12 Most Hotly Anticipated Original Gaming Properties Of 2014

10. Octodad: Dadliest Catch

From the mainstream to the blatantly bizarre indie scene with this unorthodox title: Octodad is essentially a game where players take control of a living anthropomorphic octopus, and must keep up his facade of being human. He is also married to a human woman and has perfectly normal children. Don't ask how that happened - frankly it's probably better off if we don't know - but it's sure to be one of the biggest gaming mysteries of 2014. The ingenious premise is also tackled from a brilliant gameplay stand-point, as the game's controls are intentionally awkward and unlike anything anything ever designed. Expect to fiddle with multiple thumbsticks and shoulder buttons simultaneously in ways that contort your hands. It's a decision that plays off of keeping up a human disguise, but balanced properly as not to intrude too much, as being overly complex for the sake of it would do more harm than good. Some of the game's objectives are also downright hilarious, involving players cooking breakfast, and actually walking down the aisle to marriage. That's just in the first 20 minutes too, so who knows what the rest of the game has in store.