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E3 Press Conference Grading Thread

Who had your favorite E3 press conference?

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Oculus: N/A, didnt see it

Bethesda: 7/10. fallout fantastic didnt care too much for the rest

Microsoft: 5/10 kind of interesting but a real drag in the middle part and too much self-glorification

EA: 4/10 went to do otherthings with just the audio on for a large part of it

Ubisoft: 7/10 was ok had some fun and ineresting games and they said "we do hear your (negative) feedback" etc. which is good to hear

Sony: 9.5/10 fantastic gave gamers exactly what they want. no drags anywhere. no annoying figureheads saying boring hings. yet I missed some of their 3rd party exclusives that they should have shown imo

Nintendo: 2/10 wtf was that. and what is that "metroid" game..

Square Enix: 8/10 solid

PC: 4/10 guild wars 2 pulls it up
 
Oculus: N/A, didnt see it
Bethesda: N/A didn't see it
Microsoft: N/A didn't see it

EA: D+, sports everywhere, drags, but they had a couple of interesting things, not least Mirror's Edge, and that saves them from last place.

Ubisoft: C, great pace, lots of games, Anno. Just a solid show.

Sony: B, Winning E3 easily PR wise with FF7-TLG-Shenmue3, but FF7 is years in the future, TLG looked like a bit of a mess and I'm not a fan of revealing a Kickstarter on a platform holder's conference. Add to this the total neglect of the Vita (I'm one of the few who has one), and the fact that they have more or less nothing going on this year robs them of a top grade IMO.

Nintendo: E, really poor and boring presentation (why on earth not at least mention Platinum is doing Star Fox campaign??), some lackluster reveals (dat metroid), nothing breathtaking at all really. Really bad. Should have done a Sony and revealed stuff years in the future for the wows instead.

Square Enix: C, Nier 2 looks awesome!

PC: D+, no half life 3.
 
DrForester said:
Just the Big Three


Microsoft - C: I'm biased. I had no interest in XBox One going in, and they gave me no reason to want to buy one down the road. Most of what I could get on their platform, I can get on my PC.


Sony - B+ : Such a strong library shown, but I have to bring it down to B+ because Sony still has the most boring presenters. They manage to make some of the biggest announcements in recent memory sound dull. Still, Sony certainly gave me reason to buy a PS4 next year.
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Skimming through the thread. Saw this.

It's just funny because what you said about Microsoft (play on PC) you can say about a lot of Sonys big games they showed. SFV, No Man's Sky, Shenmue 3 and possibly FFVII....
 
From the ones I saw:


Bethesda/ZeniMax - 8/10

Fallout and Doom were great but some of the other stuff dragged. Maybe it just wasn't for me.

Microsoft - 7/10

Solid conference but I was a bit underwhelmed. The Halo 5 demo wasn't terrible exciting and seemed a bit too scripted for my liking, and the Gears 4 demo was so fucking dark I couldn't see a damn thing except the tiny area the flashlight was shining on. We got a CGI trailer for a new IP that I have no idea what it is, some multiplatform games, and a boring Tomb Raider section. The indie title and Cuphead part was probably my favourite to be honest.

EA - 4/10

No Mass Effect gameplay, way too much sports stuff and the Pele/Soccer stuff felt like it took up half the conference. Battlefront redeemed it.

Ubisoft - 6/10

Much better than EA, but nothing terrible exciting to me.

Sony - 10/10

It was like 3 christmases packed into one. No Powers/Wonderbook section, just megatons, lots of gameplay, an amazing looking new IP, and that splendid Uncharted 4 demo. Technical hiccups aside I think it was a perfect conference.
 
Microsoft: 6/10 - cuphead and backwards compatibility were awesome announcements but then Halo and Gears just look so stale, especially Gears 4 with that super dark demo. Tomb Raider was good but it gets completely outclassed by Uncharted. Honestly not much MS could have done, they don't have the first party capability the other two have and it seems their third party relations are suffering, Phil is in for some hard work.

EA: 6/10 - Star Wars looks amazing, mirrors edge was great, most of the points lost are for sports. They should be their own conference because its the same goddamn thing every year.

Ubisoft: 7/10 - enjoyed pretty much everything they showed but I'm gonna be extra hard and take points off for that absolutely terrible performance from whatever that guys name is and Aisha's somewhat forced performance.

Sony: 10/10 - the only downside was then showing off Disney infinity but that was so quick that I don't even care. They just put on the best conference in years, bar none. Uncharted 4 looks frigging amazing. Add to that Horizon, MM's new game, and the three biggest megatons ever dropped. No one stood a chance with all this and to think, their first party muscle is still not even close to fully flexed.
 
Sony 12/10 Legandary
There is only one legendary holy grail in culture (probably) but in gaming culture there are several legendry gaming grails like a new conker game or Half Life 3. During their Press Conference Sony pulled three Holy Gaming Grails out of their sleeves, FF7 Remake, Shenmue 3 and The last Guardian. This combined with games like Horizon and Uncharted 4 made E3 for me.

Bethesda 9/10
Very good conference for a 'newcomer'. Well rounded, good executed and plenty interesting stuff to show. I enjoyed it quite a lot and I already look forward to Dishonored 2, Fallout 4 and Doom.

Microsoft 8.5/10
Good show with a lot of stuff that Microsoft can be proud of. Not much to complain.

