36. South Park: The Stick Of Truth – March 5th
(Xbox 360, PS3, Windows)
In definite contrast to the four games before it in this list, South Park: The Stick of Truth offers a completely different type of gameplay. In the form of an RPG, the game seems to be loosely based on the South Park episode ‘The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to The Two Towers’. Trying not to take itself too seriously, the Stick of Truth is packed full of unique South Park cut scenes and is a must-buy for any South Park fan.
35. Tomb Raider – March 5th
(Xbox 360, PS3, Windows)
I could not have been more disappointed with the last two Tomb Raider games – they lacked imagination, cutting-edge and were too linear. Therefore it’s good to see that from what we have seen so far, this seems to have changed: the graphics are superb, the gameplay seems similar to Uncharted, which surely can only be a good thing, and there is rumoured to be a far bigger emphasis on exploring and moving around the island.
34. SimCity – March 5th
(Windows)
I haven’t played SimCity in years, but watching the trailer for the latest SimCity, scheduled for release in March, gave me a sense of nostalgia. I was amazed at how much had changed, not counting graphics which is an obvious step-up, since I last played a SimCity game when I was around 10 years old, and I’m definitely really excited for this release.
33. God of War: Ascension – March 12th
(PS3)
On the 12th of March, God of War: Ascension, the staggering 7th game in the God of War series, will be released. For me, God of War is a series that is always at its best, the graphics are always sensational the story-line mesmerising and the fighting dynamics simply breathtaking. Moreover, God of War: Ascension is a prequel to the series, meaning that we’ll learn a lot more about the character of Kratos. A PS3 exclusive with a revamped weapon system and an array of new puzzles, God of War is one of the games I’m most looking forward to in 2013.
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It would be good if we wouldnt have to click next next next next to read through all the 40 games, this 3game/page sucks
Good article, except for one thing. FFXIII will be garbage. Nobody gives a toss about Lightning. I played the original FFXIII and not one of the characters stand out, or were memorable in the slightest. They’ve obviously had all these “sequels” planned from the outset. FFXIII was so bad, yet they’ve still had to run with it.
They’re not FF games and no matter how Motomu Toriyama wants to dress it up and compare it to Roses (personally I would opt for a steaming big pile of dog turd) that won’t change. When he mentioned Facebook I wasn’t surprised, I saw it coming. The developers of SimCity have done something similar and rightly got abused for it. It’s a laughably feeble attempt at increasing profits, but I doubt the target audience of pre-teens, who these games are now aimed at, will mind.
If you have not played a FF game before, please do not start with this. Do not start with any of the recent games. It would be similar to now buying a can of Coke to sample the white powdery extract of the poppy flower it once contained. There’s no point, it’s not there. they took it out years ago and all you’re left with is a sickening, cheap sugar rush imitation that lasts a few minutes but pales in comparison to the real thing. Instead just go straight to your local game shop and ask for a guy named Pablo…..he will sell you a genuine Final Fantasy title.
You mad bro?
Personally never seen why there are so many sequels anyway, its called FINAL fantasy. Not Continuing fantasy. Its like Europe writing a sequel song to The Final Countdown. Impossible I tells ya!!!!!
And whenever I ask for pablo he just gives me a pokemon game and a pat on the rear
You are the exact type of person that shouldn’t exist.
Sounds fair enough – you definitely are a better authority on FF. It’s something that’s never interested me, but I know it’s hugely popular in Japan due to anime being part of their culture.
Agh, please! OP speaks the truth. Classic FF is hardly “animé”, despite Tetsuya Nomura’s intentions. I will deviate, however, and say that XII* is actually an excellent starting place for people new to the series as it is stylistically reminiscent of the SNES games and FFT while not actually being non-action turn-based (which seems to turn a lot of westerners off, especially younger gamers).
SE has a bad habit of continually screwing over western audiences with delayed promises and pushing social-based and (expensive) phone games we just don’t really care about. And almost every FF fan I know hated XIII.
(*yes, it’s SE, but SE hadn’t really ruined it at this point yet. And while XII is before XIII, it came out in 2006. I’ll also say 4HoL was good and reminiscent of NES-era FF.)
Another horrible year for gaming…
Only 3 games on the list I know i will buy. Company of Heroes 2, Sim City and Stick of Truth.
With how disappointing GTA4 was I won’t be buying it until i see what it has to offer. Everything else on the list is your typical rehashed crap
Even games like Beyond: Two Souls?
Sim City is for OS X also.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity_(2013_video_game)
Cheers for the link where it clearly says Microsoft Windows and OS X.
Sorry, that sounded really sarcastic. I meant it genuinely, because I keep hearing people complain about how it’s a Windows-only game, and it’s not.
Thanks for that. I didn’t use wikipedia as a source and I couldn’t find it anywhere else that it was being released on OS X
you forgot about “Tearaway” (from media molecule), “Dragon’s Crown” (vanillaware) and “Pupeteer” (sony japan studio). All of them way better than the same, bland and boring online first person shooters (check them out!). Anyhow good article!
Can’t wait till Rome 2. It looks absolutely amazing
I list is too big I mean the only games i like that are in this list are !#1 grand theft auto V “defintly going to buy”
#2 metal gear ground zero “not sure if on list”
#3 metal gear rising “not made by same person so its a maybe but a strong maybe”
#4 eldier scrolls online “kinda don’t care because I never bought skyrim i like fallout more “
Nah CoD MW is a dead franchise move on fanboy
Gta v on windows? Is that rockstar tipping you off?
And to think we still have no idea what will be launching on PS4 and Xbox 720. And most of whats coming on Wii U for that matter!
No DayZ standalone in the list?
I am disappointed.
thank you for mentioning that
Another one that was forgotten is Tex Murphy: Project Fedora. It was also funded on Kickstarter.
Who writes these??? where is monster hunter tri ultimate? That will be much better than some of the games i just saw
No Heart of the Swarm,no Dragon Age 3?Now that’s a pity :/
Why isn’t the Day Z standalone on the list? It’s a great game that is said to be hacker-proof. What’s not to love about that?
2013 looks terrible….
Screw Lightning, gimme final fantasy versus 13, and no dark souls 2 or ni no kuni?!
Heart of the Swarm is an expansion pack, and was one that I did not feel should be in the list.
Monster Hunter was released in 2011 in Japan – therefore it doesn’t feature on the list.
At the time of writing hardly any information had been released on DayZ and the list only featured a few speculated games, games that I feel are far more anticipated than DayZ.
Dark Souls 2 isn’t featured as again, it has no release date and at the time of writing, there was speculation that it wouldn’t be released in 2013.
Likewise, at the time of writing, there was speculation that Dragon Age 3 would be released in 2014 in order for it to be released with the next-gen consoles.
Hope that answers some of the questions. This article was written in December so please look at it from that perspective – obviously more games will be being announced and receiving release dates that, at the time of writing, were not in the public eye.
Lol, i’m not interested in most of these games. I might not even buy 5/40 of these.
Wat happened to metal gear solid : ground zeros? by kojima productions
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