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Title: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 09, 2016, 12:38:29 am
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EA Event

- Titanfall 2 - Crazy new gadgets, mechs, and content.  Beta coming up before launch.  Proper singleplayer campaign.  Coming October 28th for PS4, Xbone, and PC.

- Mass Effect: Andromeda - Leaving the milky way, all new species and worlds. Running on the Frostbite engine.  More information to come later, likely at The Game Awards show at the end of the year.

- EA Originals - Basically an indie program with bringing smaller projects to life that allows the developers to control and profits with EA publishing.  First game is called "Fe". 3D platformer with a seemingly open setting to it.

- Star Wars: Battlefront 2 - 2017.  Includes the new movies.

- New Star Wars Game By Visceral - 2018

- New Star Wars Game by Respawn - No information other than being a third person action game.

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Bethesda Event

- Quake Champions - Multiplayer Only, PC Only.

- Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Special Edition - Xbox One and PS4 only, better graphics, mod support.

- Prey - First Person Psychological Thriller set in a scifi setting.

- Doom: DLC - New Snapmap content.  New multiplayer modes coming up for free.  Premium maps for sale next month.

- Fallout 4: DLC - New Settlement additions out next week.  Build your own Vault next month.  New expansion is Nuka World, a themepark setting and will release in August.

- Bethesda VR - Fallout 4 coming to the HTC Vive.

- Dishonored 2 - Gameplay reveal, out November 11th.
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Microsoft Event

- Xbox One S - Supports 4K Video Playback (Only videos, not games), 40% smaller, 2TB HDD, new controller with improved range and textured grip, releases this August for only 300 bucks.

- Gears of War 4 - October 11th Release Date, Play Anywhere initiative meaning you buy on Xbox One, you can play on Windows 10 at no extra cost.

- Killer Instinct: DLC - General Raam from Gears of War has playable character.  Free to play this week.

- Forza Horizon 3 - Releases September 27th, pre-ordering the ultimate edition lets you play on the 23rd.  Has Cross-Play and Cross-Buy with Windows 10

- ReCore - September 13 release, out on Windows 10. Also "Play Anywhere".

- Inside - 2D sidescroller from team that made Limbo.  Out June 29th.  Xbox One Exclusive. Limbo free on Xbox One today.

- We Happy Few - Seemingly end of summer release date after a delay, looks to be on PC also.

- Gwent - Standalone Witcher 3 card game.  Beta out in September on PC and Xbox One.

- Tekken 7 - Out Early 2017.

- Dead Rising 4 - Out on both Xbox One and Windows 10 later this year.  Probably holiday season due to the games setting.

- Scalebound - Out in 2017 for Xbox One and Windows 10.

- Sea of Thieves - Out on Xbox One and Windows 10.

- State of Decay 2 - Windows 10 and Xbox One 2017.

- Halo Wars 2 - February 21 2017 on Xbox One and Windows 10.

- Xbox One: Project Scorpio - This is the big 4k gaming overhaul system.  Out Holiday 2017.

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PC Game Show

- Oxygen Not Included - Scifi simulation game, think Fallout Shelter. Made by Don't Starve dev.

- Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord - Feudal simulation action game.  Up to and maybe more than 500 players at a time in a game.

- The Surge - Scifi Dark Souls from the creators of Lords of the Fallen.

- Vampyr - Vampire third person action.  2017.

- Tyranny - Obsidian developed isometric RPG.

- Observer - Scifi cyberpunk horror game from the creators of Layers of Fear.

- Dropzone - MOBA styled RTS.

- Arma 3: DLC - Apex expansion out July 11th.

- The Turing Test - First person scifi puzzle experience.  Think Portal or The Witness.

- Overland - Post-Apocalytpic Survival RPG.  Procedurally generated maps, isometric grid based combat.

- Dual Universe - Open universe multiplayer experience.  Think Ark, Eve, Minecraft, EVE, and No Man's Sky all in one.

- Day of Infamy - Multiplayer WW2 shooter from the creators of Unsurgency.  Early Access next month.

- Arcane Warfare: Mirage - Melee magic based game from the creators of Chivalry.  Fall 2016.

- Mages of Mystralia - Isometric, cartoonish, RPG.  Craft your own spells.  2017.

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Ubisoft Event

- Just Dance 2017 - Out on all current systems and PC this year in October.  Will be on Nintendo NX next year.

- Ghost Recon: Wildlands - Open world third person shooter with 4 player co-op.  March 7, 2017.

- South Park: The Fractured But Whole - It's amazing and it's out December 6th 2016.

- The Division: DLC - Expansion 1 out on PC and Xbone June 28th.  August 2nd for PS4.  Expansion 2 coming also.

- For Honor - Sort post-apocalyptic medieval warfare game involving Knights, Samurai, and Vikings clashing for survival centuries after the initial destruction.  Has a singleplayer campaign.  February 14th 2017

- Grow Up - Sequel to Grow Home. August 2016.

- Trials of the Blood Dragon - Super silly 80's parodying of the Trials series. Out now.

- Steep - Skiing, Snowboarding, Paragliding, Wingsuit, in an open world setting that automatically puts you with other players during challenges.  December 2016.

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Sony Event

- God of War 4 - New Norse Mythology setting, still involves Kratos.

- The Last Guardian - Launches October 25th.

- Days Gone - Third Person Shooter, post-apocalyptic setting, zombies, looked very The Last of Us, but with the zombies, it's very much not.

- Resident Evil 7 - January 24th.  No details, was revealed with a very sly trailer reminiscent of something like PT.  Demo up for Playstation Plus subscribers soon.  Complete with VR Support.

- Horizon: Zero Dawn - February 2017

- Playstation VR - October 17th.  Batman VR.  Star Wars Battlefront X-Wing Mission VR.  Farpoint is a scifi FPS for VR. Play as Prompto with VR in Final Fantasy XV.

- Detroit: Become Human - Quantic Dreams game. Scifi mystery solving.  What you expect from them.

- Crash Bandicoot - The first 3 PS1 games remastered.  Crash will also show up in the new Skylanders Imaginators.

- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - Complete Space mission shown.  Modern Warfare remaster available 30 days early to play on PS4 if you pre-purachase the Digital Deluxe edition.

- Star Wars Lego: The Force Awakens - Demo out now, launches June 28th on practically every available system and handheld.

- Spider-Man - Exclusive PS4 game by Insomniac.

- Kojima - Something was teased.  It has Norman Reedus naked.  It's weird.

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Nintendo News

- Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Too much information to really lay out for the game, but it's a full open world with crafting, cooking, climbing anything, and has way more RPG elements.

- Amiibo - Lots of new Amiibo coming.  Series 2 Super Mario ones announced that include Boo that glows in the dark, Waluigi, Wario, Daisy, Rosalina, Donkey Kong, and Diddy Kong.  There are also three announced Amiibo for Breath of the Wild.  Bow Link, a large Guardian with flexible legs, and Horse Riding Link.  In addition to this, the Twilight Princess HD Wolf Link/Midna amiibo gives you Wolf Link partner in the game to help attack and hunt and has three hearts.  If you have save data on the amiibo, Wolf Link will come into the game with as many hearts as you have in that game.  One he dies, you can only summon once a day, real world time.

- Paper Mario: Color Splash - Release Date October 25th.

- Mario Party: Star Rush - Releases on the 3DS later this year.  Utilizes the new Super Mario amiibos.

- Ever Oasis - New Action RPG by Grezzo (Did the Zelda 3DS ports).

- Pokemon Go - Releases at the End of July.  Pokeball accessory costs $34.99.

- Dragon Quest VII - Out September 16th.

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Other News

- Wild Guns Reloaded - A remaster of the SNES classic for the PS4
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: redblaze57 on June 09, 2016, 06:34:09 am
Volition announced their new game Agents of Mayhem which takes place in the Saints Row universe
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 09, 2016, 06:44:02 am
Volition announced their new game Agents of Mayhem which takes place in the Saints Row universe

Ah right, I forgot about that one.  I love the art style, it's great to see more games having fun with less realistic designs.  I just watched the trailer as I was surprised to hear it was Saints Row related in any way, but yeah, it is.  Guess it's some alt-universe thing, since Earth is gone in the Saints Row timeline and this is clearly way in the future, which needs a functioning Earth lol Should be fun as Volition knows how to do that right as they've been doing it well for years.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: ignition365 on June 09, 2016, 08:11:28 am
Also got the recent square enix announcements.

Deus Ex GO
Kingdom Hearts 2.8 HD Remix Last Chance Final Memory Countdown to Fun Ultimate Party Story Time.

I've been hearing a lot lately about how people are amazed how people loved WatchDogs, then it came out and everyone hated it, and now everyone loves WatchDogs 2, but everyone will probably hate it.  I personally loved Watch Dogs, I'd go so far to say it was my game of the year for 2014.  There was so much more they could've done with the game, but it was still a very good game, and I liked Aiden Pearce.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: badATchaos on June 09, 2016, 08:48:56 am
Killing Floor 2 on PS4   ;)
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 09, 2016, 09:02:26 am
Hoping Ace Combat 7 shows up, maybe see some upcoming DLC/Mods for Fallout 4. Maybe a little no mans sky since they delayed it.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: redblaze57 on June 09, 2016, 10:09:37 am
Something else Bloodstained is going to be there with a demo. Also from it's kickstarter page

"And I have some exciting news: We’ll be showcasing a playable demo at E3. In addition to that, we'll be giving the demo to all backers at $60+ tiers.

This E3 preview is a simple playable demo and tutorial of this Minerva stage. The lesser demons we've introduced in the last update (Morte, Seama, and Dullahammer) will appear, and the magi-crystals players will obtain from enemies, also known as "Shards," will also be included."
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: karyann on June 09, 2016, 11:57:33 am
Nintendo is doing a digital event, actually. June 14th, 9AM PST / 12PM EST.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: soera on June 09, 2016, 12:01:12 pm
I watched a bit of the Bloodstained demo. Was ... interesting but mostly just background and showing the main character jumping around.

Im hoping for a couple of things at E3. Lots of DQ. Some more Ni no Kuni II info. And a Ys VIII western release announcement.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kashell on June 09, 2016, 12:09:26 pm
Ys VIII coming here would be swell.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: rayne315 on June 09, 2016, 03:32:42 pm
Still crossing my fingers for the last guardian. looking for a little bit of demo even just what has already been released. and a hard date on its release.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: telly on June 11, 2016, 04:02:43 pm
Ace Combat 7 and Pokemon Sun are what I'm most interested in, but I'd be interested to see what else is coming out on the Xbox One and the 3DS
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 11, 2016, 07:56:43 pm
Injustice 2 reveal going on in 5 minutes.

http://www.twitch.tv/netherrealm

Yup, basically what you expect, but with the high quality of Mortal Kombat X. Not much to go on, other than they showed abit of this new gear system they are implementing, which not only alters the character moves and abilities, but visually changes them too, so sorta like a more customizable version of what they introduced in MKX.  Honestly not a huge Mortal Kombat fan, I prefer the controls of Street Fighter or Killer Instinct over MK, but it's still a cool looking game.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 11, 2016, 09:12:08 pm
Here is the main schedule for E3.

Sunday
EA - 4PM EST
Bethesda - 10PM EST

Monday
Microsoft - 12:30PM EST
Ubisoft - 4PM EST
Sony - 9PM EST

Tuesday
Nintendo - 12PM EST (Pokemon Sun & Moon Gameplay, followed by Zelda reveal, followed by Treehouse livestream for the rest of the day)

Wednesday
Nintendo - 1PM EST (Pokemon Go Q&A, followed by Treehouse livestream showing of Monster Hunter Generations, DQ7, and Tokyou Mirage Sessions.)

That's all I have for E3 at the moment, so if anyone has any other times for events or reveals that seem important, pop them in here.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 12, 2016, 01:45:55 pm
My body is ready.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 12, 2016, 03:11:03 pm
EA Play is up next in less than an hour.  EA goofed and already revealed Titanfall 2 is releasing in Ocotober, which seems like a bad idea, because it's basically competing with Battlefield 1.  There's also a proper campaign and what seems like more all around content, which was a big problem with the original game.  I'll be interested in this one still.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 12, 2016, 04:04:26 pm
https://www.twitch.tv/ea
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 12, 2016, 04:19:16 pm
I'm still not in love with the current scifi gameplay of shooters lately, too many shenanigans happening with slides, wall running, climbing, etc, but Titanfall 2 looks really cool and the singleplayer seems more interesting than I thought involving a real connection with your Titan AI which seems much more interesting than the usual scifi plots.

The Madden never stops.  Should've spent this time on more Titanfall 2...or ANYTHING else lol

I like the idea that they are taking Mass Effect to an all new corner of the universe.  No real details sadly till later in the year it seems.  Probably at the game awards show.

Uggh...soccer.  Even worse...cheesy skit to push it. Pushing a story mode like that previous basketball game did that was hilariously bad.  I really shouldn't be fussing, I keep forgetting that EA invests most of their time to the sports games lol

Indie support is always good. Fe looks cute.  Kinda reminds me of like a 3D Ori and The Blind Forest which is good cause that game was great. Like if you took Ori and merged it with Spyro.

Lots of Star Wars stuff.  Battlefront 2 for next year, new game from Visceral in 2018, and another from Respawn. Not much details for any of it in particular.

Can't wait for the full hour of gameplay after the stream for Battlefield 1.  Dynamic weather, ramped up destruction.  You can utilize the trains, airships, and battleships.  It looks amazing.

Overall, not a particularly impressive show, but not bad.  So stoked for Battlefield 1 right now lol
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 12, 2016, 05:13:29 pm
wasnt impressed either by ea, only thing that interest me is Bf1
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 12, 2016, 05:18:42 pm
wasnt impressed either by ea, only thing that interest me is Bf1

Yeah waiting fort the gameplay stream to kick off, but it's dragging on with a delay and interviews with people I don't know or care about.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: ignition365 on June 12, 2016, 05:19:55 pm
Titanfall 2 having a storymode might get me to play it.

Fe looks interesting, I will definitely keep my eye on it.

Not a fan of CoD/Battlefield, especially not a fan of historical shooters.

Mass Effect will remain on my radar, I want to hear more than that tiny little teaser of a trailer.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 12, 2016, 05:23:40 pm
I was fine with Titanfall being multiplayer only, there just wasn't a whole lot of content in the game to enjoy I thought.  It was just kinda bland.  Seeing the plot behind the singleplayer though has me interested in it for sure.  It's not some generic military takeover plot and seems to be more character driven, dealing with AI and essentially having a mech partner.  The comparisons made to Iron Giant have been great or that it's basically Optimus and Sam from Transformers lol

Little over 4 hours till the Bethesda event.  We'll see if any of the rumors are true that came out about them.

Geez, Battlefield 1 looks incredible.  I might have to consider some updates to my PC to maximize the experience for me lol It really seems the expanding and fresh experience the series has needed for a long while now.  It's just funny that it takes a game set in a war that was over a 100 years ago lol When the Airships crashes, it has no set crash zone, it'll crash where ever it moved to and when it falls, it explodes, destroying anything it lands on, and the carcass stays and becomes like a new area hazard.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: bikingjahuty on June 12, 2016, 08:19:12 pm
God, what a total snoozefest EA's conference was! Can't say I had high expectations for them, but I at least thought we might see something more than mediocre dev montage vids being like, "look, we're working! We're passionate gamer's just like you!" And of course there was the sports games...oh the sports games. Even though I have zero interest in it, probably the best thing that they showed was Titanfall 2, and that is pretty pathetic imo. Please Bethesda, make this a night to remember!
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 12, 2016, 09:18:10 pm
Forgot there was one other show to add to the schedule, but tomorrow after the Microsoft event is the PC gaming show.  I remember this being a mixed bag last year, but we'll see what happens with that.

Some new Zelda art leaked, possibly hinting at being able to really climb stuff in the game that aren't just blatant climb spots?  That would be great if it was done in the way of Uncharted. Great looking art either way.

http://www.destructoid.com/amazon-leaked-some-really-pretty-legend-of-zelda-art-367740.phtml
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 12, 2016, 10:00:10 pm
https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 12, 2016, 10:17:49 pm
New Quake confirmed.  Never been a Quake fan, I don't particularly like that kind of gameplay.  Closest I ever got was Unreal Tournament 2004.  Quake Champions is the name of it.  Think with the trailer it might be multiplayer only with the name and trailer.  PC only.  More details at QuakeCon.

Outside of the Bethesda event, it's been revealed that there is a Berserk Musou game in the works.  The teaser is just tentacles wrapping around a naked woman...so yeah Berserk lol
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: redblaze57 on June 12, 2016, 10:26:20 pm
Bethesda starts out with a new Quake. Already better th an all of EA's conference

Prey has caught my interest

Customizable single player in doom? Sure why not.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 12, 2016, 10:29:56 pm
New settlement items for Fallout 4. Out next week.  Build your own custom vault next month. New expansion is Nuka World in August.  Themepark location is the new setting lol Could be cool, though doesn't seem like it would be a particularly large new area.

Elder Scrolls Skyrim Remastered is confirmed.  Mostly just a thing for consoles.

Brand new game in a scifi setting from the developers of Dishonored. First person psychological thriller.  Just a CG trailer, but it looks real cool. OH! It's the new Prey! I guess they are essentially just rebooting Prey to be something completely different.

