i guess the title shows my opinion. but on with it :P
first of all, i didnt watch MS conference for many reasons, one of them being time and lack of internet at the moment. got my emblem though :? why i got it? its POSSIBLE that it was because of the 2 other conferences that day.
EA had some nice games to show, and they did it well, except for the extremely boring part with peter moore (who really scares me... add some demon horns and paint his skin red, and you'll see what i mean) and some casual crap. except for the awesome trailer of "star wars: the old republic", nothing mind-blowing.
ubisoft... oooooh, ubisoft, you did a huge mistake there. i have a few flashes of how it happened... although i watched it whole (on gametrailers, because GS' was lagging), i'm doing my best to forget it. i recall almost one hour of the titanic director talking about his new avatar movie and how ubi rocks... i recall 1 hour of an awkward being talking about casual games and fitness games... i recall seeing the bourne identity... wait it was splinter cell, one of the few good moments in the conference... i recall screaming "what the f**k?!" and laughing out loud when i saw pele there (seriously, WTF? :lol: )... i recall laughing at "ROMAAAAAAN... onto the next stage, NOW" during red steel 2... he meant "ROMAAAAAN... the swords not responding correctly, you're embarassing us" :P
what else... OH... i remember NOT seeing the 30sec AC2 movie because everything froze on everyone's computers at the same time during it (in other words, nobody saw it) and i remember that NMH 2 was just commented (not even a screenshot)
day 2 (or should i call it day 1...) was way better.
i dont recall chewing my lunch, because it was 1pm (9am PT, the time the conference started) and i didnt want to lose a second of nintendo's press conference.
just a bit late, i caught them playing the new super mario bros wii and said "meh, is that the super awesome new mario?", then saw some disappointments when they started talking about sales and wii fit. loved the archery game for wii sports resort (pick it together with the swordfighting. improve. put them on a zelda. you got my point). i cant remember the order, but a cool cop game for DS appeared, nothing special. some other games. then they started talking about RPGs. they've mentioned crystal bearers (awesomer each time i see it), the new mario & luigi (which was already released in japan), and they said "a series that finally returned to nintendo after so many years" and i thought "heh, dragon quest IX now... everybody knows about it". when he said "golden sun" i couldnt stop screaming :lol: seriously, i didnt see that coming. pure awesome. the new versions of the summons are incredible, and the isaac-like character looks cool :P
what else can they show? some more clips, cool new the conduit clip, mario VS donkey kong downloadable on the DSi, a warioware tool/game to make your own games, upload pics on facebook... "thats not all the mario we've got for you, we have more" says cammie dunaway... ok, surprise me.
and they did. super mario galaxy 2 brings all the awesome stuff from super mario world (my favorite 2D mario game, i still play it every now and then) like yoshi and yoshi power-ups, and mixes with all the awesome stuff from mario galaxy, but with even more creative galaxies. my only complaint goes to the title (nintendo can do better than add a "2" to the title of a sequel.
okay, NOW they're done. i think that's when they showed the conduit clip together with some other shooters. reggie says there's still one last breath-taking first party title to be released, and that it somehow is related to what fans are calling for... "on a new level of realism, and working together with a team that is experienced with deep, realistic, darker games"
a stormy sea... zelda? no, its just team ninja's intro (found that out later... thanks cloud :P). space... uuuh.. starfox? a girl in a space colony... sin & punishment? POWER SUIT. HOLY CRAP. follows one of the most awesome things i've seen in a loooooooooooooooong while. also follows many screams of my part :P
moments later i remind of the rumored "metroid dread", which was going to be something like it. but dread is dead, because it was from retro. this is F-ING TEAM NINJA HERE. metroid: the other M made my wish list get a huge cut just so i could be sure i'd get it on day 1. if you still havent seen the video, search google, youtube, gamespot, anything, but WATCH IT.
ON TO THE OTHER CONFERENCES!
not much to say about MS'... the MGS starring raiden was the only "OMG!" thing, but we were all expecting a metal gear to show up. that natal thing doesnt look that cool... looks like a way to rip off nintendo without being so direct (like sony... wait and see). might work and be cool, but apparently it requires even more space than playing wii sports. and i guess i can thank them for giving me a more accurate release date for FF XIII.
sony... almost as boring as ubisoft's...
*cuts out the first hour and a half of boring stuff* yes there was a new MGS there, but it didnt shock me at all... and the PSP go is a joke.
lets see... we've got some cool footage on AC2 (that thankfully didnt freeze as many times as the rest of the conference) and we now know that da vinci is the one that creates stuff for you, and its awesome :P
FF XIII and XIV (dont ask me how they did that)... well, XIII was just another clip and XIV i didnt see ANYTHING because of the huge freeze that happened during it... but apparently its more like "FF XI-2"... maybe, if i dont have to pay monthly and people like it, i try.
wii motion+ ripoff follows, and its so flocking (forgot that term i've "created") ugly and ridiculous i couldnt help but laugh... at first i thought it was a vibrator :lol::lol: seriously... "imagine you're playing an RPG ande you pick fireball to use. the [ridiculous] globe will turn red, just like a fireball! then you swing it to throw the fireball. now THAT'S immersion! and i didnt make a crappier version of wii motion+ at all!" >_>
then follows a mario kart ripoff... this one more understandable, since it follows the LBP idea of creating anything... but limited to kart racers. the track maker looks solid, but gameplay... meh. characters arent as nearly as charismatic as nintendo characters.
then we get gran turismo 5 trailer, the SAME project trico (now entitled "something related to guardian" :P) video from almost a month ago, some god of war 3 gameplay (could care less... GoW is just another gory action game), and more "we're awesome, we kow it" bragging... as usual >_>
now lets see what the show floor brings us
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BrunoBRS summons judgment! damage is OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAND!!!!!!!!!!!!
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