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meglamaniac · 4 Nov 2006, 17:22

Here's the ones I'm interested in...

Yet to be released:
Spore (if you haven't heard of this, you're living in a hole)
Alan Wake (cool-sounding psychological thriller type thing)
World In Conflict (more on this in a minute)
C&C: Tiberium Wars
Supreme Commander

Out but not yet got:
Anno 1701

Firstly, you might have noticed these are all PC games as I don't own a console. Some will probably be on consoles too though (Alan Wake definately will be on X360). Secondly, these games all have some element of strategy to them. I'm kind of bored of FPS games at the moment (except HL2) and there don't seem to be any interesting racers about.

So, a few details on a couple of the games:

Anno 1701...
...is quite a cool colonial america age RTS where you get sent off by an unnamed European country to colonise your own little patch of the new world. The map is made up of (randomly generated) islands, and may have other people against you as well as natives and pirates etc, depending on how you set it up. It has a few innovative features, looks pretty good, and from the demo I've played is quite enjoyable in a relaxing kind of way. More here, on the official website.

World in Conflict...
...is stunning, if the prerelease material is anything to go by. The idea is that instead of the Cold War ending in 1989, all the scaremongering used to keep the public in line actually came true - Russia invades the United States.
Now this is a bit of an odd game, as it's an RTS, but focused on action with no "dirt farming" as the developers term it. In other words, you get to call up your troops and send them straight in to battle, without having to spend a few million years building up resources and fortifying a base first. It's all about battle tactics. Oh yeah, and the completely destructible environment. Oh yeah, and the RPGs, mortars, shells, airstrikes, and nukes you get to destroy it with.
It's hard to really describe it without seeing the trailers. Strangely, the official website only has one gameplay footage trailer. Not to worry! Gametrailers has all of them.

So, what are you guys looking at these days?

4 Nov 2006, 17:22	#1
meglamaniac Born Sinful Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Loughborough, UK Posts: 4,059	It's time to talk about games you're waiting for! Here's the ones I'm interested in... Yet to be released: Spore (if you haven't heard of this, you're living in a hole) Alan Wake (cool-sounding psychological thriller type thing) World In Conflict (more on this in a minute) C&C: Tiberium Wars Supreme Commander Out but not yet got: Anno 1701 Firstly, you might have noticed these are all PC games as I don't own a console. Some will probably be on consoles too though (Alan Wake definately will be on X360). Secondly, these games all have some element of strategy to them. I'm kind of bored of FPS games at the moment (except HL2) and there don't seem to be any interesting racers about. So, a few details on a couple of the games: Anno 1701... ...is quite a cool colonial america age RTS where you get sent off by an unnamed European country to colonise your own little patch of the new world. The map is made up of (randomly generated) islands, and may have other people against you as well as natives and pirates etc, depending on how you set it up. It has a few innovative features, looks pretty good, and from the demo I've played is quite enjoyable in a relaxing kind of way. More here, on the official website. World in Conflict... ...is stunning, if the prerelease material is anything to go by. The idea is that instead of the Cold War ending in 1989, all the scaremongering used to keep the public in line actually came true - Russia invades the United States. Now this is a bit of an odd game, as it's an RTS, but focused on action with no "dirt farming" as the developers term it. In other words, you get to call up your troops and send them straight in to battle, without having to spend a few million years building up resources and fortifying a base first. It's all about battle tactics. Oh yeah, and the completely destructible environment. Oh yeah, and the RPGs, mortars, shells, airstrikes, and nukes you get to destroy it with. It's hard to really describe it without seeing the trailers. Strangely, the official website only has one gameplay footage trailer. Not to worry! Gametrailers has all of them. So, what are you guys looking at these days? __________________ Worth dying for. Worth killing for. Worth going to hell for. Amen.