Coming Attractions
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E3 has come and gone with nary a word from your intrepid, nude gaming enthusiasts on the subject. The show, a mere shadow of its former self, now represents more of a month-long publicity window for publishers. Many of the biggest announcements came before or after the two day "expo," perhaps proving once and for all that E3 is dead. *Moment of Silence* And I never even got to go.
A few things of note in the past few weeks:
Super Mario Galaxy looks great, just the kind of innovative, imaginative title the genre so sorely needs.
Disappointed by the lack of major Brawl announcements, but isn't TGS coming up soon? Holding out hope for news there.
WiiFit is a great idea, but E3 was not the right venue to showcase it. Most of the people who know and care about the show are the type looking for the next Twilight Princess. Thankfully, Nintendo doesn't seem to care about their opinion much anymore.
15 minute Metal Gear Solid 4 demo? Amazing. I hate to say it, but I might have to get a PS3 to play that game. The amount of abilities and features added, on top of Snake's already impressive movelist, is truly stunning. MGS continues to improve with each iteration and I'm almost sad that this will be the last one (lulz).
Extended RE5 trailer was great. Looks like 4, only more intense, which is saying something. Knowing Capcom, we'll be sick of neo-Resident Evil in a year or two, but for now the future is bright.
I don't hate Halo. This is not to say I hated it before, but I think I'm beginning to understand the love a bit. Most of my criticisms stand, but I'm enjoying the PC demo of the first. I'm fairly excited for 3, especially since today's 4 player online co-op was announced. Co-op is tons of fun, especially in FPSes. Hopefully there won't be much lag and the game will remain balanced, as far as difficulty goes.
All the usual suspects continue to impress: Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, Crysis, Bioshock and Devil May Cry 4 will undoubtedly deserve my hard-earned money once I have a way to play them.
Sony had a remarkably strong press conference; I had underestimated how much they are willing to sacrifice to stay competetive. I'm not sure how much these renewed efforts will actually help their market share, but it is nice to them trying.
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Daniel Radcliffe
2 comments:
What have you seen of Fallout 3? Have you liked what you saw?
Check: http://fallout.bethsoft.com/downloads/videos.html
I haven't seen anything beyond a couple of screenshots so far. Games are Fun named it their game of the show, but until I see more gameplay I can't really comment. I think Bethesda will do a pretty good job of updating it, but I know a lot of people hate Oblivion for some of their design choices. We'll see. The ability to play from so many perspectives, including the original overhead, sounds like a good idea.
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