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[sjay1994]

Note to self:

Stop watching EA's conferences

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Where is the Free Trials on PS4 they were talking about? 🤔

 

[DangerMouse]

So is the press conference over right?

Yeah. That was the weirdest just "end" ever.

 

[Goose_Se7en]

I imagine most of the people who watch E3 aren't hardcore sports fans. Not to mention most of the people who watch E3 are probably American, so none of them give a shit about Soccer.

As an American, I get soccer but football and basketball c'mon folks. Sure, 2K has NBA on lock but I got hyped for Madden. I don't buy this assumption that video game fans aren't sports fans as well. I love my NY Mets.

 

[Schlorgan]

A lot of gameplay after the show. Wish they'd put more of this during the conference.

 

[Kinsei]

That conference was an F. The only decent thing in it was the Anthem teaser but that's not enough to gain them any points since it was CG.

 

[yanipheonu]

I imagine most of the people who watch E3 aren't hardcore sports fans. Not to mention most of the people who watch E3 are probably American, so none of them give a shit about Soccer.

In general the idea of bringing sport celebrities and real cars onto stage feels like a bad reading of what E3's audience is.

It'd be like cutting into an NHL draft with a guy talking about 1080p graphics in the new NHL game. It's not the right forum.

 

[Agent_Carnage]

2/10 very boring.

Only good parts is Star Wars, A Way Out and that is about it.

 

[Peroroncino]

Welp, E3 off to a great start, you do you, EA.

 

[140.85]

Did they mention Switch even once?

 

[Muffin1611]

Jesus Christ, this was boring, Way out was the only good thing.

What happened to Fe from last year? Scrapped?

 

[Raide]

Where is the Free Trials on PS4 they were talking about? 🤔

I think it was free trials of the Origin, EA access service.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

*raises hand* Why does EA keep shoving NFS down our throats when Burnout was arguably more popular?

Burnout was never more popular. Unless you mean critically, but if you have NfS games selling 4-5 million copies then that's irrelevant.

 

[Empyrean Heaven]

No Switch support is disappointing, I can't blame them for being skeptic considering their Wii U failings.

They're probably letting Nintendo have the opportunity.

 

[Lord of Castamere]

Note to self:

Stop watching EA's conferences

That's why you watch the Giant Bomb stream. Keeps it somewhat entertaining.

 

[Dysun]

Much better than last year, but probably the worst of the main conferences by Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Oynox]

just watched through the quick thumbnails of the stream on yt. so it was need for speed, sports, this coop indie game and star wars.. did i miss something?

 

[Agent_Carnage]

Did they mention Switch even once?

Nope.

 

[sanstesy]

That was a solid 5/10 conference!

 

[anarchycupcake]

Xbox Only for Anthem with 60M PS4's out there and hundreds of millions of PC gamers?

You never know, companies make stupid decisions. And I've been skeptical since they held back the Rise of the Tomb Raider release on PS4 for like a year.

 

[NullPointer]

Note to self:

Stop watching EA's conferences

Yeah.

Next time I'll settle for a few five minute youtube recaps afterwards.

Man, bummed to see what NFS is, and disappointed that they didn't show off the campaign or space battles for Battlefront 2 (I mean, beyond five second quick cuts). Multiplayer gameplay looked like chaos mixed with sniping, so no surprises there.

 

[Goose_Se7en]

Did they mention Switch even once?

 

[Yopis]

In general the idea of bringing sport celebrities and real cars onto stage feels like a bad reading of what E3's audience is.

It'd be like cutting into an NHL draft with a guy talking about 1080p graphics in the new NHL game. It's not the right forum.

I don't agree with this at all. Those lines don't exist in the main segment. Maybe on dedicated forums but not even then all the time.

 

[Wanderer5]

Battlefront 2 looks pretty good, while NFS looks alright. Don't think I would check anything else.

 

[Warablo]

I cant believe Nba Live and new ip's are the highlights of the conference.

 

[Goose_Se7en]

Where is the Free Trials on PS4 they were talking about? 🤔

Sony needs to stop deciding what is best for their customers and let EA Access on PSN. Crummy, greedy Sony, afraid of competition against EA's service.

 

[Pachimari]

This was a solid conference.

They sold me on Battlefield 1 DLC and Star Wars: Battlefront II. NFS Payback actually looks nice. And we got a super nice teaser of Anthem. I'm not sold on A Way Out at all but it was something new. A fine conference, although I wish they had shown more of FIFA 18.

