Your E3 Press Conferences Verdicts

So, now that all the press conferences are over, what do you think? Here's my take. And yes, I did as I promised and watched them all live.

EA: 5/10.

A Way Out looks promising, Anthem was a damn tease and I had no patience for that, NFS Payback looks okay, and Battlefront II actually looks pretty cool. Everything else was just boring or cringe-worthy. Not a good start to E3.

Microsoft: 6/10.

Highlights were Forza Motorsport 7, Metro Exodus, Assassin's Creed Origins, Sea of Thieves, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and Anthem. Crackdown 3 was okay. Starred Terry Crews and looked Saints Row-y. Scorpio aka Xbox One X was impressive tech but pricey at $499. There was also Xbox backward compatibility. Unfortunately, the show felt overstuffed, and I kind of have a bit of trouble remembering everything they showed. A lot of the games were "exclusives at launch." Hah. Nice try, Microsoft.

Bethesda: 5/10.

Too short, not enough meat. Wolfenstein and Evil Within 2 were sweet. VR games were okay. But paid mods again? Really? Come on. And where are all those new IPs they've been hinting? Disappointing.

Devolver Digital: Hilarious.

"Devolver's finally a real publisher!" "Hey Devolver, when are you gonna announce Shenmue 3?" Loved the Screen Pay and Earliest Access gags. After the disappointing Bethesda presser, I needed this. Ruiner looked cool, too.

PC Gaming Show: 8/10.

Not overstuffed. Good pacing. Gave each game enough time in the limelight without dragging too much. Lots of nice games shown. Highlights were XCOM2 expansion, Battletech, Mount & Blade: Bannerlord, The Last Light and Age of Empires Definitive Edition. Sole lowlight was Intel and their e-sports and VR crap. I can't believe it took the PC Gaming Show to finally make this year's E3 come alive.

Ubisoft: 8/10.

Great conference. Like the PC Gaming Show, great pacing, gave each game plenty of spotlight. Highlights were The Crew 2, Skull & Bones and Far Cry 5. Beyond Good & Evil 2 was a mic drop moment. Mario & Rabbid XCOM looks cool too. Weird Just Dance section with the neon Sub-Zeroes was the sole lowlight. I can't believe I'm saying this, but Ubisoft nailed it this year.

Sony: 7/10.

Two new non-VR game announcements: one a multiplat, another a remaster. Nothing else that hasn't been announced before. A bit too trailer heavy and only two game demos. Days Gone looks solid if familiar. Spider-Man looks very promising. No real lowlight; the Final Fantasy VR fishing game was just weird. Solid but not spectacular.

Nintendo: 7/10.

Short but meaty. Metroid Prime 4 was just a tease, so not quite a mic drop, but still big news. Under-the-radar but significant Pokemon RPG announcement. New Kirby and Yoshi games, Xenoblade, Fire Emblem, Breath of the Wild DLCs and Mario Odyssey were also highlights. Stuffed but not overstuffed, and no real lowlights. Solid effort. Bravo, Nintendo.

everything has been a disaster

Sony was underwhelming, Microsoft was OK, Nintendo kicked butt.

I believe any rational person can agree and this thread can be closed now.

This was the worse E3 ever.

This was one of the worst E3s for sure. The conferences of both Microsoft and Sony sucked. Nintendos was a little better but it was not amazing either.

EA 4/10
MS 7/10
Sony 6.5/10
Bethesda 3/10
Nintendo 5.5/10
Ubi 6/10
Devolver 8.5/10

The winner is clear in 2017.

From the three consoles it goes like this:

MS 4/10
Sony 4.1/10
Nintendo 7/10 (if they announced VC, it would be higher)

Overall, pretty terrible year. Not enough games for this year that interest me.

I enjoyed E3 overall. Lots of fun games there that I am looking forward to playing. :)

• EA: :(
• Microsoft: :)
• Bethesda: :(
• Devolver Digital: I didn't see it...
• PC Gaming Show: :)
• Ubisoft: :|
• Sony: :(
• Nintendo: :)

In retrospect this rating may look a little bad overall but taking away from this that there were lots of fun games overall.

Edit: Changed Nintendo from a sad face to a happy face with the trailer for Metroid on 3DS.

The ones I watched I will rank

1. Ubisoft

2. Nintendo

3. MS

4. Sony

5. EA

EA: 0/10

I have no interest in any of their games and their presentation sucked.

Microsoft: 4/10

The pacing of the show was really good and they showed a lot of games. The problem is most of those games were "console launch exclusives" and indies. Their lack of a first party is more obvious than ever without a new Halo or Gears to show.

Bethesda: Didn't watch.

Devolver Digital: Didn't know they had a conference.

