The big games left for 2007

by Kevin Kelly { Oct 27th 2007 at 5:00PM }

We've already had some of the big bombshells of 2007 come out already, including the big boys like Halo 3, Heavenly Sword, and Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction ... but what's still coming down the pipeline? Guitar Hero III will be out tomorrow, and the rest of October and all of November are bringing a ton of great games out for every platform from the Xbox 360 to the Nintendo DS.

Megatonik has put together a great list, chock full of release dates and goodies, or what's left in store for the rest of this year. Chances are once these games start dropping, you're not going to have much left in your wallet for the holidays. So it's time to start figuring out where you're going to get that cash from and get your game on.

Tags: 2007, Assassin's-Creed, Call-Of-Duty-4, Crysis, Guitar-Hero-III, Mass-Effect, Rock-Band, Super-Mario-Galaxy

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Shignami @ Oct 27th 2007 5:08PM

I think its time to sell some organs so i can have the money for some of these.

I don't need two kidneys anyway, the left one always slacks off, watches reruns of the office and eats all my pringles.

Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Oct 27th 2007 5:50PM

Sadly game industries don't take organs anymore after the Halo 3 mountain dew campaign; they say gamers aren't "healthy" donors Phff.

Well you can always sell your right eye for a bunch of yu-gi-oh cards

Draco @ Oct 27th 2007 9:26PM

anyone notice how the Wii is getting almost no love (not even rock band)? that concerns me, I have a Wii and a PS3...

Here is what is coming out.
Wii: 4
PS3: 11
Xbox: 9
PSP: 3
DS: 3

I would really like to try mass effect... maybe I'll swap PS3 with 360 with someone for that game.

gonk @ Oct 27th 2007 11:38PM

you could swap ps3 for 360 at gamestop (or another retailer) probably, but not many 360 owners would want to trade for a ps3. not until mgs comes out at least

Shagittarius @ Oct 28th 2007 12:41AM

I bet you could trade it for the Xbox RROD SKU.

I'm finally getting my 360 back Monday...then I can finish Halo 3 and Eternal Sonata.

gonk @ Oct 28th 2007 12:47AM

cool shaggy :)

mfed3 @ Oct 28th 2007 5:23AM

lol i love how he mentions heavenly sword and ratchet and clank as the big boys. hahaha what a joke. how bout take every ps3 game that has come out or will come out in 2007, and add its sales together. it wont even be equal to what halo 3 will sell. dont even try to mention those shitty games in the same sentence as halo as being the big boys in games. when are they gonna get actual gamers to write these articles.

CaptainAmericaX @ Oct 28th 2007 8:55AM

Don't you love how shagg continues to lie and pretend like he actually owns a Wii or a 360..

"RROD sku" lolz...yeah thats clever.

Think about how pathetic your ps3 is doing compared the Wii and the 360 despite RRoD and then let me see you laugh.

Draco @ Oct 28th 2007 10:13AM

I meant swap temporarily, a few weeks or so. don't feel like getting raped at retail, plus I enjoy my PS3. Wife says I have enough video games already so I can't get a 360... or a PSP for Disgaea :( (have 2 DS')

Vidikron (FU) @ Oct 28th 2007 12:30PM

@mfed3

Please... how stupid can you be? Perhaps Heavenly Sword is debateable, but R&C is one of the best platforming series around. So, yeah, if you're a fan of platformers R&C is a big deal.

ulovemikeroch @ Oct 28th 2007 10:16PM

Mfed3 and CAX, you guys should get married and have some fanboy kids. Just hope they don't come with RRoD.

Feep @ Oct 27th 2007 6:39PM

The big games left in 2007 that do not involve guns:

A much shorter list.

bm @ Oct 27th 2007 11:02PM

And most of them look the same, too. I'm sorry, but I have a really, really hard time giving a flying fuck about any of those FPSes.

gonk @ Oct 27th 2007 11:41PM

to each his own

Jeff @ Oct 27th 2007 5:12PM

Crysis demo is out, which you guys neglected to post.

It's kind of funny. I'm in love with and surprised by the quality of the gameplay. The graphics are pretty good, running at the higher settings offered on Windows XP, but compared to UT 3 which looks nearly as beautiful with 3 times the framerate, it seems needlessly bloated.

Jeff @ Oct 27th 2007 5:15PM

Slightly more on topic: My gaming costs for this month will come to: $289.95

I just added it all into my cart on amazon. Gears of War, Unreal 3, Crysis, Hellgate: London, Guitar Hero III. November is a great month to have a birthday this year.

