Waldo Lydecker
Member
Don't do this please. But if they do show TLG I will eat my shoes.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
PlayStation Experience Event 2014 - 20 Years of gaming memories distilled
- Thread starter Amir0x
- Start date
Don't do this please. But if they do show TLG I will eat my shoes.
Appollowexx
Member
As much as I hope you're right. You know deep down you're wrong, right?
It'll probably be that Jaffe game Drawn to Death. It was secret when the conference schedule was released.
Yes it will.
Insane Metal
Member
I know it's dead, guys 
Changing my avatar in a few minutes.
Changing my avatar in a few minutes.
SDCowboy
Member
It would be a good first step to make up for the FF7 bullshit.
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
Is this mystery game a real thing?
It was on the schedule I think. 34 minutes until its shown
SDCowboy
Member
It's on the schedule but after all the other letdowns, I'm not expecting much if anything we haven't seen.
Insane Metal
Member
Done. New avatar. I'm tired of this.
Do we re-board the hype train for this mystery game?
No...there is a 99% chance its Drawn to Death
The Playstation Experience - Part I
There was a line for people with wrist bands. A line for people without wristbands. A line for gates to open. A line for every food truck. A line for the men's restroom (no line for the women's restroom because they constituted 10-15% of the total population at PSX, which was a pleasant surprise since I expected lower, but I digress). A line for every major game. A line for morpheus demo. A line for retail. A line for giveaways. You must be pretty annoyed with the way I repeat lines over and over. Guess what. That accurately represents one of many emotions I experienced throughout this event. Thankfully, it was only one of many.
I woke up at 6:30 AM because I thought it gave me enough time to be reasonably early for the event. Evidently, I was so wrong. The first thing I saw on GAF was a post showing pictures of 100s of people already queuing up. It was time to drastically accelerate my morning routine. This was a matter of life or death. After a questionably rapid ablution and an extremely brief cab ride where I tipped the driver 100% just to show him my gratitude for driving me 2 blocks, I was at the Venetian by 7:30 AM. I was greeted by 2 lines and 400 people. One for the smarty pants who collected their wrist bands the previous day and the other for the dumbasses who couldn't make it to town early enough to do so. I was a dumbass, of course. The smarty pants line kept growing, while the rest of us waited for box office to open to get our wrist bands. I was early enough to make it in, but I thought I'd probably not get good seats for the keynote. Surprisingly, the box office opened about the same time as they started letting people with wrist bands in and we were able to join the main waiting line at the gates pretty quickly. I managed to get in the first 300. Lucky dumbass, I guess? As the main door opened, we rushed to the best seats available at the cavernous auditorium. This place was huge and could easily seat thousands of people. Managed to get a sweet spot right in the middle about 15 rows away. Near enough to see everything clearly, but far enough to get a full field of view.
Everybody knows what happened after that so I won't dive into the details. The Uncharted demo was jaw dropping and people gasped and cheered for every minor detail. The visuals, the openness and verticality of the levels, the contextual actions and associated animations, the sense of scale, the stealth mechanics from TLOU, Drakes heavier, deliberate movement, the rope mechanic, were all a joy to watch. The game didn't look as good as the reveal trailer, especially Drake's hair, and it was clearly 30 fps. I'm not sure if they changed their target to 30 now or if this was done just to get a playable build, but it was a sight to behold regardless. It would be a PR mess after all the 60 fps trumpeting they did, so I'm hoping it's just an issue of a WIP build. Only time (or Corrinne Yu) can tell.
The Order 1886 gameplay demo was odd. After a lackluster, disjointed trailer the previous night, I was hoping for a cohesive and substantive presentation on stage. That wasn't the case. RAD had failed to make a proper public appearance yet again. But Ru mentioned there would be a 30 minute demo playable, so I didn't entirely give up hope. I was going to get my hands on this thing so I can make up my mind at last. But more on that later.
Sony followed up with game after game after game. It was a bit disorienting, in a good way. There is just so much content coming out in 2015 that it's difficult for an indie lover like myself to be disappointed.
SF 5 had leaked, so the impact was a little dampened. And then FF7 was announced and the crowd went bonkers. But as we saw footage, it started to sink in that this was really a lazy up-res'd version. It still took a while to sink in, so we kept awkwardly cheering while our minds were revolting with us. I knew FF 7 was being made, but I didn't know it was coming at PSX. And i didn't know it wasn't a remake. Well played, Hashimoto san. Well played. The announcements that followed were all great, but didn't really fill me with overwhelming feels. It didn't make me want to jump up and dance.
Now that most games were announced, it was time to wait for all the rumored megatons I'd been hearing from people who had "credible sources" all week. Other than SF5 (yay) and FF7 (lol), none of them happened. Even though I never cared so much for big announcements, I could easily see how people would have felt let down. Couldn't we get TLG at least? Damn it, Shu! It better show up at next E3. Or TGS. Or E3
Overall, I'd rate the keynote on par with their recent gamescom conference. Showed tremendous focus on games and a love for gamers and developers that is often missing in these kind of events. But the wait for those mega first party titles continue.
There was a line for people with wrist bands. A line for people without wristbands. A line for gates to open. A line for every food truck. A line for the men's restroom (no line for the women's restroom because they constituted 10-15% of the total population at PSX, which was a pleasant surprise since I expected lower, but I digress). A line for every major game. A line for morpheus demo. A line for retail. A line for giveaways. You must be pretty annoyed with the way I repeat lines over and over. Guess what. That accurately represents one of many emotions I experienced throughout this event. Thankfully, it was only one of many.
