[The Coggies] Most Anticipated New Property of 2009 [Archive]

DoctorFinger

12-20-2008, 08:26 AM

Most Anticipated New Property of 2009

Title: Alpha Protocol
Available For: 360, PS3, PC
Developer: Obsidian
Publisher: Sega

Title: Borderlands
Available For: 360, PS3, PC
Developer: Gearbox
Publisher: 2K Games

Title: Brutal Legend
Available For: 360, PS3
Developer: Double Fine Studios
Publisher: Electronic Arts

Title: Dragon Age: Origins
Available For: PC
Developer: Bioware
Publisher: Electronic Arts

Title: Ghostbusters
Available For: 360, PS3, PC, Wii
Developer: Atari
Publisher: Atari

Title: inFamous
Available For: PS3
Developer: Sucker Punch
Publisher: Sony

Title: Prototype
Available For: 360, PS3, PC
Developer: Radical Entertainment
Publisher: Activision Blizzard

pheriannath

12-20-2008, 08:34 AM

Brutal Legend.

axion

12-20-2008, 08:39 AM

Borderlands!

Gorvi

12-20-2008, 08:42 AM

Borderlands if it actually lives up to it's promise. That game could be great.

GigaFuzz

12-20-2008, 08:55 AM

I love me some RPGs, so Dragon Age it is.

Morangie

12-20-2008, 09:06 AM

This poll has six choices other than Brutal Legend it doesn't need.

axion

12-20-2008, 09:07 AM

If it were coming to PC like most of the others, I might consider it.

itchyeyes

12-20-2008, 09:29 AM

Tough call. I'm pretty evenly split between Alpha Protocol and Dragon Age. And even though I find the setting of Alpha Protocol more intriguing, my vote goes to Dragon Age on the basis of Bioware's far better track record than Obsidian in the last several years.

bean

12-20-2008, 09:36 AM

Brutal Legend. Hopefully, the love that Psychonauts has earned Double Fine will result in this game being a fiscal success as well as a critical one (though Psychonauts did actually sell a lot of copies over the years as a sleeper/cult favorite).

These other games also look great. . . though I'm honestly not sure about Dragon Age.

inmostlight

12-20-2008, 09:36 AM

Does Ghostbusters count as a new property?

In any case, I'm looking forward to Alpha Protocol and Infamous, will probably get Dragon Age, and Borderlands could be neat if it lives up to its promise. But all those choices must kneel down and bow before Brutal Legend.

Tron

12-20-2008, 10:00 AM

I picked Prototype because it was the only one I've heard of. :o

Mr.Green

12-20-2008, 10:06 AM

The little gameplay clips I've seen from Prototype all looked amazing. In a Crackdown sort of way.

Brutal Legend should be a lot of fun but the trailer that was shown on Spike wasn't convincing.

Wedge

12-20-2008, 10:17 AM

Less QQ moar umlaut.

Grifter

12-20-2008, 10:28 AM

It's a toss up between Borderlands, Dragon Age: Origins, Prototype but I think I am going to have to go with the game I think I will have the most fun with in an oldschool play mechanic sort of way. My vote goes to Prototype.

Just a quick heads up Dragon Age is also coming to the 360 and most likely the PS3 as well.

Food Nipple

12-20-2008, 10:30 AM

No Heavy Rain? How is this possible?

Sazime

12-20-2008, 10:40 AM

These other games also look great. . . though I'm honestly not sure about Dragon Age.
I know I'm not, mostly because I do not like Bioware's RPGs. Then again, I think I may be the only one.

agentgray

12-20-2008, 10:49 AM

Brutal Legends will be drenched in repetitive Jack Black one liners. However, I'm sure it'll be good.

I was the lone guy who went inFamous just for the premise alone.

Gorvi

12-20-2008, 10:51 AM

Just a quick heads up Dragon Age is also coming to the 360 and most likely the PS3 as well.
It's been confirmed for both.

johnperkins21

12-20-2008, 11:09 AM

jeffbax

12-20-2008, 11:16 AM

Brutal Legend followed by inFamous, Heavy Rain and Saboteur (forgot about this one I bet...)

