5 Games of 2015 That We Aren’t Quite Sold On Yet

Fast forward to 2k14 and all signs are mortar to the establishment of another purple patch for video game software. Now that the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One have been on the market just over a year, all eyes in the community are trained on 2015 to deliver some truly unforgettable titles.

[Relientk77]

I agree with Evolve, I don't understand why people want that game so badly.

[Thefreeman012]

im not sure what people see in The order. Nice graphics but gameplay looks a point and shoot and we have only seen the same vertical slice over and over again

[telekineticmantis]

I actually know people who are highly anticipating this game, I had to ask them the same thing(until what I've seen more recently). People are i love with the themes, Victorian era, Werewolf enemies(which is rare in this Zombie era), and the whole "league of extraordinary gentlemen" vibe(which I myself like). The gameplay itself doesn't seem innovative, but even the simplest weapons look to have a great sense of satisfaction, the Shotgun just tears everything to bits, the automatic pistol looks fun to use.

It looks like the freshness comes from the atmosphere more then the gameplay, but it looks fun nonetheless. The game can be great if it has the right elements, pacing story and such.

[Palitera]

Sony's logo.

[nucky64]

"same vertical slice over and over" - what about PS experience? that was new stuff. and people playing the demo there had good things to say about the game.
for me, I'm hoping "the order" has a great story. also, I like the weapons I've seen and I like they're incorporating real people from history.

edit: palitera, why come here to post such a cheap troll?

[Army_of_Darkness]

The order has really nice graphics and an interesting storyline to match... as for game-play, they only showed a couple shoot out scenes totaling what?? 25mins of the entire game and you already think that's all it has to offer? we barely seen anything regarding the werewolf/ half breed battles, aside from that little clip a while back and you think its generic?? lol! if you can't tell yet, Ready at dawn is purposely doing this to not spoil the game for us. I'm excited for this game and I'm confident that it's gonna be awesome.

[Rimeskeem]

Did you not watch PSX?

After PSX IGN liked the game and where it was going.

[Thefreeman012]

@Nucky64 I have not seen PSX but i will try to take a look.
@Army_of_Darkness the graphics may be nice but how do you know the storyline? im not saying its going to be bad but I just havent seen enough from it to be excited over it.

[BitbyDeath]

The worst thing about it - it's a shooter.
The best thing about it - Victorian era + unique weapons/tech + Supernatural elements

[CYCLEGAMER]

I cannot wait for The Order. The Order, Until Dawn and Uncharted are the PS4 games that I am looking forward to. I like intense high graphic, single player, story driven games.

I personally don't understand the hype for No Mans Sky, what do you do in this game??? I get that you discover planets but what do you do when you get there? What is your objective?? I don't understand what the hype is all about??

[TricksterArrow]

I ask myself that everytime I see a new CoD, Halo, FIFA or Gears of War flying of the shelves like it's anything new.

[Army_of_Darkness]

How can the Order not excite you?? aside from the ridiculously amazing graphics !

http://www.dailymotion.com/...

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[Gaming247allday]

Sony's games in general have been pretty lackluster so far on PS4, Knack? Infamous? Killzone? boring generic Games with no creativity at all, Infamous was pretty, Driveclub? boring and broken, and more, Sony has dropped the ball so far with first party in my opinion, then again though most of Sony's IP sucks excepts for whatever Naughty Dog makes, and even then i feel their Games are overrated, nothing excites me on the PS4 so i will have to agree that i don't have much hope in the order

the order looks to be a game you beat once and never play again, an 8 Hour interactive movie if you will

[Christopher]

@Thefreeman012

1. I agree, I'm not into The Order yet.

2. But your assertion that it's just point and click is pretty much dumbing down every TPS/FPS if that's all you saw.

3. The whole video from the PS Experience was on a blimp... not anything we've seen before. And, it's just the tutorial level.

[Kingdomcome247]

Yeah, my excitement was kind of tempered after my time with the beta. That said, it was only a beta, and there's probably a lot more to Evolve than I saw. Homefront has been passed around like a hot potato. I hope it can come out the other side a good game.

[Baka-akaB]

Well about the order , not everyone expect or want true gameplay novelty for all games . And thanks god for that , when it's rare and usually 1 game out of 20 ...

Sometimes an unusual setting and an appealing story and background can do wonders for a conventional title .

I feel like that with the Order . I'm sold much more on a potentially good tps in a steampunk/victorian setting with werewolf hunting over the usual space marine stuff or plain modern marines action

[Dreaming-Art]

I've seen various gameplay videos of The Order. It looked so boring to play. Hopefully the finished product proves me wrong.

[JonnyBigBoss]

I've played it. It was the worst thing I played at E3 2014.

No, I'm not kidding.

[WeAreLegion]

Easily one of my favorite demos at E3. I played it four times.

