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[GarthVaderUK]

Nielsen have revealed their data, but what are your most anticipated games for the 2nd half of 2012?

I guess I'll go first!


Most anticipated:

I'm a huge fan of the Halo series (yes, I have a cabinet dedicated to my Halo collection - the setting, the sandbox, the engaging enemy AI, the music etc, I love it!), and I'm very much looking forward to being back in Chief's boots and continuing the story from where Halo 3 left off (it's been 5 long years!). This should be the game I'll be playing with my friends for months to come. It's going to be interesting to see what 343 can do - here's hoping the game plays as well as it looks!


Also looking forward to:

- Dust: An Elysian Tail (looks stunning and it's made by a GAFer - I'll be there day one!)
- Assassin's Creed 3 (the E3 showing and the game's setting have won me over)
- Deadlight (lots of cool looking stuff on the way to XBLA, but this is one of the stand-outs for me)
- Forza Horizon (interesting group of UK racing game developers working on this, I'm hoping for greatness)
- PlanetSide 2 (some of my most memorable moments in gaming were with PlanetSide, and 2 looks like it's shaping up well)


Update:

Standings as of post #222. (I counted every game, every one that was posted on this thread prior to this post was included. I counted all except the ones with less than 2 votes.)

Assassin's Creed 3 (65)
Dishonered (56)
Halo 4 (49)
Resident Evil 6 (41)
Borderlands 2 (41)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (25)
Paper Mario: Sticker Star (23)
Darksiders 2 (22)
Hitman Absolution (22)
Pokemon Black &White Volume 2 (20)
Persona 4: The Golden (19)
Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale (18)
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (17)
Pikmin 3 (17)
New Super Mario Bros 2 (16)
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward (15)
New Super Mario Bros U (15)
Dark Souls PC (15)
Far Cry 3 (15)
Okami HD (14)
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (13)
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (13)
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (12)
Sleeping Dogs (12)
Persona 4 Arena (12)
Dust (11)
Jet Set HD (11)
Ragnarok Odyssey (11)
Sound Shapes (11)
Guild Wars 2 (10)
Kingdom Hearts 3D (9)
Dead Or Alive 5 (9)
Zone of Enders HD (9)
Torchlight 2 (9)
Black Ops 2(8)
Planetside 2 (8)
Deadlight (8)
Castlevania: Mirror of Fate (7)
Forza Horizon (7)
The Witness (7)
Assassin's Creed 3 Liberation (6)
ZombiU (6)
Retro City Rampage(6)
Little Big Planet Vita (6)
The Last Story (6)
Professor Layton 3DS (5)
P-100 (5)
Starcraft 2 (5)
Counter Strike XBLA (4)
Soul Sacrifice(4)
Kirby Collection (4)
FFXIV 2.0 (4)
Code of Princess(4)
One Piece: Pirate Warriors (4)
WoW: Mists of Pandaria (4)
Yakuza 5 (4)
Arma 3 (3)
Ratchet & Clank Collection (3)
Adventure Time (3)
Sonic Adventure 2 (3)
Growlanser IV (3)
DJMAX (3)
Street Fighter x Tekken (3)
Epic Mickey 2 (2)
Sonic & Sega All-stars Transformed (2)
Jet Set Vita (2)
Epic Mickey 3DS (2)
Hawken (2)
Mugen Souls (2)
Madden 13 (2)

Took me a bit to compile this. Appreciate it

Great work Byronic Hero!

 

[Freezie KO]

Pikmin 3!

 

[Traumnovelle]

Dishonored
Assassin's Creed III
Halo 4
XCOM: Enemy Unknown

 

[Gravijah]

let's rock.

 

[Strike]

Assassin's Creed III
Dishonored
Resident Evil 6

 

[Sissel]

Dust. Don't really know what else is coming out.

 

[HigherLevel]

Halo 4
Assassin's Creed III
Borderlands 2
Resident Evil 6
Counter-Strike XBLA
Pokemon Black 2

 

[Kusagari]

Resident Evil 6
Dishonored
Borderlands 2

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Zero Escape : Virtue's Last Reward

Soul Sacrifice

Persona 4 The Golden

Ragnarok Odyssey

That's pretty much it, off the top of my head.

Thank god for the Vita

Hyped for FFXIV 2.0 as well, but technically I already own it

 

[that1dude24]

borderlands dos

 

[Combichristoffersen]

The second half of this year is pretty barren for me. I guess I'm mildly interested in Darksiders II and PS All-Stars.

 

[dmr87]

Darksiders 2
Borderlands 2
Dishonored
Hitman Absolution
(Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm (TBA))

 

[Kydd BlaZe]

Borderlands 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Halo 4
Resident Evil 6
Assassin's Creed III
Dishonored
Far Cry 3

 

[PFD]

Borderlands 2, and uhh yeah, that's pretty much it.

 

[BY2K]

Darksiders II
Far Cry 3
Dishonored
Resident Evil 6
Borderlands 2
New Super Mario Bros. 2
Pokémon Black 2/White 2
Wii U
New Super Mario Bros. U

 

[nonnocere]

Borderlands 2

 

[Electivirus]

Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Resident Evil 6
Okami HD
Sonic Adventure 2 HD
Kingdom Hearts 3D
New Super Mario Bros 2
Castlevania: Mirror of Fate
Pokemon Black 2 & White 2
New Super Mario Bros U
Pikmin 3

Every single one is a Day 1 purchase. AWWWWWW YEEEEEEAH.

