E3 2008

[darkshadow]

Well the MS pressconference has just ended, and it was really really strong IMO.
some of the big things ( for me ):
RE5 has online coop , friday march 2009 the 13th release date
The new dashboard

Avatars ( kinda like mii's but with MUCH more interaction)
the Netflix partnership ( though it doesnt apply to me since im in EU )
LIPS, the cool thing about it i think, was that you can use any track you want on you portable media device, and load it into the game, thats just plain cool.

Then we had some other trivial stuff, but then came square enix.
Infinite undiscovery, 5th september release date, exclusive for 360
Star ocean, spring 2009 release, timed exclusive i think.
last remnant, worldwide 20th november release, also on games for windows later on.
and then the conference ends.......



NOT, the guy comes back, and tells the host he has one more movie to show us.......
FF13 ON XBOX 360, now this.... hit like a nuke.


anyway awesome press conference so far, hope sony and nintendo have some awesome stuff too.

Oh and the 20gb 360 will be replaced with a 60gb one.

[Abdula]

Well I'm excited about the online coop in RE5, I really don't know why they didn't atleast put a coop mode in RE4. Oh and FF on the 360, maybe now I'll actually play it.

Don't really have an opinion on the avatars yet but what the hell, now they are replacing the 20gb 360s with 60gb.

[darkshadow]

would you rather have them never replacing them? for the same price even.

[Abdula]

No but I would have liked if they had done it much earlier

[animus]

Especially for those of us that already have one and have to purchase a larger HD.

[Koyuki]

What's with the 60gb anyways? Better with 120gb. Then they don't need to make new hdds. And maybe upgrade pro to 200+gb? You can install games on the hdd soon.

Microsoft has really outdone themselves this time. The new dashboard + avatars will be great. And all the big games comming out this year

Can't wait for Sony and Nintendo. I'm pretty sure this year will be a better gaming year then last year.

[NM]

Really looking forward to FF13, RE5, and Mirror's Edge so far. Shame that the PS3 lost one of their exclusives...but as long as I can play it, I guess I don't mind too much. RE5 Co-Op is also going to be awesome, glad Capcom decided to include it this time around.

Can't wait to see from Sony and Nintendo. This will be a good year for sure!

[PhaseONE]

not sure if someone already posted this picture.. its a funny pic but it also involves this topic kinda....

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20070511

Either than that feel sorry for all the fan boys about FF13... you never know Sony might have an ace up their sleeves for tomorrow.

[Ryllharu]

Yeah, if Sony was willing to let their exculsive of FF13 go (although it may still be a timed exclusive, SquareEnix gave no release date on it) I can't wait to see what Sony has to offer. It's got to be something much bigger than the demo of Home if they don't want to get shown up by the guys who went first.

I'm glad I can get the chance to play FF13 now, but Fable 2 looks pretty good too. Molyneux seems to have actually lived up to the majority of his wild claims this time around.

I have no idea what Nintendo will bring.

[animus]

Besides the announcement of FF13 on 360, I'm very disappointed with Square Enix. These trailers are all the same CG stuff I saw a year ago.

[Koyuki]

Dunno if you guys saw the new accessory to Nintendo, so here is a link. With this thing they can make real 3D games. I think we can see some really cool games with it.

And about FF13 and pretty much all the games, I hate fanboyism. I just care about the games. I had PS2, GC and still have a Xbox. I want to play all the good games. Actually I'm leaning more too PS3 because of the media capabilities. I like that about my Xbox, but it's getting old and can't play h.264x encoded media. But to be honeset X360 has the best line up of games atm. I'm glad I got it, but there's going to be a PS3 right next to it

[RyougaZell]

Resident Evil 5 will be FINALLY launched this next February 13, 2009.

I'll get my PS3 then... I don't care about online cooperation... (no one near me plays survival horror or RPG... just damn shooters and getting an agreement to play with someone around the globe is a hassle with my schedule at work)

Oh, too bad Sony allowed FFXIII to go... I'll still play it on the PS3... so... Square... if you are obviously discarding exclusivities...how about Star Ocean 4 on PS3 as well?

