Will 2011 be the greatest year in gaming

[Atmos Duality]

Subjectively: Absolutely not for me.
What the hell am I looking forward to?
Deus Ex? No, I'm still suspicious.
Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm

Objectively: It looks like a fairly good year for sales figures.

 

[Ensiferum]

Wow, a lot of "the glass is half-empty" types in this thread. Yeah I'll grant that a lot of the games coming out are sequels, but if you look at the best of the best, companies like Bioware and Bethesda rarely if ever disappoint (yeah I know plenty of you will say Oblivion wasn't as good as Morrowind but I loved it). I certainly have high hopes for this year and think it certainly could be the best year in gaming.

I guess what's really amazing to me his how much people can love a game and then clamor years and years for more, then when they finally DO get a sequel they go all "meh it's gonna suck." I can understand this given dissapointing occurrences like Deus Ex: Invisible War, but come on, there's no reason to lose hope and make judgments BEFORE THE GAMES EVEN COME OUT!

 

[bushwhacker2k]

Eh, honestly sequels are starting to make me flinch. Even ME2, which was one of the better sequels I've played which was released in the past few years wasn't really something I could come back and play a lot.

On the other hand, I have high hopes for Diablo 3 and Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

Your list suffers from a distinct lack of the Persona team. Catherine and Persona 2: Innocent Sin are going to be awesome.

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

Escapist ate my post.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

Um hey WAKE UP CALL PEOPLE! Did you all forget about 2010! Fable III, Halo Reach, Fallout New Vegas, Red Dead Redemption! and a bucket full of other ones! I'll only be getting Gears 3 and Skyrim anyways.

 

[Skyline16]

all that i can say about this year is that the first few months will be the greatest for FPS fans:
Bulletstorm
Homefront
Duke Nukem Forever
Killzone 3
Breach
Crysis 2
FEAR 3
Brink
Red Faction Armaggedon
Yeah, i think i'll be okay for a few years

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Oh yeah sure, greatest year in gaming, just like last year and the year before that and the year before that and the year before that and the... surely you can see where I'm going with this.

 

[linwolf]

Two games that I will get, three more that are a maybes. Not that great of a year, there have been far better ones. And most games this year are sequels, with rarely feels as good as a new IP.

 

[Treblaine]

Wow, a lot of "the glass is half-empty" types in this thread. Yeah I'll grant that a lot of the games coming out are sequels, but if you look at the best of the best, companies like Bioware and Bethesda rarely if ever disappoint (yeah I know plenty of you will say Oblivion wasn't as good as Morrowind but I loved it). I certainly have high hopes for this year and think it certainly could be the best year in gaming.

I guess what's really amazing to me his how much people can love a game and then clamor years and years for more, then when they finally DO get a sequel they go all "meh it's gonna suck." I can understand this given dissapointing occurrences like Deus Ex: Invisible War, but come on, there's no reason to lose hope and make judgments BEFORE THE GAMES EVEN COME OUT!

Well I think the thing about sequels is there won't be any really NEW experiences, though they will be REFINED experiences. That's nice, but not as nice as new IPs doing new things.

But since the Great Recession and the rising cost of video games people seem to be a lot more afraid of taking risks with new IPs. Not terrified, some new IPs, but not many hugely significant ones.

 

[ImprovizoR]

Yes a lot of games are sequels. But some of those games are designed to be sequels and others are just too good to be one time hits. Mass Effect is supposed to be a trilogy, Crysis too. What do you expect from The Elder Scrolls? A reboot? Of a game with such a tradition and lore? Also Arkham City? Did you play AA? Ending begged for a sequel. And I don't think anyone will be complaining about another great Batman game. Bioshock Infinite...well maybe that one shouldn't be called Bioshock. Dragon Age 2: just like every great RPG with great made up world it deserves to be explored deeper. Deus Ex HR: we waited too long for another one and now you're complaining about sequels. That's kinda sad. Assassin's Creed is another one designed as a series of video games. PC gamers are yet to get their hands on Brotherhood. I could go on all night but seriously, what's the point. All of the sequels deserve to be sequels (with the exception of Bioshock Infinite and it's talking protagonist) and most of you love their predecessors.

 

[Thunderhorse31]

Oh look, here come the "hur hur sequels = cash-ins = suck" crowd.

Super Mario 3 was a sequel. Super Metroid was a sequel. Half Life 2 was a sequel. Metal Gear Solid 4 (or 3, or 2, take your pick) was a sequel. Resident Evil 4, Mass Effect 2, Majora's Mask, Uncharted 2, Persona 4, and so on? Sequels.

You go ahead and crap on those titles for being sequels. See how well that goes.

OT: This year definitely looks better than most; even though there are a handful of people who say that every year, this one looks like it will break my bank.

 

[SilverUchiha]

It looks to be better than last year, but, at the same time, the only new console device coming out is a 3DS and possibly a new PSP of some variety. Nothing else has been announced yet (to my knowledge) and no major innovations are being made. Just more games and a couple new handhelds. To me, just another year.

 

[Cazza]

Thats unfair to say. We don't know what the future holds. It's all opinion anyway. Sure there are a few games I'm looking forward to. Much more then the passed few years. Brink, Portal 2, Mass Effect 3. Then there are titles that Im not a fan of or just didn't get into but I know are popular.

I would say it's a good year for gaming but not the greaest.