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EA Play 2017 (E3 Conference) Thread: Hey Mr. Palpatine Man [Over]
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Goose_Se7en
Banned
Pretty meh for the most part, for me.
- A Way Out - Definitely a highlight for me, but whilst I like the concept of it, only being playable in split-screen co-op is a little disappointing (a SP option would have been nice) but that being said, I suppose that's the point of it heh. Still, it's one I'll be keeping an eye on. Looked great.
- Anthem - Interested, but really didn't see much. Looking forward to seeing more of that during MS' conference tomorrow.
- Battlefront 2 - Stunning, and they sound to have addressed some of my issues with the first game (like content) so I'll probably get it. Would have preferred them to have split the gameplay section up though and show a SP demo too.
- Too much sports.
Diprosalic
Banned
I wonder how hard it was for that guy to not use the actual name of the scorpio. He must've worked on promo stuff for months.
Nba is big right now and growing.
Highest viewership since MJ.
Golf died with Tiger.
They keep hammering away with terrible NBA attempts, but PGA Tour is dead.
Nba is big right now and growing.
Highest viewership since MJ.
Golf died with Tiger.
I know. Why mention one of the biggest changes, then not show it.
Caught off guard with them mentioning Scorpio.
Payback looks like my kind of game.
I'd rate it 3/5
A Way Out was the clear stand out Game of the Show contender
Anthem teaser was cool
SW: BF2 well Javina was super hot, I'd have liked to see some more of the single player though, MP was good
They really should have shown more of Need for Speed Payback it should have been longer imo
Madden was pretty good
Fifa was ok
NBA Live was kind of bad especially at first but The One looked okay
A Way Out was the clear stand out Game of the Show contender
Anthem teaser was cool
SW: BF2 well Javina was super hot, I'd have liked to see some more of the single player though, MP was good
They really should have shown more of Need for Speed Payback it should have been longer imo
Madden was pretty good
Fifa was ok
NBA Live was kind of bad especially at first but The One looked okay
Diprosalic
Banned
I feel like way out is one of those games that sounds so cool when you think of it but actually isn't that fun when you play it.
The Spawn-Charge-Die-Repeat loop of Battlefront wasn't even all that fun to play, let alone watch. I have no idea why they thought people wanted to see 20 minutes of it. I love how every time they cut to someone in a flying vehicle they were completely ineffective and doing nothing of importance. You'd just see them desperately trying to slow down so they can shoot some infantry......failing to do so, then having to pull back out. I am surprised they even attempted to add air vehicles to that map.
I can't believe EA rope-a-doped us with "We've got 30 minutes of Star Wars!" only to reveal that they were going to force everyone to watch a complete multiplayer match in its entirity, in real time. Who thought that was a good idea? At least last year they had the good sense to keep the Battlefield One multiplayer event on the post-conference stream.
I can't believe EA rope-a-doped us with "We've got 30 minutes of Star Wars!" only to reveal that they were going to force everyone to watch a complete multiplayer match in its entirity, in real time. Who thought that was a good idea? At least last year they had the good sense to keep the Battlefield One multiplayer event on the post-conference stream.
WaterAstro
Member
This is the link to the FIFA 17 free trial for PS4 from the EA Sports website:
https://store.playstation.com/#!/ga...tion/cid=UP0006-CUSA03257_00-FIFAFOOTBALL2017
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https://store.playstation.com/#!/ga...tion/cid=UP0006-CUSA03257_00-FIFAFOOTBALL2017
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yanipheonu
Member
I mean, I feel you, but what else would multiplayer shooter footage look like?
"Live, Die, Repeat" is basically every shooter I've ever played.
DangerMouse
Member
Yep, was crazy.
AcademicSaucer
Member
For the people that wanted more diversity in game protagonists, Madden and FIFA are as big as games get and they both have black protagonists in their story modes, I think thats kind of big.