Sazime

12-20-2008, 11:21 AM

As of right now I'd have to go with Alan Wake, but it's not on the list. I know that Ghostbusters will suck, and EA's involvement with Brutal Legend kind of scares me. I trust Tim Schafer, but not EA or Jack Black. Tough call.

I'd like to second the disappointment of no Heavy Rain on the list.
Are either one of those confirmed for next year?

Oh, what about White Knight Chronicles? Wasn't Level 5's RPG also a 2009 (planned) release?

DoctorFinger

12-20-2008, 11:21 AM

I put Ghostbusters here because it's been at least a decade since the last game, so I think that counts as a new franchise IMO.

Alan Wake isn't on partly because I don't have confidence it'll come out in 09, and partly because I'm not sure it would have displaced any of the 7 other selections.

mister slim

12-20-2008, 12:45 PM

These games are so much more interesting than the Sequels poll.

fitbabits

12-20-2008, 01:40 PM

Prototype. Any other choice is bogus.

KingGorilla

12-20-2008, 02:07 PM

No Heavy Rain? How is this possible?

Yeah that is mine, but these bitches be a bunch of Microsoft fanboys yo.

I think it is hard to anticipate a sequel to a game dozens of people liked.

I went with Prototype. The ambition of the world and the ideas behind it intrigue me. I just hope it skews more to say STALKER than something like GTA, Just Cause, Crackdown cookie cutter nonsense. I have been in enough living breathing worlds where I can do whatever I want...so long as all I want to do is shoot guns and drive poorly realized cars.

fitbabits

12-20-2008, 02:09 PM

Yeah that is mine, but these bitches be a bunch of Microsoft fanboys yo.
That explains why Alan Wake is topping the poll at the moment. Oh, wait...

Hey, look, the poll is wrong - there's one PS3 exclusive and NO Xbox 360 ones on the list.

Sazime

12-20-2008, 02:15 PM

Prototype. Any other choice is bogus.
Yeah, but will it come out in 2009? :)

I didn't consider it, mostly due to the fact I don't "anticipate" it will be released any time soon. If it is, I worry about game play because of how similar it looks to State of Emergency.

muddi900

12-20-2008, 03:01 PM

I would've gone with Prototype or Infamous, but they are basically the same game, and too ambitious. I went with Dragon Age because the videos shown are incredible. I am also looking forward to Brutal Legend.

bean

12-20-2008, 03:03 PM

I know I'm not, mostly because I do not like Bioware's RPGs. Then again, I think I may be the only one.
I've enjoyed everything they've made in the last 10 years except for Jade Empire. . . but that was their first go at an action RPG. Mass Effect shows that they learned something about how to make them from Jade Empire. . . also Jade Empire's load screens were frequent and long.

Raen

12-20-2008, 03:14 PM

I picked Prototype because it was the only one I've heard of. :o

You've never heard of Ghostbusters? And Ghostbusters is the correct choice. You know why? It's fucking Ghostbusters, that's why!

JayVe

12-20-2008, 03:21 PM

Dark Void

The Conduit

Spigot

12-20-2008, 04:38 PM

inFamous is the only game that always pops into my head when I think of what I'm looking forward to in 2009. Seeing that list, I also really want to play Alpha Protocol, assuming it lives up to its concept. Prototype always sat a little funny with me... I do want to play it but for some reason my game radar is sending off warning bells. I don't know why... It just is. This year I had the same vibe with both TFU and Mirror's Edge and to varying degrees they both lived up to the warning bells that went off for me.

The only game on the list that I really don't know anything about is Borderlands. The rest are things I want to play but I have no urge one way or another.

AniAko

12-20-2008, 05:20 PM

I figured Brutal Legend would be up there, but I'm glad Ghostbusters is at least making a mark. If all it turns out as is an interactive movie I think I could be content :)

Doctor Setebos

12-20-2008, 05:53 PM

The Conduit. ;)

JRR006

12-20-2008, 05:59 PM

I'm dull - I picked Dragon Age because "it's Bioware, they've proven reliable." Which, come to think of it, is sort of against the spirit of the poll...

