I haven't published anything to this blog for quite some time. The school semester ending, finals going on, and the first few weeks of summer vacation have kept me pretty busy. But I felt like writing something this morning and so here we go!
What better to write/geek out about than E3. The Electronic Entertainment Expo's first day was yesterday and several game developers as well as Microsoft and Sony had their press conferences. Here's my take on what I thought and what games I am excited for.
Starting from the end, Sony Press Conference, and going backwards:
inFamous 2 looks sweet, and it's apparently already out, guess I have to hurry my playthrough of the first game.
The PSVita has an odd name and I'm still a little iffy about it, but the games that were demoed looked and seemed to play very nicely.
Ninja Gaiden 3 heavily focused on, "letting you feel like you are actually cutting through and killing humans with a sword," and while that is somewhat disturbing it still looks like a sweet game.
Excited about LittleBigPlanet Vita as well, but it's an LBP game so there's no reason not to be excited.
The PSVita game I was actually most impressed by was ModNation Racers Vita. I haven't played the PS3 ModNation Racers game, but showing off the track creator with the touch pad was very cool and looked like it worked very well.
Resistance 3 I am also iffy about, the original Resistance game was one of the first games I ever got for the PS3, but I never really got in to it. Not sure why, but the new game looks promising enough to make me want to play through the others, at least to figure out the story.
Uncharted 3, of course looks amazing. The ship level they showed was very impressive graphically, gameplay-wise and physics-wise. Drake moved and swayed with the ship and it affected your gameplay; very cool.
Not sure what to think about Bioshock Infinite. I tried the first Bioshock to the many requests of my friends, but I didn't play it much. Not sure if I couldn't get in to it or what, but I'm still iffy. Might be a game I enjoy watching more than playing.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution looked cool. I haven't played the other games in the series, but I like the concept of leveling up different skills and gadgets while having elements of a shooter/stealth game.
Assassin's Creed Revalations trailer and announcement implied that Altair, the master assassin from the original game, would play a major part in Ezio's, the character used for the past few games, storyline which has me excited because I think the AC storyline in general is awesome. The new devices and bomb making mechanics look fun as well.
Rocksmith didn't surprise me as much as I think it should have. It's essentially a game that teaches you to play guitar without any peripheral devices. Meaning you can pull out your actual real guitar, and play this game with it. Not sure what to think, but if I can learn guitar while playing a Guitar-Hero-like game, I'll try it.
Battlefield 3. HOLY. CRAP. Needless to say it was the highpoint of the show for me yesterday. Battlefield Bad Company 2 is one of my all-time favorite online shooters, and even though they haven't shown much multiplayer stuff yet, the campaign seems to be seriously improved and has me really wishing I was at E3 so I could try it out.
The boss fight mechanic from Twisted Metal 3 surprised me. I was already excited about the game but promises of giant boss fights that feel like their own actual levels had me wanting to play even more. The mechanics of Twisted Metal being a shooting/destroying car game would make some interesting boss fights, and I'd like to see more.
Mass Effect 3 looked nice, and the story I have heard so much about almost makes me want to give the first two games another try.
SSX looks to be a lot of fun. I played the N64 version a whole lot with friends and this one looks like it keeps a similar tone to it while being next-gen. It's crazy how they used NASA satellites to make the maps, that along makes me excited to try it.
Star Wars the Old Republic looked awesome obviously, I didn't get to see much about it but I'm still very excited and hoping I get to see more.
Overstrike looks promising. It's made by Insomniac who is a favorite game developer of mine and the trailer was both cool and funny. It was good to see some new IP as well; I'll be keeping an eye on this one.
Fable the Journey has me worried to be honest. The first Fable game was awesome and the second one was very good too. The third wasn't quite as good, and now they are adding motion controls. Honestly it's the motion control part that scares me; the Wii is fun and all, but I'd rather use a controller any day.
Batman Arkham City looked very cool; almost cool enough to make me go back and finish Arkham Asylum.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 didn't really wow me. Don't get me wrong, it still looks like fun, but it almost seems like Infinity Ward is doing the same old thing over and over. I actually enjoyed, for the most part, the campaigns of Modern Warfare 1 and 2, Infinity Ward is very good at making intense action-packed sequences. But if you do it for three games in a row it doesn't have quite the same effect.
Gears of War 3 looked awesome. I can't believe I'm going to say this, but the multiplayer beta was actually a lot of fun, and I will most likely be picking up this game when it hits shelves.
The little trailer of Halo 4 at first had me excited and happy because, well, it's a Halo game. Then I realized that it won't be Bungie making it, so I felt a little worried. Really hoping that we see/hear more of this game soon so I can develop more of an impression of it.
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a very cool looking game. The only Elder Scrolls game I have ever touched was Oblivion, and I only played for about 2 hours, not a lot of time to spend in an Elder Scrolls game I'm sure. However, the inclusion of dragons alone is almost enough to make me want to play this game; the fights they showed off were very impressive.
I was very excited for the HD re-release of Ico & Shadow of the Colossus. I haven't played either of these games, but I've watched a friend play and beat Shadow of the Colossus which was an amazing game all the way through. I am very excited to be able to experience these games.
Soul Caliber V was somewhat impressive to me. I enjoyed some of the previous Soul Caliber games, which is the only reason this game is on this list, but quite frankly I'm not sure I'll give another 2D fighter much interest while I have Marvel vs. Capcom 3 to play.
RAGE has me really excited as well. I've been following this game for quite some time and what they showed looks very cool. I like all the different weapons shown and the gameplay seems to be solid.
I know I'm "really excited" about a lot of things, but it's E3 and I'm supposed to be excited. Very much looking forward to Nintendo's conference today as well, they always seem to have a good one and this year they are showing their new console.
What does everyone think about E3 so far?
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