BurnOutBrighter
Banned
The BF4 demo was rehearsed, but it looked like it was actually being played.
EA 2013 E3 Conference Thread
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GitarooMan
Member
I wish they would show one fucking Madden shot of what it looks like when you actually play it though.....
ThreePiMatt
Member
Not a single utterance of the word "Origin" from what I could tell. Not that it would necessarily mean anything.
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
almost bailed out at drake and mma shit
kobashi100
Banned
thats the feeling I got from watching it..
I need a gif of Faith fixing her glove.
I was thinking this too.
My notes from the conference:
EA Conference Starting. Putting on my hater shades B-)
4 THOUSAND people
11 games. How many will we see actual gameplay of? I'm guessing 3 tops.
PvZ - Garden Warfare. Cute trailer. No gameplay. 0-for1.
3rd person action.... Popcap. Does not compute.
Oh, hey, gameplay after all. 1-for-1. It's Pummelweed. Where's Thermite?
Feed me seymour. Feed me all night long.
So what is this? 4-player co-op horde mode? Competitive multiplayer? Or a campaign? I can't believe they turned PvZ into yet another multiplayer shooter. Fucking fuck. Nice looking game at least.
Peggle 2. Dude is way too excited. Is this a gritty FPS now or actual peggle? Who knows, they didn't show shit.
Titanfall. Already saw it. Didn't inspire me last time. Got something new or the same demo again?
"We want something fun. [ed. like omg really?] So many games are retreading old ground." The demo at the Xbox conference was the definition of retread, guys. Jesus, are they that delusional?
Same video footage as before.
You can get in and out of vehicles. You can also shoot things with ironsights. Such originality!
Engines provide tools. Code, Physics, AI, rendering. I heard programmers talk before and I heard these words.
Star Wars trailer. Looks like Star Wars.
Need for Speed trailer. Looks like Need for Speed.
New NFS studio. Cops vs. Racers. Revolutionizing online with some buzzword called "Alldrive." Play alone or with friends and rivals. Viva la Revolution.
New Gameplay? 2-for-6.
Checkpoint racing? What is this, 1995?
Cops are dicks. All Units!
Raced into a cutscene. That's a thing that can happen I guess.
Need for Speed movie? LOL it's Jesse. Cook us some meth with hot sauce in it.
"Need for Speed is definitely accurate and authentic to real car racing.... culture." LOL
Oh hey, Bioware. I remember when those guys made good games.
Dragon Age: Inquisition. Fall 2014. So many buzzwords. Trailer. No gameplay. 2-for-7. It has Dragons and Morrigan. That's Dragon Age alright.
Highlight reel of EA Sports on Genesis, when they made fun games.
More RG3. More Messi. They're still in the game.
More of the same AI nonsense they fed us at the MS conference last month.
Preach on, brother. He should have come out like Bynum Jesus.
Kyrie Irving to tell us about dribbling. Without it, your options are limited. BounceTek technology releases the ball to physics rather than making it just an animation loop. Not sure how thet makes the game any better, but OK.
Obvious graphical upgrade when it cuts from game to CG.
Announcing the already-announced Madden 25 for PS4 and Xbox One.
RG3 is knee-brace-less.
Euphoria-like Animation. It's about time.
Redskins getting flattened.
No gameplay. 2-for-9. "Trailer with actual-gameplay footage," instead. Didn't we see this same video as the MS conference last month?
FIFA. More of the same shit we saw at MS thing last month.
DRAKE. Not John Drake. Or Nathan Drake.
"Let's see some actual gameplay." Doesn't show actual gameplay.
4 times more AI calculations per second. I'd rather have 4 times better calculations rather than just more. Robotic boring AI going 4x as fast is still robotic boring AI. The beautiful game is about making the right decision once, not making the wrong one 4 times.
This intro needs Kuda Tsunoda. He used to work for these guys, didn't he?
UFC dudes on stage. Championship belts. Where's hiphopgamer?
Dana White is a better hype man than Kudo. I take back my previous comment.
Fighters organically alter their strategies throughout the fight. Full body deformation. Trailer showing black-and-white fight footage. Now seeing vidyagame men hurting one another. Belly to back suplexes. No gameplay. 2-for-11.
That's 11 games. Or did Peggle 2 not count? They're not leaving the stage.
Battlefield now. 64 players. Will they show multiplayer gameplay instead of that boring single player stuff from the Xbox One show?
Commander mode. Use your tablet. (But not your Wii U tablet controller because fuck you Nintendo, we're EA.)
Multiplayer footage coming. Map called Siege of Shanghai. 64 players playing live. That's a lot of dudebros.
