# What games are you looking forward to in 2009? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 8, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406 "2009-01-08T18:41:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/1 "2009-01-08T18:41:12Z")
What games are you 'dopers looking forward too this year? Any platform (though I’m most interested in PC or WII myself). -XT ---
**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/2 "2009-01-08T19:05:28Z")
Starcraft II. (Please please please please please) ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/3 "2009-01-08T19:10:34Z")
You know, that’s actually not one of the games I’m really looking forward to for some reason. It just doesn’t do anything for me, though I really enjoyed the first one. I AM looking forward to the new Diablo, but not sure if it’s coming out this year or not. The games I’m really looking forward too atm are Dawn of War II and Empire Total War. -XT ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/4 "2009-01-08T19:13:36Z")
Darkfall Online. It’s coming out in Europe January 22, a little later in the US. Has anyone heard of it or am I the only one? 😕 There was never a post on it here but I thought there eventually would be since it looks so awesome. Oh, and as xtisme said, Diablo III if it comes out this year. Yeah, it still looks too cartoony/colorful, but I’ll just turn down the gamma and brightness. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/5 "2009-01-08T19:17:13Z")
Sims 3 looks really good. No more being confined to a single lot at any given time, meaning all other Sims in town will be going about their lives while the player is concentrating on one household. Not having to worry about Comfort, Social, Hygiene, or Environment is nice as well. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/6 "2009-01-08T19:30:38Z")
Empire: Total War could be rather fun. I fear for a new graphics card (and probably %^\* motherboard), though. ---
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/7 "2009-01-08T19:33:38Z")
[World Destruction/Sands of Destruction](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Destruction) - (Nintendo DS) - Cool concept (RPG where your goal is to destroy the world rather than save it) and a dream team from other games working together on it. [Nanashi No Game (“Game with no name”)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNbCag81qIA&feature=related) (Nintendo DS) - This one looks amazing and is rumored to be out over here sometime in 2009. Sort of like “The Ring” meets old school gaming - there’s a rumored haunted/cursed video game that kills anyone that plays it. You spent time exploring and investigating in regular “hotel dusk” style, then you spend time actually playing the cursed 8-bit RPG. Meta-gaming at its finest. the Fallout 3 DLC (Xbox 360) - the greatest game of this generation gets expanded. ---
**Author:** ![Phatlewt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Phatlewt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phatlewt)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/8 "2009-01-08T19:42:34Z")
Shooter fans and PS3 owners may have something to look forward to with Killzone 2. Gran Turismo 5 will hopefully come out in 2009. (Also PS3.) PC MMO players and Star Wars fans will have Star Wars: The Old Republic to sink their teeth and time into. Extra goodies for great 2008 games, such as Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead should be arriving soon as well. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/9 "2009-01-08T19:44:00Z")
- Empire Total War looks awesome. - Sims 3 - I think I might actually like this iteration of the series. - Star craft II - Nostalgia value, mostly. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/10 "2009-01-08T20:17:42Z")
[Blood Bowl](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5x681_blood-bowl-teaser_videogames) I’m a huge fan of the board game but can’t ever get enough people together for a league. I loved the 1995 computer version even though it was plagued with bugs and poor slapped together design. This game is the reason I recently purchased a new computer to handle it. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/11 "2009-01-08T21:43:47Z")
Am I crazy in hoping that _Half Life 2: Episode 3_ narrowly squeaks into 2009 somehow? It’s a longshot but it’ll be two years in October. And maybe it’ll arrive with _Portal 2_, if such a thing is even in the offing! “Some may say I’m a dreamer … but I’m not the only one.” ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/12 "2009-01-08T21:58:00Z")
> [@choie](#): > > Am I crazy in hoping that _Half Life 2: Episode 3_ narrowly squeaks into 2009 somehow? It’s a longshot but it’ll be two years in October. And maybe it’ll arrive with _Portal 2_, if such a thing is even in the offing! > > “Some may say I’m a dreamer … but I’m not the only one.” Well, as a wise artificial intelligence once said: “I’ve experiments to run. There is research to be done, on the people who are still alive.” ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/13 "2009-01-08T22:14:40Z")
Bioshock 2: Sea of Dreams. It won’t live up to the original and I’ll be sorely disappointed, but that doesn’t stop the anticipation either. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/14 "2009-01-08T23:19:00Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > [Blood Bowl](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5x681_blood-bowl-teaser_videogames) > > I’m a huge fan of the board game but can’t ever get enough people together for a league. I loved the 1995 computer version even though it was plagued with bugs and poor slapped together design. This game is the reason I recently purchased a new computer to handle it. I would be interested in this but I’d bet money on it being done like an EA sports game rather than a proper translation of the board game like I want. The only 2009 release that I have anything resembling passing interest in is _Rock Band: The Beatles_ and that’s mainly because as much as I enjoy _Rock Band_ I only know a couple of the songs in any given release. An edition where I actually know all of the songs will be a nice change. ---
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/15 "2009-01-08T23:35:22Z")
Are they even pretending that FF XIII will be out in 2009 at this point? Anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/16 "2009-01-09T07:28:07Z")
> [@Freejooky](#): > > Are they even pretending that FF XIII will be out in 2009 at this point? Anyone know? Are you kidding? They didn’t admit it wasn’t coming in 2008 until August. But as of right now, Square-Enix seems to be saying “it’ll come out when its done” while then implying that that should be in 2009. Of course, when we in America will get it is anybody’s guess. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/17 "2009-01-09T07:49:24Z")
My “GottahaveitnowgiveitwhydoIhavetowait?!” list consists of: - Resident Evil 5 - Resident Evil 5 - Resident Evil 5 and - Dawn of War 2 ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/18 "2009-01-09T07:56:35Z")
Empire: Total War; Rome: Total War helped me quit smoking, so I have a soft spot for the series. ---
**Author:** ![Robin\_Goodfellow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Robin\_Goodfellow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robin_Goodfellow)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/19 "2009-01-09T08:42:59Z")
Brütal Legend, of course. Tho I do await [Black Mesa Source](http://www.blackmesasource.com/) with a great deal of trepidation. And I guess Street Fighter 4. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406/20 "2009-01-09T14:41:45Z")
I’m also looking forward to the 3 official DLC’s for Fallout 3 and the 3 mini-expansions for Sins of a Solar Empire. -XT [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-are-you-looking-forward-to-in-2009/480406.md?page=2)