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Giant Bomb @ E3 2016 | WEED3

I bet game devs are pretty happy that post apocalypse is so hot right now

a lot easier to make a destroyed town than a big ass living city with actual ai schedules
 
I used to love this kind of coverage of E3 before, but to me now it all just feels so rushed and PR heavy with prepared scripts. I'll give it a go because of Danny!

I only watch it to get a bit of a closer look at the games, but you're right, it is pretty PR.

Sometimes you get demos of games just shown as trailers though.
 
Based on their round up of the Sony conference I think I see GB's biggest issue with the Sony conference: They actually like having those execs come out there with graphs and charts and sitting out there talking about a game for 20 minutes. They want to be sold on something. It wouldn't
surprise me if they liked the Microsoft conference more even though they showed significantly fewer games than Sony because Microsoft spent a lot of time trying to sell you on things.

The disconnect is that their audience and gamers in general hate those execs coming out there and talking and just want to see the trailers and gameplay.

It seems like Sony is saving a lot of that stuff for PSX nowadays, though. They hype stuff up at E3, then at PSX a few months later we get dates, gameplay, devs on stage, tons of indie stuff.
 
Conference is nearly finished and they were only uneasy about the VR stuff, the last game (Days Gone) and Detroit. What are people on about again?

The post conference have them saying that they think the conference is lesser than the sum of its parts. But I agree, in general they were positive to mixed on almost everything. I just think a lot of people thought this was close to the best press conference ever, which is a view they obviously didn't share. But at the end of the day this is all extremely subjective.
 
It seems like Sony is saving a lot of that stuff for PSX nowadays, though. They hype stuff up at E3, then at PSX a few months later we get dates, gameplay, devs on stage, tons of indie stuff.
I'm of the same mind. They'll save all that in-depth stuff for when PSX happens. This conference Sony just really wanted to go "Look at these tons of games!!!"
 
Ok now I understand where posters were talking about with this post show wrap up. But, I understand the team's perspective completely, especially with the VR games, despite loving the conferences myself. Jeff calling it only trailers and should have been uploaded as a 'Direct thing' and the mission statement aspect was an interesting perspective I didn't think of.
 
How dare he dislike a conference! :P
There were literally no tentpole games that Sony had for holiday last year. It was one of the most hollow E3 conferences I can remember. This year actually had exclusive stuff that will be playable this year or early next. To look favorably on the last few Sony press conferences is just....???
 
The post conference have them saying that they think the conference is lesser than the sum of its parts. But I agree, in general they were positive to mixed on almost everything. I just think a lot of people thought this was close to the best press conference ever, which is a view they obviously didn't share. But at the end of the day this is all extremely subjective.

I just loved that they didn't waste anytime talking. my only problem with the conference is that they didn't have a break between the VR stuff and Call of Duty to make it clear we are no longer showing VR games.

I thought it was their best conference in a while because of the lack of talking (and that orchestra was badass).
 
Now this looks amazing and better than almost everything they showed. Incredible.

The game looks better every time they show it and I'm really excited to see it come together. They also missed the chance to have a live orchestra play music from an Austin Wintory soundtrack.
 
I just loved that they didn't waste anytime talking. my only problem with the conference is that they didn't have a break between the VR stuff and Call of Duty to make it clear we are no longer showing VR games.

I thought it was their best conference in a while because of the lack of talking (and that orchestra was badass).

Oh yeah, I can totally see that perspective too, even though I don't fully agree with it. But at the end of the day this is all some silly bullshit that people be upset about one way or the other.

Onto the real E3!
 
Also, Austin has been fantastic this E3! Fits right in and you wouldn't realise he has only been part of GB for 1 year. His commentary has been smart and funny.
 
I just loved that they didn't waste anytime talking. my only problem with the conference is that they didn't have a break between the VR stuff and Call of Duty to make it clear we are no longer showing VR games.

I thought it was their best conference in a while because of the lack of talking (and that orchestra was badass).

I wouldn't mind a bit of context, though. Like I would be really interested in disapproving dad Kratos that was much more subdued and narrative focused with a decent amount of action and big boss fights. Which is most of what that gameplay segment implies. If however it turns into angry Kratos axing everything for the rest of the game then I can go back to not caring.