In a helicopter this time instead of on a boat motherfucker.
Stage guys trying to use military speak. "Hostiles!"
And now we are on a boat after all. And a jetski. Wave Race BF4, y'all.
I know this actually is rehearsed, but this seems really rehearsed. Good luck ever experiencing anything like this on the actual internet.
"Alright guys, do you feel like rumbling?" With these hot Xbox One controllers, even my triggers are rumbling.
Base jumping! Building glitched the fuck out and them went down. Makes me wish this was EDF instead of Battlefield.
Heavy DrooooooooooP
3-for-12 on new gameplay. Surprise coming. Must be Mirror's Edge 2. Yep, it is. Trailer + Sections that may or may not be gameplay. I'll count it. 4-for-13. My prediction of 3 was off, but they also showed 2 more games than they said they would.
EA Conference Starting. Putting on my hater shades B-)
4 THOUSAND people
11 games. How many will we see actual gameplay of? I'm guessing 3 tops.
PvZ - Garden Warfare. Cute trailer. No gameplay. 0-for1.
3rd person action.... Popcap. Does not compute.
Oh, hey, gameplay after all. 1-for-1. It's Pummelweed. Where's Thermite?
Feed me seymour. Feed me all night long.
So what is this? 4-player co-op horde mode? Competitive multiplayer? Or a campaign? I can't believe they turned PvZ into yet another multiplayer shooter. Fucking fuck. Nice looking game at least.
Peggle 2. Dude is way too excited. Is this a gritty FPS now or actual peggle? Who knows, they didn't show shit.
Titanfall. Already saw it. Didn't inspire me last time. Got something new or the same demo again?
"We want something fun. [ed. like omg really?] So many games are retreading old ground." The demo at the Xbox conference was the definition of retread, guys. Jesus, are they that delusional?
Same video footage as before.
You can get in and out of vehicles. You can also shoot things with ironsights. Such originality!
Engines provide tools. Code, Physics, AI, rendering. I heard programmers talk before and I heard these words.
Star Wars trailer. Looks like Star Wars.
Need for Speed trailer. Looks like Need for Speed.
New NFS studio. Cops vs. Racers. Revolutionizing online with some buzzword called "Alldrive." Play alone or with friends and rivals. Viva la Revolution.
New Gameplay? 2-for-6.
Checkpoint racing? What is this, 1995?
Cops are dicks. All Units!
Raced into a cutscene. That's a thing that can happen I guess.
Need for Speed movie? LOL it's Jesse. Cook us some meth with hot sauce in it.
"Need for Speed is definitely accurate and authentic to real car racing.... culture." LOL
Oh hey, Bioware. I remember when those guys made good games.
Dragon Age: Inquisition. Fall 2014. So many buzzwords. Trailer. No gameplay. 2-for-7. It has Dragons and Morrigan. That's Dragon Age alright.
Highlight reel of EA Sports on Genesis, when they made fun games.
More RG3. More Messi. They're still in the game.
More of the same AI nonsense they fed us at the MS conference last month.
Preach on, brother. He should have come out like Bynum Jesus.
Kyrie Irving to tell us about dribbling. Without it, your options are limited. BounceTek technology releases the ball to physics rather than making it just an animation loop. Not sure how thet makes the game any better, but OK.
Obvious graphical upgrade when it cuts from game to CG.
Announcing the already-announced Madden 25 for PS4 and Xbox One.
RG3 is knee-brace-less.
Euphoria-like Animation. It's about time.
Redskins getting flattened.
No gameplay. 2-for-9. "Trailer with actual-gameplay footage," instead. Didn't we see this same video as the MS conference last month?
FIFA. More of the same shit we saw at MS thing last month.
DRAKE. Not John Drake. Or Nathan Drake.
"Let's see some actual gameplay." Doesn't show actual gameplay.
4 times more AI calculations per second. I'd rather have 4 times better calculations rather than just more. Robotic boring AI going 4x as fast is still robotic boring AI. The beautiful game is about making the right decision once, not making the wrong one 4 times.
This intro needs Kuda Tsunoda. He used to work for these guys, didn't he?
UFC dudes on stage. Championship belts. Where's hiphopgamer?
Dana White is a better hype man than Kudo. I take back my previous comment.
Fighters organically alter their strategies throughout the fight. Full body deformation. Trailer showing black-and-white fight footage. Now seeing vidyagame men hurting one another. Belly to back suplexes. No gameplay. 2-for-11.
That's 11 games. Or did Peggle 2 not count? They're not leaving the stage.
Battlefield now. 64 players. Will they show multiplayer gameplay instead of that boring single player stuff from the Xbox One show?