New Doom snapmap content. Totally free.  New Doom multiplayer modes.  All free.  The new maps are not and come out next month.

Dear god, there's a wailing Banshee in the audience lol

Kinda tuned out for anything Elder Scrolls Online. Don't think there was anything too important there.

Bethesda VR.  HTC Vive will get Fallout 4 to utilize this.  I completely missed the date they said.  They are demoing a Doom exploration thing, so it's possible Doom could get the VR treatment too.

And now Dishonored 2 gameplay.  I tried to get into the first one, but never really got drawn in, so I'll pass on this.

Another leak for Dead Rising 4 before tomorrow lol Screenshots confirm that this in fact involves the games original Willamette Colorado setting with Frank West.  It's not just set in the mall though, as it's clearly set in the town itself during Christmas.  I assume it means it's a reboot as I don't figure Willamette would exist after the initial zombie outbreak.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: bikingjahuty on June 12, 2016, 11:03:40 pm
I have to say Quake Championship and Skyrim Remastered have already made Bethesda's conference way better than EAs, but hot damn, I'm still hoping they pull out Elder Scrolls VI. I will lose my shit if they do!
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 12, 2016, 11:06:24 pm
I have to say Quake Championship and Skyrim Remastered have already made Bethesda's conference way better than EAs, but hot damn, I'm still hoping they pull out Elder Scrolls VI. I will lose my shit if they do!

That would be better way to end this after all this Dishonored 2 stuff.  I just want it cause I'm getting bored lol
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 12, 2016, 11:07:46 pm
not impressed with bethesda, sadly...

Only things i like are some new fallout stuff and maybe dishonored 2 and skyrim, of course
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 12, 2016, 11:09:51 pm
not impressed with bethesda, sadly...

Only things i like are some new fallout stuff and maybe dishonored 2 and skyrim, of course

It was way better than EA's, but Bethesda didn't do much for me other than the Fallout 4 DLC and Prey.  I'm hoping the ending they tease Wolfenstein 2.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: bikingjahuty on June 12, 2016, 11:10:45 pm
I have to say Quake Championship and Skyrim Remastered have already made Bethesda's conference way better than EAs, but hot damn, I'm still hoping they pull out Elder Scrolls VI. I will lose my shit if they do!

That would be better way to end this after all this Dishonored 2 stuff.  I just want it cause I'm getting bored lol

Sadly this whole conference has been boring after the Quake announcement. I got a little excited for the Skyrim Remaster, but then remembered if you've been playing Skyrim on the PC you've had these visual upgrades and way, way more for years now. Sadly, I think they've been too busy trying to make Elder Scrolls Online more appealing rather than developing a new single player Elder Scrolls games :/
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: bikingjahuty on June 12, 2016, 11:16:32 pm
day 1 of E3 2016: mostly shit
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 12, 2016, 11:17:00 pm
day 1 of E3 2016: mostly shit

sadly agree
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 12, 2016, 11:17:52 pm
And no ending game.  Disappointing.

day 1 of E3 2016: mostly shit

It's actually technically Day 0, tomorrow is the actual start of E3 really lol
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: soera on June 12, 2016, 11:48:55 pm
Actually the 14th is supposed to be the first day. :P

Been at work all day so everything you guys posted and announced, I just read ... and so far, nothing appeals. I do have one question however ... is Titanfall 2 XBox only still? I heard 2 was going to be on the PS4 as well.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 12, 2016, 11:58:10 pm
Actually the 14th is supposed to be the first day. :P

Been at work all day so everything you guys posted and announced, I just read ... and so far, nothing appeals. I do have one question however ... is Titanfall 2 XBox only still? I heard 2 was going to be on the PS4 as well.

PS4, Xbone, and PC.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: weirdfeline on June 13, 2016, 12:34:47 am
The only thing I liked from today was the Mafia III event on IGN. The gameplay is looking great.

That and Watch Dogs 2 (if that counts) are the only things I like from E3 so far. Horizon looks nice but not really something I think I'll buy.

Oh and the free DOOM demo is cool.

I'm excited for Ubisoft's conference for more on Watch Dogs 2 and South Park and PlayStation's conference for everything. I'll watch Xbox too but not expecting much since most things were leaked.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2016, 12:41:07 am
Actually the 14th is supposed to be the first day. :P

Been at work all day so everything you guys posted and announced, I just read ... and so far, nothing appeals. I do have one question however ... is Titanfall 2 XBox only still? I heard 2 was going to be on the PS4 as well.

PS4, Xbone, and PC.

can confirm. might buy it since it fianlly has a SP
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 01:01:30 am
Lets see...for tomorrow...

Microsoft - I'm excited for Dead Rising 4, despite knowing it exists, I'm just hoping they take what they learned in Dead Rising 3 and turn it into a better survival game or at least have the option for it.  They made things too easy and convenient.  Also looking forward to more Scalebound and Crackdown 3 gameplay.  Not that I have an Xbone, I'm just hoping for PC releases lol I'm expecting Dead Rising 4 to get a PC release, though maybe down the road like DR3 was.

Sony - I'm expecting Final Fantasy 7 gameplay, like they could probably just show a full on section of the game.  I'm kinda done with seeing anything on FFXV now because there's just been so much.  I also want more Horizon gameplay even if it got delayed.  I also assume they'll finally give a release date for The Last Guardian.  They HAVE to lol Not sure I'm expecting anything else new or what I'd want to see...Other than Crash Bandicoot.  I think it would be cool if they basically give the Ratchet & Clank treatment to Crash Bandicoot lol

Ubisoft - There's very little I'm looking forward to.  I'm getting to the point of being done with Ubisoft.  Watch Dogs 2 looks better and could be alright, but that is about it other than I'll be interested to see the new South Park game.  Not exactly excited for it though.  It's South Park lol

PC Game Show - I'm not sure what I am looking forward to that would be exclusively shown.  This is the wild card for me.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kmacdw on June 13, 2016, 04:40:10 am
Bethesda was a step down from last year; and it was always going to be.

Last year they had two pillars; Doom and Fallout 4. Flagship titles from their flagship studios.

Neither of those studios was  going to have a game ready to go this year.

That's why Quake: Champions was just a teaser trailer and why Bethesda only had Fallout 4 DLC and a Skyrim Remaster to show off.

This conference had one pillar and that was Dishonored 2; and it's not as big a pillar as the two we seen last year'; they likely over done it too tbh.

However Dishonored 2 looks awesome.

And the Prey reboot looks really interesting.

Not to mention they teased another Wolfenstein that one would presume will be the big reveal at Quakecon.

Seen some suggest they shouldn't have done a conference, I don't agree, just think it should have been shorter.

Also I'm convinced that if they'd wanted to, they could have shown Wolfenstein off as well.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 04:42:43 am
Bethesda was a step down from last year; and it was always going to be.

Last year they had two pillars; Doom and Fallout 4. Flagship titles from their flagship studios.

Neither of those studios was  going to have a game ready to go this year.

That's why Quake: Champions was just a teaser trailer and why Bethesda only had Fallout 4 DLC and a Skyrim Remaster to show off.

This conference had one pillar and that was Dishonored 2; and it's not as big a pillar as the two we seen last year'; they likely over done it too tbh.

However Dishonored 2 looks awesome.

And the Prey reboot looks really interesting.

Not to mention they teased another Wolfenstein that one would presume will be the big reveal at Quakecon.

Seen some suggest they should have done a conference, I don't agree, just think it should have been shorter.

Also I'm convinced that if they'd wanted to, they could have shown Wolfenstein off as well.

All they had to do was show a CG trailer like they did for Prey and Quake Champions.  They didn't need to Dishonored 2 to take up something like an entire 1/3rd of their event. I'm glad that it seems like they might be teasing Wolfenstein 2 as I really want it.  I'm hoping that it's being saved to be showed off tomorrow during one of the shows like the PC Game Show.  Quakecon is very possible too.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kmacdw on June 13, 2016, 04:44:12 am
I have to say Quake Championship and Skyrim Remastered have already made Bethesda's conference way better than EAs, but hot damn, I'm still hoping they pull out Elder Scrolls VI. I will lose my shit if they do!

That would be better way to end this after all this Dishonored 2 stuff.  I just want it cause I'm getting bored lol

Sadly this whole conference has been boring after the Quake announcement. I got a little excited for the Skyrim Remaster, but then remembered if you've been playing Skyrim on the PC you've had these visual upgrades and way, way more for years now. Sadly, I think they've been too busy trying to make Elder Scrolls Online more appealing rather than developing a new single player Elder Scrolls games :/
Separate studios work on the main line Elder Scrolls games and Elder Scrolls Online.

If you expected Elder Scrolls VI this year, you were always going to be disappointed.

Chances are Bethesda now will go away for the next 24 months before revealing Elder Scrolls VI at E3 2018 for release in November.

The engine is dated as hell, they need a new one, so that game was always going to take time.
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Post by: kmacdw on June 13, 2016, 04:46:21 am
Bethesda was a step down from last year; and it was always going to be.

Last year they had two pillars; Doom and Fallout 4. Flagship titles from their flagship studios.

Neither of those studios was  going to have a game ready to go this year.

That's why Quake: Champions was just a teaser trailer and why Bethesda only had Fallout 4 DLC and a Skyrim Remaster to show off.

This conference had one pillar and that was Dishonored 2; and it's not as big a pillar as the two we seen last year'; they likely over done it too tbh.

However Dishonored 2 looks awesome.

And the Prey reboot looks really interesting.

Not to mention they teased another Wolfenstein that one would presume will be the big reveal at Quakecon.

Seen some suggest they should have done a conference, I don't agree, just think it should have been shorter.

Also I'm convinced that if they'd wanted to, they could have shown Wolfenstein off as well.

All they had to do was show a CG trailer like they did for Prey and Quake Champions.  They didn't need to Dishonored 2 to take up something like an entire 1/3rd of their event. I'm glad that it seems like they might be teasing Wolfenstein 2 as I really want it.  I'm hoping that it's being saved to be showed off tomorrow during one of the shows like the PC Game Show.  Quakecon is very possible too.
I don't think it was a lack of material, feel it was down to wanting to save it for another day.

Yeah I can't wait for Wolfenstein to be revealed myself, really enjoyed the first one.
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Post by: kmacdw on June 13, 2016, 04:54:32 am
As for EA....where do I start.

Firstly what was the point in a conference? They barely showed off anything and what they did show off was sports titles which as many people say don't need showing off as the same people buy them every year regardless.

If they had to do a conference; they should have had me plan it for them. As here's a far better structure for their conference.

1. Fade to black. Battlefield 1 trailer.

2. Andrew Wilson comes out. Plugs the Battlefield 1 stream after the show. Then intros the conference (less talk than was in the real thing). Then throws it over to Peter Moore.

3. Peter Moore intros London. Invites his friend out.

4. Guy from Fifa story comes out, intros that trailer.

5. Peter Moore talks about Fifa 17 briefly. Fifa 17 hype trailer.

6. Back to LA. Andrew Wilson says something like "Fifa looks great but what about reall football?" Madden hype trailer. (Sport done. Yay)

7. Andrew WIlson intros EA Originals. Says there will be three games shown off from the program.

8. FE revealed. Hype trailer. Gameplay trailer.

9. Game 2 (rinse and repeat)

10. Game 3 (ditto)

11. Star Wars time. Talk about support for current titles. Remind people what's in the pipeline. Introduce Amy Hennig.

12. Amy comes out and talks about the story concept for Visceral's game coming in 2018 while artwork and early game footage plays in the back.

13. Mass Effect: Andromeda talked about. Developer diary thing.

13. Titanfall 2 single player revealed. Talk about Titanfall 2. Titanfall 2 multiplayer trailer.

14. End.

I mean come on. Wouldn't that have been 100 times stronger? Less sports, more charming indy games and something of substance about Star Wars......

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Post by: Flashback2012 on June 13, 2016, 05:34:08 am
Non-Dudebro gamers may be sick to death of seeing those yearly EA sports games but their investors love them for being the cash cows that they are I'm sure.  ;)
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Post by: kmacdw on June 13, 2016, 05:47:39 am
Non-Dudebro gamers may be sick to death of seeing those yearly EA sports games but their investors love them for being the cash cows that they are I'm sure.  ;)
I like sports and I buy Fifa very year (mind this past year I bought it very late).

However sports games are unique to me. I don't need to see trailers or have them talked about. You just buy them.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 05:55:34 am
Non-Dudebro gamers may be sick to death of seeing those yearly EA sports games but their investors love them for being the cash cows that they are I'm sure.  ;)

Oh we know exactly why they are there, doesn't mean we still can't be annoyed that they take up the majority of EA's events lol

Plus each year they devote so much time to them, but seem to barely do much with them because it is a yearly release.  The thing nowadays is apparently adding a story to the game, which I'm sure will go swimmingly after that hilariously bad NBA2K16 one by Spike Lee lol
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Post by: kmacdw on June 13, 2016, 05:56:57 am
Non-Dudebro gamers may be sick to death of seeing those yearly EA sports games but their investors love them for being the cash cows that they are I'm sure.  ;)

Oh we know exactly why they are there, doesn't mean we still can't be annoyed that they take up the majority of EA's events lol

Plus each year they devote so much time to them, but seem to barely do much with them because it is a yearly release.  The thing nowadays is apparently adding a story to the game, which I'm sure will go swimmingly after that hilariously bad NBA2K16 one by Spike Lee lol
The story mode in Fight Night was good fun. And it seems similar to that.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 06:36:26 am
The story mode in Fight Night was good fun. And it seems similar to that.

Very well could be.  The FIFA story mode just seemed like it mirrored what was done in NBA2K16 and that's what it reminded me of.  I honestly don't care as I find most sports game to be a god awful bore and a picture perfect example of terrible franchise milking.  I'm sure those sports games would look a lot better if they came out ever two years instead of every year lol

If it's not a skateboarding game or something like NFL Blitz or NBA Jam, it's just not something I'll invest much interest in.
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Post by: ignition365 on June 13, 2016, 07:05:13 am
Sekai Project had their own little E3 press conference last night.  Sekai project will be teaming up with Limited Run Games to release and localize some visual novel games for PS4 and PSVita.

I guess I'm not as much the pessimist/cynic as some of you folks.  I enjoyed the press conferences yesterday.  EA announcing that Titanfall 2 would be multiplat and has a single player campaign is great, and some of the gameplay looks pretty interesting.  I don't think they showed off much of what they are doing with the Star Wars IP, but at least they are committed to the IP.  I didn't watch the stream for Battlefield 1 and I don't really understand why everyone is losing their shit over it, but I know it has been a while since we have received a good historical shooter or a game during world war 1, so that's cool.  It's kind of interesting that they are adding a sort of story mode to the sports games, I don't think it is going to make the games any better or maintain any value, but it is interesting.  My wife thought it was cool that they are adding managers to FIFA, no idea why she thought that was cool, I even called her on that, and she just kind of shrugged.  Hella confusing.  Mass Effect Andromeda teaser looked cool, but I thought that game was coming out relatively soon, so I was expecting more info on the game.

Bethesda, as the stream was starting was going through some Bethesda Trivia, and they had a question about WET, I kind of flipped out expecting they might announce WET 2, which would've been awesome, because I love that game.  They talked about ES Legends, which sounds interesting, I know some folks who will dig that game.  They announced new DLC for Fallout 4, the Nuka Cola theme park sounds awesome.  I'm pretty hyped for the new Prey game, so seeing that trailer was cool.  Dishonored sounds like it has a much better story than I gave it credit for, so I'll need to go finish the first game to prepare for the second.  I was a big Quake/UT player in my youth so any news about either franchise is always cool to hear.  Everybody seems to be jumping on the eSports bandwagon, I'm fairly concerned this is going to be a passing fad.  No Wolfenstein news, so that's a little disappointing, but that and some other stuff guarantees BE3 for 2017.  Skyrim remastered for PS4/X1 is pretty neat, but mostly due to the addition of console mods.  We all know Todd Howard and his team are working on ES6, but we aren't going to hear a thing about it for another 2-3 years, Bethesda has long dev cycles.  My wife lost her shit and started crying when they announced VR for Fallout and Doom, so I guess I'm buying the HTC Vive, hopefully that isn't painful.

Sekai Project announcing the collab with Limited Run Games for visual novels is nifty, because I like some of the VNs they have released.  Especially if, and they probably will, they release CLANNAD for PS4.

I couldn't find much info on Kadokawa's press conference, so if someone finds info on that, let me know.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 12:18:07 pm
15 Minutes till the Microsoft Event.  Microsoft's ship is basically sinking at this point with all the leaks they've had lol Dead Rising 4, the Xbox One S, Forza Horizon 3...Not sure if they have any surprises left at this point.  Oh well, should hopefully be an interesting briefing I hope since I think this is the point where Microsoft have to SERIOUSLY sell themselves hard to compete with the PS4.  They need their pop like Sony had last year.  Thankfully hearing them dropping the DVR stuff for their thing, I'm guessing this will far more game focused than all the TV stuff they were pushing before.

I couldn't find much info on Kadokawa's press conference, so if someone finds info on that, let me know.

I found this.
https://www.destructoid.com/here-s-a-roundup-of-everything-kadokawa-games-announced-at-e3-368001.phtml
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Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2016, 12:22:46 pm
lets hope for a better day today

https://www.twitch.tv/xbox


i gotr up early for this shit. i went to bed at like 3am too.
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Post by: kashell on June 13, 2016, 12:28:32 pm
Such dedication!
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 12:28:47 pm
lets hope for a better day today

https://www.twitch.tv/xbox


i gotr up early for this shit. i went to bed at like 3am too.

