Does shenmue 3 really count (as a 18 year wait) , though? Nobody expected there to be a new one until 2015, so you've actually been waiting 4 years.
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Longest that you've ever waited for a game to release?
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Waiting for Seiken Densetsu 3 to officially come over was about 24 years. Remember looking for roms of that back in High school and hoping it would come out officially. Now it has.
There with the OP on Shenmue 3, remember importing the second on DC, then buying it on Xbox and playing it again, now it is almost here.
Star fox 2 is almost one, however I just assumed they put most of it into Star Fox 64. Glad the released the game, though I would have enjoyed it much more 20 years ago.
There with the OP on Shenmue 3, remember importing the second on DC, then buying it on Xbox and playing it again, now it is almost here.
Star fox 2 is almost one, however I just assumed they put most of it into Star Fox 64. Glad the released the game, though I would have enjoyed it much more 20 years ago.
Its going to end up being Elder Scrolls 6, but as of right now, maybe RDR2?
What became BoTW was teased for a long time before it finally came out... Maybe that.
What became BoTW was teased for a long time before it finally came out... Maybe that.
For me it's easily Smash Bros. Brawl. From the reveal trailer at e3 in June of 2006 to the eventual release in March of 2008, nearly 2 years of hype and waiting. The only time I've ever really been bummed by game delays.
Elder Scrolls VI. It'll be 8years this November and my interest hasn't wavered in the slightest despite having only the one teaser for it. And to think it is still another 3 years out (at minimum). I had always assume it would be 2021 to coincide with Skyrim's 10th anniversary, but the odds of that are extremely low.
I think Cyberpunk 2077. I still remember watching that teaser trailer all the way back in 2013.
Yeah this was my thought. Shenmue 3 was not announced back in the Dreamcast days. Implied by the ending of 2, obviously, but the actual wait has been a fairly reasonable 4 years.
The real answer is probably The Last Guardian.
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Not officially announced but heavily hinted at by the devs.
All the normal ones have been talked about but boy, have I waited a LONG time for Heart Forth, Alicia. I kickstarted it and it's ETA for release was May of 2015. We're sitting at July of 2019 with no estimated release and the dev only providing 3 updates in the last 12 months in October, January, and May.
Half-Life 3... followed by an HD Animal Crossing game (I've been waiting since the Wii U days) as far as games that have actually released I'd have to give it to Breath of the Wild.
I was going to say The Last Guardian, but yeah. Probably this.
I remember FF Versus XIII getting announced over 13 years ago. I remember it getting rebranded and salvaged as FF XV, launching in 2016, getting patched endlessly from then on, broken up as an anime/film (and more), getting its second season pass cancelled etc.
I've only now started playing it. You could say, I've waited... and upon playing it, I think I should have waited some more.
I've only now started playing it. You could say, I've waited... and upon playing it, I think I should have waited some more.
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Correct answer and the worst part is it only released because gearbox had to shamble together a corpse of created assets and gameplay to make something that was at least playable i enjoyed it but it could have been so much more
Mad, hard to believe they made God of War 3 in just 3 years. It's such a huge technical leap forward for the series.
After Phantasy Star Portable 2 delisting multiple times, PSP2Infinity going unlocalised, Sony and fans relentlessly shoving the knife deeper every E3 about how it just might be the year, dead official twitter accounts, countless rumors and other unfounded hopes for the better part of ~7 YEARS...
It's Phantasy Star Online 2 for me. And I'm damn happy that it's finally coming out here in the west soon(ish).
It's Phantasy Star Online 2 for me. And I'm damn happy that it's finally coming out here in the west soon(ish).
As a kid I went from March 1992 (when I beat FFII) to October 1994 waiting for Final Fantasy III. I was obsessed with wanting the next game in the saga.
At that age (12 thru 14), two years and seven months felt like a goddamn eternity.
It was worth it, though, as the FFIII we ended up getting was the glorious FFVI!
At that age (12 thru 14), two years and seven months felt like a goddamn eternity.
It was worth it, though, as the FFIII we ended up getting was the glorious FFVI!
The Elder Scrolls VI. If it's out before 2023 I'll be amazed. If not: the wait for it will be even longer than the wait between Shadow of the Colossus --> The Last Guardian. There's a sobering thought...
I forget when I first played Shadow of the Colossus so it may be The Last Guardian or Borderlands 3. By the way, the wait for TLG was totally worth it.