"This game STILL isn't out yet?!!?!?!??"

[Rariow]

Heh, funny. I mostly have the opposite problem, getting caught off guard when people start talking about the big new release that I thought was coming out five or six months from now.

Dragon Age: Inquisition is one that I'm surprised isn't out. I swear we've been hearing news about it for two times the usual period between announcement and release. Not that that's bad, by any means, hopefully BioWare will have time to work their magic and make it good this time.

Day Z standalone. Hasn't that thing been in alpha for about a century now? I refuse to buy an incomplete game, but I've been interested in that one for quite a while.

Also, a completely original one that no one's ever mentioned, ever and no one's ever bitched about how long it's taking: Half Life 2: Episode 3. Holy Mackerels, Valve, wasn't that meant to be out in 2007? That's 7 years ago. That's about 49 years in dog years.

 

[SKBPinkie]

Driveclub.

That thing was supposed to be out when the PS4 launched. It has had so many delays since then, that it seems that it'll be almost one year late.

 

[otakon17]

I've decided today that I have had enough of hearing about Destiny. For fuck's sake, I feel like this game has been talked about for ages, and we've still got months to go before it's out. The first time I was ever really aware of it was when I saw a joke that pointed out how the game's logo looks like Master Chief's codpiece [http://i.imgur.com/amR08I6.jpg?1] but Christ on a bike, that was more than a year ago. And the game STILL ISN'T OUT YET. Now I keep hearing about it and keep seeing that same box art with Master Chief's codpiece, and I just don't understand why the stupid game isn't out yet.

I don't have a problem with Bungee or the game, but I just feel like the game should have been out MONTHS ago, yet it's promotions are only now just starting to gear up and I'm going to be staring at Master Chief's crotch until September. I mean really, since that day I saw the Master Chief image I have become aware of, seen in theaters, and purchased on DVD the movies Frozen, Saving Mr. Banks, and The Great Gatsby. I guess I feel very strongly about Destiny because when I saw the codpiece joke and art for it, I was rather lead to believe the game was coming out soon, or at least within the year (perhaps around the time the PS4 came out). The way so many sites kept going on about it and constantly had something new to say about it, it felt like the last few months before the game was to be released. But nope...it was just an announcement nobody stopped talking about.

I had the same problem with Jessica Simpson's pregnancy. Jesus, that woman was pregnant for like a year and a half.

Anyway, who else is in this situation right now? What game do you feel like has been in development for way too damn long?

[sub][sub]inb4 HL3[/sub][/sub]

And I changed the thread title to more accurately reflect what I'm going for.

Yeah, try waiting three years for Alpha Protocol after two near release delays. And two years for South Park: Stick of Truth.

 

[Savagezion]

For me it's Rainbow Six: Patriots. I remember seeing stuff on it like four or five years ago and the damn thing still isn't out.

Yeah, I wouldn't hold your breath for that one. I desperately want that game and I don't even particularly like shooters. That campaign sounded awesome. Unfortunately, everything released since then seems like PR speak for "It's dead in the water". I don't mean to be a bubble burster and wish I had even a shred of something to cling to but I got nothing. It is a shame.

 

[Rad Party God]

ArcheAge.

Unlike many on this site, I'm a fan of MMOs and while I could easily add Everquest Next on the list, ArcheAge is an entirely different beast on it's own, because the game is pretty much done and has already been released on China, Japan and Russia, but not on western territories yet.

Trion Worlds is already saying the game will come out to the west pretty soon, but they still haven't announced any date yet and I'm pretty much in the attitude of "This game STILL isn't out yet!???".

 

[spartandude]

In December i will have officially waited 10 years for a sequel to Knights Of The Old Republic II The Sith Lords.


NO! STOP! Do not bring up that piece of shit MMO. I will not acknowledge that bastard as a true heir!

 

[SweetShark]

Fighting is Magic for me, the new version I mean.
After I saw another preview of one of the characters, I AM F*CKING HYPE!!!!

Spoiler

Skullgirls...thank you for supporting them.

 

[Mestraal]

Definitely Edge of Twilight for me; officially it seemed to be cancelled when Fuzzyeyes (the developer) went under, but then they resurfaced, and now have released a mediocre mobile spinoff to it.

It was meant to come out last summer, but they've gone quiet again. Damn them, and damn my love for anything steampunk.

 

[TheVampwizimp_v1legacy]

This week's Critical Intel article has some intel critical to this discussion. This only started happening recently, with the exponential growth of the media hype machines. The more games grow into multi-million dollar, several-year productions, the more they have to sell to recoup the investment, and the more money they pour into advertisement and merchandising, which balloons the development costs even more, and now we have this massive, bloated system that is continually expanding even as it collapses under its own weight, and the only way to keep the scheme going is to make us so rabidly excited for their product that we get these 15-month periods of obnoxious marketing, full of exaggerations and assumptions that we are all ready to wet our pants over their revolutionary game.

