Only a few days remains until the New Year: the outgoing 2016 turned out to be generous for luxurious releases, loud blockbusters from the world of video games and no less loud failures. But about that after.
And now we will talk about what awaits us in the coming 2017: next year promises to become no less productive. Before you – seventeen of the most potentially interesting games. We have lowered regular series like FIFA And Just Dance , And the projects were placed in random order – so that no one guessed which one we are waiting for the most (as if after reading this article you will not guess!). Let's go!
Injustice 2
The second part of the fighting of superheroes will differ little from the first in terms of mechanics. All the same three buttons of strikes and the fourth, given under the supercl, all the same block by timely pressing “back” or “down”, all the same interactive arenas. A little increase in the pace – Studio Netherrealm invariably increases the speed of what is happening in each of its next project, be it Mortal Kombat or Injustice.
The approach to the characters will change much more. Now they need to be pumped, gaining levels and dressing their favorites in clothes with different parameters. The developed hero is stronger than the first -level four, so that all these armor and jewelry are not just tinsel, but a very important element of gameplay.
The other will become the other. How many of them will be and which ones, the creators are traditionally silent-they like to present them by the way, accompanying the announcements by some event. But it is already known that Gorilla Grodda and Super Ground signed up for newcomers, and among the old composition it will not do without Batman, Superman and Harley Quinn.
The campaign will continue the story from the first part – about the parallel world with a crazy superman. Netherrealm in the ninth MK proved that a good plot and excellent production are possible even in fighting!.
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Studio Guerrilla Games known primarily as the creators of the series Killzone. But, apparently, they are tired of inventing new conflict situations on the confrontation between the Helgas and the interplanetary strategic alliance and decided to radically change the setting. The new battlefield – the Earth is a thousand years after the victory of the robots over humanity. Now it is they who inhabit the planet, and behave like the most ordinary animals – they graze on the lawns, get down into flocks, attacks feeded people.
The main character will be a red-haired beauty Ela, who at some point decides to get to the bottom of things and find out what happened to humanity many centuries ago. She is a hunter and knows how to deal with the robosver in different ways, but her main weapon remains. And offending the defeated enemies, she can use the resulting resources to scrap something else useful-for example, traps.
From the point of view of Horizon: Zero Dawn gameplay, it is positioned as a role -playing game in an open world, with developed elements of survival and action. I must say, the videos are very convincing – we are looking forward to playing ourselves.
Mass Effect: Andromeda
In the trilogy Mass Effect You can find fault with the end. She greatly ruined the mood for many, but even the crumpled ending does not cancel the pleasure that we received in the study of the cosmos, in shootouts, when communicating with partners, again in shootouts, when developing his own Shepard and acquaintance with new races ..
Developers from BioWare launched a new science fiction universe and managed to develop it to such a state that it was unbearably painful to part with it. And let the Andromeda be a completely different story and heroes, it will probably be pleasant to return to this world.
We have to play for Scott or Sarah Ryder – a brother or sister included in the crew of the Hyperion ship. This ship is an ark where representatives of four races are resting with a peaceful cryogenic dream, going to colonize the nearest suitable planet in the Andromeda galaxy.
Of course, something goes wrong along the way, the ship deviates from the course, loses its connection with the base, and the main characters have to take on the responsibilities of finding a new house. What problems they will face at the same time is not yet known. But we already know for sure that pokatushki will return to the game on the surface of the planets on the all -terrain vehicle “MAKO”, and a jet of “pedestrian” missions will appear, greatly increasing freedom of movement.
Outlast 2
First Outlast used several successful techniques at once to scare the player. There is an impenetrable darkness, which had to fight with improvised means, and successful screamers, always settled by surprise. Excellent design of opponents and interiors, a thick atmosphere, an interesting story-it was not without reason that the game became a hit of Lettspleev and a correct way to get a heart attack if you play it at night, a thunderstorm and somewhere in a summer house far from the noise of civilization.
