E3 Impressions
Interesting:
- Brutal Legend. Seriously can't wait for this. Tim Schafer is love.
- Secret of Monkey Island. THAT'S RIGHT. SECRET OF MONKEY ISLAND IS BACK. I cannot contain the excitement that I have for this, though I'm hoping that if this does well, other classic Schafer games like Grim Fandango and Full Throttle will come back.
- Lots of Nintendo franchises. Mario's got a ton of stuff coming (Super Mario Galaxy 2 - featuring Yoshi in space and weird tongue physics, Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, New Super Mario Bros. Wii), new Zelda is on the way for DS (but we knew that already), and Metroid is getting a makeover from Team Ninja (which looks pretty good so far). Definitely want to see more about Metroid, but I was kind of secretly hoping for a StarFox revamp.
- WarioWare: DIY. That looks like a lot of fun. Want!
- Star Wars: The OId Republic. Count me in, that trailer was great! As Matt said to me, THAT'S how the SW prequels should have been.
- The Last Guardian. From the folks behind Ico and Shadows of the Colossus, the heartwarming tale of a boy and his giant bird-rat.
Want To Hear More:
- Project Natal. The possibilities are there, but can the control really be defined better than it is? Seems kind of spastic (GO BRICKOUT GIRL, GO). Also, is this really as practical and intuitive as they're saying it could be? I mean, I'm a fatty. I don't move a lot. I couldn't see myself playing this for long without collapsing in failure and whining for cake. Also, a controller gives us a tool to connect ourselves with - a tangible way to connect with our game. I'm not sure if people would be totally alienated by not having anything in their hands when they play. (Then again, the geeky side of me is screaming "HOLODECK! YESSSSS!")
- Specifically, the idea of character interaction with Project Natal - Peter Molyneux's "Milo". Fascinating. ...creepy, but still fascinating. I'm curious as to what kinds of capabilities this would have, and what kinds of things you could do. (Seeing the demonstrator actually attempting to catch the "goggles" and run her hands through the "water" shows that she's immersed in it. Astounding.)
- Beatles. No singing from Sir Paul and Sir Ringo? Sad. But Paul calling himself an android is amusing. Looking forward to three-part harmony.
- Left 4 Dead 2: still haven't really gotten to play the first, but just about anything with zombies, I'm down with. It's kind of a big f*ck-you to the folks who bought the first game, though, thinking about it, since L4D isn't that old and most of the new content could have been downloadable...
- Mass Effect 2. Liked the first, even though I haven't come close to finishing it.
- No More Heroes 2. More Travis Touchdown in our future is a good thing.
- XBox movie sharing-video-conference-thinger. Now you can MST3K with folks around the world.
- PS3 motion controller. Prototype is hideous, but the 1 to 1 tracking looks great. I expected this to be stupid, but I think that this is more practical than Natal, and more accurate than the Wiimote. I definitely want to see more about this.
- MAG. Such a great idea, can't wait to see the full product.
Good-To-Hear-But-Not-Interesting-To-Me:
- MGS: Rising. Oh, a game with Raiden. That's nice.
- Kingdom Hearts on DS and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers on WiiWare. Neat.
- Assassin's Creed 2. The idea of having daVinci as my personal invention monkey is cool.
- PSP Go. Looks nice, but I'd rather grab a price-dropped PSP, instead. I am starting to see more titles I want to pick up, though, which is a good thing.
- God Of War III and Uncharted 2.
Boring and/or Just Plain Stupid:
- Iwata's talk of a pulse sensor. What. Seems to have very limited applications, and hardly anyone would want to have that strapped to them as they play.
- Tsuda's attack on Wii. Waggling your body seemed just as silly as waggling a remote, pretentious dipshit. You look like a greasy douche.
- EA yammering on about their sports games. Nothing new or different there, though the extensive team customization for Madden seems neat.
- Social networking (Twitter and Facebook) on XBox. Yeah, I have a device for that. It's called my computer. Then again, if you're really into social networking, that's cool. I just don't see what's so neat about that.
- FFXIV Online. That's right. Sony announced it would be an exclusive. Will it stay that way? I'm skeptical about that part. Otherwise, I don't think that that's a big deal. Seems silly to announce 14 before 13.
- Can we agree that the forced interactions and awkward segueways in ALL of these presentations need to stop?! Seriously, Microsoft was the worst offender.
- MGS: Peacewalker. That trailer was waaaaay too long. Kojima needs an editor.
- FFVII on the PS Store. ...if you haven't gotten the chance to play it, that's great, but this game has not aged well. I would've liked an update. Or, even better: FINAL FANTASY 6. That would've gotten my attention.
Overall, a solid E3. There was little that blew me away, but I'm definitely excited about the possibilities. One thing still bothers me: no price drop for PS3.
