In no particular order and a hefty bout of honorable mentions for games I'm interested in as I like to many video games lol
- Resident Evil Village - I loved Resident Evil 7, it's absolutely one of my favorite RE games right there with Resident Evil 4, so returning to what that did in an all new setting with whatever weird werewolf monster nonsense that is happening, in a theme reminiscent of RE4, I'm all on board. Making Chris out to be a villain of some sort is cool, so maybe we'll get Leon or Claire showing up in this too.
- Horizon: Forbidden West - While I didn't super love Horizon, the story was a little weak and I kinda hate how normal everyone talks when humanity has basically been going tribal for a long time (A weird complaint I know, but it throws me for a loop when everyone sounds super modern, immersion breaking essentially), but the setting is pretty cool and the robot creatures are awesome. I am pretty excited to see what they do to add to the game and it's gonna look gorgeous on PS5.
- STALKER 2 - I'm a huge fan of this series and the Metro games a number of the devs went to work on afterwards. The games were always janky, that engine they had was kind of a mess, but it had really great atmosphere and its a pretty unique series. I'm really curious if they can recapture that, while also introducing more survival elements and deeper customization to things. I want to get just lose myself in the Zone because its that involved now.
- Battlefield 2021 - I have absolutely no information on this game, other than it'll be out next year, but I've been a big BF fan for many years and while BF5 had some serious issues, it sounds like they are doing a lot to make sure that doesn't happen again and I'm hoping for a game that has no historical element and will either be some modern setting or we finally get Battlefield 2143.
- Monster Hunter Rise - I put this one last as I'm both excited, but unsure about it. I didn't like the Monster Hunter games before World, they were clunky and much of the time were portable games, or in the case of Generations Ultimate on Switch, was a pretty ugly looking handheld port, but I struggled to get into the series. World did a lot for me, becoming a favorite game of all time, but this games seems like it's trying to bridge a gap between the old and new. I'm not looking forward to its performance and the downgrade in visuals, but the gameplay having its own gimmick with the wire bug makes this game seem really exciting and the gear and monsters they are bringing look like a lot of fun and it does seem to be taking tips from World that are genuinely better than what the series use to be. I got the big collectors set
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Pokemon Snap - I loved the original game even with how simple it was and I'm still shocked to this day that we didn't get Pokemon Snap on the Wii U, since it's a game tailor made to use the gamepad.
God of War: Ragnarok - It said 2021 at the end of the trailer, but that Horizon got a full video reveal and God of War got a tiny teaser, I feel like Horizon will be next year and God of War will be 2022.
Dying Light 2 - This doesn't technically have a release date, but a lot has been shown off and it was meant to have an early 2020 release at first, before getting delayed, so I am hoping it comes out next year.
Far Cry 6 - There's a part of me that still likes this series, even if everything after 3 wasn't great (They need to knock out some of the RPG-like elements), I just enjoy an open world FPS, but this one looks like it has a really good villain with Giancarlo Esposito, who is a fantastic actor, and the whole setting seems very interesting to me. Maybe it'll be alright, I don't know, but I want to like it.
Halo: Infinite - I use to be a big Halo fan, haven't been for years, but I'm interested to see if this game brings it back and I'm excited for it being the first Halo game to be made with PC in mind. Will the game be good? No clue, it's got nearly another year of development to fix it up, so we'll see.
Gotham Knights - I'm hoping this one is gonna be good, it's the Arkham Batman formula, but with Nightwing, Robin, Batgirl, and Red Hood and I'm ready to jump back into DC with that. More interested in this one than the new Suicide Squad coming up, just because Gotham Knights sounds like a singleplayer game that can be played co-op, while Suicide Squad sounds like a co-op game that can be played solo, which is a notable distinction.
Back 4 Blood - It's just Left 4 Dead 3, but Turtle Rock couldn't use the name, so they just made their own game and it's looking really good. The same thing as Left 4 Dead in every way, but they are finding some new things to add and it looks like they are bringing some of their work on Evolve into this with some crazy giant monster zombie.
Evil Dead: The Game - This might be nothing notable, but I'm a big Evil Dead fan, so something that brings in characters from Evil Dead 1, 2, Army of Darkness, and the tv show is just awesome, though I'm not a big fan of co-op games.
Breath of the Wild 2 - This doesn't have any confirmation, we haven't seen anything on it since E3 last year, but I feel like with 2021 being the 35th Anniversary of Zelda, they are definitely wanting this to cap off the year. I have my issues with the Switch and Nintendo these days, but I am pretty excited for what this could be, hopefully fixing issues I had with the first game.
