The Hit List

Ok, aside from the stupid sub-title I gave this topic, I've gotten alittle sick and tired of no place with a central list for an outlook of 2003! I'm ranting, and I'm lovin' every minute of it.

Seriously though, I want a composited list of games for each system including PC that is showing potential and that you fine fellas of this board think has potential. I will try to update the list frequently. This way we have a tab!

I don't care which system it's for, but it should be labelled. So, one section for Cube, one section for The Box, one section for the Station 2 and so forth:

Gamecube: (now I'm just getting fancy)

1. Soul Caliber 2 (Link. Yes.)
2. PN 0.3.
3. Viewtiful Joe
4. The new Megaman title
5. Resident Evil 4
6. Dead Phoenix
7. Killer 7
8. Giftpia
9. Mario Kart Cubed
10. F-Zero
11. Wario World
12. Zelda: Wind Waker
13. 1080: Avalanche
14. Star Fox Armada
15. Final Fantasy: Chrystal Chronicles
16. Mario Golf

EDIT: Gamecube list updated Jan 19th.

Xbox: (ooh, bold!)

1. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
2. Panzer Dragoon Orta (released!)
3. Halo 2
4. Fable
5. PSO
6. True Fantasy Live Online
7. Return to Castle Wolfenstein (this will rock on Live)
8. Dino Crisis 3
9. Capcom vs. SNK EO
10. Ninja Gaiden
11. Sudeki
12. Murakumo
13. Project Gotham Racing 2
14. Brute Force
15. Sea Dogs 2
16. Pyschonauts

EDIT: XBox list updated January 19th

C'mon guys, I know there's more I'm forgetting about completely!

Playstation 2: (no more bold, I'm lazy)

I honestly don't have a clue but they always seem to pull alot of great sleepers out of their asses! Oh wait:

1. War of the Monsters (is this 2003?)
2. Devil May Cry 2
3. Resident Evil Online
4. .hack//infection (vol 1)
5. .hack//vol 2-4
6. Arc the Lad: Spirit of the Dead Dust
7. Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter
8. Alex Kidd in Miracle World (3DA)
9. Fantasy Zone (3DA)
10. Phantasy Star 1, 2, & 4 (3DA)
11. Virtua Racing (3DA)
12. Star Ocean 3: Till the End of Time
13. Winning Eleven 6
14. Club Football
15. Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
16. Auto Modellista
17. Micro Machines
18. Gradius V
19. Xenosaga
20. Dark Cloud 2
21. Varanoir
22. Venus and Braves

EDIT: So I guess all the lists are updated today!

PC: (PC is a short system title, so the boldage doesn't take up as much space! Although this little blurb does waste alot of time...)

1. Sim City 4
2. Unreal 2
3. Duke Nukem 4ever
4. Command and Conquer: Generals

EDIT: PC list updated Jan 19th

This list may be useless, but everybody always likes to gaze at things to look forward to, so lets give them something to gaze at? At the very least it's something to do and my list is horrendous. The Gamecube list has started out very high only due to Nintendo releasing an unfinished listing.

Special Thanks:

Thanks Tragic
Thanks Yoshi
Thanks sssg
Thanks Rumpy
Thanks Gongos
Thanks Melf
Thanks Vulgar

GUILTY GEAR X2!!! GUILTY GEAR X2!!

edit : sorry. It is for Playstation 2. It is already out in Japan, but comes out February 4th for North America

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Originally posted by Valgar
GUILTY GEAR X2!!! GUILTY GEAR X2!!

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Please specify system, I'm not familiar with import games as much. I'm assuming it's PS2 or Dreamcast but since I unfairly excluded the DC due to the discontinuation I'll stick with PS2.

Xbox:

- PSO
- True Fantasy Live Online
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein (this will rock on Live)
- Dino Crisis 3
- Capcom vs. SNK EO
- Ninja Gaiden
- Sudeki
- Murakumo
- Project Gotham Racing 2

Cube: Mario Golf (this year?)
PC: Unreal 2 (comes out really soon). C&C Generals. And for shits and giggles: Duke Nukem 4ever!

One Xbox title that certainly has my intrest peaked would be Pyschonauts (I beleive that's the title). It's from the same guy who was behind Grim Fandango and has a really cool premise. The hero goes into the minds of his enemies so each level takes place inside of some crazy villans brain.

