Seven games you'll probably skip to play Modern Warfare 3, but shouldn't

GGTL: "Every year a cascade of triple-A titles beam themselves into the households of gamers everywhere. Surely it's a grand time to be anticipating the holiday schedule and perhaps the sequel to a game you enjoy dearly, but what about the games that don't receive such high-profile traffic? What about the games that rival the behemoths of the autumn, but don't get nearly a fraction of the attention? Of course, you don't know what I'm talking about, because you're probably too busy thinking about Modern Warfare 3."

[trainsinrdr]

As usual my bro buys cod and i just play the campaign xD

[Ranshak]

Lol not playing COD, its so boring and repetitive.

[evrfighter]

So 7 games you'll be skipping cod to play? Sounds good to me. And I play my cod campaign for free. Though not really saying much...there are fallout and oblivion quests that last longer.

[DaTruth]

I would have an easier time writing: 700 games I'd rather play over MW3...

Never owned a COD game myself; just never appealed to me.

[potedude]

Gotta buy Ace Combat, those games give you hours and hours of playing. I bought Warhammer 40,000 Firewarrior for the PS2 years ago and loved it, maybe I should check out the new one too...

[Brewski007]

As usual, the amount of people saying " I aint gonna play it" or something along the lines , Gives me De Ja Vu from last year before black ops came out.
I'll play any game that I want and will probably play MW3 too. Don't think it will take up all my time that i'll have to "Skip" playing other games though.

[gamingdroid]

From the percentage of people here dissin MW3, it doesn't really match up with the sales though, uh?

I'm gonna play the crap out of MW3, and take breaks from it to kick @rse in Gears 3. Then reality hits and I still have a backlog!

[joydestroy]

skipping all of those, including MW3, except MK which i've been playing the crap out of since day1

[led1090]

No ways am ditching Dark souls to play anything else, let alone MW3.

[firemassacre]

not only that, but dark souls is time consuming, even if someone wanted to do that you have skyrim bf3 uc3.

[beavis4play]

me either. i'm not getting MW3 to begin with - but even if i was thinking about it - it'd take a backseat to DS, resistance3, and skyrim this fall.

[firemassacre]

true, those games are 1st class not a tramp like mw3

[Excalibur]

I'll probably ditch the MW3 clone to play the other 10 games I want between now and the end of the year. ;)

[Fishy Fingers]

MW3 is a MW3 clone? Interesting.

[Excalibur]

actually after looking at the list I'll be skipping all seven AND more than likely MW3

My list

August 23, 2011 Deus Ex: Human Revolution

September 6, 2011 Dead Island

September 20, 2011 Gears Of War 3

October 4, 2011 Rage

October 18, 2011 Batman: Arkham City

October 25, 2011 Battlefield 3

November 1, 2011 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

November 11, 2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

November 15, 2011 Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

November 15, 2011 Assassin's Creed Revelations

December 1, 2010 Max Payne 3 (maybe)

[Urrakia34]

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[NanoSoldier]

Yep, I'll skip them all.

[Ares84]

No, I will not skip those games but I will skip MW3 that's for sure.

[infestedandy]

Damn man, Space Marine is looking rather fine! I'm more excited about the months of September and October than I am about November.

[MysticStrummer]

There are a lot of incoming games I want and none of them are called MW3.

[iNcRiMiNaTi]

Title should be EIGHT games I'll prolly skip to play Battlefield 3. Add MW3 to that skip list

[geth1gh]

AGREED!

[badz149]

Technically, u can't skip something that comes AFTER u.

[DNAbro]

I have to say that is a crappy list. Not remotely interested in any of those games.

EDIT: so yeah, i guess i will skip them to play something else.

[itsralf]

If you haven't played Shadows of the Damned yet, I highly recommend it. I just finished it yesterday, and wow. Unfortunately, there is no NG+ or Chapter Select. That'd be my only complaint. But both of those issues could be fixed with a patch in the future, I'd imagine. It's definitely worth a rental, at least.

[HeavenlySnipes]

You put games that are much worse than the obvious choices (apart from Dark Souls)

I think Skyrim comes out before it
Saints Row the Third
Arkham City
Uncharted 3
Resistance 3
Battlefield 3

Many will consider those over Mw3, and should.

[NanoSoldier]

Yep, that's a good list!