Ubisoft 7/10
Good host and a show with some goofy stuff in it, but I do not mind it. Sadly most of the games do not appeal to me.

Nintendo 4/10
Well... nothing exciting.

EA 6/10 (3/10 without Battlefront)
The only redeeming point for me was the Battlefront Gameplay. The rest was was somehow worse then Nintendo stuffs. Only aCGI Trailer for ME but long Gameplay for a mobile free to download game with probably shitty microtransactions; THAT WAS SO EXCITING! Then followed by Sports, Sports, Sports and Pele whom I barely understood, hype level ZERO. Without Battlefront 3/10; worse then Nintendo.

Square 7/10
Kingdom Hearts and Deus Ex looked good. The rest was a bit underwhelming (not a Just Cause fan, sorry), but only because they already showed the ff7 remake trailer at sonys conference. Overall the conference was pretty much old school and more traditionally and that is not a compliment, but thei line up saved it.
 
Mendax said:
Sony: 9.5/10 fantastic gave gamers exactly what they want. no drags anywhere. no annoying figureheads saying boring hings.
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I'd rather have a few boring interludes with a figurehead than that jamoke at the beginning of the conference. "Yeah that was an applause line" if you have to give your seat fillers live orders you've lost the plot
 
Bethesda (B) : Fallout 4 looked good. The rest was okay. Doom was probably the low point here.

Microsoft (C) : Leaks ruined this show for me. But even without leaks it wouldnt have been something special. Cuphead was the highlight.

EA (B) : It had Mirrors Edge Catalyst to redeem some shit points. A new expansion pack for Old Republik was a nice surprise. Battlefront looked good but not as good as the first Trailer. Unravel was also a nice surprise. The real Hightlight was the Minions CGI Trailer.

Ubisoft (D) : Dont let us talk about it.

Sony (A+) : There wasnt even one game/moment where i said "Please skip that shit i dont want to see this" and that is something that speaks for this conference. And those Megatons. Wow.

Nintendo (F) : The worst Nintendo Direct since they started with Nintendo Directs. Some really Cringeworthy moments.

Square Enix (A) : Simply the best conference not from the Big Three. You see them being back on track. Old School Hitman, new Deus Ex, new Nier, new Star Ocean etc. Everything just looked like a Company that finally managed to be back on track.
 
Oculus: D+. Okay conference with some interesting news (MS partnership, for instance). Hoping for a better conference next year. There's a lot of room for improvement both in terms of the presentation and the content.

Bethesda: B. Solid showing. Fallout 4 and Dishonored 2 are going to be great.

Microsoft: B+. Great games, backwards compatability and Rare's return to core gaming. Props for focusing on games that are coming out this year.

EA: E. I liked their conference less than I thought I would. Sports/mobile/shooter segments were boring as hell to me. Mirror's Edge is going to be cool at least!

Ubisoft: C+. Solid lineup. Some surprises that I actually want to play. Trackmania on consoles!

Sony: A. Three significant megatons, a new and impressive as hell IP (Horizon) + a bunch of other cool games. Best E3 conference in years imo. The only thing that hinders it from reaching an A+ is that a lot of the big games won't be released until 2016 or later.

Nintendo: D-. Biggest disappointment of E3 for me. : / The production value of the Direct itself was great, but the games didn't do it for me. The Metroid Prime game gave me Fable Legends flashbacks (as in: spinoff sequel that no on really asked for).

Square-Enix: B. I liked their conference more than I thought I would. It felt as if they have become self-aware when it comes to trolling the audience :p (KH3 segment, at least). Solid showing from SE!

PC: N/A. Didn't watch.
 
Sony's conference was the greatest E3 conference of ALL TIME.
Personally I've been watching them all for the last fifteen years and this was the one.

Three huge megatons of absolute legendary status.
Tons of otherwise highly impressive games and new IP's.
No dull section at all, just 110 all the way.

I seriously don't expect an E3 conference to ever again match it.

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Sony: A+ / Trinity of megatons in Final Fantast 7 RE, The Last Guardian, Shenmue 3. Horizon, Uncharted 4, Star Wars, Call of Duty, Street Fighter 5. Constant pace of content. The best E3 conference in its 20 year history.
Square Enix: B- / Tons of western and jrpg goodness. Final Fantasy 7 RE megaton. They have really redeemed themselves.
Microsoft: C+ / Sea of Thieves looking Great. Disappointing Gears, Tomb Raider, Halo 5 showings. Non-Xbox stuff like Hololens / VR / Windows 10 not really relevant. No Kinect yay! Good constant pace of content.
EA: D / Boring conference. Star Wars Battlefront is amazing.
Bethesda: D / Solid but none of their games seem that technically impressive or interesting to me though large on content.
Oculus: E / A friggin standard gamepad is your launch controller? Splitting the PC VR market early with exclusives? Conference was also quiet and akward. Oculus Touch controllers are Good stuff.

I missed the rest.
 
None of them were really that amazing.

Sony used the old Nintendo Please understand card to cover the fact for 2 years in a row they have had a poor lineup of software from their studios. Sony has become alternate reality Nintendo. All 3rd party and shit for nothing 1st party.

Microsoft was ok but again nothing amazing.

Nintendo failed to deliver anything mega but anyone who expected them to was fooling themselves. NX is the future and they are clearly in NX mode.
 
