2016 to be best year since 1998?

[Insideout Ink Demon]

I dont know about being a "golden age." There's a lot of sequels, so we're already lacking in originality. The cost of AAA games means they must have mass appeal to reach that 5 million + sales, meaning niche games like stealth franchises make stealth as much of a viable option as trigger happy.

I'm not saying I wont enjoy them games, but with the reasons above, I wouldn't say it was a golden age.

It's such a shame our only real option is AAA or indie. We need a mid-range market that can take some risks, I for one can live with bad voice acting and last gen graphics if I'm having fun.

 

[StormShaun]

I doubt that.
It'll either be better or worse than 2015.
Since modern gaming, it has always been like that... well, at least of that, but that's just my opinion.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Human Revolution was debatable, depending on your opinion of the game. I found it somewhat enjoyable, and it needed more of its good parts. I could go into that, but that would have had its own threat back then. For Mankind Divided, well, we have to see. I might buy it if the reviews are positive.

Hitman (2016) - It became episodic, and that turned off so many people. It'll reduce the purchase count, even if the reviews say it is good. But then again, people will probably review them by episode. I doubt I'll buy it. The episodic thing doesn't appeal to me.

Doom (2016) - We all know people were torn over Doom 3, and this will only make people sceptical. From the gameplay, it looks okay, but the melee combat looks meh. Overall, it doesn't turn me on, but then again, people who love manly, bloody acts of manly-ness will love it.

Quantum Break - I believe I already said how this has BIG potential to fail. Not even in the big way, it'll just shoot down and people will forget about it. Now if it does succeed, well, I'll certainly be surprised.

Squadron 42 - I'm just so uncertain on Star Citizen. Heck, I'm even a back, and I'm fairly paranoid about it. Still, it does make a neat trailer. Once again though, it comes out in episodic content. But it's starting this year, when the game isn't complete. A tad strange.

Shadow warrior 2 - Loved the first, and I look forward to the second. Without Hoji, man, I don't even know. Wang will need to look a little better, or at least a little changed due to the ending of Shadow Warrior.

Dishonored 2 - "I will definitely play as corvo and no way as princess."
Okay, I'm sure a lot of us can take that many ways. Preference or sexism, I don't know, but all I know is that Emily is probably going to be JUST as good as Corvo. Although making her wet behind the ears would make sense. I like multiple characters, but once again, who knows if it'll be as good as the original.


Kingdom come deliverance - I like the theme. Realistic RPG, but, well, that game is a bet, and who knows how it'll do, but I am looking forward to see more.

The others that were listed, I don't really care about.
But I will add...
- Fire Emblem Fates. For when it DOES get an actual release date for Europe and Australia.
- Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord, because I love to roleplay.
- Twilight Princess HD. I loved TP, and I don't even have a WII U. Heck, it makes me WANT a WII U, but I doubt I'll get one.

And... well, others, but I can't bother to remember them.

 

[Souplex]

*Looks at list* Wow that's a weak list.
98 was an allright year, but the year to beat is 07.
Good games currently released in 2016: XCOM 2, Street Fighter V, Fire Emblem: Fates. (Might be more, if there are though, I'm blanking.)
Good games coming out in 2016: Dark Souls 3, South Park: The Fractured but Whole.

 

[DefunctTheory]

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Has the potential to be a good game. Only thing you can say about it for sure thats good is that the developers and producers can listen to a crowd, and they actually changed their pre-order policy. That's great.

Hitman - ...Ok.

Doom - Doom's probably the only game I can say I'm 'hyped' for this year (Well, and Star Fox). But after Bethesda kind of flopped on Fallout 4 (An enjoyable enough game, but easily the most disappointing game of 2015), no ones going to be giving them the benefit of the doubt. And as others have said, Doom's been fucked up since 1995. Its hard to tell if Doom can't disappoint (Since the bar is so low) or if its guaranteed to disappoint (Since there's so much potential).

Quantum Break - A multi-media video game with four 22 minute long cut scenes. Personally can't see the appeal, particularly from yet another 'timey wimey' game, but that's just me.

Squadron 42 - Yah... let's not call this one yet. If it delivers, it will be a crucial turning point in gaming history. If it doesn't... well, it will be crucial turning point then too. Let's just wait for this one before we start throwing awards around.

