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EA E3 2014 Press Conference Thread
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dragonbane
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Yeah. If Naughty Dog's other game or Quantic Dream would be there E3 would be automatically saved. But since both are confirmed to be not there it has a high chance of being underwhelming too if they only show Project Beast, Uncharted, Order and DriveClub.
outunderthestars
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Storm Kyleis
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10/10
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Dragonborn
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Man, I love how people are already just assuming Sony won't deliver. I'm not saying they will but man, it's funny
Crossing Eden
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haha, indeed
I was just thinking as well that it is a shame the video isn't in HD, and then I remembered what console it's for and all was well 
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Oh they'll disappoint but not EA bad
You're off the fucking chain!
All it needs is the caption 'I've made a huge mistake'
Apart from the (expected) overabundance of sports titles and display of game concepts, I wasn't that displeased by this press conference actually. Maybe I expected less than most?
Mirror's Edge 2 looked nice and I'm definitely more excited for SW Battlefront now (despite not being showed much yet). The rest seemed like more of the same predictable stuff but that didn't offend me. Battlefield: Hardline could actually be cool due to new the dynamics in multiplayer that the cops and robbers setting might bring.
One last thing of note that kept going though my head though, is that the brief footage of Burnout Paradise might actually have been the most exciting thing they showed. That is quite sad of course (and a testament to that game as well).
Oh and bonus points for that screamer in the audience indeed
Mirror's Edge 2 looked nice and I'm definitely more excited for SW Battlefront now (despite not being showed much yet). The rest seemed like more of the same predictable stuff but that didn't offend me. Battlefield: Hardline could actually be cool due to new the dynamics in multiplayer that the cops and robbers setting might bring.
One last thing of note that kept going though my head though, is that the brief footage of Burnout Paradise might actually have been the most exciting thing they showed. That is quite sad of course (and a testament to that game as well).
Oh and bonus points for that screamer in the audience indeed
DangerMouse
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Well DemonNite did tease the whole 20th Anniversary thing, hopefully that's something too along with his long term teasing of Project Beast.
Delicious Waffles
Member
All I care about is FIFA and the trailer looked good. Hopefully, the same results show up in the game.
digoutyoursoul
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I hope they do as this E3 has been pretty underwhelming so far imo. Maybe I'm being unreasonable in expecting megatons but E3 doesn't seem to have those "wow" moments in terms of games being announced anymore to me.
I mean... I want to know who in the sloppiest of fucks gave the greenlight for that shitshow. I want to know who the hell thought it would be a good idea to show the investors and board of governors a bunch of "conceptual trailers" of games that aren't even close to being ready for any sort of public display?
Hey, EA, if you're reading this... this is how you end up like THQ. You literally had nothing. NOTHING. Well, unless you're into sports, Sims and Battlefield, which fucking no one is excited about because they are yearly/bi-annual franchises!
So, from me to you, EA: fuck off for wasting all of my times...
Hey, EA, if you're reading this... this is how you end up like THQ. You literally had nothing. NOTHING. Well, unless you're into sports, Sims and Battlefield, which fucking no one is excited about because they are yearly/bi-annual franchises!
So, from me to you, EA: fuck off for wasting all of my times...
Please be excited.
I really feel for Geoff & the other presenters when they are given very little to work with. Fake excitement eats at your very soul.
I Wanna Be The Guy
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Take the DRM and price announcement ou of Sony's conference last year. Can you honestly say Ubisoft didn't have the more interesting games to show? Asfor th year before, Ubisoft spanked evryone else so hard it wasn't even funny.
Awful conference and a near total waste of 60 minutes of my life and the lives of everyone watching. It was quite clear with all their prototype 'trailers' and 'imagine what we could do' talks that EA actually had almost nothing; devoting a lot of time to sports games is nothing new for EA but this year, sports games were clearly dominant.
This is not just a one-off either. This is a symptom of their new business strategy of only making one or two huge, major titles a year apart from sports games, of which each will get a yearly iteration. Of course, EA doesn't really care about E3 reactions so long as their games are selling but they may be very close to economic trouble as their reliance on single studios to produce big selling games while in the face of diminishing returns becomes more noticeable. This safe approach may be healthy for the short term but may be devastating for the company in the long term.
I honestly cannot think of anything positive to say about the rest of the conference. It was just a disaster and a rather dull one at that.
This is not just a one-off either. This is a symptom of their new business strategy of only making one or two huge, major titles a year apart from sports games, of which each will get a yearly iteration. Of course, EA doesn't really care about E3 reactions so long as their games are selling but they may be very close to economic trouble as their reliance on single studios to produce big selling games while in the face of diminishing returns becomes more noticeable. This safe approach may be healthy for the short term but may be devastating for the company in the long term.
I honestly cannot think of anything positive to say about the rest of the conference. It was just a disaster and a rather dull one at that.
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IMO, Ubi has had the best conference two years running and they appear to be the only publisher who was actually ready for new consoles so I'm looking forward to it.
For you, how will Sony not disappoint? What genre of games do they need to show and from which developer and when will those games should be released? Should there be a price cut?
Leatherworkstation
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Lots of good interesting things shown in a not very good, not very interesting way.
Will be buying a lot of what they showed though.
7/10
Will be buying a lot of what they showed though.
7/10
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SemiHollowCarrot
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I had to run to Whole Foods.
How was Battlefront? We get a release date?
How was Battlefront? We get a release date?
Rodney McKay
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I'm just glad Criterion is working on something that isn't Need for Speed finally, even if it isn't Burnout.
Seems like it could potentially be really fun, like a next-gen Pilot Wings or something.
Seems like it could potentially be really fun, like a next-gen Pilot Wings or something.
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The_Afroman
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Ugh. wrong thread.
EA was awful. Nothing to show.. nothing at all.
Hardline did look cool though. Sucks the leak took some thunder from the showing.
EA was awful. Nothing to show.. nothing at all.
Hardline did look cool though. Sucks the leak took some thunder from the showing.
brickarts295
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5/10
Okay, once again too much focus on sports titles, not enough gameplay from Battlefront and ME4 and not a single WOW/Surprise moment. Pretty sure Hardline was going to be the surprise of the show if it wasn't leaked.
Okay, once again too much focus on sports titles, not enough gameplay from Battlefront and ME4 and not a single WOW/Surprise moment. Pretty sure Hardline was going to be the surprise of the show if it wasn't leaked.
HamiltonianConstraint
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The activity feed under bf4 won't even load for me on PS4, crazy...
TheDarkKnight774
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About BF. Hardline. A copy paste from another thread
Am I the only one a bit disturbed at this depiction of cops and robbers? I guess because it's closer to home but the over the top war BF gameplay for a bank heist is unsettling to me.
I was hoping for something smaller scale and SWAT like
Am I the only one a bit disturbed at this depiction of cops and robbers? I guess because it's closer to home but the over the top war BF gameplay for a bank heist is unsettling to me.
I was hoping for something smaller scale and SWAT like
They weren't joking in their conference call that they were downscaling on the number of big games, half of them was not at a stage you would normally show it. And no more partner games (Crytek/Respawn/etc) to fill the gaps and you have a terrible show.
I cannot remember an EA presser that was so lacklustre as this one.
I cannot remember an EA presser that was so lacklustre as this one.
Conceptual prototype of Dolan E3 EA 2014 Conference Comic.
Excellent, deserves to be quoted a few more times.
outunderthestars
Banned
I find Ubisoft to have the least exciting lineup of any major publisher. Child of Light was the only game they have made in the last few years that I have had any interest in owning.