tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21037242523347351612012-02-15T22:44:16.700-08:00Will Claibornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00268843512260792627noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103724252334735161.post-68207229360762226942010-02-24T18:58:00.000-08:002010-03-12T16:39:12.201-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hEV_btJZPVs/S4XyaHIVm9I/AAAAAAAAAcw/q0rhtD8Jozg/s1600-h/2010+Gaming.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hEV_btJZPVs/S4XyaHIVm9I/AAAAAAAAAcw/q0rhtD8Jozg/s320/2010+Gaming.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This has to be transcribed. In the next 19 weeks, there are 17 games I'm interested in. In January it was obvious 2010 was going host the best first-quarter in video game history. Now almost two months later, it's apparent Jan-March is only the beginning. Before July, this year will have seen big releases such as:<span style="color: orange;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bayonetta, Mass Effect 2, BioShock 2, Heavy Rain, Final Fantasy XIII, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Forgotten Dreams, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Dead 2 Rights: Retribution, Red Dead Redemption, Super Street Fighter IV, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Alan Wake, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Alpha Protocol, Sin and Punishment 2, Metroid M, and Super Mario Galaxy 2.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And the games keep coming. After July this year will see, Starcraft II, Halo: Reach, Dead Rising 2, Max Payne 3, L.A. Noire, Shin Megami Tensei 3 Portable, Gran Turismo 5, Lost Planet 2, Deus Ex 3, Crysis 2, a new Ico game, a new Castlevania, and likely Fable 3 and Fallout: New Vegas. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While this sheer quantity of quality is unmatched, there's more: this is all pre-Tokyo Game Show, pre-GDC, <i>and </i>pre-E3 announcements. <i>That</i> is straight-up ridiculous. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Even if you anticipate absolutely nothing coming out of E3 this year and a dry holiday release schedule, 2010 is going to be the greatest year in video game history, surpassing 2007 and even 1998's untouchable trinity of Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Half-Life, and Metal Gear Solid. There will very likely never be another year like this.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103724252334735161-6820722936076222694?l=willclaiborne.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Will Claibornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00268843512260792627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2103724252334735161.post-9833728212661771102009-01-19T21:39:00.000-08:002009-01-19T22:25:57.280-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hEV_btJZPVs/SXVpGjmoTYI/AAAAAAAAAE0/036lPC6-aBo/s1600-h/LostOdysseyboxart.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hEV_btJZPVs/SXVpGjmoTYI/AAAAAAAAAE0/036lPC6-aBo/s320/LostOdysseyboxart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293252498401283458" border="0" /></a>Only a few games can come close to matching Lost Odyssey's storytelling and music, and as I sit here and write this, I'm convinced no game does both quite as well. Nobuo Uematsu composes probably his best original score to date. Hironobu Sakaguchi and Co. tell a story that's epic, original, and memorable -- and they do so in a way you haven't quite experienced in a video game.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's a shame most everyone I know (who enjoy video games) don't enjoy JRPGs, because it's the genre that is usually the most complete: storytelling, music, character development, voice acting, gameplay -- every element is present and put into one experience, and that makes for a truly complete video game.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2103724252334735161-983372821266177110?l=willclaiborne.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Will Claibornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00268843512260792627noreply@blogger.com