Most Anticipated Video Game 2014

The epic sprawling list from RPS was too long to poll so let's just break it down here - which games are you anticipating? What are the hot new gaming trends of 2014? Is the roguelike genre going to continue its dominance of the gaming landscape or will Telltale flood the market w/ adventure games? Which one of these is least likely to show up in 2014? First preview link here: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/02/the-spectacular-2014-preview-spectacular-part-1/

SPACECOM
Tom Clancy's The Division
No Man's Sky
The Evil Within
Dying Light
Age of Wonders III
The Long Dark
Men of War: Assault Squad 2
Elite: Dangerous
Red Baron

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Sniper Elite 3
Alien: Isolation
Endless Legend
Star Citizen
Thief 4
Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void
Tales from the Borderlands
Assassin's Creed: Liberation
Titanfall

Hearthstone
EVE: Valkyrie
Murdered: Soul Suspect
Transistor
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Paradise Lost: First Contact
Broforce
Master Spy
IL-@ Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad
Volume

River City Ransom: Underground
Galak-Z: The Dimensional
Carmageddon: Reincarnation
Jazzpunk
Watch Dogs
Mad Max
Darkwood
Wildstar
Galactic Civilizations 3
Daylight

Mansion Lord
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Dungeon Defenders 2
Space Station 13 Remake
Exist
Night in the Woods
Pillars of Eternity
Fract OSC
Scale
Game of Thrones

The Battles of King Arthur
La Mulana 2
Gorogoa
Lobodestroyo
Dark Souls II
The Crew
Gravity Ghost
Hack 'n' Slash
Lumino City
FIFA 15

The Elder Scrolls Online
Octodad: Dadliest Catch
Out of the Park Baseball 15
The Girl and the Robot
Gridiron Solitaire
Probably Archery
The Last Door - Season One
Rain World
Child of Light
Lego Minifigures Online

Road Not Taken
The Witness
Secrets of Raetikon
The Banner Saga
Turbo Dismount
90s Arcade Racer
Against the Wall
Among the Sleep
Warlock 2: the Exiled
Divinity: Original Sin

Dreamfall Chapters
Dropsy
Gods Will be Watching
CDF Ghostship
Homestuck Adventure Game
Mirror's Edge 2
Silence: the Whispered World 2
Massive Chalice
Legend of the Knightwasher
Might & Magic X: Legacy

Tropico 5
Quadrilateral Cowboy
Wargame: Red Dragon
The Forest
SOMA
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Wayward Manor
Subnautica
Tangiers
Banished

Road Redemption
Far Cry 4
The Sims 4
Broken Age
Interstellaria
Catacomb Kids
Consortium
Crypt of the Necrodancer
Jane Jensen's Moebius
Dragon Age: Inquisition

EverQuest Next Landmark

dark souls 2 for sure

not on the list, but my fingers are crossed for X on wiiu in 2014

hah I can tell you what Im NOT anticipating - the witness

I'm realllly excited about Dark Souls II but almost as excited about the free t-shirt/figurine/CD you get with the preorder.

And of course the Dark Souls II cafe in Tokyo

http://kotaku.com/first-look-inside-japans-dark-souls-cafe-1496101780

my shortlist of anticipation:

Transistor
Jazzpunk
Watch Dogs
Mansion Lord
Space Station 13
Pillars of Eternity
Octodad: Dadliest Catch (?!?)
Quadrilateral Cowboy
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Catacomb Kids
Crypt of the Necrodancer

Thief, I feel like it's the last new 360 game I'm looking forward to.

watch dogs
pillars of eternity
south park

meh: far cry, dragon age, elder scrolls online,

hah I can tell you what Im NOT anticipating - the witness

how come?

