I guarantee you that GTA: San Andreas won't bomb. Rockstar has a lot to live up to and they know it. They've made claims that this sequel will be revolutionary as opposed to evolutionary in the series.
Doom 3 won't bomb. Again, Id has a lot to live up to after Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Wasn't a horrible game, but it wasn't a revolutionary one and certainly not as popular as Quake 3. Doom 3 was written as horror FPS and they said it was guaranteed to scare the shit out of you. Quite a claim, but I think Id can pull it off. They're a very reputable company for a reason.
HL2 and Halo 2... well, those just happen to be, IMO, run-of-the-mill FPS games that sold well. Neither were very revolutionary. Will the sequels do good? Yes, and many people will like them... but does the hype their getting match what will be the end result? I doubt it. More people play Counterstrike, the HL addon, as opposed to HalfLife itself. So unless the multiplayer screams, it'll just be a rehash.
People claim that Doom 3 and HL2 will suck up a lot of computer resources, but I don't think they will. They have to realize that most people will NOT go out and revamp their systems just to play a game... and not everyone has the latest graphics cards, so it HAS to run decently on cards from the past 2 years. It'd be suicide to make a game that does otherwise.
WoW will do great. Again, Blizzard is a very reputable company and when it comes down to gameplay and game mechanics, they're the masters. If other less quality MMORPGs are still up and running (Anarchy Online, for example), then WoW will do great. It all depends on it's gameplay. If it's exactly like Everquest or FF11, then there's not much of a reason for people to play it. If it has it's own unique style of play AND it's fun, then you can bet $$ that it'll do well.
I also think MGS3 is overhyped. I was quite pissed w/ MGS2 considering I paid $50 for it and it was only a 7 hour game. Screw that. Unless this sequel gives me over 20 hours of gameplay, they can shove it. I don't give a shiz how great the graphics look, if the gameplay is lacking, then you're just wasting time.
Metroid Prime 2 will be good, but the coverage is definitely overhyped (concerning multiplayer). Multiplayer Metroid would have to be the most awkward thing ever... and that 4 player split screen crap is goddamn irritating. Metroid isn't a party game. Judging this is a bit premature as they haven't released details on how it will play or how it will differ from the original.
Other than that, most of the games that are being hyped haven't had any real information leaked.
You can dig this thread up later as these games are released if I'm wrong so you can say "I told you so".
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