Xeogred wrote:Constant and utter pessimism, I'm sorry you forgot what fun was. It must be boring to never get excited about anything.
I'm excited about lots of what I saw at E3. There's probably easily 20-30 games or more that I'll plan to pick up from across the three main presentations. That doesn't change the fact that there were very little interesting or new game design ideas on display. A lot of what was highlighted in the pressers was familiar ideas or well-loved characters appearing in new games. Most of both the existing and the new IPs didn't look to deviate much from genre conventions. That's all fine, but I'm not being a pessimist by saying E3 wasn't a showcase of new game design ideas. New game design ideas are risky, and E3 is mostly about playing it safe.
No Man's Sky is something that's right up my alley with space exploration. If they pull it off it's the kind of thing I've wanted since I was a kid and while a lot of games have tried none have quite pulled it off as well as the trailer looks. I hope it gets released on PC (which seems likely) because I'm still not terribly interested in a PS4.
If anything this E3 was the optimistic boost that Nintendo needed. They needed a strong showing and I think they did it.
I've been hypercritical of the Wii U over the past year and I feel sort of like I've got egg on my face now. It's more appealing to me than the alternatives.
Gunstar Green wrote:
I've been hypercritical of the Wii U over the past year and I feel sort of like I've got egg on my face now. It's more appealing to me than the alternatives.
It's ok...people had every right to be skeptical of the Wii U and even now, it makes sense depending on the person. Everything is a gamble and no one can blame a person for not being an early adopter. My wife forced my hand into getting a Wii U (I say that...but you know.... ) and that gamble payed off.
Ack wrote:I don't know, chief, the haunting feeling of lust I feel whenever I look at your avatar makes me think it's real.
-I am the idiot that likes to have fun and be happy.
Another thing I liked about Nintendo at E3 was the amount of female playable characters. Assassin's Creed Unity showed 4 males and even claimed adding women costs too much, where Hyrule Warriors showed one male and three females. Tomb Raider showed a woman who needed therapy from her ordeal, while realistic puts a bad message that women are weak and emotional when you don't see that often portrayed for males, did Nathan Drake have therapy? Where as Bayonetta 2 showed a strong female lead who while sexual doesn't seem objectified plus gets to dress as Peach, Samus and a female Link. Evole showed 3 males and one female where Splatoon had 50% female characters if not more. While the sexes were shown, not much racial diversity was (white, Asian or fictional). Miis in Smash Bros and created characters in Xenoblade is at least a start.
pepharytheworm wrote:Another thing I liked about Nintendo at E3 was the amount of female playable characters. Assassin's Creed Unity showed 4 males and even claimed adding women costs too much, where Hyrule Warriors showed one male and three females. Tomb Raider showed a woman who needed therapy from her ordeal, while realistic puts a bad message that women are weak and emotional when you don't see that often portrayed for males, did Nathan Drake have therapy? Where as Bayonetta 2 showed a strong female lead who while sexual doesn't seem objectified plus gets to dress as Peach, Samus and a female Link. Evole showed 3 males and one female where Splatoon had 50% female characters if not more. While the sexes were shown, not much racial diversity was (white, Asian or fictional). Miis in Smash Bros and created characters in Xenoblade is at least a start.
This is what you think about when you're looking at the new next-gen games for the first time?
Ha ha look at those silly people, wanting to see more women and non-white people represented in games. What's next? children and old people? Ha ha ha how silly.
) and that gamble payed off.
