Topic: E3 2012 Press Conferences - Day 1: Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Sony

[broodwars]

OK, how long IS this press conference? GameTrailers only slated it to be an hour long, but we're way over that with no signs of stopping.  My whole anger at Sony was centered around an assumption of only an hour-long press conference, but if they have more time they have time to fix this.

EDIT: Oh look, it's God of war, and wonder of wonders it's the same game as always.

[Louieturkey]

GoW, so they sped up wall climbing.  That's been badly needed.

[NWR_insanolord]

Have they not shown any first party Vita games besides Super Sony Smash Bros?

[broodwars]

Have they not shown any first party Vita games besides Super Sony Smash Bros?

They briefly showed Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation for Vita as well, but yeah this has been an abysmal press conference for Vita and it HAD to be the handheld's big party.   Sony is so screwed.

And I doubt that there's more coming, either, since they're on Last of Us now, and that is destined to be the show-ender.

[Ymeegod]

So far most of the stuff sony announced for the Vita was already leaked or expected.  An exclusive spin-off of CoD and Assassin's Creed.  Fanbase wise these are two of the bigger ones so that's at least something but hopefully they have more "japanese" games coming in TGS.

The only title I expected to see but didn't was an GTA vita?  Was expecting it but didn't hear about it..
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PS3 exclusive Beyond looks interesting--the demo Sony showed was bit weak there's an official one on the net that's more promising.
 
 
 
 

[Louieturkey]

The girl feels like she is going to drag this game out like Ashley in RE4, but then she actually did something.

[broodwars]

The Last of Us looks amazing, but I'm really annoyed to see it already because it probably means the press conference is just about over.

[Louieturkey]

While Last of Us looks awesome, I agree that Sony failed the VITA big time here.

[broodwars]

If I were only a PS3-owner, I'd think that this Sony Press Conference was fairly decent.  While I'm VERY annoyed that the constantly overlooked Sly series was completely ignored by Sony at this press conference just mere months before Sly 4's release, Sony showed good PS3 software.  BEYOND could be amazing if David Cage had actually showed a demo where the player actually did something.  The Last of Us looks incredible, as does Assassin's Creed 3.  Far Cry 3 looks good as ever.  PlayStation Smash Bros. looks entertaining, though Sony needed to announce more than two new characters.

But I'm not a PS3-only owner and Sony had more than the PS3 to show at this press conference.  The Vita is floundering enough as it is right now, and Jack Tretton might as well have pulled out a gun and shot the handheld on-screen for all the support Sony showed for it at this press conference.  Black Ops Vita, Assassin's Creed Vita, PlayStation Smash Bros. Vita, and PS1 support.  That's it.  That's ****ING IT.  As a relatively new Vita owner, I am PISSED at Sony after this press conference for how they abandoned the handheld.  And I can't even imagine how angry Insanolord is at them, considering he just bought one a few days ago.

ARGH!

Well, Ubisoft won this round of press conferences extremely easily.  Of course, they were the only ones who bothered to show-up.  It's infuriating to see Microsoft and Sony just give E3 to Nintendo like this.

R.I.P. PlayStation Vita
February 2012 -> June 2012

[ShyGuy]

Thoughts!

- Sam Fisher has a new voice and looks younger? Is this a reboot?

- Didn't take MS long to do poor man's imitation of the Wii U. Smart Glass is a confusing name. It's like Gorilla Glass, right?

- Far Cry 3 looks good

- Zombi U seems extremely generic. Did Michel Ancel get mad about Ubisoft ripping off this Rabbids?

I need to catch up on EA and Sony

[Shaymin]

Things Nintendo has to do to "win E3" now:

- Show up
- Don't have Reggie drop trou on stage
- Er...
- That's it

Edit: The video probably has those tags so they could show in a Youtube search for "Super Smash Brothers". At least, I *hope* that's why they did that.

[Luigi Dude]

Wow, just when you thought Sony couldn't mess up more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5BLgycbUog&feature=youtu.be

Check out the tags for the Playstation All-Star trailer.  This is Sony's official Youtube account as well.

[nickmitch]

I'm wondering why more new characters for Super Smash Sonies weren't announced. One was teased, but everyone else was shown already. They could've at least shown us one more level 3 smash ball attack in action. I mean, the roster is up what like 6? 7?

Edit: 8 then? Just watched the trailer.

