E3 2008
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Its shaping up to be an awesome e3 alot of gameplay videos coming out also alot of awesome trailers whats got you most excited? for me it has to be gears of war.
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Fable 2 looks to be pretty cool.
Halo Wars looks to be fun.
Speaking of Bungie.. looking forward to what happens when the splash page on Bungie.net changes. I read of a rumored new squad based Halo game.... hrmm...
Too Human demo: Diablo + Devil May Cry + Space Vikings == OMGWTFBBQSauceCoolness
(though camera is a bit funky but not too hard to get used to)
XBox Live fall update is... interesting.. complete redesign of the interface. Gameshows looks fun.
YEA! That's pretty damn insane news, but I see the rumor was being milled around for awhile now. Square has made xbox 360 titles so it's not too surprising I suppose...
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=53630
http://www.shackvideo.com/?id=12502
I'm interested to hear what this new IP from Ninty is tomorrow, too.
Edit: here's another off-screen cam of the trailer, better than the shacknews one i think http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/19943
Mirror's Edge just seems like one of those games where you have to play it yourself to see, it looks great.... but those trailers show a lack of weight, which is kinda weird since its based of momentum. (My opinion anyways).
I haven't gotten my hands on Too Human demo yet, but big up to my homies at Silicon Knights (Ontario RAWKS)
Bonertastic.
I think the 360 avatars are a complete gimmick though, but the voice conference chat is sooo overdue its unbelievable!
system crash: [x] gears
slow/boring gameplay: [x] fallout 3 (i was looking forward to that game too...)
cutting off a big game: [x] resident evil 5 (best part of the demo and they didn't get to show it)
lack of enthusiasm: [x] the whole thing
bad rip off other company's ideas: [x] the whole mass market section
random bad singer: [x] lips singer, she didn't even do a good job on her own song.
I HATE THE AVATARS!!!!
The new UI is just sad looking in its blatant rip of the Wii and I tunes cover flow. Its like looking at bad UVs where they waste 75% of the texture space. WTF was wrong with the old tabs that give you the info you want and use the full screen?
lol, I'm pretty damn happy about most of it, except I don't give a shit about a lady singing. The New UI looks fine to me but I hope it's optional. Oh, and those avatars look way better than Mii's. I'm looking forward to them. It's not like you're forced to make one.. (oh wait.. are you? :P)
Hell yea.
TGZ -
I dunno how some of you wanks always find shit to bitch about.
There are so many amazing trailers and demos happening, and all you can do is bitch, bitch, bitch.
Rage, Fallout 3, Fable 2, Gears 2, RE5, nice new menu system (Blade system is pretty bad, dunno why you wouldn't want it changed), netflix on demand, Dragon Age, Mirrors edge... like holy crap, so much good stuff.
- I personally like the avatars a lot. Anything I can collect for or customize myself is fun for me. Not to mention is an extra plus to get the missus involved in things. I enjoyed making Mii's for my entire family and I'm sure I'll enjoy the avatars even more. Shit man, I just like to be creative and the more outlets the better.
- The new dash looks nice and sleek, but I'm not sure if it will be as concise and straight forward as it is now. Regardless, revamped dash = fresh experience. I'm not sure where you're getting Wii rip off for the UI. It looks completely different than the Wii Menu despite the avatars and calling the different tabs "channels."
- I'll agree the Fallout demo wasn't quite what I was hoping for, but it didn't fall too short. I think the story, quests, npc groups, etc. will help make the game. There just wasn't enough time to get into all of that during the playthrough.
- The Mass Market scene may not be the most appealing thing to the people around here, but I definitely think it's hitting the mark for the masses. That gameshow channel is exactly the shit that my wife and all of her friends would sit and play for hours, not to mention scene it and all of the endless download packs I'm sure it will have.
- Enthusiasm, come on man it's a press conference and these folks are PR people. When certain devs tried to be enthusiastic they got "crickets" anyways so I think just shooting straight and showing the goods is probably the best approach.
Anyways, I'm pretty excited for the rest of the year in terms of microsoft, I can't wait to see what Nintendo and Sony have in store for this E3.
BTW what do you think avatars mean for us devs? With the combo of new dash and avatars its kind of the end to DLC picture packs and themes for games. Do you think this will mean that they(MS) will want us to make game themed accessory's (hair, hats, clothes, and what not)?
Haha, yeah I know what you mean. It just seems like these folks are poor actors so their enthusiasm reeks of BS. Yeah that poor guy should have let the Metallica thing go.
Good question man. I don't know really, but I think that would be a great idea. I also think they could still do themes for the new dash, but the gamer pics are probably goners. Who knows though, maybe avatars will be totally optional. To early to tell.
so un-hollywood cookie cutter bullshit, it makes my skin tingle with pleasure!
The gameplay looks interesting. I like the idea of tactical pausing/aiming. The gore looked fun, wonder how it holds up through repitition though.
I'm iffy on the new dashboard... I think the Mii60's will be fun but I hope the UI is condensed a little bit. I would like more direct access to my stuffs. Currently it's about 2 screens out of what I would prefer (much like stuff in Windows -__-;; )
Man, RE5. If I can afford it, I may have to break down and get a 360 to play it. RE4 was the reason I got a Gamecube.
Gears of War 2: < 30 fps (in most spots)? Still grey? I know it's a demo, and 4 months away from release, but come on
Resident Evil 5: Stupid AI still? Zombies falling through world geometry (stairs)? Give me a break
Fallout3: Looked okay, but overall seemed clunky. Hopefully it will be polished up by release
Rage looked amazing though. If that was in fact realtime and not prerendered game assets, they've got something there. Fantastic lighting, texturing and especially animation. Really looking forward to that.
GoW2 looks badass - really want to try the Horde gameplay
Netflix on the 360 - 'bout damn time
Where is earthquake to tell us how shitty this looks. like the last time they showed this stuff,
Fallout 3 is going to be Oblivion with guns, I just hope they fix or don't use the world leveling thing from Oblivion
I really liked the action from Mirror's Edge but I am not feeling that visual style at all. I'm also interested to see how the first-person game play feels with that kind of action; typically melee and jumping stuff in first-person doesn't work so well.
So I guess you'll have the fluffy channel based dash with a quick blade menu at the press of the guide button. Reminded me a little of maya's hotbox.
-ps- That tech 5 looks great running
- BoBo
dude that looks hot!! I love these styles of games. Those big firehands guys are awesome!!
and rage is sexy, love the back-shell creature guy.
sick stuff guys.
crop of fantasy styles on show this year, now I'm the happiest I've been all year
Fantastic to see this kind of visual fidelity and love being poured into a fresh style of fantasy.
Or was the Nintendo E3 section the biggest let down of any media show ever...? I mean, what the fuck did I just watch?
Somebody give me back my time...
I agree with odium. The only wii coverage I see is for ports and casual games. No real gamer games looking awesome.
Year, you don't even have to press the right buttons or make good movements, just move like you want and you can play wii music! Doh!
Some great advancements in technology on display here, fun fun fun.
You gotta be kidding - if you played the previous ones you can tell that Bethesda is taking a voracious dump on the entire series. Guess that's one man's opinion, though.
Rage looks cool.