Nintendo Conference:

Pros: Fire Emblem Fates & Super Mario Maker were highlights
Con: Nintendo was a mistake

3/10

Sony Conference:

Pros: Nostalgia induced (Shenmue 3, FF7); promising games such as Horizon & Uncharted 4
Con: Kickstarter announcement and lack of transparency

8.5/10

Square Enix Conference:

Pros: Kingdom Hearts III Trailer
Con: Dragon Quest is dead; 3DS is dead

7.5/10
 
From what I watched:

Bethesda: B+
I wasn't too interested in what they had to show aside from FO4, but iirc the conference moved pretty quickly and they showed a good amount of gameplay. The actual FO4 presentation was great too. So pretty good overall, nothing mindblowing.

Microsoft: B
They showed a lot of games, most of which I was not interested in, but Microsoft fans probably are. For me, there was the Rare Collection and Cuphead. Plus, they announced 2 great consumer friendly moves with BC and mods. There was a lot of CG though. And the big hyped up Rare game was a huge let down.

Sony: A+
Conferences was expertly paced, with big announcements broken up by smaller ones and things that are popular but I don't care about almost never being stacked on top of one another. Oh, and they announced the 3 games I never expected would ever happen. And on top of that, they had some other cool looking games too! Conference of the forever.

Nintendo: C-
The puppet stuff was silly and entertaining. They announced a new M&L RPG and showed off some good-looking Starfox gameplay. And that's about it. Everything else was spin-offs or things we already knew, and nothing was Wii U. Plus they completely trolled AC and Metroid fans in a not at all cool way. And their closer was awkward, to say the least. Extremely disappointing.
 
nomis said:
I'd rather have a few boring interludes with a figurehead than that jamoke at the beginning of the conference. "Yeah that was an applause line" if you have to give your seat fillers live orders you've lost the plot
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Im pretty sure the audience clapped first. He just responded with that.
 
Nintendo had very little to show that was engaging for the next year or so, EA should have been stronger with Star Wars & Mass Effect bookending far too much sport games, not to mention random Pele. I hated FFVII, don't have much interest in Shenmue revived after so long and found Ico/Colossus dull so I guess Microsoft by default 'win' with Long Dark/Elite/Ion/BC/Sea of Thieves/Cuphead among others. Minecraft / Hololens was a bit masturbatory though.
 
Sony's show was something for the ages. In all my years of gaming, nothing really matched it, not even close. I feel like it can never be topped, but I plan on living for a long time, thus gaming for a long time. Best show by far. - A

MS didn't put on a bad show, some of the footage shown there was downright horrible like Gears 4. Cuphead was fantastic. - C

Ubisoft's show wasn't really too bad this year. Ok pacing. Some surprises. Didn't drag on too bad. - B

SE was, well, not bad surprisingly. - B

PC conference was a good first try. Needs some retooling of what's shown/talked about, but it's off in the right direction. - B

I didn't watch Bethesda or ninty (just the footnotes). My buddy who is still big into ninty throughout these years told me it was the saddest he felt after seeing one of their shows, so it must have been horrific.

Now onto one of the worst (and not funny bad like Konami's past) shows I have ever seen;

EA's show was absolutely painful at best. They knew they had nothing by their desperate Battlefront please stay guys, please, timer. Battlefront didn't disappoint though, will be the biggest game of 2015, easily.

The sports section was God awful, really awful. I don't know if it's 2K and Sony are doing sports games more impressively or what. I mean, i'm not really big into sports games these days but they didn't impress me at all.

When a bulletpoint for a sports game is "no loading between holes now" and No Man's Sky is allowing you to go to different planets/solar systems seemingly on the fly, GTFO EA.

Then we have their hosts who basically came off as complete stereotypical skeezy salesmen. I'm waiting for my free golf clubs after sitting through their pyramid scheme pitch. It was horrifying. Sorry, I hate to say that about people I never talked to in real life, but that is the feeling I got. - F
 
EXCELLENT/STUFF OF LEGEND (A)
Sony

GOOD (B)
Bethesda
Square-Enix
PC Gamer

AVERAGE (C)
Microsoft
Ubisoft

BAD (D)
Nintendo
EA

Sony conference was truly insane and will be one to be remembered
 
Sony: A+ the amount of things they announced was staggering. Not just the amount, the particular titles.

MS: C. Boring as the last few years. Even managed to screw up the Gears 4 reveal.
 
I feel like the big 3 all had great shows this year.

Nintendo was a solid Nintendo show.

MS pulling off BC is great and will totally boost sales for them in the long run. Great feature to have.

Sony pulled off 3 reveals that you normally only see 1 of a generation for these companies.

EA was totally a normal EA show full of awkward business speak and random sports people.

Ubisoft was its normal goof ball self with its standard "target gameplay" bullshit.

Did not like the flow of the Bethesda show much. Too much time on Doom and Fallout 4 totally carried that show. Its pretty obvious they barely had the lineup to pull it off and I bet they wont do a similar show next year.

And Square had a new KH3 trailer that was nice but could have used a gameplay demo or two.



Obviously Sony pulls at my heartstrings with that FF7 and TLG stuff but I think this was the first E3 in a while I feel like there wasn't any obvious unanswered questions / elephant in room hanging over the event and everyone did ok.
 
