E-Free 2018

[Cure]

Yoooooo, let's discuss that Microsoft conference. Pretty densely packed with stuff and probably XBox's best in years. Lots of cool stuff was shown. Let's also discuss the other conferences!

[PApagreg]

Pretty densely packed with stuff and probably XBox's best in years. Lots of cool stuff was shown.

I agree with the latter but its not really "Xbox's best" when pretty much most of the games are multi platform. Really looking forward to Sekiro and Cyberpunk 2077, might get Jump Force though

[sdp]

I didn't watch the conferences just some videos I was linked to that piqued my interest:

Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Still not a fan of nuLara but at the very least this looked more Tomb Raider than the past two games

CyberPunk 2077: Looks ok so far but it didn't wow me.

Jump Force: I wish the graphics were cel shaded

Dead Or Alive 6: This trailer did not seem like a DOA game

Devil May Cry 5: looks ok

I'm not big on current gaming trends so nothing else really interested me to check out trailers but not crapping on that, just not for me.

[The Deadman]

Xbox reveals:
-Just Cause 4
-Gears of War 5
-Dying Light 2
-Forza Horizon 4
-Halo Infinite
-Battletoads
-Devil May Cry 5
-The Division 2

EA reveals:
-Battlefield 5
-FIFA 19
-Madden 19
-Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order
-Unravel Two
-Sea of Solitude
-NBA Live 19
-Command & Conquer: Rivals
-Anthem

[TigerClaw]

I'm more excited about new Battletoads then any of the other games. Battletoads holds a special place in our hearts. It came out in a time when TMNT was huge. And the game was no doubt capitalizing on the success of TMNT. The game was super challenging.

[TurtleTitan97]

Would have honestly preferred we got a sequel to DmC over DMC5.

[Ninjinister]

Jump Force: I wish the graphics were cel shaded


Wouldn't that completely defeat the purpose?

[Cure]

Would have honestly preferred we got a sequel to DmC over DMC5.

Me, too, actually! That game is great.

[PApagreg]

Well Bethesda is pretty bad so far and whoever decided that Fallout needs to be a multiplayer game should be ashamed of themselves. Doom and Wolfenstein were the only saving grace but all we got was teasers

[Krutch]

VR gaming news has been painfully light so this E3 hasn't done much for me. Hoping tomorrow has some good reveals.

[Turo602]

Microsoft killed it! I really think they've restored faith in their brand, which was exactly what they needed to do this E3.

Halo didn't show much but it said a lot, and that's that 343 is listening, which is exactly what fans needed to hear. Gears of War 5 looks like the proper next-gen experience that 4 failed to deliver due to its back to basics approach. Crackdown looks like insane fun, and making Terry Crews the star was honestly the best way to make the protagonist instantly likeable. They're officially working on Battletoads! They're getting previously Sony exclusive stuff like Nier: Automata and Kingdom Hearts 3, and they've acquired 5 studios to make exclusive games for the Xbox. Microsoft really got their sh*t together and 2019 is looking like a great year for the Xbox.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider looks like another incredible entry in the franchise and I'm really loving the setting. I didn't expect Devil May Cry 5 to be shown off at Microsoft's conference as Capcom tends to favor Sony and the rumor going around was that it would be exclusive to the PS4. Glad that wasn't true. The game looks amazing, though the focus on Nero in this trailer leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Though, I still haven't played 4, so maybe that will change. Weird though how much DMC 5 looks like the reboot, which I would have preferred they continued, but if the core DMC fanbase is satisfied with this, which I don't mind too much considering how good it looks, then I'm happy for them.

I will say, I'm a bit disappointed that 343 didn't have any words at the conference to give us more insight into Halo: Infinite and the future of the Master Chief Collection and I could have sworn Remedy was scheduled to be at the Microsoft conference with P7? Did I miss something? Was really pulling for it to be Alan Wake 2. But overall, Xbox had a very strong showing and I couldn't be anymore excited for the future of the console. Really looking forward to the rest of the conferences.

