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[Solo]

Hard to choose - best E3 in YEARS. Guess Ill go with Mass Effect 2, though. The original is my favorite game of the gen so far, and they look to have fixed all the problems with it, so I cannot fathom how ME2 wont be my new favorite game of the gen.

 

[Felix Lighter]

Funny. After all the games I saw the thing that sticks in my mind is that 10 minute gameplay video of Just Cause 2.

Also, Uncharted 2, Splinter Cell Conviction, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Crackdown 2, Mass Effect 2, Alan Wake, Dark Void and God of War III have me really excited too. Really there are too many to mention.

2010 is going to be a insane year for games.

 

[op_ivy]

forza 3 turned out to be much more impressive then i was expecting, both graphically and from a gameplay perspective. easy choice for game of the show IMO.

 

[Solo]

2010 is going to be a insane year for games.

Shouldnt surprise anyone. Every third year from 1998 onwards has been amazingly awesome for gaming. 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 - all some of the best years ever.

 

[neojubei]

I wasn't lumping you together, I was trying to incite a systematic culling of the stragglers on who give you a bad name. You should be thanking me. I'm a visionary.

Well, uuh ok I suppose. I do not mind if someone does not have uncharted 2 on their lists, frankly there are waaay too many aswesome games to list. I think I will add Splinter Cell to my list.

 

[KGKK]

Easy answer

God of War III

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Splinter Cell

 

[Insane Metal]

Uncharted 2 hands down.

 

[sikkinixx]

Uncharted 2... because the half-tuck gets me fucking revved up.

 

[Ironballs]

• Super Mario Galaxy 2
  [*]Splinter Cell Conviction
  [*]Uncharted 2
  [*]New Super Mario Bros. Wii
  [*]The Last Guardian
  

 

[Solideliquid]

Uncharted 2. If you don't agree with my opinion, you are either blind or biased.

Fixed.

 

[Pristine_Condition]

A trailer is not the same as a gameplay demonstration, one gives a real interpretation of the product, and one dose not. Its like showing off a project in a science fair vs. just bringing a picture of it

Lets say you watched the trailer for Mario Galaxy 2. It is obviously a gameplay video even though it's not playable on the show floor.
If you mean a trailer that is only pre-rendered video of a cutscene then I guess you have a point.

You still don't get it. I don't see why the difference is so hard for you to understand. The difference is huge, and obvious if you think about it.

The big difference for me between the two is a non-playable, heavily-edited trailer, (like your Mario Galaxy 2 example,) even if it shows bits of gameplay, only shows that gameplay in snippets, maybe two or three seconds at a time max between cuts. It edits too much out and only shows the highlights, and you can easily hide any faults, because you just edit them out.

A playable game on the show floor allows you to see the game as you will actually experience it at home. You can get an idea of the flow of action, the pacing of the game, how the action works into the story (although with Mario games that's not really as important as most games since the story is always so shallow) and how the character moves through the environment.

It's a lot harder to hide problems (loading times, pop-in, collision detection, pacing issues) in a playable demo than it is to hide problems when you are cherry picking the best 2-3 second clips of action and pasting them together.

Plus, for the developer, with a real gameplay demo, there's the element of risk. Especially showing a gameplay demo during a press conference. One bug can pop up and ruin the presentation and be a big embarrassment. If you are just playing a heavily-edited video, there's no risk. There's no chance of something random popping up and crashing the game.

 

[grindamasta]

Playable:
Bayonetta
Sin & Punishment 2
Uncharted 2

Trailer:
The Last Guardian

 

[[Nintex]]

<3

 

[neojubei]

<3

Awesome. I love me some Nintendo. I need to add more games to my list. This has to be the best E3 ever.

 

[Gilgamesh]

Metroid: Other M, with Castlevania: Lords of Shadow being a close second.

Other highlights:
Alan Wake
Assassin's Creed II
Bayonetta
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers
Halo 3: ODST
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Shadow Complex
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Sin and Punishment 2
Splinter Cell: Conviction

 

[farnham]

Metroid: Other M, with Castlevania: Lords of Shadow being a close second.

Other highlights:
Alan Wake
Assassin's Creed II
Bayonetta
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers
Halo 3: ODST
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Sin and Punishment 2
Splinter Cell: Conviction

really.. the dev team is not really proven to be reliable

jericho was blech and scrapland was just bad

 

[jon bones]

Curse of Monkey Island: Special Edition

Runner ups:
Alan Wake
Shadow Complex

 

[Gilgamesh]

really.. the dev team is not really proven to be reliable

jericho was blech and scrapland was just bad

Don't be such a pessimist, Kojima is there to keep them on the straight and narrow. The trailer looked really good.

 

[FrankT]

Mass Effect 2 no doubt it. Had they shown more of AW it might have been pretty close for me.

 

[Mdk7]

So true.
Bayonetta is so fucking amazing, i've beaten the demo 4 times.
ASTONISHING.

Sin & Punishment 2 is close second.

These 2>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the rest.

 

[Twilight Princess]

THE LAST GUARDIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Future PhaZe]

Mass Effect 2 no doubt it. Had they shown more of AW it might have been pretty close for me.

Yeah I forgot about ME2. Definitely very likely to be my GotY.

