The E3 2014 Thread !

This is a bit late, but better late than never...................................

Share your favorite moments from E3 2014 here. I'm sure there was some awesome stuff that I, and others, may have missed so this can end up being a great reference. One of my most anticipated games is "No Man's Sky." If that game is pulled off correctly I think may a person's childhood dreams will be fulfilled.



And that's not to downplay Batman Arkham Knight, the sequel to the excellent Arkham City. The Arkham games are not only some of the best superhero games but some of the best games in general. Heck they even made me take interest in the Batman/DC universe. If there's one thing Rocksteady knows how to do, it's make a Batman game.



Oh and one must not forget Super Smash Bros., the reason I'll purchase a Wii U haha

P.S.: Pac Man in Smash Bros.??!!!??!!!!! Lol Wut?

 

batman delayed until 2015

 

Holy font size, Batman!

 

Is there really no one that cares about E3 2014?

 

Lack of large pc presence. Mostly next gen potatoboxes being repped.

 

Nope. #pcmasterrace

 

Come on guys there were at least some interesting titles coming to PC (The Witcher 3 anyone?). I just named two of them myself. Even if there wasn't much of a PC presence does the platform really matter if the games are good?

 

1. Witcher 3 was demoed on the 'bone

2. Yes ofc the platform matters. It's hard to be interested in something I'm never gonna own.

 

Hmmm that's a bit closed minded don't you think? Even if a game is demoed on a console, The Witcher 3 in this case, everything you learned about it is applicable to the PC version.

That said sometimes there are great games/series that just aren't on PC. Why limit yourself to on platform?

#HybridMasterRace




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I'd have to disagree. See Skyrim on consoles vs. PC for instance.

Which are dwarfed by the number of PC exclusives, we always have the best version of multiplats, we don't have to worry about backwards compatibility, we don't have to pay monthly subscription for online multiplayer, we have way more cheapass and free games,...

 

What are you referring to exactly? The PC version of Skyrim has all the features of the console version plus some.

All of that is true, but doesn't mean there aren't console games worth getting. The best example I can give is Nintendo. Most of their series are widely acknowledged and well received, but are only available on their platform (such as SSB, which I mentioned in the OP).

 

It's okay to open a thread this late. Better late than never. Anyway, Arkham Knight and No Man's Sky are two of the most anticipated games for me on E3 2014.

 

This is a laptop forum, hence the avid interest in PC games. I personally don't care for console games, it just doesn't fit my lifestyle, so if it's not PC I likely won't play it. I own an Xbox 360 and Wii, but mainly for my kids.

 

The point with Skyrim is that looking at Skyrim with mods you see what an elder scroll game should have been if it wasn't saddled with consoles.
While they developed both, it is staggeringly clear that even as good as Skyrim was; that it would have been that much better if they had developed for PC first.

After you develop a PC masterpiece you can nerf and remove things to better fit the console crowd and their short attention span, low hardware capabilities, and clunky controller.

 

Exactly this:

Skyrim on PC was a buggy, unoptimized, and mediocre-looking half-assed console port that took the dedication of the mod community to fix what Bethesda couldn't or wouldn't. At the opposite end of the spectrum, you have Witcher 2, which was developed for PC first and dumbed down for the console peasants a year later, and it shows in the quality of the PC version.

 

Except combat kinda sucked and was developed with console gamers in mind.

As for Skyrim, I kinda think Bethesda does it on purpose. They know that there is a big mod community following, so they don't sweat much. They just make a subpar game which doesn't suck much and leave the rest to the mod community.

 

I think it's fine albeit challenging, although I didn't start playing until the Enhanced Edition, so maybe it was fixed. I also play it with an Xbox 360 controller.

Yep, they're lazy 'cause they know there is huge mod community covering their asses. Still, it's not exactly the best way to create goodwill with your PC audience. Bethesda's track record on PC has been pretty spotty at best in recent years when you look at Brink, Rage, Skyrim, and Wolfenstein. Meanwhile, Square Enix, a Japanese company that up until very recently had almost zero presence in AAA PC titles in the West, has churned out a bunch of multiplats with great PC versions in DX:HR, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs, and Tomb Raider. Thief and Murdered: Soul Suspect also seem pretty good from what I've read, but I have no personal experience.

