The Top 10 Most Wanted Video Games of 2015
There are plenty of games you should keep an eye on in 2015. Here's a list of 10 that you do not want to miss this year!
For many, 2015 is when many of the biggest and potentially best titles are set to arrive, and we'd tend to agree. Our high expectations were dashed quite a bit in 2014, as big name releases failed to deliver on their promises. Not to mention all of those delays. At this point, though, we pretty much prefer the delays to half-made games.
But we're ready to trust again. 2015 looks set to be one of the best years in gaming for some time, with some big names on the way. So, we picked our top 10 titles out of this year's schedule
10. Quantum Break
Quantum Break was one of the first games revealed for the Xbox One, and although the console has been out a for a year, we've still to actually get our hands on the hybrid game and TV show creation from Max Payne creator, Remedy.
2015 will finally see the arrival of the game, and Xbox One owners will decide if all the waiting was worth it, and we'll also see how Microsoft delivers on the fusion of game and TV show. How will players impact the TV show, and vice versa? More importantly, will the game be any good, or will the new direction land in gimmick territory?
9.Hellraid
Here's some more co-op dungeon crawling, this time randomly generated first person action from the team at Techland (Dead Island). Hellraid may be relativity low on many people's radars, but the four-player co-op, and the online Game Master mode is enough to make this a title to keep an eye on, as well as it's similarity to the Dead Island series.
It's been described as a mix of Dead Island and The Elder Scrolls, which sounds like a great mash-up to me, and it's been called a spiritual successor to classic Raven title Hexen. We'll see much more about the game in the following months, but this should be one to watch.
8.Let It Die
The next game from Grasshopper Manufacture is this free-to-play slasher. To be released for the PS4, along with a mobile companion app, Let It Die has been touted as an 'extreme action game', and will feature plenty of fact-paced online combat.
As it's from Suda51, we can expect a title that doesn't shy away from quirky and original concepts. In fact, Suda has already confirmed that player deaths won't be the usual gaming occurrence, and dying on one game will result in you appearing in another person's instance. There'll also be plenty of AI enemies to fight, and no doubt all manner of strange content.
7. Mortal Kombat X
Mortal Kombat's return in the ninth major game in the series was a genuine success, and is one of the best fighters released for a very long time. It also included an interesting and enjoyable story mode, something few other fighters have managed. This carried over into the equally good Injustice: Gods Among Us.
The advances made in both the return of Mortal Kombat and Injustice have been carried over to the next installment, Mortal Kombat X, and from what we've seen so far, it could be the best in the series.
Visually brilliant, and boasting some of the most gruesome and disturbing fatalities yet, the game incorporates environmental interaction from Injustice, and mixes in a new role system that gives each combatant several different fighting styles and specials, making for the most complex MK so far.
6. The Order: 1886
Like the Xbox One's Quantum Break, The Order: 1886 was one of the first titles announced for the PS4, and like Quantum Break, it's also not out yet. We'll finally get to see what Gears of War would look like on a Sony machine in 2015.
Okay, so there should be more to the game than a simple GoW clone, but even if it simply riffs on the Microsoft flagship title, it's no bad thing, and if The Order manages to capture the same silky smooth cover-based combat, PS4 owners will be in for a great, steampunk-themed outing in an alternate 1800s monster-slaying adventure.
5 .Dead Island 2
I have to admit, zombie games have become the equivalent World War II and modern warfare shooters. They're being milked to death (no pun intended). The number of games involving zombies is just insane, and that doesn't even include the mixed bag of titles that appear on Steam day after day.
However, if there's one zombie title that I do still find interesting, it's Dead Island. The mix of first person melee, looting, weapon crafting, and an open world makes for a more engaging experience, and Dead Island 2 looks set to ramp this up, moving from non-descript tropical islands to the sunny urban sprawls of California.
A more urban and detailed setting, which covers a huge area spanning Los Angeles and San Francisco, should present a greater scope for gameplay possibilities, and should help the series grow from its rough and ready roots. Hopefully, new team Yager Development will be able to produce a zombie game delivers something new.
4.The Division
Tom Clancy's The Division was another stand out performer at E3 when it was revealed, and it's definitely one of the most interesting co-operative online titles coming next year. Planned as a large scale online MMO of sorts, the game takes place in a United States that's been crippled by a disease, which has caused the total collapse of society, which the Strategic Homeland Division has to try and tackle.
The game is going to be a third person action MMO where players will be able to team up to fight other players, as well as AI foes. It'll feature heavy strategic elements, including the use of equipment, special skills, and players taking control of spy drones (using mobile devices).
The setting, tactical gameplay, and large, open world will makes the game very different to many other MMOs, and along with some impressive visuals and clever use of mobile platforms to add to the gameplay, The Division could be an online classic in the making.
3. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Although Naughty Dog may have overshadowed its brilliant Uncharted series with The Last of Us, Nathan Drake's final adventure is going to be a massive hit nonetheless. In fact, if the team incorporates the best elements from both series into Uncharted 4, along with new tricks allowed by the PS4's hardware, we could well have the studio's best game yet.
As with a few titles on this list, we've not seen much about the game so far, save for the CG teaser, but there's really no need to justify its appearance here. The previous Uncharted games have been superb, amongst the best on the PS3, and Naughty Dog has a proven track record, leaving little doubt about the quality of this upcoming Ps4 exclusive.
2. Batman: Arkham Knight
Of all the games I saw at E3 this year, only one managed to impress me more than Arkham Knight (which is next in the list, of course). Even then, in terms of visual quality, I don't think I've seen a game as impressive, and demonstrative of the power of the current gen as this.
Batman: Arkham Knight is being worked on by series creator, Rocksteady, and whilst delivering more of the same core gameplay that's made the series so good, it's going to improve on every aspect, including the addition of the Batmobile and a larger, more detailed Gotham.
The fluidity in the game is one of the things that impressed me the most during demonstrations. Batman can go from rooftops to gliding, to fighting, to Batmobile, and so on, effortlessly, and it's a joy to behold. The Batmobile, and its combat mode will open up the possibilities for the game, including large bosses and action sequences. With Rocksteady back behind the wheel, this should be guaranteed to be one of the best games of the year.
1.Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Hideo Kojima may have shifted some of the hype away from Metal Gear Solid 5 with the recent reveal of Silent Hills and the P.T. teaser, but there's no forgetting the next instalment in the Metal Gear series.
Set in a large open world and offering some of the best and most complex stealth mechanics yet (as evidenced in Ground Zeroes), The Phantom Pain is looking very tasty, indeed. It'll break free of the rigid and ageing stealth mechanics used by the series previously, and will pilfer from the best open world features in other games to produce a new breed of MGS.
If you've played Ground Zeroes you know what to expect, but on a much larger scale. As well as the actual stealth missions, the game will also borrow from previous title, Peace Walker, and will feature a base building system. This will allow the development of weapons and equipment, and you'll be able to rescue allies and capture enemy soldiers in order to staff your complex.
Of course, this list is merely based on my opinion, and it won't be to everyone's taste. You'll no doubt have your own inclusions, and want to tell me I'm wrong. Did I miss out one of your favorites?
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