 

[Seda]

PAPER MARIO STICKER STAR

 

[revolverjgw]

Sly Cooper- Thieves in Time
Dishonored
Resident Evil 6
Paper Mario Sticker Star

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

Spoiler

GOTY!

Runner ups:

Dead or Alive 5
Resident Evil 6
Okami HD
Jet Set Radio Vita
Sly: Thieves in Time
Playstation All Stars Battle Royale

 

[Duxxy3]

I honestly have none.

 

[rukland]

Borderlands 2
AC III
Guild Wars 2

Thats pretty much it

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

Halo 4
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Dishonored
Borderlands 2

 

[disappeared]

Metal Gear Solid 4. (!)

Oh, and Jet Set.

 

[Phonomezer]

Dust: An Elysian Tail
Deadlight
Halo 4
Resident Evil 6
Jet Set Radio HD
Sonic Adventure 2 (hopefully)

 

[cloudyy]

Paper Mario: Sticker Star.

 

[Apdiddy]

Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition or PS3/360 Artorias of the Abyss DLC (this will be day 1 for me)
Darksiders II (although I'll wait until Christmas/Black Friday)
Sleeping Dogs (same deal)
Assassin's Creed III (I'm excited but I'm going to wait on this too)
Okami HD
Halo 4 (Microsoft's Metroid Prime 4 -- I'll be humming the theme as I play in....Summer 2013)

And that's it?

Most of the games I was planning on getting in 2012 got pushed back to 2013. Mainly BioShock Infinite, The Last of Us, and God of War: Ascension.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and Borderlands 2 although I have yet to finish Borderlands. I guess that will wait too.

 

[DiscoJer]

X-com

Shadowrun Returns, I think is supposed to be released Dec 2012, but I strongly suspect it will be delayed.

 

[Dysun]

Assassins Creed 3
Resident Evil 6
Pokemon Black/White 2
Call of Duty Black Ops 2

May also buy Halo 4, dunno yet

 

[DJIzana]

From what we know about for sure for 2012, right now...

Sleeping Dogs
Guild Wars 2
Yakuza 5
MAYBE FFXIV 2.0
Ragnarok Odyssey

That's it for me!

 

[Naito]

Borderlands 2.
Perhaps also CS:GO for old times sake, but that's it.

 

[RustyO]

Only one game: XCOM: Enemy Unknown

also...

Dishonoured : Just watced the teaser video; and breif news article... sounds kind of like AC/Hitman in a way... will pay attention to it later on.

Hitman Absolution : Haven't played one since last gen; as despite owning Blood Money, it doesn't work on my xbox; something about screen ratios 50/60hz or something; so I'll be interested to check it out to see if I still have the same vibe for it...

 

[ULTROS!]

Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Persona 4 Golden
Resident Evil 6
Jet Set Radio HD
Okami HD
Retro City Rampage
Probably Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale

 

[Scoops]

It's all about Wii U for me.
And CS:GO

 

[ArisenDragon]

Dishonored
Assassin's Creed 3
Resident Evil 6

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Dishonoured (yes, I know)
Borderlands 2

I'll get AC3&RE6 eventually I imagine

 

[BY2K]

There is a lack of Darksiders II hype that disturbs me.

 

[Magnus]

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
Pokemon Black/White 2
The Wii U
NSMB U (need an awesome co-op experience to showcase, and Mario's always at least decent)
Assassin's Creed III
RE6
Marvel vs Capcom Origins

Others too, but those qualify as 'most' anticipated

There is a lack of Darksiders II hype that disturbs me.

I've managed to avoid really checking either game out. Always heard it being dismissed as a Zelda clone though. Was the first game awesome?

 

[SniperHunter]

I am not sure right now, I will just buy all the big ones in December, but until then I will be kinda busy with studies and work....

 

[xion4360]

Dead or Alive 5

 

[Byronic Hero]

Most anticipated by FAR.

#2. Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
#3. Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance
#4. One Piece: Pirate Warriors
#5. Ratchet & Clank Collection

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

1. RE6 & Castlevania MOF
2. AC3

 

[Combichristoffersen]

I've managed to avoid really checking either game out. Always heard it being dismissed as a Zelda clone though. Was the first game awesome?

It was basically God of Zelda with hideous mid-90s US comic book art. I thought it was an OK game overall.

 

[Musolf815]

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
PS All Stars
Okami HD

 

[Magnus]

It was basically God of Zelda with hideous mid-90s US comic book art. I thought it was an OK game overall.

That...sounds fucking awesome, and miles better than Zelda or GoW proper.

 

[lunch]

Virtue's Last Reward, Hitman: Absolution, Jet Set Radio HD, and Yakuza 5 are it for me. I am really excited for all those games though.

 

[Currygan]

on 3DS

Picross E
Luigi's Mansion
NSMB2
Paper Mario
Castlevania LOS Mirror of fate
Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle
FIRE EMBLEM (FU NoE, you primised!)
Pokemon B&W2 (technically a DS title but still)


on WIIU

NSMBU
Pikmin 3
ZombiU


on PC

ehh erm

 

[Carl]

The second half of this year is pretty barren for me. I guess I'm mildly interested in Darksiders II and PS All-Stars.

Pretty much this.

 

[Kellen]

Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena
Resident Evil 6

 

[Skyzard]

JSR Vita

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1M_9BxYHz8