Bethesda/ZeniMax - C - Showing Doom three times er.. just no. Fallout was way too cool for you guys, but went on so long.
Microsoft - B+ Let me decide whether you have the greatest gaming line of all time. More Halo. More Gears of War. More Forza. Sounds like the same as every Microsoft conference of note. BC brings it up to scratch. And that blind girl game.
EA - C. Stop thinking that you need to explain stuff to me. I don't need Mirrors edge explained. Just show us a run through. But you had a good flow of games and women mode in fifa. So get raised from the dead.
Ubisoft - B. You have the best presenter at E3. A whole host of repeats on show from last year. Not much variety. Openworld. Shooter. Tactical. Tom Clancy.
Sony - A+. Not much for this year. But the holy trifactor that managed to break gaf again. You'll not top this. Ever.
Nintendo - G. Same damn thing every year. Mario. Zelda. Fell asleep. Missed Square Enix conference cause of you guys. Why do you set a time for a recorded doc? Just release before E3 if you're not going to do a live conference.
Square Enix - NA. Was looking forward to this but fell asleep toward the end of Nintendo's briefing.
PC Gamer - NA. Watched five minutes. Saw a lame presenter interview. Tuned out.
 
Oculus: C
it was just a little bit more info but not enough for a conference

Microsoft: B
it was pretty good but we'd seen or heard about a lot of these games already just needed something new big stuff, the gears4 demo was disappointingly slow.

Bethesda: A
was actually a pretty solid conference nothing i was interested in but still rather nice

EA: C
almost nothing i was interested in , plus it was boring and dragged a bit, unraveled was the highlight of it for me.

Ubisoft: B+
for being a freak show of entertainment, jason derulo was negatively entertaining, aisha was fun as usual, was hoping for some smaller indie artsy like games, they should have made it shorter and tighter.

Sony: A-
mixed feelings on this conference they had the megatons that made this conference AAA+ material but they barely mentioned any games for this year it felt like and still haven't really shown what a lot of their other studios are up t. Plus 2 of the megatons won't be coming around for 3-4 more years when you think about it. horizon was great, uncharted was great, weird MM game was great just needed talk more about the games coming out for the remainder of the year.

Nintendo: C-
this was a painful yet entertaining show. the puppets were great, the whole yoshi yarn story was great, but not enough wii u games were mentioned. They have like several games coming out this year and i felt if they were only going to talk about what they have coming out this year then they should have skipped E3 and simply did the treehouse. I didn't watch the championship thing. Metroid was a negative and so was the animal crossing. Seriously if your gonna do spin offs at least have a regular version of the game this gen to spin them off from, see Sony's announcement of final fantasy this year as an example.

Square Enix: A
i honestly missed the first half of this show i think but what i watched was still great nier2 , final fantasy, kingdom hearts, and star ocean was simply like a wet dream for my gamer self. Only thing is half of the Japanese side of releases probably won't come out until its time for ps5. They need to rely on prerecorded videos for some of the Japanese folks especially the last guy with some special scenery/effects to make it run more smoothly take some notes from Nintendo's style of E3. deus ex was awesome to watch.

PC: D
this one is a little unfair since i stopped watching it after 30 minutes. It was simply just too laid back and boring for me. i pretty much quit watching a little bit after the amd guy. This conference felt no different to me than the ign before and after discussions after each E3. I kinda feel like it should have been more like a celebration and hype making event for pc gaming. There are so many games they could have announced /talked about as well as had some nostalgia fueled videos of early pc gaming.
 
Microsoft - C-

Rares new game disappointed me and Halo 5 just didn't scream "Halo". What I could see of the new Gears game I liked. CupHead still looks amazing.

EA - D

Saying there was too much sports is stupid but the fact they got Pele up for an interview killed it. Thr Yarny game looks great. Mirrors edge didn't impress me. New Mass effect excited me with the prospect of it being more frontier exploration rather than saving the universe (based solely on the Johnny Cash music which gave it a Western movie style feel)

Sony - A

The last Guardian, Final Fantasy VII remake, Shenmue 3....nothing else needs to be said. But then when you have Uncharted 4 and Horizon you know it's been a good show.

Nintendo - D

Loved the humour but just not enough new stuff, and what they did announce was communicated pootltt or not what anyone wanted. New Starfox made by platinum...but they tell noone. New metroid. ....but its 3DS and co op as the galactic federation. New Wii U Animal Crossing. ..but its a board game with amiibos. I love the Mario and Luigi series but slightly concerned about the new title. Could be great. Oh and Mario maker looks fantastic as ever.

Square Enix - B+

Great mix of titles. Kingdom Hearts 3 looks great. Nier 2 announcement just rounded off my dream announcements for E3. New studio making console rpgs is a big statement from a company existing in a market where mobile games are King. Need to see more of hitman. Deus Ex looks very promising.
 
Microsoft A-

They really did it for me, I have a huge backlog and bc support that isn't garbage like ps now is huge for me. I'm also super stoked for both gears games and the Rare collection

Sony B +

Horizon looks amazing and was a huge surprise for me. The last guardian on the other hand looks really rough and boring, and I don't see that changing. Shenmue 3 and FF7 were huge announcements, but will probably just get them on PC along with NMs. Uncharted is just Uncharted, hopefully it'll be better than 3


Nintendo D

They've been on a roll and just lost all momentum. Up to this point I've been bragging so hard about Wii U to my friends and family and it just seems like it hit a wall.

