E3 2011 (1,608 views)

[Mario the black knight]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Like Christmas/the Superbowl except better than both!

So today, heres what I'm expecting from the Sony Press Conference:

- NGP poppin off for real, with a release date, and the true name, which I hope ISN'T PS Vita, and the laundry list of launch titles
- Uncharted 3 details obviously
- More on Twisted Metal
- More details on the PSP Remaster series
- Hopefully some goodies on ACR
- Some details on all that Konami stuff that came out earlier this week
- RE4 and Code Veronica HD Remake details
- Because of the last two points, maybe a new portion on the store for PS2 classics/HD Remakes
- Final Fantasy Verses XIII details HOPEFULLY
- Kevin Butler executing some hackers live on stage (probably wishful thinking, but I can dream)
- MAYBE an Ico collection Release date
- Maybe some going away gifts for PSP, though I doubt it
- And hopefully a buttload of other suprises.

From Microsoft:

- Gears of War 3
- A new Fable
- A new Halo
- An Xbox giveaway
- More Kinect nonsense
- Same as usual.

And Nintendo:

- Project Cafe, which will be a big deal even if it does end up sucking
- Skyward Sword Release date
- PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE NEW STARFOX
- Prolly some crap for 3DS that won't be good
- Augmented Reality Mariokart in partnership with Toyota (again, wishful thinking)
- Not much else. They don't have a lot, but what they do have is a big big deal.

LET THE MADNESS AND AWESOME BEGIN!!!!

[pichubro]

Did you see that special on G4 this morning about Konami?

Kojima was sad that he wasn't going to make it to E3, but it was just so amusing for him to talk about the HD MGS games, as well as when someone asked Kojima if he was working on any new games besides Rising, he paused and said: "... Well, I can't say anything right now, but we're working on something big: a new engine! And this is what it looks like!" and he proceeded to show a small clip of a forest and a horse. I dunno, I found that funny. xD

They also showed a new game (or new to me since I haven't heard of it) called NeverDead, and that looks pretty fun, maybe a bit too catered to the young adult male tough. x3

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And there is going to be a Halo 4, Xbox.com pretty much said so like 2 hours ago, because companies don't understand that E3 is meant for the big reveals, not twitter posts or websites. I swear Dragon Age III and Project Cafe were revealed through twitter and it's just not as fun to have them revealed nonchalantly like that.

[Mario the black knight]

Nah, I'm only gonna get to see G4 during the actual show, I don't have cable, ha ha ha ha

Yeah, I already saw pictures of the Fox Engine, and A H AH HA H AH, he did reveal the fact that he is indeed helping with Rising, ha ha ha ha. And I bet it was amusing for him, those games are his baby.

And what? I've never heard about that game either, it has a terrible name though, I have little hope for it.

HA HA HA HA H AH, color me shocked. How would they hold the record for having the EXACT same E3 press conference this many years in a row if they didn't do anything besides reveal the exact 3 same games over and over and over and over. if there was a Microsoft vs Capcom and a Sony vs Capcom, which one do you think would have more characters? Ha ha ha ha. And it's not like anyone cares about gaylo anymore, not even Xbox people. And yeah, that is pretty boring when they do it like that. A reason to hate twitter more, Ha ha ha ha

[pichubro]

Spike is also doing some E3 stuff. The Skyrim demo they showed was amazing. I mean, holy crap, fighting two dragons at once and having the dragon encounters being completely random is like the greatest thing ever.

Kojima looked like he was having fun, and really seemed to enjoy the video that Mega64 did about the HD games that can go from the PS3 to the PSP.

Yeah, well, I needed to get excited over something this morning before Ubisoft and Sony and NeverDead was the best thing on the list...

Yeah it was pretty funny during the live stream on G4 to see the comments. Even the fanboys were saying that the conference was disappointing and lame. Halo 4 isn't even being made by the original developers; Microsoft just can't let go of it.

[pichubro]

Also, I'm not going to join in the live chat I think. I think I'm just going to bundle up on the couch and watch it as I always do.

