[Hawkian]

usher?


usher?

[leadbelly]

Halo 4 looked quite good actually. I'm not a big fan of Halo, so wasn't particularly interested in the game before the press conference. One thing that stood out for me was graphically it looks a lot better than previous Halo games. I know that Bungie isn't developing the game and it shows. In places Halo 3 looked like an Xbox 1 game. Gameplay wise, it seems more intense and claustrophobic.

I think the best game shown at the conference was Tomb Raider though. Before now it just seemed like Uncharted in Tomb Raider clothing, but that demo seemed a little more than that. It felt far more grittier and realistic than Uncharted, and I got a real sense of Lara's gruelling attempts to survive in the game. It felt like Lara was going through hell.

Smart Glass is quite interesting. Its success is entirely dependent on developers making good use of it though. If it is just used as a map or just to give you little hints, then the novelty of it will wear off quite quickly. It does have some potential. It could be the answer to the Wii U Gamepad, but that remains to be seen. Of course the Wii U Gamepad is entirely dependent on developers making the best use of it also.

[ZeroRay]

No no no, it was fantastic. You know all us nerds are into sports and Usher and shit, it was perfect!

Microsoft sure knows the E3 demographic!

Jeez, I have a headache and it's not even past the Ubisoft conference yet.

[CrudeDiatribe]

In places Halo 3 looked like an Xbox 1 game. Gameplay wise, it seems more intense and claustrophobic.

Halo 3 is nearly five years old, and I think your memory of the first XBox is overly rosy.

'intense and claustrophobic' sounds like 'on-rails shooter' to me, so I really hope that's not representative of the game. There are lots of games like that already and more in the pipe. I'm very happy to know that the demo is a compressed version of part of a level.

[Hawkian]

Oh, right. Does Assassin's Creed 3 look good?

[leadbelly]

Halo 3 is nearly five years old, and I think your memory of the first XBox is overly rosy. 'intense and claustrophobic' sounds like 'on-rails shooter' to me, so I really hope that's not representative of the game. There are lots of games like that already and more in the pipe. I'm very happy to know that the demo is a compressed version of part of a level.

It is, but it looked bad when it first came out. I said that at the time it actually came out, so it is not anything to do with how games look now. It is graphically better than your typical Xbox 1 game, but there were places in that game where it just looked ugly. It wasn't exactly on par with the best looking games at that time.

Well, it could be more influenced by CoD, and I don't know if that is necessarily a good thing, but there was certainly something about it that interested me. And more so than previous Halo games.

And speaking about Ubisoft, one game I am looking forward to is FarCry 3. Again, like halo, I was not particularly interested in the franchise until seeing this new game. I'm not sure yet how good the gameplay will be, but in terms of the characters and story, it seems really quite interesting. The characters are believable. The dialogue and voice acting seems top-notch. They're trying to bring a sense of real insanity and madness to the island and I think they have nailed it.

[ClassyPenguin]

meh


Sequels, sequels and guess what? more sequels.

[leadbelly]

I'll just add actually: Halo 4 seems more graphically interesting than what Halo Reach did as well.

[GameplayWhore]

Well, every controller Nintendo has made the competition has copied. If there is one thing Nintendo know how to do, it is make controllers.

They take some concepts but certainly not everything. Nobody wanted to build on the idea of asymmetric button design (eg, different sizes and positions based on how commonly a button is used) or the analog-to-digital shoulder buttons of the Gamecube controller. And Microsoft, to their credit, did not yoink anything from the Wii Remote or Nunchuk.

It confuses me why people think that it'd be all that awkward to reach the analogs on the Pro Controller. I mean, they're located at the thumb's primary resting position. The dpad and buttons are located in the standard secondary position of the thumb, so they shouldn't be hard to get to, either. I don't know if this positioning is better, but I don't at all see how they're obviously worse.

[RobotNinjaHornets]

You know, if just one open 3D platformer a la Banjo-Kazooie got announced...I would be the happiest boy.

[Emitan]

You know, if just one open 3D platformer a la Banjo-Kazooie got announced...I would be the happiest boy.

Call of duty platformer for Kinect

[GameplayWhore]

Call of duty platformer for Kinect

That would be one hell of a linear platformer.

Cutscenes would be great, though maybe not up to par with classic Ninja Gaiden. ;)

[leadbelly]

They take some concepts but certainly not everything. Nobody wanted to build on the idea of asymmetric button design (eg, different sizes and positions based on how commonly a button is used) or the analog-to-digital shoulder buttons of the Gamecube controller. And Microsoft, to their credit, did not yoink anything from the Wii Remote or Nunchuk. It confuses me why people think that it'd be all that awkward to reach the analogs on the Pro Controller. I mean, they're located at the thumb's primary resting position. The dpad and buttons are located in the standard secondary position of the thumb, so they shouldn't be hard to get to, either. I don't know if this positioning is better, but I don't at all see how they're obviously worse.

Yeah, they haven't copied everything they do but rather the stuff considered to be a major step forward in game control. They invented the dpad and the basic design you associate with a game controller, and of course they were the first to use an analogue thumb stick for 3D games. They also released the 'Rumble Pak' which you find built into pretty much every game controller these days. While Microsoft never designed their own wiimote style controller, they were influenced by Nintendo's concept of motion control.