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Originally posted by Melf
Xbox:
- PSO

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Nah, get the GC version. The Xbox rev will have way too much cheating due to the ability to hack into the Xbox's hard drive...

Here are the games I am personally looking forward to on a system-by-system basis:

Playstation 2:
• .hack//infection (vol 1)
• .hack//vol 2-4
• Arc the Lad: Spirit of the Dead Dust
• Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter
• Alex Kidd in Miracle World (3DA)
• Fantasy Zone (3DA)
• Phantasy Star 1, 2, & 4 (3DA)
• Virtua Racing (3DA)
• Star Ocean 3: Till the End of Time
• Winning Eleven 6
• Club Football
• Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
• Auto Modellista
• EverBlue 2
• Y's I & II Eternal Story
• Virtual On: Marz
• Micro Machines
• Gradius V
• Xenosaga
• Dark Cloud 2
• Varanoir
• Venus and Braves
• Sonic Team's PS2 Project
• Smilebit's PS2 Project

Gameboy Advance:
• Sonic Advance 2
• Golden Sun II: The Lost Age
• Jet Grind Radio
• Klonoa: G2
• The Lost Vikings
• Shining Soul [European Version]
• Metal Slug: Survival Mission
• Phantasy Star V
• SEGA Rally
• Space Channel 5
• Sonic Pinball Party
• Kururin Paradise
• Megaman Battle Network 3
• Elevator Action Old & New
• Rayman 3

Xbox:
• Panzer Dragoon Orta
• Outrun 2 (?)
• Project Gotham 2
• Psychonauts
• Tenerezza
• Midtown Madness 3
• Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc

Gamecube:
• Megaman Battle Network Transmission
• F-Zero GC
• Mr Driller: Drill Land (Japan only?)
• Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
• Virtua Fighter Quest
• Giftpia

System Unknown:
• Shining Force New

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Originally posted by Lhadatt
Nah, get the GC version. The Xbox rev will have way too much cheating due to the ability to hack into the Xbox's hard drive...

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GC version= $50 for the game, $45 for a BBA adapter, $25 for 50 feet of cat. 5 cable.

PSO GC= too expensive for me. :(

How do you know there will be so much cheating?

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Originally posted by Gongos
i just want to knwo what the new class is, the game is out in japan, how come i cant find anything on the new guy? I will likely be staying with the gc version unless the new guy is seriously impressive, otherwise i have put too much time already into my fomar to start over again.

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According to STRANGERS POSTING TO INTERWEB MESSAGE BOARDS there is no new class. PSO is a pretty big game - why is it such a bitch to get any concrete information on it? Oh yeah. Sega. Duh.

I'd like to know if it supports system link.

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Originally posted by Melf
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein (this will rock on Live)

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Suit yourself. Singleplayer = Great

But I fucking LOATHED the multiplayer aspect. Sure, team games are fine and dandy, but at least have some type of SINGLE DEATHMATCH.

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Originally posted by Melf
GC version= $50 for the game, $45 for a BBA adapter, $25 for 50 feet of cat. 5 cable.

PSO GC= too expensive for me. :(

How do you know there will be so much cheating?

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The prospect of a PC-based cheat program designed to take advantage of PSO's client-side characters should make anyone looking into PSO on Xbox think twice. Cheaters will probably be able to use currently known exploits to read and modify the Xbox's hard drive on a PC, which will make altering a character incredibly easy. Characters need to be server-side for a game like this.

DREAMCAST
King of Fighters 2002

GAME BOY ADVANCE
Bubble Bobble Old and New
Metal Slug: Survival Mission
Sega Rally Championship

GAMECUBE
Metroid Prime
Rockman EXE Transmission
Virtua Fighter Quest

PLAYSTATION 2
Gradius V
Guilty Gear X 2
Metal Slug 3

XBOX
Spikeout Extreme
Toe Jam & Earl III
Thousand Land

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Originally posted by Lhadatt
The prospect of a PC-based cheat program designed to take advantage of PSO's client-side characters should make anyone looking into PSO on Xbox think twice. Cheaters will probably be able to use currently known exploits to read and modify the Xbox's hard drive on a PC, which will make altering a character incredibly easy. Characters need to be server-side for a game like this.

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The game has needed to be server-side since the beginning!

Pardon my ignorance but are GC guys saved on a memory card? If so, geesh... Blizzard only made that mistake once.

Sega's either been incredibly naive or incredibly stupid, take your pick.