[Sumac]

VR gaming news has been painfully light so this E3 hasn't done much for me. Hoping tomorrow has some good reveals.
It seems VR is not yet at the point where it can become a serious contender of the traditional video games. Much like motion based games (Wii, move and Kinect) it was a fad, that have mostly died / went into the background.

Funny it will be second time when VR attempts to become a next step in the video game industry and second time it fails. Well, better luck third time. Probably then we will have a virtual reality like it was predicted in cyber punk novels..

Microsoft seriously had absolutely monstrous conference, in a good way, of course. Dunno what Sony need to do. They might not even get Final Fantasy VII Remake, since Square has their own conference today.

I predict Resident Evil 2 Remake, maybe RE8, maybe some kind DLC for Dad of War. I really really hope for the announcement of new Mortal Kombat, but it might be not in the cards. NRS is very silent about the matter.

At least Namco has brought a new build of Soul Calibur 6, so my hunger for the good fighting games this year will be sated. Also, Talim reveal is seemingly will happen in the next few days.

[shredder orokusaki]

Max settings 1440p on all action games and fighting games! Cant wait for all of them but mostly for DOOM! I iwill kill all demons monsters zombies humans e.t.c! MY RYZEN 1700 16 GB DDR4 3200MHZ GTX 970 and 24'' 2560x1440 60 hz ips monitor are ready for all of them!

[Powder]

Your hardware is super outdated, bro.

[sdp]

VR gaming news has been painfully light so this E3 hasn't done much for me. Hoping tomorrow has some good reveals.

Sumac isn't too wrong, the last VR trend was indeed a fad, but mostly because the technology isn't there yet. VR is definitely the future of gaming, it just has to get cheaper.

Give it 5 more years. Many companies are heavily investing in VR and AR, so it won't be too long. We're almost there to make it mainstream. We'll get tons of VR content then.

[CyberCubed]

Man, 2019 is seemingly stacked with games. Just in January-February alone there's like 10 high profile games coming out. Goddamn.

[PApagreg]

Funny it will be second time when VR attempts to become a next step in the video game industry and second time it fails. Well, better luck third time. Probably then we will have a virtual reality like it was predicted in cyber punk novels..



How did it fail, yeah sure VR isn't in the "Mainstream Gaming market" but so far its making good strides with a decent library of games, hell Bethesda even announced Wolfenstein and Prey VR.

[Sumac]

How did it fail, yeah sure VR isn't in the "Mainstream Gaming market" but so far its making good strides with a decent library of games, hell Bethesda even announced Wolfenstein and Prey VR.
Do you see hundreds of developers bringing their iconic IPs to VR and those games being extremely successful and being talked about like a new hotness?
Me neither.

[sdp]

VR has not failed, it just can't live up to the hype that it had 2 years ago. It was indeed a fad since you don't see people marketing it as much, but that doesn't mean the technology isn't the future, it is and it's amazing. It's still in its early stages but this isn't like the 90s VR fad that came and went, this time we actually have the technology and it's progressing at a steady pace.

[Cure]

Square Enix was OK but Ubisoft was so baaaaad.

[CyberCubed]

DK DLC for Rabbids looks excellent and Starfox in the StarLink game. Funny how Ubisoft's conference hyped up Nintendo aspects.

I'm really surprised by no Splinter Cell, so many rumors were pointing toward it's return. Hard to believe Splinter Cell has been dead this entire generation. No new Rayman either.

Everything else Ubisoft has is the same open world formula done to death, and Skull & Bones looks exactly like Assassin's Creed.

[PApagreg]

Do you see hundreds of developers bringing their iconic IPs to VR and those games being extremely successful and being talked about like a new hotness?
Me neither.

1. There aren't hundreds of developers with iconic IPs, if you are going to set some sort of bar at least make it somewhat realistic

2. Here is a list of Triple AAA games on the VR
https://www.vrandfun.com/master-list-of-all-of-the-upcoming-aaa-caliber-vr-games/

[Cure]

Oh my God, Sony's thing is garbaaaaaaaaaaage. What are they thinking?!