Purple Santa

12-20-2008, 06:01 PM

I picked Prototype because it was the only one I've heard of. :o

I've heard of most of them but I can't remember most of what they are about :o I vote for Brutal Legend.

pomeroy

12-20-2008, 06:59 PM

Ghostbusters. Because I really want it to be awesome.

BreakerX

12-20-2008, 10:12 PM

Ghostbusters. Because I really want it to be awesome.

I agree!

This post has been authorized by lurkers incorporated.

Variable Gear

12-21-2008, 01:39 AM

None of the above.

crazyD

12-21-2008, 02:33 AM

Brutal Legend is the obvious winner.

Sazime

12-21-2008, 02:40 AM

Brutal Legend is the obvious winner.
I'm still confused as to why.

mister slim

12-21-2008, 02:45 AM

I'm still confused as to why.
Because you are a failure as a human being.

Gorvi

12-21-2008, 06:25 AM

If I could, I think I'd change my vote from Borderlands to InFamous, after seeing all the recent preview coverage. My only concern with the game is the length, since I'm pretty sure a dev commented a month or so ago about the game's length not being the point or something (implying that it was pretty short).

Spigot

12-21-2008, 07:45 AM

But it's by Sucker Punch. That alone makes it my most anticipated game of the year, if nothing else.

MagGnome

12-21-2008, 08:26 AM

I voted for Ghostbusters, because I think it has the potential to be the most fun of any of the games on this list.

I almost voted for Brutal Legend, but the lack of a PC version saddens me. Tim Schafer has never made a game that wasn't on the PC, and I don't like the trend.

Dragon Age could turn out well, but I haven't gotten excited about a Bioware game since the Baldur's Gate days. KOTOR didn't do it for me, and I haven't been able to get excited about their releases ever since.

I've never even heard of Alpha Protocol.

slhunter

12-21-2008, 12:31 PM

Absolutely Dragon Age: Origins...

I'm certainly interested in seeing how Alpha Protocol and Borderlands looks, but Dragon Age looks/sounds amazing and Bioware is a great company that makes great games.

KingGorilla

12-21-2008, 02:09 PM

Not to burst the happy bubble but Dragon Age is not really a new property. It is another Baldur's Gate game, with a different title. The Gregs have made that really clear, it is a return to the Baldur's Gate, D and D world.

Spigot

12-21-2008, 02:13 PM

But if Dragon Age doesn't have the D&D license and is in a whole new world, well, as much as it might be a spiritual successor to the Baldur's Gate games, you'd have to say that it is technically a new property.

It would be like saying that Bioshock isn't a new property despite the fact that everyone considers it a spiritual successor to the System Shock games.

Sazime

12-21-2008, 02:18 PM

Because you are a failure as a human being.
Really, I want to know. Right now I can only attribute it to two things:

1. Jack Black
2. The Trailer Just Came Out

Not enough people played Psychonauts to have thought "Hey! It's the guys who made Psychonauts! Awesome!" To me, it just didn't add up.

Now, I know people loved the game, but I don't know how many more puzzle platformers I can take. I crave action. I want weapons and multiplayer madness. All I see for Brutal is Jack Black and an intriguing style.

Codicier

12-21-2008, 03:48 PM

It would be like saying that Bioshock isn't a new property despite the fact that everyone considers it a spiritual successor to the System Shock games.

Or that Mass Effect isn't really a new property because it's the spiritual successor to KOTOR.

I voted for Dragon Age, because we need more crpgs. I'm playing The Witcher EE, but we need more!

MagGnome

12-21-2008, 06:46 PM

Really, I want to know. Right now I can only attribute it to two things:

1. Jack Black
2. The Trailer Just Came Out

Not enough people played Psychonauts to have thought "Hey! It's the guys who made Psychonauts! Awesome!" To me, it just didn't add up.

Now, I know people loved the game, but I don't know how many more puzzle platformers I can take. I crave action. I want weapons and multiplayer madness. All I see for Brutal is Jack Black and an intriguing style.