Sam @ Oct 27th 2007 5:24PM

Unreal Tournie does look lovely (the demo didn't even feature the top 4th and 5th detail levels), but nowhere near as nice as Crysis.

UT3 features an excessive amount of bloom, DoF and other over-the-top that seem to come as standard with unreal engine 3 games.

Crysis however features massive amounts of subtle effects, super realistic post processing and amazing animation that really takes the cake for me.

Dont get me wrong, UT3 is going to be the better game by far, but crysis will hold the "sexiest graphics" award for an unfortunately looong time to come.

Jeff @ Oct 27th 2007 5:34PM

Im a framerate junkie. So I'm biased towards the 85 FPS I'm getting in Unreal (1600x1200), with nearly-as-good, and, imho, stylistically better graphics over the 35 FPS I'm getting in Crysis at 1152x864. I expect Crysis to become much more beautiful once tweakguides breaks it down for me, though.

But yeah, props for appreciating Unreal. A singleplayer trailer is up today, too. It looks surprisingly awesome; Epic learned a lot making Gears, and I'm sure the singleplayer for Unreal will take it even farther-- regardless of if I'd have fronted 50$ regardless of its existence.

Hashbrown_Hunter @ Oct 27th 2007 6:27PM

The main difference between UT3's and Crysis' graphics is the art direction. UT3 has fantastic art direction coupled with a strong engine. Crysis has a pretty standard art direction, but the engine is extremely powerful. So Crysis has better graphics, but UT3 has better art.

Back on Topic: I'm personally looking forward to Haze. It might actually make me buy a PS3 if it doesn't come out for PC.

Brello @ Oct 27th 2007 6:55PM

Yep, I fully agree with the framerate issue. I don't care how great a game looks, if it runs at 20-30 framerate and at a lousy resolution, I don't want it. UT3 ran great, (even though I can't validate a purchase for updated graphics and seemingly nothing else) Crysis..not so much.

LaughingTarget @ Oct 27th 2007 7:10PM

If we look beyond the basic graphics, Crysis is far more advanced and satisfying on other levels, particularly the insane physics engine. No more ragdolls, but realistic corpse animation. No more things getting blown around like leaves on the wind with explosions, but each item has its own weight and is treated as such realistically. Objects dropped don't bounce around, like guns, like in other games, they behave like a dropped rifle would. Items that aren't round don't fly down inclines like they were balls, forces of friction actually work.

The art direction of UT3 may be better, but the Crysis engine is superior on a more tangible level.

LaughingTarget @ Oct 27th 2007 7:12PM

Also, show me where in UT3 you can punch a turtle to death. That alone makes Crysis better than UT3, it pisses PETA off. Not my PETA (People who Eat Tasty Animals) but the other one.

Limech @ Oct 28th 2007 12:15AM

Wait, I was sure UT3 was the Gears of War sequel. After watching the singleplayer trailer, they look IDENTICAL. Same shades of color and even the characters have the same look and feel (especially their body built).

Crysis might look like Far Cry but at least I didn't play Far Cry last year like I did GoW. Crysis FTW.
That said, even though I'm buying it on release day, I'm not playing the singleplayer campaign until I've bought my new machine. (nVidia, hurry up with your next generation cards, will y'a?)

Gamerdad @ Oct 27th 2007 9:49PM

Played Crysis demo for abt 2 hours today. I was barely crawling by at 30fps at 1680x1050 everything on high but no AA. This is on a 3ghz quad core, 8800gtx @ ultra speeds and 2gb ram w/ XP not vista. UT3 which is better looking imho runs at 80fps with 16AF and 4AA. UT3 was using all 4 cores and crysis only used 2. Played like Far Cry and brought nothing new to the table.

LaughingTarget @ Oct 27th 2007 11:15PM

Gamerdad -

Did you upgrade to the new Nvidia Beta drivers? I'm running it at 1280x1024 resolution with everything on and 4xFSAA and getting 50fps average with the same card. You on Vista or XP? I have a feeling the DX10 makes a huge difference in Crysis. DX10 is meant to put more on the screen with fewer resources.

Shagittarius @ Oct 28th 2007 12:43AM

Thats hella funny gamerdad or should I say 'Cliffy B'! =P

What exactly does Unreal Tournament 3 bring to the table thats new again?

