In vein of a similar thread for movies, I decided to create this thread for discussing upcoming games that you are hyped for and anticipating to play.
Some of the upcoming games I am looking forward to are as follows:
* Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines 2:
I really loved the story and writing of the original VtM:B, it was a unique blend of "Pen and Paper" RPG and Third/First person shooter. Memorable characters, incredible voice acting and gripping story line make this a damn good RPG, albeit one with a lot of bugs due to rushed development. I am looking forward to what they do in VtM:B2, will they keep the Pen and Paper influence or will they dumb it down like Skyrim. Regardless, I am hyped to try it out when it comes out.
* Cyberpunk 2077:
This must be on everyone wish list. Made by CD Projekt Red and the gameplay trailer has hyped everyone. Nothing I can say about this that hasn't already been said.
* Everspace 2:
Everspace 1 is a somewhat monotonous "rogue-lite" space sim but I still liked its combat/flying mechanics, decent story and game progression. Though much of the gameplay loop is progressing through sectors to an end sector while upgrading your ship and combating enemies along the way. Everspace 2, however, is slated to be an open-world (space) RPG with a number of new mechanics, including the ability to go down and fly over a planets surface which was absent in the previous game. New ships and new economy mechanics have also been added and the story still seems good enough. I have the alpha for this and tried out the current iteration of the build. The game is not yet in early access.
* Rebel Galaxy - Outlaw:
Another space sim. I really liked Rebel Galaxy 1, it is a space sim where you fly capital ships, rather than small fighers and engage in naval-like combat with other ships with broadside weapons and turrets. While the story is paper thin, it's still decent since much of the activities you perform will be missions from a mission board on different space stations. Missions include hunting down pirates, retrieving some items from a dead drop, delivering goods to a blockaded station (or just delivering goods in general). This game is basically closest to being like the TV series Firefly, you can either become a pirate trading illegal goods or be a good guy hunting down pirates. Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is a prequel to Rebel Galaxy 1, where you play as one of the characters from the first part. However, you don't fly a capital ship here, you will be using a small-medium size craft, though the rest of the gameplay seems to be the same. This is already out on EGS, however I am waiting for it to some to Steam, for my own sanity of course.
* System Shock remake:
The development on this has been on hold for a while now since the development team is in the process of moving to Unreal engine from Unity. They had released a playable demo in Unity earlier but I think they have run out of funds. But I am still hopeful that they might come around someday.
* Serious Sam 4:
Because it's Serious Sam. It's always fun mowing down the forces of Mental in a portable cannon.
Some of the upcoming games I am looking forward to are as follows:
* Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines 2:
I really loved the story and writing of the original VtM:B, it was a unique blend of "Pen and Paper" RPG and Third/First person shooter. Memorable characters, incredible voice acting and gripping story line make this a damn good RPG, albeit one with a lot of bugs due to rushed development. I am looking forward to what they do in VtM:B2, will they keep the Pen and Paper influence or will they dumb it down like Skyrim. Regardless, I am hyped to try it out when it comes out.
* Cyberpunk 2077:
This must be on everyone wish list. Made by CD Projekt Red and the gameplay trailer has hyped everyone. Nothing I can say about this that hasn't already been said.
* Everspace 2:
Everspace 1 is a somewhat monotonous "rogue-lite" space sim but I still liked its combat/flying mechanics, decent story and game progression. Though much of the gameplay loop is progressing through sectors to an end sector while upgrading your ship and combating enemies along the way. Everspace 2, however, is slated to be an open-world (space) RPG with a number of new mechanics, including the ability to go down and fly over a planets surface which was absent in the previous game. New ships and new economy mechanics have also been added and the story still seems good enough. I have the alpha for this and tried out the current iteration of the build. The game is not yet in early access.
* Rebel Galaxy - Outlaw:
Another space sim. I really liked Rebel Galaxy 1, it is a space sim where you fly capital ships, rather than small fighers and engage in naval-like combat with other ships with broadside weapons and turrets. While the story is paper thin, it's still decent since much of the activities you perform will be missions from a mission board on different space stations. Missions include hunting down pirates, retrieving some items from a dead drop, delivering goods to a blockaded station (or just delivering goods in general). This game is basically closest to being like the TV series Firefly, you can either become a pirate trading illegal goods or be a good guy hunting down pirates. Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is a prequel to Rebel Galaxy 1, where you play as one of the characters from the first part. However, you don't fly a capital ship here, you will be using a small-medium size craft, though the rest of the gameplay seems to be the same. This is already out on EGS, however I am waiting for it to some to Steam, for my own sanity of course.
* System Shock remake:
The development on this has been on hold for a while now since the development team is in the process of moving to Unreal engine from Unity. They had released a playable demo in Unity earlier but I think they have run out of funds. But I am still hopeful that they might come around someday.
* Serious Sam 4:
Because it's Serious Sam. It's always fun mowing down the forces of Mental in a portable cannon.