Though I'll run onto Gr00vy as fast as I can once the conference is done. ^_^

[Mario the black knight]

Yeah, lots of people are, ha ha ha ha, and wow, that does sound interesting indeeeed.

Yeaaaaaah, he seems like he would be cool to hang out with, he seems to love those Mega64 guys, ha ha ha

Ha ha ha, sounds logical. I was just excited about E3 being today

Ha ha ha h ha haa ha, yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, it's pretty sad really, they are obessed when even the fans aren't, I guess they just really love having the same press conference over and over, it's probably cheap, ha ha ha ha. They know what to expect.

Yeah, me neither, we're probably just gonna watch without a computer

Definatly!! Same!

[pichubro]

Ahhh! Did you see Ubisoft's conference? Ezio is so old now and playing with bombs. xP No multiplayer gameplay though so that's kinda sad.

I was amused by all the French people though...

Time to watch Sony now~

[pichubro]

Actually I have a few minutes still.

I just loved it when Ezio's like "Sorry I'm late." and there's a path of destruction in his wake. FLAMETHROWER SHIP?! Sweeeet. And I love how cinematic the game is, blending cutscenes with gameplay, and Altiar's back kinda woooooo! And Ezio STILL has new moves and apparently brought his brotherhood with him, or got new friends. And compared to Brotherhood, the graphics look better!

I'm excited.

[Mario the black knight]

I actually missed the Ubisoft conference. AND NO MULTIPLAYER!?!?! I THOUGHT THEY SAID THERE WAS!!!

Wow, the rest sounds insane though!!

And now, for my Sony Post

[pichubro]

No multiplayer GAMEPLAY. They still have it. Hahaha

I kinda skipped through Sony's conference to be honest. I had to clean the kitchen and I didn't want to get behind live tv.

Also, as an amusing fact, my brother's playing FFXIII again. He started over. :3

[Mario the black knight]

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A very good conference, heres what I thought

Uncharted was beautiful as always. I love their Cinamatic experence they always give, like it's a movie. Resistance however didn't wow me too much. Very gereric. That Dust game really didn't exactly interest me either, although I like the cross platformness, following in Steam's Footsteps. However, what is it about? Like, what is it, the trailer told me nothing I could understand.

All this pales in comparison to the announcement that got me most excited:





TEAM ICO COLLECTION IN SEPTEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!sdafasr#@$@#234Q23RAWJE97889*(^&*%^&$r%^%77GHFGDFGrty&*^&*)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SO Excited!!! I was expecting November! AWESOME! Also, I like that more of the PSP content is starting to slide right over to PS3. Like with Peacewalker, and now the God of War collections now.

And what was the deal with that lame ass medievil Move game. If people were interested in move before, they aren't now, that was just straight up corny. Just plain terrible. It looks like a movie or TV show fake game. Just plain disgraceful.

That TV thing was cool though, I like the idea of them appealing to the economy market, making 3D accessable to everyone, dispite how useless it is. Although the idea of that split screen thing is really amazing.

The most enormous thing of all of course is Playstation Vita, which is INSANE! The name hasn't grown on me yet, but DAMN, that looks insane! They did everything they needed to do I think to make the Vita sell like hotcakes, Great compatibility with PS3, lots of versitility, and an AMAZING pricetag. I was honestly expecting it to cost more! And the visuals are insane, like with Golden Abyss, and LBP, which looks RIDICULOUS!! And that ModNation Racers development tool is so brilliant. And that Street Fighter X Tekken suprise was awesome, that dude was totally gay though, ha ha ha ha. I missed the one part, with that lame American action RPG, I had to leave my neighbors house and watch the rest on Playstation Home. And even though I know next to nothing about Basketball, that thing with Kobe coming out was pretty suprising, and amusing. That Move feature is pretty awesome too, very innovative.

Things I was disappointed with, the length for one, it was waaaaaaaaay too short. The original rumor was 5 hours? It was 90 minutes! I was expecting 2 hours. Also.

No. Kevin. Butler.

