What were the highlights of the show floor today?
Okay! So today was a complete fail. I got to the floor late and forgot my credential and had to wait to have someone run it out to me. Like an ass.
Anyway I walked onto the floor and went to AC4 and immediately got c-blocked because Steven Speilberg was having a VIP gameplay "screening". I waited until he came out to meet him but security swept him by me like a Kardashian at a Pinkberry. So then I ran away and went to XBbox.
Played Sunset Overdrive which is super fun. Fast, loud, sparkly and bouncy. It is not the game for me but if you want a game that is a mix of Tony Hawk and Mortal Kombat with a little L4D and The Flood mixed in, this is the game for you. It is a gateway game for skate gamers that don't shoot or shoot gamers that don't skate. Super fun.
Then I went downstairs to check out Halo Master Chief Collection. As many people know this is one of my primary franchises and my gateway console title. Spielberg was here too, and finally, I got to meet him. He is super nice, and even remembered to say my name a second time as he walked away.
He will never remember me.
Then I got a super VIP experience with Halo, including playing the updated Halo 2, seeing all the trailers (some of which you guys saw at the Micro briefing but I don't watch other briefings because I am too busy obsessing over my own), and the link trailer that will guide us all from Halo 4 into Halo 5. I spent a bunch of time remembering that there is no cover system in Halo, and then got I died. This is okay. I love this game and every time I play it I am transported back to a simpler time when double-wielding a couple of plasma weapons was all I needed in life.
I know people think Halo Master Chief Collection is a box set but it is so much more. It connects all the games we love into one continuous gameplay experience. And it will be more beautiful and lifelike than anything previous. Sergeant Johnson is a glowing lustrous angel of a man, and a true delight.
After this I was hoping to see The Order but the line was like whoa. I wandered away, as the con was closing. Went back to Ubi to see they had a zillion ribbons and best in show stickers decorating their pavilion, and then took all credit for this, because I am both modest and full of shit.
Finally took some fan photos, and raced back to the Girl on Guy bunker to interview Dan Hay, the EP of Far Cry 4. We drank beers together, laughed, cried, talked about what it's like to develop a massive international video game franchise, and dropped a lot of f-bombs. This interview will post next Tuesday, June 17 at
http://www. girlonguy.net
Okay! I can answer a few questions and then I have to sleep off the madness that was this week.