[sdp]

I'll give them props for trying something new but it didn't work out. Maybe it's more interesting if you're actually there but we'll have to wait and hear from those who were there.

As far as games I got some interest in:

Sonic Team Racing: The team aspect is kinda neat, I wonder how it'll do.

Starlink: I didn't know about this game, could be interesting. Don't like the Star Fox crossover as it sticks out like a sore thumb next to the other characters. I'd love an open world SF game though.

Resident Evil 2: Unsure I would've preferred a straight up remake like REmake was to 1. Doesn't seem my cup of tea but it was only a short trailer.

[Sumac]

Sony conference was mediocre. Nothing have impressed me aside from Spider-Man. Everything else, was either just a trailer without much of a substance or a pretty picture with simplistic gameplay and masturbation on violence.

1. There aren't hundreds of developers with iconic IPs, if you are going to set some sort of bar at least make it somewhat realistic

2. Here is a list of Triple AAA games on the VR
https://www.vrandfun.com/master-list-of-all-of-the-upcoming-aaa-caliber-vr-games/
The point is that very few recognizable properties were being brought in to VR. Which tells us, well, me, something, about how popular this technology in the eyes of developers.

Also, this list of "triple AAA" games doesn't look very "triple AAAish".

[Turo602]

Sony was very underwhelming... Just like last year, you think they have more to show, but it abruptly ends with Spider-Man again. They spent too much time with boring demonstrations rather than gameplay trailers that could have gotten the same point across in less time. The only real surprise was Resident Evil 2 and I'm very torn on it. Though, after seeing the gameplay trailer (which wasn't shown at the conference for some reason...) I think I'm feeling a little better about it.

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While it's not exactly the direction I wanted with this specific game, it looks leagues better than 7. I swear, this is what 7 should have looked like because this looks so much more ideal for a modern Resident Evil experience. Hopefully the series continues in this kind of direction going forward and forgets 7 ever happened. I still think REmake 2 should have been done more like the first REmake, but given where the series is right now, I'll take it. I just hope Capcom nails the survival horror this time as they've never really been any good with that in the over the shoulder games or even 7 for that matter.

[PApagreg]

Sony conference was mediocre. Nothing have impressed me aside from Spider-Man. Everything else, was either just a trailer without much of a substance or a pretty picture with simplistic gameplay and masturbation on violence.


The point is that very few recognizable properties were being brought in to VR. Which tells us, well, me, something, about how popular this technology in the eyes of developers.

Also, this list of "triple AAA" games doesn't look very "triple AAAish".

Okay the list had Fallout, Doom, Resident Evil,Wolfenstein, Payday 2, Skyrim, Star Trek and Marvel Heroes.

[Wildcat]

During the Disney XD broadcast they cut to commercial as soon as the two girls from Last of Us 2 started kissing....but later they showed the clip again during post discussion and interrupted at other points so it was just a coincidence.

I see it’s brought up on 4chan. I don’t use that site but I googled it to see if anyone else noticed.

I found it hilarious because I seriously thought at that moment they were caught off guard and tried to censor it. It even went into a random mix of other E3 news and standard commercials like it was spare of the moment :lol:

Edit: It’s on YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a2A0kFJTSEY and showing up in some other discussions. To be clear I do NOT think they were actually trying to censor it. I just find it funny. They showed it later with no interruption.

[Turo602]

I'm really surprised by no Splinter Cell, so many rumors were pointing toward it's return. Hard to believe Splinter Cell has been dead this entire generation. No new Rayman either.

I know. I'm so bummed out at the lack of Splinter Cell. It seemed like a sure thing after the Ghost Recon DLC, the Amazon and Walmart leaks, and Ubisoft even expressing interest in returning to the series, but nothing. Was really looking forward to seeing it this E3.

Was also really hyped for the potential Batman and Superman games from WB and Rocksteady that have been heavily rumored. Timing seemed perfect for both of them, but guess we're not gonna hear anything about them for a while longer.

[Sumac]

This E3 is more memorable for me because of what WAS NOT shows - new Rocksteady game and new MK. Things that I care the most.