I had to hurry and do a bunch of errands early just so that I wouldn't be doing before the conferences happening in the afternoon.  There's not much downtime between the first three conferences of the day.  I'm glad Nintendo is doing their thing tomorrow lol

And right off the bat, Xbox One S reveal. Holy shit, 300 bucks for the Xbox One S?  That's an impressive price for a straight upgrade.  That's almost an enticing price for such a vast improvement.  I feel bad for anyone that bought an Xbone in the past month or so lol

Gears of War 4.  Play Anywhere initiative means it can be played on Xbox and PC with Windows 10.  October release.  Crossplay with co-op and the horde mode.
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Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2016, 12:38:11 pm
god damn it, just bought xbox one not that long ago too
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 12:40:24 pm
god damn it, just bought xbox one not that long ago too

Yeah I might feel bad when Sony does the same thing for the PS4 Neo coming up since I just bought it earlier this year lol

I lost interest with Gears back at like 2 and never finished Gears 3, but this looks kinda alright.  Nice to see Marcus make an appearance lol
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Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 12:44:11 pm
And right off the bat, Xbox One S reveal. Holy shit, 300 bucks for the Xbox One S?  That's an impressive price for a straight upgrade.  That's almost an enticing price for such a vast improvement.  I feel bad for anyone that bought an Xbone in the past month or so lol

Pretty sure the S isn't the upgrade model, it's just a slim One w/ a new controller. The rumor was they are announcing 2 models, the second being the upgrade that's coming out next year.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 12:45:20 pm
And right off the bat, Xbox One S reveal. Holy shit, 300 bucks for the Xbox One S?  That's an impressive price for a straight upgrade.  That's almost an enticing price for such a vast improvement.  I feel bad for anyone that bought an Xbone in the past month or so lol

Pretty sure the S isn't the upgrade model, it's just a slim One w/ a new controller. The rumor was they are announcing 2 models, the second being the upgrade that's coming out next year.

Right, that could possibly be true.  The Xbox One S does support 4k video though, so I thought that might've been it.

General Raam for Killer Instinct.

Car Pron the Game.  It's hilarious that they are pretending these people are actually playing the game lol

ReCore gameplay.  It's a third person shooter platformer kind of thing, so think like a less cartoonish Ratchet & Clank type of deal.

New Final Fantasy XV gameplay of them fighting Titan.  This one might actually be them legit playing the demo live lol
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Post by: redblaze57 on June 13, 2016, 12:54:38 pm
Will be working but hoping for scalebound, and recore news. Also long shot of phantom dust coming back
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 01:00:31 pm
New Division content on Xbox One first.  Kinda hilarious to see this after it was shown that something like 90% of the playerbase for the game abandoned the game.  I mean they have to release it, but this game died hard.

Minecraft crossplay with Windows 10, Xbone, and Mobile. Oh god, don't show off Minecraft.  It's Minecraft.  IT'S MINECRAFT! THIS GAME HAS BEEN OUT FOR YEARS!
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Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 01:09:14 pm
Are they seriously showing us Minecraft footage? In 2016??

Man, this press conference has been a lot of nothing so far.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 01:11:59 pm
Are they seriously showing us Minecraft footage? In 2016??

Man, this press conference has been a lot of nothing so far.

Why is this a thing? Why would they do this? I say this liking Minecraft.  There is no good damn reason to spend like 10 minutes promoting Minecraft lol

Inside, from the developer of Limbo, out June 29th.  Limbo is free on Xbox One.
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Post by: gf78 on June 13, 2016, 01:19:06 pm
Why is this a thing? Why would they do this? I say this liking Minecraft.  There is no good damn reason to spend like 10 minutes promoting Minecraft lol

Inside, from the developer of Limbo, out June 29th.  Limbo is free on Xbox One.

I guess because Microsoft spent as much to buy Minecraft as Disney did to buy Star Wars.   ::)
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 01:21:22 pm
We Happy Few gameplay. Oh...Oh geez.  Oh this is a game lol Mildly interesting.
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Post by: gf78 on June 13, 2016, 01:23:00 pm
Have they shown anything new really?  I'm depending on you guys to update me as I'm at work and every other site here is blocked.  LOL.   :P
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 01:24:23 pm
Have they shown anything new really?  I'm depending on you guys to update me as I'm at work and every other site here is blocked.  LOL.   :P

No new games yet.  Oh, I guess Forza Horizon 3, but it's Forza, so yeah...They made Gwent from Witcher 3 a standalone experience, but...it's just a card game.
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Post by: gf78 on June 13, 2016, 01:26:13 pm
Have they shown anything new really?  I'm depending on you guys to update me as I'm at work and every other site here is blocked.  LOL.   :P

No new games yet.  Oh, I guess Forza Horizon 3, but it's Forza, so yeah...

Sigh...

Is the new Xbox One Slim only available in white?
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 01:26:58 pm
Sigh...

Is the new Xbox One Slim only available in white?

Seemingly so, but they announced controller customization to like any variation of colors.

Oh thank you, Akuma vs Heihachi gameplay.  Gaming is fun again lol
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Post by: gf78 on June 13, 2016, 01:28:32 pm
Sigh...

Is the new Xbox One Slim only available in white?

Seemingly so, but they announced controller customization to like any variation of colors.

 :-\
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 01:30:18 pm
Tekken 7 with an early 2017 release date. Oh, nice feature of the story mode having you transition flawlessly between cinematics and gameplay. 
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Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 01:31:28 pm
The standard XBone S appears to be white w/ a white controller.

We Happy Few looked very interesting. So did the Gwent stand-alone game. Neither are exclusives tho.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 01:31:55 pm
Dead Rising 4.  The surprise of it lol Looks awesome though.  Jackassed keep pulling the camera out to show the audience and stage.  Show us the freaking game! I could barely see half the trailer.
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Post by: gf78 on June 13, 2016, 01:32:16 pm
$80 for a controller???  $90 for one engraved with your Gamer Tag???   :o
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 01:34:18 pm
$80 for a controller???  $90 for one engraved with your Gamer Tag???   :o

It's basically like an 20 bucks for custom colors and engraving.  Not super terrible for a custom thing.

I was confused about whether Dead Rising 4 was a reboot or not.  They kinda treated it like a sequel.

Scalebound! OH YES! WINDOWS 10! Screw you Xbox One! I don't need you!
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Post by: gf78 on June 13, 2016, 01:35:55 pm
I was really hoping Microsoft would knock it out of the park this E3.  Give us something to be excited about.  It looks more like they are coasting.  A hardware refresh that everyone knew about.  Overpriced custom controllers.  An ugly Gears-themed Elite controller and a bunch of games we already knew about.  Oh, except Forza Horizon 3 which everyone knew was coming. 
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 01:37:25 pm
Man, Scalebound is looking a lot better.  Windows 10 release and giant bosses, I'm 100% sold on this game.  Out 2017.
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Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 01:41:20 pm
Scalebound! OH YES! WINDOWS 10! Screw you Xbox One! I don't need you!

This is what I'm thinking. Everything coming that's exclusive they've said will be Windows 10 as well. I'd rather just upgrade my PC to play the few exclusives I'm interested in, because I'd get more use out of that overall than a 'Bone.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 01:42:49 pm
Scalebound! OH YES! WINDOWS 10! Screw you Xbox One! I don't need you!

This is what I'm thinking. Everything coming that's exclusive they've said will be Windows 10 as well. I'd rather just upgrade my PC to play the few exclusives I'm interested in, because I'd get more use out of that overall than a 'Bone.

I was already considering a PC upgrade this year for Battlefield 1.

Sea of Thieves, the new Rare game is on Windows 10.  STOP PULLING THE CAMERA OUT TO THE AUDIENCE, I CAN'T SEE YOUR GAME.  This conference is miserably constructed lol Who ever designed this event needs to be fired.  They talked about multiple crews, so it's apparently...Guns of Icarus in an open world?  It doesn't seem too bad really.
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Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 01:44:30 pm
That Rare guy's haircut is "special". :P
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Post by: gf78 on June 13, 2016, 01:45:50 pm
So.....they have given gamers more reasons not to buy a 'bone by releasing all their exclusives on the PC as well?
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 01:47:38 pm
Oh, State of Decay 2.  I'm cool with that.  Then again I'm a zombie nut.  On Windows 10 also.  Hopefully they really improve from the original which is abit basic.
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Post by: gf78 on June 13, 2016, 01:48:06 pm
BTW...thanks for watching for me guys.  Every time I see Phil Spencer, he looks like he is trying his hardest to hold his mud and he is prairie-doggin' it. 
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 01:50:44 pm
Halo Wars 2.
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Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 01:51:33 pm
Halo Wars 2. Generic trailer that showed no gameplay, just your typical "military game trailer set to really slow music". RTS isn't really my thing, outside of dabbling with something like Starcraft.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 01:53:18 pm
Yeah I haven't been into a strategy game in a long time.  Tried to get into Grey Goo last year, a game with some classic Command & Conquer devs involved and it didn't really get me interested again.

They gotta end this big and I think they are building for it...It's gotta be the new system.  Here it comes.
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Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 01:56:04 pm
Yep, this is their upgrade system announcement.

EDIT: "These are the highest quality pixels anyone has seen." - quote of the show

EDIT 2: Project Scorpio - Holiday 2017
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 01:58:53 pm
Project Scorpio, the new Xbox, is out Holiday 2017.
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Post by: metshael on June 13, 2016, 02:01:47 pm
I know i'm a bit late (i watch it with french subtitles so i have a little delay) but did i just heard it wrong or did they seriously spoil Ori and Quantum Break just after the Dead Rising 4 video ? I hope not, i hope it was just some pictures of the games and not related of what the woman was saying if not i would be pretty disappointed since i should receive the definitive edition of Ori and the Blinded Forest tomorrow... I stop myself from watching any video from the E3 now, a big Thanks to you Microsoft >:(
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Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2016, 02:03:10 pm
So xbox has done the vest so far, hoping sony does good too

i dig the minecraft news, might have to go back

we happy few looks interesting

scalebound looking fantastic

loving sea of thieves, all my buddies on xbox are the perfect personality for that game
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Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 02:04:28 pm
I know i'm a bit late (i watch it with french subtitles so i have a little delay) but did i just heard it wrong or did they seriously spoil Ori and Quantum Break just after the Dead Rising 4 video ? I hope not, i hope it was just some pictures of the games and not related of what the woman was saying if not i would be pretty disappointed since i should receive the definitive edition of Ori and the Blinded Forest tomorrow... I stop myself from watching any video from the E3 now, a big Thanks to you Microsoft >:(

I caught the same thing, and I'm in the exact same position as you. So I hope it wasn't a spoiler as well - maybe something that happens early on?  :(
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 02:04:48 pm
I know i'm a bit late (i watch it with french subtitles so i have a little delay) but did i just heard it wrong or did they seriously spoil Ori and Quantum Break just after the Dead Rising 4 video ? I hope not, i hope it was just some pictures of the games and not related of what the woman was saying if not i would be pretty disappointed since i should receive the definitive edition of Ori and the Blinded Forest tomorrow... I stop myself from watching any video from the E3 now, a big Thanks to you Microsoft >:(

They brought in the bit about the one creature dying I think in Ori, but that's at the very start of the game.  It's not spoilers.  It's in the intro of the game and what kicks off the adventure.  Literally like the first 5 minutes.  Not sure about Quantum Break, didn't hear what they said and never played it.

The Xbox conference was reasonably good, most generally interesting one so far, though there weren't tons of amazing new stuff and I have no real interest in Project Scorpio.  I mean, they didn't show off Crackdown 3? I'm surprised really.
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Post by: gf78 on June 13, 2016, 02:06:02 pm
So...is the Scorpio a new system entirely or an incremental step-up of the Xbox One?
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 02:08:00 pm
So...is the Scorpio a new system entirely or an incremental step-up of the Xbox One?

Hard to be 100% sure.  It sounds more like an upgrade, not them doing an Xbox One...2...Man that name blows.
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Post by: metshael on June 13, 2016, 02:12:22 pm
They brought in the bit about the one creature dying I think in Ori, but that's at the very start of the game.  It's not spoilers.  It's in the intro of the game and what kicks off the adventure.  Literally like the first 5 minutes.  Not sure about Quantum Break, didn't hear what they said and never played it.

Ok Thanks you, that's just the start of the game then, i would have preferred learn that by myself but i guess that won't change my experience of the game, again thanks you  ;)
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Post by: kashell on June 13, 2016, 02:14:09 pm
E3? More like Z3! Get it? Because all of the z's mean it's boring enough to put me to sleep!

HEY-O!
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Post by: gf78 on June 13, 2016, 02:15:14 pm
I just saw a small article on it on Polygon.  This thing is going to cost a fortune to deliver "true" 4K resolutions as they are claiming.  The article also states "All games will be playable on Windows 10, Xbox One, and Project Scorpio so "no one gets left behind." The console will deliver 8 CPU cores and 320+ GB/s memory bandwidth."

So it is basically what Sony is doing with the "Neo."  The Scorpio is going to cost $600 or more, guaranteed if the claims of delivering native 4K @ 320GB/s bandwidth is true.  Positioning this like the NEO, it is an upgrade that a small segment of gamers will buy into for that price, especially given that all games will still run (decently we hope) on the vanilla 'bone. 

Sony was wise not to release any specs on the Neo.  Now they can watch Microsoft and plan accordingly.
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Post by: gf78 on June 13, 2016, 02:15:47 pm
E3? More like Z3! Get it? Because all of the z's mean it's boring enough to put me to sleep!

HEY-O!

Hey....you're the guy who owns an Xbox One, remember?   :P
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Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2016, 02:17:30 pm
not sure if ill watch the pc gaming show......
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Post by: ignition365 on June 13, 2016, 02:21:09 pm
So...is the Scorpio a new system entirely or an incremental step-up of the Xbox One?
Incremental.  Basically Xbox One Point Five.  Honestly, it sounds like Scorpio is going to make a VR enabled Xbox one, so yeah, you can play all games on all systems, but you can only do VR on Scorpio type of thing... or X1/X1S will limp through future games after Holiday 2017

Gears 4 didn't thrill me, but the franchise hasn't grabbed my attention since the 3rd title.  I'll play it eventually like I did with Judgement.

recore, I still don't understand the game, so I'll again wait for more info to make a decision on how I feel.

Forza Horizon 3 is a must have for me, I love the Horizon series.

Minecraft going cross-play and Microsoft in generally pushing cross-play and even cross-buy is really cool.  I'm just concerned that cross-buy is going to be limited to digital only, or you have to somehow use your X1 disc on your W10 PC to play on PC.

Halo Wars 2 is neat, but I'm not an RTS guy.

I don't understand the point when companies release smaller systems other than maybe it is cheaper to produce.

State of Decay 2 looks interesting, but I still need to finish the first one.

Sea of Thieves looks entertaining, but it also looks online only, so I'm out.

Dead Rising 4 looks awesome to me and I'm all in.  Especially since it looks like it's going back to the first game, and I didn't get to play that one.

Scalebound doesn't particularly interest me, but I'm not into dragons and such, but Platinum usually makes great games.

Tekken 7 with Akuma, I really thought they were going to show Tekken X Street Fighter.

Gwent card game, no clue, still haven't played the Witcher games.

We happy few caught my wife's attention and I guess we are buying that early access when it goes up.

Custom controllers directly from Microsoft is kind of cool but with a $80 price tag (without engraving) that is an easy pass.

I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 02:21:47 pm
I got an email from Ubisoft this morning saying that the new South Park game was supposed to be at MS' show, but the only thing Ubi showed was that Division add-on. And I also thought the lack of Crackdown 3 was odd, especially since last I heard it's supposed to come out this year.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kashell on June 13, 2016, 02:27:41 pm
E3? More like Z3! Get it? Because all of the z's mean it's boring enough to put me to sleep!

HEY-O!

Hey....you're the guy who owns an Xbox One, remember?   :P

Crap...I forgot I had one of those. Right now it's collecting dust.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: gf78 on June 13, 2016, 02:28:56 pm
I got an email from Ubisoft this morning saying that the new South Park game was supposed to be at MS' show, but the only thing Ubi showed was that Division add-on. And I also thought the lack of Crackdown 3 was odd, especially since last I heard it's supposed to come out this year.

I think it's probably a safe assumption to say that the developers can't get the cloud-based destruction to work properly.  What other reason would there be for this game to be in development hell for several years now?
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: gf78 on June 13, 2016, 02:31:18 pm
So...is the Scorpio a new system entirely or an incremental step-up of the Xbox One?
Incremental.  Basically Xbox One Point Five.  Honestly, it sounds like Scorpio is going to make a VR enabled Xbox one, so yeah, you can play all games on all systems, but you can only do VR on Scorpio type of thing... or X1/X1S will limp through future games after Holiday 2017

Gears 4 didn't thrill me, but the franchise hasn't grabbed my attention since the 3rd title.  I'll play it eventually like I did with Judgement.

recore, I still don't understand the game, so I'll again wait for more info to make a decision on how I feel.

Forza Horizon 3 is a must have for me, I love the Horizon series.