- Brutal Legend. Seriously can't wait for this. Tim Schafer is love.
- Secret of Monkey Island. THAT'S RIGHT. SECRET OF MONKEY ISLAND IS BACK. I cannot contain the excitement that I have for this, though I'm hoping that if this does well, other classic Schafer games like Grim Fandango and Full Throttle will come back.
- Lots of Nintendo franchises. Mario's got a ton of stuff coming (Super Mario Galaxy 2 - featuring Yoshi in space and weird tongue physics, Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, New Super Mario Bros. Wii), new Zelda is on the way for DS (but we knew that already), and Metroid is getting a makeover from Team Ninja (which looks pretty good so far). Definitely want to see more about Metroid, but I was kind of secretly hoping for a StarFox revamp.
- WarioWare: DIY. That looks like a lot of fun. Want!
- Star Wars: The OId Republic. Count me in, that trailer was great! As Matt said to me, THAT'S how the SW prequels should have been.
- The Last Guardian. From the folks behind Ico and Shadows of the Colossus, the heartwarming tale of a boy and his giant bird-rat.
Want To Hear More:
- Project Natal. The possibilities are there, but can the control really be defined better than it is? Seems kind of spastic (GO BRICKOUT GIRL, GO). Also, is this really as practical and intuitive as they're saying it could be? I mean, I'm a fatty. I don't move a lot. I couldn't see myself playing this for long without collapsing in failure and whining for cake. Also, a controller gives us a tool to connect ourselves with - a tangible way to connect with our game. I'm not sure if people would be totally alienated by not having anything in their hands when they play. (Then again, the geeky side of me is screaming "HOLODECK! YESSSSS!")
- Specifically, the idea of character interaction with Project Natal - Peter Molyneux's "Milo". Fascinating. ...creepy, but still fascinating. I'm curious as to what kinds of capabilities this would have, and what kinds of things you could do. (Seeing the demonstrator actually attempting to catch the "goggles" and run her hands through the "water" shows that she's immersed in it. Astounding.)
- Beatles. No singing from Sir Paul and Sir Ringo? Sad. But Paul calling himself an android is amusing. Looking forward to three-part harmony.
- Left 4 Dead 2: still haven't really gotten to play the first, but just about anything with zombies, I'm down with. It's kind of a big f*ck-you to the folks who bought the first game, though, thinking about it, since L4D isn't that old and most of the new content could have been downloadable...
- Mass Effect 2. Liked the first, even though I haven't come close to finishing it.
- No More Heroes 2. More Travis Touchdown in our future is a good thing.
- XBox movie sharing-video-conference-thinger. Now you can MST3K with folks around the world.
- PS3 motion controller. Prototype is hideous, but the 1 to 1 tracking looks great. I expected this to be stupid, but I think that this is more practical than Natal, and more accurate than the Wiimote. I definitely want to see more about this.
- MAG. Such a great idea, can't wait to see the full product.
Good-To-Hear-But-Not-Interesting-To-Me:
- MGS: Rising. Oh, a game with Raiden. That's nice.
- Kingdom Hearts on DS and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers on WiiWare. Neat.
- Assassin's Creed 2. The idea of having daVinci as my personal invention monkey is cool.
- PSP Go. Looks nice, but I'd rather grab a price-dropped PSP, instead. I am starting to see more titles I want to pick up, though, which is a good thing.
- God Of War III and Uncharted 2.
Boring and/or Just Plain Stupid:
- Iwata's talk of a pulse sensor. What. Seems to have very limited applications, and hardly anyone would want to have that strapped to them as they play.
- Tsuda's attack on Wii. Waggling your body seemed just as silly as waggling a remote, pretentious dipshit. You look like a greasy douche.
- EA yammering on about their sports games. Nothing new or different there, though the extensive team customization for Madden seems neat.
- Social networking (Twitter and Facebook) on XBox. Yeah, I have a device for that. It's called my computer. Then again, if you're really into social networking, that's cool. I just don't see what's so neat about that.
- FFXIV Online. That's right. Sony announced it would be an exclusive. Will it stay that way? I'm skeptical about that part. Otherwise, I don't think that that's a big deal. Seems silly to announce 14 before 13.
- Can we agree that the forced interactions and awkward segueways in ALL of these presentations need to stop?! Seriously, Microsoft was the worst offender.
- MGS: Peacewalker. That trailer was waaaaay too long. Kojima needs an editor.
- FFVII on the PS Store. ...if you haven't gotten the chance to play it, that's great, but this game has not aged well. I would've liked an update. Or, even better: FINAL FANTASY 6. That would've gotten my attention.
Overall, a solid E3. There was little that blew me away, but I'm definitely excited about the possibilities. One thing still bothers me: no price drop for PS3.