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E3 conference and event rating thread
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lord_of_flood
Member
EA 3/10
Microsoft 5/10
Bethesda 4/10
Ubisoft 7/10
Sony 6/10
Nintendo 7.5/10
Overall 6/10
Microsoft 5/10
Bethesda 4/10
Ubisoft 7/10
Sony 6/10
Nintendo 7.5/10
Overall 6/10
NinjaCoachZ
Member
Nintendo: 8/10
Overall, they had my favourite presentation, mainly on the innovation, brilliance, and pure fun of Mario Odyssey (the opening of that trailer with the dinosaur, before revealing Mario blew my mind), the promising Xenoblade 2, and the megaton of Metroid Prime 4. Treehouse Live also continues to be a brilliant initiative. Watching the live co-op of Yoshi was really fun and cute, and seeing the producer of ARMS school the tournament players is pretty great. The main absences that stung for me were Animal Crossing, Smash Bros., Monster Hunter XX, and Dragon Quest XI. As well, the Switch has been a brilliant indie machine so far, so I was also a bit bummed that they didn't show off a lot of the really cool-looking indies on the horizon.
Sony: 5/10
Sony actually have a fantastic lineup for 2017 and beyond. I think the problem is they had already played so many cards too early, so we already knew about most of the games they'd shown off. If Spider-Man and/or God of War were announced this year, it would have seemed much more exciting, but instead it largely felt like a repeat of their conference last year. Still no release date for Days Gone and Detroit is a head-scratcher. Dreams and Sucker Punch were MIA though they could just not be ready to show off their stuff yet. I also think it was a mistake to not put exciting games like Gran Turismo, Crash, Everybody's Golf, Ni no Kuni, Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, and Ace Combat 7 which were present at the event or pre-show in the actual main conference, and they didn't show off any indie games on stage at all. That second one especially was a big mistake since initiatives like Limited Run Games have thrived on Playstation and revolutionized the indie scene, so I thought it would be really nice to give the scene some love on the biggest stage possible. Maybe that's more a PSX thing but it was a surprise seeing Microsoft eat their lunch on that front. Lastly, the show's abrupt nature, and the orchestra/performance art being mainly used to show off already-known games, made it seem less exciting than it was last year where it was accompanying big news like God of War or The Last Guardian's release date. With how little Layden was out on stage, it felt more like a halfhearted attempt to justify why this is a stage show.
Microsoft: 6/10
This was a great multiplatform game conference, but it was kind of weak as an argument as to why you should buy an Xbox One (X, S, or otherwise). As a non-Xbox owner there wasn't a lot of incentive for me to really be interested in the ecosystem since virtually everything they showed was playable elsewhere. Wasn't really feeling their first-party lineup except for maybe Sea of Thieves which looks charming, and Cuphead which is a major labour of love. Dragon Ball FighterZ was an announcement that came out of nowhere and melted my brain. OG Xbox backwards compatibility was a great reveal. Overall the variety of games they showed off was pretty impressive and since I wasn't really planning to get an XB1X anyway, I didn't feel that chuffed about that side of things.
Ubisoft: 6/10
Ubisoft started and ended strong with the WTF--hey this is actually pretty cool nature of Mario + Rabbids, and the WHOOOA nature of Beyond Good and Evil 2. Though some of the details that came out afterward for the latter game are iffy, the excitement when it suddenly dawned on us what we were seeing made it feel crazy in the moment. Plus I love the female protagonist. As far as stuff in the middle goes, South Park continues to look good and that's about it for me.
Bethesda: 4/10
They didn't need to do a conference. Evil Within and Wolfenstein were really strong but could've been part of any other conference. The rest they showed was really minor in comparison to everything else. The main reason they get points is because even as someone who doesn't play too many FPSes, the Wolfenstein trailer was really, REALLY good.
EA: 0/10
Their conference was pretty much a bomb aside from A Way Out which actually looks pretty cool. Too many gimmicky, awkward presenters, too much time spent on sports games where we already know the drill, and they talked up how much they'd heard the demand for a single-player mode in Battlefront which they proceeded to not show. Their biggest announcement, Anthem, wasn't even properly shown off at their own conference, but at Microsoft's.
Overall thoughts on the conferences: 6/10
Overall thoughts on the games: 8/10
While Sony and MS's conferences weren't quite as earth-shattering as in the past, and the three third-parties' were mostly run of the mill, there are plenty of games on the horizon to look forward to, major and indie alike. Maybe in the moment it wasn't the most brain-melting thing ever, but this was a very consistently strong lineup of games and I'm pretty staggered by just how much there is I can't wait to play.
Overall, they had my favourite presentation, mainly on the innovation, brilliance, and pure fun of Mario Odyssey (the opening of that trailer with the dinosaur, before revealing Mario blew my mind), the promising Xenoblade 2, and the megaton of Metroid Prime 4. Treehouse Live also continues to be a brilliant initiative. Watching the live co-op of Yoshi was really fun and cute, and seeing the producer of ARMS school the tournament players is pretty great. The main absences that stung for me were Animal Crossing, Smash Bros., Monster Hunter XX, and Dragon Quest XI. As well, the Switch has been a brilliant indie machine so far, so I was also a bit bummed that they didn't show off a lot of the really cool-looking indies on the horizon.
Sony: 5/10
Sony actually have a fantastic lineup for 2017 and beyond. I think the problem is they had already played so many cards too early, so we already knew about most of the games they'd shown off. If Spider-Man and/or God of War were announced this year, it would have seemed much more exciting, but instead it largely felt like a repeat of their conference last year. Still no release date for Days Gone and Detroit is a head-scratcher. Dreams and Sucker Punch were MIA though they could just not be ready to show off their stuff yet. I also think it was a mistake to not put exciting games like Gran Turismo, Crash, Everybody's Golf, Ni no Kuni, Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, and Ace Combat 7 which were present at the event or pre-show in the actual main conference, and they didn't show off any indie games on stage at all. That second one especially was a big mistake since initiatives like Limited Run Games have thrived on Playstation and revolutionized the indie scene, so I thought it would be really nice to give the scene some love on the biggest stage possible. Maybe that's more a PSX thing but it was a surprise seeing Microsoft eat their lunch on that front. Lastly, the show's abrupt nature, and the orchestra/performance art being mainly used to show off already-known games, made it seem less exciting than it was last year where it was accompanying big news like God of War or The Last Guardian's release date. With how little Layden was out on stage, it felt more like a halfhearted attempt to justify why this is a stage show.
Microsoft: 6/10
This was a great multiplatform game conference, but it was kind of weak as an argument as to why you should buy an Xbox One (X, S, or otherwise). As a non-Xbox owner there wasn't a lot of incentive for me to really be interested in the ecosystem since virtually everything they showed was playable elsewhere. Wasn't really feeling their first-party lineup except for maybe Sea of Thieves which looks charming, and Cuphead which is a major labour of love. Dragon Ball FighterZ was an announcement that came out of nowhere and melted my brain. OG Xbox backwards compatibility was a great reveal. Overall the variety of games they showed off was pretty impressive and since I wasn't really planning to get an XB1X anyway, I didn't feel that chuffed about that side of things.
