Mostly indie games of 2014, particularly a lot of the Kickstarter projects from 2012 and 2013, but there are a few AAA games that I want to play. Anyways here's the list.
Hotline Miami 2 - Less for the story and more for the quick paced gameplay, challenge, and soundtrack.
Transistor - Quite enjoyed Bastion and I'm curious to see how their next game fares.
Banished - City builder strategy game with more of an emphasis on surviving the elements and becoming a bustling metropolis.
Apotheon - I am absolutely in love with the artstyle of this game, which is reminiscent of Greek pottery art.
Routine - Roguelike survival-horror in space all about survival.
Among the Sleep - I backed this one on Kickstarter, psychological horror game about a 2-year old child and his teddy bear confronting some malevolent evil.
The Wolf Among Us - I suspect the season will be completed by the end of the year, and after the ending of episode 1 and I can't wait to get back into this game's world.
The Walking Dead: Season 2 - Again, I suspect the season will be over by year's end and while the ending of episode 1 was a little underwhelming, it was still a great episode and I can't wait to experience all the horrible things TellTale have in store.
Game of Thrones - Last TellTale entry. I think they will have at least one episode done by year's end and I'm really looking forward to seeing what they choose to show. I do kind of wish they were using the book's universe rather than the TV show's, but regardless, if any developer can translate what make's A Song of Fire and Ice great it's TellTale.
Watch_Dogs - I was a little disappointed this game got delayed, but if it makes it better than I'm okay with that. Ubisoft lost me with Assassin's Creed's overarching story but I still think there's life in the gameplay mechanics.
Heroes of the Storm - I doubt this game will see an official release this year, but I did sign up for the beta and am hoping I'll get into that this year. I enjoy Dota 2 and League of Legends, but I'm a very casual player and Heroes of the Storm looks like it's right up my alley.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Might have to upgrade my video card and processor to play this one (as well as Watch_Dogs), but this is probably the game I'm most excited about.
Wasteland 2 - Another one I backed on Kickstarter. Been playing the beta quite a bit now that they released that 1.5 gb update that fixed a lot of problems with the game. Still even in beta the game's mechanics work pretty well and even without optimization I'm getting around 40-50 FPS and don't notice that much slow down.
Pillars of Eternity - Backed this on Kickstarter, can't wait for it's release.
Thief - Despite all the bad press I'm still holding out hope for this one. Even though the devs have removed some elements of the game after negative feedback, I think I'll wait for reviews on this one.
