Well, in a surprising turn of events, looks like Ubisoft has the most interesting line up of games, compared to both Microsoft and EA. It was literally the worst conference I have ever seen of Microsoft which focuses more on small dashboard updates, Kinect games, few confusing Arcade games, and Sports. I think Microsoft is very lost right now. The only promising things we got from the conference was Halo 4, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Tomb Raider and surprisingly a South Park game. I don't watch South Park a lot, but watching Matt Stone and Trey Parker come out and telling it like it is was the biggest highlight of the whole show. I mean listen to this amazing line:
This was seriously the conference in a nutshell. Plus dancing and Usher for some reason. Well to avoid the rest of the hell the made conference boring and hard to watch, here's the trailer and Gameplay for Halo 4:
Great beginning. I'm so sorry the rest of the show wasn't like this. At least you get to skip to the good parts here. Now for gameplay:
Not bad. Interesting looking villains. Looks like a true sequel. Will launch later this year and I look forward to it as a Halo fan. You can look at Splinter Cell: Blacklist footage here. Its not a bad game. It just doesn't seem important. Kinect stuff can be cool at times though. I'm sure it will be good. Now after a bunch of other stuff that wasn't entirely important like tablet configuration and other apps no one will really care about; its unto Tomb Raider:
I thought this looked really cool. Even if it was compared to Uncharted constantly. Which I'm tired of. Its not exactly, but people like to throw the "clone" thing around if it looks too much like another game they seem to love. I think Tomb Raider looks fantastic either way. They are really taking it to Lara Croft this time too.
Now lets look at some Resident Evil 6 footage shall we?:
Oh, boy. This game. I really thought Capcom had returned to better ways with Resident Evil: Revelations. But there's more action in this game than the last game, just by this trailer alone. Yes we have zombies again, but they really make it a cliche with this game. It was very underwhelming, unless you think otherwise. This was only a small piece though, hopefully we see better things in future footage.
Now that the conference was over Game Trailers was able to show us some really nice Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance footage. This might be my favorite game at the show now:
I’ve always enjoyed the Red vs. Blue series. Glad to see they made a video of them returning to their old base in the new game. I’d like to see Red vs. Blue make a return to see what adventures they could go on with the maps in Halo: Reach. It could be huge:
So, doesn't this mean they downgraded? The world is just more confusing now...
This is the little surprise I was talking about. Had to trade in the older model for the newer model to pay some of it off, but here’s what I got. Keep going down a bit….
Yep, here it is! I just bought the new Xbox 360 slim! Review will be in a couple of days.
Well, what a day. Lots to discuss and lots of things to see. There was indeed lots of cool and awesome stuff to see. But where there's cool stuff, there's also a bunch of crap no one really cares about. The later seems to be the stuff that accumulated most of the first day of E3; to my disappointment. Even if there was that, the cool stuff of E3 I will show here to try and forget about the bad stuff. Lets start with the best thing to come out of E3 today, the announcement of the new Xbox 360 [Slim] Console. Now I have to buy it again:
Yep, there it is. In all its glossingly blinding glory. Here’s a size comparison:
Yep its smaller. Here are some specs:
• Touch sensitive on/off and eject buttons (like the PS3) • "Much quieter" • 250GB internal hard drive, which is still swappable. • A custom Kinect port (not a standard USB port—it's a USB port that can feed more power) • There are five USB ports now, with three in the back and two in the front • AV cable included, an HDMI and optical audio • Different power supply—it's still big but nearly weightless • External Xbox 360 hard drives and memory units are NOT compatible with the new Xbox • Other accessories are • Internal components that are changed: two small fans changed into one large fan for quieter operation, 45nm integrated CPU and GPU
It could also mean no more Red Ring of Death! I really want this now. More pics found here and here.
Lets see, most of the Kinect launch titles pretty much sucked. They all need a lot of work and most of the games are Wii Sports clones. The only game that had potential was this:
Although when they had a preview of this the night before, it was mostly rehearsed so it needs work too. Nothing really makes sense in the trailer at the same time. If you are a Star Wars fan you would notice that Droid tanks and a Droid fighter don’t belong with Stormtroopers. Just watch it, even if its a bit mess when speaking canon-wise.
Now here comes the awesome stuff:
It may not be so stealthy, but you gotta admit playing as Raiden and slicing stuff is quite awesome, no?
I’m going to be incredibly brief as you can see, today as the trailers pretty much speak for themselves. Other stuff was talked about, but like I said its boring. The trailers are what made the show. The same can be said for this Dead Space 2 footage:
I still sense a horror factor here, even if it is said to be more of a shooter and less survival horror.
Remember the Star Wars Cinematic Trailer last year? Well a new one was shown and focuses on the light side characters:
I am stuck between choosing Light side and Dark side now. Both show their own side of being awesome.
Next trailer is not officially announced. IGN leaked it before Activision may or may not announce this tomorrow. And seeing as you may see the title of the video, some may or may not hate this:
Yep, apparently the rights to make this went through and this is the aftermath. I still don’t really know what to make of this. Does Jaws have a mustache? I’m worried this may turn out for the worst, as much as I don’t want it to either…
Well what's next? Oh right, Gears of Wars 3. This game is coming along very nicely:
Apparently its 4 player (probably online) co-op and not one, but two girls are playable. I guess this game really wants to show that girls can fight too.