Ubisoft: 6/10
Ubisoft started and ended strong with the WTF--hey this is actually pretty cool nature of Mario + Rabbids, and the WHOOOA nature of Beyond Good and Evil 2. Though some of the details that came out afterward for the latter game are iffy, the excitement when it suddenly dawned on us what we were seeing made it feel crazy in the moment. Plus I love the female protagonist. As far as stuff in the middle goes, South Park continues to look good and that's about it for me.
Bethesda: 4/10
They didn't need to do a conference. Evil Within and Wolfenstein were really strong but could've been part of any other conference. The rest they showed was really minor in comparison to everything else. The main reason they get points is because even as someone who doesn't play too many FPSes, the Wolfenstein trailer was really, REALLY good.
EA: 0/10
Their conference was pretty much a bomb aside from A Way Out which actually looks pretty cool. Too many gimmicky, awkward presenters, too much time spent on sports games where we already know the drill, and they talked up how much they'd heard the demand for a single-player mode in Battlefront which they proceeded to not show. Their biggest announcement, Anthem, wasn't even properly shown off at their own conference, but at Microsoft's.
Overall thoughts on the conferences: 6/10
Overall thoughts on the games: 8/10
While Sony and MS's conferences weren't quite as earth-shattering as in the past, and the three third-parties' were mostly run of the mill, there are plenty of games on the horizon to look forward to, major and indie alike. Maybe in the moment it wasn't the most brain-melting thing ever, but this was a very consistently strong lineup of games and I'm pretty staggered by just how much there is I can't wait to play.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
EA - 1/10
Microsoft - 4/10
Bethesda - 4.5/10
Devolver - WTF Did I just watch, Konami 2010/10
PC - 5/10
Ubisoft - 8/10
Sony - 7/10
Nintendo - 7/10
EA sucked balls. You are the one starting off E3 and present such a piss poor way of building hype, every conference afterwards felt like amaze balls
MS lost a lot by using "Worlds most powerful console" like they were the second coming of Dramcast 2 to only troll themselves on the very same stage
4K, most powerful... lets show you Minecraft!
Also $499.99 = DOA
Hilarious the PR speak to cover up the price is we couldn't make it any cheaper, it's the world most powerful console!
Bethesda lost me with their weird attraction Bethesdaland, works for Nintendo, not you Bethesda
Ubisoft only stood out due to at least them having a conference, felt like E3
Sony showed to much for the last few years and it bit them cause they took a reserve approach, sooner or later reaching those heights, there was gonna be a time to come back down from it
Nintendo did well, but come on a Splash screen of Metroid 4 and in development kind dropped points
Microsoft - 4/10
Bethesda - 4.5/10
Devolver - WTF Did I just watch, Konami 2010/10
PC - 5/10
Ubisoft - 8/10
Sony - 7/10
Nintendo - 7/10
EA sucked balls. You are the one starting off E3 and present such a piss poor way of building hype, every conference afterwards felt like amaze balls
MS lost a lot by using "Worlds most powerful console" like they were the second coming of Dramcast 2 to only troll themselves on the very same stage
4K, most powerful... lets show you Minecraft!
Also $499.99 = DOA
Hilarious the PR speak to cover up the price is we couldn't make it any cheaper, it's the world most powerful console!
Bethesda lost me with their weird attraction Bethesdaland, works for Nintendo, not you Bethesda
Ubisoft only stood out due to at least them having a conference, felt like E3
Sony showed to much for the last few years and it bit them cause they took a reserve approach, sooner or later reaching those heights, there was gonna be a time to come back down from it
Nintendo did well, but come on a Splash screen of Metroid 4 and in development kind dropped points
AHA-Lambda
Member
EA 2/10 - a complete and utter waste of time, only reason it's not lower from me is due to A Way Out, which looked intriguing but that got killed off instantly once I saw that it's coop only
MS 7/10 - This was the event that quite simply showed off the most games that were of relevance to me, even if there were no big shock reveals or surprises. That said XB1X seems kind of pointless, but I'm not the target audience for it, and the 1st party situation is certainly still rather woeful.
But I must applaud Phil for his efforts in pursuing both backwards compatibility & cross play, and the transparency in the nature of how MS handle their exclusives (this last point in particular is something that should be getting a lot more praise than it is getting, but instead all people seem to shout is that XB1 isn't getting any "real" exclusives)
Bethesda 6/10 - I remember previously reading that Bethesda said that they wouldn't do a conference if it weren't warranted, and I think this was their attempt at that, with a more Nintendo Direct-like format. There wasn't much really here until the end with Dishonored DLC, TEW2, and Wolfenstein 2, but those 3 alone are all just great.
Devolver 7/10 - I did not watch the twitch stuff before or after the "conference", so purely on the 15 mins skit alone it was really funny, and will be referred to for memes now for a long time to come I'm certain. That said I actually do kind of wish they did do a real conference as Devolver's line up of indies has always been stellar.
PC Gamer Show 4/10 - just dull, nothing of interest to me here except for XCOM 2 expansion
Ubisoft 5/10 - Nothing of interest to me here either except for BG&E2, which has had the strangest reveal now rather reminiscent of Shenmue 3 - I remain sceptical.
Sony 5/10- And again, simply nothing of interest to me here either, except for Spiderman - and I'm sceptical of that given the QTE prominence and with the combat being seemingly of the Arkham style. I think I need to see more of it.
Nintendo 7/10 - Mario Odyssey and Mario/Rabbids alone are the 2 best games I've seen across this E3, and I am now very tempted to get a Switch. I'd almost rate this higher but there wasn't anything else that they showed that was exciting to me.
Overall 6/10 - a pretty weak year if you're going in for big surprises, and many of the big titles on show just simply were not of interest to me, but I know that there's still enough coming down the pipeline to keep me entertained.
MS 7/10 - This was the event that quite simply showed off the most games that were of relevance to me, even if there were no big shock reveals or surprises. That said XB1X seems kind of pointless, but I'm not the target audience for it, and the 1st party situation is certainly still rather woeful.
But I must applaud Phil for his efforts in pursuing both backwards compatibility & cross play, and the transparency in the nature of how MS handle their exclusives (this last point in particular is something that should be getting a lot more praise than it is getting, but instead all people seem to shout is that XB1 isn't getting any "real" exclusives)
Bethesda 6/10 - I remember previously reading that Bethesda said that they wouldn't do a conference if it weren't warranted, and I think this was their attempt at that, with a more Nintendo Direct-like format. There wasn't much really here until the end with Dishonored DLC, TEW2, and Wolfenstein 2, but those 3 alone are all just great.
Devolver 7/10 - I did not watch the twitch stuff before or after the "conference", so purely on the 15 mins skit alone it was really funny, and will be referred to for memes now for a long time to come I'm certain. That said I actually do kind of wish they did do a real conference as Devolver's line up of indies has always been stellar.
PC Gamer Show 4/10 - just dull, nothing of interest to me here except for XCOM 2 expansion
Ubisoft 5/10 - Nothing of interest to me here either except for BG&E2, which has had the strangest reveal now rather reminiscent of Shenmue 3 - I remain sceptical.
Sony 5/10- And again, simply nothing of interest to me here either, except for Spiderman - and I'm sceptical of that given the QTE prominence and with the combat being seemingly of the Arkham style. I think I need to see more of it.
Nintendo 7/10 - Mario Odyssey and Mario/Rabbids alone are the 2 best games I've seen across this E3, and I am now very tempted to get a Switch. I'd almost rate this higher but there wasn't anything else that they showed that was exciting to me.