Overall an amazing e3
 
Sony - 8/10
A reality based on a fantasy. There are several games that I categorize as 'legendary' and Sony managed to announce three of them on their stage, one of them being Shenmue 3 aka the most requested console game of all time. They also managed to make people completely forget that their 2015 lineup is abysmal, especially from a first-party perspective, so kudos for that.

Microsoft - 7/10
The presentation had good pacing and they showed some good stuff, but it was kinda weird that the games that they announced last year didn't show up. I think pushing those titles back to Gamescom hurt this show a lot, but still, we got some nice surprises here and there like 360 BC or the Inafune game. Not quite sure about the new direction for Gears.

Nintendo - 4/10
If your skits are more entertaining than your game content, your are doing something really wrong. The strong focus on the Mario IP once again shows how barren their E3 was. The Wii U is officially running on software life support and I wonder if it wouldn't have been better if they just skipped E3. If one thing is certain, it is that this company had his head in 2016 for some time now, and I expect them to deliver in spades.
 
Microsoft - 5/10
I was really underwhelmed by MS this year. The concept for Recore has me really excited, but seeing a CG trailer for something I've only just been introduced to can only do so much. Beyond that, there wasn't much else that I really enjoyed. Fable has me hooked but I just want to play the game at this point, they should have chosen a better section to showcase Gears 4, Gears remaster has me excited but it being on PC is the thing I'm most happy about and that was revealed at a different conference, and Tomb Raider still has that terrible camera shake from the first game that made me horribly nauseated. I'm also not a Halo guy and I much prefer GT to Forza (personal preference, I can still see how Forza is a great game that many other people love).

EA - 6/10
Battlefront and Mirror's Edge are the only redeeming games from that event, but they go a long way towards redemption. Everything else was either uninteresting or old news to me. A CG trailer for Mass Effect is a massive disappointment and they didn't share anything new about NHL.

Bethesda - 6/10
DOOM was incredible. It was the perfect mix of arcadey goodness and brutally intimate combat. I completely understand why many people love Fallout, but Bethesda RPGs just aren't my thing. And I didn't enjoy Dishonored, so the sequel announcement doesn't interest me.

Ubisoft - 7/10
For Honor was awesome, Anno 2205 is gonna be dope, and Fractured But Whole is cool. Aside from that, everything was just kind of par for the course. I just want to play Rainbow Six and The Division at this point, and Syndicate/Ghost Recon seem meh.

Sony - 10/10
Replace the COD demo with a Mass Effect demo and add GT7 and it would have been 100% perfect in my eyes. The most exciting conference I've ever watched. Crazy announcements aside, Horizon and Battlefront are the best game demos I've ever seen on an E3 stage.

Nintendo - 3/10
Starfox and Mario Tennis have me mildly interested, but that's it. Come on Nintendo, get your shit together.

Square Enix - 4/10
Hitman and Deus Ex look cool and I wanna see what happens with their various JRPG projects, but that conference was painfully dull.

PC - 2/10
Gears remaster coming to PC is fantastic, but that's the only thing I gave a damn about. I didn't expect much going in and I was right in not getting my hopes up.
 
Sony: A++
~ Dropping three of the four biggest megatons possible during one conference would've made it amazing. But the rest of the conference was super tight and exciting with things like Horizon, Battlefront, and Uncharted being top of the line performances as well.

Bethesda: A-
~ They took me from not caring about anything they were showing, to being there day 1 for Doom and Fallout. Those demos and amount of content in the games blew me away.

Square: B
~ There were some solid games that I'm pretty interested in, like Kingdom Hearts, Lara Croft Go, Deus Ex, World of Final Fantasy, but the format was pretty slow and unpolished.

Microsoft: B-
~ I was super hyped at the time, but lowered my score upon thinking back on it. The backwards compatibility bombshell isn't as amazing as I hoped it'd be, at least not until the list of games increases by quite a lot. And the HoloLens segment was so fake that it hurt...

Ubisoft: C
~ Some sweet games like Rainbow Six: Seige and Division, but with some very bleh moments throughout. Jason whatshisname was completely awful, and Aisha Tyler was extremely annoying.

EA: D+
~ Battlefront and the Mass Effect teaser saved this from being a much lower score. The half hour plus lull of sports, sports, mobile, mobile demo, sports, random sports guy talking about sports, COOL GAME, sports... that was painful.

Nintendo: D
~ The amount of filler in the games shown today was very disheartening. It was completely obvious that they are saving anything good for NX, leaving this conference to die. Oh, and they're ruining the name of Metroid Prime with filler.
 
Didn't see Bethesda or Microsoft

EA 2/10 unravel looked cool but other than that is was absolute arse.

Ubi 4/10 A couple of cool looking things but Aisha Tyler was awful and overall it wasn't great

Sony 9/10 Absolutely brilliant, best thing I've seen watching since 07. Let down bu boring mid section
 
Bethesda - B-

They had a solid presser. I thought Fallout 4 looked amazing, and I like the fact that you can choose to play female too. Very rich and detailed game, which I think fans will enjoy immensely. Dishonored 2 and Doom also looked interesting.

