E3 2017 has come and gone and so I want to know what your favorite and most hated moment of E3 were.
By most hated, I don't mean cringe, though they can be, but also moments that made you role your eyes or exclaimed "UGH" out loud.
My best moments.
- The creative director of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle being mentioned by Miyamoto, with the camera cutting to him on the verge of tears, encouraged to stand up by Grant Kirkhope, the game's composer, bowing to Miyamoto the seating back down, holding back the tears of joy and pride.
It was probably cry of relief, too. The game had been leaking left and right for a few months before E3, and while some people were intrigued by the idea, a lot of people were already calling this the worst idea ever. And he probably saw those comments, putting a incredible amount of stress on his shoulders. So to see finally at E3 people loving the game after seeing it in action must have been an incredible feeling for him.
- In the same kind of idea, Michel Ancel also being emotional on stage after the reveal of Beyond Good and Evil 2, being finally able to talk about it.
- The one-two punch by Nintendo to announce not one, but two Metroid games this year, a franchise a lot of people had declared dead.
- The gameplay reveal of Dragonball FighterZ. The game looks just as good as the concept sounded when it was first announced a week before E3.
As for my most hated moments...
- People clapping at the "announcement" by Phil Spencer that the game revealed during the Microsoft press conference were all available for Pre-Order. Same thing for the "announcement" that all Xbox One accessories were forward compatible with Xbox One X.
- Microsoft revealing a car.
- Bethesda wasting everyone's time by playing a pre-recorded presentation in a room full of people expecting a live press conference. Seriously that might as well just have been a Nintendo Direct-style thing. And they had the balls to move it to Midnight EST. At the very least Evil Within 2 and Wolfenstein 2 were good reveals. The Devolver Digital press conference was less of a waste of time.
By most hated, I don't mean cringe, though they can be, but also moments that made you role your eyes or exclaimed "UGH" out loud.
My best moments.
- The creative director of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle being mentioned by Miyamoto, with the camera cutting to him on the verge of tears, encouraged to stand up by Grant Kirkhope, the game's composer, bowing to Miyamoto the seating back down, holding back the tears of joy and pride.
It was probably cry of relief, too. The game had been leaking left and right for a few months before E3, and while some people were intrigued by the idea, a lot of people were already calling this the worst idea ever. And he probably saw those comments, putting a incredible amount of stress on his shoulders. So to see finally at E3 people loving the game after seeing it in action must have been an incredible feeling for him.
- In the same kind of idea, Michel Ancel also being emotional on stage after the reveal of Beyond Good and Evil 2, being finally able to talk about it.
- The one-two punch by Nintendo to announce not one, but two Metroid games this year, a franchise a lot of people had declared dead.
- The gameplay reveal of Dragonball FighterZ. The game looks just as good as the concept sounded when it was first announced a week before E3.
As for my most hated moments...
- People clapping at the "announcement" by Phil Spencer that the game revealed during the Microsoft press conference were all available for Pre-Order. Same thing for the "announcement" that all Xbox One accessories were forward compatible with Xbox One X.
- Microsoft revealing a car.
- Bethesda wasting everyone's time by playing a pre-recorded presentation in a room full of people expecting a live press conference. Seriously that might as well just have been a Nintendo Direct-style thing. And they had the balls to move it to Midnight EST. At the very least Evil Within 2 and Wolfenstein 2 were good reveals. The Devolver Digital press conference was less of a waste of time.