The second part promises to be designed in the same spirit, besides, it has a budget! We will be told a new story-about a couple of self-taught detectives, which the investigation brought to the Arizonian hinterland, inhabited by very unfriendly creatures. And whether they can get out of there, already depends on us.
Prey
Here are two key points that are going to lure us into a rethought PREY. Firstly, the fact that this is a "game from Arkane Studios ", Which in itself can be distinguished in a separate background. Secondly-complete freedom of action.
The aliens attacked the Talos-1 spacecraft, and the simple scientist Morgan Yu is forced to take up arms to save his skin. He will do this, though with weapons in his hands, but not at all like in the vast majority of militants with a similar plot. There will be no corridor structure of levels – the world is open where you want, go there and go there.
Well, if, of course, you can open the doors or find a workaround. Fighting monsters is not necessary. Do not want to shoot – run by, sneak up, use superpers like turning into various objects to avoid confrontation. Collect resources, because any item in the game, including even quest ones, can be printed on a 3D printer, there would be a drawing.
There are other survivors at the station: they will give tasks, but each of them can simply be shot, there will be no key among them. However, as in other games from Arkane, the level of your aggression will affect the ending, and it is unlikely to “stay the last to survive” is the best of the options.
During the passage, we are promised to tell an interesting story and raise a lot of philosophical issues on humanity. And the more carefully you will explore the game world, the more you will receive answers.
Quake Champions
It is always nice to see the triumphal return of old acquaintances. In 2016 ID Software suddenly rolled out the restart of the good old Doom, turned out to be beautiful. Well, perhaps, perhaps, not counting the multiplayer. It’s not that bad, we just saw battles between players and more interesting. And there is a hope that next year we will see one more thing.
Quake Champions almost one to one copies the mechanics of the third part – the one with the subtitle Arena. We are waiting for a completely plague speed of movement, jumping, raising bonuses exactly at the moment of their repaan, shooting from the rocket launcher under the feet of himself and enemy, long training in handling Railgan and many more that once set standards in cyber sports.
Among the changes are the conditionally-paying model of distribution and special accumulations, different for each of the characters. If in Quake 3 The heroes were distinguished only by the appearance, then here everyone took possession of some cunning technique like invisibility, the ability to see through walls, teleportation or something else that could turn the course of the battle at a certain moment.
However, the public already expresses the hope that the developers will leave the regime without all this tinsel – so that everyone is in equal terms.
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
The first role -playing game based on the series South Park it turned out just amazing in all parameters. She perfectly accurately conveyed the style of the cartoon, had an interesting gaming mechanics, remarkably beat the role stamps and was generally full of corporate humor of Trei Parker and Matt Stone. And we have every reason to believe that the same can be said about the second part, where the title is already beautiful.
The main change will be the change of setting. If in the first part the kids imagined themselves by the heroes of the fantasy world, then here they will become superheroes. There will be twelve classes instead of four, swords and magic will replace pistols and superpowers, and the newcomer will again be the newcomer, who has just settled in the South Park. By the way, now he can choose the floor.
Resident Evil 7
Still a series Resident Evil With each new part, it was more and more distant from the horror, turning into an action. Moreover, the action is not the most interesting – if the fourth part was well accepted, then the sixth exit scared the considerable share of fans.
And then the developers suddenly decided to change the course and said the seventh part in the genre of refined Survival Horror. With a first -person view, with a leisurely movement, very rare shooting and a terrible atmosphere with scamers and rustles in the corners. Despite the presence of some kind of weapons, the fight with one enemy can become a big problem-in most cases it is better to escape or hide. Will return to the game and puzzles.
The new main character will be a certain Ethan, looking for a missing wife. There will probably be a connection with the previous parts of the series, but so far the players have noticed a similarity with a different series of horror films – Silent Hill. However, Silent Hills All the same, he will never see the light, so the seventh Resident Evil has every chance of becoming an adequate replacement. By the way, the developers themselves argue that all the coincidences are strictly random and they conceived their game so long before the announcement from Guillermo Del Toro and Hideo Kodzima.
