Your Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2014

[Soapy]

What are the ten (or however many) games you're most looking forward to next year?

In the spoiler below is an incomplete list of games currently scheduled for release in 2014.

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Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD
Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky
The Banner Saga
Bayonetta 2
BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma
Bravely Default
The Broken Age
Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse - Episode 2
Carmageddon: Reincarnation
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Child of Light
The Crew
D4
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Dark Souls II
Daylight
Destiny
Divinity: Original Sin
Don Bradman Cricket 14
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z
Drakengard 3
Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey
Driveclub
Dying Light
EA Sports UFC
Earth Defense Force 2025
The Elder Scrolls Online
EverQuest Next
The Evil Within
Fable Anniversary
Fantasia: Music Evolved
Final Fantasy X HD Remaster
Final Fantasy X-2 HD Remaster
Fortnite
God Eater 2
Godus
Hellraid
Hohokum
Homefront 2
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Infamous: Second Son
Jane Jensen's Moebius
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle
Kinect Sports Rivals
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix
La-Mulana 2: The 0th Body, The 9th Spirit
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
Mad Max
Mario Golf: World Tour
Mario Kart 8
Massive Chalice
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Might & Magic X: Legacy
MLB 14: The Show
Murdered: Soul Suspect
The Order: 1886
Outlast
Persona 5
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Project CARS
Project Eternity
Raven's Cry
Rayman Legends
Routine
Scivelation
Shadow of the Eternals
The Sims 4
Smite
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Star Citizen
Starbound
Strider
Sunset Overdrive
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
Tales of Symphonia Chronicles
Tales of Xillia 2
Thief
Titanfall
Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6: Patriots
Tom Clancy's The Division
Toukiden
Transistor
Trials Fusion
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Watch Dogs
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Witness
Wolfenstein: The New Order
X
Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z

Here's mine:

10: Everquest Next

• A lot of MMOs promise to shake up the genre. None of them really do. Oh sure, some of them might have some bit of innovation here or there, but you can't base an entire game around one small thing that World of Warcraft doesn't already have (but will have it patched in by the time your game is even out). From what I've seen of Everquest Next, the typical swords and sorcery stuff combined with construction-based gameplay seems like it's going to offer a legitimately unique experience, and might even be a genuine paradigm shift for the MMO genre.

9: The Witness

• Jonathan Blow made waves in the industry with 2008's seminal indie hit Braid. Now he's back with a Myst-inspired adventure game. Myst was a favorite game of mine for a long time, as it introduced me to the adventure genre. I love the idea of someone as sharp as Blow taking a crack at that type of game. Hopefully it delivers.

8: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

• I do not own a Wii U. I will not own a Wii U when this game is released. That I'm putting it on my list despite those facts should tell you a thing or two about just how great I think this game looks.

7: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

• I haven't played the first one yet. I always thought it looked really good, but it's just one of those games that for whatever reason keeps getting moved further and further back on your priority list. Anyway, I think this new one looks excellent, and I want to play this and the first one back to back sometime. I'm kind of hoping they bundle these games together and release them on the next-gen consoles in the future and I'll play them that way.

6: Bravely Default

• I've heard a lot of extremely positive buzz about this 3DS game since it's original Japanese release a year ago. It seems like, stylistically at least, it's a throwback to golden era of JRPGS on the 16 bit consoles. That alone would be enough to get my attention, but to hear that it's apparently pretty damn good makes it an easy purchase.

5: Rayman Legends

• Rayman Origins was one of my absolute favorite games of 2011, and indeed one of my favorites of the entire generation. Rayman Legends looks every bit as good, and I really wanted to play it when it first came out, but after playing the demo on 360 I felt the Wii U's touch controls translated poorly to a traditional control scheme. I'm hoping with the Playstation 4 release that stuff will feel more natural with the touch pad on the Dual Shock 4.

4: Destiny

• Bungie's ambitious FPS/RPG/MMO hybrid looks awesome. I don't really have a whole lot else to say about this one other I'm looking forward to it, and I really hope it lives up to Bungie's impressive track record.

