2018 is only weeks away as I write this and couldn't wait for some games that will be launched next year. While there are too many of them I can't wait to see but I picked the ones that I found the most interesting of them all, which most of them are strategy.
1. Iron Harvest: No release date and other information but based what I saw from its gameplay trailer, it looks fun. It could play similarly to Company of Heroes, one of my favorite RTS game and it features full environmental destruction like real wars should look like. I shouldn't be surprised if this game got delayed until 2019 but at least I can see more gameplay demos next year.
2. Battletech. Scheduled to be released in this year but it got delayed to early 2018 without any details. Already have successful crowdfunding campaign and I don't think it delayed again unless something unexpected happen to them. I hope this game could be launched somewhere in February, March or April of next year.
3. Dual Gear. This one is speculation at best but this game already developed for several years and I hope we can see its actual release date next year. Gameplay wise is it similar to Valkyria Chronicles than Battletech or XCOM but it still a turn-based strategy game with full customization of the mechs and hopefully pilots as well. Unlike Battletech which only have PC release so far, Dual Gear will be launched on consoles as well as PC.
4. Phantom Brigade. By far the most interesting game that could be launched in 2018 if I were lucky enough. Unlike both Battletech and Dual Gear, this game plays more like Front Mission than anything else, which a long time FM fan like myself have waited for many years. It also have XCOM-style base management and Total War-style strategic map which you can deploy your squads. I also suspect this game could be delayed to 2019 due to its ambitions and scale of the game itself but I still can wait for it.
5. Anthem. Likely to be delayed to 2019 instead but I can't wait to play a Bioware game that made byt its main studio, unlike Mass Effect Andromeda which developed by smaller offshoot studio. Most likely to be a multiplayer-based game like Ubisoft's The Division but it still offer full single player experince, I think.
Other games that I interested as well:
1. Monster Hunter World.
2. Far Cry 5.
3. Red Dead Redemption 2.
4. Code Vein.
5. Trails of Cold Steel 3.
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