Author Topic: E3 2011 Day 1: Microsoft, Ubisoft, EA, Sony Press Conferences (Read 103976 times)

Louieturkey · « **Reply #175 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:07:54 PM »

At EA, we will possibly be your only form of football coming this fall.

Enner · « **Reply #176 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:09:25 PM »

The Sims Social for Facebook.
Farmville diss because EA couldn't by them.

Louieturkey · « **Reply #177 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:09:41 PM »

Oh boy, more Sims. Now integrated with Facebook!

broodwars · « **Reply #178 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:09:55 PM »

Enough showing off real football athletes, EA! You may have forgotten, but this is a games conference, and this is one game no one cares about seeing at an E3 press conference.

bustin98 · « **Reply #179 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:14:09 PM »

Overstrike > Bulletstorm??

Ceric · « **Reply #180 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:14:23 PM »

Quote from: broodwars on June 06, 2011, 04:09:55 PM

Enough showing off real football athletes, EA! You may have forgotten, but this is a games conference, and this is one game no one cares about seeing.

Fixed. Madden is like Christmas. It comes every year and no one needs any help knowing it.

broodwars · « **Reply #181 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:15:11 PM »

It's hard to tell with the way this stream keeps jumping around, but Reakoning looks like a slightly more interesting Fable.

So, Insomniac's new game is "Overstrike".

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #182 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:16:06 PM »

What is this EA game with the squad of peoples?

OMG is that the Terminator?

Overstrike looks pretty cool.

Enner · « **Reply #183 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:16:50 PM »

Two EA Partners games? First is Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. That must mean the second is the Insomniac game. What could it be?

It's...
Overstrike.
4-player shooter with wacky weapons, humor. Looks like Rachet and Clank except with people instead of talking animals.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #184 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:18:08 PM »

They should have done the Battlefield 3 trailer to the Inception music.

broodwars · « **Reply #185 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:23:47 PM »

Anyone actually able to get the Gametrailers stream to work for more than a few seconds consistently? Mine buffers like mad or crashes. Can't tell if it's my signal or not, but at least it's working now for Battlefield 3.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #186 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:24:46 PM »

Mine was working fine, but the youtube one is in HD so I watched that one instead.

You know Google isn't gonna have any server issues... and no commercial breaks either.

bustin98 · « **Reply #187 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:25:49 PM »

I'm watching on Kotaku, not much lag.

Killer_Man_Jaro · « **Reply #188 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:27:39 PM »

Quote from: broodwars on June 06, 2011, 04:23:47 PM

Anyone actually able to get the Gametrailers stream to work for more than a few seconds consistently? Mine buffers like mad or crashes. Can't tell if it's my signal or not, but at least it's working now for Battlefield 3.

Try http://live-event.ea.com/e3/press -- it hasn't buffered on me once.

This conference has been (sorry for this phrase) a mixed bag. Considering how long they talk about the new features of their games, I'm surprised at just how many trailers there have been with no gameplay footage.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #189 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:29:50 PM »

This current trailer reminded me of why I never joined the military....

Battlefield 3
October 25th

Enner · « **Reply #190 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:31:35 PM »

Battlefield 3.
Open beta in September and a release date of October 25.
Looking fantastic. The tank demo was really long but I really enjoyed it.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #191 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:34:35 PM »

So how many interesting new IPs do we have so far from all the conferences? 2 or 3?

broodwars · « **Reply #192 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:42:27 PM »

Quote from: Killer_Man_Jaro on June 06, 2011, 04:27:39 PM

This conference has been (sorry for this phrase) a mixed bag. Considering how long they talk about the new features of their games, I'm surprised at just how many trailers there have been with no gameplay footage.

Yeah, this EA Conference started just "ok" in my books, and once it went into the sports and social games it really went downhill. I didn't see much of the Battlefield 3 section, but what I did see (all this footage of an on-rails segment in a tank) didn't really impress me. It could be cool, it could not be. "Meh" overall to the entire conference.

I would say "here's hoping Ubisoft's Press Conference is better", but it probably won't be because it's Ubisoft.

Mop it up · « **Reply #193 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:54:28 PM »

Can someone please point me to a quick recap/summary of the conferences which have commenced so far?

broodwars · « **Reply #194 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:56:39 PM »

Quote from: Mop it up on June 06, 2011, 04:54:28 PM

Can someone please point me to a quick recap/summary of the conferences which have commenced so far?

Here's one for Microsoft's: link.

Enner · « **Reply #195 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:58:34 PM »

Quote from: broodwars on June 06, 2011, 04:42:27 PM

I didn't see much of the Battlefield 3 section, but what I did see (all this footage of an on-rails segment in a tank) didn't really impress me.

If the tank section is anything like the tank section in Bad Company 2, then you have full control over the tank.

The EA conference was pretty light on live demos and heavy on flashy trailers. A bit of a shame.

Enner · « **Reply #196 on:** June 06, 2011, 05:05:55 PM »

Quote from: Mop it up on June 06, 2011, 04:54:28 PM

Can someone please point me to a quick recap/summary of the conferences which have commenced so far?

And here's one for Electronic Arts. http://www.giantbomb.com/news/e3-2011-live-blog-electronic-arts/3328/

The basic gist is Mass Effect 3, Need for Speed: The Run, another CGI trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic, SSX (2012), Football Club for FIFA 12, Madden 12, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Overstrike (Insomniac's new game), and the tanks of Battlefield 3.

EDIT: Oh, I forgot about The Sims Social for Facebook.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #197 on:** June 06, 2011, 05:06:41 PM »

Quote from: Mop it up on June 06, 2011, 04:54:28 PM

Can someone please point me to a quick recap/summary of the conferences which have commenced so far?

Not much from Microsoft, On the hardcore side Halo and sequels. On the casual lots of Kinect with Sesame Street and Disneyland.
EA did not show too much exciting and new either.

Mop it up · « **Reply #198 on:** June 06, 2011, 05:11:09 PM »

Quote from: broodwars on June 06, 2011, 04:56:39 PM

Here's one for Microsoft's: link.

Thanks mate.

Looks like Modern Warfare 3 was shown. Yawn. They're making a new Tomb Raider game? I thought we've seen the last of that franchise but I guess they're still trying to make it popular again. Kinect with sports games could be interesting, if it works well. More sequels that are no surprise, other fluffy features for the XBox... I guess there were no surprises at this one.

broodwars · « **Reply #199 on:** June 06, 2011, 05:14:26 PM »

Actually, that new Tomb Raider reboot looks pretty promising so far. We'll see how the game shapes out, but I like where the game is coming from making the franchise more grounded and interesting from a storytelling/character standpoint. The game could be another Other M (they've been talking up making Croft more "vulnerable" and "naive"), but so far they seem to have the right idea.

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