* Arranged in order of expected release dates
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Capcom the king of action games has come with another new original game set in a remote planet with extreme cold weather unfit for human life but humans using thermal energy suits decided to inhabit the planet but they did not know what they were getting into, the game is action packed with amazing visuals and animations and some epic boss battles. The game combines on foot third person shooting with Mech combat thrown in as well.
Crackdown
From the creator of GTA comes this new cel shaded free roam superhero game called crackdown. To “crack down” on crack and other related illicit activities is your bad-ass super-agent, equipped with powers not seen outside of a comic book frame. He’s more powerful than a ’78 Winnebago, able to leap short buildings in a bound or two, and looks cooler than Superman doing both. Keep in mind this is a persistent fantasy world, so exactly how you fight crime is up to you. Sick of bounding? Grab a car, any car, or use one of the three super-vehicles supplied by “the man.” Need more firepower with that grenade launcher? Stack up some flammable tanks and shoot them in the vicinity of Mr. No-good. The sky is the limit in Crackdown.
Forza Motorsports 2
The original xbox racing sim returns even bigger than before, the game will have tons of new ways to customize your cars and a lot of new online modes means that this game will have you hooked for months. The game will have the same racing engine with the most accurate racing model around.
Blue Dragon
At first glance, the game looks like a typical Japanese anime, with bright, vibrant environments and big-eyed little kids everywhere. However, the story has a slightly dark overtone, as your character must save his village from a menacing cloud that sweeps over it. You played as a boy named Shu who has the ability to summon a shadow animal to take his place during the game's many battles. Not surprisingly, Shu's animal cohort is a blue dragon, but his friends each come with a different one that can bring something unique to the party.
Too Human
From the creators of Eternal Darkness and Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes comes this next-gen, third-person action title set in the futuristic world of cybernetics. Silicon Knights have been hard at work on their game that will place players in a battle threatening mankind’s existence. Utilizing the power of the Unreal Engine 3, Too Human promises to deliver nonstop cinematic action that makes use of a seamless integration of melee and ranged combat. Best of all, Silicon Knights have decided to put players in the role of a cybernetic god named Baldur, who will fight through swarms of enemies in a series of epic confrontations taking place in the first part of what is planned to be a trilogy. While progressing through Too Human Baldur’s character will develop as players customize his weaponry, armor, combat techniques, combos and more. This will allow Baldur to set the stage as an iconic hero in the first of a three part narrative.
Mass Effect
Mass Effect is already looking like one of the games to beat for the 2007 Game of the Year crown, as it artfully combines a number of innovative elements to create something we've never really seen before. It's also a sweeping epic that is rumored to be only the first part of a trilogy. From the makers of Baldur's Gate, Kotor and Jade Empire comes this epic game. One of the game's coolest elements is the dialogue system, which actually takes place in real time. You'll be able to carry on a full conversation with an NPC, using a wheel to select the type of emotion you want to convey before they even finish speaking. It all adds up to a seamless style of conversation.
Halo 3
The next installment in Bungie's celebrated sci-fi franchise is, without a doubt, the most anticipated game of 2007. On the single-player side, you'll "Finish the Fight" as our old friend Master Chief, but there's no word on whether you'll get to play as a Covenant Elite again this time out. In fact, there's very little known about the campaign mode. Will the game take place on Earth? Is this really the end of the series? And just what's going on between the Gravemind and Cortana?
Bioshock
The Gamespot and IGN Best of show at E3 2006, Bioshock comes to an Xbox360 near you in 2007. The game is the virtual successor to System Shock one of the scariest games ever made. Bioshock is set in an intriguing underwater world called Rapture filled with the most weird characters you'll ever see in a game.
Fable 2
The original Fable promised that players would be able to customize their characters as they saw fit based upon their actions and preferences while progressing through the game’s story. This was true for the most part, but many of the game’s decisions still felt as though they were taking place along linear paths rather than within a truly wide-open RPG environment. With Fable 2, Peter is working towards expanding upon that experience to offer players a much more dynamic, free-flowing gameplay setting that takes place in his imagined world of the Fable universe.
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
The thought of putting a distressed mercenary together with a medicated psychopath is one we just can’t turn up. Throw in the fact that both men are also awaiting their final sentence on death row, and you have yourself a terrific premise for an action-packed and most definitely violent title. IO Interactive, creators of the Hitman series, are promising a gaming experience unlike anything we’ve seen or played before. The gripping storyline is driven forward by the volatile partnership of Kane and Lynch, two dead men walking who are now put on the path of right or wrong. Kane & Lynch is a third-person action/shooter that focuses heavily on crew mechanics and teamwork, highly-populated and destructible real-world environments and of course an overdose of ferocious gameplay.
Lost Odyssey
A star-studded team of Japanese gaming industry magnates give us the impression that the Microsoft-published Lost Odyssey will be an RPG slam dunk. Speaking of slam dunking, Manga master Inoue-san is taking the art lead on Lost Odyssey, with Final Fantasy creator Sakaguchi playing small forward on this dream team. One of the big to-do’s with ,i>Lost Odyssey, besides the fact that it’s a JRPG for the Xbox 360, is a technique known as “Seamless Cinematic Gameplay”, which makes every action-oriented moment feel like a big movie trailer. The Final Fantasy-ish look and feel to the game doesn’t hurt either, but this is hardly an FF clone. Lost Odyssey is shaping up to be much, much grittier than those games set in the fantasy world.
