ShooterMcGavin
Member
"Marvel overload"
YES. YES. YES.
I'm so desensitized by it.
YES. YES. YES.
I'm so desensitized by it.
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Easy Allies @ E3 2017 Streaming Thread & Schedule
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Yep, definitely. Superhero shit is in the same place as Zombies for me at this point. ENOUGH. I care about Spiderman as much as I do Days Gone, being pretty much not at all.
It's not pointless, I like to get excited about things. 4 months worked for fallout but so did 3 years of E3s for MGS5.
I think especially with a year like this, it goes to show how we don't need so many press conferences annually.
Last two years, having Bethesda, Squeenix and such doing there own thing worked out (Mainly with Bethesda). However, this year Bethesda, Sony & Microsoft underwhelmed. If those Bethesda announcements has been split peacemeal to some degree between the platform conferences (Evil Within 2 at Playstation, Wolfenstein at Xbox?) it could have gone a long way to making all the conferences feel a little meatier I think.
If you're not a platform creator, I don't think you necessarily need a press conference every year. Have them on years you can do a deep dive on a long-awaited title, or have a ton of crazy surprises that are a long way out. But on those off years, it's not worth the price of admission.
Last two years, having Bethesda, Squeenix and such doing there own thing worked out (Mainly with Bethesda). However, this year Bethesda, Sony & Microsoft underwhelmed. If those Bethesda announcements has been split peacemeal to some degree between the platform conferences (Evil Within 2 at Playstation, Wolfenstein at Xbox?) it could have gone a long way to making all the conferences feel a little meatier I think.
If you're not a platform creator, I don't think you necessarily need a press conference every year. Have them on years you can do a deep dive on a long-awaited title, or have a ton of crazy surprises that are a long way out. But on those off years, it's not worth the price of admission.
Nothing in that demo felt like Spiderman. Nothing in that UI or city had any personality whatsoever.
And the great combat scene was a boss fight with a big, fat grunt with large swings and immune to webbing. Never deal with that before.
Not to mention generic ass minimaps and mid action NPC calls. Wow, that is so Spiderman, codec calls while he is stalking bad guys.
And the great combat scene was a boss fight with a big, fat grunt with large swings and immune to webbing. Never deal with that before.
Not to mention generic ass minimaps and mid action NPC calls. Wow, that is so Spiderman, codec calls while he is stalking bad guys.
It was an A for production, design, and presentation, and a B- for content - mostly because like more than half of it was recycled. I'm hesitant to ding it too much because it really was paced so well and what's there was great - along with the worry that it'd be a reflexive response to Sony's incredible but unsustainable last couple years - but it is kind of hard to believe that there wasn't some heavy hitter out of left field.
SotC remake and a Monster Hunter game are great, but they're known quantities. I don't need a new From announcement, but something mid-tier like an Until Dawn sequel or some RE2make news or a DQ announcement or just something from Square Enix would've done a ton to round it out. It wasn't that there was any problem with the conference, but there are so many more avenues that you could reasonably hope for them to explore, and them hitting none of them isn't just "Oh, they didn't say it" -- it's disheartening, because it gives the impression that there's nothing there on any of those fronts.
SotC remake and a Monster Hunter game are great, but they're known quantities. I don't need a new From announcement, but something mid-tier like an Until Dawn sequel or some RE2make news or a DQ announcement or just something from Square Enix would've done a ton to round it out. It wasn't that there was any problem with the conference, but there are so many more avenues that you could reasonably hope for them to explore, and them hitting none of them isn't just "Oh, they didn't say it" -- it's disheartening, because it gives the impression that there's nothing there on any of those fronts.
DoctorFling
Member
Poor conference. Really lacked any great announcements. Ubisoft have had the best show so far for me, how the heck does that happen?
Weirdest timeline. Sony is bog average, Ubisoft kicks ass, Devolver makes everyone facepalm
It's reverse E3. That means Nintendo will kill it!
EA doesn't count since they're technically doing their own thing.
I mean Bosman just shouldn't have rated EA that highly, lmao
They should've played the conference trailers in reverse order.
ElephantShell
Banned
I think expectations played a role in those scores. EA was expected to be bad and was good, Sony was expected to be awesome and was just okay.
I think the conference would have been better without the Sony preshow. Superhot VR, Undertale, the new Ni No Kuni trailer, and that group cell phone play thing would have been cool in the conference itself.
Literally, all it would take Nintendo is one completely unexpected title that blows people away.
Just one.
AcademicSaucer
Member
So far I think most people can agree that Ubisoft was the best and Bethesda the worst.
Pretty good show from Sony IMO. Probably a 7 from me. I'm glad they gave PSVR some time, although the games were pretty mixed looking. Not enough surprises or indies, but the AAA games got me pretty hyped. I was really hopeful they would announce a Pro price drop in response to XB1X's price tag, but oh well.
You'll be pretty happy then.
I know it wasn't unexpected (and at Ubi's) but Mario + Rabbids already blew me away lol. Wild stuff man.
DoctorFling
Member
I didn't watch Bethesda but the Wolfenstein trailer was easily one of the best of E3 this year. That should give them a lil' edge.
Yep.
About Dreams:
https://twitter.com/mediamolecule/status/874447287363162112
Kinda shitty to announce this now, but probably they weren't allowed to say anything until the conference was over.
Gimme a number, man.
Ultimadrago
Member
I'm with Brad, B grade or 8/10 for Sony. I loved the big projects shown, but the momentum didn't maintain for me. The relative "high point" of an overall okay E3.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Would have rocked to have had Sucker Punch show what they are working on. Solid showing but was missing that late next year or 2019 title and a good indie section.
