Tue 01 January 2013, by Seppe "Macuyiko" vanden Broucke
In the same spirit as last year, this is a (preliminary) list of game I’m interested in, releasing in 2013.
First of all, let’s revisit 2012… Here are the games I was interested in last year, together with the outcome — at least according to me:
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: skipped it
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning: it was okay, but nothing special
- Binary Domain: let-down
- SSX: okay, not great
- Syndicate: let-down
- Jak and Daxter Collection: great nostalgia trip
- The Darkness 2: actually quite an awesome game
- I am Alive: didn’t buy it
- Mass Effect 3: the one which disconnected me from the series (and I was a huge fan). I’ve heard there’s some great DLC, but I’ve yet to play it
- Diablo III: okay, but not as I expected
- Devil May Cry HD Collection: have yet to buy it
- Silent Hill HD Collection: have yet to buy it
- Prey 2: didn’t release
- Starhawk: meh
- Far Cry 3: awesome! In my 2012 top five list
- Max Payne 3: a great game, but alas missed by many top 2012 lists
- Darksiders II: greatly enjoyed it
- Prototype 2: okay, but quickly forgotten compared to the other open-world games of 2012
- Tomb Raider: didn’t release
- Guild Wars 2: best MMORPG of the moment
- Borderlands 2: not bad, but got a bit of a “more of the same”-feeling here
- The Last Guardian: didn’t release
- Lollipop Chainsaw: fun, but not spectacular
- Grand Theft Auto V: didn’t release
- BioShock Infinite: didn’t release
- Doom 4: didn’t release
- Journey: again an awesome game, top listed
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown: another great title and a must-play
- Monaco: fun indie game
- The Witness: did this release?
- Firefall: still waiting
- Cube World: didn’t release
- Overgrowth: did this release?
- Path of Exile: couldn’t hype me
- Grim Dawn: didn’t release
- Starfarer: did this release?
- Legend of Grimrock: a great indie title but alas flew a bit under the radar
- Torchlight II: gave me more hours of fun than Diablo III did
- Survivors of Ragnarok: did this release?
- Project Zomboid: did this release? I should check up on this one
- Masters of the Broken World: did this release?
- Warlock: Master of the Arcane: did this release?
- A Game of Dwarves: let-down
- Jagged Alliance: let-down
- Castle Story: didn’t release
- Retro City Rampage: actually pretty fun
There where also some surprises which I didn’t list last year, most notably: Dishonored, Faster Than Light, Fez, Spelunky, Sleeping Dogs, The Walking Dead, Hitman: Absolution and Hotline Miami.
And thus, my top 10 of 2012:
- Far Cry 3
- Hotline Miami
- Dishonored
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- Faster Than Light
- Journey
- The Walking Dead
- Sleeping Dogs
- Darksiders II
- Torchlight II
And now, these are the games I’ll be watching in 2013 (note the rising number of “kickstarted” entries):
- Bayonetta 2
- Bioshock Infinite
- Castle Story
- Castlevania 2: Lords of Shadow
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate
- Command & Conquer Generals 2
- Company of Heroes 2
- Crysis 3
- Cube World
- Dead Space 3
- Doom 4
- Double Fine Adventure Game
- Elite: Dangerous
- FireFall
- God of War Ascension
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- Grim Dawn
- Legend of Dungeon
- Limit Theory
- Metro: Last Light
- Miami Hotline 2
- Planetary Annihilation
- Prey 2
- Project Godus
- Routine
- Saints Row 4
- Shadowgate
- Shadowrun Returns
- Sim City
- Star Wars 1313
- Sui Generis
- The Last of Us
- Tomb Raider
- Wasteland 2
- Wasteland 2
- Watch Dogs
- World of Darkness