E3 2013 Thread

[Cronozilla]

These are all games, at this point, I'd consider buying (Or have already made the decision to buy).

Super Mario 3D World
Mario Kart 8
Super Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS Too
X
Pikmin 3
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Yoshi's New Island
The Division
Watch Dogs
Destiny (I hate Halo, and I thought this looked good. It's ripping off Star Wars instead of Ringworld. I'm OK with that.)
The Crew
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (I'm considering buying a PS4 for this. And then when they release it on PC ... buying it there too ... this looks seriously good.)
The Puppeteer
Rocksmith 2014
Batman Arkham Origins AND Blackgate (This'll probably tie us over until Rocksteady's Arkham game drops next year)
New Super Luigi U
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

Games that are in the middle for me:

Killzone Shadow Fall and that Vita one that looks like the same junk - honestly ... I've never bought a Killzone at full price and I probably never will. The games just aren't that good. But I will probably buy them ... at some point. Just used.

Infamous Second Son - I still have to finish 2 (WHICH EVERYONE AT E3 SPOILED: JERKS!) Second Son, I'll have to see more of.

Battlefield 4 - Before E3 I was like, "screw that game". It's way too similar to BF3 and the series has never had a tendency to have their games be so similar in theme and setting ... so I was really annoyed. But that Multiplayer demo was crazy. So I am on the fence. I am still absolutely annoyed that it's Battlefield 3.5, but there are a lot of features I've wanted to see in a game for like 15 years that are finally possible.

Battlefront - I have never liked the Battlefront games. They've always felt like Battlefield clones that aren't remotely polished and sell purely because they've got Star Wars slapped on them. I always preferred playing the Jedi Knight games. However, 3 did look good before it got killed. So if they have it where you can go from the surface of the planet into a space battle and it's really polished like it should be ... then I'll be interested. I'm still annoyed that 1313 is canned. Their explanation of "there was no game there" kind of seemed like BS based on what they showed. It looked like it had a lot of very good mechanics. Copying Uncharted isn't a bad thing! (Most Star Wars games have basically been clones with SW skins anyway)

Mad Max - This game sounds awesome ... it's Mad Max ... it's by Avalanche ... but they changed the characters. It's not taking place in Australia (weird) even though the game looks like it does ... and the main character is American ... why the hell is this even called Mad Max!? Make it about Mad Max ... or don't use the name!

Pokemon X and Y - I have never played a Pokemon game ... but I am starting to get curious ...

Games that I absolutely have no interest in:

Killer Instinct - Look ... I liked KI on SNES and N64 ... but I'm not buying an Xbox One. I'm not even going to consider the system until it's dead and seeing how games work when the servers don't support them anymore. And KI is digital only ... so I'll likely never play it. Oh well.

Dead Rising 3 - It really looks like they Dino Crisis 3'd this game up. Why is this even called Dead Rising? Because there's zombies? I'll have to see something that actually looks compelling about this before I'd even consider it.

TitanFall - I've played every kind of gameplay they showed in this game already in other games ... the issue is no one played the games I'm thinking of so they feel like this is all fresh and new. It looks very old to me. And it appears that the game is focusing on the aspects of shooters I don't like. There's very little reason for me to even pay attention to this game.

Halo 5 - Never cared, still don't.

If something looks obviously missing, then I probably forgot about it.

[Ack]

I was admittedly on the fence about Destiny, but having just learned of the behavior of two Bungie employees toward female journalists at E3, I'm very much opposing it now.

[Blu]

TheRev and TheSonicRetard did it--they stopped Microsoft dead in their tracks and ended the war on DRM. No more constant internet connection, used games allowed. You sure showed them!

It'll still watch you while you sleep though.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/19/ ... e-policies

[RyaNtheSlayA]

I'm actually interested in the Xbox One. They had a few exclusives that looked really cool to me. I'm not so convinced it wont pull a 360 and be a box for PC/multiplats and nothing else after a few years though. I really liked the first few years of being a 360 owner. It's nice that they pulled out of the whole DRM bit and that definitely makes me more interested than I was before. I'm not sure I really want either the PS4 or the One though at this point. Been sort of going back and forth on my PS4 preorder.

[MrEco]

TheRev and TheSonicRetard did it--they stopped Microsoft dead in their tracks and ended the war on DRM. No more constant internet connection, used games allowed. You sure showed them!

It'll still watch you while you sleep though.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/19/ ... e-policies

Wow. I'm honestly surprised.

Still want a PS4 more, since it actually has some exclusives I want to play and no Kinect.


Whadya have to say now Mr. Cliffy B.?

[Forlorn Drifter]

It doesn't change my feelings or views. Microsoft has committed suicide in my eyes.

[jinx]

First off: I know the same thing can be said about Sony or anybody else, but whose to say Microsoft won't enforce this with a simple software update? If it was so easy to take off the system, then it would be just as easy to put it back on. They have already shown their devotion to the future of DRM in gaming, and took several weeks of bashing on the Internet before they finally withdrew their statements. This isn't like the Microsoft I know, unless they still have something planned. I'm sure this also angered a lot of developers who believe in DRM, unless of course all those developers have already made their games in this fashion. Then Microsoft can pull a Sony and say "It wasn't us, it was them".

To me, buying this product is still supporting every statement they made previously. Personally, I won't be buying the system and it's not just because of my stance on this issue. I've never been really attracted to any of the games on 360 and so far I don't see any games that make me want to buy the One.

Holding off on a PS4 until next year. Buying all Nintendo systems this year.
I've been excited for just about every Nintendo game I saw at E3.

[MrPopo]

First off: I know the same thing can be said about Sony or anybody else, but whose to say Microsoft won't enforce this with a simple software update?

As much backlash as they got prior to the release, it pales in comparison to the backlash they would get if they implemented it midway through the generation. It's really the sort of thing that needs to be done on a new piece of hardware so that people start off expecting and understanding how the system works. Remember how well the PSP Go did?

[Xeogred]

Man, that was seriously the second coming of the Virtual Boy.

[AppleQueso]

First off: I know the same thing can be said about Sony or anybody else, but whose to say Microsoft won't enforce this with a simple software update? If it was so easy to take off the system, then it would be just as easy to put it back on. They have already shown their devotion to the future of DRM in gaming, and took several weeks of bashing on the Internet before they finally withdrew their statements. This isn't like the Microsoft I know, unless they still have something planned. I'm sure this also angered a lot of developers who believe in DRM, unless of course all those developers have already made their games in this fashion. Then Microsoft can pull a Sony and say "It wasn't us, it was them".

What I said to a similar concern in the other thread:

There's pretty much no way they can just trojan horse DRM into a system after its already been out a while.

Could you imagine what sort of disaster that'd be to try and implement mid-cycle? Trying to block used games while used games are already sitting on the shelves of most retailers?

That's simply not gonna happen. Next gen rolls around however, I expect "always online" to be back on the table. (I expect it to be digital only as well)