Microsoft - C-

Microsoft started out guns blazing with the announcement of backwards compatibly. That's a huge feature which I think will be a very big draw to the Xbox brand. After that, things started to go down from there and it turned into a somewhat average presser. We did not see any major surprises on the gaming front, and the games that they did show did not really entice me. We really could do without yet another Gear. Next time, bring more new IP's like that Rare game; Microsoft.

EA - C+

What a polarizing show. The highs were high, and the lows were certainly low. I really, really loved the fact that we finally got to see a glimpse of one of my most anticipated games; Mirror's Edge. I really love the franchise, and I'm very happy with the direction Dice has taken. Great display. I also loved DICE's StarWars: Battlefront. Looked freaking amazing. The Mass Effect trailer was cool too, although we didn't see much. Now to the bad stuff. I can understand that that they talk sports, even though it's boring as hell, but that mobile stuff was agonizing to watch. The story time with Pele could of been reserved for some other event. At E3, we expect all the major stuff, not good night stories.

Ubisoft - C+

I usually always enjoy Ubisoft's pressers, but I thought it was weak on the content side this year. I personally wasn't really exciting to see the new stuff they brought forward. Ghost Recon didn't do anything to me, nor did South Park or Ass Creed. I really wanted Ubisoft to blow us the fuck away with Beyond Good and Evil 2 -- but alas, it did not happen. That live performance was...very unneeded, too. It was so bad. Overall though, the show had a consistent flow. Aisha's a very entertaining host.

Sony - A+

There has been so much speculation prior to this show happening. The Last Guardian was on everybody's lips whether they'd finally show it or not -- and boy oh boy did Sony deliver. Not only did we get one of the most anticipated game of all time, we got three!. I mean, if you bring one of the immortal legends, you basically win E3 by default -- Sony went all out by giving us The Last Guardian, the Final Fantasy VII Remake and Shenmue 3. Never have I seen a conference like this where three of the most anticipated games ever showed up. It was earth shattering. Neogaf overloaded multiple times -- Kickstarter completely crashed. The internet went crazy. Just: Woah! Besides the Holy Trinity, we also got to see a new exciting game from Guerilla Games, a completely new Hitman trailer and Uncharted 4. This was easily the best show I have ever seen, and will go down in history as such.

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Nintendo - F

I don't know what the hell that was. While the others made a genuine attempt to make the best show they could make, Nintendo didn't even bother trying. What a worthless, dumb and awfully bizarre show by Nintendo. I've been mystified by this company for years, and yesterday just reinforced my beliefs that Nintendo as a company truly are out of touch. I know that they're in a transitional period right now, with the Wii U basically being dead, but they could at least had shown us the anticipated games that fans were waiting for. Where was Zelda U? I also secretly wished that we'd see a new Donkey Kong or a completely new Metroid -- but instead we got some anime games. This is probably the worst show I've seen from Nintendo. Absolutely horrible. I miss the strong Nintendo that had strong games, and a strong E3 presence. Nintendo showed neither this year. An utter and complete disaster.

Square-Enix - B+


The presser felt a bit stale and awkward at times with its presentation, but it was very rich and exciting content wise. I'm really happy that we finally got to see KH3. Fans have been waiting for years, so that's a really exciting game to see. I'm personally happy that we also got to see more of Hitman. I really like the fact that they're stepping away from the Absolution direction and are gearing it more towards a Blood Money one. That is a Hitman game. Beyond that, we got the amazing NieR 2 coming out -- and it's Platinum Games making it. That's uber exciting, and I can't wait to see more. Also, I'm very, very happy that Square is doing the immortal remake. We didn't get to see anything new content wise as the game has just started production, but to know that it's finally happening is fucking fantastic. Yes!!

Final thoughts

To add: That MGS V trailer by Kojima was breathtaking. I can't believe that this is the last one made by him.

Overall, this E3 will go down in the history books. The gimmick shit was pretty much nonexistent. We saw a little bit of VR, but since that's in its early stages, we got more focus on what actually matters: Games. This E3 was truly dedicated to gamers, and I honestly couldn't be happier with it. I'm very much looking forward to the future.
 
One of the best things about Sony this year is the the 3 gigatons, but it seems like they have their pacing sorted. Cant wait for PGW and TGS!
 
Bethesda: B

Don't really care about their games, but they did good work.

Sony: A+

SSSENSATIONAL!
I can't believe that Shenmue 3, TLG, and FF7 Remake all ended up happening. I don't care about the other boring parts, my hype is UNMATCHED.

Microsoft: C+

Hit it off STRONG with backwards compatibility (crazy crazy!), then they sort of...meandered along..

Ubisoft: C

I always love Ubisoft conferences. They embody what E3 is about: awkward silences and forced memery. They even remembered to bring out a SINGER.

EA: D

yeah.

Nintendo: C+

While the intro was funny, the rest of the show fell apart. What the fuck happened to animal crossing?

Square: A+

NIER 2 DEVELOPED BY PLATINUM, DIRECTED BY TARO, AND AAGHHH
JUST CAUSE 3 LOOKS GREAT
VIDEOGAMES

PC: lol
 
Sony A+. After getting games that formed the holy trinity i.e. TLG, FFVII R, Shenmue 3 that broke the internet, I think the demos for a new IP in Horizon and UC4 in particular were just magnificent. Coupled with not too much Morpheus talk and some great pacing, this conference has to go down as one of the best ever.