I really hope the AAA bubble bursts soon. Otherwise, we will just limp along this annoying path forever, until the consumer pool has become so poisoned by the constant ups and downs of development cycles that the industry can't ever make us happy again.

 

[FPLOON]

What? I wasn't going to say Half-Life 3... I was actually going to say Kingdom Hearts 3... (Yeah, that's it...)

OT: But seriously, Kingdom Hearts 3 is right up there with my very small list of games that I wish were out already...

(Honorable mention going towards the new Fighting is Magic, of course...)

 

[The White Hunter]

Fucking Smash Bros U.

Seriously Nintendo.

Want people to buy your shit?

Mario Kart and Smash Bros. That simple.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Oh Wii U...I wish more people liked you like I like you...Oh Gamefreak, I wish you would make one Pokemon game where I could actually catch em' all...I don't even need all of the event Legendaries...Oh, if only these two problems could be solved. Perhaps the solution to one would be the solution to both problems? Oh but there I go, on another flight of fancy...

Also, with the remake culture being a thing this gen apparently, I'm surprised Bethesda haven't announced a remake of Daggerfall or Arena...I would think Daggerfall would be more likely than Arena though to be honest...

 

[The White Hunter]

Final Fantasy XV.

People still believe that games coming out? Hasn't it being announced in 2006, being made as a lanch title for PS3, pushed back to being a PS3 title, pushed back to being a PS4 launch title, pushed back to PS4 title...

Sadly, Nomura said he won't start developing Kingdom Hearts III until FFXV is finished, so essentially, Kingdom Hearts is over...

OT: Devil Survivor 2: Break Record, supposed to be out in Japan Spring last year, pushed back to Fall, pushed back to Winter, pushed back to 2014, with no new news about it.

What is happening?

No KH isn't over, you can still have endless crappy spinoffs on handhelds.

 

[the_great_cessation]

Beyond Good and Evil II. A teaser was shown 6 years ago and then nothing.

 

[stroopwafel]

For me it's Rainbow Six: Patriots. I remember seeing stuff on it like four or five years ago and the damn thing still isn't out.

Oh yeah I remember that one 'prototype video' of the game looked really good. They were pretty much trying to hype the game and then it just disappeared never to be heard from again. Shame b/c Rainbow Six Vegas was awesome and this one actually looked a lot better still.

 

[AdagioBoognish]

Holy exclamation point and question marks Batman!

[sub][sub]I kid. [/sub][/sub]

Fuck Destiny, I want my Last Guardian! I've been waiting to hear something about that game. I don't care if they're crafting the game using pixie dust and unicorn farts because I want info, dammit!

I just want to know how hard I will cry at the end! D:

Oh my god, they announced that so long ago that I've been able to get excited, forget about it, and get excited again when someone mentions it. I can't wait for this one either.

One thing I really, really want, but probably will never happen is to have them remake legend of dragoon. I'd pay $60 bucks just to see that game with shiny new graphics.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

Holy exclamation point and question marks Batman!

[sub][sub]I kid. [/sub][/sub]

Fuck Destiny, I want my Last Guardian! I've been waiting to hear something about that game. I don't care if they're crafting the game using pixie dust and unicorn farts because I want info, dammit!

I just want to know how hard I will cry at the end! D:

Oh my god, they announced that so long ago that I've been able to get excited, forget about it, and get excited again when someone mentions it. I can't wait for this one either.

One thing I really, really want, but probably will never happen is to have them remake legend of dragoon. I'd pay $60 bucks just to see that game with shiny new graphics.

I don't know about you, but I have a mild panic attack every time I see it mentioned in a news article. I get ready to have a cry because I always fear the worst, and that I'm going to hear that it's canceled.

I don't know how much my poor little heart can take with all this waiting! D:

 

[DarkhoIlow]

Prey 2 for me...that E3 demo was really fantastic (it even looked next gen!) and they didn't let Human Head finish it which makes me very sad. That game is probably stuck in development limbo/hell.

Other than that, can't think of any really that have been announced and they haven't released yet aside from the obvious Half Life 3. Most of the games that I'm looking forward to are around 1 year give or take close of releasing: Witcher 3, Torment, Cyberpunk (probably 2016 this one).

 

[Liquidprid3]

I remember hearing a lot of The Division. What's that? It was delayed? Well fantastic.

 

[Fox12]

Final Fantasy XV.

It was announced in 2006. At the start of the 7th generation. 8 years on and a whole new generation later and we still have no release date.

What the fuck Square Enix?

Whoa, whoa, whoa man. Calm down. Nomura recently released information. He said it JUST entered full production. After eight years. It JUST entered full production...