[infestedandy]

All those games you listed are definitely the popular choice this year, but you must have only scanned the choices in the article sir.

He cites some of those games but the article is focused on what he says right here:

"The following are my unprecedented predictions of the most underrated and underappreciated games of the year."

Nice job reading, lol.

[fullymoated]

The article was seven underrated and underappreciated games of 2011. MW3 in November has nothing to do with whether you play Mortal Kombat in April. Another horribly titled article just trying to get hits from MW3 haters.

[davidmccue]

3 is the magic number.

[Bladesfist]

Tell that to valve

[davidmccue]

Well there has been rockets appearing all over the maps in team fortress, at the end of Half Life 2 episode 2 they sent a rocket to space, is this just a coincident? or could they be gearing up to announce episode 3.

[badz149]

That the best come back comment ever! Lol +bubbles

[yog-sothot]

I won't skip any game to play that crap

I'd rather play fuck**g snake on my 98 mobile phone than another boring CoD game

[LiViNgLeGaCY]

More like, I'll be skipping MW3 to play Dark Souls. And yes, I'll probably be skipping the remaining six games on that list to play Dark Souls as well.

[geth1gh]

How about 7 games that are somehow worse than mw3 and yet I will still pay and play them before mw3?

[duplissi]

*worse*? lol...

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Well that was a rather good waste of an article. Half those games are already out, and I figured the author would have gone for the potential sleeper hits that come out later. Whatever. I'll be "skipping" MW3 regardless.

[kma2k]

I dont get all this love for shadows of the dammed, i keep seeig so many people praise it but serisouly i thought the game sucked pretty bad. Seems like every couple days there is an article saying give this game a try, so i did & i regret it!

[Firstkn1ghT]

Same deal here in N4G. Sony fanboys posting how bad COD is and how nobody is buying this crap...

...MW3 comes out....

...#1 selling franchise on the ps3 and outsells every shooter on the ps3 COMBINED!

[Bladesfist]

Pc gamers hate it more than ps3 gamers

[Sizzon]

So there's only Sony fanboys posting how bad COD is?

Lol gtfo with that bs.

[caseh]

Regardless of whether someone is a fanboy or not, the game is multiplatform. COD4 was pretty epic but after that MW2 was flawed and every other COD game has been rehashed horse sh*t.

You don't need to be a fanboy to spot a fucked franchise...you just need eyes.

[Simco876]

Skyrim
Ace Combat
Uncharted 3
Assassin's Creed
SotC

and MW3!!!!

Haters gonna hate

[Bladesfist]

Im not gonna hate, I just feel sorry for you

[antz1104]

Why? Thats actually a damn good list. Can't wait for SoTC HD!!!

[darfreeze]

I'll skip MW3 for UC3 for sure. I just wanna ask though, how was DW7 the best in the series? Is there a difference? lol

[RyuCloudStrife]

for sure!!

[Cablephish]

MW3 is popular because of groupthink of massive proportion.

In other words people are fooling themselves, MW3 doesn't deserve more attention than any other game.

[fullymoated]

LOL. Yes, 15 million people will pay 60 bucks because it's "the cool thing to do". It has nothing to do with the fact that the game is fun and addictive, and a great way to prove your reflexes against friends and gamers worldwide.

I hope MW3 is as fun as the first two and I will buy it. Along with BF3, Skyrim, Dark Souls, Gears horde, and (hopefully) Diablo 3.

There's no need to skip any games, and this article only cited MW3 for hits.

[spongeboob]

Nothing is going to keep me from dark Souls.

[outwar6010]

lol the average cod player plays it for the multiplayer so i wouldnt worry too much

[jaymart]

Topic should read......

Seven games you'll probably play to skip Modern Warfare 3, and should

[AhmadCentral]

Really recommend Dynasty Warriors 7. Really is the best game in the series like the article says.

[drzmvp554]

MW3? Nope! GoW3 BF3 Skyrim!

[spektical]

i havent gotten mortal kombat.. but i will when the price drops even more

and i dont think i'll pass on dark souls for mw3..

its gonna be an expensive stretch run sept - december

i plan on getting batman, uncharted 3, battlefield 3 and dark souls... and im still missing twisted metal, assasins creed, resistance 3 etc.