I woke up at 6:30 AM because I thought it gave me enough time to be reasonably early for the event. Evidently, I was so wrong. The first thing I saw on GAF was a post showing pictures of 100s of people already queuing up. It was time to drastically accelerate my morning routine. This was a matter of life or death. After a questionably rapid ablution and an extremely brief cab ride where I tipped the driver 100% just to show him my gratitude for driving me 2 blocks, I was at the Venetian by 7:30 AM. I was greeted by 2 lines and 400 people. One for the smarty pants who collected their wrist bands the previous day and the other for the dumbasses who couldn't make it to town early enough to do so. I was a dumbass, of course. The smarty pants line kept growing, while the rest of us waited for box office to open to get our wrist bands. I was early enough to make it in, but I thought I'd probably not get good seats for the keynote. Surprisingly, the box office opened about the same time as they started letting people with wrist bands in and we were able to join the main waiting line at the gates pretty quickly. I managed to get in the first 300. Lucky dumbass, I guess? As the main door opened, we rushed to the best seats available at the cavernous auditorium. This place was huge and could easily seat thousands of people. Managed to get a sweet spot right in the middle about 15 rows away. Near enough to see everything clearly, but far enough to get a full field of view.
Everybody knows what happened after that so I won't dive into the details. The Uncharted demo was jaw dropping and people gasped and cheered for every minor detail. The visuals, the openness and verticality of the levels, the contextual actions and associated animations, the sense of scale, the stealth mechanics from TLOU, Drakes heavier, deliberate movement, the rope mechanic, were all a joy to watch. The game didn't look as good as the reveal trailer, especially Drake's hair, and it was clearly 30 fps. I'm not sure if they changed their target to 30 now or if this was done just to get a playable build, but it was a sight to behold regardless. It would be a PR mess after all the 60 fps trumpeting they did, so I'm hoping it's just an issue of a WIP build. Only time (or Corrinne Yu) can tell.
The Order 1886 gameplay demo was odd. After a lackluster, disjointed trailer the previous night, I was hoping for a cohesive and substantive presentation on stage. That wasn't the case. RAD had failed to make a proper public appearance yet again. But Ru mentioned there would be a 30 minute demo playable, so I didn't entirely give up hope. I was going to get my hands on this thing so I can make up my mind at last. But more on that later.
Sony followed up with game after game after game. It was a bit disorienting, in a good way. There is just so much content coming out in 2015 that it's difficult for an indie lover like myself to be disappointed.
SF 5 had leaked, so the impact was a little dampened. And then FF7 was announced and the crowd went bonkers. But as we saw footage, it started to sink in that this was really a lazy up-res'd version. It still took a while to sink in, so we kept awkwardly cheering while our minds were revolting with us. I knew FF 7 was being made, but I didn't know it was coming at PSX. And i didn't know it wasn't a remake. Well played, Hashimoto san. Well played. The announcements that followed were all great, but didn't really fill me with overwhelming feels. It didn't make me want to jump up and dance.
Now that most games were announced, it was time to wait for all the rumored megatons I'd been hearing from people who had "credible sources" all week. Other than SF5 (yay) and FF7 (lol), none of them happened. Even though I never cared so much for big announcements, I could easily see how people would have felt let down. Couldn't we get TLG at least? Damn it, Shu! It better show up at next E3. Or TGS. Or E3
Overall, I'd rate the keynote on par with their recent gamescom conference. Showed tremendous focus on games and a love for gamers and developers that is often missing in these kind of events. But the wait for those mega first party titles continue.
SDCowboy
Member
I don't get it...was this Drawn to Death game supposed to be a big deal? They even ended the presser with it.
I wish I had hype but it was a solid "meh" from me.
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
-epidemic-
Neo Member
SDCowboy
Member
Thanks for the interesting read and take on the show, Viv.
Probably yes.
It's a new IP from a storied PlayStation game developer with a unique premise and fun looking gameplay. While it may not appeal to everyone, it definitely has some significance. It was also the biggest Sony published/developed game announced during the keynote, hence it being the closer (even though Uncharted should have been the finale).
Pop
Member
LookAtMeGo
Member
TLG! TLG! You know its happening folks.
Could be.
Maybe it's the new RPG from SE that they were supposed to announce?
http://kotaku.com/report-square-enix-is-making-a-new-unannounced-rpg-fo-1663090587
Icyflamez96
Member
Is the mystery game confirmed to be completely unannounced? Or could it be something that has been talked about that we haven't really seen much on yet?
shadowsdarknes
Member
I refuse to get myself hyped for this.
It would be brilliant of Sony to save a megaton for the 2nd day, but I'm really really not counting on it.
But they do have enough studios at work with games we don't know about yet.
It would be brilliant of Sony to save a megaton for the 2nd day, but I'm really really not counting on it.
But they do have enough studios at work with games we don't know about yet.
SDCowboy
Member
I'm not sure we know. I'm going into it assuming it's already announced though. I've had enough disappointment.
Pop
Member
Its going to be a disappointment.
Insane Metal
Member
Viveks as usual rocking. Thanks mate
Icyflamez96
Member
Why does the stream keep buffering for me this usually doesn't happen
this usually doesn't happen
Insane Metal
Member
Edit nevermind. Sorry.
gotstrangepowers
Banned
Secret Mystery Game = Shovel Knight on PS4
https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/541742308425621504
https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/541742308425621504
FranXico
Member
The ending should have been SF5.
It probably was, until the leak.
Acquiescence
Member
I really don't get why they treated that game as such a big deal. Ending the keynote with it was just baffling.
gotstrangepowers
Banned
shadowsdarknes
Member
But we already knew this. da fuq
IaN_GAF
Member
Welp...
B_Spooky13
Member
Did anything interesting happen today at PSX?