Overall 6/10 - a pretty weak year if you're going in for big surprises, and many of the big titles on show just simply were not of interest to me, but I know that there's still enough coming down the pipeline to keep me entertained.
Barry Burton
Member
EA: 4/10. As is typical for them, there just weren't a whole lot of games there that appealed to me. A Way Out looks cool conceptually, but I doubt I'll play it.
Microsoft: 8/10. I thought this was their strongest showing in several years. A lot of games shown, both indie and AAA, a not a ton of filler. For once, not overly reliant on Gears and/or Halo (though first-party still seems to be lacking a bit).
Bethesda: 7.5/10. All about games coming out in 2017, two of which I'm really looking forward to and wasn't expecting them so soon (Wolfenstein and Evil Within). The presentation itself wasn't well put together, though.
Ubisoft: 7/10. This was probably the strongest from a presentation standpoint, but their games largely continue to not interest me. MarioxRabbids was a great moment, and BG&E2 was a nice surprise (although it's *not quite* what I was looking for after all these years).
Sony: 6/10. Not a bad conference, as it was all games from start-to-finish, but a bit underwhelming. Not quite sure what to make of a lot of what was shown, as they were just trailers without much context. A lot of games we already knew about and many of those aren't coming this year. Spider-Man impressed the most.
Nintendo: 8/10. Short & sweet. Mario Odyssey looked absolutely incredible, and some surprises for next year that I wasn't expecting. My Metroid fanboyism is duly noted and reflected in the score -- never has a logo gotten me so hyped up. A showcase of third-party/indie games was definitely missing, though.
Overall: 7/10. A good, solid year but not spectacular outside of a handful of surprises. It continues to reflect E3's declining importance as big announcements are spread out across the entire year, particularly from Sony and Nintendo.
Microsoft: 8/10. I thought this was their strongest showing in several years. A lot of games shown, both indie and AAA, a not a ton of filler. For once, not overly reliant on Gears and/or Halo (though first-party still seems to be lacking a bit).
Bethesda: 7.5/10. All about games coming out in 2017, two of which I'm really looking forward to and wasn't expecting them so soon (Wolfenstein and Evil Within). The presentation itself wasn't well put together, though.
Ubisoft: 7/10. This was probably the strongest from a presentation standpoint, but their games largely continue to not interest me. MarioxRabbids was a great moment, and BG&E2 was a nice surprise (although it's *not quite* what I was looking for after all these years).
Sony: 6/10. Not a bad conference, as it was all games from start-to-finish, but a bit underwhelming. Not quite sure what to make of a lot of what was shown, as they were just trailers without much context. A lot of games we already knew about and many of those aren't coming this year. Spider-Man impressed the most.
Nintendo: 8/10. Short & sweet. Mario Odyssey looked absolutely incredible, and some surprises for next year that I wasn't expecting. My Metroid fanboyism is duly noted and reflected in the score -- never has a logo gotten me so hyped up. A showcase of third-party/indie games was definitely missing, though.
Overall: 7/10. A good, solid year but not spectacular outside of a handful of surprises. It continues to reflect E3's declining importance as big announcements are spread out across the entire year, particularly from Sony and Nintendo.
EA: 4/10
Star Wars looked cool but everyone expected this, so not a big deal. NFS looks good but gameplay mechanics aren't good. every third second a slowmotion. A Way Out was the big deal here! Sports is sports.
Microsoft: 6/10
A lot of third party titles and Metro was totally stunning. I also liked Sea of Thieves, AC Origins, Middleearth, LiS, Ashen and much more. But almost no exclusive games, the most of the were timed-exclusive. Xbox one x is not a console i am interested.
Bethesda: 6-8/10
I dont know how to feel about this. Doom & Skyrim in VR is big deal, Wolfenstein & Evil within looks really, really good. But that's it. I do not understand why they have spend millions of dollas just for 30 minutes and the core was on Evil within and Wolfenstein, they could bring up these two titles in MS or Sony presser and the other things via blog or something. But nice to see that everything what Bethesda has shown, will come out this year. I like their policy.
PC Gaming: 3/10
Yeah, nothing special.
Ubisoft: 9/10
Hell of a show! Great titles, all of them! I am very interested into Ubisoft's upcoming titles, last year e3 was a mess.
Sony: 9/10
I have no idea how people can expect TLOU 2, Uncharted TLL is on the spotlight and they're giving them the stage they deserve, I am also sure that gameplay is not ready to show. We had some suprise announcements like Shadow of the Colossus or Monster Hunter which are a bid deal, especially shadow. Sony's upcoming games look stunning!
Short but very good, I wouldn't say this was the year of dreams 3. 2016 was a beast.
Star Wars looked cool but everyone expected this, so not a big deal. NFS looks good but gameplay mechanics aren't good. every third second a slowmotion. A Way Out was the big deal here! Sports is sports.
Microsoft: 6/10
A lot of third party titles and Metro was totally stunning. I also liked Sea of Thieves, AC Origins, Middleearth, LiS, Ashen and much more. But almost no exclusive games, the most of the were timed-exclusive. Xbox one x is not a console i am interested.
Bethesda: 6-8/10
I dont know how to feel about this. Doom & Skyrim in VR is big deal, Wolfenstein & Evil within looks really, really good. But that's it. I do not understand why they have spend millions of dollas just for 30 minutes and the core was on Evil within and Wolfenstein, they could bring up these two titles in MS or Sony presser and the other things via blog or something. But nice to see that everything what Bethesda has shown, will come out this year. I like their policy.
PC Gaming: 3/10
Yeah, nothing special.
Ubisoft: 9/10
Hell of a show! Great titles, all of them! I am very interested into Ubisoft's upcoming titles, last year e3 was a mess.
Sony: 9/10
I have no idea how people can expect TLOU 2, Uncharted TLL is on the spotlight and they're giving them the stage they deserve, I am also sure that gameplay is not ready to show. We had some suprise announcements like Shadow of the Colossus or Monster Hunter which are a bid deal, especially shadow. Sony's upcoming games look stunning!
Short but very good, I wouldn't say this was the year of dreams 3. 2016 was a beast.
Warnen
Don't pass gaas, it is your Destiny!
EA - 5/10 Star Wars and anthem look good
MS - 8/10 I love me new hardware, missed Halo lvl reveal
Bethesda - 4/10 nothing grand for me
Ubisoft - 6/10 some cool stuff
Sony - 5/10 same stuff as last year, still no dates for most of it
Nintendo - 1/10 no animal crossing for switch, fuck you guys!
Overall 9/10 still love it even when not great
MS - 8/10 I love me new hardware, missed Halo lvl reveal
Bethesda - 4/10 nothing grand for me
Ubisoft - 6/10 some cool stuff
Sony - 5/10 same stuff as last year, still no dates for most of it
Nintendo - 1/10 no animal crossing for switch, fuck you guys!
Overall 9/10 still love it even when not great
Spaced Harrier
Member
Lol at the Nintendo stans, It was 25 mins with filler and Metroid Prime 4 is vapourware.
Worst E3 since the dying days of 360 and PS3 which were all terrible.
