# Eagerly awaited games **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 23, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagerly-awaited-games/575720 "2011-03-23T14:23:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagerly-awaited-games/575720/21 "2011-03-25T01:55:40Z")
Throwing in my votes with Diablo III, Skyrim, Heroes of Might and Magic 6 And those additions: **Trine 2** : The first one was beautiful, had haunting music and was a great game to experience. From what I had see from[the Trine 2 trailers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAx9Q9z4Pdo), it took all that was great in Trine 1 and dialed it up to 11. **Torchlight 2** : Satisfy the need for Diablo 3. Has online co-op now! **Mass Effect 3** : Will it be this year? I doubt so. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagerly-awaited-games/575720/22 "2011-03-25T19:02:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Second half of April? Bastards. My birthday is at the end of April, and I had to specifically tell a friend _not_ to give it to me (it’d have been a no-brainer, otherwise). But if I get Portal 2 this spring, I’ll _never_ finish my thesis. Also add my votes for the other installments of _Starcraft II_ (especially Zerg, but Protoss also) and _Diablo III_. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagerly-awaited-games/575720/23 "2011-03-25T19:30:48Z")
> [@Aghris](#): > > By the way, games that I’m eagerly anticipating but are still a very long way off: Thief 4, … If Thief 4 is updated to the present-day, as was rumoured, I can’t see much point in continuing the series… Fake medievalism was kind of the point. _ **Thief 5 - To The Stars !** _ ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagerly-awaited-games/575720/24 "2011-03-25T22:34:20Z")
I am looking forward to LA Noire. But, I will probably wait until the price drops before getting it. It looks really awesome. A combination of action and mystery solving. I think this will be another homerun. On the other hand Portal 2 comes out April 19th and I preordered it with Amazon. Usually, I wait like I plan on doing with LA Noire. But, Amazon is offering 20 dollars back in store credit on preorders of Portal 2. That’s pretty much impossible to pass up. So, I didn’t. Going beyond that I am probably most looking forward to Arkham Asylum 2. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagerly-awaited-games/575720/25 "2011-03-25T23:27:37Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > Diablo 3 is the only game I can think of that will make me finally update my ancient system. Ditto. Whatever hardware is needed to run Diablo 3 is the hardware I shall buy. ---
**Author:** ![Curious3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Curious3d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious3d)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagerly-awaited-games/575720/26 "2011-03-26T01:13:20Z")
I recently got a fat Nvidia card and a slew of memory (I do 3D graphics), and I can’t wait to see how it runs Diablo 3. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagerly-awaited-games/575720/27 "2011-04-04T17:21:29Z")
for another entry on a game title that has been in developement since before the pentium computer was invented: _World in Flames_ (WW2 turn based strategy, can find this at Matrix Games). Started in the late 90’s, stalled, sold to Matrix around 2005 (I think). Reading the forums, it’s clear that there is still work being done, but man… the release date still keeps getting slid to the right [on the calendar]. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagerly-awaited-games/575720/28 "2011-04-04T18:57:53Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > for another entry on a game title that has been in developement since before the pentium computer was invented: > > _World in Flames_ (WW2 turn based strategy, can find this at Matrix Games). > > Started in the late 90’s, stalled, sold to Matrix around 2005 (I think). Reading the forums, it’s clear that there is still work being done, but man… the release date still keeps getting slid to the right [on the calendar]. 😃 I had no idea a PC version of WiF was in the works. _putting another bookmark in my ‘soon to be purchased games’ file_ ---
**Author:** ![buckgully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@buckgully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckgully)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagerly-awaited-games/575720/29 "2011-04-04T20:29:24Z")
I didn’t know this game existed until a few minutes ago. Now it’s at the top of my list: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/udEAEARD-Fo/maxresdefault.jpg "HAWKEN - Official Gameplay (Work in Progress)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udEAEARD-Fo) Then again, I’m a sucker for mech games. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagerly-awaited-games/575720/30 "2011-04-04T20:59:32Z")
I’m eagerly awaiting a further price drop for “Dragon Age: Ultimate Edition”. (What can I say – I’m thrifty and patient.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagerly-awaited-games/575720.md?page=1)