Upcoming Games of Fall 2008

With E3 over, I thought it would be a good time to make a list of new, upcoming games coming out this Fall that I'm most interested in and why I want them. I like doing this once in awhile because it helps me realize that I do need some kind of money management system to be able to afford all this and have the time to play them all.

• Rock Band 2: September - Loads of new songs, band members can play together online. We'll probably still have Rock Band parties though.
• Fable II: October 21 - Everything that was supposed to make Fable I awesome is going to actually be in Fable II. The only role playing games I can handle are action titles. Fable is good for sword swinging, magic casting, quests and stat building.
• Gears of War 2: November 7 - More Gears of War story line, improved online gameplay. The reason I stopped playing the first Gears online is that the data/host setup was awful and laggy. I need precision in shooting games.
• Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People -- Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner: TBA 2008 - I love Homestar Runner. This should be a really fun point-and-click game for the Wii. And it will be my first episodic, downloadable game, with two other episodes to be release later.
  

But that look like it's about it. These are my must have games, at least. I'm sure I'll be playing other games as well as picking up used games at the stores. But that actually makes me feel a little better about having time to play my backlog of games. If there are too many Triple-A titles hitting shelves at once, I start to feel guilty about buying them or anxious about not having them. It looks like I've got some room to breathe.

And finish the basement before the baby comes.