2011 - is it going to be a great year for PC gaming, or a major disappointment?

Jed Shields · 30 Jan 2011 at 12:59

My surprise game of 2010 has to be Batman AA. I wasn't interested until I played the demo and was blown away. It's nice when that happens. Although demos seem to be getting more rare among major titles ...

wnb · 30 Jan 2011 at 13:04

Every year is a good year, with having a wife and two kids I have missed out on some great games which means I canGet them cheap in the sales

Shamikebab · 30 Jan 2011 at 13:08

Jed Shields said:
My surprise game of 2010 has to be Batman AA.

Even more of a surprise considering it came out in 2009

Deific · 30 Jan 2011 at 14:17

Jed Shields said:
My surprise game of 2010 has to be Batman AA. I wasn't interested until I played the demo and was blown away. It's nice when that happens. Although demos seem to be getting more rare among major titles ...

where can find the demo?

GTAMADDOG · 30 Jan 2011 at 14:20

Test Drive Unlimited 2 is all I'm really looking forward to and it's out in 11 days. There might be a few other games that might take my fancy but Test Drive Unlimited 2 is the one that I've been waiting ages for.

Hopefully it wont disappoint.

Yes I was in the Beta and I know what it was like

gazzamcg · 30 Jan 2011 at 14:29

The majority of games that people claim are going to be awesome look to be console ports/ based games.

After last year, any game that is console related i'm not really interested in.

Shamikebab · 30 Jan 2011 at 14:32

gazzamcg said:
The majority of games that people claim are going to be awesome look to be console ports/ based games.

After last year, any game that is console related i'm not really interested in.

Well you're going to miss out on some great games then.

Jed Shields · 30 Jan 2011 at 15:48

Shamikebab said:
Even more of a surprise considering it came out in 2009

Haha yeah ... it was so off my radar that I didn't spot it until 2010

Demo here:

http://www.fileplanet.com/198913/190000/fileinfo/Batman-Arkham-Asylum-Demo?_cmpid=fp191

dmxdex2020 · 30 Jan 2011 at 15:57

Good lineup i think.

smit101 · 30 Jan 2011 at 16:21

HangTime said:
Every year is a great year for PC gaming

Couldn't agree more.

I'm still going to kill myself though if Deus Ex 3 isn't great mate! :eek:

arc@css · 30 Jan 2011 at 17:02

smit101 said:
Couldn't agree more.

I'm still going to kill myself though if Deus Ex 3 isn't great mate!

Don't worry, I think it'll be a pretty decent offering at the very least. Can't see it being rubbish.

skullman · 30 Jan 2011 at 17:16

Will be a good year for me regardless of new releases. In the middle of upgrading my crummy PC so I have a lot of games to get through which I had to put on hold

overclick · 30 Jan 2011 at 17:27

Some great looking titles on the way this year.

Shogun 2: Did not like empires and didnt bother with napolean
Shift 2
ME3

And there are a load of other games that could be gems, on my radar are:

portal, brink, driver san fran, rage, DA2.

I only buy a few games full price each year, but i think i will hace plenty to pick from and have a shed load of steam offer games to get through in the mean time.

ic1male · 30 Jan 2011 at 17:27

I can already tell you that Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is excellent. Providing Ubi don't muck up the port, that's one great game.

AceTK · 30 Jan 2011 at 17:28

nick-fury said:
I can't wait for The Old Republic. My wife, not so much.

Well im a little annoyed with bioware over that. I really wanted kotor3 but they decided that for kotor3 they would make a MMO called old republic that requires a monthly fee and will probably never end and the experience will be ruined by lots of spamming online players with names like "PWNM45T3R".

Sure create a MMO bioware but still make kotor3 for the loyal single player fans who just want to play and enjoy on their own and get that personal level of completness for the fixed price of the game.

Anyhoo i think bioware have gone a bit skewiff. I mean i loved the original kotor, jade empire, mass effect 1 and 2 but dragon age origins was terrible if only for the poor voice acting alone and setting mass effect 3 in london is an epic fail. I play mass effect to get away from earth, I love flying around the galaxy. Seeing the trailer showing the london eye wheel thing still there years in the future makes me feel depressed and wonder what the hell they are playing at.

ellisbodds · 30 Jan 2011 at 17:50

I personally think that it's going to be a great year. I've been waiting for TES V for years, then there's Test Drive Unlimited 2, Mass Effect 3, Dragon Age 2, and tons more that I can't think of now. But there are definitely a lot of games that I'm looking forward to this year.