Commander mode. Use your tablet. (But not your Wii U tablet controller because fuck you Nintendo, we're EA.)
Multiplayer footage coming. Map called Siege of Shanghai. 64 players playing live. That's a lot of dudebros.
In a helicopter this time instead of on a boat motherfucker.
Stage guys trying to use military speak. "Hostiles!"
And now we are on a boat after all. And a jetski. Wave Race BF4, y'all.
I know this actually is rehearsed, but this seems really rehearsed. Good luck ever experiencing anything like this on the actual internet.
"Alright guys, do you feel like rumbling?" With these hot Xbox One controllers, even my triggers are rumbling.
Base jumping! Building glitched the fuck out and them went down. Makes me wish this was EDF instead of Battlefield.
Heavy DrooooooooooP
3-for-12 on new gameplay. Surprise coming. Must be Mirror's Edge 2. Yep, it is. Trailer + Sections that may or may not be gameplay. I'll count it. 4-for-13. My prediction of 3 was off, but they also showed 2 more games than they said they would.
metalslimer
Member
Yep
GitarooMan
Member
It was obviously scripted, but still looked cool. The people in the back seemed to be actually playing the game though. I don't mind scripted demos, better than seeing a bunch of wonky bugs from a pre-release alpha.
Vermillion
Banned
Not even remotely.
EmCeeGramr
Member
evilore needs to just bite the bullet and turn off OT and avatars already
In what way?
Vermillion
Banned
Agreed. We'll need an IRC for each conference at this rate.
Have you watched a single E3 this generation?
This is one of the better ones, quality wise. It's short on comedy, though.
Only if you miss kinect so much.
It's already better than last year, so....no?
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
No one put up a rate EA thread, so...
Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare: Looks excellent, glad to see Conehead is back, boss battle, awesome. This is really really good, looks kind of like Orcs Must Die or another action-TD game. Looks better than I thought it would. Really inventive, and the art style strikes a wonderful balance between full cartoons
Peggle 2: Pumped as hell, and it was the perfect reveal
Titanfall: I actually fell asleep when I saw the logo. How many ultra-nukes did the Russian Space Aliens fire off while epic building destruction occurs thanks to Frostbite 3?
Engine Nonsense: I really don't care, it's not a public engine. I care if they power good games.
Star Wars Battlefront: So, it's a CG teaser. They don't have a game. But I have confidence that they will at least complete a game.
Turd for Slow: Rivals: Tokyo Drift: 2013: Why are people talking over the stream audio: Who cares about this? Every time they release one of these games it feels less important than the last. It amazes me that this isn't made by DONTNOD. This went on for like 8 hours. Now they're talking about
Aaron Paul Celebrity Stuntcast CHILI P IS MY SIGNATURE oh my god EA's conferences are the worst who gives a fuck prediction: This film is going to be a shitty film.
Dragon Age Inquisition: 3 would have called attention to 2. They said the right things, and especially not rushing the game is a good idea. I hope they learn their mistakes from both games, each of which was flawed in different but significant ways. I don't find the lore super interesting. I am glad there's a Dragon. Morrigan looks older. I will pay attention.
FIFA: Release, return. I went to take a shower when this started. When I came back, the guy was talking about Madden and who is on the cover. Look, I know people like this stuff. I wouldn't want to take away from that. But it doesn't make for a good presentation. Same stuff every year. All new features (even if there aren't), best ever (even if it isn't), mocap footage from production studios, celebrity namedropping. Just not interesting. Almost no applause.
More FIFA/Drake: I know this person is a rapper. I know one of the crazy white celebutantes has a crush on him (Amanda Bynes?). I can't name a song, he's a terrible presenter, this is a celebrity stuntcast, EA sucks.
More FIFA: stop talking
UFC: stop talking stop inviting celebrities stop stop stop
Okay, here's where we stop.
Every year EA does this. They pick a sport, they invite a bunch of celebrities from this sport. And they talk about it. It doesn't help show the games. It doesn't help highlight features. The people are not articulate. The material is not good. It drags the whole thing to a halt. I complained in the MS conference about letting foreign business executives talk in broken English, but letting celebrities talk is even worse. It's astounding how bad of a practice this is. It doesn't get additional media coverage.
Battlefield 4 Tablet Mode: They are introducing a new mode at least, but I have to be honest, these experiences are not good. Mass Effect 3 Datapad. People don't need a way to interact with the game 24/7, they need a game that's engaging when they do interact with it. I don't think this is.
