My thoughts of E3 this year put in simple words would have to be: Disappointing. I could just post this as done, no other thoughts and go with the cliche of saying how much I think E3 was lacking in games, but I know you people don't want that. You guys want to hear real thoughts that I have and things that I have to expand on why E3 was such a disappointment. Hello and welcome to this cliche of an already late post.
What Were you Looking Forward to Seeing?
Well, I was excited to see what Bethesda had to show us. They teased us that there were going to be two titles to be announced, and it was obviously going to be what Todd Howard kept saying most of the work was going towards two unannounced projects which replaced Elder Scrolls VI. I wanted to see what was going to be their new IP and what original, creative idea they were going to show us. The two games they showed us was the teased Wolfenstein 2: New Colossus and Evil Within 2. Both of which are sequels to original ideas. To be honest I liked the Wolfenstein 2, I was craving for one and I got one that is coming out after my Birthday. I plan on getting it. As for Evil Within 2, I did not want to see that, I was disappointed that this game was getting a sequel. "But StarterPack, the game was good, held great suspense and awesome horror!" If you call predictability and holding the player's hand for the entirety of the game as horror and suspense, I don't think you should have the judgement then. "But it was fun to play." I know this is an opinion of mine, and I can't say anything bad about yours or say it's wrong in anyway, it's just I find the game helping the player a but boring. I will take this sequel with a grain of salt, since I see potential in some parts of what they showed us in gameplay footage. I mean, that Camera monster look so out of this world and creepy. I hope they expand on that instead of making it underwhelming like other bosses in the first game.
As for everything else they showed us in the presentation, I have literally no interest in the VR portion of the presentation, nor do I take kindly that they're charging full price for each of them. I know that they look like the same games, but you get to move around, but I think it takes away from the game's charm. I play skyrim for it's battle mechanics, since they seemed fun and largely developed, but when you take that away and give full motion to the weapon swing and aim of bow, it just tones down the game in my opinion. As for the Doom VFR (can see the pun in that) I can see being fun, but I don't see many people buying it for the price along. I mean, who would pay full price for a game that they already have, but in VR. "But that's the improvement!" Do you have a VR headset. Any of you? I bet about 6% of you who are reading this have one in their possession and I bet most of those people don't even want to bother with the setup. I have been with some friends and family who have the device, but don't want to set it because doing so is so clunky and messed up, having you to adjust with the play space and fixing it whenever the game doesn't like it. I do like the concept of VR, but at the moment it's more of an amusement park game to have than an at-home device. So these new titles being converted to VR don't impress me nor makes me want a VR headset. If you think it's fun and all, great, this is just my opinion than a logical statement.
"But StarterPack, what about the Creation Club, having players pay for mods instead of freely downloading them to the game? What do you think about that?" It will die within a year....
What Did You Like about E3?
Nothing was really amazing about E3, so my only answer to this would have to be Wolfenstein 2. I know this is a bit underwhelming, but it's what I liked about E3 this year, I like the shooter and the last game was a meh, so after seeing the improvements they are going to put in the game looks fun. I also love how the game is advertised, they try to make it look like the ad is from that world, trying to rid of any anti-nazi terrorism, is funny and clever to me.
Plus, after seeing what the Collector's Edition is was so funny, for the lack of better words. They show it off as a GI-Joe toy from the 70's or 80's and they make BJ look like the bad guy, calling him a terrorist and all. I am a fan of GI-Joes, and I like collectibles like that, so I might get it and since it's in the month my Birthday is, I might ask for it a lot to my family.
What was the Biggest Disappointment?
Besides Bethesda's disappointing conference, I would have to say both Playstation and Xbox's conference. I bet most of you console war dweebs are shocked to hear that. Sorry, just I don't like this stupid war that much, so excuse me if I insult either side. Anyways, Xbox had basically nothing to show besides one game and Xbox One X's console. Hate the name by the way. I know many PC dweebs can say that the console is too expensive and PC is better to have and all, but who cares. That stuff is nothing, but stupid comments to begin with. I don't personally care, I like what I have right now with my awesome TV and Original Xbox One. It's basically the same console and not the next gen kind of deal.
The one thing I am concerned about the Xbox One X's abilities is shading. "What's wrong with that? It's just a simple coding system, putting shadow placements on objects such as your body where they will show according to a specific light source placement. What's wrong with that?" Well, if you own a PC and have Minecraft in your library, you might have wanted that shading mod in Minecraft and shading is a game breaker mod. I know it's simple, but Minecraft is a simple game, you would've to have a supercomputer to render such a thing without lag or freezing, so seeing that Microsoft was cocky enough to show that, I wonder what kind of mayhem the console will face when that update happens.
As for Playstation. Not many games caught my eye, but the one that did in a bad way was fishing... In VR... I think I laughed through mostly the entire stream when they showed that. When they announced that game, they tricked the audience that Playstation will have Final Fantasy on VR, but it's fishing in VR in the world of Final Fantasy 15. "Well, I say it's a cool idea and a great way to pump up sales and... and... and..." No, I don't want businessmen saying that ideas like that are great. I know this might be fun, but I think a lot of people out there want to play Final Fantasy in VR instead of just fish in it. I know there are some cool looking fish in there, but I think I much rather play the original game in VR, fighting legendary monsters and bosses in a world I have never been in yet. I know that many fans out there will agree with me.
As for the awaited Last of Us 2 gameplay reveal, I was disappointed to see that Uncharted had to take its place. I know people like the damn game, but still, I much rather play something else than the same thing thrown at us for the fifth time. I wanted to see that more than anything along with my sister, and I would have to say Playstation had barely anything to please their audience.
What about Nintendo?
It was nothing I haven't seen so far, I didn't like nor did I want to see the Rabbids in Mario, but I guess it's fun. I know that not many could agree with me since Nintendo fans are just Yesmen now, but I thought the entire conference was boring and nothing new to what we see, as for most of the conferences.
What was Your Favorite Conference?
I know this is a bit of a downer, but I loved Devolver Digital's conference. I know that the games they showed off were very underwhelming and questionable for a first ever appearance in E3, but I liked their humor while doing so. I mean, they made fun of the stupid and corporate companies in E3 that are trying to both relate to you and shove their product in their face and in this E3, it felt like that throughout the entire time of E3. I'm just glad they didn't go to the Meme side of humor, dabbing or doing anything like that to add to the cringe of E3. I loved their use of dark humor and the green dude in the background, with his pingpong balls falling off as he walked across the stage.
The games they flashed were bad in my opinion, but it seemed like they knew that already, by joking about Earliest Access and all that. I mean, to think about it critically, the new Serious Sam game made me want to facepalm. I wanted a Serious Sam 4, not a Bullet Dungeon clone! But there show they put on got my mind off of it. Still not going to buy it, but I liked it.
I know this is a late response to the E3 clash, but I at least wanted to show my thoughts on it before it completely faded through time. In my opinion, E3 was awful this year, not releasing anything new, unless you are the few excited about Anthem, but there were some things I like about it, very few that I liked about it, but there were some. What do you think? Do you have anything unspoken thoughts that I haven't seen yet? Maybe not, but please tell me down bellow... God that felt weird saying that... 'Til next time...
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