Minecraft going cross-play and Microsoft in generally pushing cross-play and even cross-buy is really cool.  I'm just concerned that cross-buy is going to be limited to digital only, or you have to somehow use your X1 disc on your W10 PC to play on PC.

Halo Wars 2 is neat, but I'm not an RTS guy.

I don't understand the point when companies release smaller systems other than maybe it is cheaper to produce.

State of Decay 2 looks interesting, but I still need to finish the first one.

Sea of Thieves looks entertaining, but it also looks online only, so I'm out.

Dead Rising 4 looks awesome to me and I'm all in.  Especially since it looks like it's going back to the first game, and I didn't get to play that one.

Scalebound doesn't particularly interest me, but I'm not into dragons and such, but Platinum usually makes great games.

Tekken 7 with Akuma, I really thought they were going to show Tekken X Street Fighter.

Gwent card game, no clue, still haven't played the Witcher games.

We happy few caught my wife's attention and I guess we are buying that early access when it goes up.

Custom controllers directly from Microsoft is kind of cool but with a $80 price tag (without engraving) that is an easy pass.

I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff

I think with the exception of Dead Rising & Forza Horizion, we have pretty much the same feelings on the announcements (I don't care for Forza's money scheme).  Sea of Thieves gave me a glimmer of hope for a real Rare treat, but online multiplayer only crushed it for me.  Everything they announced is also on PC!  What the hell?  There is basically zero incentive to buy an Xbox One for exclusives now. 
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 02:32:33 pm
I got an email from Ubisoft this morning saying that the new South Park game was supposed to be at MS' show, but the only thing Ubi showed was that Division add-on. And I also thought the lack of Crackdown 3 was odd, especially since last I heard it's supposed to come out this year.

I think it's probably a safe assumption to say that the developers can't get the cloud-based destruction to work properly.  What other reason would there be for this game to be in development hell for several years now?

That's what I'm thinking too at this point - especially since afaik it's the ONLY game that's touted using that cloud-based stuff.

Minecraft going cross-play and Microsoft in generally pushing cross-play and even cross-buy is really cool.  I'm just concerned that cross-buy is going to be limited to digital only, or you have to somehow use your X1 disc on your W10 PC to play on PC.

I'm pretty sure they specifically said at one point you'd be able to do this with your digital games. They definitely didn't stress the point tho.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 02:32:55 pm
Updated the main post with all relevant information from the event I think.  If I missed anything important, let me know and I'll try to add it.  Honestly, I'm quite happy with the Microsoft event.  Despite two new Xbox One consoles, nearly all their exclusive games are coming to PC.  Still through Windows 10, which isn't great, but I'll take it over having any more exclusives stuck to the console. 

For me personally, I was stoked to see Recore, Dead Rising 4, Scalebound, and State of Decay 2.

PC Gaming Show up next.  I'll be posting stuff from this one too.

Dawn of War 3 discussion with gameplay footage.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2016, 02:35:24 pm
Updated the main post with all relevant information from the event I think.  If I missed anything important, let me know and I'll try to add it.  Honestly, I'm quite happy with the Microsoft event.  Despite two new Xbox One consoles, nearly all their exclusive games are coming to PC.  Still through Windows 10, which isn't great, but I'll take it over having any more exclusives stuck to the console. 

For me personally, I was stoked to see Recore, Dead Rising 4, Scalebound, and State of Decay 2.

PC Gaming Show up next.  I'll be posting stuff from this one too.

Ill be skipping PC gaming show, last years seriously put me to sleep haha.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 02:36:28 pm
Updated the main post with all relevant information from the event I think.  If I missed anything important, let me know and I'll try to add it.  Honestly, I'm quite happy with the Microsoft event.  Despite two new Xbox One consoles, nearly all their exclusive games are coming to PC.  Still through Windows 10, which isn't great, but I'll take it over having any more exclusives stuck to the console. 

For me personally, I was stoked to see Recore, Dead Rising 4, Scalebound, and State of Decay 2.

PC Gaming Show up next.  I'll be posting stuff from this one too.

Ill be skipping PC gaming show, last years seriously put me to sleep haha.

Yeah I'm hoping they've tweaked it to be less dull and dragging. Snappier reveals is what is needed.

Oxygen Not Included - From the creators of Don't Starve, it's basically Fallout Shelter from the looks of it in a space setting.

Honestly wasn't super interested in Ark stuff, it's still an early access game, but the mod support for this game seems really cool.  The animal mod that is official where you get to basically live the life of nearly any animal. That's snazzy.  I'm still waiting for this game to release and not run like garbage on PC lol
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 02:46:14 pm
Yep, MS has announced that Crackdown 3 is pushed to 2017:

http://gematsu.com/2016/06/crackdown-3-delayed-2017

Reading between the lines of that PR-speak, it sounds like they're definitely having issues.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2016, 02:49:15 pm
https://www.twitch.tv/pcgamer

Ill be back for ubisoft :D
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 02:49:31 pm
Giant Cop - VR game that is super goofy and weird lol Fall 2016.

Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord - Feudal simulation action game.  Roughly up to 500 players can play, maybe more by release.  I'm not super excited by this game itself, but that feature is amazing.  You don't see that these days at all and I haven't seen that since MAG on the PS3.  To specify, this isn't an MMO.

The Surge - From the makers of Lords of the Fallen, Dark Souls inspired gameplay.  This is a scifi setting.  This is what I want to see so bad.  Scifi Dark Souls.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: ignition365 on June 13, 2016, 02:54:50 pm
So...is the Scorpio a new system entirely or an incremental step-up of the Xbox One?
Incremental.  Basically Xbox One Point Five.  Honestly, it sounds like Scorpio is going to make a VR enabled Xbox one, so yeah, you can play all games on all systems, but you can only do VR on Scorpio type of thing... or X1/X1S will limp through future games after Holiday 2017

Gears 4 didn't thrill me, but the franchise hasn't grabbed my attention since the 3rd title.  I'll play it eventually like I did with Judgement.

recore, I still don't understand the game, so I'll again wait for more info to make a decision on how I feel.

Forza Horizon 3 is a must have for me, I love the Horizon series.

Minecraft going cross-play and Microsoft in generally pushing cross-play and even cross-buy is really cool.  I'm just concerned that cross-buy is going to be limited to digital only, or you have to somehow use your X1 disc on your W10 PC to play on PC.

Halo Wars 2 is neat, but I'm not an RTS guy.

I don't understand the point when companies release smaller systems other than maybe it is cheaper to produce.

State of Decay 2 looks interesting, but I still need to finish the first one.

Sea of Thieves looks entertaining, but it also looks online only, so I'm out.

Dead Rising 4 looks awesome to me and I'm all in.  Especially since it looks like it's going back to the first game, and I didn't get to play that one.

Scalebound doesn't particularly interest me, but I'm not into dragons and such, but Platinum usually makes great games.

Tekken 7 with Akuma, I really thought they were going to show Tekken X Street Fighter.

Gwent card game, no clue, still haven't played the Witcher games.

We happy few caught my wife's attention and I guess we are buying that early access when it goes up.

Custom controllers directly from Microsoft is kind of cool but with a $80 price tag (without engraving) that is an easy pass.

I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff

I think with the exception of Dead Rising & Forza Horizion, we have pretty much the same feelings on the announcements (I don't care for Forza's money scheme).  Sea of Thieves gave me a glimmer of hope for a real Rare treat, but online multiplayer only crushed it for me.  Everything they announced is also on PC!  What the hell?  There is basically zero incentive to buy an Xbox One for exclusives now.
idk, having to get w10 and digital only is the brick wall stopping me from considering going pc for these games.  I somehow doubt w10 does sales like steam to make it worth it for digital only.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: gf78 on June 13, 2016, 02:56:57 pm
Yep, MS has announced that Crackdown 3 is pushed to 2017:

http://gematsu.com/2016/06/crackdown-3-delayed-2017

Reading between the lines of that PR-speak, it sounds like they're definitely having issues.

There was always a reason behind Microsoft's 180.  At first, it was all about cloud computing and what it would do for Xbox.  But they quickly stopped talking about it and Crackdown 3 has become the ugly redheaded stepchild they keep locked in the closet.

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised to see this game cancelled altogether or be released in a very different state than what people are expecting. 
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: gf78 on June 13, 2016, 03:02:21 pm
idk, having to get w10 and digital only is the brick wall stopping me from considering going pc for these games.  I somehow doubt w10 does sales like steam to make it worth it for digital only.

Windows 10 isn't half-bad honestly.  Digital only is a deal-breaker for me as you know.  But for the PC-game buying crowd that loves Steam, Origin, GOG, etc. it means they have no incentive to buy an Xbox One. 

For those who already have an Xbox One, it's no biggie as they can buy the games there.  All Microsoft has done is said you don't need an Xbox to play Xbox exclusive games. 

As for owning a physical copy, it sounds like the Xbox One games comes with a digital code for the PC version?  So a PC gamer that wanted a physical copy could buy the Xbox One game, use the code or disc if the disc itself works as a PC unlock.  This is definitely the route I would go were I ever to pull the trigger on these titles.  But honestly, the exclusives they have announced don't really float my boat.  Online-only games (with very, very few exceptions) are a no-go for me.  Recore might be ok.  Scalebound looks like Bayonetta with dinosaurs and I was done with Gears of War with the third game.  These are of course just my personal opinions.  Likewise, I've never been into Dead Rising.  The whole "zombie genre" is played out for me.  I would rather play a vampire FPS like Vampire the Masquerade back in the day.  If I want a gory game, Doom does the job for me. 
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 03:08:07 pm
PC hardware porn right now lol It's expected and I love new hardware, but this is so boring at an event like this lol

LOL It's kinda nifty tech, but new VR Hardware which is housed, PC and all, by Alienware, in a backpack.  Serious Sam VR.  Summer 2016.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 03:12:52 pm
I think with the exception of Dead Rising & Forza Horizion, we have pretty much the same feelings on the announcements (I don't care for Forza's money scheme).  Sea of Thieves gave me a glimmer of hope for a real Rare treat, but online multiplayer only crushed it for me.  Everything they announced is also on PC!  What the hell?  There is basically zero incentive to buy an Xbox One for exclusives now.
idk, having to get w10 and digital only is the brick wall stopping me from considering going pc for these games.  I somehow doubt w10 does sales like steam to make it worth it for digital only.
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Wait, you mean these will only be sold through MS' Windows 10 store? I was thinking they just required you to have the W10 OS, but that you would be able to buy the games on Steam or wherever.   :-\
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 03:14:19 pm
Wait, you mean these will only be sold through MS' Windows 10 store? I was thinking they just required you to have the W10 OS, but that you would be able to buy the games on Steam or wherever.   :-\

There are some that will be on Steam, but certain ones like Dead Rising 4, Sea of Thieves, and some others likely to be Windows 10 Store Exclusive.

Vampyr.  There's that Vampire game you wanted where you play as one lol.  Third person action game. 2017 Release.

Killing Floor Incursion, VR experience. Super Hot coming to Oculus...Oculus Touch? I don't know what Oculus Touch is.

Tyranny from Obsidian. Isometric RPG.

Observer.  Scifi horror from developers of Layers of Fear. Eastern European Cyberpunk setting.

Dropzone.  MOBA style RTS game.  1 v 1 where you control what seems to be 3 units a piece.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: gf78 on June 13, 2016, 03:26:13 pm
Wait, you mean these will only be sold through MS' Windows 10 store? I was thinking they just required you to have the W10 OS, but that you would be able to buy the games on Steam or wherever.   :-\

There are some that will be on Steam, but certain ones like Dead Rising 4, Sea of Thieves, and some others likely to be Windows 10 Store Exclusive.

Vampyr.  There's that Vampire game you wanted where you play as one lol.  Third person action game. 2017 Release.

Killing Floor Incursion, VR experience. Super Hot coming to Oculus...Oculus Touch? I don't know what Oculus Touch is.

Tyranny from Obsidian. Isometric RPG.

I hope Oculus Touch isn't that video with the Japanese guy fondling a fake pair of breasts with a doo-dad going up and down on his weiner.   :o
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: ignition365 on June 13, 2016, 03:35:35 pm
I can guarantee you any of the games that you get an X1 and PC copy of are exclusive to the W10 store, or at least that PC copy is a W10 store copy.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 03:38:03 pm
I can guarantee you any of the games that you get an X1 and PC copy of are exclusive to the W10 store, or at least that PC copy is a W10 store copy.

Oh absolutely.  Anything you buy on Xbox One that can transfer to PC, is guaranteed to Windows 10 Store only.  There were just a couple games they brought up that are Xbox One and PC, but aren't cross-buy and aren't exclusive to the Windows 10 Store.

Arma 3: DLC - Apex expansion out on July 11th.

The Turing Test - First person scifi puzzle experience.  Like Portal or The Witness basically.

Overland - Post-Apocalyptic survival RPG with procedurally generated maps.

Dual Universe - Open..universe I guess...survival, crafting, building multiplayer game.  It's lie taking Ark, Minecraft, Eve, and No Man's Sky and combining them.

And I'm hitting the point of getting bored lol Not a terrible event and it's over here soon, but all the interviews drag.  Oh, it actually needs to be done like right now.  It's about to roll into the Ubisoft conference.  Did they schedule this shit to overlap? Wat!

Day of Infamy - From the creators of Insurgency.  WW2 shooter. Early access next month.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2016, 03:58:56 pm
ubisoft

https://www.twitch.tv/ubisoft
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 03:59:42 pm
The PC show is still going on right now lol I'm going to be doing double duty till it is over lol

Just revealed, a new Nintendo game will be announced at E3

Arcane Warfare Mirage - Fall 2016 release from the makers of Chilvary.

Oh lord.  Boring interview on PC Gaming Show, dance routine on Ubisoft. lol
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2016, 04:01:07 pm
The PC show is still going on right now lol I'm going to be doing double duty till it is over lol

why would they let 2 shows run into each ohter like that
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 04:01:59 pm
The PC show is still going on right now lol I'm going to be doing double duty till it is over lol

why would they let 2 shows run into each ohter like that

I don't know, I'm literally double streaming both right now on two separate screens lol Oh geez...Ubisoft why...
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 04:02:31 pm
They're getting the Just Dance crap out of the way in the beginning at Ubi. Good. :P

EDIT: Oh, the animated gifs that will come from this!
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2016, 04:02:54 pm
They're getting the Just Dance crap out of the way in the beginning at Ubi. Good. :P

ugh haha
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 04:03:35 pm
Mages of Mystralia  - Isometric RPG, creat your own spells, very cartoonish. 2017.

I'm going to be muting one or the other as things happen.  This is real dumb.

Just Dance 2017 - On all consoles and PC's this year.  Nintendo NX next year.

Deus Ex on PC, so I'm focusing on Ubisoft now.

Ghost Recon: Wildlands - Only a CG trailer so far. Set in a fictional corrupted Bolivia ruled by a Mexican drug lord. Open world, up to 4 player co-op, third person action shooter.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 04:13:10 pm
He just said the magic words for me - "you can play entirely solo". Now I'm interested.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 04:14:56 pm
A lot of Ubisoft reveals are ruined for me after how much Ubisoft lies about their games, especially with the faked co-op acting.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 04:16:07 pm
Eh, they all do that tho. That Pirate game in MS' show was 100% fake co-op acting. Poorly done too.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 04:18:02 pm
Eh, they all do that tho. That Pirate game in MS' show was 100% fake co-op acting. Poorly done too.

The Sea of Thieves thing seemed pretty live to me, taking a handful of people and putting them in a controlled enviroment. Well not "live", but I thought it seemed genuine enough for a tease.

I was talking about Ubisoft with their graphics and gameplay always being severly downgraded.  Watch Dogs, Far Cry 4, Rainbow Six: Siege and others look nothing like their E3 reveal.  That's somewhat expected to a point, but it's disturbing with Ubisoft how bad it is.

Wildlands could be fun, but I'll wait for it to release to see what it is like.  Out March 7 2017.

Oh finally, The PC Gaming Show is done and was super boring and I did not care about the whole Warren Spector speech that took up the last ten minutes since I had it on mute.

South Park! Woo! The first genuine laugh of E3.  This should be fun.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: burningdoom on June 13, 2016, 04:28:07 pm
This is not at all what I wanted when I said I wanted a new Elder Scrolls game.

Travel the huge world of Tamriel so you can....play cards. What a freaking disappointment!

This seems to be the way of my favorite franchises, lately, though. Zelda gave us freaking Tri-Force Heroes, and Metroid gave us Federation Force. What's next? Arkham target shooting? Ugh.

https://www.facebook.com/topic/The-Elder-Scrolls-Legends/108061589221334?source=whfrt&position=3&trqid=6295764668980659967
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 04:30:41 pm
South Park.  Best game of the show lol Combat is actually pretty significantly improved.  Lots of movement and interactions while in combat.  Pre-purchase the new game and get Stick of Truth for free from the Ubisoft store. December 6th release date.

This whole Souh Park section has been amazing.

Yup, The Division broke records...Crazy sales and crazy abandonment lol Underground is the first expansion.  Took a pee break so I think I missed if they had a release date.  Survival is the second expansion.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 04:40:26 pm
I'm all about the South Park game. I need to finish off the plat in Stick of Truth before it comes out - got really close (beat the game, but missed a couple of trophies).
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2016, 04:42:58 pm
loved stick of turth, ill be getting the new one
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 04:52:35 pm
Star Trek VR game - possibly the first VR game that has really piqued my interest!  TNG it looks like, they have the original actors.