I know it's not for everyone, but I enjoyed it, immensely.

[Sparkticle]

*Something slightly negative towards Sony is said on N4G*

*Downvotes galore*

How predictable. I agree with you, though. The Order is probably the least exciting game on that list.

[DigitalRaptor]

It's fair enough that you say that. You haven't played it though.

Most people don't agree. The game won over 25 E3 awards.

And most media outlets reporting on the game, as well as people who were at PSX and reported on the new demo gave it positive impressions. People who were once skeptical, are now pleasantly surprised and intrigued.

IGN: http://ca.ign.com/articles/...
PSU: http://www.psu.com/preview/...
Gamereactor: http://www.gamereactor.eu/p...
Siliconera: http://www.siliconera.com/2...
Game Informer: http://www.gameinformer.com...
TheSixthAxis: http://www.thesixthaxis.com...
PS Nation: http://www.psnation.com/201...

GAF:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum...
http://www.neogaf.com/forum...
http://www.neogaf.com/forum... ( https://twitter.com/VivekGa... )

The time where people could get away with baseless hate on this game is over. It's come full circle where people who have played the latest build are excited for it again. The finished product is looking to be something solid, with the potential to be really great, based on these new found impressions.

[Gamingchange]

Still waiting on the 'next-gen' RPGs...It's been a year, and all I keep seeing is shooters

[Sparkticle]

Man, just as you say that...Witcher 3 is delayed again.

[nucky64]

don't like dragon age?

[OculusRift]

>inb4 someone suggests Da:I.

If you want a real fun experience that's not bogged down by political correctness or personal agenda don't purchase Dragon Age: Inquisition.

Let me take my wasted $65 and save you the time.
If you're expecting great combat, lower your expectations.
The combat is worse than Skyrim. All you do is hold down a button and fight the same recycled enemies over and over again.
Remember how Skyrim's main mission was like 2hrs long? Imagine that but spread out over 70hrs.
The story offers nothing in terms of quality.
If you're into spending time thinking your choices have any real effect in the world, you're sadly mistaken. All you're really doing is just clicking text, romancing girl/guys and making snide comments/badly timed jokes.
Side missions?
Expect to have an NPC say "I lost me Tresha ova dere go and get et" and you'll spend 10-15 mins running (or should I say speed walking(looking out for invisible walls and things you can't slide down) and you can't fast travel) though an area to fight the same NPCs repeatedly, pick or kill whatever pops out for almost no reward if your lucky or when you get there youll be slapped with a sub side mission to complete the original side mission. Rifts? Those are side missions in themselves. If you're not a high level character.. steer clear of attempting to close any rifts. Demons are always higher levels and you WILL GET WRECKED & DIE EVERY TIME.

It's almost like they tried to copy Bethesda, with like a more Skyrim feel but during creation they started adding a bunch of unnecessary ideas that didn't need to be there.
While the world is beautiful, and the graphics are nice, it doesn't cover up the fact that this game is kinda boring AF. I'd give this game a 7/10.

TL;DR:
Dragon Age is whack, save your money and wait for a real RPG.

This is my opinion, IDC what you think. Disagree if you must.. As long as it helps you sleep at night. Also I feel like this game is getting really high reviews because one of the few games of come out this year that were not actually broken at launch(Side from a few glitches)

[SegaGamer]

I agree, that list in that article was shooters only. I'm really getting tired of it to be honest. These days unless there is a gun, gore or fast cars games aren't getting much recognition.

I have had enough of shooters getting the most attention, it's frigging boring.

[Master-H]

Patience, brother. Bloodborne will be out in no time.

[juaburg91]

Buddy,mark my words. Xenoblade Chronicles X. Its going to be the RPG of the generation to beat.

[Hamzaali]

(5 Games of 2015 That We Aren’t Quite Sold On Yet) what you mean by this title? i dont understand the title of the post :/

[CorndogBurglar]

I'm not sure I understand your comment.

[kurruptor]

It means they aren't yet convinced they will be good games.

[Hamzaali]

oh . thanks kurruptor for info got it

[u4one]

it means its their top 5 list of games that might not be that great but kinda too early to tell.

[Hamzaali]

u4one you made it easy for me to understand xd

[JustAnotherTruther]

Lol, the Corridor 1886 is a joke. Cancel them game and save yourselves the embarrassment Sony. This is the game that's supposed to challenge the almighty Gears of War?

[PrinterMan]

I feel you're gonna eat them words. Just a hunch.

[mxguy93]

I'm sold on battlefield and the new gameplay of the order has me sold. I want homefront to be good.

[NegativeCreep427]

Something POSITIVE to say about The Order???

BLASPHEMOUS!!!

J/k

[jasminlenovo]

I dont think Homefront: The Revolution is the bad game but Battle born is worst game ever i think . what do you think about it?