Worst E3 since the dying days of 360 and PS3 which were all terrible.
bennywhatever
Member
EA - 5/10
Microsoft - 8/10
Bethesda - 4/10
PC Gaming Show - 3/10
Ubisoft - 7/10
Sony - 5/10
Nintendo - 9/10
Overall - 6/10
Nintendo and MS were my highlights by far. Ubisoft only ranks high thanks to BGE2. Didn't really like any other conferences but I recognize that there was some merit to each.
Microsoft - 8/10
Bethesda - 4/10
PC Gaming Show - 3/10
Ubisoft - 7/10
Sony - 5/10
Nintendo - 9/10
Overall - 6/10
Nintendo and MS were my highlights by far. Ubisoft only ranks high thanks to BGE2. Didn't really like any other conferences but I recognize that there was some merit to each.
Mushroomer25
Member
EA - 6/10. About as good as reasonable expectations could allow. A Way Out & Anthem look great and genuinely original. New Need for Speed & Battlefront look better than expected.
Microsoft - 7/10. A very solid flow of new games, info, and interesting showcases from across the spectrum. But they lacked the big 'holy shit' announcement that they kinda needed coming out of this year.
Bethesda - 6/10. Honestly, that score is entirely representative of how good Wolfenstein and The Evil Within look. Otherwise, absolutely no reason for this to be a standalone show.
Ubisoft - 8/10. Damn good year. They managed to sell people on Rabbids, and the twists being applied to The Crew 2 have some potential. BG&E2 was a magic moment, but it is hard to really believe in right now.
Sony - 4/10. Based purely on failed expectations, this was a dud of a show. Mediocre reveals, and gameplay demos that didn't install confidence about the titles. Hopefully Sony is learning a lesson to pace out their reveals, rather than dropping the bomb the second a deal is signed.
Nintendo - 9/10. Top notch. Metroid, Kirby, Yoshi, and Warriors are a solid platform to make me believe in the future of this system. But holy shit, that Odyssey trailer. The most surprising and joyous moment of the show, untainted by skepticism or cynicism. Just an outstanding looking game, coming by the end of the year.
Devolver - 10/10
Microsoft - 7/10. A very solid flow of new games, info, and interesting showcases from across the spectrum. But they lacked the big 'holy shit' announcement that they kinda needed coming out of this year.
Bethesda - 6/10. Honestly, that score is entirely representative of how good Wolfenstein and The Evil Within look. Otherwise, absolutely no reason for this to be a standalone show.
Ubisoft - 8/10. Damn good year. They managed to sell people on Rabbids, and the twists being applied to The Crew 2 have some potential. BG&E2 was a magic moment, but it is hard to really believe in right now.
Sony - 4/10. Based purely on failed expectations, this was a dud of a show. Mediocre reveals, and gameplay demos that didn't install confidence about the titles. Hopefully Sony is learning a lesson to pace out their reveals, rather than dropping the bomb the second a deal is signed.
Nintendo - 9/10. Top notch. Metroid, Kirby, Yoshi, and Warriors are a solid platform to make me believe in the future of this system. But holy shit, that Odyssey trailer. The most surprising and joyous moment of the show, untainted by skepticism or cynicism. Just an outstanding looking game, coming by the end of the year.
Devolver - 10/10
Savantcore
Unconfirmed Member
EA - 2
Microsoft - 5
Bethesda - 4
Ubisoft - 7
Sony - 5
Nintendo - 7
Overall - 6
Microsoft - 5
Bethesda - 4
Ubisoft - 7
Sony - 5
Nintendo - 7
Overall - 6
Microsoft - 8/10 for PUBG is the main thing, Metro, Last Night, Sea of Thieves. Scorpio would've been a purchase if it was a 100 dollars cheaper tho. Also backwards compatibility is huge for me.
Sony - 5/10 GoW.
Didn't watch the others, only the videos of the game announcements so.
Sony - 5/10 GoW.
Didn't watch the others, only the videos of the game announcements so.
Devolver 10/10 (The Future's, The Future's, The Future's, The Future's, The Future's, The Future's, The Future's, The Future's, The Future's, The Future's, The Future's, The Future's, The Future's, The Future's, Check a look and earliest access)
EA 2/10 (one for A way out, one for Anthem)
Microsoft 4/10 (For the Indies...)
Ubisoft 6/10 (Miyamoto on Stage, 'nough said!)
Sony 5/10 (GoW, Spider-Man and.... nothing?!)
Nintendo 7/10 (Metroid, are you serious?!AHHHHHHH!!! But no footage :-()
E3 2017 6/10
EA 2/10 (one for A way out, one for Anthem)
Microsoft 4/10 (For the Indies...)
Ubisoft 6/10 (Miyamoto on Stage, 'nough said!)
Sony 5/10 (GoW, Spider-Man and.... nothing?!)
Nintendo 7/10 (Metroid, are you serious?!AHHHHHHH!!! But no footage :-()
E3 2017 6/10
LordBaztion
Member
EA - 5/10
Microsoft - 6/10
Bethesda - 5/10
Ubisoft - 7/10
Sony - 6/10
Nintendo - 4/10
glad to see Ubis is doing well on the pool.
Microsoft - 6/10
Bethesda - 5/10
Ubisoft - 7/10
Sony - 6/10
Nintendo - 4/10
glad to see Ubis is doing well on the pool.
Insane Metal
Gold Member
EA - 3
Microsoft - 4
Ubisoft - 7
Sony - 7
Nintendo - 5
Overall score : 5/10
Microsoft - 4
Ubisoft - 7
Sony - 7
Nintendo - 5
Overall score : 5/10
CortexVortex
Banned
EA: 3/10
MS: 5/10
Ubi: 7/10
Sony: 6/10
Nintendo: 8/10
Overall: 6/10
MS: 5/10
Ubi: 7/10
Sony: 6/10
Nintendo: 8/10
Overall: 6/10
Dangansona
Member
- EA: 6/10 - Not too long, A Way Out is a highlight of the show. Need For Speed looks cool too. Influencer stuff was annoying.
- Bethesda: 6/10 - Really similar to EA, but with Wolfenstein 2 being in the highlight of the show spot and Evil Within 2 being a cool announcement. I actually liked the Bethesdaland stuff.
- MS: 5/10 - Too long, too many console launch exclusives. Games that interested me were all indies and MAYBE Sea of Theives.
- Ubisoft: 8/10 - Everything about Mario and Rabbids was amazing. Show felt genuine.
- Sony: 7.5/10 - Exactly what I wanted. They had three times more games than the others that I want and it is good to get updates on them. I didn't need a whole lot of annoucements and yet holy crap SotC. Could have used a tiny bit more talking (I am including the pre-show in this too).
- Nintendo: 7/10 - Mario looks great, but the rest of it was largely nothing.
- Overall: 7/10 - People are way too down on this E3 for some reason. Lots of great games on display.
Games I personally want to buy after this E3 shown by Sony:
Undertale
Everybody's Golf
Hidden Agenda
Ni No Kuni II
Crash Bandicoot
GT Sport
Uncharted
Days Gone
God of War
SotC
Detroit
Spiderman
That's not nothing.