PC Gaming Show: Don't care.

Ubisoft: 3/10

How many times are people going to fall for their crap? They show off games that look great initially. Then they get downgraded. They are riddled with microtransactions (some even pay to win) on top of having an overpriced season pass full of bullshit. I gave it a 3 because South Park looks amazing.

Sony: 5/10

Spider-Man and God of War look great. Shadow of the Colossus getting a remake is awesome. Other than that the conference sucked. Days Gone has no reason to exist when Sony already has The Last of Us. I don't care about David Cage's next movie. I don't care about Monster Hunter. And that was basically the entire conference. No Sucker Punch, no Bloodborne 2, no Last of Us 2 gameplay, no Red Dead 2 gameplay. No surprises at all.

Nintendo: 8.5/10

Super Mario Odyssey looks great. Kirby looks great. Xenoblade looks interesting. And they announced 2 megatons - Metroid Prime 4 and a Pokemon RPG. Very good show.

@madrocketeer: i'd agree with your assessment pretty closely, actually. Although I do think Shadow of the Colossus, which you didn't mention, was a big moment that only lost points due to it being, well, just a remake/remaster/something. Conversely, I thought the FFXV VR fishing was flat out bad. I was kind of learning towards a 6/10 for Sony.

I didn't see MS, so I can't comment on that one.

But I'd say PC, Ubi, and Nintendo took the show for most enjoyable to watch

I only saw Nintendo's, Microsoft's, and EA's. Nintendo just had one game that I really want, but they win solely because their presentation was short and literally didn't make me fall asleep like the other two.

1 .Nintendo

2. Sony -

3. Bethesda

4. Ubisoft

5. Microsoft

6. EA

You gave Sony a 7/10.....that discredits everything you wrote.

For me...

1. Nintendo - Metroid Prime 4, Mario+Rabbids, Pokemon sold the system the Switch to me
2. PC - Gets all the Microsoft games for the One
3. Ubisoft - Great lineup of games
4. Xbox - If you don't own a great gaming PC the One X is incredible and the conference was good
5. Bethesda - Was expecting better
6. PS4 - No Last of us 2 footage?... Really
7. EA - Meh

Just pre-ordered the Switch, not in stock till July FFS!

this yr was weak I wanted to get excited for the OneX but I came away not seeing a reason to buy one and without a halo to show to my gf she'll freak out with me spending $500 on it when I have no plans for a 4k tv and already have a pc with a 1080ti in it... Anthem is the only game that got my interest and that's not till next yr

ms 5/10 I lose interest in SoF each time I see it looks like there no story in it

ea 3/10

sony 7/10 solely because of vr

beth. 3/10 even with fallout vr their show was just bad and painful to watch

didn't watch ubisoft but I don't plan to

@NathanDrakeSwag:

I was commenting only on the Ubisoft presser and what they showed, and I just thought they genuinely looked great. I left cynicism for another day.

I just thought remasters are merely "cool" rather than exciting, hence why I didn't mention it as a highlight.

The Nintendo show was great. I just thought it was too short, had too many teases and not enough actual demos. Still a solid effort.

I didn't think it was bad, just unspectacular.

I could agree with this, but if had to change anything i had switch place with Nintendo and MS, only two i am not 100%sure about.

But yeah this year Ubisoft just dominated and won E3 for best show.

It only the worst E3 for the point of view of bat shit crazy fanboys who love all this 'who won E3' nonsense.

For the rest of us it's been great. Loads of game to look forward to. That's the main thing.

EA - 4/10

MS - 5/10

PC - 6/10

Bethesda - 4/10

Ubisoft - 7/10

Sony - 5/10

Nintendo - 7/10

Overall this E3: 5/10

@aroxx_ab: the top 2 are really interchangeable for me both had great announcements maybe Ubi with the slight edge cause trailers for games at least not it's coming title screen and guy saying it's coming but all in all good shows

Microsoft 7/10. No big grand slams out of the park but a couple triples with runners in scoring. BC even further, the most powerful console ever and some great games. I counted 8 must haves and some others that I will look into.

Sony 5/10. Did you see the crowds reaction!!!!???!!! They looked like they were robbed. No energy and no excitement. That stage also looked like it could have served up Lincoln's assassination. Thank Christ for God of War and Spider-man. The only thing that saved them. Uncharted: Lara Croft edition sucked.

Yoo. Nintendo won it this year and that's ok. Nintendo Fans should be in a good place today.