[darkshadow]

Well like i said in my first post... Star ocean 4 is prolly a timed exclusive, since wada didn't explicitly mention ( nor did the slide ) that it would be exclusive on 360

[Koyuki]

RyougaZell: You can always play with us Gotwooters

I think Star Ocean 4 will come to PS3 if the sales are good.

[RyougaZell]

While Gotwoot would definitely help me find someone to play with, I keep seeing people playing games I dislike or do not own (MGS, Smash Brothers, etc). So... apart from Resident Evil 5 I do not see what else could be played (although I should admit it would be cool).

Most RPG do not have this functionality (and those that have it are stupidly done... like Final Fantasy III on DS where you must email someone 5 times to get access to the damn secret dungeon... screw it).

Actually... I am more interested in old games (like the Shin Megami Tensei series Im trying to buy right now) than the new games (until Persona 4 arrives in December).

So at least, I myself will let another year pass before finally buying the PS3 this february. Even with SO4, FFXIII and RE5 also on Xbox... the console still doesn't appeal to me. It ain't bad... but its not for me.

[darkshadow]

Ok the Nintendo presser just finished, and even though it started out fairly boring, it was pretty cool.

some highlights:
WiiSpeak, finally some voice communication for wii online, really needed that
animal crossing: city folk, i'm not a big fan myself, but it did look like a lot of fun, and it will def sell like crazy.
Grand Theft Auto: China town wars, wow. ( for the DS)
wii sports: resorts, this seemed average, till the AWESOME sword fighting, damn that was great, taking great advantage of the Motionplus add-on (1:1 motion sensing, which is also packaged with the game).
Wii music, wow the accuracy of the drums was pretty awesome. Miyamoto was even playing a freaking saxophone.

So we had no major nintendo franchise announcements, i was really hoping a super smash DS myself, but hey E3 just started today, so i'm sure there is more to come in the next few days.

Next up are sony, ubi and capcom, but i sadly won't see the sony presser, hopefully they've got some god of war 3 announcement in store for us.

Oh and if you were wondering, the EA presser last night was boring as hell, thats why i didn't post anything about it.

[RyougaZell]

I'll definitely get Wii Sports Resorts for that sword game alone...
Wii Music looked awesome, but not my kind of game.

Damn it... I won't be able to see Sony's Conference... that's my lunch hour and I'll be on my way home...

[PhaseONE]

Sonys conference was great IMO.

PSP - Patapon 2 and resistance:contribution

PS3 - Price cut - $499 with a 80 Gig HD

- Full Movie and tv rental and download starting tonight on the PSN ( I heard him say funimation so i guess their releasing anime episodes also on the PSN)
- Live Tv and news at the end of the month
- Trophys will reward players ie. discounts.
- DC Universe (like city of heroes) looks horrible IMO
- Gran Turismo will have a in-game movie stream about cars like drift events, how things work etc.
-God of War 3 teaser trailer.. looked Awesome..
- MAG! Massive Action Game a Shooter (again) but.. its 256 players online with 8 squads, its like battlefield 2 meets COD4 whose friends with Resistance 2, looked good!!

Either than that they talked about everything we already knew about.

[RyougaZell]

The 80GB PS3 is 400, not 499.
But it sucks anyways, since it won't have Backward compability.

And not really interesting in anything else that was announced. Microsoft pretty much won the E3 with FFXIII.

I'll still buy a PS3 though.

EDIT:
Hell yeah! Eternal Sonata PS3 is coming to America after all!!
-> http://rpgfan.com/news/2008/1280.html

[darkshadow]

Well i didn't get to see it, but i read most of it, and so far i think its pretty mediocre.
I'll watch it later to see if the presser was good, but from what i've read there was a lot i already knew, and not much that was really awesome.

Even though the video rental stuff is cool, EU ppl will get screwed out of it again
360 has had video rentals since whenever so it just feels like a catch up race, nothing special, especially now since x360 has the netflix partnership.

AT LEAST they announced the thing i was hoping for, God of War 3, but being the trailer was CGI and it will be released next year, the announcement was pretty lukewarm.

And also, yeah MAG already exists, meh now ppl will associate it with that rediculous name they thought of.

Ubi presser up next, here is hoping on some sc: conviction, beyond good and evil and a REAL ray-man game.