E3 2013 conference times and news: Taking an infodump

[Scrustle]

Yeah, that was pretty underwhelming.

The Rayman trailer was cool though. The 3D model of the barbarian girl certainly looked very... 3D.

[Buckled Kipper]

Fair enough. I like both styles myself. It's a shame you don't really see more good sims on consoles though. It's pretty much just Forza and GT as it is.

I'm one of the few people who loved GT 5. Hopefully we'll get to see a bit more of GT 6 tonight.

[Scrustle]

Yeah, GT6 sounds pretty interesting. Seems since I've more or less decided I'm jumping over to PS4 net gen, it better be since I'll be missing Forza.

And the music in that AC4 trailer was really crap. Disappointing seeing as how the series has always had trailers with fantastic music.

EDIT: Second trailer brought the sounds. Good stuff.

[Todinho]

Can anyone tell me why blackflag isnt a new IP instead of AC cash-in?

[Buckled Kipper]

Can anyone tell me why blackflag isnt a new IP instead of AC cash-in?

Yearly releases are killing some once great franchises.

[Scrustle]

I might actually be interested in AC4 if it was a new IP. But I'm just so burnt out on AC that I just can't get excited any more.

[Scrustle]

The setup for that Tom Clancy game went on a bit. Kind of killed it when it turned out it was just some 3PS afterwards. At least the voice chat thing they had going on actually sounded somewhat like what real gamers talk like when they play.

[Todinho]

I might actually be interested in AC4 if it was a new IP. But I'm just so burnt out on AC that I just can't get excited any more.

My thoughts exactly,oh and of course we get no Beyond good and evil 2 because that would be asking too much...

[Alex79]

Found the MS video on Gamespot in the end. Nothing that particularly grabbed me, but they look technically very impressive. That Ryse game looks fucking dire, though. Turns every single combat encounter in to a QTE button press? Jesus, no thanks!!!

[Scrustle]

Yeah, Ryse looked crap. Very pretty, but very boring. Extremely simple and repetitive, and loaded full of canned animation QTEs. I can see it being entertaining for all of about 30 minutes.

[dezm0nd]

Wasn't it once a Kinect only game? It would make sense seeing as it was mostly QTEs.

[Scrustle]

Well I remember hearing at one point it was changed to only having Kinect being used for smaller functions, like to "compliment" the controller. I didn't see any use of Kinect in the demo though.

[Todinho]

Really liking Sony's support for indies there was alot more than I expecteted they seem to be taking it really seriously and also finnaly FFXV and KH3 I shouldnt be excited but I am XD

[Buckled Kipper]

Final Fantasy XV looks like it could make me fall in love with the series again.

[Todinho]

Just saying Sony killed it

[Scrustle]

Despite the fact that I feel like a lot of their game announcements fell a little flat, Sony killed the show with this stuff. This is what we want. MS better pay attention.

[DarthCuddles]

my favourite summation of the night so far

[Todinho]

The thing that surprises me the most is that Sony managed to sneak in the PS plus only multiplayer but nobody cared thanks to the rest of the conference they played it very smart I dont how big of an issue this is for people who play online often but I imagine it is still a better deal than microsoft's.
Also people's creativity about this is amazing http://i.imgur.com/vLNmkwF.png

[dezm0nd]

Some highlights of the pretty great E3 showing last night for me were...

All articles taken from Eurogamer.

Killer Instinct revival
Titanfall
MGS V: The Phantom Pain
Commander mode returns to the Battlefield
Destiny is looking pretty great
Genuinely made me well up with tears. Mirrors Edge reboot announced
PvZ Garden Warfare shows fun, colour gaming is back!
Capybara's Below looks right up my alley

[arry_g]

Sony have done it for me - they are my Day One purchase (unless Microsoft pull out anything big in the next few months).