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The Most Promising 'Original IPs' of 2008

twilightprince | March 04, 2008 | News | PC Playstation 3 
2008 could very well be the "year of the sequel". If you take a look at the big games releasing this year, you'll notice that they're all sequels! Rarely you will find a few 'original IPs' on the release list, and who knows, maybe one day these games will have a sequel too.

Take a look at the eight most promising non-sequel games of 2008.
Dead Space (Oct 31, 360/PS3/PC)

Dead Space feels eerily similar to Aliens, but the introductory trailer and our first hands-on demonstrated a level of suspense, mood, and intensity we haven't seen in a while. The premise: the entire crew of a deep space mining ship has gone missing, and it's up to you, the sole survivor, to rid the vessel of alien baddies. It should be noted that EA's survival horror only marginally beat out Left 4 Dead (360/PC), the fast-paced Zombie Killer by Valve with a heavy focus on co-op play.

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    Donnelly | March 04, 2008
    De Blob is a sequel to a free game entitled The Blob available to legally download from http://binnenstad.hku.nl .
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      twilightprince | March 04, 2008
      I'm pretty sure the article is talking about "disc-based" (or cartridge-based) games only. Since De Blob is the first game to be released on a home console, it's technically not a sequel.
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        Donnelly | March 05, 2008
        So Super Mario Galaxy is not a proper sequel of any of the NES or SNES Marios?
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          MusiKon | March 05, 2008
          Maybe De Blob being the first installment on a console is more accurate.
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          twilightprince | March 05, 2008
          Now you're just being stubborn, ljp. You knew what I meant.

          Anyway, as for myself: I'm looking forward to LittleBigPlanet, Dead Space, and Spore. I might check out Wii Fit, haha. And yeah, Too Human deserves to make the list!
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    LordMaChao | March 05, 2008
    Never heard of De Blob. Looks really cool. LittleBigPlanet looks likes it's made of pure awesome and was the final push for me to buy a PS3, I'm really excited about that. Otherwise, Dead Space will probably get a rental from me and Spore is pretty cool but I doubt my shit computer will run it. Shame.

    No Too Human? I thought that was a pretty hyped up game. Ah well.
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    tallteen86 | March 05, 2008
    LordMaChao - While it has been 'hyped up', it doesn't look like it will be THAT good...

    That being said, I wasn't expectin to see Dead Space myself >_> I've only seen a bit of it, but it seems to me, that it is just "Zombies on a space-ship" than anything else >_>

    Prototype - Yes, interested in this myself
    Spire - Ditto, I hope for a PS3 version >_>
    LBP - Yeah, if it is free, I'll get i (I could have sworn the PSN version is supposed to be...but I could be wrong, in that case, I might not bother)....
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    Seeker X | March 05, 2008
    Whew, I can think of PLENTY other IP's that should get some people's attention:

    Dark Sector

    Left 4 Dead

    Borderlands

    Aliens: Colonial Marines

    Etc etc...I would've loved to put Red Faction: Guerrilla up there, not only because it sounds like it could be GotY material but also because it's TPS but it's technically a sequel to the first game.
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      jmac353 | March 05, 2008
      Dark Sector = Gears clone. So much for originality. The game looked cool early on, especially in it's sci-fi look. Then they decided to bank on the over the shoulder gears of war cover system fundamental. *bleep*ing pathetic.
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        Seeker X | March 06, 2008
        I do agree with that. Though the formula is like the "new trend" so to say, like the "Over the Shoulder" camera Resident Evil 4 is famous for. Either way most of the things in Dark Sector that I'm interested in is the Glaive and the finishers...which they HAVE to exploit to the *bleep*ing max in order for this to stand out.
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    iLLmatic | March 05, 2008
    I'm not really sold on Dead Space yet, but maybe I should read more about it. I'm not too interested in Prototype as it stands either. It actually looks like you could be too powerful in the game, but I'll wait til more info is revealed.
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    J Bro | March 05, 2008
    Where the hell is Too Human and Left 4 Dead? Those are pretty hyped up games coming out this year.
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    Ameer | March 05, 2008
    I really don't know how you could consider Prototype to be more interesting to you than LBP Teen. I agree with Ill in that Prototype seems to give you too much power without drawback. LBP's just so much more sandbox than Proto is.

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