Is it me or has the end of the year game line-up for Xbox 360 changed at all since 2009? I mean it looks exactly the same as the past few years! Well not exactly but....

 

I feel like we are getting the same exact games year after year with the same gameplay and a different number on the end. I think that is why I am loving my 3DS so much now since I have a backlog of neat RPGs to play.

 

Sequel City - these are the main ones:

 

Saints Row IV - Aug. 20th - This is becoming yearly now it seems like. I enjoyed The Third and hoping this one offers more. We will see but something tells me to hold off a couple months for some sort of price drop.

 

GTA V - Sep. 17th - I was a huge GTA fan since the original top down games. I loved every GTA until GTAIV. They completely lost me with that game. Worst game in the series in my opinion. I am speaking strickly on single player. I don't want to upset fans of the game so I will just leave it at that. I am not particualry excited about any of the three characters announced for GTAV. I will still try the game before I pass judgement but I am hesitant.

 

Battlefield 4 - Oct. 29th - I was not all that happy with BF3. It was a letdown when I compare it to Bad Company 2. I would rather have Bad Company 3 than BF4. Bad Company just had more personality, better campaign, better multiplayer maps and things were more destructible overall. Edit - I am however impressed with some of the gameplay I have seen for this.

 

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - Oct. 29th - This has been yearly for awhile it seems. I got pretty far in AC3 but it was so boring I just could not take anymore. The best part was the naval stuff. Pirates have me intrigued and I will still play this at some point when the price goes down.

 

Batman: Arkham Origins - Oct 25th - Yawn.. .another Batman game. Not a bad thing I guess since I liked the last two but also not sure what to think about this. Its not made by Rocksteady this time, different voice actors etc.. They have alot to live up to so we will see.

 

Call of Duty: Ghost - Nov. 5th - Our yearly dose of COD. Not hating. Black Ops 2 wasn't bad but I have not seen much innovation in this series for quite awhile. If I even buy a military shooter this year I won't buy both like in some years past but instead probably opt for BF4.

 

Watch Dogs - Nov. 19th - We have a new IP!? This game looks the most interesting in the end of year lineup. I will for sure be playing this.

 

There are few others I did not mention like:

Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Lost Planet 3, Diablo 3 for consoles and others.

I have this feeling Diablo 3 for console is gonna play better than it did on PC. I was hoping for so so much more out of that game but it seems built for console.

Don't be afraid to comment y'alll. My posts may be a little too long haha.

Only interested in Watch Dogs.

 

When are you getting the PC and BL2 so we can play, Vec?

Batman and AC are the only ones i want....COD is a huge no and the others ive never played previous ones

I'm hoping Watch Dogs turns out to be good.  Looks promising so far.

Can't wait for Watchdogs, looks sick.

Watch Dogs does look awesome. The stuff at E3 made me want it even more.

 

@PK Still working on the money part. My sister got married and I had to do some traveling for that. In short just weathering the sudden storm of expenses but its on the list! Can't wait to get it built.

Only really excited for Watch Dogs and Saints Row 4, I can wait to see if GTA5 comes to PC. New Assassin's Creed looks cool, but I was burned out on that series when they announced brotherhood and I really don't like their crappy future story. Batman Origins does look kinda interesting but I haven't even finished Arkham City yet. Stopped caring about CoD after Black Ops 1(which I did enjoy). BF4....I thought BF3 was the worst of the battlefield games I've played(which is all except 2142 and Bad Company 1) and this just looks like more of the same.

Honestly the games i'm most looking forward to this year are the new Walking Dead episode(which is out this week!!!), the eventual State of Decay PC port, and Rocksmith 2014 edition.

For the most part, most of these games I will likely play, but not until they are on sale... I have enough of a backlog as is.