Not only is the baseline unit in Battlefront quite vulnerable, but the game is full of Hero units and vehicles that can one-shot all normal player characters. A lot more dying, a lot more repeating. Watching someone go on an incredible streak can be cool but the game doesn't favor that because of how quick and common death is. BF is just a meat-grinder of a game, and the situation only gets worse when they are insistent about cutting between a dozen different players. It's impossible to spectate in any meaningful way because the footage doesn't show us any kind of meta-narrative. Who's winning and why? Who's doing this or that to support or move the lines forward? Ahhh, whatever he's some more droids getting mowed down.
It can actually be fun to watch teams work together in objective-based games and small-team PVP. This was just kind of nonsensical to watch.
Greatest Ever
Member
So did I miss out on anything?
ConfusedGamer
Member
Now I am sure that we will get Battlefront Singleplayer gameplay at Playstation Conference and not Visceral Star Wars.
I was hoping for us to get both of them at this E3, Battlefront II singleplayer and multiplayer at EA Play and Visceral Star Wars at Playstation, but it seems my hopes have been shattered.
Nah, it was a very realistic thing to expect. Not sure how you're so certain that it's linked to Han Solo when nothing like that has been said.
HighResTomato
Member
EA should never host their own conference ever again.
Green Yoshi
Member
I'm sure that Battlefront II will feature a VR mission again since Sony has the marketing deal.
Sadly, I missed half of the conference...
But my verdict on the trailers:
Need For Speed - pretty embarrassing
A Way Out - looks great! will definitely buy with a friend.
Anthem - looks interesting, but will probably be meh...
Fifa 18 - hell yeah! show us more though.
BF1 and BF2 - couldn't care less.
Where was Visceral's Star Wars game?!
But my verdict on the trailers:
Need For Speed - pretty embarrassing
A Way Out - looks great! will definitely buy with a friend.
Anthem - looks interesting, but will probably be meh...
Fifa 18 - hell yeah! show us more though.
BF1 and BF2 - couldn't care less.
Where was Visceral's Star Wars game?!
I thought the same thing.
But if they were going to show Battlefront at the Sony press conference, why didn't they say so? They had no qualms about teasing their games at Microsoft's conference.
It's entirely possible that they aren't going to show the Campaign until some later date in the future.
GinoFelino
Member
This was awful
I enjoyed the multiplayer stuff, they should just copy Nintendo from now on
I enjoyed the multiplayer stuff, they should just copy Nintendo from now on
Serenitynow
Member
How was Jess from Need For Speed able to jump in the car tho? The doors most certainly couldn't be opened within the narrow confines of that semi-trailer, and neither of the windows were smashed. No sunroof either...
funkystudent
Member
I feel like EA would be better off with a Nintendo direct style pre recorded presentation because they suck at the live stage thing.
Mercador
Member
Yep and you miss nothing. Quite boring conference actually. A lot of errors as well and some folks not used to be live.
Khaos Kontrol
Banned
Gonna give this conference a D+. A Way Out was the highlight for me. NFS looked alright. Rest didn't really do anything for me. Pretty bad conference overall.
But they actually had a functioning game, and made with Frostbite. Just throw it out as a digital only thing. More than what they've had for NBA.
JetSetRadio
Banned
nfs guy fragment is all I missed apparently, it was ace though
I am increasingly confused by its purpose as well. Half of it is annual sports titles, and the large audience interested in that stuff isn't sitting at home watching a livestream on a Saturday. Like, I have no idea what the point of 20 minutes of FIFA/NBA/Madden demos is supposed to be. We knew these games were coming.....the people interested in these games will buy them regardless of whatever dumb features you dreamed up this year.....and everyone else watching gets bored to tears.
There's a segment for Battlefront DLC which is okay I guess, but at this point you're either in or you're out on BF1......the people still playing will get the DLC, and nobody else is going to be reeled in by it.
The other half was Star Wars -- a game they've already revealed, showing off features we already knew about. The license prints its own money -- this could have had its own separate event and received just as much attention......arguably more attention if they weren't trying to compete for headlines with the 200 other games being revealed this week.
Other than giving a nice spotlight to Way Out, this felt like it didn't have much of a point. The fact that they had to pad out length by showing 20 minutes of one game's multiplayer is kinda pathetic.
zackmorris
Member
I feel like EA always has the worst conference anyway