I definitely prefer no talking to Ubisoft-levels of talking, but I think something like the Doshonored gameplay walkthrough was a better middle ground.
 
Also, Austin has been fantastic this E3! Fits right in and you wouldn't realise he has only been part of GB for 1 year. His commentary has been smart and funny.

He's been really good. Whenever east and west meet, I want Dan always sitting next to Austin - they're a great pairing.
 
Ok now I understand where posters were talking about with this post show wrap up. But, I understand the team's perspective completely, especially with the VR games, despite loving the conferences myself. Jeff calling it only trailers and should have been uploaded as a 'Direct thing' and the mission statement aspect was an interesting perspective I didn't think of.

It's a perspective that shows how out of touch Jeff is. Sony got much more publicity of out of the pomp and circumstance of this E3 press conference than they would have got from a Direct thing.

The videogame buying public were paying attention and overwhelmingly thought Sony had the best conference.

https://twitter.com/amazongames/status/742542968884596736
 
He's been really good. Whenever east and west meet, I want Dan always sitting next to Austin - they're a great pairing.

The weird popcorn exchange last night after Sony conference oddly had me laughing. Dan just dumping popcorn from a coffee cup onto Austin's crotch... I couldn't help but laugh even thought it was nothing.
 
He's been really good. Whenever east and west meet, I want Dan always sitting next to Austin - they're a great pairing.

They've really been great, both with the twinkie/tableware/beer shenanigans and just Austin's general reactions to the shit that comes out of Dan's mouth.
 
Based on their round up of the Sony conference I think I see GB's biggest issue with the Sony conference: They actually like having those execs come out there with graphs and charts and sitting out there talking about a game for 20 minutes. They want to be sold on something. It wouldn't
surprise me if they liked the Microsoft conference more even though they showed significantly fewer games than Sony because Microsoft spent a lot of time trying to sell you on things.

The disconnect is that their audience and gamers in general hate those execs coming out there and talking and just want to see the trailers and gameplay.
I mean, I kinda want that too. Not pie charts and nap time with Pele and drawn-out multiplayer matches, but bringing the devs on to talk for a couple of minutes about what makes their game cool? Sure, it's part of what makes E3 stage shows different than just watching a bunch of trailers on youtube. Pretty much the only thing Sony did that couldn't be replicated with a Youtube playlist was the orchestra, and while that was cool it's not something that gave any more insight into the games. I have to echo the comments about the VR segment -> CoD transition being confusing, too, and I think the montage bit at the end should've had the names of the games being showed in the corner or something.
 
It's a perspective that shows how out of touch Jeff is. Sony got much more publicity of out of the pomp and circumstance of this E3 press conference than they would have got from a Direct thing.

The videogame buying public were paying attention and overwhelmingly thought Sony had the best conference.

https://twitter.com/amazongames/status/742542968884596736

Did you really just link a Twitter poll with 5000 votes to prove a point?
 
The weird popcorn exchange last night after Sony conference oddly had me laughing. Dan just dumping popcorn from a coffee cup onto Austin's crotch... I couldn't help but laugh even thought it was nothing.

It was so bizarre how they just treated that as normal. And then shared a beer

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5000 is a pretty good sample.

Random internet polls are never a good sample of anything because you have no idea who voted, if it's been brigaded etc. Sanders probably won every single online poll against Hillary this year, just like Ron Paul did 8 years ago.

But regardless of that poll I have no doubt the majority thought Sony "won" E3, but then again that's difficult to separate from the PS4 being what the majority of people own this gen. My main point is that this is all pretty silly.
 
It's a perspective that shows how out of touch Jeff is. Sony got much more publicity of out of the pomp and circumstance of this E3 press conference than they would have got from a Direct thing.

The videogame buying public were paying attention and overwhelmingly thought Sony had the best conference.

https://twitter.com/amazongames/status/742542968884596736
Weren't you doing this last night too, posting Twitter comments as evidence of how wrong they are? This seems like a really insecure way to respond to their reactions, moreso since you can't seem to let it go.
 
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