 

I've got bad news for you, sunshine - your PC master race badge just got revoked. Seriously, who plays PC games with a gamepad?

Lol, SE. As much as I love their recent games (Tomb Rider, Deus EX HR, some other game I'm prolly missing), nowadays they seem just to re-release their old games instead of creating something new.
I personally have no quirks with Bugthesda games. Sure they aren't perfect, but at least we, gamers, are free to correct them ourselves.

 

Valve does.

 

To be honest I don't really think they care that much about PC gamers. Sure they might seem to, but don't forget, their profit margins depend on us
But that's another topic.

 

Oh geez here we go.................

That's fine. I don't think that every gamer is interested in being a PC and console gamer. I was just surprised that no one here, even if it's a laptop forum, is interested in E3 simply because they focus on consoles.

Your point is completely true, but it has nothing to do with my statement "The PC version of Skyrim has all the features of the console version plus some." Do I have to make my point any more obvious? That means that any Skyrim content shown at E3 (or some other event) prior to its release, whether it was shown on a 360 or PS3, is applicable to the PC version of Skyrim. What does modding support have to do with the statement I made? The end of my statement (the phrase "and more") directly references mods and any other additional features of a PC game over a console game.

Yes it was, but what does that have to do with this conversation? you and Kernal have gone off on a tangent by explaning how the PC versions of games (Skyrim in this case) are superior to the console versions. This is true, but remember my initial statement "Even if a game is demoed on a console, The Witcher 3 in this case, everything you learned about it is applicable to the PC version." Is it not true? What exactly is the point of contention here?

 

Simple. Skyrim (and Witcher) on consoles don't support modding. On PC, they do. By this one fact alone, not everything that you learn about the console version is applicable to the PC version.

 

Lance, I don't think I can make this any more clear for you...

You won't see much excitement here over E3 as:
-The graphics will suck compared to what we were used to 5 years ago. (and from recent examples won't actually look like what they demo on ANY system.)
-The control gameplay and user interface will be awful.
-Most of the games will be focused on short-attention-span gamers. (Squirrel!)

It's quite depressing as not only do I not see any game I want to play, I see the whole gaming community being dragged down into the mud while they cater to single-digit mentalities and /faceroll gameplay.
Game companies like the once-unassailable Blizzard are now pumping out console games that every computer gamer maxes out once they learn to tie their shoes for themselves.

I am sure you can find a forum where people can't wait to have the next cookie-cutter console game.
It just isn't here.

 

Sigh............

Look at the games I link to in my OP. is the concept of No Man's Sky not an exciting one, despite the PS4 port? Is Batman Arkham Knight going to be a bad game simply because it will be available on consoles? Is there a party fighting game on the caliber of Super Smash Bros on PC?

I don't know about you, but I throughly enjoyed the last two Arkham games, where they were console ports or not. Not to mention No Man's Sky, is that concept not a dream of many for our childhoods? Super Smash Bros is not only great fun with a group of friends, it also has a roster of numerous characters from our childhood. The appeal of such a concept can't be denied.

Granted the vast majority of console games are simplified. They also lack the variety of the PC market, but it doesn't mean 100% of them are duds.

Oh and the graphics, that's not that big of a deal. In fact my favorite graphical style is the early 3D of the late 90s and early 00s. (such as Quake, Gothic and Morrowind)

Exactly, which is why you have it backwards. Everything you see regarding a game (Skyrim) on console is vanilla and therefore applicable to the unmodded PC version (you know the way the game is shipped?).

Likewise anything you see regarding a game on PC is not applicable to consoles because of the independent variable of mods (if you watch a Skyrim ENB video for instance).

It's a simple concept really, the PC version is the only one able to be altered from the base product. The console version is stable, and therefore able to be referenced.

 

Well, there is a console sub-section in this forum where you can discuss PS4 exclusives such as No Man's Sky.

 

It was originally announced as a PC exclusive, despite what they're saying now. The PS4 version is most likely a port.

 

Murdered Soul Suspect is abysmal. Not only is it the epitome of console port, the game itself is soooooooo boring and stale.

 

I guess one could say this about any UE3 game since the engine itself was designed with the last-gen consoles (specifically Xbox 360) in mind. It's very apparent to me, having used the UDK for a number of years.