CTRL-F bulletstorm 2 not found

Worlds of Magic if it ever appears

i should note that these are all PC games i think - console exclusives (bulletstorm 2?) not included

haha no, there will never be a bulltstorm 2 because epic are a bunch of fucking dicks

jazz dogs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxfgajectCs#t=82

jazz dogs

― Hungry4Ass, Tuesday, January 7, 2014 4:26 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hack into trumpets in a cyberpunk new orleans

everything about watchdogs sets off my tedious bullshit meter

i don't play many new games so i don't really have a dog in this race but Elder Scrolls Online is gonna be such a pointless money-sink piece of shit

basically if you have online in the title of your video game, i will never play it, and it will suck

everything about watchdogs sets off my tedious bullshit meter

― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Tuesday, January 7, 2014 4:37 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes and yet

i mean i have trouble rolling with the idea of sending and receiving texts within GTA, watchdogs makes me dizzy

i will totally play ESO once it subscription service inevitably fails and it becomes free

No Mans Sky
Space Station 13

actually i take that back, ESO graphics look like shit

I'm skeptical Telltale can pull off Walking Dead Season 2, Fables, Game of Thrones, AND Tales from the Borderlands all in 2014, but who knows...

Doubt Mirror's Edge 2 will come out in 2014 either

No Mans Sky

say what up to u sky n dem

i just want an Everybody's Tennis for PS3 :(

dark souls 2 is goty btw

Mad Max
Watch Dogs
Jazz Spunk

Oh boy oh boy. Definitely looking forward to new Far Cry, Tropico, Witcher. Want to play Watch Dogs for sure. Kind of fascinated by South Park as well, I don't really know much about it.

Would be quite surprised if No Man's Sky makes it out this year, seems like that's quite a long way from completion.

GTAV on PC. I still haven't play this!

watch dogs looks insane

whoa, watch dogs is set in chicago; ok, I'm in

I want Mad Max to be good. Just Cause 2 was my most played game of the 360/PS3 generation. But without the parachute and lush environs I don't know. The driving in that game was shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT5BD7AtaoA

watch dogs got announced right after I returned from montreal/chicago that year! I had walked right by ubisoft's HQ, obviously I am supposed to play this game

I'm also pretty enthused about Elite: Dangerous, now in alpha:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvl7uaR1sfI

oh yeah, dude mentioned that in the star citizen video. good time to be a space sim nerd.

south park rpg is unironically at the top of my list

South Park / Watch Dogs for me. I'm curious what era the next AC game will have.

i don't want to be offended and that South Park game sounds like fun but having "The Jew" character class is just.. man

of course, the Asian stereotypes that will no doubt show up in this game will horrify me personally. but the Jew thing really kinda bugs me

thats the part that sold me

lol this looks amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w0cakO78u8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w0cakO78u8

http://www.pcgamer.com/previews/south-park-stick-of-truth-hands-on/

a little buzzkill in the last line:

It really is an impressive facsimile of the show. The layered papery caricatures are perfectly reconstructed, wobbly walking animations and all. The game shares the show's voice talent, the writing is sweary and sharp. I didn't see any evidence of branching quest-lines or narrative forks, and combat was trivial, but it's fine fan service.

lol this looks amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w0cakO78u8

― am0n, Friday, February 28, 2014 1:40 PM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark

would you like to see my wares weary traveler

i saw an interview w/trey & matt where they said their main inspirations were Earthbound & Paper Mario

I really like the turn based with some skill elements i.e. timed attack and defense boost a la super mario rpg

I don't like South Park much but that looks amazing

your coming was foretold by a coldwell banker

ctrl-f "goat simulator"

come on, ppl

perfect South Park - i can't help but laugh every time Cartman says "Good work, douchebag!" and yet the game is immediately so stupidly, pointlessly racist

Have you... Have you ever watched the show before??

Every time I see something on Watch Dogs, it reminds me of how little I care about Watch Dogs. Why is that game hyped so much?

You and me both

xp stevie yes! at times I love the show but that shit can be a real sore point for me. same w/Family Guy

well, i'm totally with you on both counts there tbh

seth macfarlane is the king of not realising that his being funny and his being an ignorant douchebag can be charted on a venn diagram where the circles barely even touch

the shame of it is that it feels like the pandering to douchebags humour is the shit that allows the shows to get made in the first place

oh yeah, definitely.