E3 2010 June 14-17

It's Cole, but they changed his design and voice actor.
 
Cua said:
WTF!? That's all they showed for FFXIV? Bull shit. I have to wait for it on the floor.

Edit: To be fair, I understand they're crunched on time. There better a large amount of info at the booths.
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It was a good trailer. It got me roused for 14.
 
And the only good thing from Sony was LBP2 but not for the game, it'll be shit, for the editor. 2D side scrolling shooter making here I come.
 
The last half hour of Sony raped ass. Sony > Nintendo >>>>>> MS as far as the conferences go.

Hopefully the SE conference will have something on KH/Versus.

Sad about no Last Guardian though.
 
Me too, we know it's coming at least, probably saving it for TGS.

Nomura's at E3, but knowing SE it's only to promote BbS and ReCoded.
May not have anything else to announce, is SE doing their own conference or are they just having a booth?
I know FFXIV has a giant booth.
 
Tiael said:
Me too, we know it's coming at least, probably saving it for TGS.

Nomura's at E3, but knowing SE it's only to promote BbS and ReCoded.
May not have anything else to announce, is SE doing their own conference or are they just having a booth?
I know FFXIV has a giant booth.
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They're having a private conference like last year I think. Not sure of when.
 
Well Nintendo win this year E3 for me. Majority was stuff we knew was coming but i had no idea about Donky Kong, Kid I and a pretty cool new take on Kirby. Sony was stuff i knew about already but with a great Twisted Metal showing. MS was stuff i knew about already with a nice ESPN addition for me. In the sense of games shown Nintendo was the only one that focused on their upcoming games. Both MS and Sony spent 40-50min of their show on add on stuff ; ;.
 
Tyrath said:
The last half hour of Sony raped ass. Sony > Nintendo >>>>>> MS as far as the conferences go.
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Did we watch the same conferences? The only thing that put Sony above MS is they didn't open their show with a half assed game developer playin through something even the very fans of the game they are making care absolutely nothing about. Still, both were complete and utter shit, especially when compared to Nintendo, which wasn't that great either. You should be institutionalized.
 
For me, Nintendo and Sony tied for awesome announcements. Twisted Metal, Portal 2 for PS3 (Gabe finally gave up XD), Medal of Honor, Dead Space 2 and Dead Space Extraction, all those announcements were just as much win as Nintendo showing the 3DS, Kid Icarus, Zelda; Skyward Sword, Other M, Kirby, and Donkey Kong Country. MS has truly disappointed this year, they had a huge opportunity to impress with Kinect, and they failed, honestly, what were they thinking?
 
TheOsyris said:
Well Nintendo win this year E3 for me. Majority was stuff we knew was coming but i had no idea about Donky Kong, Kid I and a pretty cool new take on Kirby. Sony was stuff i knew about already but with a great Twisted Metal showing. MS was stuff i knew about already with a nice ESPN addition for me. In the sense of games shown Nintendo was the only one that focused on their upcoming games. Both MS and Sony spent 40-50min of their show on add on stuff ; ;.
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There was a lot on games for PS3. PS3 and Nintendo are about tied. The demo of Zelda kinda failed for me.
 
I feel like Sony and Nintendo were about even. Of course, I'm going off information fed to me on the phone while I was at work/on the bus home, so I'll watch the trailers later and see if they change my opinion any.
They definitely blew Microsoft out of the water, though.
 
Strid said:
No, Gabe still doesn't realize where he was or why he was there, couldn't you tell?
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Unfortunately I didn't see his reactions as I was unable to live stream it, so no. (Bloody Sky HD setup somehow screwed up our internet connection here)
 
Strid said:
Did we watch the same conferences? The only thing that put Sony above MS is they didn't open their show with a half assed game developer playin through something even the very fans of the game they are making care absolutely nothing about. Still, both were complete and utter shit, especially when compared to Nintendo, which wasn't that great either. You should be institutionalized.
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Sony had TONs of games Im looking forward to, especially near the end. Portal 2, Infamous 2, FF14, Twisted Metal, GT5, Patapon 3, Valkyria Chronicles 2, 3rd birthday to name a few. Nintendo was full of nostalgia bullshit. If you're into those games, then Im sure you enjoyed it, but they don't do much for me. Even still 3DS was cool and I'm looking forward to some nintendo games. Microsoft was just crap.
 
