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ResetEra's Most Anticipated Games of 2018
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ReseErs's top 20 includes:
1x Switch exclusive
Zero Xbox exclusive
Looks like Sony is going to have a stellar year in 2018. MS has a lot of work to do if they are even going to compete at all going into next-gen.
1x Switch exclusive
Zero Xbox exclusive
Looks like Sony is going to have a stellar year in 2018. MS has a lot of work to do if they are even going to compete at all going into next-gen.
We're talking about Nintendo games being absent from the 2017 most anticipated games.
Same for 2018. Since Nintendo play their cards very close to their chest, those lists are mostly useless at this time of the year.
As I said earlier, by next week, the results should be quite different if a Nintendo Direct happens.
I doubt the GOTY list is going to end up much different to the most anticipated list. The main exception being games that didn't make 2017, and that Super Mario Odyssey is going to feature prominently, whereas it was TBA on release date at the time of the anticipated list voting, hence not being there.
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the game needs to have a 2018 date to be eligible
Didn't have to be a specific date, just confirmed for 2018, which RDR2 is.
That makes no sense. Most of the GOTY contenders are on that list.
Only games confirmed for 2018 were eligible. Bayonetta 3 probably won't come out till 2019.
No nintendo, so list is hella lopsided and very dull. I mean fucking David cage and a sotc remaster in the top ten makes 2018 look real anemic.
Praying for bayonetta 3 to save gaming in 2018
Praying for bayonetta 3 to save gaming in 2018
With PS4 having way more good\great titles than any other consoles and selling more consoles than any other console as well? What game other than Mario and MAYBE splatoon 2 would have been in this top 10?
In your opinion .to me the list looks perfect as it is and heavy rain was a masterpiece so Detroit might turn out that way or at least people who are anticipating it hoping that it does .
The top 3 is good stuff.
It's a genuine toss up between which would be my own personal order of those, but I'd give the edge to God of War, I'm too thirsty for more Kratos.
Glad to see Anthem nowhere near top 20.
It's a genuine toss up between which would be my own personal order of those, but I'd give the edge to God of War, I'm too thirsty for more Kratos.
Glad to see Anthem nowhere near top 20.
To be honest, I am not sure. I'm no pikmin, smash or Pokemon fan. The new yoshi and kirby don't seem like something I'll be hyped about either. Only MP4, Mario maker, fire emblem are things I'm looking forward to but I'm hoping that Nintendo don't rest on their laurels and keep on making new IPs like they did with Splatoon and ARMS. I just want to be surprised and want them to take risks with their classic IPs like they did with Zelda and Mario.
How did it turn out in the end ? 2017 was one of the best years in gaming history for Playstation.
Splatoon 2 and ARMS aren't winning any GOTY awards, so you're basically just arguing over the absence of one game last year: Mario Odyssey. The only other missing GOTY contenders weren't Nintendo games and were generally pretty big surprises (PUBG and Divinity: OS 2). So I'm not seeing what's so useless about it.
Ending votes for this kind of list at the start of 2018 makes perfect sense, it'd be ridiculous to push everything back a couple of weeks just to fit in the Nintendo Direct. At that point, you could easily continue arguing that it should be pushed back further and further because there's always something on the horizon that may lead to new announcements. If you have a problem with the lack of Nintendo games on the list, blame Nintendo.
Edit: Actually, Divinity was announced years ago, so it was eligible for last year's vote and just didn't have enough support to make it.
The lack of Nintendo games on the list is a result of the lack Nintendo announcements for 2018.
This could change with the upcoming ND? Yeah it can, but also there is a chance it wont.
If we are going to take this route who knows what can happen at E3? Bethesda can come out and say "hey here is your TES VI, enjoy it in November", MS will probably come out with Forza Horizon 4 etc etc.
Anyway I dont see how ND could bring "quite a difference" maybe it could bring a "little diference" with Metroid and/or Pokemon if they are indeed 2018 games.
Just like Mario Odissey would the only one that would make into 2017 list even with we had dates for all Switch games back in the past.
Maybe Splatoon 2.
I must say tho that the former poster said "In general, with the sole exception of Zelda, one would've believed 2017 to be Playstation's year as well, yet we all know how it turned out in the end." I don't know how this translates into this turns this lists useless but ok.
