Let me make this clear from the beginning – these aren’t the four greatest games on the horizon, they aren’t the four titles that will rock everyone’s world this year nor will any of them win any awards (I’m pretty sure) but right now, at this exact moment in time these are the one’s that have my attention.
Backbreaker
I was a big fan of the Backbreaker game on the iPhone (Or iPad Nano as its now called), it was a refreshing change from the Sim that is Madden (As awesome as Madden is, anyone who knows me should appreciate how I feel about the Madden series). Coming to Xbox360 and PS3 (Exclusively through Game) Backbreaker promises a fresh look at football. Gone are the days of predefined animations, Backbreaker is going to generate new content all the time. They promise this is gong to be the most realistic recreation of the sport yet – but even if it is, can it survive without the official NFL license?
Transformers : War For Cybertron
Here’s the simple truth. The original Transformers were the best looking of the lot, nothing since has bettered G1 Optimus Prime – Indeed the only reason for playing either of the film tie in games was to get the G! Optimus Prime skin. Set on Cybertron before the Transformers crashed on Earth while searching for Energon, this has the potential to make every fanboy (ie Me) sit up and take notice.
FIFA World Cup
Yeah I know it’s a rip off, I know this should be an expansion to FIFA 10 rather than a stand alone title – but it’s the World Cup for goodness sakes. This is going to sell like hot cakes this summer and will get us all excited as we all take England to the World Cup Final where we beat Germany 16-0. Whether the real team get to the Quarter Finals we’ll have to wait and see, but we’ll be able to live the dream for a little while.
Green Day RockBand
Another exclusive title and this time it’s our most favourite American Idiot(s). I can’t wait to power my way through S Jimmy’s, American Idiot, Boulevard and, of course, Basket Case. Green Day are a pretty good band to choose for this, they’ve got a great back catalogue and the average fan is a little younger than the titles that Van Halen, Beatles or Aerosmith appealed to. But I still think its a missed opportunity – where is the Blink182 exclusive title (unless we’re waiting for the new album) or what about Def Leppard! Surely Def Leppard are the perfect band for this game, huge hits, massive back catalogue, enormous history, world wide fandom. I guess the only question is how would they handle the drumming? As you’ll be aware Rick Allen has one arm, so would this be a feature of the game (learning to play with your left foot) or would it just be in bad taste. Bad taste is the feeling in my mouth unless it’s done very well, but overcome that obstacle and you’ve got an monster hit on your hands.
Okay so that’s my hot four for today, I’ll probably not care about any of them tomorrow (I have the attention span of a toddler) and there are certainly a load of other titles coming up soon that we’ll all go crazy for (Harry Potter Lego, Madden 11, FIFA 11, a couple of Star Wars games, DC Online) so happy button bashing from your most favourite video game blog