[Emitan]

gurrrrl gamers

[RobotNinjaHornets]

Well Watch Daawgs looks pretty fuck'n great

[Emitan]

Well Watch Daawgs looks pretty fuck'n great

And then the shooting started.

[Hawkian]

No, that looked great too. Ubisoft wins.

[ZeroRay]

Ubisoft crashed GAF...

Holy FUCK!

[InfiniteNine]

Game looks wonderful! I will buy.

[leadbelly]

I expected Assassin's creed 3 to be the highlight of the show, but then I saw Watch Dogs and was blown away. Game of the conference for sure. Possibly the best game at E3 so far (based on first impressions). The game came out of nowhere.

I don't know if it was the quality of the feed, but there were times when it looked almost photorealistic. I was watching it in disbelief. Is it really open-world? Can the PS3 or 360 really run it? Is it next-gen?

Ubisoft's conference is probably the best so far actually. That says a lot about the current state of the 360 when a 3rd party conference beats Microsoft's own conference by a huge mile.

[Professor Beef]

I must have Watchdogs.

[lazybones18]

Ubisoft crashed GAF... Holy FUCK!

Yep, it's that good :D

[leadbelly]

Also, there is this site: http://dotconnexion.ubi.com/

[Hawkian]

Let the ARGames begin.

[ClassyPenguin]

I must have Watchdogs.

yup, awesome premise and looks amazing and not another sequel.

[leadbelly]

Hmmm!

https://twitter.com/aegies/status/209786461644525568

[Hawkian]

well um

my pc is next gen

[leadbelly]

Yep, it is being dubbed 'next gen' folks!

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...t-gen-stunner/

[lazybones18]

Hmmm! https://twitter.com/aegies/status/209786461644525568

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/04/wa...-gen-consoles/

Update: Ubisoft's press site has filed platform listings for Watch Dogs: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.

But you never know

[leadbelly]

But you never know

Yeah. Interesting that no console was officially announced. I'll be seriously impressed if it looks that good on current consoles.

[Hawkian]

peeee seeeee

[leadbelly]

peeee seeeee

Yeah. My PC is ready as well. And so is my body. :D

[leadbelly]

Okay, so it has been confirmed for current consoles. lol

http://www.videogamer.com/pc/watch_d..._confirms.html

[Hawkian]

dat engine

[leadbelly]

dat engine

Yeah. I can see a lot of speculation is going to continue with this game. For an open-world game to look this good on current gen consoles there must be some drawbacks, surely?

Something that wasn't really noticeable in that demo.

[Hawkian]

Well, the Assassin's Creed engine (forget what it's called) has been pulling off more and more detailed open world environments for what, 6 years? They probably know exactly what tricks to pull.

That said, I bet it only looks that good on PC. ;)

[leadbelly]

Well, the Assassin's Creed engine (forget what it's called) has been pulling off more and more detailed open world environments for what, 6 years? They probably know exactly what tricks to pull. That said, I bet it only looks that good on PC. ;)

They've got to confirm what they were playing it on. Whatever it is regardless, you know I'm getting it on PC. ;)

[leadbelly]

The Last of Us was brutal. The thing that caused the most impact to me was the fact that it's not really clear who these people are he is killing. Are they definite enemies? Are they just random people simply trying to survive in post-apocalyptic world? It's kind of ambiguous. It's really quite unsettling.

[lazybones18]

Oh man, can't wait to use that Wonderbook! :P

[Emitan]

what is a vita

[dralla]

Im pretty sure it's a ricky martin song

[leadbelly]

Oh man, can't wait to use that Wonderbook! :P

lol

Yeah. You could just cut out a bit of card about the same width and length, and still be able to do the same thing.

[Professor Beef]

Are laptop batteries easy to replace? I got a notification just now that mentioned that my battery is slowly losing the ability to hold a charge at a good rate.

EDIT: Looked it up, looks easier than I thought.

[Lissar]

Everyone needs to stop making fun of Wonderbook! (>3<)

[Emitan]

Everyone needs to stop making fun of Wonderbook! (>3<)

theyre trying to kill books and turn them into shootbangs

[Professor Beef]

Books WOULD be more interesting if they had shootbangs or stabslices.

[Dr.Palutena]

I think i hate videogames now.

[Emitan]

I think i hate videogames now.

I've always been a Nintendo fangirl, but I've never felt like they would be saving the industry (IMO, I understand people are happy with what we got).

I feel like no one is catering to me any more.

[Professor Beef]

I've always been a Nintendo fangirl, but I've never felt like they would be saving the industry (IMO, I understand people are happy with what we got). I feel like no one is catering to me any more.

Well Nintendo stopped catering to me, so I know how you feel?

[Dr.Palutena]

I've always been a Nintendo fangirl, but I've never felt like they would be saving the industry (IMO, I understand people are happy with what we got). I feel like no one is catering to me any more.

I just feel bored with this gen, tired of shooters and killing, and my only outlet for new stuff that isn't Nintendo right now basically said "fuck you, here's a logo , ps3 ports and a game (which i'm excited for i guess) that you already knew about since saturday!" . So in short I guess I really need a PC and to focus on indie games and the like.