With 2010 rapidly drawing to a close, we here at GamingShogun.com are taking a look at our most anticipated titles of 2011. However, there was a catch in writing up a list like this. Sure, we could go with the really popular titles like Gears of War 3 or just list out hundreds of titles as not to miss anything being released next year – but, no! We will not do that. This is a highly-focused list of our five most-anticipated titles, regardless of platform. It was a tough call on some of these, but that is the price of brevity.
Take a look at our five most-anticipated titles of 2011, After the Break!
#5 – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Developer: Bethesda Softworks
Platform: X360, PS3, PC
Due out: November 11th, 2011
Another classic series making a comeback this year, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim picks up where Oblivion left off, this time in the kingdom of Skyrim. The game utilizes a brand-new, internal engine not seen before in past Elder Scrolls games. Skyrim is a mountainous land, with snowy peaks and frosty valleys. The Nord race hails from Skyrim and all of this combined should make for a very visually-stunning environment. Hopefully, Bethesda will leave out the level scaling this time!
#4 – Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Developer: Eidos Montreal
Platform: X360, PS3, PC
Due out: March 8th, 2011
A classic Windows PC title, Deus Ex was an amazing RPG experience that had a marked effect on how the genre would evolve on the platform. The game featured multiple ways of dealing with just about every mission presented and even had several endings depending on the player’s actions. Human Revolution is actually set 20 years prior to the events of Deus Ex, and looks to correct the so-so experience which was Deus Ex 2: Invisible War. In Deus Ex: Human Revolution, players take on the role of a security officer looking to uncover the truth behind a brutal attack. The only questionable note here is that Warren Spector is not behind this project.
#3 – The Last Guardian
Developer: Team Ico
Platform: PS3
Due out: Q4 2011
This is the Team Ico’s first game since the highly-acclaimed Shadow of the Colossus and is a very intriguing title which promises to explore the developing emotional connection between a young boy and a gigantic, monstrous creature. Over the course of their adventure, the two will have to overcome several puzzles and tasks. As the young boy, players will have to command the creature by using its ‘natural behavior’, such as following thrown objects, eating prey, etc. Plus, the game is being designed by Fumito Ueda, who was also the designer of Shadow.
#2 – Mass Effect 3
Developer: Bioware
Platform: X360, PS3, PC
Due out: Holiday 2011
This third part of the Mass Effect trilogy sees the Reapers finally invading Earth causing, as the debut trailer’s main character lays out, millions of casualties in the first day alone. One of the most intriguing things about Mass Effect 3 is that it will pull in what is estimated at over 1,000 variables from the player’s Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 experiences to uniquely alter the universe based on those past decisions.
#1 – The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Developer: CD Projekt RED
Platform: PC
Due out: May 17th, 2011
CD Projekt RED’s follow-up to the popular action-RPG from 2007, The Witcher. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings takes monster hunter and protagonist, Geralt, on another adventure with very mature themes and situations. Rumor has it that the timed mouse-click system of combat from the first game has been overhauled as well as the graphics engine, meaning that all of that virtual cleavage is bound to look even better than before. Just checkout this internal video presentation on the title!
So there you have it, our five most-anticipated titles for 2011. Sure, we could make a list of fifty if given the chance – Star Wars: The Old Republic, Diablo III, and even Gears of War 3. However, that would be too easy – limiting yourself to the top five ups the difficulty factor significantly.
What are your most-anticipated titles? Tell us in the comments below!
