[Illuyankas]

Nier is really good guys so that's good news, also I'm going to play Just Cause 3 for days

e: this loading screen note thing from the Square conference says you get infinite C4 and grenades in JC3. I may need a mop.

This post has been edited by Illuyankas: 16 June 2015 - 06:58 PM

[QuickTidal]

Apt, on 16 June 2015 - 06:34 PM, said:

One thing I have noticed.

Both Metal Gear Solid 5 and Mad Max are conspicuously absent from any of the conference, despite being big AAA launches.

MGS5 leaked a trailer today (or yesterday) that is now online.

[Macros]

top titles

[Messremb]

Macros, on 16 June 2015 - 07:42 PM, said:

top titles

Or, for those who want a link that works... Here

Not too bothered about games so far. Hololens however, holy shit.

Edit: Microsoft Hololens Site

This post has been edited by Messremb: 16 June 2015 - 07:51 PM

[Mentalist]

Apt, on 16 June 2015 - 06:28 PM, said:

Nintendo Conference

Spoiler

Nintendo puppets? Oh Nintendo, never change.

I haven't played a Starfox game since the first one on the Super Nintendo. However this does look cool. Not very impressive graphically but Nintendo usually excells at gameplay. I like the transforming mechanic.

Zelda: Tri-force heroes and Hyrule Warriors look interesting but very much like handheld games.

I wanted to see more about that Metroid Prime game.

Fire Emblem looked very Japanese. I am sure that is a good thing.

Oookay Xenoblade Chronicles looked pretty cool. Under the layers of bullshit Monster Hunter mechanics or what ever it was they were displaying there.

Animal Crossing: Home simulator looks terrible but then again I have never really understood the appeal of those games.

Youshi's Woolly World. Now here's a game I would actually want to play.

Then more Japaneseness.

You know as a person who hasn't been into Nintendo for years, I can't help but wonder why there's such a difference between their launches for Wii U and 3DS. I get that 3DS actually has large userbase and it's their bread and butter but if they released half the titles for 3DS on the Wii U instead, then surely people would have more of a reason to buy the damn console.

I can't say I get Mario Maker. It's an interesting sort of programming/designing sandbox but it looks like ass and the environment you're playing in is ancient. Outside nostalgia I don't see the appeal.

So the conference is over and I am sitting here thinking where are the actual titles?

Where is Zelda U? (Well, it's delayed I know, but) Where is Mario U? Metroid U? Etc. They have no third party support for the console so why on earth haven't they made an actual console seller yet?! I don't know if it's because they lack a great concept or an idea man or if they are just waiting for the Nintendo NX but boy there isn't a lot to come for unless you are really into Japanese games.

Square Conference:

Spoiler

Just Cause 3 looks so fucking great. Need more gameplay!

Nice opening speech. He seemed sincere about listening to what the players want and need.

More Just Cause 3! Yes. This game looks so god damn good. I am sure that I will love playing Fallout 4, Tomb Raider and Metal Gear 5 but really, this is the one that I think I will have the most fun with.

So Nier is a sequel to the playstation 3 game Nier? I actually heard it was quite good but never got around to playing it. This one looks super atmospheric.

Tomb Raider didn't offer up much. Interesting stuff about the design, I especially like the bit about the scars passing on, however I'd hoped for more gameplay.

Lara Croft GO I will definitely be downloading. I loved Hitman GO.

Same trailer for Final Fantasy 7. Hoped for something more. Anything really.

Kingdom Hearts: Unchained Key actually looked good for a smart phone game. Never played any Kingdom Hearts but I might pick this up.

Kingdom Hearts 3 looks phenomenal. I want to play this. Which means I probably want to pick up the remastered games as well. Oh wallet, forgive me.

Not sure I get World of Final Fantasy. Sort of seems like Final Fantasy for Kids.

Love the Danish spokesperson for Hitman. Danish pride!

The concept for the community interaction sounds interesting. I like the suggestion of how the levels are bigger and attention to detail means that everything matters. I liked Hitman Absolution but the sandbox aspect of this new game appeals to me a great deal more.

I've heard of Star Ocean but never seen anything about it before. I think the concept behind it is far more interesting than the actual gameplay the showed.

Deus Ex sounds great. Would have liked some actual in game character interaction but eh. I can wait.

Now where the hell is the link to the PC Gamer conference?

that's tomorrow, no?

Edit: watched Squeenix. Just Cause looks cool. Mankind divided was... umm, nothing new, really.
I'm not really getting the point of the Hitman reboot. I suppose thim would mean they are ditching the story idea completely?
Anyhow, it may be good, but me being my anti-social gaming self focused oon complete single player experiences, I'm ambivalent about the move.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 16 June 2015 - 09:12 PM

[Khellendros]

Just watched the Square Enix presentation - they really are an odd jumble of a company, aren't they?

