year (the fighters really give a high replay value for me).
What are you looking forward to for next year?

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Command and Conquer 4 Tiberian Twilight! Unity, peace, brotherhood!
- 11/10/2009 6:57 PM
- gmx0@xanga (message)
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Starcraft 2. :]
- 11/10/2009 7:02 PM
- AznFier@xanga (message)
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StarCraft 2 and Sakura Wars. :D
- 11/10/2009 7:25 PM
- chani (message)
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Mass Effect 2 will definitely be taking up much of my time, lol.
- 11/10/2009 7:27 PM
- KristInRainbows@xanga (message)
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Wow blazblue is coming out with another game already? I'm looking forward to Nier even though it's probably gonna be horrible. There are a couple of others but I can't remember. FF13 should be pretty gross though. I hope..
- 11/10/2009 7:36 PM
- KliffyTaicho@xanga (message)
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Starcraft 2 and Half-life 3
- 11/10/2009 7:43 PM
- Pcgecko85@xanga (message)
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damn i miss playing video games..
- 11/10/2009 8:14 PM
- lonelyazncboie@xanga (message)
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hell yeah, tekken 6! so excited i get to have this for my xbox. i grew up on that shit!
- 11/10/2009 11:07 PM
- xInsomniac@xanga (message)
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Heart Gold
- 11/11/2009 1:20 AM
- Nevando (message)
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omg of course ff xii!..man just being able to get the soundtrack of the game would be godsent!
- 11/11/2009 4:02 AM
- nooitzben@xanga (message)
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Of course Diablo III and FFXIII are at the top of my list. I got tired of the KOF and Tekken series a while back. BlazBlue character designs are so cute.
- 11/11/2009 8:30 AM
- shoujo@xanga (message)
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SoulSilver and Golden Sun DS.
- 11/11/2009 10:52 AM
- CyanideNGunpowder@xanga (message)
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I am still hella psyched for Dead Rising 2. I can't wait to pick it up.
- 11/11/2009 10:54 AM
- MattFreakinNix@xanga (message)
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HeartGold/SoulSilver. Dunno what else is coming out for sure next year...
- 11/11/2009 2:35 PM
- Lord_of_the_Pixie_stix@xanga (message)
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I'm still looking for the greatest Activision game of all timeMichael Jackson And Billy Ocean meet the snake kingdom.
- 11/11/2009 5:55 PM
- Yulon@xanga (message)
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SSFIV, Diablo3 and OMG yes Mass Effect 2!

But not to forget Starcraft 2!

And sadly, Assassin's Creed 2 for the PC (have no consoles ;_; )
- 11/11/2009 8:31 PM
- xiongiee@xanga (message)
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woot! Mass Effect 2!
- 11/11/2009 8:45 PM
- DeadlyToaster@xanga (message)
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Diablo III! :D
- 11/11/2009 11:46 PM
- naguyin@xanga (message)
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this blog sucks theres only two games on here that will be out next year!!!! everything else is already out you stupid hardestlevel!
- 11/11/2009 11:49 PM
- Jeremy_Sheer@xanga (message)
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STARCRAFT 2
Beta Delayed until 2010... :( :(
WHY
- 11/11/2009 11:51 PM
- The_Aftershock_3650@xanga (message)
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Will definitely be looking forward to Mass Effect 2 & Diablo III.
Yoli Diamond Team
- 11/12/2009 3:05 AM
- Yoli (site)
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gw2
- 11/12/2009 3:24 AM
- SJay1@xanga (message)
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Assuming Starcraft actually, finally get released. WHY DOES BLIZZARD TAUNT US SO?
- 11/12/2009 4:15 AM
- another_rebel_without_a_cause@xanga (message)
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umm people cmon----> Left 4 Dead 2!!!! easily that and MW2 are the best games this season....

add me on xbox live --->masterkweef00<-----

im already in MW2, and soon il be killing zombies!!!
- 11/12/2009 9:11 AM
- koreansoul09@xanga (message)
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@koreansoul09@xanga - The OP said next year, and Left 4 Dead 2 come out in a few days.
And, come on, people.. God of War III?!?!?! And I'm really surprised no one said the upcoming WoW expansion... *tsk tsk* (Not that I'm looking forward to it; WoW.. yuck.)
- 11/12/2009 10:18 AM
- ncxcorexkid@xanga (message)
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