The Best Games of 2020 136
Gamasutra held a contest this year to describe what hit video games in the year 2020 would be like. Over 150 detailed entries were sent in, and they've posted the top 20. One persistent theme is the ever-present connectedness to the outside world, both in reality-based games and with multiplayer modes that are part of typical daily interactions. Quoting:
"It's just an average day at your job. Noon swings around and it's time to amble out of the cubicle farm and venture outside into the city to find some lunch. You put on your slick steel framed Hunters Glasses, place your Hunters earpiece, and with black and white Hunters Gloves on, step out of the building and onto the street. After a block suddenly your dark tinted shades switch to a red tint. A silky female voice echoes in your ear, 'Players within range. Good Hunting.' The glasses are acting as a WiFi enabled computer screen. You swivel your head to scope the scene and find someone standing out within the red crowd as a white outline. The man with the white outline is scouting the area as well, trying to find who else is in the game right now. You get within range, pack a virtual snow ball with your gloves, approach slowly, wind up and throw with all your might the virtual snow ball at the man with the white outline. 'Player Eliminated,' says the female voice, 'Uploading Statistics.'"
duh (Score:5, Funny)
Re:duh (Score:5, Funny)
Obviously (Score:2, Funny)
The Best Game of 2020 will *not* be Duke Nukem Forever, due to a slight delay in the release schedule.
Re:Obviously (Score:1, Funny)
Please, quality takes time!
It will be done when it is done but I can tell you that we are still working on it.
2020 and Duke Nuken is YOUR choice?! (Score:5, Funny)
Geeze guys! You are geeks!
Looking at those entries ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:duh (Score:3, Funny)
That's pretty optimistic of you.
Well the second preview video that they released in late 2017 really looked good (although it was a bit short to really see what the game was going to look like).
But now that they've confirmed that DNF is going to be released "real soon now", I really don't see any other game having a chance. GTA XV is getting a bit old, Doom IX is too dark (I mean even in 3D, black is still black). No, it's DNF all the way.
Wild Gunman (Score:3, Funny)
Sorry, guys, but that's stupid. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:2020 and Duke Nuken is YOUR choice?! (Score:4, Funny)
Oh no, not another boring party/mini-game collection. Doesn't the Wii 9 have enough bad orgy games already?
(and we all laughed when Nintendo chucked the name 'Revolution'...)
World of Warcraft Expansion #7 (Score:2, Funny)
Paladins are still busted!
New Archmage heroic class - start at level 120!
All your life are belong to us!
Re:That different? (Score:3, Funny)
While this may be true for you, most of us have been playing multiplayer games since 1993 or so. Yeah, they had this bad ass console called a "Computer" and it had a James Bond clone called DOOM that had internet multiplayer. Crazy, I know. =)
Re:duh (Score:3, Funny)
GTA XV is getting a bit old, Doom IX is too dark (I mean even in 3D, black is still black).
I played Doom9 a few times. But DVD Fab turned out to be a better tool than most of what hey had to offer.
Re:World of Warcraft Expansion #7 (Score:1, Funny)
Also, people are seeing problems of their HP rolling over into the negatives when they get more than about 2.14 billion.
Re:You have got to be joking (Score:2, Funny)
The future is D-R-M (Score:5, Funny)
I see the "future" of gaming in digital restriction management. Sports Game 2019 will automatically stop working when Sports Game 2020 is released. Moreover, maybe Sports League will convince Console Company to lock players out of the game when actual sports games are being played so as to conserve their audience.
Also, to shut down the used game market, games will become tied to the first console they're played on and won't work on others.
The rise of the big game financiers will push all games stories towards a generic formula that involves space marines. People won't like it, but what are you going to do, read a book! Muhahahaha!
Oh, sorry. Continuing, Rock Band 2020 will innovate significantly, featuring not only toy guitars drums and a microphone, but also a virtual hotel room that you wreck after the show for bonus points and a USB whiskey bottle.
It'll be a bright future!
Reality Check (Score:5, Funny)
"It's just an average day at your job. Noon swings around and it's time to amble out of the cubicle farm and venture outside into the city to find some lunch. You put on your slick steel framed Hunters Glasses, place your Hunters earpiece, and with black and white Hunters Gloves on, step out of the building and onto the street. After a block suddenly your dark tinted shades switch to a red tint. A silky female voice echoes in your ear, 'Players within range. Good Hunting.' The glasses are acting as a WiFi enabled computer screen. You swivel your head to scope the scene and find someone standing out within the red crowd as a white outline. The man with the white outline is scouting the area as well, trying to find who else is in the game right now. You get within range, pack a virtual snow ball with your gloves, approach slowly, wind up and
you are struck by a car.
'Player Eliminated,' says the female voice, 'Uploading Statistics.'"
Re:Looking at those entries ... (Score:3, Funny)
Naw, they'll just cause the Butlerian Jihad.
Re:Dennou Coil. (Score:3, Funny)
Quite right. The only thing douche-ier is wearing two Bluetooth headsets at once, one in each ear. I saw a man so clad not long ago.