- A sequel to Nier developed by Platinum Games can only be a good thing. Nier was one of the most underrated games of the last generation. But...that guy in the mask, lol.

- Award for best trolling goes to the man presenting Kingdom Hearts 3, building it up, that guy from the crowd shouting 'OH MY GOD YES!!!'...and then it turns out to be a KH mobile game Too bad they did actually show some KH3 stuff after.

- Just Cause 3: Was he really riding a missile at one point, Dr Strangelove-style? If Just Cause hadn't jumped the shark long ago, it definitely has now!


@ Ment: I think Hitman will still have a single-player campaign as well. But they're hyping this 'new timed one-shot missions' thing as it's a new mode. I'm not sure how I feel about it. As someone who tends to buy games a while after they're first released, it sounds like I'd be missing out on a lot of content that's been and gone.

[Illuyankas]

Looks like someone never completed Just Cause 2! (final mission spoilers)

Spoiler

The last mission is Rico fighting the dicator atop one of several nukes being fired at different countries, while disarming whichever he's riding before grappling to the next. I love Just Cause 2.

Also Taro Yoko is the man in the mask, and he is completely barmy - there are several youtube interviews with him where he is in the video as a sock puppet. Also, he created the Drakengard series of which Nier is an installment of.

Oh, and he hates videogame children with every atom of his being. No one hates them more than he, I can guarantee it.

This post has been edited by Illuyankas: 16 June 2015 - 10:25 PM

[Khellendros]

Shuhei Yoshida explains what happened to The Last Guardian:

http://www.kotaku.co...d-last-guardian

Basically, they couldn't get it to work properly on the PS3. They switched to developing a PS4 version back in 2012.

Although, slightly worryingly, he also added that the reason they didn't do a live demo version is because BirdDog's AI can behave unpredictably. Which, if looked at positively, makes it sound like a good impression of an actual living beast, but, on the negative side, might make gameplay pretty frustrating.

This post has been edited by Khellendros: 17 June 2015 - 08:28 AM

[Mentalist]

I'm honestly puzzled at waht's so amazing about The Last Guardian. I mean, I get thhat hving a giant bird-dog pet helping you move around physics-based 3D patformer is cool and all, but it's a neat idea of same magnitude as many other neatideas.

So far for me the moost intersting AAA thing out there was the "redhead tribal archer grl hunting robo-dinos in the post-bio-apocalypse" by Guerilla. Could be generic as hell, but the small snippet looked cool.

[Aptorian]

You have to remember who the game is from and when it was announced.

It looked absolutely amazing when it came out. You have to picture how far things like hair, feather and wind tech has come just in 5 years. Same thing with character animation and animal behavior. What we saw in that 2009 demo was something beyond what anyone had ever seen done before in a video game. And then you realised who was making it.

It's made by the makers of Ico and Shadow of the Colloseus. I never played Ico but SoC is undoubtedly one of the most special and atmospheric games released in video game history. Period. I say that even though I played the remastered version on PS3 and didn't even like it that much. I think it is too dead, the controls are clunky and the design is out dated and I STILL think that the game must have been mind blowing when it was released.

What Team Ico does better then anyone (or did I don't even know who is working on it in 2015) is atmosphere and tricking the player into caring about the character.

Just look at that fucking dog monster. Its look, behavior and its interaction with the character and the world is captivating.

Unfortunately the actual game seems played out now. There's been plenty of games like it. Game that also managed to be emotional and looked fantastic.

But there is still the legacy. People are expecting Team Ico's touch to give us a game that will punch you right in the heart.

This post has been edited by Apt: 17 June 2015 - 04:23 PM

[Khellendros]

Mentalist, on 17 June 2015 - 02:55 PM, said:

I'm honestly puzzled at waht's so amazing about The Last Guardian. I mean, I get thhat hving a giant bird-dog pet helping you move around physics-based 3D patformer is cool and all, but it's a neat idea of same magnitude as many other neatideas.

So far for me the moost intersting AAA thing out there was the "redhead tribal archer grl hunting robo-dinos in the post-bio-apocalypse" by Guerilla. Could be generic as hell, but the small snippet looked cool.

Horizon: Zero Dawn (stupid name). And yes, that was also the game that piqued my interest the most. I loved what little we saw of it. It did however remind me of Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. Ever play that? Similar sort of setting/idea. A good game too.

This post has been edited by Khellendros: 17 June 2015 - 04:42 PM

[Khellendros]

Here's Enslaved's box art, yep, Horizon definitely reminds me of that:

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Number of downloads: 0

This post has been edited by Khellendros: 17 June 2015 - 04:48 PM

[Aptorian]

As a person who played Enslaved (You should play it too, it's fucking great) I can tell you that in terms of Robot emulation and combat and world design and character design and just general aesthetics, compared to the small clips we've seen the last day, Horizon kicks Enslaved's ass from here to the... Horizon.

