I’m impressed by both the birds’ vocalizations, and the fact that the voice recog software inside Tom Clancy’s EndWar game can understand them.

Fall 2008 has seen some great game releases and there’s just so many of them I want to play.

My hit list in no particular order:

Dead Space: Was on my hit list, now I’m playing it!  (Thanks kivrin!) Creepy sci-fi survival horror which is a nice change-over from the flood of zombie survival horror games.

Tom Clancy’s EndWar: When I heard about it, I thought it was just another RTS that I was going to pass up, even though I’ve liked the Tom Clancy line of games. I.e Rainbow Six et al.  But apparently this game has a lot going for it including a decent voice command feature with accurate voice recognition.

Fallout 3: Large post-apocalyptic world, plenty of characters to interact with, visceral combat and a natural choice for those feeling nostalgic about the Fallout series.  I’m more interested in getting the PC version for this as I’m hoping that it’ll have mods, much like Oblivion did.

Gears of War 2: I loved Gears of War and I’d like to see where the story is heading. They actually hired a professional writer for this one too!I loved Gears of War but didn’t play it much online. However, I’m thinking that this might be the time to jump into GoW multiplayer with the new online game types and maps.

Left 4 Dead: My comments about Dead Space being a nice change from the usual zombie-based survival horror might leave the impression that I’m bored with that genre.  Far from it!

I saw the cinematic trailer for this game online and I was blown way!A fast-paced ‘multiplayer + zombie survival horror’ mix and the fact that it’s by Valve is surely a winning combination. If this was an Xbox 360 exclusive, chances are that I would have passed on it because Xbox Live has too many jerks that ruin the online gaming experience. Thank God this’ll be on the PC.

Everything in Moderation

While I’d love to jump in wholeheartedly into these games, that really is just way too much gaming goodness.  There are far more important things I should be taking care of and working towards and time is of the essence.

So I’ll probably hold off on Fallout 3 since that requires more substantial time investment.  I still might be able to do Gears of War 2’s multiplayer and Left 4 Dead on occasion since it’s possible to play quick pick-upgames instead of being tied up for hours on end.

It’s certainly a great time to be a gamer!