EDIT: Or maybe they just have them playing it...either way, looks VERY cool
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 04:54:21 pm
Star Trek VR game - possibly the first VR game that has really piqued my interest!  TNG it looks like, they have the original actors.

EDIT: Or maybe they just have them playing it...either way, looks VERY cool

Seems cool, but all this VR stuff just seems like such small one off thing or party experiences.  It could just end up being "STAR TREK VR: PRESS ALL THE BUTTONS: THE GAME" It's still neat as I loved The Next Generation and that era of Star Trek, but I'm so unsure of almost all VR experiences.

Oh crap, is this For Honor? It's a post-apocalyptic medieval game? This just jumped way up for me.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 05:01:12 pm
Star Trek VR game - possibly the first VR game that has really piqued my interest!  TNG it looks like, they have the original actors.

EDIT: Or maybe they just have them playing it...either way, looks VERY cool

Seems cool, but all this VR stuff just seems like such small one off thing or party experiences.  It could just end up being "STAR TREK VR: PRESS ALL THE BUTTONS: THE GAME" It's still neat as I loved The Next Generation and that era of Star Trek, but I'm so unsure of almost all VR experiences.

Oh crap, is this For Honor? It's a post-apocalyptic medieval game? This just jumped way up for me.

I'm pretty skeptical too, but if Bethesda shows up tonight @ Sony's show and says "oh btw, Fallout 4 VR is gonna be on the PS4 too" they may have me....

Yeah, this looks like For Honor. Really interested in finding out more about this one.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 05:03:20 pm
Keeping my hype restrained, it is Ubisoft, but damn I'm now 100% into the setting for this game. I  thought it would just be Chivalry with Vikings and Samurai and Knights, but they are putting some thought into it and giving it a campaign, so I'm pretty interested.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2016, 05:03:26 pm
star trek vr..... oh my.......
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: burningdoom on June 13, 2016, 05:07:58 pm
Anyone remember the "Frame of Mind" episode when Riker was imprisoned and made to think he was a part of all of these fake realities?

How cool would it be to experience that and try to find your way back to the proper Star Trek reality?

(http://i.onionstatic.com/avclub/3756/47/16x9/960.jpg)
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 05:11:48 pm
Very interesting combat and the game looks real good.  The ultimate Valentines Day gift in 2017 lol
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 05:13:14 pm
Very interesting combat and the game looks real good.  The ultimate Valentines Day gift in 2017 lol

*cough*Persona 5*cough* ;)
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 05:14:16 pm
Very interesting combat and the game looks real good.  The ultimate Valentines Day gift in 2017 lol

*cough*Persona 5*cough* ;)

lol I got no interest in Persona 5, but seems like it'll be a big day.

Grow Up, sequel to Grow Home, out in August.

Trials of the Blood Dragon.  It's basically cheesy 80's Trials lol It's out right after the conference.

Can we not talk about the Assassins Creed movie? i don't think too many are excited by this.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 05:21:15 pm
"So what drew you specifically to this project?"

"Money."
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 05:25:58 pm
The Animus makes no sense in this.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2016, 05:27:07 pm
the mmovie gonna ruin AC, bad enough they are making too many games
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 05:27:57 pm
And here is the Watch Dogs 2 stuff.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2016, 05:32:41 pm
how much longer, damn....
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 05:47:43 pm
Steep - new game, described as an open-world game crossed with snowboarding / skiing / cliff diving / paragliding. Looks really interesting.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 05:49:39 pm
Took the downtime with Watch Dogs 2, the trailer for Steep, to get the PC stuff updated on the main page.  I barely caught the start of Steep, so thought it was only a skydiving and skiing game, but it actually looks pretty dang cool.

If this isn't all E3 fakery, this could be good.  First person and third person views.  Wow impressive replay feature.  i want to say this kinda legit, because it looks abit on the rough side compared to most other things Ubisoft like to do in their reveals.

Steep released this December.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2016, 05:54:32 pm
yep, digging steep too, interesting
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 05:57:58 pm
I imagine most of what they showed is legit given how soon most of it is coming out.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 05:59:26 pm
Not too bad of a conference at all.  Some great looking games and ending on an Ubisoft retrospective.  I'll get the main page updated soon.  Nice to take a break here with Sony's set at 9pm EST.

PC Gaming Show kinda messed things up, but with what I saw, the PC Gaming show showed off The Surge, which could be awesome.  Vampyr could have possibilities.  Kinda interested in The Turing Test.  Day of Infamy could be a nice Day of Defeat Source replacement, and that was kinda it.  Nothing too amazing.

Ubisoft had only a few things, but a few REAL strong things.  South Park looks awesome as I expected.  I cracked up the entire time.  For Honor got way cooler than I expected.  Wildlands could be interesting, but that just feels like what The Division was at E3 last year.  It felt like it was created for the show and won't look nearly as good.  Trials of the Blood Dragon could be entertaining as I haven't played Trials in a while.  Steep looks way cooler than I ever expected.  Lots to do and I haven't played an extreme sports game like this in awhile.

Updated both events on the front page.  I think after the Sony event, I'll go back and drop the trailers for each game below their name to make things nice and convenient for everyone.  For now, I'm gonna go play a game or something.  That was 3 or 4 hours of streaming stuff lol
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: argyle on June 13, 2016, 06:16:44 pm
I'm upset that the US isn't getting the San Francisco Edition of Watch Dogs 2 (apparently - no one has it listed). I have no interest in that dumb robot, but I'd like a statue of Marcus to go along with my statue of Aiden. Oh well.

Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: weirdfeline on June 13, 2016, 06:17:05 pm
Ubisoft was amazing!

Stick of Truth FINALLY on PS4!

Fractured but Whole looks great!

Watch Dogs 2 looks great!

My favorite conference so far.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 06:18:30 pm
I'm upset that the US isn't getting the San Francisco Edition of Watch Dogs 2 (apparently - no one has it listed). I have no interest in that dumb robot, but I'd like a statue of Marcus to go along with my statue of Aiden. Oh well.

LOL "The US isn't getting the edition of the game that involves the city that the name comes from".  Seems like Watch Dogs screwed up again like they did last time where they had like a million pre-order versions.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: redblaze57 on June 13, 2016, 06:54:15 pm
New game based on the Berserk manga by Koei Tecmo announced my E3 is complete
http://operationrainfall.com/2016/06/12/e3-2016-omega-force-officially-reveals-berserk/

otherwise

things that interest me so far today (trying to catch up)
For Honor
Arcane Warfare Mirage
Severed
Dead Rising 4
Scalebound looks amazing
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: ignition365 on June 13, 2016, 07:29:38 pm
Microsoft just announced Phantom Dust is being remastered for X1 and W10
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: weirdfeline on June 13, 2016, 08:03:17 pm
Microsoft just announced Phantom Dust is being remastered for X1 and W10
Remastered? They announced a reboot previously but then the developer shut down but they said the project was still going.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 08:11:12 pm
Less than an hour till the Sony event and the final show of the night.  Tomorrow will be just Nintendo as far as I know.  I'm curious to see what Sony has up their sleeve as I heard they aren't revealing the PS4 Neo at this event.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2016, 08:53:11 pm
Hoping Sony knocks it out of the park

https://www.twitch.tv/playstation
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 08:54:36 pm
Oh, almost forgot, I hope we get a Kojima tease! I'll take anything at this point lol
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: redblaze57 on June 13, 2016, 08:55:58 pm
Suda 51's at Sony's conference this could be good
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2016, 08:57:12 pm
ace combat 7 better be here or i am gonna be pissed....
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 09:02:34 pm
Wait.  God of War 4 with the Norse Mythology rumor? Could this be it? Oh shit, it's Norse God of War and still with Kratos.  Sounds like a totally new voice actor for Kratos perhaps...or maybe it's just cause Kratos isn't yelling lol  Wow this looks incredibly good.  Much more realistic looking in style.

Man, that's a way to kick things off.

Abzu, the underwater exploration game from I believe the Journey team was announced for released on August 2 for the PS4 and will coming out on PC also at some point.

New IP from Bend Studio called Days Gone.  Post Apocalyptic 3rd person game.  Thought it was Last of Us 2.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: redblaze57 on June 13, 2016, 09:19:01 pm
did anyone else notice the deer's antlers Glowing?

Horizon's so far the high point for me

Resident Evil 7 is VR f*** me hopefully I  can play it without that

Star wars x-wing dogfighting if VR didn't already make you feel sick

Well batman told us nothing

FF XV with VR look Gimmicky as all hell
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 09:23:04 pm
did anyone else notice the deer's antlers Glowing?

Yup.  Magic Deer.

Last Guardian out in October 25th.

new Horizon dawn gameplay.

New Quantum Dream game "Detroid: Become Human".  I'm actually getting kinda lost in these trailers lol

Resident Evil 7 teased with an incredibly spooky trailer that did not hint at Resident Evil at all.  It'll have VR support and releaseds January 2017.  There's a demo tonight, but I'm unsure of what kinda demo it is.  Might just be VR for that teaser.

Selection of VR experiences.  Farpoint.  Interesting scifi VR game.  Star Wars Battlefront X-Wing VR Mission.  Batman VR game coming October made by Rocksteady.  Mark Hamill always great. Final Fantasy XV VR experience where you play as the blonde gun guy.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: bikingjahuty on June 13, 2016, 09:47:57 pm
DAMN!!! Sony is fucking killing it again, this year! Almost non-stop games the whole time, and almost all of them actually look good!!!

Freakin Resident Evil too!!!!!!
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 09:48:19 pm
DAMN!!! Sony is fucking killing it again, this year! Almost non-stop games the whole time, and almost all of them actually look good!!!

Freakin Resident Evil too!!!!!!

This conference is insane lol

Pretty positive at this point, this is Call of Duty Infinite Warfare gameplay.  But it looks good.  The game got a lot of shit, but this actually looks good.  Not that I'm likely to buy it. 

Sony is remastering Crash 1 2 and 3! Along with Crash in the Skylanders thing.  I hope it's as good as what they did with Ratchet and Clank.

Geez, they are relentless with the content lol
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2016, 09:58:12 pm
no thanks COD
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 10:00:45 pm
Lego Star Wars the force awakens.  Demo available right now.  Game is out in two weeks.

KOJIMA IS HERE! Oh please tease his game!
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: bikingjahuty on June 13, 2016, 10:01:39 pm
I appreciate the non-stop game stream, but they're losing me after those COD trailers. Let's get some good games going again!
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: redblaze57 on June 13, 2016, 10:02:44 pm
okay the stormtroopers golfing made me laugh

Flashy enough of an entrance there Kojima?
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 10:04:59 pm
Kojima! Norman Reedus is back! Death Stranding.  Weird shit lol
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: bikingjahuty on June 13, 2016, 10:06:30 pm
Kojima! Norman Reedus is back!

I'm excited, but what kind of game is this?! I must know!
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 10:07:43 pm
Brand new Spiderman game by Insomniac Games.  Looks incredible.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: redblaze57 on June 13, 2016, 10:08:12 pm
insomniac doing Spiderman holy shit!
literal thoughts
Spiderman?
oh Insomniac
wait Marvel
Holy shit it is spiderman
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 10:09:48 pm
And ending with gameplay of Days Gone.  This game is so weird.  It's like Last of Us, but not.  Clearly a different post-apocalyptic game with zombies.  It looks cool though.  The zombies remind me of that hilariously goofy World War Z movie.

Man, that show was incredible, almost nonstop.  I didn't see anything bad.  Sony destroyed it.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: gf78 on June 13, 2016, 10:19:47 pm
Sony just made Microsoft their bitch in a hair over 60 minutes.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: redblaze57 on June 13, 2016, 10:20:22 pm
enjoy the Rage Fighterpilot
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 13, 2016, 10:20:58 pm
enjoy the Rage Fighterpilot

son of a bitch! no ace combat!
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 10:24:31 pm
Okay, time to recover and then post Sony's event lol
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: bikingjahuty on June 13, 2016, 10:26:14 pm
At this point Nintendo is going to have to show off a Ocarina of Time tier Zelda game to win this year's E3 or surprise us with a lot of cool new games that are unannounced. My money is on Sony winning E3 again though. Well done Sony :)
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 13, 2016, 10:57:34 pm
At this point Nintendo is going to have to show off a Ocarina of Time tier Zelda game to win this year's E3 or surprise us with a lot of cool new games that are unannounced. My money is on Sony winning E3 again though. Well done Sony :)

Even with the greatest looking Zelda ever, it's just one game compared to quite the swath of impressive games revealed by Sony.  They won hands down, no contest.

*EDIT*
Main page updated!
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: gf78 on June 13, 2016, 11:48:38 pm
Sony completely killed it. And I was right!  Kojima is making a horror game starring Norman Reedus!  Called it months ago ctracy!!!
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: soera on June 14, 2016, 12:11:23 am
I left for work right after my last post on here. I half hoped to get some DQ info (not sure if Square Enix still has anything to announce). But did not expect any of the God of War info yet. :D

Nice to get a release date on Last guardian only a full year later  ::)
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 14, 2016, 12:19:34 am
only things that interest me, that i can think off the top of my head.

skyrim

Sea of Thieves

State of Decay 2

Ghost Recon: Wildlands

 South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2016, 12:24:25 am
Tons of stuff interested me, especially with Sony.

Titanfall 2
Battlefield 1
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Prey
Recore
Dead Rising 4
Scalebound
State of Decay 2
The Surge
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
God of War 4
The Last Guardian
Resident Evil 7
Days Gone
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Crash Bandicoot
Spider-Man
And whatever the hell Kojima showed off lol
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: soera on June 14, 2016, 02:25:20 am
Just watched the entire 2 hour Sony presentation. It was amazing. Here's my take:

Abzu - weird little water tranquility game. I never got into the Journey style of game and this one seems to fall right into it.

Bound - omgwtf? Strange ballerina game but oddly appealing looking.

Hawken - Mech fps ... not much else to say.

Pyre - Errrr some sort of hell blitzball looking game. Most unusual trailer ever.

Eagle flight - VR flying eagles that shoot ... whatever.

Watch dogs 2 - Looks cleaner and more interesting than the first

COD Infinite warfare - COD in space ... sigh

God of War - Nice WRPG aspect to the game. Going to be amazing

Days gone - Biker zombie hell

Last guardian - Release date announced. 10/25/16. Still looks as good as last year

Horizon - Jurassic park meets Star Wars. Top choice for me in this line up for sure.

Detroit - Cyber CSI type of game. Peaked my interest.

RE VII - VR game with definite potential

Farpoint - On the fence with this one. Alien VR look.

Battlefront VR = no thanks.

Batman VR = Hope it turns out good. Was nothing to see so far.

FFXV VR = Dont think Im going to try this part of the game. Too distracting.

Crash 1-3 remaster/Skylanders Imaginators = Some of the same. Will probably bring in some new people to Skylanders.

Lego Star wars = Again, more of the same.

Death Stranding (Kojima's game) = No idea what to make of this ... was merely a tease showing the main protagonist.

Spiderman = A Marvel Arkham game. Im excite.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: gf78 on June 14, 2016, 06:18:19 am
Just watched the entire 2 hour Sony presentation. It was amazing. Here's my take:

Abzu - weird little water tranquility game. I never got into the Journey style of game and this one seems to fall right into it.

Bound - omgwtf? Strange ballerina game but oddly appealing looking.

Hawken - Mech fps ... not much else to say.

Pyre - Errrr some sort of hell blitzball looking game. Most unusual trailer ever.

Eagle flight - VR flying eagles that shoot ... whatever.

Watch dogs 2 - Looks cleaner and more interesting than the first

COD Infinite warfare - COD in space ... sigh

God of War - Nice WRPG aspect to the game. Going to be amazing

Days gone - Biker zombie hell

Last guardian - Release date announced. 10/25/16. Still looks as good as last year

Horizon - Jurassic park meets Star Wars. Top choice for me in this line up for sure.

Detroit - Cyber CSI type of game. Peaked my interest.

RE VII - VR game with definite potential

Farpoint - On the fence with this one. Alien VR look.

Battlefront VR = no thanks.

Batman VR = Hope it turns out good. Was nothing to see so far.

FFXV VR = Dont think Im going to try this part of the game. Too distracting.

Crash 1-3 remaster/Skylanders Imaginators = Some of the same. Will probably bring in some new people to Skylanders.

Lego Star wars = Again, more of the same.

Death Stranding (Kojima's game) = No idea what to make of this ... was merely a tease showing the main protagonist.

Spiderman = A Marvel Arkham game. Im excite.

High five!
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2016, 06:22:56 am
The Resident Evil 7 demo is basically just PT.  Like it comes down to multiple types of the same ending and little tricks and things to find.  At this point, the demo is either not beatable or there's a very deep secret that hasn't been found.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: gf78 on June 14, 2016, 08:19:50 am
The Resident Evil 7 demo is basically just PT.  Like it comes down to multiple types of the same ending and little tricks and things to find.  At this point, the demo is either not beatable or there's a very deep secret that hasn't been found.