Sony: B
What do we know about God of War now that we didn't know this time last year? What have we learned about Days Gone? Become Human? Take these rhetorical questions with the fact that they opened the show with two expansions for already released PS4 games. VR had an okay showing, in that there are new things coming - but still no killer app in sight. Spider-Man looks like twitchy fun, but an over abundance of QTEs and slo-mo cutaways have me getting nervous that this game will be more playable movie than engaging video game at its biggest moment and set pieces. When the biggest "reveals" of the press conference are a remaster (SotC) and a multiplat game (Monster Hunter Worlds), you know it's not an incredible year for Sony. They maintain a B status because even though there wasn't much new, it was presented very tastefully and without fluff. At the end of the day, they simply don't deserve an "A". This was basically DLC to last years press conference.
Nintendo: A
Short, sweet and to the point. In antithesis to Sony's press conference we got a lot of new reveals and some startling revelations about already announced games. When Super Mario Odyssey was announced earlier this year I was already sold. Little did I know the primary mechanic of the game ("capturing" objects and creatures with Mario's signature hat) had yet to be revealed! Couple that with the announcements of new Kirby and Yoshi games, Metroid Prime 4 and a core Pokémon RPG for the Switch and you have the makings of a great E3 showing.
Microsoft: C
Before E3 I said Microsoft needed to present a clear case for buying a Scorpio, as well as reveal why Crackdown 3 has been such a weight. They didn't do a great job of either of those tasks, but they still (barely) came out as passable. Another year, another long conference bloated with multiplats and promises of future greatness. The "Xbox One X" is not going to flop outright, but it will not be a smash hit either. $499 is a steep price, but there are people who will pay it. I'm failing to see the emphasis on "Games as Service" titles that Phil has been preaching about for months. With Sea of Thieves, a solid indie showcase, OG Xbox BC, and an exclusive console deal with Player's Unknown Battlegrounds they've showed just enough to keep their head above water. Microsoft can't keep relying on the Anthems and Assassins Creeds of the world to cover their ass at these events - it's becoming quite the elephant in the room.
EA: C
Story was a big key word at EA's press conference. Madden, FIFA, Star Wars Battlefront II and Need for Speed are all getting robust story treatments in their upcoming incarnations. Problem is, in not sure any of them seem interesting from a character perspective. The lone exception would certainly be A Way Out, which is a bold co-op only game from the director of 2013's excellent Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. It was quite a big surprise when they revealed Battlefront 2 will adopt a "loot box" style business model in favor of paid DLC map packs. Time will tell of these new strategies lay of for EA, and I'm taking the "wait and see" approach.
Ubisoft: C
I liked this press conference. I liked the human element and heartfelt demeanor of the project leads and presenters. I liked the look of several of the games, especially Mario + Rabbids. What's unfortunate for this conference is that while I'm excited about Assasins Creed and Far Cry 5, the most intriguing videos and demos for these games were presented in other press conferences. Their appearances here were quite underwhelming. In the future they really ought to tease their big IPs at other conference and do full demos at their own show, not the other way around. Also, the reveal for Beyond Good and Evil 2 feels very clumsy with regard to both tone and scope of the game. Seems like a project that is destined to disappoint from the get go. All in all they had a solid hand, but didn't play it the most efficiently.
Bethesda: D
Similar to Ubisoft, I felt like they didn't make the most of what they had on hand. The VR trailers came off as awkward and flaccid. A complete failure to promote Quake Champions as a game, opting to awkwardly focus specifically on competitive play. Reveals for The Evil Within 2 and Wolfenstein were overly cutscene heavy and felt unfocused. And with the reveal of Creation Club they basically announced a problem. This conference could've been average, but it's odd pacing and uneven reveals earn it the title of worst of show.
What do we know about God of War now that we didn't know this time last year? What have we learned about Days Gone? Become Human? Take these rhetorical questions with the fact that they opened the show with two expansions for already released PS4 games. VR had an okay showing, in that there are new things coming - but still no killer app in sight. Spider-Man looks like twitchy fun, but an over abundance of QTEs and slo-mo cutaways have me getting nervous that this game will be more playable movie than engaging video game at its biggest moment and set pieces. When the biggest "reveals" of the press conference are a remaster (SotC) and a multiplat game (Monster Hunter Worlds), you know it's not an incredible year for Sony. They maintain a B status because even though there wasn't much new, it was presented very tastefully and without fluff. At the end of the day, they simply don't deserve an "A". This was basically DLC to last years press conference.
Nintendo: A
Short, sweet and to the point. In antithesis to Sony's press conference we got a lot of new reveals and some startling revelations about already announced games. When Super Mario Odyssey was announced earlier this year I was already sold. Little did I know the primary mechanic of the game ("capturing" objects and creatures with Mario's signature hat) had yet to be revealed! Couple that with the announcements of new Kirby and Yoshi games, Metroid Prime 4 and a core Pokémon RPG for the Switch and you have the makings of a great E3 showing.
Microsoft: C
Before E3 I said Microsoft needed to present a clear case for buying a Scorpio, as well as reveal why Crackdown 3 has been such a weight. They didn't do a great job of either of those tasks, but they still (barely) came out as passable. Another year, another long conference bloated with multiplats and promises of future greatness. The "Xbox One X" is not going to flop outright, but it will not be a smash hit either. $499 is a steep price, but there are people who will pay it. I'm failing to see the emphasis on "Games as Service" titles that Phil has been preaching about for months. With Sea of Thieves, a solid indie showcase, OG Xbox BC, and an exclusive console deal with Player's Unknown Battlegrounds they've showed just enough to keep their head above water. Microsoft can't keep relying on the Anthems and Assassins Creeds of the world to cover their ass at these events - it's becoming quite the elephant in the room.
EA: C
Story was a big key word at EA's press conference. Madden, FIFA, Star Wars Battlefront II and Need for Speed are all getting robust story treatments in their upcoming incarnations. Problem is, in not sure any of them seem interesting from a character perspective. The lone exception would certainly be A Way Out, which is a bold co-op only game from the director of 2013's excellent Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. It was quite a big surprise when they revealed Battlefront 2 will adopt a "loot box" style business model in favor of paid DLC map packs. Time will tell of these new strategies lay of for EA, and I'm taking the "wait and see" approach.
Ubisoft: C
I liked this press conference. I liked the human element and heartfelt demeanor of the project leads and presenters. I liked the look of several of the games, especially Mario + Rabbids. What's unfortunate for this conference is that while I'm excited about Assasins Creed and Far Cry 5, the most intriguing videos and demos for these games were presented in other press conferences. Their appearances here were quite underwhelming. In the future they really ought to tease their big IPs at other conference and do full demos at their own show, not the other way around. Also, the reveal for Beyond Good and Evil 2 feels very clumsy with regard to both tone and scope of the game. Seems like a project that is destined to disappoint from the get go. All in all they had a solid hand, but didn't play it the most efficiently.
Bethesda: D
Similar to Ubisoft, I felt like they didn't make the most of what they had on hand. The VR trailers came off as awkward and flaccid. A complete failure to promote Quake Champions as a game, opting to awkwardly focus specifically on competitive play. Reveals for The Evil Within 2 and Wolfenstein were overly cutscene heavy and felt unfocused. And with the reveal of Creation Club they basically announced a problem. This conference could've been average, but it's odd pacing and uneven reveals earn it the title of worst of show.
Bedameister
Member
Rating x out of 10
EA: 4
Beth: 7
MS: 7
PC: 6
Ubi: 8
Sony: 6
Nintendo: 8
Ubi still wins imo
EA: 4
Beth: 7
MS: 7
PC: 6
Ubi: 8
Sony: 6
Nintendo: 8
Ubi still wins imo
lol at you writing a comment lamenting people liking a showcase of games.
