So, good ol' Blabby's got his ratings for you all:
Microsoft: B-
They did a lot of things I liked. Namely, they showed games. Not only that, but they showed gameplay. My favorite game of the conference was shown here, Metal Gear Solid V. Even non-fans could easily be impressed by the scope and abilities this game is willing to prove it has. Titanfall certainly looks interesting, still haven't seen Ryse, and there was some other cool stuff. No Kinect or kiddies on stage was a relief. I don't think anyone at all enjoyed watching that Disney Dreamland bullshit.
We all knew about their policies and bullshit, so there's no way to avoid that. I won't be getting an Xbox One unless Halo 5 really pulls me in, and that awful $500 price tag drops. And I'll admit, I absolutely loved that trailer. So nice.
Sony: C
Sony's two sides of the same coin. The PS4 looks interesting. Goddamn, paying for online is so f*cking funny after all these years. Seriously, eat crow cows. But I have Plus, so I'll be steadily picking up PS4 titles from that though I won't get a PS4 for a while over a new gaming PC. The debate's certainly hard. $400 is a much more intriguing price point for what seems to be able to stand up to most decent PCs today. 2K basketball's coming to next gen systems (of course), even though LeBron's lips look like marshmallows ready to jump off faster than his hairline. No, I didn't just create a tangent to make fun of LeBron's hairline. Yeah, fine, I did.
But man, the Vita. What the flying f*ck Sony. This is beyond any red-headed stepchild metaphor I can think of. Barely any games shown, barely any exclusives, three minutes of coverage, and it still costs more than an hour of Marilyn Monroe. This system's destined to be the next Dreamcast. I said last E3 was the Vita's make-it-or-break-it E3 - I was wrong - but this one just pushed its death even quicker upon it. I love what I have on my Vita so far - the titles are much more fun to me than anything on the 3DS sans Fire Emblem - but the terrible future is making me super wary about it.
R.I.P. Good chap.
By the way, Destiny looked boring. There, I said it.
Nintendo: D
There are two things that could have made me instantly buy the Wii U. A really big price drop in hope for future good games, or a sequel to Super Mario Galaxy 2, one of the best games ever made and sequel to one of the best video games ever made.
What the f*ck did we get?
A sequel to Super Mario 3D Land. My god. The one thing I said that could nearly completely break me getting a Wii U is a sequel to Super Mario 3D Land. And lo and behold, Nintendo does it again! Now, I'll admit, I really don't give a shit about the Wii U anymore. This was their last chance for it to be a secondary system for me next to a gaming PC, but now, Nintendo's out a customer. At least for now.
What I did like, and why I didn't give it a F for "F*cking Disappointment" is the Fairy type, which was a terribly kept secret anyways, in Pokemon, and Super Smash Bros 3DS and its nice art style. I'll have PSABR on my Vita (*sobs thinking about the Vita*) to tide me over until then. Hopefully it has online.
Ubisoft: C-
Ubisoft was more allergic to gameplay than Square Enix is to money. I came in late for their conference and kept seeing CGI trailer after CGI trailer. It was embarassing and boring. Aisha Tyler is not a good comedian. The "girlwood" stuff haunted me in my sleep last year due to its cringeworthy nature and now we get to see it whenever her Shaq-esque frame (I kid, just being a little mean now) tried taking another crack at not making gamers grind their teeth.
Watch Dogs was my biggest disappointment. I wanted gameplay then and there, but I got nothing. Sony's Watch Dogs' gameplay actually ended up being quite meh for me. Oh well. I was also a little ticked off at how they didn't show any Rayman Legends footage, until my friends told me that they showed it at the beginning of the conference. Searched up the footage and what did I get?
A green fairy.
With bigass boobs.
In a CGI trailer.
Go. F*cking. Figure.
Luckily, we got to see more Rayman Legends at Nintendo's, but I wish it was shown here to redeem the otherwise boring nature of it. Speaking of redemption, The Division? It was cool, but we know the game's not going to be as tactical as it was shown when we play it with randoms online. The shooting's going to be what's up, and they didn't show enough of that, nor any novel mechanic with it. Still, it was cool, and worthy of bumping them up a bit for.
Also, Rayman Legends best version will be on the PlayStation Vit - *sobs*
EA: B+
Damn son! Besides the words "Wii U" not being mentioned once in the conference, there wasn't a lot that I didn't like about EA's stuff. There was a lot of good stuff, but let's skip to what I liked. (Making the next part red due to HTML issues)
Battlefield 4.
Man oh man, the entire time, I was hoping someone would destroy the building. Show me some next gen gameplay, if I may call it so myself. And it happened! If they can bring this level of gameplay to all systems, not just PC, then it's a true win-win for everyone except Nintendo fans.
The game just looks so damn solid on the multiplayer front, even if that was scripted. The other games shown looked great too. DA3 gets a pass for emo Morrigan because it's a sequel to Dragon Age Origins, Madden's Madden, FIFA's FIFA, UFC's shit, and so on. Mirror's Edge 2? Never played the original, but I will due to the amount of love it gets on SW. The sequel looked gorgeous with its symplistic colors. So pretty.
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