Normally that kind of plagiarism bothers me, but since Konami threw the towel in, we might as well get something cool with a "borrowed" concept.  When the trailer was playing, I actually thought that Konami was going forward with Silent Hills.  Though my faith in Capcom overall is greatly diminished the last few years, I am keeping an eye on this one. 
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: gf78 on June 14, 2016, 08:32:18 am
At this point Nintendo is going to have to show off a Ocarina of Time tier Zelda game to win this year's E3 or surprise us with a lot of cool new games that are unannounced. My money is on Sony winning E3 again though. Well done Sony :)

Even with the greatest looking Zelda ever, it's just one game compared to quite the swath of impressive games revealed by Sony.  They won hands down, no contest.

*EDIT*
Main page updated!

Sony floored me from the get-go.  When the orchestra was playing, I was watching on my iPad and thinking "Man, this sounds kinda like God of War."  I was floored when bearded Kratos stepped out of the house!  From there, they just kept slamming me with cool games.  So many games....Days Gone looked really cool.  Like a more action-packed Last of Us.  Horizon looked fantastic.  The Crash Bandicoot remakes announcement gave me goosebumps and Insomniac making a Spider-Man game looks incredible.  Is it a PS4 exclusive?  Death Stranding made me say "Oh hell yes!".  The VR games look very, very good from what was shown and coupled with my non-nauseated playtime with the Gear VR, I think I may be getting a PSVR sooner rather than later, especially for the Star Wars game!  I guess we can pretty much confirm the Vita is dead since it didn't even warrant a mention or being in a montage. 

Microsoft really disappointed me.  The remodeled Xbox One looked ok, but would be better in black.  Then they completely ruined it by talking about the Scorpio.  To me, the Scorpio sounds like an entirely new system that is going to be hamstrung by being forced to have all it's games run on the regular One.  The leap in power that Phil suggested is greater than most generational gaps.  The new One revision was like stoking a fire, then the Scorpio announcement was like hosing it down with a fire hose.  Seemed to be a very bad idea to announce both in one conference.  As for the games, Sea of Thieves was the most interesting, but it's online multiplayer only means it would be a pass for me even if I already owned an Xbox One.  Microsoft then went one further and gave gamers every reason not to buy an Xbox One by making all of their games available on the PC as well.  I fully see the Xbox brand becoming a "service" and ditching a dedicated console altogether.  Maybe not though.  Why would they be announcing a new system?  Microsoft makes no sense to me these days.  They bought Nokia for a bajilliion bucks for Windows Phone and a year or two later scuttled the whole thing. 
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: ignition365 on June 14, 2016, 08:56:00 am
Sony completely killed it. And I was right!  Kojima is making a horror game starring Norman Reedus!  Called it months ago ctracy!!!
I still don't think it's a horror game.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: gf78 on June 14, 2016, 09:06:44 am
Sony completely killed it. And I was right!  Kojima is making a horror game starring Norman Reedus!  Called it months ago ctracy!!!
I still don't think it's a horror game.

I think it is.  Look at all the dead sea animals washed up on the shore!  Disappearing babies too!
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: argyle on June 14, 2016, 09:39:51 am
The Sony conference blew me away. I'll admit I'm partial to Sony, but I was expecting this year to be quiet. Not many new game announcements except for VR stuff - which I expected to be like the Move games they first showed off. Figured I'd come out of this E3 not anticipating too much more than I already was.

I tuned into the show late, because for some reason I got confused with my time conversion and thought it started at 9:00 CST. I turned it on at 8:30, right in the middle of the Detroit trailer. Looked interesting, but I haven't been a fan of past Quantic Dreams games so I'm always wary of stuff they show. This one did look like a marked improvement over their past games tho, especially in the acting dept.

Then the next trailer started. Hrm, horror game - looks new. New IP, I mean. No existing IP crossed my mind that it could have been - SH is dead, and...what else could this possibly be? Definitely showing VR, not sure I'm up to playing a game like this in VR. Song starts, trailer is building to an end... RESIDENT EVIL!?!?  Mind. Blown.

From there it was just non-stop. The VR stuff didn't look like party game crap shovelware - they were actual IPs with signs of real effort put behind them. Maybe many of them were short experiences, but still - that's ok. Even tho we didn't see any footage from Batman, the Rocksteady logo at the end gave me confidence in that one. X-Wing in VR? Yes, please! :)  Then they showed another space game, didn't look familiar to me at all (because I had ignored all the hubub over the new CoD, as I usually do). Dogfighting to fighting in space to a fps on a space station? Definitely looks cool. CoD?? Hrm, well, that one's on my radar now. Then Crash 1-3 remakes from the ground up? Awesome, surprised there's not more hype over this, but maybe it's just because there was SO MUCH GOOD shown! A Spider-man game - ahh, this is where they start coastin...made by Insomniac??? Oh, HELL yes! Days Gone took a very similar concept as TLoU and made what appears to be a very different game - cool. Absolutely interested.

Then I went back & watched the beginning of the show that I had missed. I'm hyped for a GoW game. Might not sound like much, but I've been one of the series' biggest detractors since the second one. This game looks like everything I had wished they'd do with the series and then some! The Days Gone trailer, still awesome. Horizon I was already hyped for, but that gameplay kicked it up to 11. My wife said we'll probably have to fight over that one - she liked that there was a female main character in what she said is the type of game that typically has a male main character.

Just amazing, start to finish. If I had to pick one thing to criticize, the only thing I could find would be the Lego Star Wars trailer because that game is practically out already. But then jumped from game to game so quickly that who could complain? It was over before you had a chance to get annoyed, and they were on to something else awesome. OH! And the Kojima game! Awesome reveal. He had said a little while back that he's working on a triple-A action title for Sony, so that's what I expect the genre to be (unless he flat out lied, which I wouldn't put past him - he IS sneaky ;) ).

EA Conference - didn't watch / no score
Microsoft Conference - 2/5, being generous because I *have* seen worse. Practically everything was known already, and little of it was impressive to me. Interested in a handful of the games they showed, but for PC.
Ubisoft Conference - 4/5, more info on several games I was already interested in plus a very nice reveal of a new IP in Steep
Sony Conference - 10/5, they destroyed it and completely blew away any expectations I had. They made me seriously regret canceling my VR preorder, and that's something I didn't think was possible.

What time is the Nintendo thing today? 
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: gf78 on June 14, 2016, 10:20:44 am
The Sony conference blew me away. I'll admit I'm partial to Sony, but I was expecting this year to be quiet. Not many new game announcements except for VR stuff - which I expected to be like the Move games they first showed off. Figured I'd come out of this E3 not anticipating too much more than I already was.

I tuned into the show late, because for some reason I got confused with my time conversion and thought it started at 9:00 CST. I turned it on at 8:30, right in the middle of the Detroit trailer. Looked interesting, but I haven't been a fan of past Quantic Dreams games so I'm always wary of stuff they show. This one did look like a marked improvement over their past games tho, especially in the acting dept.

Then the next trailer started. Hrm, horror game - looks new. New IP, I mean. No existing IP crossed my mind that it could have been - SH is dead, and...what else could this possibly be? Definitely showing VR, not sure I'm up to playing a game like this in VR. Song starts, trailer is building to an end... RESIDENT EVIL!?!?  Mind. Blown.

From there it was just non-stop. The VR stuff didn't look like party game crap shovelware - they were actual IPs with signs of real effort put behind them. Maybe many of them were short experiences, but still - that's ok. Even tho we didn't see any footage from Batman, the Rocksteady logo at the end gave me confidence in that one. X-Wing in VR? Yes, please! :)  Then they showed another space game, didn't look familiar to me at all (because I had ignored all the hubub over the new CoD, as I usually do). Dogfighting to fighting in space to a fps on a space station? Definitely looks cool. CoD?? Hrm, well, that one's on my radar now. Then Crash 1-3 remakes from the ground up? Awesome, surprised there's not more hype over this, but maybe it's just because there was SO MUCH GOOD shown! A Spider-man game - ahh, this is where they start coastin...made by Insomniac??? Oh, HELL yes! Days Gone took a very similar concept as TLoU and made what appears to be a very different game - cool. Absolutely interested.

Then I went back & watched the beginning of the show that I had missed. I'm hyped for a GoW game. Might not sound like much, but I've been one of the series' biggest detractors since the second one. This game looks like everything I had wished they'd do with the series and then some! The Days Gone trailer, still awesome. Horizon I was already hyped for, but that gameplay kicked it up to 11. My wife said we'll probably have to fight over that one - she liked that there was a female main character in what she said is the type of game that typically has a male main character.

Just amazing, start to finish. If I had to pick one thing to criticize, the only thing I could find would be the Lego Star Wars trailer because that game is practically out already. But then jumped from game to game so quickly that who could complain? It was over before you had a chance to get annoyed, and they were on to something else awesome. OH! And the Kojima game! Awesome reveal. He had said a little while back that he's working on a triple-A action title for Sony, so that's what I expect the genre to be (unless he flat out lied, which I wouldn't put past him - he IS sneaky ;) ).

EA Conference - didn't watch / no score
Microsoft Conference - 2/5, being generous because I *have* seen worse. Practically everything was known already, and little of it was impressive to me. Interested in a handful of the games they showed, but for PC.
Ubisoft Conference - 4/5, more info on several games I was already interested in plus a very nice reveal of a new IP in Steep
Sony Conference - 10/5, they destroyed it and completely blew away any expectations I had. They made me seriously regret canceling my VR preorder, and that's something I didn't think was possible.

What time is the Nintendo thing today?

I never did preorder the VR system and really, I'm cool with waiting until tax time when I won't feel so guilty about dropping $400 or more.  But yeah, the games looked very polished and not cheap.  The X-Wing flying looked bad-ass.  Sony was really pushing the Star Wars thing which clicked with me.  So did the Spider-Man game reveal.  Are Sony and Disney teamed-up here because it sure seems that way.  They are riding the Civil War and Star Wars hype train!

I've actually seen a few sites talking about how Microsoft destroyed everyone at their E3 conference.  I can't figure out how as it was a murky hardware reveal about the best looking pixels ever seen.  Whatever the hell that means.   ::)
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2016, 11:26:59 am
Half an hour till Nintedo goes live and we finally get to see what Zelda actually is.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 14, 2016, 11:43:40 am
Have my coffee, nintendo better put a smile on my face
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: argyle on June 14, 2016, 11:48:24 am
I never did preorder the VR system and really, I'm cool with waiting until tax time when I won't feel so guilty about dropping $400 or more.  But yeah, the games looked very polished and not cheap.  The X-Wing flying looked bad-ass.  Sony was really pushing the Star Wars thing which clicked with me.  So did the Spider-Man game reveal.  Are Sony and Disney teamed-up here because it sure seems that way.  They are riding the Civil War and Star Wars hype train!

I've actually seen a few sites talking about how Microsoft destroyed everyone at their E3 conference.  I can't figure out how as it was a murky hardware reveal about the best looking pixels ever seen.  Whatever the hell that means.   ::)

Sony still holds the film rights to Spidy, they just worked out an agreement w/ Disney/Marvel so they can use him. But the game rights are separate, and I'm not sure who has those now. I think it was Activision at one point...

The MS show was nowhere near the best, not sure how anyone could come to that conclusion. Heck, they spent 10-15 mins talking about & showing Minecraft.  ???
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2016, 11:57:05 am
The MS show was nowhere near the best, not sure how anyone could come to that conclusion. Heck, they spent 10-15 mins talking about & showing Minecraft.  ???

That's hilarious lol  Microsoft failed even from a technical point of view.  Microsoft was constantly pulling away from gameplay footage to show off their overly fancy stage and it made it awful.  Sony did it very sparingly or showed it with multiple windows.  Sony annihilated Microsoft once again and they didn't have to show off their new console to try and one up them like that.  Just relentlessly showed games, games, and games.
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Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 14, 2016, 12:01:04 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtZwAGNVjc0

linky
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2016, 12:08:11 pm
Zelda: Breath of the Wild, so good.
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Post by: argyle on June 14, 2016, 12:08:26 pm
New Zelda is definitely pretty - subtitle is "Breath of the Wild". Reggie's hyperbole about "changing the way you see games" seems like just that tho - it looks like it's doing open world things that other games have been doing. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing.

I'll admit that the long dev cycle & numerous delays for this one have dulled my interest in it some.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2016, 12:11:47 pm
Impressive really.  Fully open world, cooking, what seems almost like a type of crafting or item creation.  You can chop down trees and they react with proper physics, so you can create a tree bridge over a gap if you want.  The gimmick is the book and seems to be what you use to interact with certain things.  Link primarily wore the blue we've seen, but I also saw him wear silver armor with possibly sheikah designs around the cloth, just shorts for swimming at one point, and I thought another.  The game has a more stylized look than I was almost expecting.  Kinda something like Skyward Sword and Wind Waker abit.  He used multiple weapons, with only one seeming rather proper as a spear with that design that they showed in the magic arrows in that old reveal trailer.  There was a curved sword and a regular spear that he wielded.  He can also climb what looked literally anywhere.

There looks like there might be some voice acting in the game according to the Japanese trailer.

(http://i.imgur.com/EvGu8ez.jpg)
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Post by: rayne315 on June 14, 2016, 12:21:39 pm
I left for work right after my last post on here. I half hoped to get some DQ info (not sure if Square Enix still has anything to announce). But did not expect any of the God of War info yet. :D

Nice to get a release date on Last guardian only a full year later  ::)

Holy shit buckets bat man! its finally happening all those long years of me waiting!!! please hold me I may faint! I already got the collectors edition pre ordered through amazon and am going to pre-order the base game to open and play. I also have long since spoken to the GameStop I frequent (every 2 weeks for the last 4 years) and they will be saving me any promotional material they get in including posters/lanyards/displays they happen to get in for it.
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Post by: gf78 on June 14, 2016, 12:27:26 pm
Impressive really.  Fully open world, cooking, what seems almost like a type of crafting or item creation.  You can chop down trees and they react with proper physics, so you can create a tree bridge over a gap if you want.  The gimmick is the book and seems to be what you use to interact with certain things.  Link primarily wore the blue we've seen, but I also saw him wear silver armor with possibly sheikah designs around the cloth, just shorts for swimming at one point, and I thought another.  The game has a more stylized look than I was almost expecting.  Kinda something like Skyward Sword and Wind Waker abit.  He used multiple weapons, with only one seeming rather proper as a spear with that design that they showed in the magic arrows in that old reveal trailer.  There was a curved sword and a regular spear that he wielded.  He can also climb what looked literally anywhere.

There looks like there might be some voice acting in the game according to the Japanese trailer.

(http://i.imgur.com/EvGu8ez.jpg)

So....Zelda is finally catching up to what all other open world games have been doing for the last ten years?  Got it.   ::)
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Post by: argyle on June 14, 2016, 12:29:49 pm
Alright, well they're showing what feels like an eternity of Pokemon, so I'm done with that show.  Good job Nintendo - 1/5.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2016, 12:31:18 pm
So....Zelda is finally catching up to what all other open world games have been doing for the last ten years?  Got it.   ::)

Don't be so cynical lol The climbing aspect actually seems pretty unique, being that you can apparently climb anywhere, and the physics of things like trees and rocks could lend themselves to new puzzle possibilities.

Alright, well they're showing what feels like an eternity of Pokemon, so I'm done with that show.  Good job Nintendo - 1/5.

The rest of the event is basically dedicated to Zelda, so I'm cool with them throwing a bone to Pokemon fans lol Really wanting that pure Zelda gameplay right now though.
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Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 14, 2016, 12:32:52 pm
i still want zelda, wish they wouyld show more then just zelda and pokemon though
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2016, 12:33:33 pm
i still want zelda, wish they wouyld show more then just zelda and pokemon though

I believe Reggie said there might be a new 3DS game reveal at the start. 

We also have to keep in mind that this isn't a conference like the previous companies did.  It's gonna be hours of gameplay all day today.
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Post by: kashell on June 14, 2016, 12:41:33 pm
Zelda or Xenoblade Chronicles X (now with more traveling and wide open spaces) ?
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2016, 12:48:25 pm
Zelda or Xenoblade Chronicles X (now with more traveling and wide open spaces) ?

Zelda actually looks like you can do stuff in the world.  I was real disappointed with Xenoblade Chronicles X.  It's such a shallow world.

Was the release date known for Pokemon before?  It's out November 18th for those interested.
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Post by: gf78 on June 14, 2016, 12:50:16 pm
Don't be so cynical lol The climbing aspect actually seems pretty unique, being that you can apparently climb anywhere, and the physics of things like trees and rocks could lend themselves to new puzzle possibilities.

LOL....I just don't have any love for Zelda any longer.  I'm sure that Nintendo will find new & unique ways to play the game and that's great for the Zelda fans out there.  But pretty much everything they are showing has been done for over a decade now.

Climbing on stuff?  Check.
Running around stuff?  Check.
Open world?  Check.
Chopping down trees?  Check.
Dynamic weather?  Check.
Collecting stuff?  Check.
Riding a horse?  Check.
Puzzles?  Check.
Sword fighting?  Check.
Crafting?  Check.

And as far as the climbing aspect...I've climbed enough shit in Ass Creed that if I never have to scale another wall/mountain/tree/whatever it will be too soon. 
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2016, 12:54:18 pm
Pssh, out of here with all that you old curmudgeon!  The joyous wonder of Zelda needs not thy cynical tomfoolery!

But yeah, it's not new to the gaming world, but it still looks fantastic.  It's the breath...heh...of fresh air the series seems to have needed.