EA 5/10

MS 6.5/10

Sony 7/10

Bethesda 5/10

Nintendo lol/10

Ubi 6/10

Devolver 7/10

Of all the conferences I watched

MS - In hindsight I was probably a bit harsh initially having looked at the games, what they showed and what is coming out when. Overall still poor 6/10

PC show - great pacing, treated audience like actual thinking adults had a great format. No blockbuster games but by far the ones I'm most excited for 8/10

Sony - Jesus Sony you blew it. I mean it could have been last years' E3 all over again pretty much. More of the same and probably more of the same next year too by the looks of it. Marginally better than MS's conf but only by a fraction. 6/10

I thought this year's E3 was overall pretty underwhelming. One of the worst that I can ever remember. There were a few cool things, but there was no huge surprises that I enjoyed and there was nothing that made me jump out of my chair with excitement. And where the hell was Red Dead Redemption?

I enjoyed Sony's show the most this year and I have never in my life said that before. I usually enjoy either Nintendo or Microsoft conferences the most, but this year, Sony showed more things that I liked than Microsoft and Nintendo.

@madrocketeer: Thought it was very lackluster, as I did with all the conferences. One of the worst e3's ever imo.

@madrocketeer: Shadow of the Colossus is a full fledged remake, not a remaster

I just felt it didn't come out that way in the show, but I'm happy to be corrected.

In terms of ranking them from most (1) to least (6) liked...

1: Sony. (Could have flipped a coin with Nintendo; felt both had equal strengths and weaknesses.)

2: Nintendo

3: Bethesda

4: Microsoft

5: Ubisoft

6: EA

Definitely one of the weaker E3 showings.

-RANK 'EM NINJA APPROVED-

@navyguy21: where does lol/10 rank on a scale of EA-10?

Microsoft 7/10

Sony 5/10

Nintendo 8/10

Microsoft 8/10

Nintendo 7.5/10

Sony 7/10

Devolver was the only good one. At least they were up front about wanting our money.

Bethesda was a corporate jerk-fest. Bethesda is the new EA.

Those were the only ones I watched.

Sony: 8.5/10

Ubisoft:8/10

PC gaming show:8/10

Nintendo:7.5/10

Devolver:7/10

Bethesda:7/10

EA:4/10

MS:3/10

Nintendo > Sony > MS > Ubisoft, all I watched.

I updated my rating for Nintendo after that Metroid 3DS title trailer. Yeah I like that. :)

lol, i dunno.

I actually liked the Nintendo conference and it finally convinced me to get a switch.

I gave it a lol/10 because it was so short that it really cant be considered a conference.

Watching Reggie talk about games is awesome though, you can tell the guy really loves the games Nintendo makes.

So many of these companies have corporate guys who dont play games...........trying to sell you on their games.

MS: 2/10

Sony: 6/10

Nintendo: 4/10

Sony sorta wins solely by the number of announcements but I was glad to see that they used the pre-show to provide details on lower profile titles rather than by wasting stage time. But they still squandered the opportunity to bury the others by only showing games we knew were coming (minus a SotC remake).

Overall I was most interested in the titles shown at Ubi's show. S&B and Hidden Agenda are the titles I was most intrigued by.

• Nintendo 9/10
• Sony 8.5/10
• Ubisoft 8/10
• Bethesda 7/10
• Microsoft 6/10
• EA 5/10

Barely anything new and noteworthy from all parties involved. Bad E3 all around. There were good games shown, but we have seen most of this shit before.

I only watched sony and MS

MS - B

can't give them an A because nothing new really. They showed off the Xbox 1 X and what it can do. Focused on 4k gaming something I've been waiting for from a console. forza looked amazing at 4k and 60FPS. it ran about 105 minutes of pretty much all gameplay footage. Sea of thieves demo was awesome. terry crews in crackdown was funny but wish they would have showed more gameplay. anthem looks amazing but is on every platform. Could care less about the indie games shown. Everything shown coming out in the next 12 months or so , so that's a plus. Also adding in xbox BC is awesome. Would love to try mech assault or UT2003

Sony - D

leading off with 2 DLCs? Nothing new. God of war looks bad, days gone looks boring, spiderman didn't demo well but i still have hopes for it so that saves it from being an F. None of the VR stuff makes me want to buy a PSVR still. Detroit will be terrible like all quantic dram "games" every game they show is basically chasing the "TLOU" formula. Highlights were CoD and Destiny 2 games i don't car about and it was only an hour long. even the audiance looked bored. they got no applause and every time they cut to the audience it was awkard. one time they showed a few people walking out early lol was only 1 hour long

Nintendo is the only one of the big 3 that I have watched so far. I really appreciate the short format because I can just watch it over lunch. Based on the games that were announced, I'd say Nintendo>Sony>Microsoft. Sony and Microsoft are pretty close to equal, since both barely revealed anything new. Nintendo just rocked. Metroid Prime 4 is exciting and Xenoblade 2 (in October!) was a great reveal. Also, Mario Odyssey looks like a game of the year contender. Mario+Rabbids looks really good, too.

