The Electronic Entertainment Expo kicked off today and I definitely made it a point to watch the press conferences today and see the up and coming goodness in the land of video games. There's a lot to cover so I'll just cover the stuff I thought was cool enough to talk about again and hopefully it'll give you some insight on this years E3 and what to expect soon. I also threw some bullets to other stuff at the end that I wanted to spill out, Itriedto keep it short.
Microsoft had their press conference first, just as most expected, it was about their motion control "Natal" which they changed to "Kinect". First impressions: a.) the first release of games reminds me a lot of Wii's launch games, a lot of sports games and party games. b.) I think it's already blown the Wii Fitout of the water with Your Shape: Fitness. c.) Voice and motion control with the Xbox Dashboard? Flippin' sweet. d.) Video Chat, definitely awesome for friends and family.
The games side of the show what comes to mind first is definitely Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.Wow, how sweet the gameplay video of that was. The cover system looked much like Splinter Cell: Conviction and the ability to take down enemies up close for a one-hit KO. What made it especially intriguing was how he was able to seamlessly command his squad and they were able to take care of themselves very well. Near the end the player was sneaking up on a target enemy while invisible as he had his snipers behind him target other enemies around the target enemy, as the player crept up to the target you saw green lasers shine on the other enemies as the snipers took aim and in 3...2...1... everything was executed at once, so beautiful. It's also worth mentioning he was able to snipe the pilot in a helicopter causing chaos for the enemies below. Definitely hyped for this title now.
Halo Reach showed some campaign gameplay which looked pretty slick but who thought otherwise? It got different when the player jumped in a spaceship and the game suddenly changed to a space shooter, this is definitely a change and shift in gameplay and I'm hoping it's sweet because, honestly, it scares me a little.
Ubisoft also showed off Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood which is supposed to be a multiplayer title set in theAssassin's Creeduniverse. The gameplay showed off some combat improvements and much more aggressive AI enemies.
EA had some interesting stuff to show off. Medal of Honor multiplayer was showcased and looked a lot like Bad Company 2 multiplayer but it also looked like there were some killstreak stuff going on in that multiplayer match as well hinting at some Call of Duty?. It looks awesome but we'll have to wait to see. They also announced the Gun Club which will track your first person shooter achievements online and this, in turn, will enable certain unlocks for you. The first being early access to the Medal of Honor multiplayer beta.
Those were the main points that definitely excited me but there was so much more to the first day at E3 so I'll point out some more in bullet form.
-Metal Gear Solid: Rising holy crap! Sword slicing action looks promising and a new gameplay shift for the Metal Gear series.
-Call of Duty: Black Ops looks scary good, I have more hopes for Treyarch.
-Microsoft has a slim version of the 360 shipping immediately.
-ESPN has a partnership with Microsoft so now you'll be able to watch sports on your Xbox 360.
-Laser Tag game that hooks up to your console and gives you stats on players after the game. "Laser tag for fat kids" -Andy Tran
-Slightly intrigued by Shaun White Skateboarding
-Project Dust...I'll keep an eye on this one
-Another eye on Homefront
-Star Wars: The Old Republic. Everyone gets their own starship. Awesome.
-Star Wars Kinect turns you into a Jedi badass
-Kinectimals. Slightly creepy.