[mxguy93]

Not too sure about battle born. Need to see more gameplay

[Lilrizky]

I agree with these. need to see more.

I want the order to do well and I think i'll like it.

If it's a narrative-driven experience like telltale games i don't see why it's getting hated on for what it's doing

[jasminlenovo]

Lilrizky i dont understand what you actually saying

[Lilrizky]

A lot of people are comparing it to gears of war and therefore labelling it as a third person shooter.

I think it should be labelled as a story-driven game with third person mechanics, more in line with games like heavy rain and last of us and walking dead. BUT as sparkitcle said, those games did offer choice.

[Sparkticle]

Narrative-driven games are fine as long as they're still games that provide you with choices that change the outcome.

The Walking Dead and all other Telltale games did it right, however a game like this, where it's a corridor shooter with limited movement choices...yeah, not that exciting. If The Order has no decision-making and an uninteresting story, then I don't see the appeal.

Clunky, generic third person shooter gameplay along with a tedious story are the two key ingredients in making a failure of a game. Let's hope I'm wrong.

[Lilrizky]

Good point. i agree.

BUT at the same time maybe this is a story they wanted to tell. having choices and not having them is a choice, it's not really a weakness or a strength of a game.

if they have a really good story to tell then i say, tell it and let me enjoy it

[u4one]

i'd add No Mans Sky to the list. I love the concept of it, but i wonder if its going to get boring. I guess I either don't know enough about it or understand what it is completely because I feel like I'm missing a big part of what makes me want to play it aside from exploring for a bit.

[Sparkticle]

No Man's Sky seems more like an experience. I imagine there will be little to none to unlock, and it will be all about exploration and discovering the unknown.

To people like me, who love wildlife and seeing new places that are overflown with design, I think No Man's Sky will be perfect. But it's definitely not for everyone.

[RoseSapphire]

No Man's Sky is going to be the game that critics fall in love with and everyone online seems to be talking about but no one you know actually likes it or plays it.

You know, like Gone Home.

[Tedakin]

The Evolve beta actually made me way less interested :(

[DougLord]

Personally I think every title should be on this list until it's reviewed. To many titles get hyped and disappoint.

Order sounds horrible. An on rails action adventure, no plot, QTEs and no multiplayer. No man's sky - I have yet to play a procedurally generated game that didn't suck.

But even AAA titles with known franchises, I'm just not going to trust they will be good until they get reviewed.

[DigitalRaptor]

Damn right you're not sold on The Order.

You know nothing about it. No effort to even try, so much so that it just comes across as intense trolling.

"On rails"? About as on-rails as Uncharted games have been.
"No plot"? You're an absolute idiot.
"QTEs"? … many great games have supplementary QTEs, it's not detrimental.
"No multiplayer"? Neither does Quantum Break and plenty of other games.

How about you refer to this comment to inform yourself about The Order: 1886's recent influx of POSITIVE IMPRESSIONS, and learn what the game is really about, cause you clearly have no idea: http://n4g.com/news/1636295...

[KakashiHotake]

I won't be sold on any game until they've been properly reviewed and battle tested. One thing I've learned in 2014 is that hype is just another form of a bandwagon.

[RoseSapphire]

Evolve should not be on this list. Everything else seems fitting, though I had never heard of Battleborn.

[CanadianTurtle]

This website is getting unbearable every time I read the comments sections. How can people still defend The Order 1886? The game is only a few months away from release and we STILL haven't gotten a good gameplay video. Every "gameplay" video (notice how I used quotes)is just an interactive cutscene with very little actual shooting.

I don't understand this. Gears of War and Uncharted have managed to work with open spaces for 3rd person shooter combat while also retaining cinematic qualities.

Look I understand that the game is gorgeous and has a very cool art style/setting. But all of that means NOTHING if the gameplay is just interactive cutscenes

[SurgicalMenace]

It has been a very long while since I've even commented on N4G, but I have been inspired to speak. I understand that we all have our opinions about what is good and what is not, but seriously what are any of us doing but sitting on a website blasting the work of people that operate on a level none of us do? Where are our games? Where is our drive to get up and do something besides play video games and whine about what we don't like in them? How many games do we have under our belt to even know what it takes to create entertainment for a community of unhappy gamers? Just play what you don't have the drive to learn to create or don't.

We are in a time where a 8.5 is considered okay, because uninspired games like GTA, Gears of War, CoD, and Halo all get perfect 10s out of fear of the public backlash of whiny gamers. I have been gaming for well over 25 years and have seen all things in gaming from Atari to PS4, with everything in me that states that I am a true hardcore gamer, I find the hard work in all that these guys do to create a momentary escape from reality that games were meant to be. I seems that the respect for the creation of games has been lost behind high expectations and reluctant gamers.