Shadow warrior 2 - Looks pretty neat, to tell you the truth.

Dishonored 2- I have mixed feelings about Dishonored. Liked the gameplay, but never finished it. It just... I don't know. Something rubbed me the wrong way so I just stopped. Still, a sequels good.

Total War: Warhammer - I am perpetually surprised that Warhammer fans continue to bend over and allow Games Workshop to go forth and crap all over them

Spoiler

I really wish my fellow gamer would join me in voting with their wallet and telling them this is unacceptable, but alas, that's a fools wish.

Zelda U - I'm looking forward to a new Zelda, but considering how often a new one is released, it hardly seems fair to include it in the 'reasons this year is the best' list. Unless it is released, and completely blows the socks off its predecessors.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance - An interesting idea, but in practice, I can't see it being anything more then pretty Skyrim, but without all the niceties like dragons and magic.

Street fighter 5 - I never thought someone would use this game to justify tagging 2016 as the best gaming year in almost 2 decades. That takes real balls.

Seriously though, its February. Maybe we should hold off on this debate until July/January. We're only two months in, and what we have so far is, what?

FNaF World - A game so buggy on arrival that is was retracted, refunds given out, and then given away for free.

X-Com 2 - A game I'm told is unstable and almost requires mods to make worthwhile. Don't really care to find out more myself.

Street Fighter 5 - Seriously.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

*Looks at list* Wow that's a weak list.
98 was an allright year, but the year to beat is 07.
Good games currently released in 2016: XCOM 2, Street Fighter V, Fire Emblem: Fates. (Might be more, if there are though, I'm blanking.)
Good games coming out in 2016: Dark Souls 3, South Park: The Fractured but Whole.

not doubting you at all, but what makes 07' the golden year for you? I don't remember which year most games came out exactly, so I couldn't say if I would agree/disagree with you right now if I tried.

OT: I'm interested in a few of those (keyword, interested, not a must-buy or anything.) and a few you didn't list, but otherwise I've got a decent backlog from last year I still have to finish, and with modding support finally rolling for fallout 4 I'm sure by the summer I'll replay that with a ton of kickass mods, so I'm not expecting much out of this year to be honest.

 

[EyeReaper]

I don't really care about most of those titles, but I'll still agree it's been a pretty good year so far. Megadimension Neptunia VII has been my jam, Cyber Sleuth is the second best digimon game I've ever played, and My DS hasn't been in use this much since Smash bros frenzy first hit the dual screens.

Problem is, not a whole lot more games I'm super pumped for. Pokken Fighters, One Piece: Burning Blood and Jojo: Eyes of Heaven all look hype as hell, but fighting games don't hold me very long anymore Te only game that's (personally) guaruntee'd GOTY without a shadow of a doubt is Persona 5. can't think of anything else I'd actually preorder/day 1 buy. Though I have been a bit more skeptical with my purchases too. I'm not as spend happy as I was when I was a jung man.

 

[Lightspeaker]

You know...I'm not going to be like everyone else and trash the list. Because I don't feel like being a complete downer tonight.

But from my perspective looking through that list there are precisely two games on it that I'm kinda interested to see come out. Dishonored 2, because Dishonored was legitimately really fun. And Squadron 42, and I'm mainly interested in that because I bought into the Star Citizen kickstarter all those years ago. It'll be nice to see part of the final product start to be wrapped up.

Can't say I'm overly hyped honestly. A couple of them I'm actively dreading. Total War: Warhammer (seriously guys, change the damn name to Total Warhammer) is the latest release in the Total War serious which has been consistently going downhill since the first Rome game; and with the whole "preorder to get an entire key faction as DLC" nonsense I'm really not looking forward to what they're going to do to this game.


Personally the game I'm most looking forward to possible this year is Fallout 4. Because I'm not going to buy it until the GOTY edition is out.

 

[JaKandDaxter]

Te only game that's (personally) guaruntee'd GOTY without a shadow of a doubt is Persona 5. can't think of anything else I'd actually preorder/day 1 buy. Though I have been a bit more skeptical with my purchases too. I'm not as spend happy as I was when I was a jung man.

Oh damn, just reminded me about Persona 5. I hope I have time to play it this year. And may it end up being the first Persona game I finish.

 

[B-Cell_v1legacy]

what makes 07' the golden year for you?