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!?!!??!?!!

So frustrating.

AND NO MARCUS FOR VITA!!!! ARGH!!

I'm gonna post about that on their blog later, even though I'm sure a million people already have.

And no Verses XIII? Ridiculous.

Anyway, Overall it wasn't as good at 2010, but it was still very good.

[Mario the black knight]

Jun 6, 2011 21:29:25 GMT -5 pichubro said:

No multiplayer GAMEPLAY. They still have it. Hahaha

I kinda skipped through Sony's conference to be honest. I had to clean the kitchen and I didn't want to get behind live tv.

Also, as an amusing fact, my brother's playing FFXIII again. He started over. :3

Oh riiiiiiight, indeed.

WHAAAAAAT!? So I guess your gonna watch later or something, or did you just miss stuff.

HA HA HA, I figured it was weird that I saw you come online during the end of the conference.

[pichubro]

Yeah, someday I'm going to buy the Uncharted games.

I told you before, Ueda always releases his games in America first.

That medieval game... is one of those games that I skipped over. Didn't care for it. The 3D was definitely interesting, though I still won't likely buy a 3D TV until I don't need glasses. It seems like every Sony game will have 3D now apparently.

The Vita seemed really cool and I'll probably get one, just not on launch day. I wasn't expecting it to take up that much of the conference though.

Yeah, it was short and no Kevin Butler, which is sad. He hasn't been in any commercials lately either, and it saddens me ever so more. No Marcus either, though he might not have crossed into the Vita territory yet.

No Versus XIII is also disappointing, since Square Enix used to always have some game at E3. It seemed that a lot of Japanese members and companies were missing though, so maybe they just can't afford the trip overseas due to the earthquake.

I think Ubisoft definitely stole the show today, with Mr. Caffeine and silly French playing Rayman with their silly accents. And the demo for ACR was a definite wow factor.

Which I will not have you miss! Clicky: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh0nRRFLJ5k

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What I did was record the whole conference, but skipped through games I wasn't interested in, or in Vita games that I felt I could come back to later.

[pichubro]

And there was a cinematic trailer that is available on Ubisoft's AC account on Youtube.

[Mario the black knight]

As games I find them a little boring, I just love the technology they bring to the table, they were using Maya as opposed to 3DS Max long before anyone else, as well as other things they did with that. But the game itself is boring to watch.

Yeah, you definately called it for sure. I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT IT THOUGH!! I may need to pay for the pre order and everything for the special edition. Expensive, but worth it to me for sure.

Yeah, you should be happy you skipped it, it was awful. If I had tomatoes, and was in that building, I would have been throwing tomatoes. And yeah, I like the idea of making it accessable to everyone, but I'm not interested in it personally. I don't want any 3D, it hurts my eyes.

Yeah, never buy ANYTHING on Launch day when it comes to hardware. I would wait until there was a Vita-2000 or something. I also love the luke warm reaction they got for the AT&T exclusive partnership. It was a very mixed reaction between polite applause and booing, ha ha ha. But yeah, I DEFINATELY want one ASAP, instead of how late I got PSP, but then again it took me a long time to warm up to PSP, at first I hated PSP. And I'm shocked it wasn't longer coverage, that was THE thing for Sony, and I remember how long Move got last year.

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah, It makes me so sad, they better not get rid of the Mascots, that would be insane of them. This could make or break this Vita thing. Sony sucks terribly at press, thats what made the PSP not work as well as it should have. Marcus could make Vita work big time.

Yeah, thats true, but also I think Square is also hurting fianancially otherwise, because of it's terrible last year, doing nothing successful at all. Although do they have their own conference this year? They do have XIII-2 to completely kill their company as well.

WILL DO! I'll check it out now!

And indeed.

[pichubro]

Yes, I really hope that we get the special edition or I'll be a sad panda.

Hahahaha, I almost forgot about the AT&T reaction. What, were people expected T-mobile or something?

I thought Sony understood how much of a positive influence Kevin Butler had on advertisements and press releases that I thought surely they wouldn't skip out on a chance to use him. He's probably off on hacker killing duty and was too busy. With Marcus as his right-hand man.

