God Microsoft are glorious bastards. They showed some cool games, then basically said "ha ha, fuck E3" and showed everyone how they've made the 360 the "do whatever you want" box and then proceeded completely sideswipe Nintendo's second-screen peripheral.

Halo 4 is lovely-looking though.

Nah

Halo 4 is looking quite fancy.

Fucking David Cage man

I hate this guy

Beyond's graphics are amazing. I dunno if the gameplay will be quite as good, though.

He spent five minutes shilling the strong female character and her amazing voice actress.

She had a generic action sequence and one line.

Better luck next time David.

Yeah, but it did look good, even if it wasn't particularly interesting.

I'll be frank

If it's not filled with plot holes like Heavy Rain was, I'll probably buy it. I want to like games like that, even if David Cage is a huge faggot.

It seems like they're trying a bit too hard to have an overly emotional story with amazing visuals. than just making a game that's simply fun to play.


In other news, Far Cry 3 looks pretty boring. But I don't like shooters, so I'm a bit biased.

I was too busy meeping at the Far Cry guy's voice

I've never felt so emasculated!

So, whose conference was worse: Microsoft or Sony?

I think they were equally boring. EA was shit and Ubisoft was pretty good. Waiting for Nintendo now...

Nintendo's gonna destroy everyone. They care about nothing more than making fun games, not stupid peripherals and online integration with other companies.


Ubisoft's was quite good, though.

Sony's was pretty good, Playstation All Stars looked cool, lmao at Hydra trying to eat Qwark. Sadly Sly didn't win that fight but he'll still win E3...Also Last of Us looked pretty raw, just couldn't help thinking "this could've been Jak 4" :/

Didn't see MS conference but Halo 4 looked epic, visuals were damn near Crysis quality.

Also...

Mr. Bungle: "Nintendo...They care about nothing more than making fun games, not stupid peripherals"

Wut.

Microsoft's was nigh unwatchable, Sony's was basically the same shit but with a much better presenter and far better flow. It was much easier and more enjoyable to watch.

HOWEVER

No Last Guardian news ;__ ;

They never bother with peripherals like the ones Sony and Microsoft use with their systems . None of that Kinect and Move shit. If you're thinking the Wii U controller is similar to this, well it's not true. It's a controller, not a peripheral. Unless I'm forgetting something I don't think the Wii had any weird peripherals like that.

Peripheral.

Spike TV is airing some terrible, terrible coverage of the event right now. It's really terribly terrible guys. Just no good at all.

You know what would be cool? Jak 4 on an HD console. You know what I can't force myself to give a shit about? Ellen Paige. Jesus Naughty Dog, get it together.

What an excellent way to rapidly end any conversation about the WiiU I might get caught in.


Also, Reggie.

Oh Reggie.

I just realized I completely forgot about the Wii Motion+ and that stupid balance board thing.


derp


I regret nothing.

Well, Kinect and Move are equally horrendous...

And I will be watching Nintendo's conference, Mario in HD should be mind blowing.

So basically, Microsoft and Sony both had

-A few Triple A titles worth drooling over
-Ubisoft showing off
-Boring multimedia tablet/pad connectivity
-Boring casual kiddy uninteresting motion stuff
-Boring but technically important TV, music, sports stuff

Thing is, Microsoft doesn't really need some big show-stopper.

Sony kind of...did. They are in seriously bad shape financiallly.

Looking forward to that too. I'm especially interested in Pikmin 3 and a new Smash Bros, as well as a possible new series(?).

Also here's something interesting:

Halo 4's trailer was noticed by a few people to have some cues from metroid prime, like the visor and stuff.

Well it turns out there's some former staff heads from Retro Games working on the project.

Might be interesting.

One thing I took away from the reactions to Microsoft’s conference was that people somehow get really fucking offended when you try and do something that isn’t “HERE IS A NEW VIDEO GAME FOR OUR CONSOLE OKAY GOODBYE”

And that pisses me off. It’s a video game console and the Xbox is probably going to get most triple-A games anyway, so why not show off some of the non-video game stuff they have planned?

The bitching about how Microsoft showed a bunch of stuff that wasn’t new games just comes off to me as snobby, entitled weirdos who are offended the conference is not 110% dedicated to games. They are allowed to show off other things and really if they only showed games the whole thing would get old pretty quick.

As long as the Wii U Pro controller is nice to hold, I'll be happy.
Not really hugely excited about any new games just yet. Most of the games I get tend to be bargains or impulse buys, like how I ended up buying Bioshock 2, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and how I went from Mass Effect 2 to Mass Effect 3. I'm definitely seeing a slowing of pace in terms of me buying new games. I think online multiplayer modes are one of the reasons for that.

Did you actually see it?

No?

It was boring, tedious and shallow. The fact that their big non game announcement was 'By the way we're stealing from the Wii U' didn't help matters.

No, I follow a bunch of people on Twitter and read through their reactions, which generally revolved around bitching about what Microsoft was showing off.