EA: B-

 

[Xanfrabot]

This was probably the worst E3 conference I ever watched. At least Konami 2010 was fun, damn.

 

[Dynasty8]

Yeah...I'd give it a 4/10 honestly.

Very Boring IMHO. Only thing that got me interested was A Way Out and Anthem, which was a very small tease.

Too much talking, almost no gameplay other than Star Wars, and way too much emphasis on sports.

 

[Beefy]

The presenters made a bad conference even worse.

 

[dodo021]

No Skate 4
No new Burnout
No Switch games

2/10

 

[Mr. Phellps]

Saw this coming from the "EA Play will have 8 games" thread.
EA has taken a nose dive in the last few years.

 

[Barry Burton]

A Way Out looked really neat, but it being forced co-op loses a lot of appeal for me.

Other than that, not much else stood out.

 

[Lunafreya Nox Fleuret]

You start with whatever your starting class you picked. As you play, you earn battle points. You can use these battle points when you respawn to be a hero, battle droid, vehicles etc.

Thanks for clarifying. It doesn't sound too bad but it could get messy maybe on smaller maps?

 

[BBboy20]

The rumored Destiny Killer. Because nothing says Bob Dylan like a short-term direction.

 

[WaterAstro]

So they said a bunch of EA games go on trial for PS4? Any info?

 

[Shane89]

No Skate 4
No new Burnout
No Switch games

2/10

this

 

[Kouriozan]

Did they mention Switch even once?

It don't even support their engine so of course none of their game will be on it.

 

[His Majesty]

This was a solid conference.

They sold me on Battlefield 1 DLC and Star Wars: Battlefront II. NFS Payback actually looks nice. And we got a super nice teaser of Anthem. I'm not sold on A Way Out at all but it was something new. A fine conference, although I wish they had shown more of FIFA 18.

EA: B-

Excited for Ronaldo in spandex?

 

[Empyrean Heaven]

I get the feeling that EA will be the worst conference for most people...

...but then I remember that Nintendo basically is either going to be an F or an A.

 

[DrZeus]

My boy, dankness? Gaming culture is such irredeemable shit.

True blue

 

[Megawarrior]

Welp, E3 off to a great start, you do you, EA.

That guys button was about to POP.

 

[Kthulhu]

As an American, I get soccer but football and basketball c'mon folks. Sure, 2K has NBA on lock but I got hyped for Madden. I don't buy this assumption that video game fans aren't sports fans as well. I love my NY Mets.

I'm not saying they aren't. Most gamers that are hardcore enough sports fans to watch those men in blazers guys probably are a minority of the audience that watches E3.

 

[blacklotus]

Did i understand wrongly or was somekind of EA Access offer mentioned?

 

[Katana_Strikes]

Where is the Free Trials on PS4 they were talking about? 🤔

Did they say next week/Monday? I can't remember.

Did they mention Switch even once?

Other than Scorpio (and the PS4 marketing on screen) I'm not sure they mentioned any platform by name. But seeing as EA have only FIFA? on Switch and Sony has marketing on it, not sure why they would mention it.

 

[Chris R]

No Skate 4?

Fuck you EA, even if you did bring the Men In Blazers out

 

[Ultimadrago]

A Way Out: Looked great. Excellent concept for a game. No idea why they did an edited trailer, then had the dev talk for 5 minutes and forget his line a bunch while saying nothing, then had an explainer trailer where the dev talked you through the game.

I'm just going to yoink this. That said, I don't have enough details about the team writing it. It feels like an approach that would live and die on how the narrative works with the concept. It could make for a number of moment-by-moment "Oh, that's cool." if done well or it can be an uninteresting romp that just requires two-players to crunch through.

I actually played through Brothers for the first time recently, but boy, the game did not digest well for me. It was a neat concept pushed through a sluggish, unpolished puzzler with an okay story regarding family. I remembered hearing so much about it around release, but playing it really took the winds out of my sails regarding the idea behind it.

I could only imagine A Way Out may well be similar. I'll keep an out on it for sure.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

and way too much emphasis on sports.

EA makes a lot of money because of sports, Madden and Fifa sell millions of copies every year and have hardcore fan bases. What are they supposed to do? Tell them to fuck off?

 

[ConfusedGamer]

Need for Speed: Payback looked liked Fast & Furious.
A Way Out looked interesting.
Anthem reveal was just a teaser.
Battlefront II looked great but they didn't show the singleplayer.

So I would rate this conference C.

 

[Beefy]

No FIFA for me this year. EA have finally made me kick the habit.