Frozenprince
Banned
So did the guys ever react to the Ni No Kuni II trailer and if so, can someone tell me when so I can look it up.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Sort of? Since it was at the end of the pre-show and muted they reacted to it sort of
Confused Cheeseburger
Member
I gotta say, as a whole this e3 is pretty tepid. I really thought it was going to be a blowout.
MS was gonna make a huge case for xb1x...that didn't come too pass.
Sony was gonna double down on all killer no filler...not really any surprises.
All that's left is Nintendo. They have a whole new console to justify. I'm lowering my expectations. Half and hour really isn't much.
At least I will be reunited with odyssey. I really hope I can turn on my switch and play something new tmrw tho.
MS was gonna make a huge case for xb1x...that didn't come too pass.
Sony was gonna double down on all killer no filler...not really any surprises.
All that's left is Nintendo. They have a whole new console to justify. I'm lowering my expectations. Half and hour really isn't much.
At least I will be reunited with odyssey. I really hope I can turn on my switch and play something new tmrw tho.
Frozenprince
Banned
Also it just felt like everybody just, well, doesn't have much to show this year. Not just Sony.
I think next year will be better for everybody as the Switch is a year into it's life and a lot of Sony and Microsofts new first party stuff is deep enough into development to showcase.
But nobody other than Ubisoft really had anything to show.
I think next year will be better for everybody as the Switch is a year into it's life and a lot of Sony and Microsofts new first party stuff is deep enough into development to showcase.
But nobody other than Ubisoft really had anything to show.
Scrotum Phillips
Member
7.9, which is a major bummer overall for Sony.
Why are these things so short?! They were wrapping this thing up in under an hour! Had so much good stuff in the preshow, give them some shine in the main show.
Good:
-Lost Legacy
-Horizon DLC
-Shadow of the Colossus
-Spider Man
-God of War
-Detroit
-Monster Hunter
The bad:
-Lack of announcements
-Length of conference
-VR Block
-Announcing good stuff in the pre-show
-Emphasis on stage shit rather than games in some instances
Middling:
-Destiny
-COD
-Days Gone. (liked it more than last year, still didn't sell me.)
Overall:
Ubisoft
Sony
Microsoft
...
EA
Bethesda
(didn't watchPC)
Why are these things so short?! They were wrapping this thing up in under an hour! Had so much good stuff in the preshow, give them some shine in the main show.
Good:
-Lost Legacy
-Horizon DLC
-Shadow of the Colossus
-Spider Man
-God of War
-Detroit
-Monster Hunter
The bad:
-Lack of announcements
-Length of conference
-VR Block
-Announcing good stuff in the pre-show
-Emphasis on stage shit rather than games in some instances
Middling:
-Destiny
-COD
-Days Gone. (liked it more than last year, still didn't sell me.)
Overall:
Ubisoft
Sony
Microsoft
...
EA
Bethesda
(didn't watchPC)
Brainfreeze
Member
Despite everyone being overhyped going into that, I think replacing Destiny with Ni No Kuni would have made this easily the best press conference so far. There were some pacing issues, but between this and the pre-show there was clearly enough new and interesting content to satisfy me.
God of War might push me over the edge to buying my own PS4.
God of War might push me over the edge to buying my own PS4.
plasmawave
Banned
It's been an underwhelming E3 for sure despite some really cool and exciting games being announced. There are just too many "eh" and "okay" games surrounding them.
I'm an admitted Ubi Stan but I have a hard time ranking Ubi or Sony even if a lot of those games didn't appeal to me
The funny thing is that they had the ammo to make a better show but didn't use it
Matter fall? Should have been shown
Ni nu kuni? Come on!
Super hot vr? That shouldn't be billed over old tired rusty dusty skyrim? Even my wife wondering why skyrim looking ugly as hell and she loves that game!
No Star Wars battle front single player?
Xbox had anthem as a closer, Ubi had bge and Sony had telltales Spider-Man ?
Even everyone golf could have been in a sizzle real they tried to go all killer no filler.... but couldn't pull the trigger
I don't remember what I rated Ubi but I think it was an 8.4 I'll give this...... 8.2 screw it ubi
The funny thing is that they had the ammo to make a better show but didn't use it
Matter fall? Should have been shown
Ni nu kuni? Come on!
Super hot vr? That shouldn't be billed over old tired rusty dusty skyrim? Even my wife wondering why skyrim looking ugly as hell and she loves that game!
No Star Wars battle front single player?
Xbox had anthem as a closer, Ubi had bge and Sony had telltales Spider-Man ?
Even everyone golf could have been in a sizzle real they tried to go all killer no filler.... but couldn't pull the trigger
I don't remember what I rated Ubi but I think it was an 8.4 I'll give this...... 8.2 screw it ubi
TheDarkKnight774
Member
I'd say stick Destiny 2 next to COD, and put Ni No Kuni in Destiny 2's spot would have helped
This as a whole felt like a catch-up year for a lot of devs. If you look at what Sony has in the queue for the rest of the year it's till a decent amount. They're not mega games but stuff like Everyone's Golf for $40 is nice
But I try to go into each year just focused on the knowns and not get hung up on the possible announcements. Hell Im still 3 games back from this spring in my backlog of 2017. I have more than enough games. Haha
Let's just say people might be getting double what they asked for from the return of a long awaited franchise.
Also, a riddle (these pictures are related to separate things):
So long as my source is right.
plasmawave
Banned
I thought for sure they were gonna show singleplayer Battlefront 2 stuff at Sony's.