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Sony's Conference at E3 2009 Thoughts

E3 2009 SONY Conference

Well, this conference was by far, the best at the E3; not only because of the games shown, but the conference itself was great and nice to watch. The only thing I didn't like was the Japanese/English presentation of Gran Turismo and MGS: PW, but the rest was very well-made.

The surprise of PSP Go went down because of the leak a few days ago, but it didn't stop me to get surprised of its size and sleek design. The removing of the UMD was a good choice, in my opinion, since it's not a very practical media and makes the battery to dry up really fast. The storage capacity is somehow good, but no excellent. Giving the fact that is a multimedia device, 16GB is not enough, and even less if you have several games, pics and music at the same time. The good thing is that it has removable media, so you can expand its memory. But the idea of spending more money for storage is not a good one, at least for me.

The Gran Turismo for PSP was the one of the big ones for the PSP, and it is pretty impressive that it runs at 60 frames per second, the smoothest game so far for the little sister of the PlayStation 3. Even though they didn't show actual gameplay, the footage shown was great, and I hope the actual game looks like the one on the video.

One of the big surprises for the PSP was the Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. Not being a spin-off, but a real sequel is one big point to mention. Located mostly in Costa Rica (my homeland!), and confirming that Outer Heaven was in Costa Rica was one big shock for me. The graphics looked very much to MGS3, and that's definitely a good thing for a PSP, and the story mode looks very detailed. Let's hope it makes at least a 20 hours gameplay. I don't know how much they can put on a single UMD, for old PSP users.

Then, more footage of one of the most anticipated games this year, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, leaves us astonished with the movie-like detail and gameplay the game offers. Some tweaks need to me made yet, like bullets not harming the character; but the rest of the game runs flawlessly. What I like the most is the almost invisible blend between real game action and a video clip. Awesome.

When Assassin's Creed 2 was announced, it didn't actually surprised me, since it was pretty obvious the game will approach the game-shelves later this year, but when I saw some work-in-progress of the game, it looked fantastic. Located on the Italian Renaissance, the amount of movements you can do, and colorful scenery looked amazing and shows that this one will be a hell of a game.

OK, who thinks that the new motion-sensing controller was because of the Wii? Yep, me too. Looking similar, yet not the same technology, this new feature can be some good news for upcoming titles, and even for already released games, that maybe can be patched via PlayStation Network after the market sale of the controller. It surprised me the way the controller responds and the precision of it. And it's still on development, so we can wait for even more impressive things from this device.

After the appearance of Final Fantasy XIII, I realize that I really want this game. The game looks so full of color and graphically impressive. The game has some cool characters and the story looks the most epic yet, with some huge places to run and explore. But since the exclusivity was lost for the PS3, some fans didn't looked so thrilled as much as they should be. But, the biggest announcement for all FF fans was about to be said by the SCEA President and CEO Jack Tretton: Final Fantasy XIV Online was on development and will be out sometime in 2010. And not only that, the confirmation of its exclusivity for the Play Station 3. Let's hope this one lasts al the way to the date of its first sale. Definitely, some big news here.

Then, from the creators of ICO and Shadow of the Colossus, the recently named project The Last Guardian, appeared on the impressive huge screen that had SONY for its conference. Showing some of the footage, that already was out there, including some new also, make us realize that this game will be a state of art, just like the other games if Team ICO.

Gran Turismo 5, well, what else can I say about this game? Stunning graphics, and the most extremely realistic gameplay for any driving simulator game. After some several delays from Polygraph, the time spent on this game looks like it was worthy after all.

And last but not least, God of War III. Insane gameplay and some good-looking graphics makes this the ace for SONY in 2010.

Even though I was waiting for more of this conference, it was great, and the best of the E3.