The Wii U is a gamepad with a glorified tablet for a controller.

Xbox SmartGlass is a rather different beast.

I dunno if anyone saw this but i'll post it anyway. Rayman Legends is looking amazing. Murphy is back 8D

xbox has an ipad now?

Seriously I'm tired of seeing new products from microsoft and sony that have already been done before

(
kinect = eyetoy
ps move = wii controllers
)
not saying that the wii u controller = ipad
because I'm not sure about it. the ipad didn't have buttons or connect to a console last time I checked... Then again so did the xbox connect to the tv.

I just want to see something new.

EDIT: YAY more rayman, wish I had the first one :(

I'm afraid that at no point in the conference did I ever have cause to see it than anything other than a Wii U ripoff, even if that's not necessarily true. I mean, Kinect is a far more flexible and interesting device than the wii ever was, but Microsoft never nearly utilized its potential (Or at least hadn't the last time I looked at what the kinect was capable of via youtube videos and what kinect games actually were). It was still treated by gamers as a Wii ripoff because though it was a pretty different beast altogether, that's what it basically inherently was. That article manages to sell it a little better, but I still can't see it as anything other than trend following. I'm not at all a techy, so this is a pretty naive view, take as you will.

And that there that I mentioned above was the main problem with Microsoft's conference: The presentation was awful. The speakers were listless. The flow was bad. It was terribly terrible boring.

The crazy celebrity cameos didn't help. Even Usher and five minutes of Nike blatantly advertising shoes at the middle of a gaming conference (What the fuck Nike?! What the fuck Microsoft?!) or the Microsoft presenter being paid off to advertise Prometheus couldn't make it any more memorable.

Sony really didn't have much better substance than Microsoft's presentation, but they had much better style. The presenters were engaging and the general music and peripheral bits seemed far more like they were going through the motions rather than filling up space like Microsoft was.

And when five minutes of your conference consists of an Usher concert, how are you not filling up space?

In that case that’s pretty incredibly stupid of Microsoft, and they should learn to make a better show.

My body is ready, 5 minutes.

So far: Pikmin 3
23 games confirmed
Reggie can't tell a joke and pronounces proof as poof

So now it's over. Well, there is the 3DS presentation tomorrow but all in all, E3 was pretty dull this year. I thought even Nintendo was pretty lame.

Watch Dogs was probably the biggest surprise for me and it looked really good. Zombi U was quite interesting and so was Rayman Legends. They should've showed more of those, not that stupid Just Dance 4 shit or fitness stuff. Zombified Reggie was funny too.

Like I said, pretty lame.

I just watched the Watch Dogs E3 demo and holy shit that game looks amazing.

Yeah I'm disappointed with the lack of Zelda, Star Fox and Smash Bros, Obviouly they need more time on those titles. Overall I liked Nintendo's E3 conference.

Nintendo Land looks pretty fun, just looks like that really fun game you'll play at parties and I'm excited to see what other Nintendo franchises are part of it. I saw a Zelda mini-game yet they didn't show it...hm.

The two new Mario games look good as well, I'm kinda wishing they announced something different like a new Mario Galaxy game or something. Oh well. The turning stuff into gold gimmick on the 3DS one looks cool, though I can imagine using it to get 99 lives on the first level just by spamming the power ups. And the Wii U one just looks like the Wii one but with new power-ups. Meh, I don't mind. Mario games are so fun :) (Though the name New Super Mario Bros U makes no sense)

ZombiU was the surprise of the show, that is defiantly one game that will appeal to the buyers if it's a launch title. That's a game even PC gamers would look into.

Also very excited to play Rayman Legends, Assassin's Creed 3 and Batman: Arkham City. Not too bothered about Wii Fit or that new Rabbid's game.

EDIT: I forgot about Lego City and Pikmin 3!
Lego City looks fun, sorta like GTA only being the opposite of being a criminal. :tard: and Pikmin 3 is going to be good, I played Pikmin 1 just the other day and it was a great game.

anyway, I'm pissed off with people in the stream saying "no 3DS!" fucking idiot's didn't hear that there is an hour long show tomorrow dedicated to the 3DS. :nonono:

I think overall, my favorite part of E3 was to see the Wii U. I'm defiantly going to get one.

Nintendo started off strong and got progressively weaker. Their whole show was well presented and fun to watch, even given the lack of substance after Pikmin 3. By the time that guy was taking ten minutes to explain generic looking minigames containing Nintendo ips, though, I really couldn't give a shit any longer.

Presentation wise Nintendo wins E3

Substance wise Sony wins E3 by dint of being the least shit

Developer wise Ubisoft wins. I'm a little shocked that EA and Activision didn't make much of an effort. I mean, they are a huge pile of shit but they could have at least attempted to dress it up.

Yeah, that was a pretty crappy E3.

Aren’t they always?

I definitely remember E3 being more interesting when I used to read about it in a gaming magazine as opposed to watching it.

This is probably nostalgia talking.