Upcoming games you are genuinely hyped about.

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These two babies primarily. I've legit waited to play both of them upwards of 4 years now so it feels really exciting to finally get my hands on them. They're also coming something like a month and a half apart from eachother, all the planets have aligned haha.






Oh and I liked that Kena game from the ps5 event which I see mentioned up in the OP but it looks just too much like a ripoff okami with inauthentic generic asian spiritualism. I'd rather just replay okami instead.
 
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Not super excited for anything.

I really hope Cyberpunk 2077 and Shadow Warrior 3 are good, but I have reservations about both.

I guess I'm excited for Elden Ring, but of course we barely have any info on that and no release date so...nothing to actually be excited about.

I guess Spiderman as well, but I have no idea when I'm actually going to get a PS5.
 

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I am excited to see Destroy All Humans!, a series I thought long dead, potentially being revived.
 

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Hollow Knight: Silksong
Spiritfarer(If it can deliver on it's premise, that is). Is it wierd that I'm looking this forward to a game mostly on "Well, it might be like stardew valley but carrying dead animals to the afterlife rather then farming"?

I want say Elden Ring, but we don't really know anything about it. FROM has a pretty good track record so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt here that it will likely be very good, whatever it is.

"It's a Racing game and a madden team manager with a collectable card game built in, with chat and lootboxes"-nightmare voice in my head

Like I said, pretty good track record
 

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I wouldn't say I was genuinely hyped, but I am certainly interested in CP2077. CP2020 was my version of DnD, so having a computer game version of it is too tempting, even if it won't be able to capture the PnP aspect.

Also this, looks like 40K vermintide will be a thing. Even if it really isn't the type of game I play, it'll be getting a buy I imagine

 
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Honestly, none. I'm interested in plenty games, but my situation in life for the past few years hasn't allowed me to keep up with all the latest releases. I play games years after they're released, and only in short bursts when I have free time.

Man I miss actively playing games... such simpler, less stressful times.
 

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So, is genuine hype a requirement? Cuz I think hype is mostly a bad thing that benefits no one except a bunch of greedy shitheel publishers and the whole “I must not hype. Hype is the mind-killer. Hype is the little-death..." and so on thing. But fuck it, I'm a jaded mofo and also pretty drunk rn, so here's some games I have a 'middling hope won't make me regret the purchase' for:
  • Hollow Knight Silksong
  • Shin Megami Tensei V
  • Shin Megami Tensei III remastered
  • Vampire The Masquerade 2
  • Metroid Prime 4
  • Gamedec
  • Cyberpunk 2077

I'd include Vampire, Metroid, and Cyberpunk on my list but:
I need to see more of Vampire.
A bit unsure about Cyberpunk
And Nintendo has yet to even showcase Metroid Prime 4 at all that its not worth it unless they show off at the very least a cinematic trailer.
 

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The more I see/hear about Cyberpunk the more I think its going to fall flat. They're promising so much, and the fans expect even more. And it just looks like a typical FPS with RPG mechanics, like Bioshock or Dishonored.
I mean people really think customizable genitals will A. Be a thing, B. Be detailed beyond Small/Medium/Large and C. actually go into gameplay at some point.
I can see this game getting a lot of "7/10, its Okay" reviews.
 

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The more I see/hear about Cyberpunk the more I think its going to fall flat. They're promising so much, and the fans expect even more. And it just looks like a typical FPS with RPG mechanics, like Bioshock or Dishonored.
I mean people really think customizable genitals will A. Be a thing, B. Be detailed beyond Small/Medium/Large and C. actually go into gameplay at some point.
I can see this game getting a lot of "7/10, its Okay" reviews.
Well, I mean, Saints Row had a slider that changed a males Penis and a Females Boob size(I believe it was the "Sex Appeal" Slider) and that was like a decade ago at this point. It's not what people talk about when the series comes up in conversation.

I expect Cyberpunk will be fun and well polished. I'm not expecting it to set the gaming world on fire by any means. I'm sure I'll pick it up at some point and be fairly happy with it.
 
