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Now that E3 is over, which games are you most excited about?
For those who wants to see all the games that were showcased, link to Reddit's Mega Thread.
For those who wants to see all the games that were showcased, link to Reddit's Mega Thread.
Probably Doom Eternal, Cyberpunk 2077, and Deathloop in that order.
For me it's Twelve Minutes and Superliminal. I like puzzle games with interesting mechanics.
OMG these look amazing. Any others on your second-tier? I bet you also enjoyed Stanley's Parable and Antichamber.
Oh wow Twelve Minutes looks really cool. I just started Edith Finch and it seems like Annapurna games has been making some serious strides in advancing gaming as a storytelling medium.
Pretty big list if you compare to E3 2018.
I'm almost ready to pull the trigger and build a PC. Will wait for Zen 2 and nvidia super refresh and here I come.
I can't wait for Animal Crossing New Horizons to come out. A bit sad that it was delayed to 2020 but a bad game stays bad forever. The game already looks so much better compared to the last time I played it, on the Wii - that was 11 years ago, damn!
Haven't seen everything there is to see, but my list so far:
Games I'd Like to Play
Games I'll Probably Watch Other People Play
I'm not great at fast-paced games with combat, although I can enjoy them, so that's where the main distinction lies. (Star Wars in an exception. I'll find the easy setting and try my best to mow down Empire soldiers just so I can experience my cute little droid friend and get to wield a lightsaber.)
With the newly-released Outer Wilds (which I still need to start) plus Deathloop and 12 Minutes, I'm really enjoying seeing time travel/time loop mechanics showing up in video games.
Going by the other post with all the trailers:
12 Minutes - I don't expect this to be a long game, but it looks like it'll be interesting. I am concerned that it might just be a number of endings and have no actual way to "win".
Apex Legends Season 2 - Nothing wrong with a time wasting disconnect-from-the-world FPS where you just fill the need to shoot people that aren't dumb AI.
Bleeding Edge - I'm kinda digging the idea of a FPS style fighting game instead of the usual 1v1 side scroller style
Borderlands 3
Cyberpunk 2077
Daemon x Machina - Gives me a reason to steal my wife's Switch and since there aren't any new Armored Core games it'll have to take the place of my mecha fix.
Deathloop - Interesting concept.
Doom Eternal - Because of course
Evil Genius - I like bad guy and dungeon builder games.
Per Aspera
Outer Worlds - Fallout, proper Fallout, in space. Probably my favorite on the list, but we knew this was coming before E3.
Unexplored 2 - Love the art style, never heard of this so will have to go check out the first.
Wasteland 3
Edit: Thanks to @TheJorro for the indie list, further E3 trailer based opinions:
Greedfall - Age of sail ecoconscience adventure game? Could be interesting.
Rad - Mutation mechanic roguelike with cool art direction, nice.
Carrion - Absolutely awesome idea in my mind.
Fall Guys - Looks like a lot of fun so long as the levels aren't standard and are random, otherwise it'll be dominated by those that memorize them.
Animal Crossing, Doom Eternal, Pokermans (does that count as E3?), Torchlight on the Switch, Halo Infinite (even though I know it won't be what I wish it was and I know I'm going to be disappointed, I saw the trailer and heard the music and was 15 again) and Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2 in no particular order.
I did like the look of the Minecraft dungeons game. It took a while to realize that it was going to be a top-down style game though.
I'm excited about this one. I think it'll go over well with my kids (and me too!).
I usually focus more on indie games now than the big names, and if I had to pick one that caught my eye this year it would probably be Summer Catchers. The style and music in that trailer looks great.
Trials of Mana is pretty exciting too - Seiken Densetsu 3 was always kind of a fascinating game when I was younger, because it was the sequel to Secret of Mana but never came officially to North America (until very recently), and the fan-translation of it was always treated as a really big deal. It was totally unexpected to see a full remake of it, so I'm looking forward to that too.
Seiken Densetsu 3 has always pretty much been the best Mana game (though I personally prefer Legend of Mana just because you can't beat that Yoko Shimomura soundtrack). I don't know what I think about the art style of the remake though. It doesn't have the je-ne-sais-quoi of the original; it feels almost too refined and it's so close to being right that it's almost like it's in the uncanny valley.
Interestingly, nothing that actually was announced for this year. It was one of the most boring E3s in ages, felt like everyone was holding out for next gen consoles in 2020. Nintendo bets everything on Pokemon, probably rightly so, but that's not exactly my type of game. Basically, since the Switch was released, I just tune in hoping for a Pikmin 4 announcement and always find myself disappointed, lol.
Nintendo barely showed off Pokemon, since it had its own direct a few weeks back. It got like a 5 second clip. Its biggest showings were the two Smash reveals, AC, Breath of the Wild sequel, FE + some continuation on earlier third parties.
I mostly mean that Pokemon is the only "big" Nintendo release still scheduled for 2019.