Rating only those that I watched.
EA - 2/10
It's almost tradition at this point, but this was just bad through and through. Boring upon boring game showings and a baffling stand up comedy section with no purpose other than just for the hell of it. EA's conference format is just not working well.
They did have 2 great looking games in A Way Out and in Star Wars Battlefront II, for which the showing for the latter reaffirmed me in why it's among my most anticipated games.
Microsoft - 4/10
I was expecting Microsoft to bring the house down, since they have a new console to sell. What the conference ended up being was a very bad sales pitch for people like me not already in their ecosystem. You can argue from now until eternity that Xbox has no exclusives because everything is now also on PC, but for people like me without a capable PC that fact doesn't really matter. What matters then is that this conference was a very bad showing from Microsoft's first party exclusives. Forza 7 surprise surprise! There comes a point where a re-skin every two years stops being exciting to anyone but the most hardcore Xbox fans. Sea of Thieves looked boring and janky, Crackdown 3 and State of Decay 2 both had unbelievably bad trailers. I think after this conference that all these 3 previously announced games will be huge disappointments. It's a big problem when a platform holder has zero exciting looking first party games during a conference, to such an obvious extent that an announcement of backwards compatibility for ancient OG Xbox games receives the biggest audience reaction for the night.
The rest of the show is what saved the conference from utter disaster: a bunch of great looking multiplatform game showings. Anthem, Metro, Shadow of War all looked like games I will want to play, especially Anthem. AC:Origins looked same old, same old and did not convince me yet, but it still could. Microsoft's problem is that I can play these on the PS4 that I already own. Ending the conference with a multiplatform game no matter how impressive it was certainly emphasizes their first party weakness.
The final nail in the coffin for the conference not being the convincing sales pitch that I had expected it to be: Phil Spencer announcing the Xbox One X high price of $499 to no fanfare at all, the price was not even put up on the screen like they'd already realized from the reaction to Geoff Keighley's leak of it how big of a mistake it is.
Bethesda - 4/10
Surprisingly weak conference. Wolfenstein and The Evil Within 2 both looked fantastic, but the rest was a bunch of nothing to me. I had expected more exciting content, so my takeaway is that Bethesda might not have enough to back up having one of these every year.
Ubisoft - 6/10
First of all, I hate CG trailers used for game reveals. So the Beyond Good and Evil 2 trailer did nothing for me, even though the nostalgia is real. To get me excited I need to get either direct gameplay or an in-engine trailer depiction of what the game actually looks like.
Thankfully Ubisoft had a LOT of other games to show, more than usual I think. Maybe to fight off Vivendi? Anyway, best presentation for me was Far Cry 5, that game looks sick. I'm not interested in Mario x Rabbids aesthetic wise, but since I love X-Com I can certainly appreciate that it looks very well made. As mentioned in the Microsoft summary I was not hooked by AC:Origins, it looks like the year off has not resulted in any meaningful improvements to its tired formula.
Sony - 7/10 (8/10 with pre-show)
It's not hard to conclude that this was much weaker than their '15 and '16 (both 9/10) conferences from an announcement point of view. Shadow of the Colossus remake (hype!) and Monster Hunter World are unremarkable compared to the previous two years. I loved Until Dawn, but with Hidden Agenda being revealed only in the pre-show I'm not convinced it's as meaty a game.
Instead of announcements Sony flexed their unmatched first party muscles, showing us demo after demo with incredible looking already announced games, that all can only be found on PS4. Spider-Man, Uncharted The Lost Legacy, Horizon Zero Dawn expansion, God of War, Days Gone and Detroit from the conference are 6 games that based on their showings are must haves for me. If including the pre-show that sentiment can be extended to Crash Trilogy, GT Sport, Ni No Kuni II, Matterfall and Everybody's Golf as well. My wallet will hate me the next year from the exclusives lineup alone.
I am definitely also interested in Destiny 2 and CoD:WW2, but I will wait for the post-launch reception before I will consider them. I was surprised to not see the Star Wars Battlefront II campaign with a demo reveal, so that was disappointing.
So in comparison with the last two conferences, this year refrained from the hype-inducing, but very long from release announcements and instead featured a much stronger gameplay showcase of exclusives close to release.
EA - 2/10
It's almost tradition at this point, but this was just bad through and through. Boring upon boring game showings and a baffling stand up comedy section with no purpose other than just for the hell of it. EA's conference format is just not working well.
They did have 2 great looking games in A Way Out and in Star Wars Battlefront II, for which the showing for the latter reaffirmed me in why it's among my most anticipated games.
Microsoft - 4/10
I was expecting Microsoft to bring the house down, since they have a new console to sell. What the conference ended up being was a very bad sales pitch for people like me not already in their ecosystem. You can argue from now until eternity that Xbox has no exclusives because everything is now also on PC, but for people like me without a capable PC that fact doesn't really matter. What matters then is that this conference was a very bad showing from Microsoft's first party exclusives. Forza 7 surprise surprise! There comes a point where a re-skin every two years stops being exciting to anyone but the most hardcore Xbox fans. Sea of Thieves looked boring and janky, Crackdown 3 and State of Decay 2 both had unbelievably bad trailers. I think after this conference that all these 3 previously announced games will be huge disappointments. It's a big problem when a platform holder has zero exciting looking first party games during a conference, to such an obvious extent that an announcement of backwards compatibility for ancient OG Xbox games receives the biggest audience reaction for the night.
The rest of the show is what saved the conference from utter disaster: a bunch of great looking multiplatform game showings. Anthem, Metro, Shadow of War all looked like games I will want to play, especially Anthem. AC:Origins looked same old, same old and did not convince me yet, but it still could. Microsoft's problem is that I can play these on the PS4 that I already own. Ending the conference with a multiplatform game no matter how impressive it was certainly emphasizes their first party weakness.
The final nail in the coffin for the conference not being the convincing sales pitch that I had expected it to be: Phil Spencer announcing the Xbox One X high price of $499 to no fanfare at all, the price was not even put up on the screen like they'd already realized from the reaction to Geoff Keighley's leak of it how big of a mistake it is.
Bethesda - 4/10
Surprisingly weak conference. Wolfenstein and The Evil Within 2 both looked fantastic, but the rest was a bunch of nothing to me. I had expected more exciting content, so my takeaway is that Bethesda might not have enough to back up having one of these every year.
Ubisoft - 6/10
First of all, I hate CG trailers used for game reveals. So the Beyond Good and Evil 2 trailer did nothing for me, even though the nostalgia is real. To get me excited I need to get either direct gameplay or an in-engine trailer depiction of what the game actually looks like.
Thankfully Ubisoft had a LOT of other games to show, more than usual I think. Maybe to fight off Vivendi? Anyway, best presentation for me was Far Cry 5, that game looks sick. I'm not interested in Mario x Rabbids aesthetic wise, but since I love X-Com I can certainly appreciate that it looks very well made. As mentioned in the Microsoft summary I was not hooked by AC:Origins, it looks like the year off has not resulted in any meaningful improvements to its tired formula.