Microsoft C+. I don't care about Halo or Tomb Raider. Gears looked ok but slightly average. Rare stuff was awesome as was BC announcement and the nifty new controller. That Recon IP was just CGI so meh.

Nintendo F. I was looking to be convinced to buy a Wii U but outside a janky looking StarFox demo and amiibo extravaganza, I think they under delivered with some average looking games throughout. Super MARIO Maker looks like a good time however.

Bethesda B-. Fallout looks great and I'm not even into the franchise, Doom is nice, Dishonoured was just CGI, Todd Howard is an exceptional presenter

EA C-. Baited me with Mass Effect Andromeda and amazing Battlefront gameplay. Pele bored me to death even though I know that man is great.

Ubisoft B+. Game after game announced. For Honour, Siege, South FUCKIN Park, Division, Anno 2025 all look great. Aisha is awesome too and she gave us Meme Man!!

Square Enix B. Great job for a first show. Tons of interesting new games and they showed their focus on creating JRPG's. Bonus to Hashimoto who revels in his capacity as a troll haha
 
I don't usually play this grading game bullshit but holy shit, while Microsoft had a solid showing even though the big games are just outside my strike zone, the B/C announcement was a massive boon, however Sony just slaughtered it for me, I personally only had a vested interest in 2 of the 3 megatons shown, and even the 1 megaton that I have no history for I felt so excited for the people who waited 14 fucking years to happen, I don't think I've ever felt that way to any other game announcement.

And to put a cherry on top Square Enix's conference told me that they're looking to come back to being the Squaresoft I used to love, still need to see those games they announced released to seal the deal but they're moving back into my good books after an absolutely god awful last generation.

Sony - A

Square Enix - B

Microsoft - B-

Been a surprisingly positive E3 all round.
 
Sony: Single-handedly made this GOAT E3. A+

Everyone else: Failure. Please be better next year. Nintendo's especially was painful cause it had so much charm, humor, and playfulness. Too bad they forgot about the games.
 
In order of appearance:

Bethesda: A-. Todd Howard knows how to present. Fallout 4 is definitely my Game of Show. Doom looked fantastic too and Bethesda kept a pretty good pace and talked well and breezed through what they needed to breeze through. Dishonored 2 gameplay would have been nice and it felt a little light on content outside of FO4 and Doom, but otherwise it was pretty great and the best start to E3 ever.

Microsoft: C-. Bad pacing and bad presenting. Their whole "must talk like this" and using press conferences voices thing was just bad (Kyle on GT describes the awfulness better). They managed to make Halo 5 look really slow, which turned me off and I wanted to be interested in the Rare game, but the people who made Rare what it was are pretty much all gone and it felt like they were really just banking on that brand name. There were just no platform exclusives that I really cared about and the Xbox is not a place I'd buy multiplatform games on. And to top it all off - Hololens Bullshittery.

Electronic Arts: D-. You lead with a nice Mass Effect Teaser, you give me an AMAZING reveal of Unraveled, and you end with a fantastic Star Wars Battlefront showing... but the amount of time you spent on SPORTSSPORTSSPORTSPELEPELEPELPELEPELEPELEPELEPELEPEPELEPEPEPELE ruined EVERYTHING.

Ubisoft: B. The Fractured But Whole. Come on, you hit me right in the feels with that one, you bastards. I can't wait for that. Aisha Tyler was amazing as usual (she's so awesome). And For Honored? God damn, I want it. Overall a solid presentation, but the AC Syndicate trailer was really weak and the FAKE GAMER CHAT is some awful shit that should never be done again ever in anyone's presentations, please stop it.

Sony: SSS Rank, max points. Teratons. The Last Guardian, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Shenmue III, Horizon (on my god so pretty, Best Trailer), Uncharted 4, etc. Pacing and presentation was fantastic, just bam bam bam. Mind blown, so excited. Watching it with the GameTrailers staff stream and just jumping right out of my chair and yelling and korra.gif'ing with them. A fucking Jolly time. I was just in a joy induced state of shock at how awesome that was for the rest of the night and the day after I woke up. The feeling of pure elation I had during and long after this conference were incredible. E3 gives us Hype, Hype gives us Hope, and Hope gives us E3.

Nintendo: D. Gotta admit, I loved the puppets. Fire Emblem, SMT X FE, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and Yoshi's Wooly World are all right up my alley... but I feel that they didn't really show enough new stuff from them. Star Fox was like, yeah I'm liking how this looks... and then forced gamepad and motion nonsense. That soured the whole thing for me. The only way I'll play that game is if I can play it with a Pro Controller. Then the rest of it felt just blah and using the Metroid name on that one game is just ugh. Plus, WORST game of the Show - Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival. Just... just no. That abomination irks me so much.

Square-Enix: C-. Amazing Kingdom Hearts 3 trailer, more Star Ocean 5 and Deus Ex, Hitman is looking good, even World of Final Fantasy looks interesting, and a vested dedication to RPGs with a new studio and a new IP. Plus, NIER BY PLATINUM? Holy Shit!. But then you opened your mouths. Worst talking in an E3 conference fucking ever. The only reason this isn't a damned F is because there were so many series that I love dearly in it and some amazing surprises. You managed to fucking make an amazing looking Just Cause 3 showing THE MOST BORING THING ON THE PLANET BY CONTINUING YOUR AWFUL TALKING DURING IT. Don't do that. Don't ever do that. God dammit, Square. Hire some real PR people to organize your conference next time, it isn't a fucking Keynote Speech.

