Let's talk about E3.
E3 began today, and Microsoft didn't have a whole heck of a lot to talk about other then Kinect. As a 360 owner, I can firmly say: bleh. That's not to say that there wasn't anything I was interested in however. Here are some things I found to be worth paying attention to.
HALO 4: I am cautiously optimistic. I'm not generally a huge FPS fan, but I really love the Halo universe, and I do want a continuation of Halo 3's mysterious after-the-credits ending. It's just hard to know how psyched I should be at another Halo game when Bungie isn't at the helm.
HALO 1 HD: Meh. I have played the first Halo so many times that it's hard to get really jazzed up over it, but on the other hand, I'm sure it won't be full price, and all its multiplayer maps will be compatible with Reach.
NEW FABLE: No real details except that it will have Kinect funtionality. But Fable is usually fun, so, yay?
MINECRAFT!?: Pretty surprising announcement. Minecraft is going to be released on the 360. Hard to imagine that it will get all the free updates the PC version gets, though. Sucks to be the dude(s) developing Fortresscraft, a absolutely blatant Minecraft rip-off, for XBox Live Indie Games.
RYSE: Don't know much about it so far other then it's a 1st person action game that uses Kinect. Made by the people that made Crysis, who firmly believe that taking words with the letter i in them and changing it to a y is a wonderful naming scheme.
DANCE CENTRAL 2: I don't have a Kinect, but I've played Dance Central at a friend's house and it's fun... and it's just gonna be more fun with multiplayer. Plus I'm just happy to see Harmonix still in good shape after Rock Band 3's disappointing sales.
I do not own a PS3 so I can't say I'm very interested to see what Sony's got to reveal, but I am very much looking forward to finding out what Nintendo's going to say about their new console. On the non-exclusive front, I'm totally looking forward to hearing whatever new Assassin's Creed-y information there is, and hoping that Telltale will shed some light on The Walking Dead or Kings Quest. I'm also hoping that Square Enix will announce plans to make Final Fantasy worth playing again.
What are you guys interested in?
Edit: Rockstar just announced free DLC for Red Dead Redemption. Woo!
HALO 4: I am cautiously optimistic. I'm not generally a huge FPS fan, but I really love the Halo universe, and I do want a continuation of Halo 3's mysterious after-the-credits ending. It's just hard to know how psyched I should be at another Halo game when Bungie isn't at the helm.
HALO 1 HD: Meh. I have played the first Halo so many times that it's hard to get really jazzed up over it, but on the other hand, I'm sure it won't be full price, and all its multiplayer maps will be compatible with Reach.
NEW FABLE: No real details except that it will have Kinect funtionality. But Fable is usually fun, so, yay?
MINECRAFT!?: Pretty surprising announcement. Minecraft is going to be released on the 360. Hard to imagine that it will get all the free updates the PC version gets, though. Sucks to be the dude(s) developing Fortresscraft, a absolutely blatant Minecraft rip-off, for XBox Live Indie Games.
RYSE: Don't know much about it so far other then it's a 1st person action game that uses Kinect. Made by the people that made Crysis, who firmly believe that taking words with the letter i in them and changing it to a y is a wonderful naming scheme.
DANCE CENTRAL 2: I don't have a Kinect, but I've played Dance Central at a friend's house and it's fun... and it's just gonna be more fun with multiplayer. Plus I'm just happy to see Harmonix still in good shape after Rock Band 3's disappointing sales.
I do not own a PS3 so I can't say I'm very interested to see what Sony's got to reveal, but I am very much looking forward to finding out what Nintendo's going to say about their new console. On the non-exclusive front, I'm totally looking forward to hearing whatever new Assassin's Creed-y information there is, and hoping that Telltale will shed some light on The Walking Dead or Kings Quest. I'm also hoping that Square Enix will announce plans to make Final Fantasy worth playing again.
What are you guys interested in?
Edit: Rockstar just announced free DLC for Red Dead Redemption. Woo!
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Halo-blah blah blah it sells
Minecraft-The last thing I expected. And with Kinect
Gears of War 3-blah blah blah
Youtube-WIN
Streaming live TV-Couldnt I just watch TV?
