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Instead of making hundreds of threads for individual games, I think we could talk about the Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo/Ubisoft/EA/Activision press conferences, here along with newly announced games and other things.
So far, what really has peaked my interest;
Metal Gear Solid Rising: Metal Gear Solid: Rising Video Game, E3 2010: Debut Trailer HD | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com < I am a total sucker for Metal Gear Solid. Part 3 and 4, are bloody masterpieces! I love them so much.
This game is a spin off to the series, and stars a character from two of the games, called Raiden. Stealth seems to be less of an element in this game, as it moves towards a sword slashing style of gameplay. There is still invisible cloaking, and it seems that it has taken a more sci-fi turn. Raiden is more like a cyborg ninja than a regular person right now. It looks pretty cool with the mechanic to be able to decide, exactly how you want to slice. I love the precision of it. I just hope the controls are intuitive. If it comes out for PC, I think the Mouse as an input device would be a great way to nail down the accuracy of a direct sword slash.
Assassins Creed Brotherhood: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Video Game, E3 2010: Live Demo (Stream) HD | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com < I think there will be lots of PC haters after the whole DRM thing, but I must say that this looks great.
I think anyone who has ever been to Rome will agree with me, that it would be the ultimate location for a game based on a real life historical city(in my opinion, at least)! This one seems to continue the story from AC2, but also introducing other assassins. And multiplayer, but we don't know how that will be!
I think it's going to be hard to make multiplayer work. The way you fight enemies in single player, are almost all instant kill, using counters and one attack button. How would that work online?
Ghost Recon: Future Solider: Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Video Game, E3 2010: Live Demo Part II (Stream) HD | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com < Lame sort of sub title, it's good to see the old strategy shooter being back. It does not look like it has changed that much from Rainbow Six Vegas and Advanced Warfighter, that came before it. It has potential.
Halo Reach: Halo: Reach Video Game, E3 2010: Campaign Gameplay (Stream) HD | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com < Halo has not been able to impress with tech and new features for years, but Bungies solid foundation for building a great core game, is uniqe. The music and vibrant art, makes it still stand out. That might be sad, depending on your preferences. With Bungie being independant again, there is a good chance that this title might end up on PC and Mac as well! Microsoft owns the Halo brand, but Bungie belongs to itself, again!
It's actually amazing that MS allowed them to become independant after saving their butt, when they had to close the studio. Say what you want about Microsoft, they are not the all evil beings they are made out to be.
Bulletstorm: Bulletstorm Video Game, E3 2010: Campaign Gameplay HD | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com < Made by Epic. It looks like someone took Painkiller, mixed it with Serious Sam, and further went amonk with the saturation. It builds on an idea that you get points for "awesome" kills. It looks like a fairly standard first person shooter with a kick button akin to the one in Duke Nukem Forever(RIP). The score system reminds of the qurikly little third person shooter that came out a few years ago, The Club!
New Xbox 360 design; Xbox 360 Video Game, E3 2010: The New Xbox 360 Featurette HD | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com < It was dubbed the 360 slim by the media, as people expected an improved xbox 360. It's a no-brainer that Microsoft wants to seperate themselfs from RROD and high failure rate of some of the early xbox 360. With a rebranding and repackage of the machine, they will be able to do just that.
This new design looks like a weird PC gamer case, with weird proportions. It's not really that much smaller. They make a big deal out of it having wireless(which it should have had from the beginning IMO!), HDMI, 5 usb ports, and it's supposedly completely silent.
A even smaller footprint would have been desired, and I am not sure what I think about the weird curves on it. The fact that it does not have a lower price point is strange, but smart.
Microsoft are saving the price war for when they really need it. Not the biggest upgrade, but it should be okay if someone is looking for a 360. The 250 GB harddrive is nice, but again, it's a damn shame that they unlike the ps3, don't support a standard 2,5'' HDD. Particularly for us Laptoppers who probably have spare at home. MS system specific hard drives are very expenssive.
Child of Eden - Child of Eden Video Game | Reviews, Trailers & Interviews | GameTrailers.com < A new game that makes me think of Rez and Flow and other quirky type games. The lightshow at the end reminds me of something out of a Jeff Minter game, but I doubt this will be like Tempest 2000!
Hydro Thunder: Hydro Thunder: Hurricane Video Game, E3 2010: Wet-N-Wild Trailer HD | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com < When Wave Race 64 came out for the N64 in 1996-1997, it made a revolution due to it's use of Water. Water physics had never been seen before, and the fact that there was real Waves, was incredible and set a benchmark for the art of making digital water. Since then there has been racing games using water like Diddy Kong Racing, and of course the original Hydro Thunder. A Midway title, that despite looking generic was a strangely addicting and fun game. Released for Dreamcast and N64, it was a bright and charming game, despite not being that arcadey or that realistic, but a soft mix. Microsoft tried to make a game similiar to it, when the first Xbox was launched in 2001. The game was called Blood Wake and was funnyily enough, Bill Gates favorite game. It was funny because it sucked;D
Kinect - Your Shape: Fitness Evolved Video Game, E3 2010: Ubisoft Live Demo (Stream) HD | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com < Kinect is the new name for Project Natal. Microsoft's Eyetoy-like based motion control, to counter the casual success that Wii has had with it's waggle remote.
