Anticipation - Jan./Feb. 2010

This is the first of a few "Anticipation" posts.  These are some brief highlights of what I am looking forward to going into 2010.  Leave us comments on what you are looking forward to below!!

PS3

Some of these are XBox360 releases as well. I don't own a 360, but tend to keep up with it, however, I'm not making a list of 360 games.


Darksiders (01-05-10)
You play one of the four horsemen of the apocolypse. I've heard it to be a hack-and-slash Zelda'ish hybrid, both genres I'm not a huge fan of but can still enjoy. But if there is plenty of loot, a decently written story, and puzzles that aren't overly complex (I'm not a puzzle gamer), I think it sounds like a decent way to kick off the new year.


Bayonetta (01-05-10)
Over the top action, Devil May Cry-type gameplay, and a world that was invented by someone on mushrooms, I am solely looking to play this due to hype. It's made by Platinum Games, who developed Mad World, one of the other reasons I am at least going to give it a try. I was not a HUGE fan of the demo I played, but it was in Japanese. I can say I will probably not like this one, but I am willing to go into it with an open mind.

Dark Void (01-19-10)
THE ROCKETEER!!! I saw this at E3, and there was a quote, "No game has successfully done a jetpack." It went something like that, and my thought was, "Because jetpacks suck." But the more I watched them play it, the more it looked appealing. It doesn't roxxorz my soxxorz or anything, but it looks like a game to check out for sure.


MAG (01-26-10)
Oh, MAG. Or Massive Action Game. No, we will stick with MAG. "MAG: The Shadow War" would of been a much better title, but moving on. I played the beta, was going to preorder this one before playing the beta. And was still stoked a few weeks into the beta. Then I decided to not preorder and rent it instead. It has a lot on its plate, and a lot to live up to. The actual next blog post I type up will be Beta impressions, with a post date of January 26th, so I can compare the two, and see if I was right. A 256-player, online only FPS, with tactical gameplay in mind. Oh, and it's not bundled with a mic. ;)


Gran Turismo 5 (02-02-10)
Febuary is going to kill me money wise. I will be buying this game, actually preordering this game, and it will eat a lot of my time. Gran Turismo makes it's real HD debut, but sadly, it has NASCAR.


Alien vs. Predator (02-16-10)
An FPS, developed by the creators of the first AvP game, made for consoles. With three campaigns, I don't know much about the game, but am a huge fan of the AvP saga, so I am looking to check it out.


Modnation Racers (02-28-10)
In the beta for this one, and the only thing I can say is if they fix ONE little thing, which I'm sure they will, this will knock Mario Kart off the King of Karts status in my book. Great customization, an easy track creator, VOICE CHAT (yeah, you hear that Nintendo), and most importantly, solid kart physics (I'm not saying Mario Kart's physics are bad, but a lot of kart racers do have bad physics). Another game I am preodering.


Heavy Rain (02-28-10)
Holy crap. The third game I am preordering, and I can't wait to play this. At first glance, I was like, "WTF, THAT LOOX DUM!", but at E3 this year, it stole the show for me. Put aside the fact I HATE quick time events, which is a story for another blog, but the storytelling in this just blows me away. I hope it's written as well as everyone is hyping. I will play this multiple times for different endings, something I have never done before.


PSP
Wow, see this. One game. And I'm not even like, "OMG WOWZORZ" about it. A few others caught my eye, but nothing major.


SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 (01-12-10)
I'm not a big SOCOM PSP fan, but being a new-age convert to the SOCOM series, I am willing to give it a go. A former clan mate of mine always talked highly of FTB2, and how he "PWNED AZZ" on it, so I fired it up one day. Ugh, it's not that hard to get a good amount of kills in this game. Hopefully the controls feel better in this one.


Wii
Nope. Nothing in the first two months. Two games I can assure you are on some peoples radars, but not mine. No More Heroes 2 and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom 2.


DS
Again, nothing. Maybe the new Hello Kitty game. Or another "teach me to cook plz" game. Ragnarok DS would be the only one if I had a DS only.