[Ceric]

Sony's talking about Move when they have so many more important things to talk about.  Goddamn it, Sony.  Well, I guess Sony's abandoned the Vita.

You know my Wife was wondering why they were talking about the Vita so much ironically.
 
I thought the Sony conference was better then the Microsoft one.  I also liked the Wonderbook because my Son will probably like it and with JK Rowlings doing one of the books it should be a hit with my Wife.

[Luigi Dude]

Wow, just when you thought Sony couldn't mess up more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5BLgycbUog&feature=youtu.be

Check out the tags for the Playstation All-Star trailer.  This is Sony's official Youtube account as well.

Well Sony just changed the tags, but they can't hide what happened.

[Adrock]

Nice sleuthing, Luigi Dude. That's a major fail, Sony...

[Oblivion]

Beyond, The Last of Us, and Watch Dogs for the best of Day 1?

[ShyGuy]

I'm wanna get Watch Dogs for the PC or my PS3. I love me some cyberpunk.

[Killer_Man_Jaro]

Dozed off for a while there. I watched a replay of Sony's conference. Average presentation, though probably the most acceptable one of the day in my eyes. While they have some very promising first-party/exclusive titles, the Vita getting largely ignored was a big sticking point for me and generally, I wish the briefing moved forward was a snappier pace. Anyway, time for sleep -- it's a big day tomorrow... well, today, whatever.

[broodwars]

Beyond, The Last of Us, and Watch Dogs for the best of Day 1?

I have trouble marking down Beyond for anything beyond an honorable mention in that regard, considering Quantic Dream didn't show a single playable moment.  For me, it's The Last of Us followed very closely by Watch Dogs.

[ShyGuy]

Last of Us looked good. I hope the escort AI is as good as it looks.

[Adrock]

I got around to watching some of Sony's E3 trailers. The Last of Us is the game I'm most excited about. It looks like Uncharted minus the parkour. It doesn't look like you spend a lot of babysitting Ellie. I hope that remains the case because saving Ellie would get really old as a plot point. What I found interesting is that the game seems to reward patience. If you wait until Ellie attacks, your fight is significantly easier. I hope Naughty Dog explores that gameplay mechanic. Instead of running around guns-a-blazing, you plan an attack around a smart AI partner. Take that, Sheva!

Beyond looks interesting. Unfortunately, I have this completely unfair dislike of Ellen Page. I've had a hard time watching anything she's been in since Hard Candy. I did like Whip It though.

God of War Ascension is standard God of War. Nothing new there. The time rewind mechanic is interesting which makes me think Lakhesis might make an appearance though there was no hint in God of War II that she ever previously met Kratos, unlike his encounter with Atlas though God of War II and Chains of Olympus were developed concurrently so there was room to plan that connection. While I plan on playing Ascension eventually, this probably won't be a day 1 purchase, especially if Wii U really impresses in less than 12 hours. I really don't think there's anything Sony Santa Monica can do to make me really care about another prequel. We know how the story ends! It kind of ruins the mystique. What more do they have to say? What more do we need to know about Kratos? One thing I noticed in the demo was that Kratos pushes a guy out of harm's way. Is Ascension yet another story about how Kratos becomes even more of a dick? This is the same guy who smiled right before he incinerated a prisoner in the original.

What's a Playstation Vita? How did Sony manage to almost completely ignore a struggling platform? Battle Royale being released on Vita is nice and all... except there's no reason for me to buy it on Vita over PS3. If Nintendo simultaneously released the same game on a handheld and console, I'd pick the latter every single time. Masahiro Sakurai is planning a 3DS Smash Bros. alongside a Wii U Smash Bros. I have a reason to pick up the 3DS title because it's a different game. How does Sony not get this?

[ShyGuy]

Dead Space 3 looks about as Survival Horror as Resident Evil 5. Why must sequels suck this E3?

[Ceric]

Did no one watch the big long segment on Wonderbook?

[ejamer]

Well, Sony's presentation was better than Microsoft's, but really didn't reveal very much of interest.


I agree that Vita support in the conference was very disappointing and wonder if The Last Guardian really is dead after not getting mentioned here.


Wonderbook looks interesting, but who knows how good it will end up being.  This is the type of idea that could be really cool or could be terrible depending on how good the final implementation is.  At least it's something new though - even if it won't appeal to most gamers.