2007 was indeed one of the greatest year ever. STALKER and Crysis 1 alone make that year Golden.

 

[FPLOON]

Well, given how Pony Island came out in 2016, I'd say it's pretty damn close from an emotional perspective...

Other than that, with Star Fox Zero, Persona 5, and Tales of Berseria on my radar alongside other games whose names escape me right now, I might actually play more game released this year than, at least, last year... I think...

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

I fail to see why a bunch of games involving running around blowing/beating/shooting things to pieces make it a better year than all the others involving games where you do those things. Isn't it about time AAA grew up?

 

[Gordon_4_v1legacy]

Well I'm certainly looking forward to Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, although to be fair the first one didn't feel right until the Director's Cut - but perhaps we can learn from this.

 

[Longview]

Since when was Doom a cult classic?

 

[B-Cell_v1legacy]

Since when was Doom a cult classic?

Hi longview. good to see you here.

Doom was classic among fanbase and revolutionized FPS genre. back then even FPS game were called Doom clones.

 

[Longview]

Since when was Doom a cult classic?

Hi longview. good to see you here.

Doom was classic among fanbase and revolutionized FPS genre. back then even FPS game were called Doom clones.

Thanks captain obvious, still doesn't explain why you have labeled it a "cult" classic tho

 

[Yopaz]

Zelda U - I'm looking forward to a new Zelda, but considering how often a new one is released, it hardly seems fair to include it in the 'reasons this year is the best' list. Unless it is released, and completely blows the socks off its predecessors.

The last new Zelda game for a home console was Skyward sword. In 2011. So 4 and a half years ago give or take. This is the first new Zelda game to be released on the Wii U so for those who like the series I would say this got the potential to be exciting as long as they don't do the mistake they did with Skyward Sword and rely too heavily on a form of gameplay that while neat, wasn't necessary and made the game all about showing off how much more you got out of motion plus compared to the regular old wii mote.

OT: Honestly I don't know. I don't have as much time to play games as I want to so I'll probably not buy a new game this year and rather try to get through my back-log.

Well you're not king here. And unless quoting is part lf the rules of responding, which I don't believe it is.. Then see it for what its is.

B-Cell posted directly under you, and is doing a service by not making a big unecessary wall of text quote pyramid. That no one is going to be crazy over reading. If this was a more active forum like IGN, then quoting will be necessary almost all the time. But it isn't. Black cell did after all quote you earlier. So he was merely using his discretion if a quote was necessary.

Uhm, you do understand that if he doesn't know someone has replied to him directly he might not go back to check the thread at all? I rarely go back to a thread after voicing my opinion unless it's a topic I care about or if someone replies to me. I might also miss the fact that people are replying to me if I read through a thread even if the post is directly under mine as I might just jump to the last page rather than starting at my own post.
There's no rules against it and you can of course do whatever you want, but remember what exactly he said:

Also, if you want me to notice your replies and respond, you need to QUOTE ME.

Not demanding it for any other reasons than if he wants a response of some sort. Not claiming he has to do, not claiming to be king. Also, would you have read my post if I hadn't quoted you? Would you have known that I even posted or that I was in fact referring to you? Maybe you would, but plenty of us wouldn't bother and it's a shame for both parties, if you want to keep a text based discussion going you can benefit from giving the other party a sign that you've replied. As you said a good discussion can keep you coming back to a site, but as the Escapist isn't as active as it once was the reason to check in is less and we might not revisit threads and rather look at threads we haven't been in and check out the new content instead. Quoting isn't demanded, but it's certainly useful to keep a discussion going.

 

[Sharia]

Highly unlikely, 98 was just too good :3

 

[B-Cell_v1legacy]

Highly unlikely, 98 was just too good :3

good to see you here my friend. welcome

2004 and 2007 were almost as good. im not saying 2016 will surpass 1998 unless system shock 3 also released this year along with Doom and Deus Ex MD.

 

[Longview]

Highly unlikely, 98 was just too good :3

I don't many years after 98 as good, its prob the high point of gaming for me

 

[B-Cell_v1legacy]

Highly unlikely, 98 was just too good :3

I don't many years after 98 as good, its prob the high point of gaming for me

in 1998 we saw the Half life which was single greatest thing at that time and thief which pretty much revolutionized Stealth games and was way ahead of time. no other year did something like that. even my personal fav that is 2004.