Square is at their biggest at the Tokyo Game Show, so they'll probably show something of Versus there, if they show anything at all. I was really hoping that the game was going to be released this year or Q1 of next year.

[Mario the black knight]

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I love E3.

That gameplay is INSANE!!! I love how they made Ezio actually look old, like he's genuinely lost a step or two, but can still do what he can do, but he climbs a little more gingerly. And I love how cutscenes flow directly into gameplay and visa versa. And the graphics are insane too, everyones face movement is amazing.

I'd love to see that cinematic trailer though, I can't find it.

[pichubro]

Isn't it so amazing?! The only thing to make that demo better was to show multiplayer but I guess I can forgive them. See, the grappling hook ain't so bad and not a game breaker. This game really reminds me of the original game, so I actually get a nostalgic feeling while watching it.

Did you also find Ezio's nonchalant hello to the guy after destroying the fleet as amusing as I did?

Ah, that's what you have me for: youtu.be/VCTtIIW1WA0

[Mario the black knight]

Yeah, definately it looks much better than I expected. And yeah, I know, I can see that nostalgia, I think they wanted that, since your there anyway. And the music is great, I love how it combines the music of the first two games, so it just doesn't sound like the last two games, it really sets the mood well.

Ha ha ha h aha, yeaaaaaah. He's just not shocked by stuff anymore, thats just his style, he always keeps his cool.

Yeaaaaah, you always have my back :nigga: Thats why your the best. But OH MY GOD!! Thats the trailer I wanna make someday, This games trailers thus far have absolutely MERKED the trailers for Brotherhood. Easly the most awesome stuff ever period. I love their musical choices, their cinematic skills, just everything. Also, Damn, Old Ezio looks so awesome! He aged way better than Snake, thats for sure.

[pichubro]

Yeah, since the first game took place in Jeruselam, there is a cultural simlarity. Not to mention that that last area in the CG trailer is Alitar's home base.

Ezio could probably destroy entire buildings without flinch--oh wait. Hahahaha

Leave it to Ubisoft to always out do themselves time and time again. And yeah, Ezio looks quite fine at age 53. Not to mention that in 1511 Leonardo was STILL running around at age 60. hahaha At first I thought it wasn't Ezio, but there really isn't anyone else it could be.

[pichubro]

In fact, I'ma change my avatar to Ezio. Screw it.

[Mario the black knight]

Yeah, exactly, they do a good job creating the feel of the first game again. And that makes it even more awesome.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha h, yeah, he did it how many times in Brotherhood? Ha ha haha

What!? Leo is STILL in this game!? I was almost certain he was dead by now historically. And I could tell it was him, his face shape is the same in some ways. He looks the same as he did, except with more aged cheek bones and shorter hair. Besides, who could do what he did other than him?

[Mario the black knight]

Jun 6, 2011 23:09:38 GMT -5 pichubro said:

In fact, I'ma change my avatar to Ezio. Screw it.

AHHHH!! That was a scary change, I like your old avatar better, but that scared me, Ha ha ha ha, that face just being so like...grrrrr and old and Ha ha ha ha

I thought someone else posted for a second

[pichubro]

Leo's still alive, but he doesn't paint nearly at all or invent stuff in his later years. He's kinda just waiting out his life at this point. Ezio probably gives him one last good-bye in Revelations.

I don't know, I thought it might've been a twist. ^_^;

[pichubro]

Jun 6, 2011 23:14:02 GMT -5 Mario the black knight said:

Jun 6, 2011 23:09:38 GMT -5 pichubro said:

In fact, I'ma change my avatar to Ezio. Screw it.

AHHHH!! That was a scary change, I like your old avatar better, but that scared me, Ha ha ha ha, that face just being so like...grrrrr and old and Ha ha ha ha

I thought someone else posted for a second

Hahahaha

I guess that's what happens when you stick with an avatar to for 3 or 4 years. I can change it back if you want.