Saturday, June 24, 2006
30 titles for the summer of 2006
Thirty titles that could keep the cash tills ringing through the long hot months - Well, not really. Who's playing in summer, especially such a hot one as this?
Most of these titles are to be released in autumn. Makes sense from a sales point of view.
Anyway, some promising titles in the next months once again. My peek list:
Neverwinter Nights 2, THE role playing game for PC finally receives its long awaited follow-up. It's hard to imagine that this game won't be superior to anything there was on the market in the past 2-3 years. And maybe, WoW addicts will come out of their caves to play a real RPG. Ok, that's unlikely.
ET: Quake Wars, on the other hand, will prevail or fall with its multiplayer mode. It will be sold, but only if multiplayer mode shines through the great graphics, it can become a hit. At least on the PC, graphics ain't everything.
GTR2. Another "racing simulator" that tries to do the splits between appealing to the masses and being a competitive online racing simulation. Hardcore mode where hardcore is due. Besides, the graphics of this Simbin title look as great as assumed. Plus, we now have actual weather effects which even seem to have an effect on the physics engine. If the new GTR comes up with better physics and a solid multiplayer mode ("No-CD patch for dedicated servers, anybody?"), I'll buy it. Simbin or not.
And I'll have a look at Madden NFL of course, as every season.
Most of these titles are to be released in autumn. Makes sense from a sales point of view.
Anyway, some promising titles in the next months once again. My peek list:
Neverwinter Nights 2, THE role playing game for PC finally receives its long awaited follow-up. It's hard to imagine that this game won't be superior to anything there was on the market in the past 2-3 years. And maybe, WoW addicts will come out of their caves to play a real RPG. Ok, that's unlikely.
ET: Quake Wars, on the other hand, will prevail or fall with its multiplayer mode. It will be sold, but only if multiplayer mode shines through the great graphics, it can become a hit. At least on the PC, graphics ain't everything.
GTR2. Another "racing simulator" that tries to do the splits between appealing to the masses and being a competitive online racing simulation. Hardcore mode where hardcore is due. Besides, the graphics of this Simbin title look as great as assumed. Plus, we now have actual weather effects which even seem to have an effect on the physics engine. If the new GTR comes up with better physics and a solid multiplayer mode ("No-CD patch for dedicated servers, anybody?"), I'll buy it. Simbin or not.
And I'll have a look at Madden NFL of course, as every season.
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