Sony - 7/10 (8/10 with pre-show)
It's not hard to conclude that this was much weaker than their '15 and '16 (both 9/10) conferences from an announcement point of view. Shadow of the Colossus remake (hype!) and Monster Hunter World are unremarkable compared to the previous two years. I loved Until Dawn, but with Hidden Agenda being revealed only in the pre-show I'm not convinced it's as meaty a game.
Instead of announcements Sony flexed their unmatched first party muscles, showing us demo after demo with incredible looking already announced games, that all can only be found on PS4. Spider-Man, Uncharted The Lost Legacy, Horizon Zero Dawn expansion, God of War, Days Gone and Detroit from the conference are 6 games that based on their showings are must haves for me. If including the pre-show that sentiment can be extended to Crash Trilogy, GT Sport, Ni No Kuni II, Matterfall and Everybody's Golf as well. My wallet will hate me the next year from the exclusives lineup alone.
I am definitely also interested in Destiny 2 and CoD:WW2, but I will wait for the post-launch reception before I will consider them. I was surprised to not see the Star Wars Battlefront II campaign with a demo reveal, so that was disappointing.
So in comparison with the last two conferences, this year refrained from the hype-inducing, but very long from release announcements and instead featured a much stronger gameplay showcase of exclusives close to release.
PsihoPerihelion
Member
EA - 1/10
Beth - 3/10
Sony - 5/10
Microsoft - 6/10
Ubisoft - 7/10
Nintendo - 7.5/10
Devolver - Fucking bananas/10
Overall score 5.5
Pretty mediocre E3 if you ask me. Console manufacturers in particular were pretty lackluster.
Beth - 3/10
Sony - 5/10
Microsoft - 6/10
Ubisoft - 7/10
Nintendo - 7.5/10
Devolver - Fucking bananas/10
Overall score 5.5
Pretty mediocre E3 if you ask me. Console manufacturers in particular were pretty lackluster.
Pupperbabysassy
Member
Overall, I liked it. I think this E3 has a lot of exciting games that appeals to everyone coming from every publisher for the most part.
EA: This was the worst conference due to how the presenters. They also need to rethink their approach to their biggest games. The fact that they making a Star Wars game that appeals to the Call of Duty fans tells you that they something wrong there. The indie prison break game was good.
Microsoft: This was one of Microsoft's better presentations in terms of broader appearances. The new system is going to be a hard sell, but there were some great looking games shown. Cuphead and Dragonball looked great with the latter possibly becoming a sleeper hit. Forza and Anthem will appeal to their base as well. The biggest announcement was turning Minecraft into its own platform.
Bethesda: I liked amusement park presentation. They sold me on Skyrim for the Switch and Wolfenstein. And I really liked that all games announced will release this year.
Ubisoft: best conference of the show. Ubisoft has something that looks amazing for everyone. Beyond Good and Evil has a special place in my heart and it's sequel being announced made me well up. Far Cry 5 and Rabbids/Mario could be big hits sales wise. Ubisoft delivers bigly.
Sony: In a attempt to match Microsoft, I think Sony's showing was flat. I also wonder that with all of the games announced releasing in 2018, are we getting a PS5 announced next year. Spider-Man and God of War looks great.
Nintendo: Their presentation was poorly paced. But they did announce the right things to continue their main goal. Nintendo's only job this year is to keep momentum going for the Switch going into next year. They accomplished that with Metroid and Mario. I did find it interesting that they're going into Black Friday without a new game. They are also doing right by 3ds with Metroid and Pokémon.
EA: This was the worst conference due to how the presenters. They also need to rethink their approach to their biggest games. The fact that they making a Star Wars game that appeals to the Call of Duty fans tells you that they something wrong there. The indie prison break game was good.
Microsoft: This was one of Microsoft's better presentations in terms of broader appearances. The new system is going to be a hard sell, but there were some great looking games shown. Cuphead and Dragonball looked great with the latter possibly becoming a sleeper hit. Forza and Anthem will appeal to their base as well. The biggest announcement was turning Minecraft into its own platform.
Bethesda: I liked amusement park presentation. They sold me on Skyrim for the Switch and Wolfenstein. And I really liked that all games announced will release this year.
Ubisoft: best conference of the show. Ubisoft has something that looks amazing for everyone. Beyond Good and Evil has a special place in my heart and it's sequel being announced made me well up. Far Cry 5 and Rabbids/Mario could be big hits sales wise. Ubisoft delivers bigly.
Sony: In a attempt to match Microsoft, I think Sony's showing was flat. I also wonder that with all of the games announced releasing in 2018, are we getting a PS5 announced next year. Spider-Man and God of War looks great.
Nintendo: Their presentation was poorly paced. But they did announce the right things to continue their main goal. Nintendo's only job this year is to keep momentum going for the Switch going into next year. They accomplished that with Metroid and Mario. I did find it interesting that they're going into Black Friday without a new game. They are also doing right by 3ds with Metroid and Pokémon.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
I gave my vote to Ubisoft in the poll. I wasn't expecting anything from them but I was impressed by the passion on display from everyone that was there. And their lineup looks great.
Nintendo was great too, I just don't like game announcements with just a simple logo even though I understand why they did it. The Mario Odyssey trailer was the best moment of E3 though.
EA and Bethesda were solid. So was Microsoft but in a year where they're launching a new system, it was not nearly enough. Sony was boring and predictable, nothing really appealed to me aside from Spider-Man.
Nintendo was great too, I just don't like game announcements with just a simple logo even though I understand why they did it. The Mario Odyssey trailer was the best moment of E3 though.
EA and Bethesda were solid. So was Microsoft but in a year where they're launching a new system, it was not nearly enough. Sony was boring and predictable, nothing really appealed to me aside from Spider-Man.
Son Of Sparda
Member
EA - 3/10
Microsoft - 4.5/10
Ubisoft - 5.1/10
Sony - 4.7/10
Bethesda - 4.6/10
Devolver Digital - 4/10
Nintendo - Haven't watched yet
Overall - 3.7/10
Microsoft - 4.5/10
Ubisoft - 5.1/10
Sony - 4.7/10
Bethesda - 4.6/10
Devolver Digital - 4/10
Nintendo - Haven't watched yet
Overall - 3.7/10
CharminUltra
Member
Devolver got this. Edit: I guess not
DoomOfShadow
Member
EA - 3/10
Microsoft - 6/10
Bethesda - 4/10
PC - 0/10
Ubisoft - 7/10
Sony - 5/10
Nintendo - 1/10
Devolver - The Number does not exist/10
E3 overall for me this year - 6/10
Microsoft - 6/10
Bethesda - 4/10
PC - 0/10
Ubisoft - 7/10
Sony - 5/10
Nintendo - 1/10
Devolver - The Number does not exist/10
E3 overall for me this year - 6/10
EA 2/10
MS 6/10
Bethesda 3/10
Ubisoft 7.5/10
Sony 6/10 (7 with pre-show)
Nintendo 6/10
Overall 4/10
Not enough huge announcements or new stuff really (if all you have is just a logo don't bother, CGI trailer if you really wanna announce it, but not just a logo), for me just a lot of bad to above average shows.
MS 6/10
Bethesda 3/10
Ubisoft 7.5/10
Sony 6/10 (7 with pre-show)
Nintendo 6/10
Overall 4/10
Not enough huge announcements or new stuff really (if all you have is just a logo don't bother, CGI trailer if you really wanna announce it, but not just a logo), for me just a lot of bad to above average shows.
wild wild rice
Member
I voted Devolver.