• EA: 2/10
• Xbox: 6/10
• Bethesda: 5/10
• Ubisoft: 7/10
• PlayStation: 7/10
• Nintendo: 9/10

wow people forget fast.

Ubisoft a good conference? i mean seriously they showed the same pre-rendered shit they always do and once the game is out people will cry about downgrades they knew would come.

But if this forum is anything to go by, it´s clear that people who spend time on a forum is a minority among gamers.

As to the best show of E3, well there it will be determined by who has titles that move consoles and Nintendo has zero that will move anything , except into the hands of people who already decided to get a Switch but was on hold. Ms had 0 as well, most titles was win10 titles meaning if you have a decent pc, no reason to ever get a Xbox.

Sony had the most exclusives titles but i can see that those are more for the mature and casual gamer. But they will move consoles.

Ubisoft and EA is the worst of the worst, more lying and boring titles no one cares about.

Coming from a PlayStation gamer. Nintendo has the best pressure. Coolyfett has his favorite system, but Nintendo did it this year. Consolidating their console and handheld unit into one box was a good move for them. They can now focus on what matters now. GAMES. Was not very impressed with the PlayStation presser. The Xbox One X is for minority gamers. Most people will buy the normal Xbox over the premium. Same with PlayStation.

But dem exclusives!!111

Watched Sony and Nintendo, Nintendo>>Sony

Not ranked in any order.

EA: they dont produce anything that im really interested in. anthem was the only runner and all arrows point to it being like destiny. sorta mmo lite ish FPS. possibly with a bit of guild wars 2 and borerlands mixed in. if it has a good SP mode then i will sit up and take notice. star wars looks absolutely gorgeous. EA, to their credit, are at the technical bleeding edge in the industry. its not naughty dog...its EA and frostbite. but again its going to be heavily MP focused so i have no interest. if you like online gaming then it probably would be a solid conference. the co-op game. i like co-op. but i dont like story heavy co-op. i dont want to be watching cutscenes with other people. i certainly dont want to get hit by a tear jerker in public (im a big softy leave me alone :( ). so no. i like the concept but not the execution.

MS: its not good when a new console is announced and revealed and my first thought is "meh". i suppose i knew exactly what the X1X was going in and im not a fan of these mid gen refreshes anyway so thats not helpful (it was the same with the pro). as a console in its own right its solid. but i think it would have just been better if MS and sony held off even for another year then deployed more powerful consoles with more advanced tech for Q4 2018 and just called them the PS5 and X2. as a PC gamer though some nice games. sea of thieves is starting to make me sit up and take notice. shadow of war is a bit of a dark horse for me this E3. i was very meh about the announcement a while back but i have warmed up to it. the last night looks interesting (also coming to linux..woohoo!).

PC conference: nice solid conference. no AAA titles but lots of variety and interesting games which is really where the PC shines. i like the look of that gravity game and would get it if i had a VR headset. i really should get one of those at some point.

devolver digital: real time changes to games based on user feedback will be a revolution. the ability to throw money at the screen will also be useful. some interesting tech there indeed. a very sensible and down to earth presentation. just keeping it real and in perspective.

Ubisoft: surprisingly good. it made me sit up and take notice of far cry 5. xcom: rabbids + mario looks great. creed looks disappointing after its year out though. it looks like they havent really overhauled it. more of a bandaid on the rot. the BG&E2 reveal is also another fine demonstration of an E3 reveal. sure its CG. sure we probably wont even see it on the PS4 and X1 but E3 is all about the bombs and megatons. generating the hype. thats the name of the game. just ask sony with the FF7 reveal year. if you have nothing then bluff it. but generate the hype.

Bethesda: nothing. i got nothing. not a single thing.

sony: it was ok. monster hunter worlds coming to the PC is nice. itll be interesting to see what changes. uncharted: meh. GOW: kid is annoying but i like the setting and it looks fun. detroit: *hurl*...ugh could have done without that. spiderman should be solid. i think the game is doing a fair bit of hand holding but in fairness i think it needs to. spiderman, as a concept, can be a tricky character to build a game around.

Nintendo: short and sweet on the one hand. on the other the announcements havent stopped. metroid on the 3DS revealed after the direct was a lovely surprise. Xenoblade 2 this year is great. the trailer was awful but thats kind of the MO with xenoblade games. metroid 4..showed nothing...grrrr (another fine example of a good E3 reveal). mario odyssey looks brilliant. thats about 4 games now i will want on the switch by years end. good to hear that a proper pokemon RPG is in the works for the switch also.

overall: slow to start but its been a solid E3.