The 3 games, which are bound to be up there for game's of the year are Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3 and the return of Playstation 3's flagship game, Resistance 3. These three games have all released their reveal trailers and various gameplays and so forth, but nowadays the gaming community has learnt from past projects that trailers only count for about 10% of the real thing, as was shown with the hugely successful trailers for Call Of Duty: Black Ops, only for it to turn out to be dull and boring, much like Call Of Duty 3. So this entry will be about my personal opinions on each of the franchises, and the prospects of them this year.
First off I will look at Modern Warfare 3, as Call Of Duty seems to be pretty much on every living persons shelves who has an Xbox 360 or Ps3. It is undoubtedly true, that Black Ops did not live up to its predecessor in the form of Modern Warfare 2, but then again was it really going to ever accomplish that? Modern Warfare 2 encapsulated the finest things about First Person Shooters(FPS), the intensity, the gameplay, oh and the complete idiots that played it. So when i look at Modern Warfare 3, I begin to think whether the game will be completely down to community pressure or the developers will switch it up. The reveal trailer did look very appealing to the eye, however it showed no actual gameplay, such as Battlefield 3 has. Which creates the question whether MW3 is just all show and no action.
Of course a lot of the success from MW2 will make MW3 sell instantly as fans have been calling it from the moment Black Ops released, but there comes a time when the COD franchise can no longer fall back on exactly that. Since the first Modern Warfare, the gameplay has been quite repetitive and the community is now looking for something different. If i was to guess what MW3 would achieve by the end of 2011, i would say HUGE sales, similar gameplay and basically a reboot of MW2. I would give it a 7/10 based on prospects alone. But you never quite know with these guys.
I intentionally didn't write that much about MW3 because i think COD has been talked about so much its just tiring these days. Anyway, onto my next game which is Battlefield 3. This game has changed its tactics quite dramatically, in that the release date for previous Battlefield games had been in March-May but has now moved to the autumn, to be in direct competition with COD. Battlefield 3 has already captivated millions around the world with its 12 minute long trailer 'Fault Line' and its marketing campaign is far ahead of that of MW3. Being a fan of Battlefield Bad Company 2, what captivated me about BF3 is how dynamic the game looks, even though it keeps the destructible environments and some key components, it has adapted by the looks of things to what the FPS community wants. BFBC2's multiplayer game mode was so vast and expansive anybody wanting to make the transition from intense shooters like COD would take a millenium to adapt. BF3 however has recognised this and the trailer looks completely dedicated to action, but also has added spontaneity, which is huge in making a successful FPS.
Battlefield 3 and the new Frostbite 2 interface is bound to be a huge hit with fans, finally allowing them the realism they have wanted for so long, as shown with the camera disorientating and and actual feel of the weapons. Furthermore as the trailer shows, the thing it has over COD is the use of vehicles which are essential in multiplayer and single player game modes on this game. My bet's for this game is that it will truly open up a new direction for first person shooters and i hope that it sweeps the board for all awards, especially game of the year. I see this game coming around a 9/10 unless something miraculous happens.
Last but most definitely not least, Resistance 3. Now this game is of course a bit more difficult to place alongside BF3 and MW3 as it is a sci fi shooter, but the fact of the matter is, it may well overwhelm both these games and should be definitely considered a dark horse. Not that much is known about what to expect in what could be the final entry of PS3's flagship series. The story and complete ambiguity is what sets this game apart from its 360 counterpart Halo. The story in which see's the ultimate alien race, the Chimera look to decimate human life has taken plenty of twists, the biggest ending with the main characters demise in the last game. This is what makes Resistance 3 a worthy contender because as the reveal trailer showed, there is far more then what meets the eye to this game. Of course the post apocalyptic scene appeals to most but at the same time, there is an eerie realism to the franchise. To see what Joseph Capelli and the remaining survivors of mankind can do is going to be something worth waiting 3 years for.
The conspicuous thing about Insomniac games' approach to their trailer, was to add a real life aspect to it, thus leaving the fans of this game even more clueless about what to expect, but at the same time just salivating for more. If one criticism of Resistance 2 could be made, it was the extremely short single player campaign, which was only a measly 13 hours. However Resistance 3 has been in production for 3 years so we are expecting one Goliath attempt from Insomniac. On a personal level, this is the game I would love to be the most successful, it is not as commercially successful as its counterpart Halo, but that has also worked to its advantage. Its prospects could range anywhere between a 7/10 to a full 10/10. Time will tell.
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