I've said that to a few people today and I am almost always met with a confused look. Which really when you think about it, my statement make sense. I am putting on nice clothes, since all my regular clothes are being washed in the laundry. What else am I supposed to wear? I think people aren't putting two and two together when I say getting dressed up. But oh well I digress, lets move on to new stuff shall we.
Now that the nonsense of what I just wrote has been read lets talk about something awesome shall we? What's that? You may be asking yourself in your head as this moment. Well my children we are going to talk about video games. Yes the digital escape we all love, more specifically E3 or Electronic Entertainment Expo is you want to break it down. Is a yearly hype causing event that showcases some of the stuff that makes owning a console worth it. Whether it's new announcements or new footage from stuff coming soon, it is always exciting to see what the developers bring to the table to satiate the general populous and make our wallets run away for fear of preorders.
This years E3 was a little less exciting than last years, but I think last years was something that can only happen once in a great while. Sony stepped all over Microsoft and dominated the entire show. This year was a lot closer in terms of who won to me. Which let's be honest there are no technically winners as they are all making games I and others want but others stepped up and brought an assortment to us. I wont go too deep into each conference because if you are like me you have probably already seen way too much coverage of it from places like Gamespot, IGN, and my personal favorite Giant Bomb. So I wont bore you with minute by minute details I will just go over what I liked in each of the conferences.
First Microsoft, I really enjoyed their presentation. They were all about the games which is what we care about not some show that sounds uninteresting (cough Sony cough). They had some big guys come out that had me a little excited. They showed off the unsurprising Master Chief Collection, bringing all four of the Halo games starring the Chief is awesome. Being able to play them all in one place is something I am excited for, I wish it contained ODST and Reach but as it's the Chief collection I can't complain too much. Next brought more footage of Sunset Overdrive, that game look like a ton of wild fun. I really enjoyed the cinematic they showed for it, made everyone think "oh great another marine shooting dudes yay" but when it went into wait for it Overdrive (yeah I went there) it was a whole other animal. I can't wait to dive into that world and see all the zany shenanigans I will get into. Those two games were the big hits for me, they showed a bunch of other stuff that is sure to be good but out of the entire show they had me giddy to play.
Next up was EA. Talk about an unfocused feeling while watching them. There wasn't anything that really got me excited. I kind of sat there while they talked about concepts and ideas but didn't really show anything. I am not sure if the fact that Battlefield: Hard Line was leaked before the conference hurt them or what they had envisioned for their big end. It just felt like there was no direction, here are some sports games, oh look new Sims game blah blah. The only realy interesting part of their conference was how much their new head guy looked like a super villain.
Ubisoft presents, so Ubi has become one of the better publishers as the years have gone by and this looks to be pretty good from the stuff they showed us. Their catalog was filled with some familiar stuff, nothing was unexpected. It was a fun and interesting conference that while not mind blowing did enough to make me happy. I enjoyed seeing Far Cry 4 footage (more on that later), seeing more Assassins Creed is always good the new entry Unity looks pretty fun from what they've shown. We will just have to wait and see how it stacks up and hopefully does what Black Flag did and get me excited about Assassins Creed again. I would say I was excited for the newly announce Rainbow Six game but that looks too good to be true so I will hold off on getting hype for that one.
So So Sony. Not going to lie this is the conference I was most looking forward to, other than the Nintendo digital event that aired the following day. What I got was kind of a let down in the sense it seemed to go on a little too long. While it had some sweet games to announce or show off, it was filled with normal Sony filler that took me out of the joy of all the awesome things I was shown. While I imagine the new series Poewrs will be interesting and I feel bad about dissing the guy who was excited about it. But a segment that should have been about two to five minutes ran on for far too long. Not to say I wasn't excited for what they showed by any means, the middle of their conference just bored me. Now to the exciting parts, the games. There were a few that made me go all edge of my seat. There was Bloodborne a new game by the brilliant minds behind Demon and Dark Souls, can't wait to see more of that in action. Then there was The Order, a game I am still not sure about. The game looks amazing there is no question in that. It's just every time I see it, I wonder how often they take control away from the player. Seamlessly jumping from cut scene to game play is cool and all but I dont want to have to worry about having control taken away so often that it feels like I am not playing just interacting with cut scenes. Next we were offered a glimpse at the game I was most excited for Far Cry 4. I loved the third entry in the series and this one looks to be even better. I can write for days about the cool stuff I saw but I will just say this it looks to be incredibly fun I can not wait. The big end to their conference was unsurprisingly Uncharted 4, I was really hoping to see The Last Guardian given the lead up to E3. Oh well the game "running in engine" looks great from the small teaser they showed. I have faith in naughty Dog that the game will look fantastic when it ships next year. Sony's conference was pretty good but had spots that bored me to death, I enjoyed a lot of what I saw but they need to focus on tightening up next year, as I don't need all the filler.
It's a me Nintendo! So with the first day in the books the underdog in a way was up. They didn't book an auditorium like the others, they released a nice fifty minute or so video that was pretty awesome. I was a little surprised at how excited I was. I laughed at their Robot Chicken inspired opening to their laughing at themselves jokes, it all worked for me. Lets get to the games shall we! I will only write about the few that made me super excited, there was a ton of good stuff shown though, and I feel bad for skipping it but I must because I already said I was. We saw the Mario Maker, a Mario level creator which depending on what they add to it from the games is what will be the driving force for me. They only showed classic Mario and New Super so we will have to wait and see if they add any of the other classics like Super Mario Bros. 3 or Super Mario World. We also had Star Fox, they blurred out the screen but anyone whose played it recognized it as Star Fox. didn't see much more of that but I would definitely play another Fox game. You knew it was coming, I knew it was coming, and it finally came. The Legend of Zelda for the WiiU was announced. They didn't show much but what they did show was exciting and they are saying all the right things to make me think it is going to be a Zelda game we really really want. It sounded like they are taking an open world approach to it and might incorporate the go anywhere ability that we saw in the amazing Link Between Worlds for 3DS. I will buy a WiiU for a new Zelda game and they said it was coming next year, I can only hold off my anticipation for that game for so long. Don't be cruel Nintendo!
So that was E3 in a crazy person's nutshell. Nintendo won for me, and EA lost it. It was another great E3 and a ton of games were shown that should keep us gamer folks happy for a while. October is again going to be a crazy month for games and I can't wait.
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