E3

So overall i'd say that this year's E3 was pretty mediocre, but there were definitely some things about each press conference that i'm excited about as well as some games that weren't in the press conferences that are still holding my intrigue. So i'm gonna watch through the conferences again skipping the boring parts and give you my impressions.

Microsoft
- Don Mattrick is goofey.

- The new Xbox experience was definitely the stand out announcement for myself and many other i would presume. But my reason for excitement is a little different than most. Though I think the look of the whole thing is pretty childish, the party system is something I have been wanting for quite some time. Mostly just because you can chat to your friends exclusively while playing online and not have to listen to the numerous 10 year olds screeching into their microphones calling eachother gay. Another feature that I found pretty neat was the whole Netflix thing. Now I don't have a Netflix account but if I can just watch any movie in the Netflix library at any time, I think I might have to pony up the $15/month or whatever it is for some movie watching action. And lastly, the most exciting thing about the whole re-do to me is something that was announced after the actual press conference in a much more quiet way. with VGA cables, you can now view your 360 in 2 new 16:10 resolutions. 1440x900, and 1680x1050. This is exactly what I need because I play all of my games on my 1680x1050 monitor and at the moment i'm having to play in 1280x720 which is pretty damn annoying to be honest.

- Seeing Fallout 3 at the press conference got me a bit down on the game. I thought the combat looked a little strange how you can pause time and aim at certain parts of the body, and I also thought the game would be more action oriented which left me disappointed. But after watching some more features and demos, i'm warming up to it a bit. And is it just me or does the Fallout designer guy remind you of Cliff Bleszinski?

- Resident Evil 5 looks alright. I never finished Resident Evil 4 mostly because I could never get over the fact that I can't strafe while aiming, and it doesn't look like they've that changed for this one, but i'll probably give it a try anyways.

- Fable 2 looks like more Fable. Which isn't a bad thing. Looking forward to this one. The first one was fun.

- Gears of War 2 blew me away. I knew it was gonna be awesome but that demo blew my expectations completely out of the water.

- John Schaperd lol.

- Xbox Live Primetime sure looks like it's not gonna last very long. But real prizes? Wonder what those will be.

- Geometry Wars 2 looks fun, though i'm ashamed to admit I never played the first one.

- Galaga Legions doesn't look very much like Galaga. More like Space Giraffe or something like that.

- PORTAL STILL ALIVE!!!

- You're In the Movies sure looks dumb.

- So does Lips.

- Final Fanfafy Firfeen on the 360? Pretty big announcement there. Though I never played any other Final Fantasy, that trailer got me excited.

Nintendo
- SMILE!!!

- Holy cow. This lady is...unique?

- Shaun White snowboarding looks like it will appeal to lots of people but it's just not for me. And I don't really feel like getting a balance board. Like ever.

- Animal Crossing looks alright. WiiSpeak looks worthless.

- Reggie's up! I like this guy. Wait...he's talking numbers.

- Wii MotionPlus is super exciting to me. Mostly because this opens up the possibility of a good lightsaber game. The sword battle game in Wii Sports Resort looks like a good start but it really needs some improvement to satisfy my expectations for a good lightsaber game.

- Star Wars Clone Wars looks pretty mediocre. Would have liked them to wait and implement the Wii MotionPlus. Seems like a lightsaber game without it is just going to end badly.

- WiiMusic has gotta be one of the worst ideas ever. Maybe kids will like it, but jesus. Watching grown men pretend to play intruments with this was just plain sad.

- Not gonna sugar coat it. This press conference was just terrible.

Sony
- I really like Sony's setup.

- I really like this Jack Tretton guy. Like a lot. Hope he hosts again next year.

- Resistance 2 looks pretty good. But i'm with Jeff Gerstmann here. Something just doesn't look quite right about it. Hopefully you get regerating health this time around.

- The LittleBigPlanet idea was really clever. I can't wait for this game.

- Playstation 3 video store was bound to happen sooner or later. I probably won't use it very much but it's neat that they finally did it.

- Home looks about the same as it did last year.

- Quit talking about PS2 please.

- Ratchet and Clank looks cool. I like the idea of it being downloadable. I have Tools of Destruction Gameflying its way to me right now so after I play that i'm sure i'll be more excited.

- I'm super excited for DC Universe Online. This game looks awesome. I don't think there's any way it could live up to my hopes, but if it comes anywhere near, it's gonna be one hell of a game.

- MAG. Um... I really don't know what to think about this. It sounds good in theory but I can't see it working out as well as they say when it actually launches. Prove me wrong please.

 

- God of War 3 looked good in the CG trailer. Looking forward to seeing actual gameplay. I really hope you get to end the gods for good in that game. That would be epic.

- inFamous looks pretty cool. Hope it turns out to be good.

- This was definitely my favorite of all of the press conferences. Was entertaining and had great content.

Other Games That Stuck Out To Me
- Far Cry 2. Looks like it could be a lot of fun. Reminds me of Crysis a bit which is to be expected.

- Prince of Persia. I really like the art style and the combat looks interesting.

- Sonic Unleashed. Please bo good. Please be good. Please be good. Don't let me down.

- Killzone 2. I'm really liking how this is looking. I think I could end up spending a lot of time playing the multiplayer portion of this.

- Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. I love the MK series, and I was obviously skeptical at first but this is looking like it's shaping up to be awesome.

- Crysis Warhead. Yes please. Give me more Crysis. Now.

- Spore. I'm still not entirely sure that I understand this game but it looks like something i'm gonna have to check out for sure.

- Dragon Age: Origins. I love me some dungeon crawler action. This one looks pretty damn good. But if i remember right they siad single player only? Or maybe i'm crazy. I'm probably crazy.

- STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED!!! I can't even begin to describe my excitement for this game. I'm a huge Star Wars geek and this looks like exactly what I would want from a Star Wars game. This and LittleBigPlanet are my number 1 most anticipated games at the moment.

- Mercenaries 2. While this game does look fun, I don't think i've had that moment yet where it hits me that this game is awesome like it seems everyone else has. I'm down for making some shit explode though.

- Tomb Raider Underworld. I loved the last one, and this one just looks better. Definitely a rental though.

- Dark Void. This game has a lot of promise. The jetpack looks pretty sweet.

- Bionc Commando. Dude he's got mad dreadlocks. I'm so in. I think Re-Armed looks better though.

- Lego Batman. After watching The Dark Knight i kinda wanna play some Batman. But i'm not sure I can handle another Lego game. Hmm.... Maybe that's why DC Universe Online and MK vs. DC look so appealing.

- Halo Wars. While i'm not that big of a strategy game fan, this one looks like something I might wanna try out.

- Mega Man 9. Awesome. Gimme some more classic Mega Man and i'll love you for it.

- Fracture. Looks like it's gonna be pretty good to me but the whole terrain deformation idea seemed like a much better idea last year. Seems like it might get kinda dumb after playing a bit.

- This is Vegas. No matter how much I don't want to like this game, I really like it.

- Darksiders: Wrath of War. This game suprised me. I had never even heard of it before E3 but it looks like it could be a lot of fun. it seems like a good mix between God of War and Zelda. I'm on board.

- Dead Space. I'm not a big survival horror fan, but the limb severing idea is so appealing to me.

Well I guess that's about it. There's so many games coming out this year. Gonna buy as many as I can but geez it's gonna gert expensive. Thank god i have a GameFly account. Thanks for reading!