Up next, finally going to get the details on Zelda.
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Post by: fighterpilot562 on June 14, 2016, 12:55:38 pm
Pssh, out of here with all that you old curmudgeon!  The joyous wonder of Zelda needs not thy cynical tomfoolery!

But yeah, it's not new to the gaming world, but it still looks fantastic.  It's the breath...heh...of fresh hair the series seems to have needed.

Up next, finally going to get the details on Zelda.

i am gonna cut it short, is it cool if i get the details off your OP later for the podcast later this week when we discuss E3?
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2016, 12:58:42 pm
Pssh, out of here with all that you old curmudgeon!  The joyous wonder of Zelda needs not thy cynical tomfoolery!

But yeah, it's not new to the gaming world, but it still looks fantastic.  It's the breath...heh...of fresh hair the series seems to have needed.

Up next, finally going to get the details on Zelda.

i am gonna cut it short, is it cool if i get the details off your OP later for the podcast later this week when we discuss E3?

I probably won't do a full write up, but I'm sure there will be more than a few people that do writeups on this later.  I'll just hit on the bigger notes in the OP. 

Side note, I want these blue Zelda branded shirts people are wearing lol
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Post by: gf78 on June 14, 2016, 01:00:00 pm
Pssh, out of here with all that you old curmudgeon!  The joyous wonder of Zelda needs not thy cynical tomfoolery!

But yeah, it's not new to the gaming world, but it still looks fantastic.  It's the breath...heh...of fresh hair the series seems to have needed.

Up next, finally going to get the details on Zelda.

LOL.  Fresh hair.  Garnier Fructis?  So fresh that she screams "Yes!  Yes!  Yes!" in the shower fresh?   :P
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2016, 01:03:49 pm
That book shown in the trailer is called the "Shiekah Slate" and will be what interacts with this magical technology.  Link will clearly be getting lots of different clothing options.  The game starts with an actual voice waking up Link in a place called the Shrine of Resurrection.  Very unique way to start the game off as it seemingly means Link was asleep or even dead at some point.

Link can now jump anywhere and he seems to have a stamina bar for faster runs.  Item collecting for the crafting.  He can climb anything, though the only limitation is the stamina bar.  Weapons now seem to have a damage level to them, so some weapons will be clearly stronger and do more damage.  Certain weapons seem to have durability too, but you can store multiple ones of them it seems to use after they break.
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Post by: ignition365 on June 14, 2016, 01:52:58 pm
Yup, Nintendo didnt show off much, but Zelda impresses and interests me more than anything else at the show.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2016, 01:58:02 pm
I'll probably watch for abit, but I'm not gonna watch all the gameplay they are gonna show off.  I'm already quite satisfied with the games reveal.
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Post by: ignition365 on June 14, 2016, 02:09:50 pm
Yup, I don't care, Nintendo wins.

Breath of the Wild looks amazing and is my most anticipated game in the next year.

Nintendo announced new amiibos, my favorite character Waluigi, my wife's favorite character Daisy, and a glow in the dark Boo.

New amiibos for Breath of the Wild, Link with Bow, Link on a horse, and a Guardian (first amiibo to have flexible appendages).

Wolf Link amiibo will work with Breath of the Wild giving you basically a pet Wolf to help you out.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2016, 02:28:48 pm
Sony I think clearly "won", but Nintendo has nailed it for Zelda.  They are showing off the "Shrines" you can find all over the world, which are basically mini puzzle dungeons, though there are combat ones, and are of varying size.  I love all the features the Sheikah Slate has.  When pulling it out and going to use it for like a telescope, it is almost exactly a gamepad, which has me wondering if the NX will have something similar to the Wii U.
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Post by: gf78 on June 14, 2016, 02:32:35 pm
I'm glad you guys are so stoked for Zelda and the new Amiibos.  The Nintendo fans need a great game and it looks like this will (eventually) fit the bill.  I'm just not feeling it and aside from Wind Waker, I haven't been feeling Zelda since the SNES days.  But again, great to see you guys stoked for a game you love.   ;)
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Post by: gf78 on June 14, 2016, 02:33:48 pm
Sony I think clearly "won", but Nintendo has nailed it for Zelda.  They are showing off the "Shrines" you can find all over the world, which are basically mini puzzle dungeons, though there are combat ones, and are of varying size.  I love all the features the Sheikah Slate has.  When pulling it out and going to use it for like a telescope, it is almost exactly a gamepad, which has me wondering if the NX will have something similar to the Wii U.

That's something they could easily change for the NX version.  Hopefully the controller is a refined version of the Wii U tablet.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2016, 02:38:00 pm
For the Amiibo collector's, there are a lot more coming.  There are three Zelda amiibos for the new game.  There is also a series 2 batch of Mario ones that include Daisy, Rosalina, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Waluigi, Warior, and Boo.  Up on Amazon.

https://twitter.com/AmiiboNews/status/742786751693889536

Interesting to note, while we don't know what the Breath of the Wild amiibos do, they have said what the Wolf Midna amiibo does, which is that you get a wolf or maybe Wolf Link as an NPC partner to help you hunt and attack.  He gets three hearts.  If you have Twilight Princess HD save data on it, he apparently won't disappear once the hearts go away.

Paper Mario: Color Splash launches on October 7th.

*EDIT*
Updated the main page with all the relevant new news for Nintendo and will update it if there are anymore, since it seems to be a trickle of information throughout the day.
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Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2016, 02:53:38 pm
There might be a Square Enix stream happening right now.  Not sure what is going to be shown with it.  Since I'm mostly done with Zelda stuff for the moment, I'll be checking it out.

Apparently they will show off Star Ocean and FFXV.
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Post by: kmacdw on June 14, 2016, 04:00:08 pm
The second day of conferences was a big step up. My thoughts.....

Microsoft:

Shame some things leaked previously, as it took something away, however nonetheless I felt MS did really well.

The Xbox One S looks really sleak; I'd be tempted to use it as my entry point to the console if not for Scorpio being on the Horizon.

Gears of War 4 looks great; the trailer at last year's E3 was poor, lft me thinking you were fighting some weird giant insects or something. A live demo, fighting actual locust with Laura Bailey.......perfect. And Marcus is back. Love it. I bought a 360 for Gears of War but towards the end Judgment almost killed my love for the series. Seems we may see a return to form.

Forza Horizon 3 showed off some nice graphics as racing games often do, but I'm not really into racers anymore.

Recore isn't at all what I expected, seems cheaper for starters. Don't get me wrong, I still think it's intriguing. Just not the level of game I expected, however no it's been announced it has a $40 price tag, so that all makes sense now.

I always like the indy sizzle reels and We Happy Few looks cool, very much reminds me of Bioshock, definitely something I'd like to try out.

Dead Rising 4 isn't for me; I tried the second game and couldn't get into it at all. However I know some people like those games and it is notable that Microsoft kept hold of the exclusivity.

Didn't need to see Battlefield 1 yet again nor anything on The Division but hey they love those exclusivity deals.

Scalebound looks a lot better than last time it was shown off, has me interested again.

State of Decay 2 is a big announcement, never played the first game but I know many who did and they all loved it.

Halo Wars 2 looks impressive; I can not wait to get my hands on it, really enjoyed the first game.

Scorpio is impressive; from what they revealed. Could very well be my entry point for XONE. As someone said MS have admitted Sony won this battle but Scorpio is like pressing the reset button. Heard a few Playstation affiliated people in the industry speculate that Sony pulled Neo from their conference as they want to go back to the drawing board having discovered how powerful Scorpio is.

Overall I thought it was a very good conference. Plenty of games shown off; mainly gameplay. Although plenty of people came out to speak, they didn't speak for too long.

Yes they only revealed two games; however they dated games that hadn't been dated and showed off new stuff. Also what they did show is generally out in the next 12 months, whereas others showed games that won't be out well beyond that.

Best Microsoft conference in some time.

Ubisoft:

Very strange opening, at least they got Just Dance out of the way early.

Ghost Recon: Wildlands looks really good. Yes the demo was a bit cheesey with them overplaying it. Mind I've witnessed people honestly play games like that :D The game reminds me of Mercenaries; yet it has co-op. I'm with people that you always have to hold off on Ubisoft games, however if it can deliver, it'll be really good.

Southpark: Fractured but Whole was my most anticipated game of E3 and it didn't disappoint. Hilarious bit, I'd have had them talk all day. I can not wait for this game  ;D

As I said earlier I've jumped off The Division train by this point so not too interested in DLC reveals, especially when it's just teaser trailers.

I liked the look of For Honor last year, however now I'm wary of it. It looks so much like a Ryse clone, and obviously that game disappointed. Also I mean why show the trailer if your have a full level to show off, just jump straight into the level.

The Star Trek VR game really appealed to the nerd in me, getting to captain a ship. I'm sold :D

They lost me at the Eagle Flight bit; I don't care about that game so for them to play a full match.....really?

The we had Assassin's Creed; I mean SOny took a lot away from a good conference last year when they had this big lull to talk Powers Season 2, Ubisoft needed something big to raise things back up after the VR lull, yet they hit us with Assassin's Creed? EA hit us with behind the scenes stuff for games, so why would we want it for a movie? Ugh.

Then we get the announcement of another movie.....Watchdogs........what? Who the hell wants that? I must say Watch Dogs 2 was intriguing; although do was the first game and it didn't really deliver.

And when we all expect them to finish strong with a Splinter Cell or the return of Prince of Persia.....we get....Steep. What looks to me like a tech demo more so than a game. It looks great aesthetically, for sure, however how will it play?

Overall the conference wasn't the best. Too much talking and things that shouldn't have been in there like the Eagle Flight match and the Assassin's Creed stuff.

Some good stuff in there though; Southpark was arguably the best part of all the conferences.

Sony:

Sony had to go big to beat Microsoft. I 100% believe that the Scorpio had them running scared over Neo. And they went big.

God of War never been my thing and I likely won't play this game. However credit where credit is due. It no longer seems a straight Devil May Cry clone. Seems they've taken plenty of inspiration from Dark Souls; slower combat and an interlinked game world. Nice features. A clear evolution for the series. Also it looks gorgeous.

Days Gone looks like a poor man's Last of Us to me....with bikers. However that isn't necessarily a bad thing. No one can out Naught Dog Naughty Dog, however if you can even deliver 80% of Naughty Dog, it's still a great game. An impressive amount of zombie on screen at once I must say.

Nice to finally get a release date for The Last Guardian; game looks super sad though :( Almost makes me skeptical to play it. ha

Horizon: Zero Dawn looks very good and I'm happy they showed more off. I still think it's being over hyped though. people talking like it could be a 9/10 game and spawn a series. My prediction; it;s a 7/10 game, sells well due to the hype, gets a sequel but the sequel falters and hits a 6/10, series dies. Still a [potential 7/10 game is still something to look forward to.

Detroit: Become Humanis starting to remind me a lot of Heavy Rain, which was a masterpiece, so I'm starting to get really excited about that.

Resident Evil: Biohazard seemed like a PT rip off to me, mind if they rip it off well, it could be really good. I haven't played the demo yet, so will post my thoughts later. Risky move to change Resident Evil to first person, hopefully it pays off.

Not too interested in all the little VR experiences. I'm still waiting for actually VR games to peak my interest. Batman Arkham VR sounds daft to me.

Oddly I didn't know what the Call of Duty demo was, I thought it was some sort of VR experience at first, seen as it came on the back of other VR stuff. I think Call of Duty looks to have made it's biggest leap in quite some time, nice to know they;re making changes. Don't think I'll jump back in for this, a step in the right direction though.

Death Stranding....worst name ever. Weirdest trailer ever. .......but I love it. The idea of Norman Reedus being in it, just seems right to me. I'm a little cautious as I feel Hideo is going to go uber crazy with this game, everything the leash at Konami prevented him doing, will likely now come out in this game. And could it be too crazy? Time will tell I guess.

Spider-man on PS4. My god. Only think that comes close to Southpark for me. I love Spiderman. The Nerversoft game was one of my favorite games on PS1 and the first two movei adaptation were two of my favorite games on PS2. And this game could combine the best aspects of both. Shame it's not Suckerpunch, however Insomniac are great in their own rights. I can not wait for this game :D

Oh and Crash....how could I forget Crash. Ha tbh I was always more of a Spyro guy, however it's still great to see people get what they want and if it sells well, perhaps we'll see a new Crash game in the future. Ha maybe Activision will do aSPyro collection for me too if this sells :P

Overall a fantastic conference. Virtually no talking, and nearly every game shown off was actual gameplay.

It's funny, following the first two games I thought "they've rvealed two big exclusives, can't expect many more. Maybe one more or a couple of indy games. Still won't complain. I expected them to then go on and cover the likes of Detroit: Become Human and The Last Guardian, which we did see.However also Gran Turismo Sport, No Man's Sky, Dreams, Uncharted 4 DLC, Final Fantasy VII Remake. Yet those things were completely absent, yet we still seen so much. Crazy.

My ranking of the conferences:

1. Sony - Excellent
2. Microsoft - Very Good
3. Bethesda - Decent
4. Ubisoft - Poor
5. EA - Terrible
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2016, 04:01:29 pm
Was gonna watch the Square Enix stream, see if there was anything worthwhile, but I'm super tired and ended up just not.  I'll browse around later for anything I might've missed for the main page.
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Post by: rayne315 on June 14, 2016, 04:41:55 pm
Nice to finally get a release date for The Last Guardian; game looks super sad though :( Almost makes me skeptical to play it. ha

It wouldn't do the previous titles justice if it doesn't make you have the feels by the end. its a game ive been waiting for since my original preorder back probably in 2008 when the pre orders first went up.
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Post by: gf78 on June 14, 2016, 05:04:16 pm
Nice to finally get a release date for The Last Guardian; game looks super sad though :( Almost makes me skeptical to play it. ha

It wouldn't do the previous titles justice if it doesn't make you have the feels by the end. its a game ive been waiting for since my original preorder back probably in 2008 when the pre orders first went up.

I fear that the Last Guardian is going to be like Marley & Me.  It just looks like your bird-dog-thingie is going to die in the end.  It breaks my heart to even think about it.   :'(
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Post by: realpoketendonl on June 14, 2016, 05:18:06 pm
Nintendo showing off that shirtless Link like
(http://s31.postimg.org/9y2wih463/Hero_of_Fanfic_with_Reggie.png)
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Post by: ignition365 on June 14, 2016, 06:04:26 pm
So far, I think everyone has really nailed their press conferences... except for EA, because EA Sports and little to no info on Andromeda.

Nintendo showing off that shirtless Link like
(http://s31.postimg.org/9y2wih463/Hero_of_Fanfic_with_Reggie.png)
OMG and the girls on the Nintendo stream playing are kind of pervy about it too... and I have nothing against that, it's kind of endearing.

For the Amiibo collector's, there are a lot more coming.  There are three Zelda amiibos for the new game.  There is also a series 2 batch of Mario ones that include Daisy, Rosalina, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Waluigi, Warior, and Boo.  Up on Amazon.

https://twitter.com/AmiiboNews/status/742786751693889536

Interesting to note, while we don't know what the Breath of the Wild amiibos do, they have said what the Wolf Midna amiibo does, which is that you get a wolf or maybe Wolf Link as an NPC partner to help you hunt and attack.  He gets three hearts.  If you have Twilight Princess HD save data on it, he apparently won't disappear once the hearts go away.

Paper Mario: Color Splash launches on October 7th.

*EDIT*
Updated the main page with all the relevant new news for Nintendo and will update it if there are anymore, since it seems to be a trickle of information throughout the day.
No, the wolf link amiibo works slightly differently than what you are saying.  With no data he has 3 hearts yes, but if you have data from Twilight Princess, he will have the same amount of hearts saved from Twilight Princess, he will disappear if he runs out of health regardless.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: redblaze57 on June 14, 2016, 06:33:07 pm
Personally the Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild left me speachless. honestly my favorite thing shown off at E3 this year


some things that might have been missed
(oh this one is very gory... I love it)
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Post by: ignition365 on June 14, 2016, 06:53:30 pm
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Thanks, I will definitely watch these later.

Allegedly Bulletstorm is getting a remaster for X1 releasing next Spring.

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Post by: redblaze57 on June 14, 2016, 07:16:31 pm

Allegedly Bulletstorm is getting a remaster for X1 releasing next Spring.

I'd buy it
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2016, 08:21:39 pm
No, the wolf link amiibo works slightly differently than what you are saying.  With no data he has 3 hearts yes, but if you have data from Twilight Princess, he will have the same amount of hearts saved from Twilight Princess, he will disappear if he runs out of health regardless.

Yeah initially I was wrong, but once they properly revealed it on the stream, I edited the main E3 post to reflect the features details.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 14, 2016, 10:04:41 pm
Apparently Nintendo is debuting a new 3DS RPG IP tomorrow.  Not 100% sure when during the day of the streaming, but it sounded like more at the end of the Treehouse stuff when they show off everything coming out on Wii U and 3DS.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: burningdoom on June 15, 2016, 12:17:01 am
WTF Nintendo? Seriously, what the hell was that? You didn't even try.
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Post by: karyann on June 15, 2016, 06:47:58 am
Oh my gosh guys. I was so disappointed by Nintendo yesterday, the Zelda trailer was amazing and then bam, boring. BUT IT'S NOT OVER! I just learned that they're announcing stuff today! Including a new RPG IP for the 3DS.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kashell on June 15, 2016, 08:16:48 am
A new RPG for the 3DS? That has me interested.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: burningdoom on June 15, 2016, 12:47:55 pm
Not that I'm complaining, because both of them look awesome.

