No Man’s Sky
This seems to be the one on the list that most people are really excited about in general, but are also aware that it has the most room for misstep. No Man’s Sky is essentially telling us that we can be a fucking space pirate and go wherever we want and do whatever we want. Though the devs have not told us much more than that, what they have shown us so far has been breathtaking.
There is also the fact that this world is forever self generating, which means, in theory, that we may have the first real game that NEVER ends. I know of Minecraft and other games of the ilk that can technically “go on forever,” but this game is claiming something different. Something more. The problem is, no one FULLY understands what they are claiming they can do, and it seems that there is little chance that they can actually meet the ambition they claim. It feels like this may be the next Fable: a good game, but not the game that was promised to us.
We also know that the reality is, if this game IS as ambitious as it claims, we may not see it until 2050, and if we do see it before, it just might not be the game we are all expecting.
For now, though, No Man’s Sky has me drooling.