Looking forward to the rest of 2008
After a nice 6 hours of being immersed in Disgaea 3, I started to realize that the amount of decent games being released is quite absurd. I predicted back in 2006 that 2007 would probably be the year for games in this decade, but 2008 has proven to be just as ruthless. Although no game coming out this year will be better than MGS4, it is safe to say that many have and will come close.
In a year where you see a new Smash Bros., GTA, as well as Mario Kart being released prior to MGS4, which is was released in June, you can only hope that the rest of the year can compare. From what I can see, it will. Titles such as Tuesday’s Disgaea 3 and Tales of Vesperia, to October’s Little Big Planet, Socom, Fable 2, and Fallout 3. Before the Holiday season even starts there will be many games to get. For the rest of the year, let’s not forget Gears of War 2, Banjo Kazooie 3, Resistance 2, Spore, Persona 4 as well as others I can’t remember. But what I’m most excited about is the DS lineup.
Huge support from SquareEnix this year FFIV, DQIV, and Chrono Trigger DS, all epic RPGs. A new Castlevania is coming out also, and the DS Castlevania games have been some of the best DS games. Nintendo is supporting us with Kirby Super Star Ultra and Sega and Bioware are bringing us Sonic Chronicles. This holiday the Wii is probably the weakest. The only games that I will buy are Wario Land: Shake It and Samba De Amigo. With all these titles being released can 2008 actually be the gaming year of this decade? Will there possibly be a gaming recession for a while? I hope so, maybe then I can actually catch up on some of these games.