If PSO on Xbox has characters stored on the HD, then dont even bother.

There is no doubt that I am going to forget about half the games that should be on this list for 2003, but...

Game Boy Advance
Castlevania: AoS
Final Fantasy Tactics
Jet Set Radio
Metal Slug: SM
Onimusha Tactics
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

GameCube
Dead Phoenix
F-Zero GC
Legend of Zelda: WW <- My least wanted on this entire page
Mario Kart
PN 0.3.
Star Fox

PlayStation 2
Auto Modellista
Devil May Cry 2
The Getaway
Golden Axe
Gradius V
Metal Slug 3
Phantasy Star
Red Dead Revolver
Resident Evil Online
Silent Hill 3
Space Harrier
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Tenchu: WoH

Xbox
Dino Crisis 3
Ninja Gaiden

PC
Deus Ex 2
Doom III
Indiana Jones & TET
Star Wars Galaxies
Star Wars: KotOR
Tomb Raider: AoD
Tron 2.0

List updated. I've strategically left out some games due to them not having solid names or futures.

I've also added a special thanks to the post giving some credit back to the people who helped create this massive database!

List posting is fun!

PS2

DODONPACHI DAI-OU-JOU
GRADIUS V
INITIAL D SPECIAL STAGE
PHANTASY STAR REMIX
SAKURA TAISEN 5
SILENT HILL 3
VIRTUA FIGHTER 4 EVOLUTION
VIRTUAL ON MARZ
XII-STAG
ZONE OF THE ENDERS 2

XBOX

FATAL FRAME
HOUSE OF THE DEAD 3 (THE)
NINJA GAIDEN
OUTRUN 2
PHANTASY STAR ONLINE EPISODE I&II
RAIDEN FIGHTERS
RAIDEN FIGHTERS 2
RAIDEN FIGHTERS JET
SPIKEOUT EXTREME
SOUL CALIBUR 2
VIRTUA COP 3

GCN

BIOHAZARD 4
F-ZERO
FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES
METROID PRIME
NINTENDO PUZZLE COLLECTION
SONIC ADVENTURE DX
STARFOX ARMADA
VIEWTIFUL JOE
VIRTUA FIGHTER QUEST

There's a crapload of games coming I want. A crapload of what should be kick-ass games I really, really want.

And I honestly don't feel like writing out lists for such huge amounts of games, especially since I'll leave some out anyway and the list will be null and void soon enough anyway. If you really care, just check the Staff Top Ten Most Wanted.

Are you looking forward to the new Trigun game>?

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Originally posted by xS
Are you looking forward to the new Trigun game>?

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I would say yes but I can't remember if I've seen videos of the gameplay or not. I know I saw videos, I just can't remember what of.

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Originally posted by diffusionx
The game has needed to be server-side since the beginning!
Pardon my ignorance but are GC guys saved on a memory card? If so, geesh... Blizzard only made that mistake once.
Sega's either been incredibly naive or incredibly stupid, take your pick.
If PSO on Xbox has characters stored on the HD, then dont even bother.

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Yes, I do believe GC characters are stored on the memory card, as are the DC's. However, DC and GC memory cards are a bit harder to hack than the Xbox's hard drive.

I honestly don't know why Sonic Team is sticking with client-side characters. Making them server-side doesn't introduce that much more expense -- they're already charging for the game, so that should probably cover any additional maintenance they would need to perform.

Ok, My list:

PS2:

DMC2
Primal
Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness
The Lost
Tenchu 3
Red Dead Revolver
Resident Evil Online
Guilty Gear XX
Silent Hill 3
FFX-2
Metal Slug 3
Capcom's Dark Action RPG(forgot the name :()
Drag On Dragon
Many more :p

Will post my Cube and Xbox list later.

I hope cheating won't be so rampant. Isn't Live being on one network supposed to prevent stuff like that?

Being Sonic Teams fourth version of the game, you'd think they'd have fixed crap like that already.

Cheaters usually have level 100 characters, get bored with the title and move on anyway (since they've essentially beaten it) so there's no point.

My friend used to make a character named Gai-Boi with his DC Gameshark and run around and stuff. He never seemed to kill anybody, but I do remember some chump stealing my special rifle (one of the alien hands, can't remember the name) due to some hack in safeguard against TKing.

PSO isn't my bag anyway. The battle system, although leaps and bounds above any MMORPG, still lacks a large amount of skill or enthrallment to be of any interest to me.