Thursday, June 28, 2012

Post E3 Roundup: What did you take away?


E3 is over, and what do we have to show for it?  We ooh'd and ahh'd at the shiny new toys santa is going to bring us, and we opened our hearts to the cold and desolate disappointments from some of our fondest loves.  But after all that, we are stuck waiting and wanting. E3 has succeeded once again in ruining the palate for us, now all we can do is hope that these games don't disappoint us when they come out. 


So what are you looking forward to the most?  It's no secret that I'm a fighting game fanatic, my love for control of a combo is rivaled only by my insatiable taste for competition.  But E3 didn't have too much to offer a guy like me.  I mean we already had games like P4: arena, DOA5, and Tekken Tag 2 coming out.  And most of us are still shaking off the new game feel of SFxTK.  But that isn't to say we were left in the dark.  We had just recently been given a look into the new Sony All-Stars battle game.  As shameless of a rip on SSB it is, that doesn't mean that it's going to be a bad game by any stretch.  And speaking of SSB, Nintendo has just dropped the bomb on us that Bandai/Namco is the party involved in the development for the next Super Smash Bros. title.  Considering they are the same company behind Goliath fighting franchises like Tekken and Soul Calibur, we might finally get another competitive worthy fighting game to rear it's head on a Nintendo system since Tatsunoko vs. Capcom back in '08.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Microsoft E3 Press Conference Recap





Okay, they're... they're showing Halo 4. The demos keep showing sequels...Uh, I think they're...they're talking about a browser or something. I-I don't know, I wasn't listening... Nothing's happening. Nothing's happening. Usher's dancing. Nothing's happening. It's over. A lot of people in the audience look pissed.

Nintendo Conference Recap: Love is Over


 Nintendo.  What have you done, my old decrepit friend?

I really don't know what to say about Nintendo right now.  I'm sure that the Wii U is going to sell millions, but I feel like it's going to end up being the exact same thing the Wii was: a great hardware install base, but an overall software pick up rate of about 20%.  Trashy.  The touch pad controller looks nifty but I'm waiting to see a game that will use it in a way that isn't a total gimmick.  ZombiU looks like it might be that one, but I won't be sure until I've seen more of it.  Scribblenauts is a game I play on the bus.  Those far-too-beautiful looking people in their demo did not convince me it's a big screen TV type of game.  I wish I were more optimistic about this.

Monday, June 4, 2012

Some Fast Talk on E3

E3 Today was nifty. From what I can remember and from looking at my notes...

Things I liked:
Matt and Trey Parker
South Park: The Game
Ascend: New Gods
Halo 4
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
SimCity 5
Assassin's Creed 3
Watch Dogs <--BEST IN SHOW
The Last of Us
Beyond
Playstation All-Stars
God of War 4

Things that mite b cool:
FarCry 3

Things I hated:
Tomb Raider

Things that will probably suck or be irrelevant:
Everything else




I'll be going into greater detail on most of this once the conference is over, but, Sony and Ubisoft both had a great showing today. PS1 Classics coming to the Vita is a great thing for my vita and a terrible thing for my wallet. Watch Dogs was absolutely amazing. Beyond looks pretty nifty. The Last of Us looks just as incredible as I figured it would be.  The boat action of Assassin's Creed 3 had me reeling.  Just awesome.

Check back later this week/early next week for a full slew of my thoughts on this years showings!