For Honor
The most eloquent thing about this game is its future cover – it depicts a half -naked Viking, a European knight in armor and a Japanese samurai with a katana, ready to sort things out to find out a relationship. Yes, it will be precisely a slasher where representatives of three notorious cultures will fight each other. And if you are not alien to disputes about whose weapons and the battle technique in those centuries were most effective, then in For Honor you can prove your rightness in practice.
Of course, it is unlikely that the game will have much in common with historical reality, but this is not the main thing. The main thing is the combat system, and it is expected very complex and interesting.
Ni-OH
This year actually declared quite a few games in the genre of a role-player All Wins Casino sister sites militant: for example, Scalebound from Platinum Games. But here we stopped with editorial arbitrariness at Ni-OH. Perhaps the author of the author for the series played a role Dead or Alive , but who will prove figs.
This game with a historical bias tells about the adventures of the British navigator William Adams, who was brought to Japan of the Sengoku Jiday period, the "era of the warring provinces". Gameplay, she resembles a series Souls Or, if you like, Bloodborne. The same hardcore battles, a lot of weapons, blocks and rifts. A pleasant bonus will be comprehending the art of ninjutsu. But in general, the game is intended for those who, firstly, have not played enough at Souls, and secondly, love Japanese style. Those who want something more futuristic, it makes sense to pay attention to the project The Surge from the authors Lords of the Fallen.
Vampyr
This, probably, would be just another incomprehensible project about vampires if the creators were not listed in the track record Life is Strange. The story about a teenage girl who can rewind time turned out to be so impressive that we will willy-nilly believe in the ability of these people to bungarize something original and exciting and vampire themes.
The game takes place in London of 1918, where the epidemic broke … flu. Yes, no plague or pestilence for you, but people are dying one after another, and we act as a doctor who is called to stop this disgrace. The catch is that our hero Jonathan Raid is a vampire, and he, of course, saves people … But some have to kill, so as not to die of hunger.
The game will constantly put a player before a moral choice. Obviously, it will not work to save everyone, but how to make it survived more?.. Or hell with them, we will drink all the blood from them and become the most powerful vampire in the district? Oh, sensible, there will be something to think about.
Elex
Company Piranha bytes entered myself in history thanks to the game "Gothic" and its second part, which secured the success. Unfortunately, since then, the authors could not surpass themselves, and each new game was perceived as “almost what was needed, but before it was still cooler”.
Well, now, having finished the three -part epic called Risen , They announced the creation of a role -playing game in a completely new setting. This time we are not waiting for fantasy, but post -apocalypse, although a little non -standard. This will not be scorched wastelands, but a completely green and flowering world that arose on the remains of a former civilization. In addition, as a result of the disaster, people learned how to handle magic, and development went in a completely different way.
We again have a choice between differently configured fractions, again we need to develop the character from the unbearable fighter … in a word, to engage in all that the roles from Piranha has accustomed to the past fifteen. Only this time we will also have a jetpack. And we again cherish the hope that they can do the “same Gothic” with its indescribable atmosphere and, perhaps, the best virtual world effect in history.
Syberia 3
First and second parts "Siberia" We came out literally – initially the story of Kate Walker, animatronics and mammoths were supposed to meet one game. But in the course of development, Belgian artist Benois Sokal decided to divide the plot in half in order to facilitate his work. And then he promised someday to release a sequel and disappeared for many years. From time to time appeared again, said that the work was going on, and disappeared again.
We talked with Benois exactly three years ago. You can see this interview here and find out, for example, that the third part will begin at the very place where the second ended, and the action will take place in the Chernobyl alienation zone. Just not in the one that I painted us S.T.A.L.K.E.R. , And in more close to reality – where, in the absence of a person, wildlife again takes its own, houses overgrown with greenery, and non -fried animals roam right along the former city streets.
