Dana Jongewaard of GameTap writes: The first thing that the editors at GameTap discovered when making this list is that there are a lot of big games coming out this year. That quickly led to the discovery of the second thing, which is that it's really hard to narrow that list down to just eight games. Whether it's hardcore favorites like Soulcalibur IV and Ninja Gaiden II, or more mainstream titles like Wii Fit and Lego Indiana Jones, there are plenty of big games that people are eagerly anticipating. And that doesn't count the games that are still under our radar--after all, a year ago at this time, gamers hadn't yet heard of Rock Band. Nevertheless, we finally made our Sophie's choice: Without further ado, these are eight of the games we think will be huge in 2008.
(Order based on release date)
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Why It Made the List: The last entry in this fighting series, Super Smash Bros Melee, proved so popular that it developed its own unofficial tournament circuit, with players learning to exploit design weaknesses to deliver even more punishing smackdowns upon their foes.
Grand Theft Auto IV
Why It Made the List: If we were the betting type, we would put money on this game to be the best-selling title for the year--which wouldn't be much of a bet, considering that each of the three previous Grand Theft Auto console games have topped the sales lists for the years in which they were released.
Metal Gear Solid 4: The Guns of the Patriots
Fallout 3
Halo Wars
LittleBigPlanet
Spore
World of WarCraft: The Wrath of the Lich King
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
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Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.
I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing
1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.
It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!
I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.
Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.
Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.
Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:
- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2
I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.
Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.
I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.
I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.
But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.
Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.
2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.
It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5
Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.
If you are looking for an awesome RPG, look no further. Steam is offering a significant discount on its Fallout Franchise Bundle.
"You can get all Fallout games in a bundle at a significant 20% discount on Steam. Individually, all these games add up to $244.91. With the discount, you can get them all for $195.91. That is $49 less than the original price. Quite a significant discount for such a popular franchise."
😊 😂 🤣 😐 - But why?
Just wait for a sale and get most if not all of it for a fraction of that price.
20% off...lol
The games were just on a real sale over the last week or two for the show promotion. Fallout 4 was $10, 3 was $5, NV was cheap as heck too.
So what the heck is this
The original games have been given out for free by Amazon for GOG and Epic, 76 is free now on Amazon if you have prime, Epic has also given out new Vegas for free and 4 has gone down to pretty cheap prices. 194 bucks is a total ripoff when you can get these games individually for less. Don't forget cd keys might sell em for a dollar less at times too. Come on man, us cheapskates won't touch anything near or above 100 lolz
The artist behind Fallout 4’s Deathclaw reveals just how bad things got back when Bethesda took over the series
People are stupid I get it. No one should feel unsafe,
But I think they need to talk about why they cut so many corners during the development process and why none of their games ever look current. And why they think all of this is okay while they charge full price.
As much as Bethesda deserve criticism, that's not really relevant to the reveal of Fallout 3 in 2007.
Usually, you have good comments but this isn't one of them. It just rides the mob. We can do both condemn the actions and not let them use it for other things.
I can say I received a death threat and everyone needs to shut up. People are not honest and will use horrible things to their advantage.
Yeah, but thats not the result of laziness, incompetence, or a bad engine. Thats what happens with their type of open world games. Its hard for people to find a point of comparison because no one makes games like Bethesda does.
No problem. I'm not here to convince you. I'm only stating an actuality. What your words do if we look at them like events.
Actually, MGS4 is the only one I "have" to play... and that's not even really a "HAVE" to situation. That's just an I'd like to experience it to see what it's all about. See if it lives up to the hype. I wasn't able to play it at E for all , so no big loss.
As for the rest of that list... Yawn... I can play the same smash bros gameplay right now, if I wanted to. Halo wars is about as exciting sounding as shopping for paper plates with Gamaw.... GTA4 is going to be more of the same with more polish and a tad better draw distance.
Little Big Planet, from what I played of it, isn't at the stage to be totally jazzed about it yet. I'll have to wait until other PS3 uses get ah old of it and build some awesome content for it.
World of War Craft... please... No thanks.
Fallout... Oblivion still doesn't get my time and it's actually really good. I don't think I'm giving this one the time of day, either.
As for Spore... hahaahhahahaah... I'd love to see anyone get their hands on the retail version of this in 08. You won't see this until 09 at the soonest. Bank shot that one, fellas. I know that for a fact.
halo wars above GTA, MGS and SSBB????????
yeah i don't think so buddy, maybe if it was halo 4, but wars is just some lame RTS spin-off that pretty much no-one cares about- remember just because it has the letters H, A, L and O in it doesn't mean we have to all crazy for it
and can someone smash the servers for WoW- that game is killing the industry and its depriving people of social lives and time to play REAL games
jeez..... who approves these articles, we all know wha the big games are in 08 and we don't need some random site telling us what's hot and what's not, especially when the list has a freaking WoW expansion pack as the hottest game of 08
to leave out wii fit and mario kart is a huge mistake.. cause these two games will sell more then the rest of 6 after smash bros and grand theft auto
Why make these articles when it's obvious that titles are missing just because they didn't want it to be almost all PS3 titles.
Where is KZ2,GT5,FF13 just to name the biggest missing titles.
Gears 2 is the biggest 360 title this year if they as expected announce it soon.
But anyway you look at it Halo Wars and Spore need to go.
Great choices. Swap WoW with Star Wars Force Unleashed or Brutal Legend and it would be perfect.