However that's also not entirely fair since Horizon looks like it has ten times the budget, just looking at the shots of the open world.

Fuck, just thinking about Horizon has be excited. That game looks so god damn promising. I'm afraid to hope for a great story, because Killzone is all over the place, but Guerilla knows how to make fun combat and knows how to squeeze the power out of the Playstation architecture.

[amphibian]

Apt, on 17 June 2015 - 04:20 PM, said:

You have to remember who the game is from and when it was announced.

It looked absolutely amazing when it came out. You have to picture how far things like hair, feather and wind tech has come just in 5 years. Same thing with character animation and animal behavior. What we saw in that 2009 demo was something beyond what anyone had ever seen done before in a video game. And then you realised who was making it.

It's made by the makers of Ico and Shadow of the Colloseus. I never played Ico but SoC is undoubtedly one of the most special and atmospheric games released in video game history. Period. I say that even though I played the remastered version on PS3 and didn't even like it that much. I think it is too dead, the controls are clunky and the design is out dated and I STILL think that the game must have been mind blowing when it was released.

What Team Ico does better then anyone (or did I don't even know who is working on it in 2015) is atmosphere and tricking the player into caring about the character.

Just look at that fucking dog monster. Its look, behavior and its interaction with the character and the world is captivating.

Unfortunately the actual game seems played out now. There's been plenty of games like it. Game that also managed to be emotional and looked fantastic.

But there is still the legacy. People are expecting Team Ico's touch to give us a game that will punch you right in the heart.

Shadows of the Colossus remains one of the best games I have ever played for its simple design, gorgeous art direction and gentle questioning of whether killing giant, mythical and unique creatures is the right thing to do even when the hero has a particularly important-to-them quest in mind.

I'd put it in my Top 10 Games Ever Played list (although I don't play nearly as much video games as you all do). That's alongside games like Ocarina of Time, Okami, Halo 1, Dark Souls, Unreal Tournament etc.

[Khellendros]

I've only just realised that Sony didn't show anything from Persona 5 at their conference - seems like a missed opportunity to showcase that excellent series to a large audience.

[Mentalist]

Khellendros, on 17 June 2015 - 04:40 PM, said:

Mentalist, on 17 June 2015 - 02:55 PM, said:

I'm honestly puzzled at waht's so amazing about The Last Guardian. I mean, I get thhat hving a giant bird-dog pet helping you move around physics-based 3D patformer is cool and all, but it's a neat idea of same magnitude as many other neatideas.

So far for me the moost intersting AAA thing out there was the "redhead tribal archer grl hunting robo-dinos in the post-bio-apocalypse" by Guerilla. Could be generic as hell, but the small snippet looked cool.

Horizon: Zero Dawn (stupid name). And yes, that was also the game that piqued my interest the most. I loved what little we saw of it. It did however remind me of Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. Ever play that? Similar sort of setting/idea. A good game too.

enslaved is in my Steam "to be played" pile. As opposed to the "I have no clue why I bought this even if it was on an insane sale" pile.

[champ]

Only two new announcements have got me excited from this E3, Horizon and FF7, everything else we knew about or I wasn't particularly enthralled!

[QuickTidal]

I was hoping beyond hope that EA would come out with an announcement of new more "Tricky" like version of SSX for the PS4. The last one was pretty rank, and Tricky was the best of the series. It's time for a Next Gen version.

But sadly, I'll probably be waiting a long time.

[Aptorian]

Rumors are circulating that Master Chief Collection is coming to PC. If this is true I kind of feel like Microsoft have lost the plot.

I get the whole Microsoft needs to support PC movement but as of now, every single game that I have wanted to play on the X-box One, with the exception of Sunset Overdrive, has been released on PC. So why buy the console? The whole point of exclusives is to attract non-console owners to buy your platform.

I feel like Sony has has fewer great exclusives however at least on that platform, you know exclusive means exclusive.

[Mentalist]

champ, on 17 June 2015 - 05:57 PM, said:

Only two new announcements have got me excited from this E3, Horizon and FF7, everything else we knew about or I wasn't particularly enthralled!

I am now waiting for more Mirror's edge news, hoping against all odds they don't screw it up

I will now be keeping an eye out on Tacoma, because SS2 vibes

I don't believe Beth actually confirmed Dishonored 2 untill now

I am cautiosly optimistic about the new physics in Mankind Divided, based on those vegetable stands in the trailer.

And yeah: horizoon, if it comes to PC. Maybe Ghost recon if it supports solo play. That's about all the interesting stuff so far. Wonder if the PC show has anything goood.