Okay the list had Fallout, Doom, Resident Evil,Wolfenstein, Payday 2, Skyrim, Star Trek and Marvel Heroes.
Since when Star Trek and Marvel Heroes are triple AAA video game series? :lol:

[Powder]

Doom Eternal's teaser looked dooope.

2 hours out from Nintendo's little broadcast. Looking forward to it.

[PApagreg]

This E3 is more memorable for me because of what WAS NOT shows - new Rocksteady game and new MK. Things that I care the most.


Since when Star Trek and Marvel Heroes are triple AAA video game series? :lol:

I ment theyre iconic properties, why are you focusing on semantics the point is if VR was a failure it wouldt have gotten support from publishers like Bethesda,Rockstar or Fromsoftware during its 4th year lifespan

[Cure]

SMASH BROTHERS AAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhh!

[sdp]

Smash is an enhanced port basically but that's no problem for me, I expected that and the whole "complete smash" roster was something I wanted since the Wii U version was only like 4 fighters away from doing it anyway so at least there's that. I never got the DLC for Smash 4 so there's enough new characters for me here already. I'm almost sure we'll get other new fighters to keep the hype going to Nintendo, at least 2 more.

Not much else from Nintendo but that's also fine by me, they had been doing a lot of announcements and they said this E3 would only be for 2018 titles. No Star Fox Racing, no Animal Crossing, no Yoshi but I'm guessing those will happen earlyish next year.

[Sumac]

I ment theyre iconic properties, why are you focusing on semantics the point is if VR was a failure it wouldt have gotten support from publishers like Bethesda,Rockstar or Fromsoftware during its 4th year lifespan
Big developers making games for it doesn't really mean it's a hit either.

[shredder orokusaki]

Your hardware is super outdated, bro.

GRRR! Just graphics card since cpu ram and motherboard are 2017 high end but that because in 2017 i ugpraded cpu ram motherboard and hdd and not graphics card.
Anyway ROCKSTEADY will annoucne Superman tomorow last day of E3

https://heroichollywood.com/rocksteadys-e3-superman-tease/

He willl be with some foot ninjas too!

[PApagreg]

Big developers making games for it doesn't really mean it's a hit either.

Yeah but it doesn't mean its a failure, like you do know there is a gradient between hit and failure right.

[Ninjinister]

Is it just me or did this year seem amazingly... sparse?

[CyberCubed]

Is it just me or did this year seem amazingly... sparse?

Only because everything is coming out in 2019.

[Sumac]

My personal thoughts on this E3:
It was underwhelming. Couple of good projects have been announced, by mostly it was devoted to the demonstration of the projects announced before. Projects that I had personally expected were not announced.

In general, it seems that most of the time was given to the projects with pretty graphics, but largely samey gameplay and a special accent on the violence.

[shredder orokusaki]

Only because everything is coming out in 2019.

Just cause Hitman tomb raider mega man Zone of the enders remake and Strange Brigade is coming in 2018. It is Doom Eternal Gears of war 5 Wolfestein youngblood Crackdown 3 and Halo infinitieage 2 Generation Zero Dawn Dead or alive 6 CONTROL Devil May Cry 5 Resident evil 2 remake Shadows Die Twice that are coming in 2019. But iam looking forward to all of them anyway!

[LeotheLateBloomer]

Battletoads holds a special place in our hearts.

Does it really? I always thought that while somewhat recognizable back then was still pretty niche. Almost as much as Startropics.

[Sumac]

Does it really? I always thought that while somewhat recognizable back then was still pretty niche. Almost as much as Startropics.
They do in mine, certainly.
Though, I've learned about them only at the end of the 90s.

[Prowler]

I didn't grow up with Battletoads and only tried the game for the first time in my life around 2010 or 2011. Didn't care much for it, but then again I didn't go very far in it.

So no, they don't have a special place in my heart, personally.

[sdp]

Battletoads is a meme by this point and far more well known to people to kids today than say Banjo Kazooie. I'd argue it's a better known brand than it was in the 90s which was just seen as this TMNT rip off.