Sony's conference was an embarrassing collection of movie trailers.
Nintendo's conference seemed aimed at selling me the Switch I already own instead of focusing on games.
Sony's conference was an embarrassing collection of movie trailers.
Nintendo's conference seemed aimed at selling me the Switch I already own instead of focusing on games.
Com Truise
Member
Microsoft: 3/10
Here's a bunch of shit you can play on every system under the sun (except the Switch).
Sony: 4/10
Here's a bunch of shit we showed last year.
Nintendo: 5/10
Here's a bunch of shit you already knew was coming. And Metroid Prime 4 is going to be a thing at an unspecified point in the future, now stop asking.
This is what a boring ass E3 devoid of any megatons looks like and it's not pretty.
Here's a bunch of shit you can play on every system under the sun (except the Switch).
Sony: 4/10
Here's a bunch of shit we showed last year.
Nintendo: 5/10
Here's a bunch of shit you already knew was coming. And Metroid Prime 4 is going to be a thing at an unspecified point in the future, now stop asking.
This is what a boring ass E3 devoid of any megatons looks like and it's not pretty.
Uno Venova
Banned
The reaction to Nintendo's conference kind of shows how small the vocal minority is about announcing games too far out. A logo and a clip of a guy saying a console Pokemon was coming was the biggest news out of all three conferences.
It's the same reason I voted for Nintendo too.
It's the same reason I voted for Nintendo too.
EA: 4/10
Bethesda: 6/10
Ubi: 7/10
MS: 6.5/10
Sony 5/10
Nintendo: 8/10
Overall: 6/10
A pretty bad E3 overall. Honestly, I remember getting to the Spotlight and a lot of posters were hoping Nintendo would "save" E3. If you're at the point where you're relying on Nintendo to save E3, that should say a lot about the state of E3. Sony was fine but mostly a rehash, MS showed off a lot of games I'm looking forward to getting on my PC, and EA was EA. Bethesda didn't have much to show but Wolfy 2 was enough to boost them, and Ubi had a pretty good showing even though I don't care about a lot of those games. The pirate game looks cool, always down for Far Cry, and Mario + Rabbids looked surprisingly awesome. Luckily, I thought Nintendo (mostly) knocked it out of the park. No word on online, VC, more third parties (though honestly they got more than I expected), and Voice Chat dropped them down, but they had a good mix of showing off known stuff and surprises. Plus Odyssey looks insane
Bethesda: 6/10
Ubi: 7/10
MS: 6.5/10
Sony 5/10
Nintendo: 8/10
Overall: 6/10
A pretty bad E3 overall. Honestly, I remember getting to the Spotlight and a lot of posters were hoping Nintendo would "save" E3. If you're at the point where you're relying on Nintendo to save E3, that should say a lot about the state of E3. Sony was fine but mostly a rehash, MS showed off a lot of games I'm looking forward to getting on my PC, and EA was EA. Bethesda didn't have much to show but Wolfy 2 was enough to boost them, and Ubi had a pretty good showing even though I don't care about a lot of those games. The pirate game looks cool, always down for Far Cry, and Mario + Rabbids looked surprisingly awesome. Luckily, I thought Nintendo (mostly) knocked it out of the park. No word on online, VC, more third parties (though honestly they got more than I expected), and Voice Chat dropped them down, but they had a good mix of showing off known stuff and surprises. Plus Odyssey looks insane
EA - 4/10 - Star Wars looks cool. That's about it.
Bethesda - 4/10 - Skyrim on Switch and PSVR was all that stood out to me, but I've already played tons of Skyrim...
Ubisoft - 7/10 - Rabbids/Mario actually looks really great. So that was a nice surprise considering I assumed the worst after the leak. Egypt Assassin's Creed is looking good.
Microsoft - 4/10 - X1X looks like a great system, but there was nothing first party that left me interested. If they come into E3 next year with a price drop and great looking new games for Fall 18 I think they will do alright. But it needs the games...
Sony - 5/10 - Nothing shocking aside from Shadow of The Colussus.
Nintendo - 9/10 - Honestly I feel like Nintendo was the only good part of E3. Spotlight and treehouse was a joy to watch and they had some nice surprises. The competitive matches of Splatoon and Arms were fun to watch as well. I was hoping for a bit more, but overall they made E3 enjoyable to tune into because EVERYTHING else was so... boring.
Overall it was just a "meh" E3. Nintendo made it fun at least. So hats off to them for that.
Bethesda - 4/10 - Skyrim on Switch and PSVR was all that stood out to me, but I've already played tons of Skyrim...
Ubisoft - 7/10 - Rabbids/Mario actually looks really great. So that was a nice surprise considering I assumed the worst after the leak. Egypt Assassin's Creed is looking good.
Microsoft - 4/10 - X1X looks like a great system, but there was nothing first party that left me interested. If they come into E3 next year with a price drop and great looking new games for Fall 18 I think they will do alright. But it needs the games...
Sony - 5/10 - Nothing shocking aside from Shadow of The Colussus.
Nintendo - 9/10 - Honestly I feel like Nintendo was the only good part of E3. Spotlight and treehouse was a joy to watch and they had some nice surprises. The competitive matches of Splatoon and Arms were fun to watch as well. I was hoping for a bit more, but overall they made E3 enjoyable to tune into because EVERYTHING else was so... boring.
Overall it was just a "meh" E3. Nintendo made it fun at least. So hats off to them for that.
Slackerish
Member
EA - Didn't watch/had company over
Microsoft - 5/10
Bethesda - 4/10
Devolver - Didn't watch/forgot it was on
PC Gaming Show - 3/10
Ubisoft - 8/10: Probably be the only conference that I will watch again.
Sony - 6/10: Sony still has the games that I want to play
Nintendo - 6/10: Moved me more into getting a switch later this year.
Microsoft - 5/10
Bethesda - 4/10
Devolver - Didn't watch/forgot it was on
PC Gaming Show - 3/10
Ubisoft - 8/10: Probably be the only conference that I will watch again.
Sony - 6/10: Sony still has the games that I want to play
Nintendo - 6/10: Moved me more into getting a switch later this year.
chrisPjelly
Member
It's crazy that all it takes is a logo to get everyone hyped up on the Nintendo side of things. I suppose that balances out all of the idiots who kept saying "bwaaah, I can't believe Metroid's fucking dead! Nintendo KILLED Metroid". That and the pokemon "announcements" were some of the most obvious things in the world. Have some faith in your own first party games, yeeesh.
I'll just rank the ones I watched.
Microsoft: 6/10
Sony: 6/10
Nintendo: 7/10
Pretty ho-hum E3 overall. The XBX seems neat, but is too expensive for what you'll get to play on it. Every big title from Sony looked more or less interchangeable, and Spiderman looks like QTE hell. Nintendo has Mario, which not only looks fun, but will actually release this year. The rest of their lineup looks a bit sparse for my tastes though.
Microsoft: 6/10
Sony: 6/10
Nintendo: 7/10
Pretty ho-hum E3 overall. The XBX seems neat, but is too expensive for what you'll get to play on it. Every big title from Sony looked more or less interchangeable, and Spiderman looks like QTE hell. Nintendo has Mario, which not only looks fun, but will actually release this year. The rest of their lineup looks a bit sparse for my tastes though.