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Sabbathius t1_j2e7jvn wrote

I find Dead Island 2 to be a highly unlikely pick, personally. I would be very surprised if it can match the original Dying Light. Given how long it was stuck in development hell, I don't expect much from it.

My pick would probably be Baldur's Gate 3.

I wanted to say Starfield, but Bethesda lately has been pretty bad. Same with Diablo 4, monetization in a full-priced game already looks revolting, and they got their beak wet in Diablo Immortal, so they know how many rubes will spend literally billions if you lure them well enough, so they ain't stopping. So I don't expect either to be a masterpiece.

Dead Space remake could be pretty amazing if they stick close to the original, and just give it a facelift and improvements, but I don't know if it qualifies, since it's not a new game.

Also, an unlikely pick, but Ubisoft's Avatar game might be neat. Massive, the studio that's doing it, does absolutely amazing game worlds (they did The Division series, which was very visually pleasing and with solid combat). And Avatar is such an amazing setting that if they just do the world well enough, and combat decent enough, it might be enough to overshadow the usual copy-pasted and written by a 6-year-old Ubisoft bullshit. But I probably choose to believe it, because we lost The Division 3 to this bullshit project, and I want for that to not be in vain.

Homeworld 3 might be great. Though there's not enough shown yet to really know. I just love the series, though I admit most of it is just nostalgia.

Immortals and Deliver us Mars might be great, but too soon to call.

Nightingale could be really special with its world modifiers, but could be just another Fallout 76.

Path of Exile 2 could be good, though I never did get into the original far enough.

I don't expect much out of Hogwarts. Sounds good in theory, but combat looks painfully generic and repetitive right now. I'm not a huge Potterhead though, so that might be a factor.

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