More good stuff on day two, but it didn't start off that way.
Nintendo:
The Zelda demo was epic fail of major proportions.
Reggie Fils-Amie puts me to sleep.
Enough Mario already!
Wii Party wtf?
Golden Sun - meh.
Amother Kirby side scroller - just what the world needs. :roll:
Same goes for Donkey Kong.
Does Metroid really have anything new to offer?
Goldeneye looks just like it did way back when, but I bet it doesn't play as good as it used to.
So far it's the '80s all over again.
Disney Epic Mickey - why bother with everything else? They should have started the show with this one & concluded the game portion of the show as soon as the demo ended.
Which brings us to the Nintendo 3DS. 3-D games, photos & movies without any glasses sounds good, but is something I'll need to see first hand of course. At least the lineup of third party developers for the 3DS looks promising.
On to Sony:
Two good potshots at Microsoft right in the introduction (& a couple more by Kevin Butler a little later).
Killzone looked good as usual, especially the jet pack usage, but it no longer has the wow factor the first demo had a few years ago. I'm sure it looks even better in 3-D, but doesn't mean much to me since it will be a while before I can afford a 3-D TV.
I think driving games will be the ones that will take the most advantage & look the best in 3-D, so I was a bit surprised they didn't have more than Killzone to show in 3-D.
I'm not too thrilled about Move, but at least Sony has non-casual games to play (unlike Microsoft).
Sorcery looked pretty decent, but nothing that couldn't be played just a well, if not better, with a standard controller.
PSP games - meh.
Little Big Planet 2 looks like it will be cool in that it's not just platformers anymore, but I would only be playing other peoples creations tbh.
Playstation Plus also sounds cool, but you only get to keep the content for as long as you keep your subscription active. Considering that I pay the same amount for Xbox Live every year, I guess that's no big deal. I just don't like that some demos/content are going to be Playstation Plus exclusive.
More Medal of Honor was good, but continuing where the Dead Space 2 demo left of the day before was EPIC!
Which could only be topped by GLADOS...
...and Assassins Creed:Brotherhood! You PS3 owners can rub the exclusive mission pack & multiplayer beta in my face when the time comes. :wink:
Cool ending with Gran Turismo, Infamous 2 & Twisted Metal, which looked totally psychotic & my type of game.
Now on to the convention floor:
And Star Wars the Old Republic hands-on! I'm not saying forget the trailers, but don't expect gameplay to looks as good. Don't get me wrong, it still looks amazing & it has everything you would expect plus some stuff you wouldn't. I can't begin to spew everything off here (the HUD looks super clean & unobtrusive), but I'm seriously thinking of going back to PC gaming just for this baby. Might be time to buy a new laptop next spring.
Next I got to see CoD:Black Ops campaign hands-on. The first play through was the same helicopter mission as yesterday (still amazing though), but it went a little different since someone else was playing & continued on a bit longer. The second play through was on the ground in the snow going up against a Russian encampment that included using a crossbow & repelling down a mountain face. Just AWESOME!
Then came some Dead Rising 2 gameplay. How about sticking a car battery onto a lawn rake to make an electric prod to shock the crap out of some zombies? Or strapping 2 chainsaws onto a kayak paddle to twirl around? Or driving a bunch of nails through a baseball bat for a swinging good time? Or even a teddy bear gun turret to mow 'em all down? But best of all is the co-op mode. This is going to be some kinda fun!
Next up was Bulletstorm, that was being played on a different level as yesterday's demo which had a bunch of cactus that you could impale enemies on. Plus there were man eating plants & a bunch of other crazy stuff. This game looks so fun & funny, it's absolutely a must buy!
The only game crazier than Dead Rising 2 or Bulletstorm is probably Twisted Metal, which was up next. This could actually be the game to get me to buy a PS3. :shock:
It's great that there are games coming out that actually put the fun back into shooting/killing again (nothing against CoD, Halo, etc.).
Now for something completely different - Portal 2! All I can say is everything good is back, only better & now there's co-op! Yeah Boyee! Where's my cake?
Marvel vs Capcom 3 playable - meh. Not my cup of tea.
Neither was the Driver:San Francisco hands-on, but could be something for furie since he's such a hardcore driver. I just have a problem with the whole premise thing.
Speaking of furie, perhaps Disney's Epic Mickey would get him back on that Wii. I didn't see much different stuff happening in this hands-on that I saw at the presentation, but I have to admit this is quite a different game than most of the stuff they're showing at E3 this year.
So Little Big Planet 2 hands-on was next & I understand what furie says about the game, but I still think it will be interesting to see just what people can come up with.
The Red Fraction:Armageddon playable demo took me by surprise. The magnet gun looks like so much fun to use & something I want to try.
I'm not going to go on about the Halo Reach campaign playable demo because of all the haters, but the space battles are going to be absolutely EPIC!
The final hands-on was Fallout New Vegas & they saved the best for last. Vegas was all lit up without that desolation that was in yesterday's demo, giving the game a different feel. The new weapons system combos are incredible & the companion control wheel is a big improvement. Plus now there's a hardcore mode that really ups the ante.
So another day is done with over 8 hours of presentations & playable demos. Add that to 3 World Cup games & I getting very little sleep.
They're showing over 25 hours of live E3 coverage here, so it's going to be a long week. But with that much coverage, I wonder if the pickings will be getting slim as the week rolls on.