But if you like games like Fire Emblem, whilst not necessarily the same, why aren't you interested in games like Ni No Kuni, Dragon Quest, Valkyria Chronicles etc? And if you're into Mario Maker, why not give Dreams a go? Sure it's not exactly the Mario formula, but you can be sure there'll be an insane amount of creativity and diversity of gameplay on offer, to the point where you could essentially make or play the genres of game that you wanted to.
I'm not trying to imply otherwise. 2017 is a win for all gamers, as OrdinaryPrime stated. It's not my intention to downplay PlayStation's success. I was just pointing out how the list was equally dominated by PlayStation associated titles, but's the same time it didn't really reflect how Nintendo, with the Switch and its releases, managed to alongside also capture the critical and commercial zeitgeist of 2017.
Splatoon ended up 6th in GAF 2015's GOTY list. By the 13th of January 2017, Spatoon 2 would have made the top 10.
2 big games missing out of 10, plus 2 that were guaranteed to be delayed, you're left with only 6 titles that truly represents 2017.
I think knowing Nintendo is a major player in the industry and usually makes a ND early January, it's a bit silly to not wait a few weeks. E3 is months away.
Gotta say, not looking forward to many games this year.
Out of the top 20, I only have 7 games that I voted for. And 2 of them were like, yeah sure, I'll list them just so my list isn't so small (Valkyria and Spider-Man).
Compared to last year where my entire list was in the top 20 (and I had more than 10 games!!)
Out of the top 20, I only have 7 games that I voted for. And 2 of them were like, yeah sure, I'll list them just so my list isn't so small (Valkyria and Spider-Man).
Compared to last year where my entire list was in the top 20 (and I had more than 10 games!!)
I'm interested in but not overly excited for Fire Emblem and Valkyria Chronicles. I'm hoping Bloodstained and Mega Man at least turn out to be decent and worthy of a playthrough. Yoshi and Kirby have good qualities but I'm not particularly looking forward to them given how simplistic the games are.
I'm very curious to see what Retro's studio is doing even if it probably is a game as a service of some sort, but obviously Metroid Prime 4 is the one that I have my sights on.
I'm very curious to see what Retro's studio is doing even if it probably is a game as a service of some sort, but obviously Metroid Prime 4 is the one that I have my sights on.
Oh I'm not denying it's popularity aha. Just a very weird coincidence that after all these years I'd never really heard of it lol.
The issue is not a lack of announcements, it's showing something only close to release.
So there's games that might be announced just months before release (like most in 2017), but there's also confirmed titles for 2018 where we don't know much:
Fire Emblem is just a logo, No More Heroes is just a CGI teaser, Pokemon might release this year but we don't have a logo, etc.
Whereas some of the Sony/MS games here have been announced since 2+ years.
Nothing wrong with that, but it just explains why Nintendo is often not included in those lists, yet often beating most of the games in those lists in the GOTY lists in the end.
We have no idea how many of those games will turn out, so that's a bit premature, surely.
Splatoon 2 would have definitely been above Gravity Rush and Ni No Kuni 2. Probably ARMS too. Heck maybe even 1-2 Switch at that moment (it sold 6x GR2 probably). Going from 1:10 to 3-4:10 does create a different top 10.
Kingdom Hearts 3 5th? Shame should be way higher, my hype for RDR2 dimished thanks to Rockstar/Take 2's greedy gta online mode tactics (shark cards focused online mode no fair grinding money takes too many hours should be less, can take several hours for just 1 car or property and even killing sigleplayer dlc). Probably one of the last rockstar games i will play if they keep that practice. Shame really they never were that greedy in the past was there a recent turn of board directors/shareholders?
1-2 sold because it was a launch title and nobody expected something great so I don't see why you think many would put it in their top 10 but whatever it doesn't matter since Mario and Splatoon 2 (if it does) would already take 9 and 10 out and there's no way in hell Arms or 1-2 switch would take any game from 1-8. So again 1 missing for sure and another maybe. If we're going to take count then there's always surprises that people would come back and vote for if they had the chance from games that isn't from Nintendo as well. maximum of two games isn't something that can render the list useless and make it unrepresentative of the year we had since it's the nature of these lists to miss a few of the big surprises throughout the year.
