Another look at games coming out this year.

 Here's an updated look at my years games, what I may and may-not buy.

Month	Day	Game	Platform(s)	Stance	Rating
Jan	25	Magicka	Win	Have	***
Feb	25	Gray Matter	Win	Might get	***
March	8	Dragon Age II	Win	Waiting for GOTY	*
March	15	Homefront	Win	Might get - waiting for STEAM	***
March	15	Total War: Shogun 2		Have	***
March	17	Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood	Win/PS3	Might get - waiting for price fall	***
April	18	Portal 2	Win	Pre-ordered	*****
May	17	L.A. Noire	PS3	Might Get	****
May	17	Fable III	Win	Might Get	***
May	24	F.E.A.R. 3	Win	Might Get	**
June	7	InFamous 2	PS3	Will Get	****
June	14	Alice: Madness Returns	PS3	Might get	****
August	23	Deus Ex: Human Revolution	Win/PS3	Will get	*****
October	18	Batman: Arkham City	Win/PS3	Might Get	***
November	1	Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception	PS3	Will Get	****
November	11	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Win/PS3	Will Get	*****
Unconfirmed		Dota 2	Win	Might Get (friends depending)	***
Unconfirmed		Diablo III	Win	Might Get (friends depending)	***
Unconfirmed		Ico and Shadow of the Colossus: The Collection	PS3	Will Get	*****
Unconfirmed		Star Wars: The Old Republic	Win	Might Get (friends depending)	***

  Ok, so here's the breakdown.

Blue is "Will get/already pre-ordererd", Green is "Might get Cash permitting" and Red is "Was going to get but won't get now due to reviews etc. (see Dragon Age II)



There's probably a few listed here that'll confuse some people, I'll go into them in detail now.

Gray Matters - for one thing, I live in oxford, so it'd be interesting to see if they've actually done their research. For another, I love point and click games. For anotherother, female lead designer is always a good thing, especially when it's Jane Jensen. tends to mean we don't need to worry about horrible female stereotypes and poor characterisation, i.e top heavy bimbo's.

Dragon age II I've already raged about, a sequel to a game made for an audience that didn't buy nor care about the first.

 INfamous 2 - Suckerpunch are a good company, and I thoroughly enjoyed the first.

Alice: Madness returns - been playing through the first one. Loving the deep twisted ambience of a psychotic wonderland.

Old Republic - i'm reluctant to set my teeth into an MMO, though I may try it as it's bioware. I reckon they'll not conform to fetch-quests and grinding sprees.



That's, what? 21 games for the year? Not including old games I'm replaying and indi-games I'll pick up, that's a lot to do.

oh, and I'm not getting a 3ds, I can't justify walking around with 2/3rds a months rent in the back pocket, and while the 3d is impressive, it's still a gimick.