The Standard Model

Well, haven’t posted anything in a while, couldn’t really think of anything interesting that isn’t already plastered all over the internet. However recently I have been drooling over quite a few games that are yet to be released, some coming soon and others that are not due for far too long! The first game I am very excited about is released in October and that is:

This game looks fantastic. Diablo 2 but based on top of an FPS is pretty much the brief. Up to 4 player co-op with it using the same characters and equipment for single and multiplayer. You can jump into a friends campaign and play with them and keep the loot you get and the experience. They have used AI to generate literally millions of different guns all with different effects, stats and appearance which should lead to everyone having their own unique load-out. Made even more unique by giving you skill points to put into skill trees to give you some special abilities to aid in taking down the bad guys, or possibly healing your team-mates.
The game is an FPS first and then an RPG ontop of that, so whether you hit your target is all down to your personal aim and not some hidden dice rolls going on in the background (accuracy of weapons permitting of course)
All this wrapped up in a great stylized visual setting just makes for a game that I really cannot wait for… Here is the preview video that was released a little while ago:

The next game I don’t know too much about, but I already have it pre-ordered on steam just from how great I thought the demo was. It’s Batman: Arkham Asylum which is out here in September. Flying around in the shadows and then beating people up as batman was just great fun and you really felt powerful and scary as the jokers goons start to shoot at steam coming off pipes as they become terrified.

Another game I am very excited about but again don’t know much about is:
The first one was brilliant and a great surprise nobody was expecting such a compelling story as well as the great game play. Let’s hope they can pull it off again because this time people are waiting for it!

There will also be Operation Flashpoint 2, but I’m waiting to here more about it before I decide on if I want it or not, ArmA2 is filling my realistic military game quota fine for now.

That’s all the regular games I can think of that are really coming out soon that I’m looking forward to but as well as those there are 2 MMOs that I really really want to play sobad, Star Trek Online, and Star Wars: The Old Republic. These however I think need their own post because