The Arkham City discussion was great though...included Catwoman gameplay and the initial premise. I didn't care about XBOX even though I watched the whole thing.
EDIT: I think I've just been kicked out of chat for saying this o.O Awkward.
Thats what makes the big bucks these days.... why take chances when you can guarantee an easy mil? *sighs* Big companies tend not to experiment without a proven market.
If only I had the patience to learn programming. I'm good on script, design and music, I just need someone to put these in a game
Or just find some one who does programming.
Can't find someone serious enough
Although Microsoft's conference was a disappointment, however, there are more announcements I'm looking forward too. I normally don't watch the Sony conference, but I want to see more of NGP/Vita so I intend to watch that tonight as well. More NGP games/announcements would be nice to see. In addition, I also want to see more details on Telltale's upcoming seasons.
Actually, the whole "Kinect control" thing seems like a scam to me. Computers and consoles have been able to understand speech for more than a decade now. It would cost EA a mild yawn to implement the very same thing into the PC version without using "Kinect". But they won't, guess why? :rolleyes:
Modern Warfare 3 - No. No. No.
Mass Effect 3 - LOVE. The voice command looks fantastic.
Dance Central 2 - Whatever. Playing the first one gave me headaches because apparently my brain doesn't like to bounce around like that.
Kinect Fun Labs - Very cool.
Lack of Alan Wake Sequel - Wait, what?
I have no interest in the Sony NGP at this point, but I CANNOT wait for Nintendo's conference tomorrow.
Looking forward to see what Sony's presser contains. The NGP, probably soon to be known as the "PS Vita", definitely has my interest after the unmitigated disaster that was the 3DS launch. I'm also looking forward to Nintendo's presser, because WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT THING THEY ARE RELEASING, OH MY GOD SOME OF THESE RUMORS HAVE TO BE FALSE BECAUSE OTHERWISE THIS IS SOME SUPER INSANE MUTANT MACHINE.
Now let's hope Minecraft actually gets released world-wide, unlike the Indie games we in the Netherlands never got.
I know most of you here won't care, but for me, this single image was huge
Oh yeah, and watching the Ubisoft conference right now, Rayman looked beautiful.
Also, whoever is censoring Ubisoft is fucking bleep bleep bleep.
Terrible.
G4 tv.
Was uncharted uncensored, becuase it seemed like it censored at the most stupid of times if it isn't
Yeah.
Fill the shapes looks really odd.
Uncharted? Sony's conference doesn't start until 5 PST.
I don't trust Sony with the NGP. Since the 3DS has come out, I have already purchased the same number of games for it that I have for my PSP in the four years that I've had it... 5. I'll be watching just for Uncharted.
Honestly, Nintendo is the only company who makes me care about everything they do (minus the Wii Whatever games, of course.).
Wow the censors must have been really bad for me then.
Also was there another rabbids minigame after fill the shape? I missed that section.
Do you honestly care?
Also: The developers of Hole in the Wall all simultaneously cursed when seeing Rabbids.
Yes.
Also, I am really sick of the guy from Ubisoft. He is not funny.
One linear path with a lot of action happening around you. Buring Ships yeah your there, walking on a beam above it with ease.
That too.
As for next up is Sony.
Ill guess
aplogizes for PSN
Makes fun of Nintendo
Rips off Nintendo
NGP
As someone who now owns all three consoles, my interest in the next two are still moot. They're only going to show games because that's what gives them good press, despite the new media options being much better then the other stuff they show. Everyone complains that it's too much Kinect: that's nice. This isn't a 'core gamer conference', it's a PRESS conference. That means it has to show everything. Microsoft is the only company that has realized this.
Then Nintendo.
I'll guess:
Stupid casual games like Fit, Sports, and Nintendogs
Pretending old technology is new because Nintendo is using it now
Rehashes of old franchises
Some crazy super gimmick machine that will make third-party ports impossible.
You forgot controller that will cost $100.
Seriously it has been confirmed it will have a touch screen and a camera.
Who needs a camera in a video game controller? No one.
What freaking situation will you be in where you need a photo, and all you have is a game controller. No one.
Still curious on how a camera works when its with a controller.
Handheld I get.
Controller I don't.