Even if it is a movie, it was a comic before and had video games oriented into it. And now its a game? Madness!:
Now I shall end it with a trailer for Halo Reach. I would show some videos for Ubisoft, but I’m sorry to say it was just too awkward and embarrassing to show exactly what happened. That's another post for another day. Joel McHale apparently didn’t have his usual comedy staff and things were left unexplained. They also managed to make their own Wii Vitality Sensor which is supposed to give you energy on the go somehow? Laser Tag was somehow revived and sad part was no one really cared. Only three things to actually gain my respect was Rez being introduced for Kinect (best Kinect game so far), Assassins Creed: Brotherhood, and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. Poor Ubisoft, you could have redeemed yourself in the end, but you left everyone in the dark and creeped out. Seriously what happened there? (It ended like this, seriously)
Well, to end this with a high note, here’s the Halo Reach Campaign trailer, complete with a dogfight, enjoy!:
I only hope Nintendo’s and Playstation’s conferences aren’t awkward and pointless as with previous years. Here’s hoping for the best.
Amid the Conan debacle, Avatar sinking the Titanic (its not really a joke), and whatnot. I managed to find something at least something to post here. Since I've apparently been a lost of words lately. This is no exception. All I can say is this: Someone made a pretty awesome Transformers Xbox 360 mod; The All Spark:
It kinda makes me wanna mod. A day that will never come. More pics here.
Its that time of year again, where video game developers come together to announce awesome new things coming to the video game market. Today was not so different. Microsoft’s conference is long and gone, but did you missed what they announced? Oh boy, what a mix of good things to come for the Xbox 360’s now evolving system. Here is something big you may not have seen called; Project Natal:
Not much at first, until you see the demonstration:
And a small clip of that game I mentioned called “Milo” I believe:
Just seeing the live presentation makes me want to get this even more. This is nothing compared to the Wii nor Playstation’s EyeToy. Especially just watching Natal’s demo, it looks like its come a long way from this, almost perfecting this type of technology. Take a look at the Live Conference Demo:
Looks a little silly yes, like most of Wii’s commercials, but looks like it can be very fun once experienced. Although this confuses me as to why Xbox will have such peripherals such as the GameTrak Freedom and Tony Hawk Ride’s skateboard like controller.
Other big announcements included Modern Warfare’s 2 demo, another Splinter Cell; although it looks awesome too, Left for Dead 2, Forza Motorsport 3, Crackdown 2, The Beatles: Rock Band and---wait for it----not one, but 2 new Halo Games incoming.
The first, which already announced Halo 3: ODST with a new gameplay trailer:
Its an interesting new take on Halo, I’ll give it that. We will just have to wait when it comes out later this year. The other Halo game is called Halo: Reach. So far, nothing has yet to be revealed about this, what looks like, small addition to the Halo franchise. It looks like it can be quite big for it to have a Multiplayer demo. Ah, Bungie with its Multiplayer demo’s and it in general. When will it end? Not a bad thing necessarily, but that’s a lot of Multiplayer Halo’s now. Watch the Reach trailer teaser:
What’s It about? A prequel? I don’t know really. Its Halo!
The biggest news of the day? Not only will a new Metal Gear Solid Starring Raiden appear on the Xbox 360 called “Metal Gear Rising'’, but the whole Metal Gear Solid franchise is moving exclusively to the Xbox 360(!) A pun yes. Another triumph for 360 has come. Does it mean a substance like game of Metal Gear Solid 4 to be coming to the Xbox 360? It is more likely. Most people expected a game starring Raiden would be coming, but the whole franchise? Now that’s big. The Metal Gear series has been since only been exclusively for the Playstation. Well we did get a few Metal Gear games with extra stuff for the Xbox, but now having it exclusively is certainly a win for the Xbox.
Is E3 over? Of course not. Tomorrow will be both Nintendo and Sony’s conference. Watch both live on G4TV or look for updates on www.ign.com or www.gamespot.com starting at 9am with Nintendo’s Conference and Sony’s at 11am. What will Nintendo reveal? A new Zelda game? A new Mario game? Watch tomorrow for the results. Can’t wait on either one. Sony, don’t disappoint us, like you have already and in the past.
Also be sure to catch history in the making as Steve Wiebe of The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters fame, try to reclaim his title as be tries to break the Donkey Kong world record live again tomorrow. He should be given full support and if you haven’t seen the King of Kong documentary you got to soon. Anyways, good luck Wiebe!
Before I begin to even articulate just what I have just read, from 2 websites mind you, I still have to recollect myself for what I have just witnessed.
OK now.
The game console that may actually destroy Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, and PS3 is coming soon. It could also be hardly called a Console, more like a little black box that lets you play games in High Def either on your laptop that doesn’t require any gaming hardware AT ALL or either on your TV in High Def. What is this magic game box you ask? This my friends is called the OnLive.
Don’t be deceived by it’s looks, this is one powerful gaming system. If I learned by my take on this thing; my explanation on how this works is terrible. So read more about it here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10202688-235.html?tag=pop.
I do know it works in a way how YouTube works. No downloads needed, just all through network streaming, and no lag.I also know about skeptics, since its been tried before:
A box full of suck (Has nothing to do with you AFOS).
So will it work? The developers say yes, but we will either have to wait for the beta to be out in Summer ‘09 or wait for the full release in Winter. As far as I know, most video game enthusiast websites says it does work. Others may have to wait for time to tell. I say if its gotten this far, it most certainly works, but then again time will tell as well.
So what say you? I’m on board. If too expensive ? I may have to wait as well. In the meantime, you can sign up to be a beta tester here: http://www.onlive.com/beta_program.html
The Nintendo Wii also seems to be taking a beating at the GDC this year in the wake of the Xbox 360’s new peripheral:
What seems the point of the Wii now? Or the Wii’s Motion Plus with Microsoft’s GameTrak Freedom on the horizon? Well this will either head towards Nintendo’s fun games or Xbox 360’s next gen graphics.