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Tiael said:
The hands on previews praise the controls, the presentation just had shit happen.
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Even with the shit happen, it looked boring. Maybe I'm just tired of the motion gimmick, but none of that stuff is super interesting. Everyone is like WE HAVE TO DO IT! No, I want longer, deeper games.
 
Sony's E3 overall? It was alright.

Slow slow slow slow slow slow SLOW start. Way too much about the move. Montage movie after montage movie. Lots of talking about 3D. They showed KZ3 and then just talked about a lot of information. It slowed down a lot.

Then KB came on stage and honestly? It was awesome. He is the man and everything he said about staying up late to get a trophy and how he commented that even though we may fly different flags (ms, sony, nintendo, etc), we all deep down are gamers, is true. Gamers who want games. He honestly made the E3 show for Sony.

They showed some decent stuff for the PSP, including God of War Ghost of Sparta, Ys, 3rd Birthday, VC2, and Parasite Eve. Although they were part of a montage video, no actual live gameplay being shown so that was a damper.

The Playstation + premium service was something that was talked about for a while now. Pretty much Sony's version of XBL, but you don't have to pay for it if you don't want to. Everything that is free right now will still be free. You'll just pay for the premium service for the extra benefits.

Then they announced both Medal of Honor with an HD remake of Frontline from the PS2, which to me is amazing because that game jump started FPS on the PS2. And with Dead Space 2, a PS3 version of DS: Extraction with move support. Pretty neat stuff.

And then GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABE. I thought it was funny how he was joking and apologizing at the same time toward Sony for all his remarks in the past, especially when he said "I was introduced to Kevin Butler who was the VP of sharpening objects.." lol. But yeah Portal 2 on PS3 is gonna be pretty good.

Gran Turismo 5 on 11/2/10. A release date finally. That will definitely give Forza3 a run for it's money. Infamous 2 was briefly shown and definitely looks different, Cole is pretty much recreated, slated for 2011. Showed a short trailer for FFXIV as well.

And then for the finale, Twisted Metal on the PS3, with complete online multiplayer. Hooooooooooooot shit.

Overall presentation: It had a boring as all hell start, but it finished up with a boom. Kevin Butler and Gabe Newell pretty much saved the conference. They ended the conference with games that looked great, and I think it was a good closing point.

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Overall E3?

Nintendo wins hands down, with it's going back to roots style of presentation with classics such as Zelda, DK, etc -- while presenting the 3DS with promising developer support. Only thing I could really say to criticize was that its a lot of nostalgia titles shown. No real new IP's or sequels to recent IP's.

Sony is a close second. Had a super slow start. Spent way too much time talking about 3D. 3D is a nice innovation and I'm sure it adds to gameplay, but that's going to cost thousands of dollars to fully utilize those features. I won't be buying a 3DTV anytime soon so a lot of what they were talking about won't be experienced by many when it first comes out. In due time yes, but when it's first available? I highly doubt many people will see what it's capable of outside of the people in the audience. It did show good features of the move with it's 1:1 ability along with it's compatibility with games such as Socom, GT, Killzone, etc., and ending with solid games such as Portal and Twisted metal. Also, Kevin Butler.

Microsoft, tsk. It showed some decent games such as Gears 3, Halo, and MGSRising, but spent way too much time on Kinect. Unlike Sony's move, I've yet to see anything worthwhile for Kinect. Yeah it's a nice piece of technology, but all of the games that they showed for it both last year and this one is little arcady type ones. Pet tigers, red balls, etc. Closest thing is a dance game and I don't know anyone in real life or on my friends list that plays those. The things they did with the device such as selecting menus and voice speaking is just plain simpler on the controller. I just don't see the justification in buying one yet. ESPN is the only non video game thing that interests me on the 360. New system redesign is overdue, hopefully it solves most of the E74 issues.

Overall good presentation this year.
 
Sony won to me. I'm STOKED for Donkey Kong and Zelda, but Sony has done it again. There were a lot of games, they just seemed spread out and out of the blue.

Can we go back to FFXIV again? This SE confrence, is it at E3 or are you guys talking about TGS?

I'm waiting for tweets and updates at FFXIVcore.com from the booth.

Edit: I changed my mind, with the 3ds, I feel that it was a leveled playing field. I'm just being biased.
 
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