I try to do an E3 blog every year and this one will be more shortest ever. In short, I found E3 to be very underwhelming. But, in a way, I'm actually fine with that. I really didn't want to pile another 5-10 games to my wish list lol. Anyway, it was nice to see some footage from games I've already been looking forward such as:
- South Park: The Fractured But Whole
- Call of Duty WWII
- Ni No Kuni II: The Revenant Kingdom
- Vampyr
- Detroit: Become Human
- Days Gone
- God of War
It was a shame to not see anything from The Last of Us Part II. I still consider The Last of Us to be the best game I've played and I was always on the fence on wanting a sequel for it. I felt the story would have been fine left alone, but the sequel was announced some time back and couldn't help but feel kinda glad it was happening. I figured since they didn't wait until E3 to announce it, they would actually have something at E3 to show. But alas, that didn't happen.
Now, onto new announcements. I was surprised in how few new announcements there seemed to be. Or maybe it's just the fact that I only felt myself get excited for 2 new game announcements. That's right. Two. 2. But eh, my backlog thanks me.
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Life is Strange was a pleasant surprise to me. Sure, I was always looking forward to playing it. But it blew my expectations. As with The Last of Us, I was never totally on board with there being any sequels. But I never really considered a Prequel. Before the Storm will focus on a part of Chloe's life before reuniting with Max and I'm actually excited for it. I'm aware there's an actual sequel to Life is Strange in the works, but right now a prequel just makes sense as far as filling in parts of the original story. Oh, and I'm definitely looking forward to hearing another awesome soundtrack.
Metro Exodus
And here's yet another game I wasn't really expecting another addition to. But here we have it, another Metro game and I for one am quite excited for it. The 4K gameplay footage looked absolutely stunning. Granted, I doubt I'll have a 4K TV and/or PS4 Pro by the time I play this. But nonetheless Metro is known for its incredible visuals. The remasters on the PS4 are still among the best looking games I've played on the system. From what little has been shown of this game, it looks very similar to its predecessors except it appears there will be more openness to the levels. I personally look forward to that element of the game whenever the hell in 2018 it releases. If it manages to actually release next year, anyway.
And that'll do it for this blog. No conference summaries, I didn't really watch any of them. I did watch Bethesda's for some reason but it was awful. They really shot themselves in the foot lol.