[Urrakia34]

Mortal Kombat is on sale for 37 bucks I think. I got it for $40 and it was worth EVERY penny. Great game!

[Ulf]

Man. Whatever happened to REAL flightsims.. The ones where every missile is fired (realistically) BVR, and a SINGLE hit from a 20mm cannon busts a jet's ability to stay in the air for good (i.e. realistically). The rods expelled from many AA missiles would tear apart BOTH aircraft at the distances in that trailer, unless the distant guy got real lucky.

The new Ace Combat looks good, but... man I miss the good stuff from yesteryear. It should always, always be about energy, and the pilot who knows the difference between boom-and-zoom, and turn-and-burn. The Top Gun crap in the new game may appeal to the modern "let my play in the movie" gamer, but not to me. Cool stuff just happens when you play a real flightsim, it shouldn't need to be presented to you on a platter.

[kraze07]

I doubt any of the Ace Combat games can actually be considered flight sims. Not in anyway saying they're bad, been a fan since the PS1 days.

[Raven_Nomad]

Kind of a bad list really. I played Mortal Kombat off that list but have zero interest in the rest. I usually get around to all the games I have, but right now I have a ton in the back catalog. Hell I cant even put down Black ops long enough to take the wrappers off Uncharted 1& 2 that I got on sale a couple of months ago....

[Urrakia34]

If you have Mortal Kombat you can add me and we can have a couple matches. You any good?

[Muffins1223]

umm even if mw3 dident come out i still wouldent get them...there all fag games...

[Noctis106]

I'll skip MW3 to play those 7 games!

[Kee]

I hate to point out the obvious, but I already have mortal kombat. I can't skip it.

And I'll be getting dark souls a whole month before MW3. Dark souls could be my game of the year.

[Ace_Man_6]

I'll be doing the opposite, playing them games and skipping MW3!

[Sailboy]

"People don't care about planes in games. Ever."

What the hell kind of comment is that? Speak for yourself! I will be playing Ace Combat Assault Horizon WAY MORE than I will be Playing MW3!

I also dont understand his comments about Mortal Kombat either!

[TheOtherTheoG]

Yeah, it does seem like they added MW3 to the title purely for the sake of getting hits, it has no relation to the actual topic.

Oh, and I'd put Deus Ex Human Revolution on that list. It doesn't seem to be getting nearly enough hype, compared to the reactions of the people who played the leaked beta.

[acemonkey]

okay list but idk if ill be playin mw3 anyways

[Newsman]

$60 bucks for an expansion pack. Forget MW3

[artdafoo]

Id rather play effin cardboard monopoly than MW2.5

[earbus]

Cod haters are a minority on both platforms judging by sales of previous games.

[bub16]

I would like to rename this.

Seven games ill probably be playing instead of mordern warfare 3

[StayStatic]

Ill pick up a copy of Duke Nukem Forever the release day of mw3.

[T3MPL3TON]

Bubble for you. If you seriously do this, I'll bubble you every time post.

[StayStatic]

If i remember ill link my steam profile :) , but ill probably be too busy playing BF3 ;)

[Morgue]

If you are part of the fan base the Modern Warfare has of course you're going to skip playing those games. Myself on the other hand will not be playing it because I'd rather play Uncharted 3 and have never really been a fan of the MW/COD series. I'll play them but their nothing special.

[T3MPL3TON]

I'll be too busy playing Dynasty Warriors 7, Dark Souls and Warhammer to give two craps about boring ass MW.

[CoD511]

Would help if I was interested in those games in the first place :P

[sprayNpray]

Only game Im going to be skipping this fall IS MW3.

[peeps]

For me MW3 isn't the problem, it's that I just worked out that from mid september to mid Novemeber there are at least 16 games that I 100% want to play

[unicron7]

I'll be too balls deep in Uncharted 3 and Battlefield 3 to even notice MW3 hitting. The franchise has lost it's luster. The only people online anymore are complete assholes and tweens. No thank you.

[BLiNDY]

definitely gonna be playing Dark Souls over MW3

[Tzuno]

3 games on the list are good to play plus cod.

[JTX]

I'll be skipping rehash3 for:

Rage
Arkham City
Uncharted 3
Battlefield 3
Resistance 3
Skyrim
Dark Souls
Gears Of War 3

Those games will easily keep me busy through 2012 into 2013.