But the new God of War looks like they are just trying to rip-off Skyrim. And the new Zelda looks like it's trying to rip-off Far Cry: Primal's gameplay.

And it looks like God of War is going to do a better job at it out of the two.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: soera on June 15, 2016, 01:44:47 pm
Im hype for the new God of War. Its the only series of games that I have played through fully every entry.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 15, 2016, 03:42:35 pm
Ever Oasis is Nintendo's New 3DS RPG.  It's a cute chibi art style fantasy action RPG where you also build your own oasis/town apparently.  Seems alright.

Pokemon Go releases with the accessory for 34.99 at the end of July.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: rayne315 on June 15, 2016, 03:46:42 pm
Ever Oasis is Nintendo's New 3DS RPG.  It's a cute chibi art style fantasy action RPG where you also build your own oasis/town apparently.  Seems alright.

Pokemon Go releases with the accessory for 34.99 at the end of July.

... so a modern day dark cloud? id be game if so.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 15, 2016, 03:53:03 pm
Ever Oasis is Nintendo's New 3DS RPG.  It's a cute chibi art style fantasy action RPG where you also build your own oasis/town apparently.  Seems alright.

Pokemon Go releases with the accessory for 34.99 at the end of July.

... so a modern day dark cloud? id be game if so.

It didn't seem that involved from the trailer to me.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kashell on June 15, 2016, 04:06:18 pm
Ever Oasis is Nintendo's New 3DS RPG.  It's a cute chibi art style fantasy action RPG where you also build your own oasis/town apparently.  Seems alright.

Pokemon Go releases with the accessory for 34.99 at the end of July.

You build your own oasis town...?

...

Pass.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 15, 2016, 05:22:34 pm
Dragon Quest VII is out on September 16th.

*EDIT*
I cleaned up the front page to just be about the news and with basically everything done from the big companies, I'll try and go back to see if I can find details of anything announced this past few days and put into an "Other News" list to compile that stuff.  Feel free to link or post stuff for that here because there was lots of random news throughout the past few days.

Little bit of new Zelda information, but apparently the game can be played with the Wii U Pro controller and since it is said that the experience of the game will be the same on both Wii U and NX, the initial idea that perhaps the NX would have a gamepad like the Wii U might not be true.  I was thinking this also when they displayed the game and how the Slate is straight up a gamepad.  I could see Nintendo going with a standard controller, but one like the PS4 perhaps.  Get rid of the touch screen, but keep the gyro.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: karyann on June 16, 2016, 12:10:07 pm
Ever Oasis is Nintendo's New 3DS RPG.  It's a cute chibi art style fantasy action RPG where you also build your own oasis/town apparently.  Seems alright.

Pokemon Go releases with the accessory for 34.99 at the end of July.

You build your own oasis town...?

...

Pass.

I only listened to small segments, but I seem to understand that you build the shops and have to fetch materials to make them carry more inventory for other adventurers to buy. When more adventurers move in your oasis you can hire them, which then unlocks new areas to explore since they have different abilities. I don't know how it will turn out in the end, but I'm currently interested in seeing more! I love the gather/craft format and it seems like this is a big part of this game too.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: turf on June 16, 2016, 01:58:17 pm
Can someone point me to a readers digest version of E3?  What wowed?  What sucked?  What was a surprise?
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kashell on June 16, 2016, 02:10:50 pm
Ever Oasis is Nintendo's New 3DS RPG.  It's a cute chibi art style fantasy action RPG where you also build your own oasis/town apparently.  Seems alright.

Pokemon Go releases with the accessory for 34.99 at the end of July.

You build your own oasis town...?

...

Pass.

I only listened to small segments, but I seem to understand that you build the shops and have to fetch materials to make them carry more inventory for other adventurers to buy. When more adventurers move in your oasis you can hire them, which then unlocks new areas to explore since they have different abilities. I don't know how it will turn out in the end, but I'm currently interested in seeing more! I love the gather/craft format and it seems like this is a big part of this game too.

Maybe I'll look more into it. It might be like an Atelier title. I just never cared for Animal Crossing or Harvest Moon games and that was my initial impression of it.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: soera on June 16, 2016, 06:19:41 pm
Ummm O M G ... another MMO coming to PS4 - http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2016/4896.html
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: ffxik on June 16, 2016, 10:31:58 pm
Not that I'm complaining, because both of them look awesome.

But the new God of War looks like they are just trying to rip-off Skyrim. And the new Zelda looks like it's trying to rip-off Far Cry: Primal's gameplay.

And it looks like God of War is going to do a better job at it out of the two.


I would say Viking: Battle for Asgard.  Minus mandatory infiltration missions.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: ignition365 on June 17, 2016, 10:31:00 am
Dead Rising 4 is a timed exclusive.

Also, some amazing Zelda gifs.

http://imgur.com/a/an5z3
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: gf78 on June 17, 2016, 12:26:26 pm
Dead Rising 4 is a timed exclusive.

Also, some amazing Zelda gifs.

http://imgur.com/a/an5z3

Capcom can eat my ass.  Won't buy it even if it comes to PS4. 
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: burningdoom on June 17, 2016, 12:46:34 pm
I think Zelda actually looks a bit underwhelming, to be honest. It just looks like Far Cry: Primal with crappier graphics, really. Big open world thats empty of civilization but teaming with the dangers of nature, and lots of gathering, crafting, and traveling to go along with your battles.

I mean, I'll probably buy it and play it, because I do like Zelda and open-world, but it looked like they just couldn't decide. If they wanted to do a Zelda, then go all in with the Zelda lore, mythology, and fantasy-elements. If you want to do an open-world, then go all in and wow us with the breathtaking views and graphics, and detailed nature. It feels like they straddled the fence between the two, from what I saw.

It looked like God of War was going to go in the same direction, but it looked much more impressive.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: ignition365 on June 17, 2016, 01:46:28 pm
I think Zelda actually looks a bit underwhelming, to be honest. It just looks like Far Cry: Primal with crappier graphics, really. Big open world thats empty of civilization but teaming with the dangers of nature, and lots of gathering, crafting, and traveling to go along with your battles.

I mean, I'll probably buy it and play it, because I do like Zelda and open-world, but it looked like they just couldn't decide. If they wanted to do a Zelda, then go all in with the Zelda lore, mythology, and fantasy-elements. If you want to do an open-world, then go all in and wow us with the breathtaking views and graphics, and detailed nature. It feels like they straddled the fence between the two, from what I saw.

It looked like God of War was going to go in the same direction, but it looked much more impressive.
They stated that there were no villages or people in the demo because spoilers.  There will definitely be villages and people in the final game.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: gf78 on June 17, 2016, 03:28:22 pm
Like I said, glad the Zelda fans are getting a new game but to me Nintendo's "innovations" with the title are tropes that we have been seeing in open world games for over 15 years.  And their reasoning why Link can't be female is absolutely mind boggling.  I'll just leave this here.

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Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: burningdoom on June 17, 2016, 03:38:35 pm
^ Make a new game with a new character if you want a female protagonist, or make a new playable female character in a Zelda game; no reason to change what's already been established.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kashell on June 17, 2016, 03:50:48 pm
Like I said, glad the Zelda fans are getting a new game but to me Nintendo's "innovations" with the title are tropes that we have been seeing in open world games for over 15 years.  And their reasoning why Link can't be female is absolutely mind boggling.  I'll just leave this here.

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I don't know, Link is already kind of girly. White leotards? Green tunic above the knees? More accessories than Carrie Bradshaw?
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 17, 2016, 04:01:49 pm
^ Make a new game with a new character if you want a female protagonist, or make a new playable female character in a Zelda game; no reason to change what's already been established.

Isn't about changing what is established, it's just giving people options or adding to the story, and it actually works perfectly within the world they've created being that there have been something like 10 different Links spanning thousands of years and alternate realities.  Their excuses for Link not having a female option was completely ridiculous.  I would've respected them more had they said "It's just how we wanted the story, to have a male link", but they made some really pathetic excuse that made no sense.  I don't think it's a bad thing it's not an option, or maybe give Zelda the spotlight for once since her name is in the title, but don't make up lame reasons.  I think more people are just annoyed based on that alone than there not being an option.

Aside from that, this is the best and most exciting Zelda has ever looked to me and we still don't know most of the game really.  Sure, it's not breaking new ground in terms of the open world genre, but that it kinda picks out a lot of the best elements from the good open world games along with a few tricks of its own as me just super hyped to get this game.  I'm glad they decided to take a real jump into something more for Zelda, rather than letting it stagnate as we've seen them do with other properties.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: ignition365 on June 17, 2016, 04:38:28 pm
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Uh... I don't know what the deal is or where everyone is getting their information from.

The statement from Nintendo was basically "We looked into a female character and the decision made was that if we have a playable female character it should be Zelda.  If Zelda is the hero, does Link exist or matter?  If Link doesn't exist or matter it throws off the balance of the triforce."
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 17, 2016, 05:21:52 pm
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Uh... I don't know what the deal is or where everyone is getting their information from.

The statement from Nintendo was basically "We looked into a female character and the decision made was that if we have a playable female character it should be Zelda.  If Zelda is the hero, does Link exist or matter?  If Link doesn't exist or matter it throws off the balance of the triforce."

Yeah, that's roughly what was said.  That doesn't change what I wrote in any way.  It's bad reasoning that makes little sense.  They can turn Link into a wolf who's ridden by a cursed queen from an alternate dimension, but trying to figure out what to do with Link if he wasn't the hero is a challenge?

And the idea of balance makes just as much sense in a situation where it's a male, male, and female.  The tri-force isn't about gender balance, it's about the balance between power, courage, and wisdom.  If they just wanted to make keep Link as he is, just say that.  It would annoy people less.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: ignition365 on June 17, 2016, 06:56:10 pm
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Uh... I don't know what the deal is or where everyone is getting their information from.

The statement from Nintendo was basically "We looked into a female character and the decision made was that if we have a playable female character it should be Zelda.  If Zelda is the hero, does Link exist or matter?  If Link doesn't exist or matter it throws off the balance of the triforce."

Yeah, that's roughly what was said.  That doesn't change what I wrote in any way.  It's bad reasoning that makes little sense.  They can turn Link into a wolf who's ridden by a cursed queen from an alternate dimension, but trying to figure out what to do with Link if he wasn't the hero is a challenge?

And the idea of balance makes just as much sense in a situation where it's a male, male, and female.  The tri-force isn't about gender balance, it's about the balance between power, courage, and wisdom.  If they just wanted to make keep Link as he is, just say that.  It would annoy people less.
I suppose the operative in the statement is "If the player character is female, she should be Zelda".  That is an absolutely valid opinion from the developers on why Link isn't female.

The balance refers to the tri-force, not gender balance.  The hero of the game SHOULD be the holder of the triforce of courage.

Honestly, it doesn't matter, people would be up in arms regardless.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 17, 2016, 07:15:24 pm
I suppose the operative in the statement is "If the player character is female, she should be Zelda".  That is an absolutely valid opinion from the developers on why Link isn't female.

The balance refers to the tri-force, not gender balance.  The hero of the game SHOULD be the holder of the triforce of courage.

Honestly, it doesn't matter, people would be up in arms regardless.

Yes, then she should probably be Zelda.  And if the balance is the problem, then give the triforce of courage to Zelda.  You aren't helping things here lol I could probably spend the next half hour writing up a dozen perfectly good setups where Zelda is the lead and Link is an NPC that would work out just fine within a LoZ story.  Still, there's more than a couple good reasons that Link having a female version makes sense, even if they don't want to admit it

Of course, a few people might still be annoyed if they had been more straightforward about just wanting to keep Link a guy, but this is only a thing because their blatantly bad reasoning.  Even Aonuma agreed that them being so hush hush on whether Link was male or not, with him looking extra androgynous lately factored in to this and why people were even discussing it in the first place.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: ignition365 on June 17, 2016, 09:36:44 pm
I suppose the operative in the statement is "If the player character is female, she should be Zelda".  That is an absolutely valid opinion from the developers on why Link isn't female.

The balance refers to the tri-force, not gender balance.  The hero of the game SHOULD be the holder of the triforce of courage.

Honestly, it doesn't matter, people would be up in arms regardless.

Yes, then she should probably be Zelda.  And if the balance is the problem, then give the triforce of courage to Zelda.  You aren't helping things here lol I could probably spend the next half hour writing up a dozen perfectly good setups where Zelda is the lead and Link is an NPC that would work out just fine within a LoZ story.  Still, there's more than a couple good reasons that Link having a female version makes sense, even if they don't want to admit it

Of course, a few people might still be annoyed if they had been more straightforward about just wanting to keep Link a guy, but this is only a thing because their blatantly bad reasoning.  Even Aonuma agreed that them being so hush hush on whether Link was male or not, with him looking extra androgynous lately factored in to this and why people were even discussing it in the first place.
I actually just had this conversation with someone, and I stick with my statement.  Personally, I think it would be wrong to switch up who has which triforce.

You can make all the arguments you want and write all the setups you want, they have fan fic websites for that, but regardless, they made their decision and I am sure they will stand by it and the game will do well.

I think if Nintendo just straight up said no we will never let link be female because no, people would be angrier and claiming sexism.  Saying pathetic excuse causes less of an issue and it is fairly obvious Nintendo doesnt like being in those situations with their constant censorship of games when they come to NA.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 17, 2016, 10:30:05 pm
I think if Nintendo just straight up said no we will never let link be female because no, people would be angrier and claiming sexism.  Saying pathetic excuse causes less of an issue and it is fairly obvious Nintendo doesnt like being in those situations with their constant censorship of games when they come to NA.

The "censorship" was rarely actually that, but mostly just localization.  Underage girls in skimpy clothing is less likely to fly here.  Only a couple instances might be considered proper censorship, like the breast scale in Xenoblade Chronicles X or the odd monster chest covering Tokyo Mirage Sessions.

I disagree that them saying Link would always be male would cause much of a fuss.  A couple people would complain, because they always do, but most people aren't demanding it, just thinking it would be cool and it 100% makes sense in the context of LoZ's universe to allow it to happen.  Or just use Zelda.  Either way, their reasoning was super dumb, but it'll blow over easy enough as everyone is still crazy excited for the game.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: ignition365 on June 18, 2016, 09:03:30 am
I think if Nintendo just straight up said no we will never let link be female because no, people would be angrier and claiming sexism.  Saying pathetic excuse causes less of an issue and it is fairly obvious Nintendo doesnt like being in those situations with their constant censorship of games when they come to NA.

The "censorship" was rarely actually that, but mostly just localization.  Underage girls in skimpy clothing is less likely to fly here.  Only a couple instances might be considered proper censorship, like the breast scale in Xenoblade Chronicles X or the odd monster chest covering Tokyo Mirage Sessions.

I disagree that them saying Link would always be male would cause much of a fuss.  A couple people would complain, because they always do, but most people aren't demanding it, just thinking it would be cool and it 100% makes sense in the context of LoZ's universe to allow it to happen.  Or just use Zelda.  Either way, their reasoning was super dumb, but it'll blow over easy enough as everyone is still crazy excited for the game.
you say it makes 100% sense, but it isn't your universe to decide what does and does not make sense in its context.  The fact that they made an excuse at all, and again a valid excuse because it comes from the designers themselves, proves that it doesn't make 100% sense.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kmacdw on June 18, 2016, 11:10:17 am
Dead Rising 4 is a timed exclusive.

Also, some amazing Zelda gifs.

http://imgur.com/a/an5z3

Capcom can eat my ass.  Won't buy it even if it comes to PS4.
I get that you're saying that because you don't agree with timed exclusives as a concept.

Personally though I don't care.

Dead Rising is awful.

Let's fill a room with zombies and give you crazy weapons to kill them with. It's the poster child of the current trend of 'put zombies in a game and it will sell'
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kmacdw on June 18, 2016, 11:15:42 am
Miyamoto all but confirming a new Mario game in the works but then says maybe we'll see it next E3.

Surely that's something you reveal at the NX reveal in the fall?
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 18, 2016, 02:20:48 pm
I get that you're saying that because you don't agree with timed exclusives as a concept.

Personally though I don't care.

Dead Rising is awful.

Let's fill a room with zombies and give you crazy weapons to kill them with. It's the poster child of the current trend of 'put zombies in a game and it will sell'

I love Dead Rising.  The first is real flawed, but 2, Off The Record, and 3 are some good fun.

Miyamoto all but confirming a new Mario game in the works but then says maybe we'll see it next E3.

Surely that's something you reveal at the NX reveal in the fall?

It sounds like it'll be a proper Mario also, in that it won't them just lazily regurgitating the usual Mario stuff and could be of a proper 3D Mario for a new system like Mario 64, or to a lesser degree, Mario Galaxy.
Title: Re: E3 Omnibus Thread
Post by: soera on June 18, 2016, 03:09:31 pm
Wouldn't be a new Nintendo system without a new Mario title, a new Mario kart and some form of Zelda. But that alone isn't going to sell me an NX. The Wii u has potential and see them abandon it the way it's going has me basically abandoning Nintendo as a console. A real Metroid (not this federation crap) is probably the only way I will buy the NX.