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Well, I mean, Saints Row had a slider that changed a males Penis and a Females Boob size(I believe it was the "Sex Appeal" Slider) and that was like a decade ago at this point. It's not what people talk about when the series comes up in conversation.

I expect Cyberpunk will be fun and well polished. I'm not expecting it to set the gaming world on fire by any means. I'm sure I'll pick it up at some point and be fairly happy with it.
I mean that's fair, but the Saints Row games are comedies. Satires of actual games - having DDD style boobs while wearing a pink panther suit and using a lightsaber double ended dildo as a weapon to fight radioactive chipmunks. Great fun, but certainly not the grim grrr serious game Cyberpunk says it is.
Also jiggle physics aside I don't actually remember the gender of the character coming up in SR. Was there romance? I only played 2 and 3 and I think there were hookers but I don't remember. I might be thinking of GTA.
 

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I mean that's fair, but the Saints Row games are comedies. Satires of actual games - having DDD style boobs while wearing a pink panther suit and using a lightsaber double ended dildo as a weapon to fight radioactive chipmunks. Great fun, but certainly not the grim grrr serious game Cyberpunk says it is.
Also jiggle physics aside I don't actually remember the gender of the character coming up in SR. Was there romance? I only played 2 and 3 and I think there were hookers but I don't remember. I might be thinking of GTA.
SR did a pretty good job of not using pronouns to refer to the PC, always using "The Boss" and "The President". SR4 had every companion being romancable, merely by walking up to them and pushing the "Romance" button. And by romance, I mean they pretty much immediately go straight to sex...like right there where they were standing.

Except Keith David, who won't oblige your request. Because Keith David enjoys breaking hearts. :(
 

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SR did a pretty good job of not using pronouns to refer to the PC, always using "The Boss" and "The President". SR4 had every companion being romancable, merely by walking up to them and pushing the "Romance" button. And by romance, I mean they pretty much immediately go straight to sex...like right there where they were standing.

Except Keith David, who won't oblige your request. Because Keith David enjoys breaking hearts. :(

Good for a quick and easy lark. Ben King's romance option is the best one tho.
 

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Whatever, just wash your hands.
I mean people really think customizable genitals will A. Be a thing, B. Be detailed beyond Small/Medium/Large and C. actually go into gameplay at some point.
Never underestimate what can get a player attached to their character. I've got a friend who loves to give her characters huge tits, to the point of modding games to allow it. Right now shes playing monster hunter in a skimpy outfit with boobs as bit as her head cause she loves them.
 
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Cyberpunk 2077 and Vampire the Masquerade 2. Horizon Zero Dawn doesn’t count cos I had that on PS4 beforehand.
Basically this for me too. Maybe the Avengers game will be good, but once Cyberpunk hits 2020 is over and it'll be time to deal with top and bottom GOTY lists. IMO.
 

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Never underestimate what can get a player attached to their character. I've got a friend who loves to give her characters huge tits, to the point of modding games to allow it. Right now shes playing monster hunter in a skimpy outfit with boobs as bit as her head cause she loves them.
I mean I kind hope i can customize my character's dick to be a literally gun. Whip my pants out and start blasting criminals! BANG BANG!
 

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Whatever, just wash your hands.
I mean I kind hope i can customize my character's dick to be a literally gun. Whip my pants out and start blasting criminals! BANG BANG!
I wouldn't be surprised if that got modded in, but I have a feeling it wont be in the base game. Then again, I would have said the same thing about a dick slider and the distance they are going with pronouns so maybe it will be.
 

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Never underestimate what can get a player attached to their character. I've got a friend who loves to give her characters huge tits, to the point of modding games to allow it. Right now shes playing monster hunter in a skimpy outfit with boobs as bit as her head cause she loves them.
 

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Never underestimate what can get a player attached to their character. I've got a friend who loves to give her characters huge tits, to the point of modding games to allow it. Right now shes playing monster hunter in a skimpy outfit with boobs as bit as her head cause she loves them.
I've always been curious in games like monster hunter, that are online, do other people see the Big Boobied One? Or is that only something displayed for yourself?