I foresee another Oblivion.

Aye. I also foresee another critically-acclaimed game that breaks sales records for western RPGs and becomes my favorite game... or did you mean to imply something else that I'm expected to instantly understand, for whatever reason? Hm? :whistling:

Me too, let's just say I'm not holding my breath.

I just realised they missed something really important: the release of the CryEngine 3 SDK in August. They mention the UDK but this could be the one to replace it or at least compete with it. Giving indie devs such a powerful engine has great potential and I'm really looking forward to see what developers come up with. That's what I think will make 2011 such a great year for PC gaming.

Pessimists need to have some faith.

What's the old saying, Once burned twice shy? I can understand being let down, but once you lose faith, then you lose hope...and that's not good.

Myself, I am looking forward to 2011 and beyond. next gen consoles will be on their way withing the next few years, which likely will mean an advance in gaming technology. Developers will be able to add more freely features that pc gamers have been asking for, for a while now.

So did I. Then I played Fallout 3. Now I'm carefully optimistic.

Based on the wording, I think you actually did instantly understand what I'm talking about.

I have hope, but not faith. :shrug:

Morrowind
GTA: Vice City
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (my favourite game of all time)
Medieval: Total War
Timesplitters 2
Warcraft III

And others...

Aside from this year's releases, I think that PC gaming overall is starting to rise somewhat - developers may or may not be giving the PC market as much attention as we would want, but right now the gap between computer hardware and last-gen console technology is massive. I had twice the Xbox 360's RAM in 2003 or so, and something tells me unless they (software programmers and console designers themselves) come up with some really efficient methods, the next console generation's hardware probably won't hold a candle to rapidly developing DirectX 11 technology.

It's a market thing, really. For example, now that laptops are becoming slightly more respectable as a gaming platform and cheaper to manufacture/purchase (though still quite a ways behind the desktop in this sense), I can imagine PC gaming starting to come out as a bit more friendly, with something for everybody - even those who don't wish to commit to maintaining a high-end desktop at all times. Certainly, indie games help this as well. Super Meat Boy, though originally released for the XBLA, went on to http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/03/01/super-meat-boy-pc-sold-more-in-two-weeks-than-xboxs-total-sales/

So yeah, I think PC gaming is always doing pretty well and it'll only continue to unless the consoles can really come up with some good competition in their next generation release. Even then, that just means that cross-platform developers will be able to do even more fancy bells-and-whistles for us PC folk!


Played all of them, most of them regularly to this day. It was definitely a great year for PC gaming, though I was a bit too young at the time to realize it.

THIS!


Same I'm keeping my expectations low for skyrim.

I personally see a big rise of mods and other 3rd party games, and I love it. The more the CoDs of the world turn people off, the more niche games we'll see. And that will be better for everyone... except the CoDs of the world.

Nice article, but I would replace The Old Republic (which doesn't look that promising in my opinion) with Guild Wars 2.

What these two fine gentlemen said.



Part of the appeal IMO.

Was it just me or did the article just seem like a Pro-PC gamer article with a list of a bunch of games. I don't see how 2011 is any different than the previous years for PC games, there's always new hardware and new games every year.

me too. though, its not totally a bad thing.