PC: Exhaustion caught up to me and I fell asleep right before it. Though it sounds like it was kinda awkward.

Overall I fucking loved E3. It's just fun to watch, good or bad, and there's a ton of amazing stuff coming this year and next. I am super excited for the future of RPGs. This year I've got Persona 5, Disgaea 5, Tales of Zestiria, Dragon Quest Heroes, and Fallout 4 all on my PS4 and Xenoblade Chronicles on my Wii U all still ahead of me. That's pretty nuts. Next year I've got Final Fantasy, Star Ocean, Fire Emblem, SMT X FE, Deus Ex, and more. God damn, I am in heaven.
 
Yeah yeah, Sony's was nice and all... but these legendary games don't come out until next year and 2017. So let's be realistic: For this year, Sony's line-up looks kind of barren, at least to me. So yeah, not impressed. I will say Nintendo, not because I liked how they handled their reveals, but because I like most of the games being shown there.
 
Did well: Square-Enix (Reveals! RPGs! Old Square! Unexpected standout), Microsoft (they've finally found their message and are running with it; big firmware/OS boosts including BC; Hololens vs VR/Oculus message is confusing but can hopefully get ironed out; better than the past 2 years. Their content isn't up my alley any more, but I'm not grading the games).

Le sigh: Oculus (the Microsoft partnership is zzzzzz and risks killing what makes it special), EA (why bother?).

Did not watch to fairly critique: Nintendo, Ubi, whatever the PC thing was.

Pigs Flew: Sony. There will never be another E3 or any gaming event ever, period, where 3 vaporware cult following game memes that were never supposed to happen will be announced at the same time. It won't even be possible unless we wait a decade for new memes to appear! Wide variety, new IP reveals, good pacing. I have no idea how a big media event like that could possible deliver this much again. It was gamer fanfic. Your market position is dominant when what you showed was so big that popular million-sellers didn't even get included in sizzle reels.

And overall I like the direction things seem to be going this year. More gameplay than gore for crowd reactions (Doom excluded). Light at the end of the tunnel on remasters. A number of new IPs that got a good reception. Despite not being a PC player I think it's good to have more titles come to PC on top of consoles. The other direction too, of course. Minimal dubstep! Expecting more concrete VR plans this fall. My biggest overall complaint is that this "console exclusive" and "first on xxx" and other similar gimmicks. Since I'm a nobody I'm obviously I sadly cannot give floor impressions!
 
machemachete said:
Microsoft: 8.5, Actual games with release date, exclusives and support for the console

Sony: 7.0, Just gave what everybody wanted and nothing to their console.

Nintendo: 6.0

PC Gamer: 8.0 Solid conference with some surprises

Ubisoft: 7.5 Just solid but too much Tom clancy

EA: 4.5 Its E3 for gods sake, the gaming press doesnt want sports

Bethesda: 8.5, Great first time

Square-Enix: 6.5, nothing new
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This covers my opinion but i liked something at each one. Although many of the games sony showed im still buying on xbox one.
 
Ms 9 great show great exclusives
Ea : same old 6
Brethesda 8 solid all expected
Ubi 7 just a good show even if all expected
Sony 9.75 ... But in so many way better than a ten docked .25 cause ff7r not exclusive tlg not 2015 and shenmue not fully inhouse ... But this 9.75 is like the 9.75 you give me2 uc2 Mario galaxy etc doubt it'll be topped . Just insane .
PC square conferences (haven't seen but I heard square had nier soo )
 
takriel said:
Yeah yeah, Sony's was nice and all... but these legendary games don't come out until next year and 2017. So let's be realistic: For this year, Sony's line-up looks kind of barren, at least to me. So yeah, not impressed. I will say Nintendo, not because I liked how they handled their reveals, but because I like most of the games being shown there.
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Sony wasn't that good... Nintendo won E3...

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takriel said:
Yeah yeah, Sony's was nice and all... but these legendary games don't come out until next year and 2017. So let's be realistic: For this year, Sony's line-up looks kind of barren, at least to me. So yeah, not impressed. I will say Nintendo, not because I liked how they handled their reveals, but because I like most of the games being shown there.
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Barren? There wont be enough time to play all of the games releasing.

If anything is actually barren it's wiiU
 
Sony - 7777/10
Nothing can ever top this. Not even if the other conferences were to give out $100 bills and blowjobs. Nobody can beat Sony -- not even future Sony.

Square Enix - 9/10
I went into this conference expecting nothing, but was pleasantly surprised. Also, major kudos to them for doubling down on JRPGs. If Sony didn't break space and time, they could have won (or at least tied for first).

Bethesda - 8.5/10
Doom looked better than I expected and Fallout was just outstanding: every instance where I felt like I had a grasp on what the game was about, Todd showed another element to it which made it even better.

Microsoft / Ubisoft - 6/10
All I remember of note is the Rare Collection and The Stick of Truth: Fractured, But Whole.

PC - 4/10
Hey, you showed up. That was something, I guess.

EA - 3.5/10
Insufferable garbage

Nintendo - 2/10
Utterly boring to non-Nintendo fans, and a punch in the dick to actual Nintendo fans.
 
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