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[NeoSam]

What the hell happened to GoW?? Where's the anger goddammit.

 

[RedRum]

I'm glad both conferences were about games this year. A lot of trailers and hopefully MS and Sony stick to their guns with decent release windows.

 

[WaterAstro]

Ha, the bias (for and against) is real. Hilarious to read in realtime

Yeah, it's easy to spot.

EZ!

 

[hipsterpants]

so we had god of the last of us of war (now with rpg elements) followed by the last of us (with bikers) followed by an open world game with loot and crafting

modern video games

excited for re7 though

 

[Giriath_89]

It has some great talent behind it. That gameplay sample was really small in scope. There are a lot of cool ideas.

It was a poor demo, very linear and with barely any interaction other than shooting.

 

[batfax]

Kind of bored by most of the games, but I definitely appreciate that they didn't waste a bunch of time. Trailer after trailer after trailer with the occasionally stop to say a few words before it starts again. It's simple, but it works, and it easily made it the best conference so far.

Loved the live music, too.

 

[TsuWave]

Not everyone finds the western AAA exclusives interesting.

aren't most of the japanese games shown at TGS?

 

[eyeball_kid]

tfw you're never getting MediEvil 3

I don't know why Sony thinks the Western audience for E3 doesn't want to see Japanese games. It's a missed opportunity to expand interest for a market that really needs a boost.

 

[IcyRhythms]

The VR stuff put me to sleep much like Microsoft's Minecraft stuff. Sony had a great show along with MS. I didn't have interest in every game from both companies, but I'd say it's a tie. Both did really well today

 

[Shambala]

Cold blooded😂

 

[SneakersSO]

Giantbomb underwhelmed. Shocker.

I have no idea what conference they saw. They're insane.

 

[MajorPoopStorm]

Wow I didnt expect such a positive reception from this conference. I thought it was pretty mediocre..

I thought it was weak too but at least they were no where near bad as Kinect-fest at 2010 E3.

 

[CaptNink]

Sea of Thieves is definitely one I'm interested in as someone with only a PS4, but I'm much more intrigued by Spider-Man, Crash, and Horizon.

Horizon did look very good! Excited for that one.

 

[BobTheFork]

Yeah I have to say I'm disappointed indie games didn't get the presence they have been building the last few years.

 

[GreyWind]

It wasn't terrible, but it had pacing issues, some of the games looked... less interesting that others and it ended on a weak note.

I thought the pacing was fine. It was different from the other conferences, just my opinion

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

Sony holding on to that crown again!

This conference was the best presentation of E3.

 

[Frillen]

So what happened to Knack 2?

Why make a sequel to a mediocre game?

 

[Cave Johnson]

Maybe we don't like these kind of games? lol

Honestly the most interesting thing I've seen all day is We Happy Few. I hope that's multi-plat as I don't own an X1. Horizon admittedly looks fucking cool but GG has never made a game I enjoyed.

I've got the VR preordered but we'll see how much I'm digging it next week when they have demo kiosks at Best Buy.

We Happy Few was a PC exclusive until they participated ID@Xbox. Not sure what deal they got with the program for keeping it a console exclusive.

 

[sturgboski]

Well Sony showed you what Scorpio games might look like so you have to admit that's nice.

He's going to need some ointment for that burn.

*sigh* I wish more of these titles had release dates...

 

[MilkBeard]

Hey Sony, next time link us to a youtube playlist and save some money. Great games, lackluster conference.

Do you really want to see awkward middle aged men tell us why we should be excited? Lol.

They didn't have to speak much, because they had games to show. I felt the conference was very classy. When you have more to show, you don't have to talk as much.

 

[Rozart]

Lol, where are you looking?

Right? I have no idea where he's getting that haha.

 

[kAmui-]

Common sense, how does it work?

I honestly don't know what you are trying to say here.

 

[StoopKid]

Klepeck has a point on twitter: Microsoft showed off more stuff we'll actually be playing soon. Sony's conference was mostly spectacle. Most of Sony's games won't have real release dates for a while, probably won't be out before next E3.

Bs

Halo 2017
Crackdown 2017
Sea of thieves 2017
Scalebound 2017

 

[darkwing-buck]

Marcus Fenix is a dad and now Kratos is a dad, is this what it's like to run into an old highschool classmate.

 

[holysan]

Was this their worst showing since forever or am I still blinded because last year was a goat?

 

[Davide]

Well Sony showed you what Scorpio games might look like so you have to admit that's nice.

feel the burn

 

[N30RYU]

I'm not sure... is COD:IW PSVR compatible??? they were talking about PSVR games... then COD and then Crash... so I'm not sure if the PSVR segment ewas over before COD or not...

 

[Deckard Chapel]

I loved the show, but I feel like "The Last Guardian" was presented underwhelmingly, considering its lineage and pedigree.

Also, Hideo Kojima's game was literally indecipherable based on the trailer. It looks like the same kind of weird, Japanese marketing made for Metal Gear Solid 2, except utilizing Norman Reedus instead of Gackt.

And one more thing, Resident Evil 7 looks incredible - but is it first person only on Playstation VR, or is it third/first-person on PlayStation 4?!? Is this going to be a full-length game, or is it just a short experience?!? When will we find out more information on this?

Also, I hope they don't dumb-down the graphics for the PlayStation 4 game, due to it being a VR title also.

 

[The Albatross]

So what happened to Knack 2?

They wanted to have a good conference

 

[CrimsonGun]

Lol, where are you looking?

I wouldn't say terrible, but it was underwhelming.

 

[00ich]

Huh?

