Monster Hunter World and Spider-Man both looked like fantastic games. I was actually disappointed with the new GoW. The combat looked rather unrefined based on their pedigree.
Sony had some good. God of War, Shadow of Colossus remake and Spider-Man. But I left disappointed seeing that there was no new major reveals. I hoped there was going to be a reveal of Sucker Punch next game. Same with From Soft and a Last of Us Part 2 trailer. My biggest worry with Spider-Man is way to many qte moments.
The conference was a bit boring but it's pretty much what I expected. They already have a fair number of huge games coming out in the next year so it's probably better to wait and show off any new projects. The game play for Days Gone, God of War and Spider-Man were great though and I will definitely be picking those up. Shadow of the Colossus was a nice surprise along with seeing Monster Hunter on there.
So Monster Hunter World is also on Xbox One... tempting. Cause there was once a time when I wanted to get into the series.
God Of War trailer was cool. Right now all I care about (Hopefully) is first real info on Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon.
Calling it now, MH Worlds will be on Switch and Crossplay with Xbone! (no I really don't believe it.. but the way things have been going this E3.......)
I feel like Sony is saving all the good stuff for their own conference PSX in December. Where's Sucker Punch's new IP?
What happened Sony? This was the first time in like 6 years that the conference was a complete disappointment. Did they just feel they could take the year off? Where are all of the new game announcements? Where are all the new IPs being worked on? The updates on Kojima's game? Cyberpunk 2077? Add on top that the audio was down right atrocious and you have a disaster of a conference. The opening segment was fantastic with the muscicians, but then it all went down hill from there. God of War 4 looks great. I'm glad they finally showed to people that the game is not just some walking simulator like they whined about last year. The bit where Fenrir was talking to Kratos was pretty cool. Can't wait to see the Midgar Serpent on my TV screen. I wonder if he will be this game's Gaia? Shadow of the Colossus remake was a huge surprise and I am just going to hold out on playing the game now for that version. So excited! I'm also super excited for Spider-Man. It's exactly what I want, a Batman Arkham game but with Spider-Man. Also, was that Josh Keaton they got for the voice? It sounded like him, and if it is, that is awesome. I have no interest in Dark Souls for Children (Monster Hunter) and they spent way too much time on VR crap. Final Fantasy Fishing? Seriously? Because if there is one thing that has been fun in any RPG, it is fishing. Hell, Nintendo might as well respond to this with a Zelda fishing game. UGH! "I'm sorry I can't save your world, I'm too busy fishing." What happened to having indie developers come up to talk about some of their games? The entire indie bit was missing completely. In fact, I felt like I was just watching the highlights to their conference and not the full conference. Days Gone was fine. There was some cool stuff, but not entirely sold on it. I wasn't as impressed with Detroit this time around compared to last year. Is it going to be another Heavy Rain with multiple characters you play as? So Activision is out of ideas of what to do with Call of Duty so they just went back to WWII. lol What about the Vita? Why not just officially announce it as a dead system since they didn't even mention it once during the entire conference? I'm also surprised they didn't have anything to compete against Microsoft's new version of the X1 being able to play UHD discs or even anything about backwards compatibility. I don't even remember anything that was shown, if there was even anything else. Overall, I give this lackluster conference a C or a 5/10. Microsoft's was so much better. Speaking of Microsoft, we watched their conference before Sony's and while it wasn't great, it was no where near the disaster that was Sony's. At least they unveiled new IPs, even if I don't have an interest in several of them. Anthem looked like a generic Destiny wannabe only shooter. I have no idea why the dude playing Assassin's Creed Origin didn't take out the target in stealth when there was a wide open window below him. Super Lucky's Tale looks like it is going to be quite fun. Where was a new We Happy Few trailer? No interest in Days Gone... I mean Left 4 Dead... sorry... State of Decay 2. Another Forza, yawn. Oh, and Fable has now been reduced to a card game. The pirate game looks a whole of a hell lot more original than that Not-Assassin's Creed game Ubisoft revealed. The X-Box One X is almost as dumb of a name as the Wii U. The specs sound good, but $500 is too much for a console that is four years old even if it has new specs. How many times does Microsoft have to relaunch this machine until they get it right? Yes, the UHD aspect is a nice benefit, but I can buy an UHD player for a fraction of that price. That new Metro game actually looked impressive. Never played the others though, so I wouldn't know what is happening in the story. The music to the game was kick ass too. Is the backwards compatibility going to be for EVERY game or is it just another joke list? Overall, not bad. There is nothing here that makes me want to go out and buy a machine, but they showed some newly revealed IPs to go with the sequels. I was suprised to not see a new Tomb Raider reveal while it was refreshing to not have anything Halo or Gears of War related. I'm going to give Microsoft a B or a 7/10. Rumors have it that Sony is no longer going to release their first party exclusives during holidays anymore due to the massive competition. I guess Horizon has sold so phenomenally well that they find it better to do it in the first part of the new year. I just hope God of War doesn't come out at the same time as Red Dead 2.
Quick pointer on E3 enjoyment- not all games are targeted at yourself. Remember that and you'll have more fun.
That's what I'm hoping. Was really expecting From Software to have something at E3, but I guess PSX is the likely place now. Shadow of the Colossus is definitely good, I already want to get a PS4 sometime but that's just another great game to add to the list. Compared to Xbox, the amount of good exclusives is ridiculous. Doesn't look like I'll ever need to buy an Xbox game again.
Am I the only one concerned with the lack of movment in VR games? Granted they showed a little in the skyrim one, but most of the VR games very much don't want to give you free movement to roam around.
Nintendo last minute predictions: -VC service update -Apps coming to Switch. (Netflix, Youtube, etc) -Xenoblade 2 -Mario Oddyessy -Metroid -Assorted 3rd party footage -Splatoon 2 Single Player footage. If i were to remove one that could not happen, it would be Splatoon 2 SP. That would be saved for the show (Treehouse?) after.