 

[Fatalah]

Milo (not a game, but coolest thing ever)

Splinter Cell Conviction

Perfect Dark XBOX Live Arcade

 

[Studs Ramrod]

Anyone have an update, as to how did Steve Wiebe (spelling) do?

 

[archnemesis]

Anyone have an update, as to how did Steve Wiebe (spelling) do?

He got a kill screen, but didn't get enough points. Final Score 989,400.

 

[GDGF]

Anyone have an update, as to how did Steve Wiebe (spelling) do?

He didn't have enough points before he made it to the kill screen to beat the other guys score

 

[Applesauce]

forza 3 turned out to be much more impressive then i was expecting, both graphically and from a gameplay perspective. easy choice for game of the show IMO.

I agree for the most part, game of the show I dunno about but it would definitely be in my top 3 along with God of War III and ModNation Racers.

Definitely the best presented game though, can't wait for it.

 

[Philia]

TRICO had gotten me excited for absolutely NO good reason.

 

[witness]

Uncharted 2 easily, cannot wait

 

[neorej]

You don't like the idea of throwing a meteor to Einstein or using a flamethrower on god?

I love that idea! Seriously, I just don't like handheld gaming that much. I've got a DS and a PSP lying in the car in order to kill time while waiting for my gf to arrive at the trainstation, but I never even finished God of War Chains of Olympus, while I finished the PS2-games 4 times each. When it comes to handheld gaming, I have the attentionspan of a drunken banana that's high on crack.

 

[mclem]

Looks like Scribblenauts and Uncharted 2 getting the most votes here.

One being extremely insane and innovative, another being super well crafted and pretty. Which one will win in the end?

Probably Uncharted 2, it's higher profile. I'll plump for Scribblenauts, though, it makes the insane ideas bit of my brain go, well, insane

 

[matticus]

Fixed.

To me, it's as good as a fact that Uncharted 2 had one of the top 5 performances at e3 this year. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion though. I am trying to look at it objectively, while others are taking a more subjective approach. It just depends on what way you take the question.

I don't think any opinion though can be purely objective, mine included.

 

[Fatalah]

He got a kill screen, but didn't get enough points. Final Score 989,400.

I hate to say it but this just shows how amazing Billy is. Insane. Just insane.

 

[kallisto76]

GOW III

 

[Dead Man Typing]

Splinter Cell, but I would've told you that before I'd seen one screen shot.

The gameplay demo vindicated everything I've been saying for the last 18 months when the game went dark.

 

[traveler]

I gotta say Super Mario Galaxy 2. It was just a trailer, but it's a sequel to my favorite game of this gen, (possibly all time) it clearly demonstrated that it would carry the spirit of the first, and it showed off tons of new mechanics and design, eliminating any of my fears that it would be the scene.

Best playable game of the show would have to be Bayonetta or New Super Mario Bros. Wii. God of War 3 also looked pretty good, but I didn't get to see any of the stuff I like about the series, so it's not GotS worthy.

 

[McHuj]

I'm probably most excited about Mass Effect 2.

But if I had to limit my choices to non-sequels, I'd probably go with Alan Wake as far as new IP goes.

 

[AnnSwag]

Splinter Cell Conviction I really feel that we have the real Sam Fisher back this time.

 

[Zoso]

Trailer - Star Wars: The Old Republic

Demo - Brutal Legend

 

[JaMarco]

I have two different ties
1. Golden Sun DS + Metroid: Another M
Daaammn. Two big surprises. Did not expect either of them in a joking or serious way at all. I've been waiting forever for Golden Sun 3 and Metroid Another M by R&D1? Hell, yes. Both were also revealed in an awesome way.

same here

 

[eXistor]

Honestly there were a bunch of really cool games (or at least games with potential) like Tales of Monkey Island (this needs to be great, but I have my doubts), the new Castlevania, the Last Guardian (already contender for best game ever? I think so), Mario galaxy 2, Metroid: Other M but of the ones that were actually playable I have to say Scribblenauts has won me over tenfold.

 

[GitarooMan]

Forza 3 for me, the upgrades to Forza 2 are substantial, looks spectacular

Honorable mentions: Splinter Cell Conviction/Uncharted 2

 

[Cartman86]

What impressed me the most at E3...

Uncharted 2, The Last Guardian, Milo, Splinter Cell Conviction

 

[Haeleos]

Castlevania Lord of Shadows and the Monkey Island remake.

 

[Snowden]

The Last Guardian. Oh yes.

Bayonetta is everything I hate about video games.

 

[Wollan]

The Last Guardian was really something.

But Uncharted 2 is my pick. Awesome trailer, Awesome demonstration, Beta for (almost) everyone. It's a big, fat and calorie dripping steak.

 

[TheKurgan]

Honestly too many great games to choose from.

Forza 3, God of War 3, Modern Warfare 2 and Uncharted 2 are all games worthy of GOTS. Interested to see more on Borderlands and Just Cause 2 - the little I read/heard/watched on them looked good.

 

[soldat7]

Scribblenauts

why isn't Nintendo hyping this title in their conference?

Because it's not Nintendo published.

The two games that I would give my right kidney for to play right now are Crackdown 2 and The Last Guardian. There were so many great games, and many surprises, but I'm hyped for these two more than any others (ODST is right up there actually...)

 

[BobsRevenge]

Splinter Cell blew my mind the most. Very innovative approach.