Games come true if only the fanboys wish had enough? Seems to be Sony's mantra.

 

[Fushichou187]

God of War was disappointing to me, but that's it. It didn't look like GoW to me at all.

As someone that has never bothered to play a GoW entry, that looked great to me. Having zero expectations re: the series is great for me.

 

[TI82]

Yeah I have to say I'm disappointed indie games didn't get the presence they have been building the last few years.

The entire preshow was indies for us in the theatre

 

[Kill3r7]

That was excellent. I could easily see myself buying all those games. My only complaint is that it felt a bit on the short side. If this was MS people would be bitching and moaning.

 

[HanzSnubSnub]

I thought the format was incredible. No filler at all.

What I didn't really enjoy was that everything expect 2 games has no release date. Horizon might be the tipping point for me.

How is that surprising? Last year they announced FF7R and Shenmue 3 and they are not releasing anytime soon.

 

[Swass]

Giantbomb underwhelmed. Shocker.

They are so cynical and jaded I don't even listen to them any more.

 

[SeanR1221]

I thought "Days Gone" looked great..

Walk backwards and shoot a weak wave of zombies. WOOOO

Maybe it will be good, but that was a bad demo.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Oh please. If that's the case just link us to some YT videos or do the treehouse shit. A conference should be about the spectacle as well.

Oh you mean when they fucking billy-jeaned Kojima out there with a booming orchestra?

I thought they blended it really well.

 

[Inceptional]

Best conference of the show by far and best Sony showing since the unveiling of the PS4. It did what it was supposed to do, which is reaffirm people's purchase decision and promise a lot of great looking games to come.

This show put the MS one to shame. Sony did the smartest and most logical thing they possibly could've, which is reassure gamers confidence in THIS GEN as opposed to the next .5 one or whatever-the-fuck.

Fuck the future, gamers want to be satisfied now and Sony showed why now is the best time to own a PS4.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

All I can say is that I got what I wanted out of that conference. I felt like a kid again for a little over an hour. Thats all I wanted. I got it. Im happy.

 

[Coffinhal]

I guess.. Enter the dragon said to me, they cut it from Sonys stage. But he thinks it will still presented the following days, press already saw it.

If the press saw it he wouldn't be the only one to leak it

 

[wesleyshark]

I own both consoles, I like the experiences that studios output on both.

Horizon Zero Dawn interests me a great deal, visually and artistically. But in the trailers when anyone talks it's absolutely cringe. I hope it's fleshed out better in the actual game.

Kojima title looks weird as fuck and that's why we love Kojima. Looking forward to seeing more about it.

 

[Nia]

The Last Guardian trailer was pretty good. I loved the music and I'm glad we got a release date. That Spiderman game shows promise too. I hope it's as fun as the Spiderman 2 game. Overall a pretty good presentation.

 

[Jblanks]

That was excellent. My only complaint is that it felt a bit on the short side. If this was MS people would be bitching and moaning.

It was short because half of it wasn't talking like the other conferences.

 

[Suzushiiro]

It lacked the HOLY SHIT-tier announcements of last year, but I appreciated the back-to-back trailers rather than the "introduction, trailer, dev interview/monologue, maybe some live gameplay" structure of other conferences where they spend more time talking than showing games. The only thing I'd like to have seen is trailers for Persona 5 and Gravity Rush 2 (which they had, but for whatever reason didn't show?)

Also aren't Sony's conferences usually 2 hours? I was a little surprised when this ended after one.

 

[Apathy]

Cool stuff: Spiderman was a little too quick-time event-y but we'll see how the actual game is, Spiderman lends itself better to action games than almost any other superhero property so I really want this to be good. The Last Guardian looked gorgeous and full of bloom, just what I expect from Team Ico. Infinite Warfare actually looked interesting and fun and I haven't thought that about a Call of Duty game since CoD4.

The rest...

Horizon was disappointing, just your standard Westernized casual action stuff that doesn't give the monsters and equipment proper presence/weight. It looked pretty as hell, but the amount of slowdown and such going on is a drag when I was really hoping for a Monster Hunter style adventure game with robots and a huge budget.

God of War looked...I don't even know? I never really cared about the other games (got halfway through GoW 1 before getting bored with it), and this didn't look particularly impressive as far as action gameplay went.

Didn't really care about VR other than Infinite Warfare, everything else looked like a tech demo or a spinoff of a "proper" game.

Resident Evil I'll wait for demo impressions/recordings, the trailer didn't really show that much off.

I couldn't care less about another 3rd person action shootmans game who's only features seem to be "it's prettier" and "more zombies".

The lack of anything niche was disappointing. Not even Gravity Rush 2 or Persona 5 made it to the stage and the complete (?) lack of indie titles is bewildering.

YOu were expecting a monster hunter type game out of horizon even though they have been pretty clear about it since the start? kinda weird.

 

[...Scatter...]

Can't believe they didn't show the Neo. Weak.

 

[Bsigg12]

The VR stuff put me to sleep much like Microsoft's Minecraft stuff. Sony had a great show along with MS. I didn't have interest in every game from both companies, but I'd say it's a tie. Both did really well today

Absolutely. Both had no shows that seem like they'll be talked about at Gamescom/PGW/PSX and such.

 

[TyrantII]

Yeah I have to say I'm disappointed indie games didn't get the presence they have been building the last few years.

They bumped them to the preshow.

 

[Dan]

So now comes the part where Sony just dumps a bunch of indie trailers on YouTube... right?

Nice to get dates for Abzu and Bound, but I want more, more, more. I was really hoping we'd get a glimpse of MatterFall gameplay as well.