Battlefield 4 Match: The pre-written match banter is pathetic. When non-humans* try to act like human beings, they fail. 100% of the time. It's embarrassing. It's embarrassing when Ubisoft does it. It's embarrassing when Microsoft did it this morning. It's embarrassing here. This is not how real human beings act. This is not impressive. People do not say "Commander, we need some help". That's not a thing a real human is ever going to say. Stop.
Mirror's Edge 2: Obviously this is the most provocative title of the bunch. Faith looks interesting. Combat looks great. Very clean. No date.
Overall, PvZ, Peggle, and Mirror's Edge 2 look or sound great, and I am willing to pay attention to Dragon Age Inquisition, but as always this was a terribly produced show by EA.
3 or 4 out of 10
Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare: Looks excellent, glad to see Conehead is back, boss battle, awesome. This is really really good, looks kind of like Orcs Must Die or another action-TD game. Looks better than I thought it would. Really inventive, and the art style strikes a wonderful balance between full cartoons
Peggle 2: Pumped as hell, and it was the perfect reveal
Titanfall: I actually fell asleep when I saw the logo. How many ultra-nukes did the Russian Space Aliens fire off while epic building destruction occurs thanks to Frostbite 3?
Engine Nonsense: I really don't care, it's not a public engine. I care if they power good games.
Star Wars Battlefront: So, it's a CG teaser. They don't have a game. But I have confidence that they will at least complete a game.
Turd for Slow: Rivals: Tokyo Drift: 2013: Why are people talking over the stream audio: Who cares about this? Every time they release one of these games it feels less important than the last. It amazes me that this isn't made by DONTNOD. This went on for like 8 hours. Now they're talking about
Aaron Paul Celebrity Stuntcast CHILI P IS MY SIGNATURE oh my god EA's conferences are the worst who gives a fuck prediction: This film is going to be a shitty film.
Dragon Age Inquisition: 3 would have called attention to 2. They said the right things, and especially not rushing the game is a good idea. I hope they learn their mistakes from both games, each of which was flawed in different but significant ways. I don't find the lore super interesting. I am glad there's a Dragon. Morrigan looks older. I will pay attention.
FIFA: Release, return. I went to take a shower when this started. When I came back, the guy was talking about Madden and who is on the cover. Look, I know people like this stuff. I wouldn't want to take away from that. But it doesn't make for a good presentation. Same stuff every year. All new features (even if there aren't), best ever (even if it isn't), mocap footage from production studios, celebrity namedropping. Just not interesting. Almost no applause.
More FIFA/Drake: I know this person is a rapper. I know one of the crazy white celebutantes has a crush on him (Amanda Bynes?). I can't name a song, he's a terrible presenter, this is a celebrity stuntcast, EA sucks.
More FIFA: stop talking
UFC: stop talking stop inviting celebrities stop stop stop
Okay, here's where we stop.
Every year EA does this. They pick a sport, they invite a bunch of celebrities from this sport. And they talk about it. It doesn't help show the games. It doesn't help highlight features. The people are not articulate. The material is not good. It drags the whole thing to a halt. I complained in the MS conference about letting foreign business executives talk in broken English, but letting celebrities talk is even worse. It's astounding how bad of a practice this is. It doesn't get additional media coverage.
Battlefield 4 Tablet Mode: They are introducing a new mode at least, but I have to be honest, these experiences are not good. Mass Effect 3 Datapad. People don't need a way to interact with the game 24/7, they need a game that's engaging when they do interact with it. I don't think this is.
Battlefield 4 Match: The pre-written match banter is pathetic. When non-humans* try to act like human beings, they fail. 100% of the time. It's embarrassing. It's embarrassing when Ubisoft does it. It's embarrassing when Microsoft did it this morning. It's embarrassing here. This is not how real human beings act. This is not impressive. People do not say "Commander, we need some help". That's not a thing a real human is ever going to say. Stop.
Mirror's Edge 2: Obviously this is the most provocative title of the bunch. Faith looks interesting. Combat looks great. Very clean. No date.
Overall, PvZ, Peggle, and Mirror's Edge 2 look or sound great, and I am willing to pay attention to Dragon Age Inquisition, but as always this was a terribly produced show by EA.
3 or 4 out of 10
Well teh EA sound problems have been chuckle worthy
They seem to be improving things that players have no real control over (though the ball being physics controlled in Live could be awesome/hilariously broken)
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Plants vs. Zombies won the fucking presser.
Dragon Age 3 looked super duper great, but is Laidlaw up there going "but how will they know it is Dragon Age if the character faces are not all pudgy"?
Dragon Age 3 looked super duper great, but is Laidlaw up there going "but how will they know it is Dragon Age if the character faces are not all pudgy"?