Thursday, April 17, 2008

PC 2008 Wish List

Now that we're in the end of the 1st third of the year, the dust has truly settled on what titles will be out this year, and on which platforms. Today, I'd like to explore the games that have not been announced for the PC. Sure this could simply be bureaucracy, like in cases like Mass Effect or Assassins Creed, where the PC eventually gets the title with many improvements and extra content. Or, it could also represent temporary exclusives, such as Gears of War and Halo. What ever the rational, here are the games I'd like to see hit the PC at some point. Publishers take note.

Star Wars: Force Unleashed
- PS3, X360, Wii
Lets face it. LucasArts hates the PC. They killed our beloved adventure games, and now they release a game on every platform except the PC. Totally ignoring the platform that kicked off Star Wars FPS.

Resident Evil 5 - PS3, X360
Traditionally, the RE doesn't release out of the starting gate for the PC. However, we generally get them eventually in a sloppy ported form. RE4 led the series in a direction that was actually interesting and notable. Really, RE4 is the only reason I'm interested in a RE5 for PC.

Grand Theft Auto IV - PS3, X360
Ugh, another game that had its roots in the PC universe. Take Two, I hope you know what your doing, and waiting for a PC version with bonus content. No reason to be bitter over the Hot Coffee controversy.

Too Human - X360
An action RPG, could very much end up as another Diablo clone, which may be the main reason for not being on a PC. However, I tend to be a sucker for a good coop A-RPG

[Edit: Tom Clancy's: EndWar should also be on this list.]

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