PS: this thread was originall posted by Donnie Darko
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Capcom the king of action games has come with another new original game set in a remote planet with extreme cold weather unfit for human life but humans using thermal energy suits decided to inhabit the planet but they did not know what they were getting into, the game is action packed with amazing visuals and animations and some epic boss battles. The game combines on foot third person shooting with Mech combat thrown in as well.
Crackdown
From the creator of GTA comes this new cel shaded free roam superhero game called crackdown. To “crack down” on crack and other related illicit activities is your bad-ass super-agent, equipped with powers not seen outside of a comic book frame. He’s more powerful than a ’78 Winnebago, able to leap short buildings in a bound or two, and looks cooler than Superman doing both. Keep in mind this is a persistent fantasy world, so exactly how you fight crime is up to you. Sick of bounding? Grab a car, any car, or use one of the three super-vehicles supplied by “the man.” Need more firepower with that grenade launcher? Stack up some flammable tanks and shoot them in the vicinity of Mr. No-good. The sky is the limit in Crackdown.
Forza Motorsports 2
The original xbox racing sim returns even bigger than before, the game will have tons of new ways to customize your cars and a lot of new online modes means that this game will have you hooked for months. The game will have the same racing engine with the most accurate racing model around.
Blue Dragon
At first glance, the game looks like a typical Japanese anime, with bright, vibrant environments and big-eyed little kids everywhere. However, the story has a slightly dark overtone, as your character must save his village from a menacing cloud that sweeps over it. You played as a boy named Shu who has the ability to summon a shadow animal to take his place during the game's many battles. Not surprisingly, Shu's animal cohort is a blue dragon, but his friends each come with a different one that can bring something unique to the party.
Too Human
From the creators of Eternal Darkness and Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes comes this next-gen, third-person action title set in the futuristic world of cybernetics. Silicon Knights have been hard at work on their game that will place players in a battle threatening mankind’s existence. Utilizing the power of the Unreal Engine 3, Too Human promises to deliver nonstop cinematic action that makes use of a seamless integration of melee and ranged combat. Best of all, Silicon Knights have decided to put players in the role of a cybernetic god named Baldur, who will fight through swarms of enemies in a series of epic confrontations taking place in the first part of what is planned to be a trilogy. While progressing through Too Human Baldur’s character will develop as players customize his weaponry, armor, combat techniques, combos and more. This will allow Baldur to set the stage as an iconic hero in the first of a three part narrative.
Mass Effect
Mass Effect is already looking like one of the games to beat for the 2007 Game of the Year crown, as it artfully combines a number of innovative elements to create something we've never really seen before. It's also a sweeping epic that is rumored to be only the first part of a trilogy. From the makers of Baldur's Gate, Kotor and Jade Empire comes this epic game. One of the game's coolest elements is the dialogue system, which actually takes place in real time. You'll be able to carry on a full conversation with an NPC, using a wheel to select the type of emotion you want to convey before they even finish speaking. It all adds up to a seamless style of conversation.
Halo 3
The next installment in Bungie's celebrated sci-fi franchise is, without a doubt, the most anticipated game of 2007. On the single-player side, you'll "Finish the Fight" as our old friend Master Chief, but there's no word on whether you'll get to play as a Covenant Elite again this time out. In fact, there's very little known about the campaign mode. Will the game take place on Earth? Is this really the end of the series? And just what's going on between the Gravemind and Cortana?
Bioshock
The Gamespot and IGN Best of show at E3 2006, Bioshock comes to an Xbox360 near you in 2007. The game is the virtual successor to System Shock one of the scariest games ever made. Bioshock is set in an intriguing underwater world called Rapture filled with the most weird characters you'll ever see in a game.
Fable 2
The original Fable promised that players would be able to customize their characters as they saw fit based upon their actions and preferences while progressing through the game’s story. This was true for the most part, but many of the game’s decisions still felt as though they were taking place along linear paths rather than within a truly wide-open RPG environment. With Fable 2, Peter is working towards expanding upon that experience to offer players a much more dynamic, free-flowing gameplay setting that takes place in his imagined world of the Fable universe.
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
The thought of putting a distressed mercenary together with a medicated psychopath is one we just can’t turn up. Throw in the fact that both men are also awaiting their final sentence on death row, and you have yourself a terrific premise for an action-packed and most definitely violent title. IO Interactive, creators of the Hitman series, are promising a gaming experience unlike anything we’ve seen or played before. The gripping storyline is driven forward by the volatile partnership of Kane and Lynch, two dead men walking who are now put on the path of right or wrong. Kane & Lynch is a third-person action/shooter that focuses heavily on crew mechanics and teamwork, highly-populated and destructible real-world environments and of course an overdose of ferocious gameplay.
Lost Odyssey
A star-studded team of Japanese gaming industry magnates give us the impression that the Microsoft-published Lost Odyssey will be an RPG slam dunk. Speaking of slam dunking, Manga master Inoue-san is taking the art lead on Lost Odyssey, with Final Fantasy creator Sakaguchi playing small forward on this dream team. One of the big to-do’s with ,i>Lost Odyssey, besides the fact that it’s a JRPG for the Xbox 360, is a technique known as “Seamless Cinematic Gameplay”, which makes every action-oriented moment feel like a big movie trailer. The Final Fantasy-ish look and feel to the game doesn’t hurt either, but this is hardly an FF clone. Lost Odyssey is shaping up to be much, much grittier than those games set in the fantasy world.
PS: this thread was originall posted by Donnie Darko
