A Look At The Best Launch Lineup In A Long TIme

Crimson Dragon- XBL Release. I know a lot of games journalists are excited for this one. A very Japanese-esque game with vibrant colors. Easy to dismiss this one.

Dead Rising 3: An open-world exclusive zombie game at launch that you can play co-op. This is honestly unprecedented. You guys sit here and argue like "zomg dat 30 frames" but seriously consider how taxing that probably was for Capcom to develop this game on essentially moving tech. Microsoft didn't even know what the specs would look like as the numbers improved maybe a month or two ago. I've never been a part of a launch where an open-world exclusive (!) has been launched with the console. Not delayed either.

Fighter Within- Shows off the new tech. I honestly expect some lag with this. It is nice to see some support shown for the Kinect in the games realm (going to be a UI/communications beast)

Forza Motorsport 5- Best Racer out there hands down. But even if that line doesn't add up for the GT fanboys, it's the best next-gen racer. To have a heavy hitter like Forza at launch, also unprecedented. Usually it's some BS racer like NFS or Ridge Racer. This is a full-fledged racing game with hundreds of cars and AI opponents who race like real racers. For those that underestimate how the Cloud AI will work, play Ascend: Hand of Kul or w/e its called (FTP).

Just Dance 2014- Great game to bring them girls home to if you got a sizable crib. More support for Kinect.

Killer Instinct- A complex, modern take on a classic fighting game that gives you a free character to start with. Honestly, I'm really stoked for this. I'll prolly buy all the characters at launch. The last console I think to launch with a fighting game was probably the 360 with like Dead or Alive. which was horrendous. Seriously guys, this game looks good and it'll be great playing in the background while I wait for my COD matches.

LocoCycle- I don't know much about this game. All I know is its kinda racist towards the Mexicans and there's a talking motorcycle. The gameplay actually kinda looks bland. Twisted Pixel has always done great games with Splosion Man and other stuff really taking off, but I'm not sure about this one.

PowerStar Golf- It has avatars and golf? Not sure anyone is super amped for this one to be honest. Again, it is cool that Xbox One is getting some Wii-like exclusives with cloud functionality regarding clips of great shots and all that.

Ryse- Let's be honest here. It's between Ryse, Killzone, and NBA 2k14 for best next-gen visuals. It deals with one of the most interesting eras ever in the Roman period and clearly has some relationship to the Roman gods. This is going to be an interesting game. I hope that the story of Marius is not so one-dimensional. I hope he is a dynamic character too. I honestly do not care about the gameplay of the game. If I wanted great gameplay, I'd play Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed or Forza. But, seriously. After four months of sitting on it and getting bored of pooping on the game, I think people are willing to give it a try. Yeah, everyone! Bring up the 900p resolution. You're right! It's not 1080p. I'm sorry its not the right P! But honestly, it's a launch day game that is actually launching on launch day. Crazy. I'm sure they could optimize the game later if they delayed it to 2014 like Drive Club, but they didn't. So honestly, who cares?

Zoo Tycoon- HA!!

Zumba- HAHA!

Plus multiplats- So psyched for Cod Ghosts. Call me what you want but Cod ghosts is gonna be baller. Deuces.

Nothing that makes the $500 upfront cost (plus the cost of a game) less stinging. If I were a big Forza fan, I'd probably buy it for that, but if I bought it now, it'd just be for the apps and great UI.

I aint going to read any of that

That's a pretty weak launch especially considering what they are doing to Forza 5.

I will get a PS4 thank you.

Xbox 360 and Dreamcast had better launches, but with Forza 5, KI, DR3, Crimson Dragon & Ryse, I'm satisfied with that. If the PS3 & XBox 360 didn't already have great games to fall back it might be a long wait for something better.

The PS3 launch was worse. Overpriced with no decent launch titles at all.

What a mediocre list of games.

Im getting both consoles day 1. Only difference is with ps1 i am not buying 1 retail game. Just resogun for

Now(looks so good!)

Xbox1 im getting : forza, dr3, ryse, killer instinct and maybe panzer

so your getting a PS1 and X1?

The only game you listed that I would care to check out is Forza 5 and I am not a racing fan if that gives you an idea of how little that interest is in that game. The rest don't interest me at all.

Ok, now lets get rid of everything thats sh!t.

Ok then...so there are 3 exclusives, 1 of which is having a laughable release (KI)
+ multiplats.

So basically the same if not worse than the ps4 release.

Nice.

None of those sound interesting

just mention the good games, not all the launch titles will be good

for me though the must haves will be Dead Rising 3, Crimson Dragon, and Battlefield 4

optionally I might get Ryse or AC4

definitely picking up Titanfall when it releases

I only want Crimson Dragon out of those, and that's because it's made by the masterminds behind the Panzer Dragoon series. Everything else doesn't interest me at all.

That's a horrible launch lineup.

Most people on this forum don't even know what Panzer Dragoon is

You're probably right. So many of the people here love artsy fartsy shit, yet they probably don't even know about one of the few series that actually has that and terrific gameplay. There's a reason why the Panzer Dragoon games still hold their value, and why Panzer Dragoon Saga goes for around $400.

@voljin1987: yea im getting both consoles. Wish they were spread out timewise a bit more but its fine. I also built a new computer a few months ago. I like having options, and as my wife says I have no impulse control.

It is nice to not have to pick a side in this whole debate.

Not sure if it really is the best in a long time, but looking forward to Forza 5, DR3, and Ryse.

Kinda interested in Crimson Dragon.

Yeah, it's a good launch lineup. Not really interested in 80% of the games available but it's still good (LocoCycle and Crimson Dragon look great but I'll wait until they arrive on 360 later).

Hopefully D4 and Quantum Break arrive soon enough. Want to hear more about them.

Listed Fighter Within after how well did Fighter Uncaged,lolz

The fact that only reason i'm considering a Xbox One is because of Crimson Dragon (the spiritual succesor to Panzer Dragoon) has got squat to do with the popularity of Panzer Dragoon.

This list blows to be honest... There's really no point in buying either at launch, especially since there is no backwards compatibility anyway. Personally, my back catalog is so massive, and Dark Souls 2 is also around the corner, I'm in no rush. I'd wait till both systems features & capabilities have been thoroughly critiqued, and more games are available to justify either.