Immediately after this, Monsieur Sokal disappeared again from the horizon, so that the concept could change forty times. Be that as it may, recently, the first gameplay roller has finally appeared and it seems even like an approximate release date-the first quarter of 2017. Believe it or not, decide for yourself. But I would very much like, because the first two parts for nothing are considered one of the best quests of all time – with a touching history, interesting puzzles, indescribable atmosphere and a charming main character.
Detroit: Become Human
Company Quantic Dream Known as the main game developer in the genre of interactive cinema. From time to time, their territory invades (and not notable) then Telltale Games With your cartoon style, then suddenly impudent newcomers Supermassive Games With a horror Until Dawn. But David Cage company has been developing a reputation for years, demonstrating what Motion Capture technologies and game consoles are capable of if they competently dispose.
In 2012, the studio released short technology Kara -About the Androide girl, who suddenly realized herself after the assembly and begged the engineer not to disassemble her, such defective, again. At that time, the video only demonstrated the possibilities of the third PlayStation and was counted in real time on a seemingly weak and obsolete gland – despite the fact that the graphics there was almost a photorealistic.
And three years later, Quantic Dream announced that the story would be continued in the form of a full -fledged game. The plot will beat the topic popular today: can an artificial organism earn a place in human society. According to the developers, much more will depend on the player’s choice than in previous games of the studio – in any case, the words “you can influence the world” in the interview are regularly found.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 3
Real time strategies, formerly the most popular genre on a fracture of millennia, are now rare. The third episode has recently been released Starcraft 2 , And all, calm. It's time to fill in the gap with another famous strategic series.
From the point of view of the game mechanics Dawn of War 3 – something between the first parts. The construction of the bases will return, although in a simpler form. From the second game there will remain a mighty tactical element and “super -bears” who can alone replace an entire army.
Three fractions have been stated for so far: space marines represented by a detachment of “bloody ravens”, Eldars and Orcs. True, in the future they can become arbitrarily a lot – the series is generally characterized by numerous additions with new warring parties.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
A series about Zelda is one of the main engines of sales of consoles from Nintendo. Breath of the Wild will already be the nineteenth chapter in the adventures of an witty leink, and, apparently, it will become the main argument in favor of the purchase of Nintendo Switch. In any case, at first. Although the project will be released on WII U, which is slightly detracting its exclusive status.
The game itself will attract the audience with a huge open world and new mechanics tied to realistic physics. Link will be able to jump and climb, which expands the possibilities for researching the world.
Red Dead Redemption 2
The announcement of the second part of the best western in video games cost almost without details. Rockstar skillfully raised the audience with pictures on their twitter, and then showed a short video … and that’s all. Silence. But the main thing is that they immediately called the release date. Waiting for the continuation is to be until the fall of 2017.
And in the video itself, everything is as it should be: the horsemen jump, diligyans ride, a herd of bison runs racing with a steam locomotive. The graphics and in the first part was impressive, here everything became only more beautiful.
About which history is not yet known. It is clear that about a hard life in the conditions of the American Wild West at the end of the 19th century. But who will be the main character, what are his motives and who owns seven silhouettes on the cover of the game, we have to find out yet.
And the main feature of the second part should be multiplayer – apparently, success GTA Online convinced the developers that without network modes nowhere is nowhere. Judging by the fragmentary information, it will be built directly in the main game. Does this mean that the plot can be held in a cooperative? It would be nice, but Rockstar usually carefully keeps information about the game secret, and we can only guess.
Here is such an impressive list. Somewhere there could be Kingdom Come: Deliverance , And Torment: Tides of Numenera , But these games have already endured so many times that they can be read about them in similar material last year. Shenmue 3 declared for December, but, given the scale of work, we are dwelling in doubts. Perhaps it will also come out Star Citizen , but there the release date “has not yet been declared”, and believe the rumors about Left 4 Dead 3 or S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Nowadays, even indecent. But still … well, what if?