FF7 remake. Cyberpunk 2077. BotW2.
I've actually bought a used XBox One and am going to load it up with Gamepass, so I guess a lot of things.
Out of things that were featured...
I absolutely loved the first Ori game, I cannot wait to play the next one. Such a lovingly crafted game with great polish on it.
Zelda Re:4
Zelda BotW2
Ghostwire Tokyo (when I see more)
Erdrick in Smash, even if I don't play Smash and suck at it lol
Hmm, Borderlands 3, Gears 5, Halo Infinite, Cyberpunk 2077. No particular order.
I would have included Doom Eternal in there, but man, the new Dooms just aren't Doom. I am not looking forward to the "kill this specific monster with this specific weapon for health. Kill that one another way for armor", etc.
I miss looking for those things as collectibles.
The Dark Souls one, I don't care much about the rest (although I'll keep an eye on Vampire: The Masquerade).
I was pleasantly surprised by Microsoft's outing this year -- there was the generic slog of AAA games that I'll never touch sans Cyberpunk, but it seems like they really went out of their way to also present several interesting "indie" titles. I'm really excited for 12 Minutes, Way of the Woods, and Psychonauts 2 in particular.
I've been anti-Microsoft-gaming for so long (I was 16 when my 360 RRoD'd) but they're slowly getting me back on their side. I don't think I'll buy the Project Scarlett though.
Psychonauts 2. I absolutely loved the original, and I wasn't even a kid when I played it. I've been following the sequel ever since it was first announced and from what I saw, it looks to be every bit as fantastic.
[Spiritfarer] is probably the best game I've seen in quite a while. I'm a huge indie fan because I like games that explore topics and mechanics that are underrepresented in AAA games. Spiritfarer has an (in my opinion) amazing artstyle , delves into a topic that's really not visited often and has this somber, but also relaxed atmosphere. Honestly, I can't wait for it to be realeased!
E3 was a mixed bag to me. I'm excited for the games coming up but also jaded at the state the games industry is in.
On the one hand, Microsoft, Nintendo and Ubisoft put on the best conferences I've seen from them in years. I'm really looking forward to Cyberpunk 2077, Breath of the Wild 2, Astral Chain and Watch Dogs 3. I may also give Phantasy Star Online 2 a shot when the English version comes out on PC next year.
On the other hand, Sony, Google and Epic Games have been my three biggest disappointments, for various reasons, like not bothering to host a conference, unveiling a disappointing cloud gaming platforming, and making Shenmue III an Epic Games Store exclusive...
I haven't played videogames in years, but Cyberpunk 2077 is definitely going to change that.
12 Seconds caught my attention. I just quite like these types of ganes. Ones that let you choose what happens next. Deathloop had quite an interesting trailer although I'm not a fan of combat games so I'll have to wait and see on that one.
The Sinking City seemed alright at first but I've just had another look and it's not for me.
Super Mario Maker 2 is good but expensive for what it is.
In a rough order: Cyberpunk, Borderlands 3, Baldur's Gate 3, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Beyond Good and Evil 2, Watch Dogs Legion (if it actually delivers).
Games I'm watching a play through of: Death Stranding, FF7 Remake (not getting a PS4).
Tbh I didnt find much there interesting, but maybe thats just me and my strong "if its hyped, assume the worst" intuitions. Then again I didnt really follow it much.
Doom looks good but it'll have denuvo up the bum and the base game costs $100 AUD with the fancy version at $145. And thats too much.
Cyperpunk is actually going to be DRM free on gog, which is a rarity for a triple a in 2019. I might just buy it purely because of that. No, of course I wont. Wait to see if its not shit and to not cost $90.
As for anything else, if its on console I dont own one. If you dont care enough to make a PC edition, I dont care enough to go play the game. And I didnt pay enough attention to notice anyhing else. But maybe if anythings actually good I might hear about it.
Maybe im just a cynic (I am) and jaded (I am), but im happy to just play games I already know and enjoy. The current state of the games industry, with grey wallpaper paste games being churned out more efficiently than ever before, infected with denuvo and then being priced at 2x their value doesn't interest me.
E: and that commander keen thing was just distasteful.
None, because hype is what causes things like the newer Battlefronts.
The best gaming community for hype is /r/patientgamers.
While I agree with your sentiments about hype and it's detrimental affects, I wouldn't put that down as a cause of the problems with the new Battlefronts.
Frankly, the problem with those [and, frankly all new star wars games] is they are aimed to maximise profits from the core Star Wars market; ie: cashed up 40-somethings who want to chase nostalgia. This means they are only providing content which is directly related to the films [which, frankly, are the weakest part of the SW franchise, in my opinion], and are thus catering to those who generally aren't necessarily gamers.
If you ask me, the shocking state of star wars [games] is due to the disney-ification of star wars, not the hype train.