E3 2012: 5th-7th June

[Menckenstein]

Mass Effect 3, now on Wii U...

Rub the nipples of your squadmates on the WiiPad to gain their trust and affection.

 

[Ethan Duvall]

"Hardcore" Ubisoft with hardcore Dancing game for dance tards.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Shit. The WiiU Controller does the fucking Kinect thing now too?

 

[Keshik]

Immersive!

 

[Stabwound]

Even console gaming was on life support this generation, and next generation it's fucking dead. When the next line of consoles finally comes out, the decline is going to reach levels you can't even imagine.

 

[sea]

Jesus fuck that was horrible. The first 10 minutes or so with Pikmin 3 were good, but then it was all shit afterwards. Yay, ports of year-old games for the WiiU, converted portable titles like Scribblenauts, more copy-pasted Mario games and let's not forget mini-game collections that they devoted an agonizing 15 minutes to. Nintendo had a chance to really show off some great stuff and they ended up with one of their most disappointing conferences in years (and that's saying something).

 

[Toffeli]

Break time.

From what? Is there more press events coming?

 

[Tehdagah]

Consoles.

Nevermore.

 

[Gerrard]

"It's all about the video games!"
10 minutes later

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Frenchies making fun of the Queen and Brits in general - aka ZombieU trailer.

 

[CrunchyHemorrhoids]

Nintendo deserves to die for sticking their gimmicky shit in their core IPs.

 

[deuxhero]

So Nintendo has a new IP ("Project 1000") developed by Platinum for the launch window and they DON'T SHOW IT AT THE CONFERENCE, instead restricting it to Spike (and only Spike) afterwards.

Whoever planned Nintendo's conference is a fucking retard.

 

[MetalCraze]

Nintendo has IP that isn't shit?

 

[deuxhero]

Tons actually. More than any other publisher.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Tons actually. More than any other publisher.

Uhm...nope?

 

[Menckenstein]

I wonder if anyone who's ever put together an E3 press conference for one of "THA BIG THREE" since 2005 has kept their job afterwards.

 

[skuphundaku]

Dead Space 3 gameplay now: http://e3.gamespot.com/live-show/live-show-day-1/

 

[MetalCraze]

I can't believe how retarded Gamespot is

He spent 20 minutes in the BIS booth and instead of asking questions the dude was like "ugh yeah ugh yeah" (prolly thinking where the fuck are all the cinematic XPLOSHUNZ this is so boring) and then in the end he asked a question

"Will this be available on consoles?"

For fuck's sake. Are you fucking kidding me?

 

[malko_sundervere]

I really really really want to be optimistic about Watch_Dogs. All of that hacking, emergent-gameplay looking shit gave me the biggest erection in the entire world. And the cyberpunk style and the themes around it are my absolute favorite territory.
But it'll probably not be that elaborate and full of Deus Ex style problem solving . The way he hacked the intersection looked so clever and planned out, like the player has a huge toolkit and an open world to work with, and the mission design has room for sandbox-style problem solving... but it really probably won't be that good.

 

[20 Eyes]

Tons actually. More than any other publisher.

Uhm...nope?

Nintendo has some good IPs, they just usually let them rot in obscurity.

 

[felipepepe]

Tons actually. More than any other publisher.

Uhm...nope?

Nintendo has some good IPs, they just usually let them rot in obscurity.

Or only do shitty stuff with them, like Star Fox...

 

[MetalCraze]

I really really really want to be optimistic about Watch_Dogs. All of that hacking, emergent-gameplay looking shit gave me the biggest erection in the entire world. And the cyberpunk style and the themes around it are my absolute favorite territory.
But it'll probably not be that elaborate and full of Deus Ex style problem solving . The way he hacked the intersection looked so clever and planned out, like the player has a huge toolkit and an open world to work with, and the mission design has room for sandbox-style problem solving... but it really probably won't be that good.

When was the last time you saw a non-linear free approach gameplay in GTA-style game? Especially the one aimed at consoletards?

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Eternal Darkness, Metroid and maybe Zelda are the only Nintendo IPs I'd consider good. Is there anything else?

Granted, the thing looks slick, and the controller allows you even play top-down shit with UI elements on it. That's some major incline. Maybe I'm gonna end up getting one at some point, since I don't have much hope for MS (Entertainment and Social shit instead of gaming) and Sony (Look, we can make great movies). Both Sony and MS might also restrict playing used games, which is a huge minus.

So, either I stay PC exclusive, or I go with the PC/Wii U combo. Don't give a shit about handhelds.

 

[malko_sundervere]

I really really really want to be optimistic about Watch_Dogs. All of that hacking, emergent-gameplay looking shit gave me the biggest erection in the entire world. And the cyberpunk style and the themes around it are my absolute favorite territory.
But it'll probably not be that elaborate and full of Deus Ex style problem solving . The way he hacked the intersection looked so clever and planned out, like the player has a huge toolkit and an open world to work with, and the mission design has room for sandbox-style problem solving... but it really probably won't be that good.

When was the last time you saw a non-linear free approach gameplay in GTA-style game? Especially the one aimed at consoletards?

In Watch_Dogs, if we're lucky.

 

[MetalCraze]

In Watch_Dogs, if we're lucky.

Lucky?
It's Ubisoft and a game for consoles. It's a game aimed at 12 years olds and housewives. It has quest compasses everywhere telling you where to go and where to press X. It has you sneak into the building only to have a shooting gallery 2 minutes later.

There wasn't a single properly non-linear free approach game on consoles yet. Ask Morgoth about 512 MB