3: Persona 5

• Who could have ever guessed that Atlus' niche Shin Megami Tensai spinoff about high school students battling the supernatural would become one of the most beloved and talked-about JRPG series of the last several years? Persona 3 and 4 were both excellent titles, and I want nothing more than Persona 5 to eclipse them.

2: Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

• Described as a top-down ****-em-up, Hotline Miami was my favorite game of last year. It is quite easily one of the most trippy, surreal, original, stylish, and FUN games I've played in quite in a while. I'm more than a little giddy to dive back into the violent, neon-soaked world of Hotline Miami.

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[jacobed]

Titanfall easy
South Park
Mario Kart 8
Smash Bros
Donkey Kong
Watch Dogs
Destiny
Castlevania

 

[TX85]

It's kinda early to tell since not a lot of release dates or even announced games are know for 2014 yet But for now I'll have to go with..

#1-Destiny
#2-Infamous:Second Son
#3-Planetside 2
#4-WWE2K15
#5-Watch Dogs
#6-Tom Clancy's a The Division

Not sure about #7-#10 yet

 

[Spider-Vader]

It sounds like we could be getting some big game announcements *cough*Fallout4*cough* at the VGXs next week, so I'll hold off on my list until then.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

I don't have 10 at the moment so in no particular order:

Destiny
Titanfall
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Transistor
Watchdogs
(If it gets announced) Fallout 4
Routine
Child of Light

 

[KevanG]

The only one I'm looking forward to (as I don't pay attention to games much right now) is Fallout 4.

 

[Electro UK]

We may not know much about what's releasing in 2014, but I actually came up with a really, reeeeally good list just from that's announced. Pretty exciting.

10. Muraskai Baby - I think Tearaway best proved that Vita's features can be used to create intimate, unique experiences. I really hope (and think) that Muraskai Baby will be another example of this. It's brilliantly different.

9. The Evil Within - I originally turned my nose up at The Evil Within, but when the gameplay trailer finally arrived I was caught off guard. It's stunningly beautiful and looks like Mikami making a real shot at besting Resident Evil 4. YES PLEASE.

8. Freedom Wars - I do like Sony's strategy of if you can't get a Monster Hunter game onto your system... make one yourself. It certainly worked for Soul Sacrifice and has me hoping that Freedom Wars, a co-op boss hunter, will do exactly the same.

7. Soul Sacrifice Delta - Speaking of which! SSD isn't too high up because it's an update of the original game, but that's a game I spent over 100 hours on. I'm looking forward to tackling it again with a different character and new enemies to spar against. Here's hoping more hour-long co-op boss epics are coming my way.

6. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes - I doubt we'll see Phantom Pain this year and I'm fine with that. Until then I'm sure I'll spend more than enough time with GZ, even if some of the ideas I've heard about it recently put me off. I'm not the Metal Gear fanboy I once was, but if this is as good as Peace Walker it'll likely be my second favorite game of next year.

5. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - It's fallen back a bit since last year's list, but that's mainly because of the competition. I'm confident LoS2 will still be every bit as incredible as the original game, which was one of the biggest surprise of the generation for me.

4. Uncharted - The Last Of Us is my favorite game by my favorite developer, but Uncharted still holds a place in my heart as one of the darlings of last gen. I'm hoping the team has stepped it all up in the face of TLOU and deliver something that even the naysayers can't deny.

3. X - a.k.a. 'the reason I bought a Wii U'. Xenoblade is one of the most incredible games of the last generation. Taking its combat and putting it in an HD world with the menu options that the Wii U gamepad provides? HEAVEN.

2. Destiny - The developers of my favorite shooter series making an MMO-ish experience that never stops giving? On PS4? Please. Now.

1. Dark Souls II - DARK. SOULS.

 

[TX85]

Uncharted would be my #1 but I don't believe it'll be released until at least early 2015

 

[Spider-Aziz]

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

 

[Solidus]

Hmm, like someone said above I will include a game that hopefully will be announced.

10. Infamous Second Sons
9. Dark Souls II
8. The Witcher III
7. X
6. Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
5. Destiny
4. Metal Gear Solid V
3. Thief
2. Dragon's Age III
1. Fallout 4

But it's too early to tell, there may be some games I'm completely forgetting, or ones that will come out in 2014 and have no knowledge of it yet.