Um....wow...where to begin.

You realize that Psychonauts is not the only game that Tim Schafer has done, right? The guy has been working on games for nearly 20 years now, if not longer! He's designed several absolute classics, including Monkey Island, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max Hit the Road, and Grim Fandango.

Spigot

12-21-2008, 06:51 PM

Well, there is a real dearth of games where you can shoot people in multiplayer. I can understand Sazime's frustration given the often underpublicized death of the shooter genre.

mister slim

12-21-2008, 06:55 PM

I almost voted for Brutal Legend, but the lack of a PC version saddens me. Tim Schafer has never made a game that wasn't on the PC, and I don't like the trend.

Doublefine has a Q&A where they state that just because they haven't talked about a PC version doesn't mean there won't be a PC version. And EA is a PC-friendly publisher.

Really, I want to know. Right now I can only attribute it to two things:

1. Jack Black
2. The Trailer Just Came Out

Not enough people played Psychonauts to have thought "Hey! It's the guys who made Psychonauts! Awesome!" To me, it just didn't add up.

Now, I know people loved the game, but I don't know how many more puzzle platformers I can take. I crave action. I want weapons and multiplayer madness. All I see for Brutal is Jack Black and an intriguing style.

It is an action game. Looks kind of God-of-War-ish so far. Don't know about multiplayer. I'm not really expecting a lot of puzzling. I think it's not so much Psychonauts fans as Tim Schafer fans.

Sazime

12-21-2008, 07:10 PM

Um....wow...where to begin.

You realize that Psychonauts is not the only game that Tim Schafer has done, right? The guy has been working on games for nearly 20 years now, if not longer! He's designed several absolute classics, including Monkey Island, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max Hit the Road, and Grim Fandango.
I wasn't going by Schafer specifically, I was referring more to the studio as a whole and their past performance. Games of this type at a $60 price point just won't go anywhere and have limited appeal. That's apparent by the sales of other games in the genre.

This game will sell to Schafer fans and Black Jack fans, and if it even comes close to 1 million, it will be because of the Jack Black fans. If they released it on the Wii, I'd even be willing to believe it would sell close to 1 million, but I wouldn't have high hopes for it.

Sazime

12-21-2008, 07:19 PM

Well, there is a real dearth of games where you can shoot people in multiplayer. I can understand Sazime's frustration given the often underpublicized death of the shooter genre.
:P Not saying I don't think there's enough shooters, just saying that this particular genre has never really held my attention, not since I was 15 or so, anyway.

MagGnome

12-21-2008, 09:04 PM

Spigot

12-21-2008, 09:07 PM

I try. And hopefully Sazime knows I'm just ribbing him!

Sazime

12-21-2008, 09:16 PM

I try. And hopefully Sazime knows I'm just ribbing him!
Rib this, Canadian!

KingGorilla

12-21-2008, 10:21 PM

Variable Gear

12-21-2008, 10:21 PM

MadWorld is the only choice you could possibly choose.

DarkDay

12-21-2008, 10:24 PM

dam, if thats all we have to look forward to, looks like Ill be saving some money. Alan wake I know more about then most of those so why not throw that up there. Still, I guess due to the kickassedness of the trailer, ill have to vote brutal legend. Still, no like list.
Good thing too as I have way too many games unplayed still staring at me.

Sazime

12-21-2008, 10:36 PM

Speaking of, why is Shafer not working with Telltale?
Shafer, like Garriot and Wright, is past his prime. They can make decent games, but not great new properties. I just don't see it.

Morangie

12-21-2008, 11:02 PM

Shafer, like Garriot and Wright, is past his prime. They can make decent games, but not great new properties. I just don't see it.

I don't see how being able to make fantastic new games is worse than making a "property" that can be run into the ground. Unless you work at Activision.

Sazime

12-21-2008, 11:12 PM

I don't see how being able to make fantastic new games is worse than making a "property" that can be run into the ground. Unless you work at Activision.
New property, new game, means as much as the same to me.

And yeah, COD4 did suck, didn't it?

