Greg, I’m right there with you when it comes to the deluge of good games this year. And while I’m currently playing Modern Warfare 2, I still have a long list of stuff I hope to play before I die of old age. I didn’t manage to get an even 20 but hey, thems the breaks. Here goes!
14 – Borderlands (PC)
I want to play this game, and I don’t want to play this game. It sounds fun on so many levels, Greg thinks highly of it and I’m pretty sure it’ll run on the laptop. But, I’m still not convinced it’s got the single player chops to keep my attention and I don’t have enough time to get anything out of co-op. If this takes another price drop on Steam I’ll pick it up.
13 – Brütal Legend (PS3)
The demo for this game blew me away. The combat rocked, the art direction was awesome, Jack Black was, well Jack Black and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. Then I read that the rest of the game plays out more like an RTS rather than the straight up hack & slash of the demo and I was immediately turned off. Of course, I never fully trust reviewers, so I’ll still buy the game at some point but I’m not nearly as excited for it now as I was after playing the demo.
12 – Muramasa, The Demon Blade (Wii)
I was super pumped for this game as well, until the reviews knocked the steam out of me and I pushed it down further on the Want List. I still plan on picking this game up, but probably not until it starts getting discounted.
11 – Uncharted & Uncharted 2 (PS3)
Amazingly, I’ve never played the first Uncharted. It’s right up my alley too, so not sure why I never got around to it.
10 – Machinarium (PC)
After reading the review for this game in Play Magazine, I decided this would be a perfect laptop game to help me kill time during lunch breaks.
9 – Ghostbusters (PS3)
I’ve asked Greg over and over again about this game, and I’m not sure why I’ve held off on playing it for this long. Even if it’s tough and inconsistent in patches, I loved the Ghostbusters as a kid and this is the spiritual (hah!) sequel to the movies. I’ve already purchased this game and it’s just waiting for me to get off my but and finish MW2.
8 – Boy and his Blob (Wii)
I have fond memories of this game on the NES, and the Wii revival just looks just as endearing as the first game.
7 – Obscure The Aftermath (PSP)
This is a revamped PSP port of the Wii survial horror game. I’m a newcomer to the SH scene and this one sounds a tad different from the typical Resident Evil style stuff. Plus I’m always looking for new games to pop into my PSP.
6 – New Super Mario Bros (Wii)
Hey, it’s a new Super Mario Bros. game done up on the old school sidescrolling platformer’s style. I’m looking forward to playing this one with my oldest daughter and teaching her the cutthroat rules of co-op.
5 – God of War collection (PS3)
I own the first GoW but have never played GoW II. I’ll probably go back and replay GoW just to sate the trophy whore in me, and then tackle the second game for the first time in all it’s new found HD glory. And don’t forget the trophies.
4 – CrossEdge (PS3)
This is a quirky little turn-based RPG featuring characters from all over the Capcom universe. About once a year I get a hankering for turn-based RPGs and this is one of the few available on the PS3 right now. Again, I’ll wait until it’s cheaper.
3 – Dragon Age: Origins (PC)
I got this game to run on my laptop and played the intro, it’s great stuff! The reason it’s staying on this list is I don’t anticipate having enough time to really get into it without major breaks. So I’ll probably just keep it warm until I have a nice long block of time to sink my teeth in.
2 – Dead Space Extraction (Wii)
I picked this up for $19 on Black Friday but I won’t touch it until I finish Dead Space on the PS3. It should play nicely with the $5 Wii Zapper I picked up off of eBay.
1 – Aion (PC)
This is probably just pie in the sky wishful thinking on my part. Aion is an MMO and I have no time for MMOs anymore. But, it looks really darn cool and a bunch of my old guildmates from WoW have banded together in this game. I’ll never be the guild leading raider I was in WoW, but this might be a fun distraction if I can convince my wife I need to pay the $15 a month to play it. If I could buy and dive into a new game tomorrow, Aion would be it.