Only two Kinect games really looked interesting to me. Your Shape, which looks more like a serious attempt at making workout fun, but I still have my reservations and doubt about the seriousness of it. It's martial arts mode sounds fun, but is probably shallows. Though something like that, would have the potential to burn the calories of fat gamers in a fun way. The other interesting Kinect game was Kinectimals... A evolution of Nintendogs. A tamagotchi based game, where you can play with cute little animals. The demo was quite cute; Kinectimals Video Game, E3 2010: Debut Trailer HD | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com
Devils Third: Devil's Third Video Game, E3 2010: Exclusive Debut Trailer | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com < Itagaki is a rock star in gaming. Nearing the end of Ninja Gaiden 2's development, he rebelled against Tecmo, accusing the CEO of being a and not giving him and his team at Team Ninja their just and fair part. Consecutively, he was accused for sexual harrasment against a female employee at the company. How he is back with Valhalla games. The same guys who made Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden. This trailer shows a bit of footage from multiplayer, of two random characters going at it.
While it looks like a devil amy cry action game using both swords and guns, Itagaki claims that there will be more to it, and that it will seperate it from those types of games. It's about 10% done according to him, so we will have to see what happens. The game is supposed to have a heavy multiplayer focus as well.
Comic Jumper: Comic Jumper: The Adventures Of Captain Smiley Video Game, E3 2010: Gameplay Trailer HD | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com < This looks hilarious, and I can't wait for it. I really think this will be a VERY fun game
Fallout: New Vegas: Fallout: New Vegas Video Game, E3 2010: Exclusive Gameplay Trailer HD | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com < I didnt play Fallout 3, so I cant say about how much of an improvement this looks like.
Nail'd: Nail'd Video Game, E3 2010: Exclusive Get Dirty Gameplay HD | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com < A racing game... Similiar to Blur?
Xbox live arcade montage; Xbox Live Arcade Video Game, E3 2010: Upcoming Releases Montage Trailer HD | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com < Some decently wicked games in there.
Have you seen anything interesting from this years e3 yet?
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Brotherhood looks amazing, I really can't wait. It's a shame that the god awful DRM is still gonna be in place, but there's always ways around those things
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I think the issue with the current game market is partly tied to the strange hardware situation we are in histi. I mean you said it yourself, the "current" consoles are 5 years old and the companies that back them have no plans for successors on the horizon - quite the contrary, I believe sony has already publicly stated that the PS3 was "only just reaching its' prime and isn't even half finished its' lifespan"
Where does that leave game devs and companies, especially big ones? Yes, the 'little guy' can get away with producing PC only games, but the huge studios (EA, activision, soon valve, ect)? They cannot simply cut consoles or pcs out of the picture. Which means that, usually if they are going to make a game, they make it for the console FIRST because it has the lower hardware requirements, and the pc comes later. Meaning they cannot push the limits of technology, so everything sort of feels like a re-hash of last year's games. You can easily tell the difference between say, GTA vice city and GTA 4, but there is very little if any difference between GTA 4 and EFLC (the sort of dlc to gta4). The consoles are nearly at their maximum power output now and no amount of code refinement is going to cover that up.
"Serious gaming" equilibrium is not going to happen until pcs and consoles have leveled the playing field in terms of pure hardware performance; this is why most (almost all) games today are still being made for DX9, so consoles can keep up. This wasn't happening before in the era of the PS2, because that generation of consoles was replaced rather quickly compared to now. It's a noble thought to hang on to a console (or any piece of tech besides tvs/monitors) for more than 5 years, but in reality it just causes a boatload of problems. The current consoles are literally killing the future of gaming, odd as that sounds. -
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1. It's not a contradiction, it is supporting my argument. MS doesn't see Kinect as more than Wii without a Wiimote if they aren't going to support their own core titles with it. That's why nobody cares. Ya your mom or little sister will love the fact that now they can use your 360 to play dance games. Aren't you impressed?
2. It's not news because they've already been doing this and similar timed or small content exclusives for years. But now because they had to fill time at E3 they might as well blow the same horn... again. It's very easy to throw some money around to bring attention to yourself. How about fixing GFWL? Or at least making it bearable for PC gamers. That would be an announcement I can get into. But that requires real thought and resources. Money is just easier I guess.
I did forget about Fable 3. I suppose that is going to be pretty cool. There's lots I didn't mention but overall Nintendo's offering look the best. Other than the tech glitches on stage, which are way more common (think Steve Jobs) than you may be aware of, Nintendo is kicking butt 2010/11!
AC Brotherhood is one of my most anticipated games this fall. I HATE Ubi for their punishing DRM, which is why I played AC2 on PS3. But I cannot wait for Brotherhood. Ubi is really upping the bar in taking a franchise in directions that feel right, as opposed to cramming the same old cliches and mechanics into a new setting. It sounds like the devs are listening to gamers and Ubi is letting them make good decisions, as opposed to letting the publishing arm make decisions for them. I hope it doesn't disappoint. -
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I couldn't agree more. I just wonder what the MS Execs can agree on though, lol?
A good E3 summary from Penny Arcade.
Penny Arcade! - Let's Get Ready To Rummmmbllllle
But I have to give more props to Sony than that comic expresses.
Oh I always forget too mention Epic Mickey on Wii! Damn that game sounds VERY cool. I mean Warren Spector doing a Wii game? This is going to be very hot. -
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E3 2010 Thread.
Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by luffytubby, Jun 15, 2010.