Spigot

12-21-2008, 11:20 PM

MadWorld is the only choice you could possibly choose.Man, I keep forgetting about this. I've made a vow to only buy 6 new games in 2009... this is going to be hard...

Deunnero

12-22-2008, 08:00 AM

The only one I've really been interested in is Prototype, and only if the co-op is good.

Mortis

12-22-2008, 08:34 AM

Brutal Legend. Prototype is also high on my list.

JayVe

12-22-2008, 08:41 AM

What is the difference between Prototype and Infamous? I constantly get the two confused.

I've read an excellent article on Borderlands, but it was probably a year ago now.

Grifter

12-22-2008, 08:42 AM

The only one I've really been interested in is Prototype, and only if the co-op is good.

I believe that Co-op has been canned for Prototype.

Gorvi

12-22-2008, 08:46 AM

What is the difference between Prototype and Infamous? I constantly get the two confused.
They're both pretty similar in genre so far as I can tell, InFamous is being made by the Sly Cooper guys, Prototype is being made by the team behind Hulk: Ultimate Destruction.
I believe that Co-op has been canned for Prototype.
That it unfortunately was.

Grifter

12-22-2008, 08:47 AM

What is the difference between Prototype and Infamous? I constantly get the two confused.

I've read an excellent article on Borderlands, but it was probably a year ago now.

Prototype is more like Crackdown with destructible environments, super powered character jumping all over the city just fucking shit up. Multi-Platform.

Infamous is more along the lines of GTA, dude with lightning powers walking around town fucking shit up. PS3 Exclusive

Gorvi

12-22-2008, 08:49 AM

Prototype is more like Crackdown with destructible environments, super powered character jumping all over the city just fucking shit up. Multi-Platform.

Infamous is more along the lines of GTA, dude with lightning powers walking around town fucking shit up. PS3 Exclusive
There are no guns or driving in InFamous so far as I know, but it's supposed to be very story focused.

In Prototype I believe your character can actually change forms into different things, but I haven't seen much on the game lately.

JayVe

12-22-2008, 08:50 AM

Thanks Grifter & Gorvi. Neither one sounds like it is my cup of tea. Had a blast with Crackdown (mostly due to co-op and super-leaping), but not really looking to go back any time soon. GTA I can appreciate, but don't enjoy at all.

'Infamous' always reminds me of the joke in The 3 Amigos.

astranoir

12-22-2008, 08:51 AM

I believe that Co-op has been canned for Prototype.

Yeah, I had heard that. It made me super sad, but I'm still interested. If all the interesting biomass stuff and different ways for solving problems doesn't go away, I'll still be excited about it.

crazyD

12-22-2008, 10:05 AM

I'm still confused as to why.

Because it is a Tim Schafer game, and every game he has made has been amazing. I have high hopes, and really doubt I'll be let down.

I almost voted for Brutal Legend, but the lack of a PC version saddens me. Tim Schafer has never made a game that wasn't on the PC, and I don't like the trend.

Well, the lack of a currently announced PC version. The systems supported are usually determined by the publisher. Psychonauts was supposed to be Xbox only, until they changed publishers, and maybe Brutal Legend will make its way over to the PC as well.

Um....wow...where to begin.

You realize that Psychonauts is not the only game that Tim Schafer has done, right? The guy has been working on games for nearly 20 years now, if not longer! He's designed several absolute classics, including Monkey Island, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max Hit the Road, and Grim Fandango.

To be fair, you are overestimating him. He did not design Monkey Island, but he did create a lot of the dialogue and some scripting. I don't believe he was involved at all with Sam & Max Hit the Road. That was Dave Grossman's baby.

Speaking of, why is Shafer not working with Telltale?

Because Telltale's games are kind of crappy. And he started his own company, doing games that he wants to do.

Spigot

12-22-2008, 12:24 PM

I just like the aesthetics of inFamous a lot more than what I've seen of Prototype. I'm sure both will be fun but inFamous just grabbed me for some reason. It also helps that it's by Sucker Punch and I am a HUGE Sly Cooper fan, so the pedigree is great.