 

[Silvermoth]

1. Destiny
2. The order: 1866
3. Unchartered
4. The elder scrolls online
5. Assassins creed 5 if it's good
6. Doki doki world
7. Octodad
8. Child of light
9. Odd world
10. Mirrors edge 2

 

[Spider-Vader]

Uncharted would be my #1 but I don't believe it'll be released until at least early 2015

I don't think Uncharted will be released anytime of the year besides fall. Uncharted will probably be a console seller, so Sony will want it out around Christmas.

 

[Soapy]

I'm actually very much (cautiously) looking forward to Dragon Age III as well. It probably would have landed on my list, but I must have missed it somehow.

 

[cherokeesam]

Some of it depends on whether or not I switch to a PS4 for next-gen, after loving my Xboxes for over a decade.

If I do make the switch to Sony, there'll be some new franchises I get to explore, and some I'll have to say goodbye to over at M$. I'm torn about leaving Dead Rising 3, Ryse, Titanfall and definitely Forza; but I'd look forward to exploring The Order 1886, Infamous, Driveclub, Killzone, Uncharted, DCUO and Dust 514.

On the non-exclusive front, my most anticipated so far are, in no particular order:

Watch Dogs
Destiny
Project CARS
The Division
R6: Patriots
Mad Max
Thief
Fallout 4

 

[ProjectPat2280]

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Watch Dogs

Titanfall

Infamous: Second Son

The Division

Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeros

The Evil Within

And of course, the 2014 Game of the Year:

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

 

[Brother Jack]

Destiny
The Division
Watch Dogs
Metal Gear Soild V
Infamous: Second Son
Titanfall

 

[jacobed]

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Watch Dogs

Titanfall

Infamous: Second Son

The Division

Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeros

The Evil Within

And of course, the 2014 Game of the Year:

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Oh man how'd I forget The Witcher 3. Yeah game of the year for sure

 

[Soapy]

Wow, I had no idea you were a psychic. That's really cool. Can you tell what the game of the year will be in 2015 and 2016 too?

 

[Spider-Vader]

Well the VGX was pointless, so...

1.) Titanfall
2.) Watch_Dogs
3.) Dragon Age: Inquisition
4.) The Division
5.) Quantum Break
6.) Destiny
7.) Amazing Spider-Man 2
8.) Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
9.) InFamous: Second Son
10.) South Park: The Stick of Truth

Runner-ups: The Order: 1886 (not sure if it's coming out in 2014, could get delayed), Halo Xbox One (depends on if it's Halo 5 or Halo 2 HD. Halo 5 would make the top 10, but Halo 2 HD wouldn't even though I'll buy it), Strider, Super Smash Bros.

 

[James]

I see a lot of you fine gents mentioning Fallout 4, but I think it's pretty unlikely we'll be seeing it released in 2014. Maybe there's something I don't know, but I feel like best case scenario is we'll get an announcement anda trailer/promo media throughout 2014, not the actual game. If it gets announced, I think Fallout 4 will be 2015 release at the earliest.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Wow, I had no idea you were a psychic. That's really cool. Can you tell what the game of the year will be in 2015 and 2016 too?

I can and I will:

Uncharted 4 in 2015.

Mass Effect 4 in 2016

 

[TheNextNolan22]

In no order:
The Witcher 3
South Park: The Stick Of Truth
Titanfall
WWE 2K15
Uncharted 4
Watch_Dogs
Quantum Break
The Amazing Spider-Man 2

 

[Electro UK]

Soapy, you should make it some sort of holiday mission to play the first Lords of Shadow. T'is a joy to behold.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Batman Arkham Knight
Cause it's the series finale, or I will take it as that anyway
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Amazing Spider-Man 2
Just cause I want the kind of swinging they offer in a PC Spider-Man game

 

[jolldan]

1. Batman Arkham Knight
2. Titanfall
3. Watchdogs
4. South Park
5. Mad Max
6. D4
7. Murdered: Soul Suspect
8. Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
9. UFC 2014
10. Destiny