SeriousKriss @ Oct 28th 2007 4:56AM

Gamerdad : I'm really having a hard time beleiving you. By the way, Crysis supports quad core :
http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=639
"Cevat Yerli: We support both 64-bit and multi-cores. Multi-core will be beneficial in the experience, particularly in faster but also smoother framerates. 64-bit and higher memory will yield quicker loading times. We recommend quad core over higher clock."

Vidikron (FU) @ Oct 28th 2007 12:36PM

Honestly, really, why are you guys even comparing the two games? They don't even play remotely the same. If I wanted an MP game I'd got with UT3 because I love the UT series for MP gaming. If I wanted the true successor to FarCry I'd get Crysis.

Sam @ Oct 27th 2007 5:24PM

Who wants a bet these are US dates before i even look?

Nevermind anyway, i'll just add 3-4 months onto each one ¬_¬.

James @ Oct 27th 2007 6:51PM

S'alright. Joystiq doesn't even post the UK Virtual Console games. But they're more than keen on the PSN European stuff...

Stupidiot @ Oct 27th 2007 5:12PM

Speaking of Crysis... Is everyone aware that the demo is now out? I just find it a bit odd that Joystiq haven't reported on it all day.

http://www.crysisdemo.com/

LaughingTarget @ Oct 27th 2007 5:29PM

Played it through. I'm surprised how well it runs. I was expecting it to bring my 8800GTX to its knees, but it actually runs just as well as HL2: Ep2 on my system. Outstanding programming here, they really did DX10 well.

Tron7 @ Oct 27th 2007 5:17PM

I am really pumped for Mario Galaxy. It is almost time to don the cap and overalls and reach for the stars.

OK that was a little gay. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Ethan @ Oct 27th 2007 5:58PM

Mario is all about the embracement of campery; jumping like a buffoon in a shiny world collecting shiny things, finding a princess, dressing up (sorry, 'power ups'). Wanting to reach for the stars is hardly gay though. We all want to 'Star get.'

Especially in japan, where most things are cute, the stereotype is hard gay who looks like an exhibitionist S&M goth.

LaughingTarget @ Oct 27th 2007 6:12PM

U R MR GAY is right on the box, afterall.

(PS - I'm buying it on launch day)

James @ Oct 27th 2007 6:49PM

I've plopped down £55 for both Galaxy and Prime 3. still on preorder, damn you Wii, why can't you be as unpopular as the Cube so I don't have to sit around waiting for stock :(

Jury is still out on other games. Orange Box is pretty much the best slice of "real" gaming I'll be having for a while whilst the Wii gives me console games.
Still need to buy Super Metroid too. I hear it's very very good.

Chris @ Oct 27th 2007 5:28PM

WTF they forgot Bee Movie: the L.. Game, how oculd they !

Jojo @ Oct 27th 2007 5:30PM

I am loving Crysis. Its amazing. And with Hellgate next week, and a couple 360 games... ugh! lots of money

Mr Khan @ Oct 27th 2007 5:42PM

NiGHTS 2: Journey of Dreams

It is essentially Christmas NiGHTS 2, because of the release date

I know, i'm obsessing, but we have to support these colorful games, they're so rare now...

Psaakyrn @ Oct 27th 2007 8:29PM

The main reason why people aren't supporting Nights, is because of the decision to continue to use the analog stick for controls as opposed to the motion sensing. Granted it may still be good, but lots of dreams were crushed with that announcement.

Shagittarius @ Oct 28th 2007 12:59AM

Supporting a game because its colorful? That hilarious, why not support games because they have good gameplay?

samfish @ Oct 28th 2007 1:49AM

Good gameplay is kind of a given with NiGHTS (so long as Sega doesn't fuck it up).
I'll be buying it and I'm glad it's colorful. Too many games are brown and gray. I prefer my games to be all shiny and happy looking, anyway. Between Super Mario Galaxy, NiGHTS and Zack & Wiki, it's like a color overload this Christmas.

And speaking of which, that list left off Zack & Wiki, which is a travesty. This and Portal are serious dark horse candidates for Game of the Year.

Mr Khan @ Oct 28th 2007 10:54AM

"Good" is implied when i said "support colorful games"

I mean, Cooking Mama: Cook Off was colorful, and so was Sonic the Hedgehog 2006

I'm just tired of seeing every single big game be composed of all these washed-out tones, Halo 3 could be considered colorful compared to, say, Gears of War