E3 Report.. Too Little, Too Late.
I am truly ashamed. It's been almost a month since I've posted last, and a whole lot of shit has gone down in that time. First, I finally got my nasty gall bladder out, which is a big part of why I disappeared for a month. The upside of that turned out to be that I had it removed the week of E3, which gave me an excuse to lay in bed and watch show feeds from Gamespot and IGN all week long.
On E3: Interesting show this year - it had a very different vibe. You could almost feel a perceptible power shift from the normal hierarchy: the powerhouse Playstation, the scrappy underdog XBOX and the retarded cousin Nintendo. The only thing that seemed to be a constant is that Nintendo remains as retarded as ever. In fact, by naming their console the "Wii", they chose to revel in it. They should have just stayed with Revelation, or better, go with something like "tits" - at least something like that would make me want to buy one. And I don't want to hear the usual line that they are the last truly creative company, and all about how bold they are for doing everything different. Lesbians do everything different, but it still doesn't make them useful to me.
Sony's press conference left me cold. Kaz Hirai was his usual arrogant self, espousing the virtues of his mythical console, building to the mighty crescendo where they unveil that the PS3 would be available for a mere five hundred and ninety-nine North American Dollars! Then there is this strange pause where all of the little mental calculators are doing their fuzzy math, followed by a tremendous psychological shockwave which said (at least what I heard in my bed 1,ooo miles away from E3) "Fuck you, Hirai!" Somewhere in the middle of all this, they also showed waaaaay tooooo muuuuuch footage of the next version of some racing game that I quit caring about the first time I played Burnout 3, and some footage of a geriatric Solid Snake which miraculously made my give-a-shit meter for all things Metal Gear Solid actually go negative. Oh, and before I forget - where there hell was Killzone 2?
All of this left Microsoft in the enviable position of being the only major player extolling the virtues of the next-generation gaming who actually has a next generation console on the market. As you can imagine, this was pretty fun for them, and it showed. Microsoft was finally able to drop all of the aformentioned "scrappy underdog" posturing, and stand as a success in their own right. Also, theVista preview was interesting, and it's good to see that PC gaming isn't officially dead - it just remains terminally ill.
As far as games, there wasn't that much I came away excited about... Of what I did see, BioShock got me the most excited. System Shock 2 is still in my top five favorite games of all times, and BioShock appears to be a fitting spiritual sequel in every way. Gears of War looks amazing, and I like the look of Assassin's Creed. Heavenly Sword is one game that looks every bit as good in action this year as the trailers did last year. It was nice to finally see a lot more about Neverwinter Nights 2, which I am very excited about. I was hoping to finally get some info on Bioware's Dragon Age, but that was a no-show.
On E3: Interesting show this year - it had a very different vibe. You could almost feel a perceptible power shift from the normal hierarchy: the powerhouse Playstation, the scrappy underdog XBOX and the retarded cousin Nintendo. The only thing that seemed to be a constant is that Nintendo remains as retarded as ever. In fact, by naming their console the "Wii", they chose to revel in it. They should have just stayed with Revelation, or better, go with something like "tits" - at least something like that would make me want to buy one. And I don't want to hear the usual line that they are the last truly creative company, and all about how bold they are for doing everything different. Lesbians do everything different, but it still doesn't make them useful to me.
Sony's press conference left me cold. Kaz Hirai was his usual arrogant self, espousing the virtues of his mythical console, building to the mighty crescendo where they unveil that the PS3 would be available for a mere five hundred and ninety-nine North American Dollars! Then there is this strange pause where all of the little mental calculators are doing their fuzzy math, followed by a tremendous psychological shockwave which said (at least what I heard in my bed 1,ooo miles away from E3) "Fuck you, Hirai!" Somewhere in the middle of all this, they also showed waaaaay tooooo muuuuuch footage of the next version of some racing game that I quit caring about the first time I played Burnout 3, and some footage of a geriatric Solid Snake which miraculously made my give-a-shit meter for all things Metal Gear Solid actually go negative. Oh, and before I forget - where there hell was Killzone 2?
All of this left Microsoft in the enviable position of being the only major player extolling the virtues of the next-generation gaming who actually has a next generation console on the market. As you can imagine, this was pretty fun for them, and it showed. Microsoft was finally able to drop all of the aformentioned "scrappy underdog" posturing, and stand as a success in their own right. Also, the
As far as games, there wasn't that much I came away excited about... Of what I did see, BioShock got me the most excited. System Shock 2 is still in my top five favorite games of all times, and BioShock appears to be a fitting spiritual sequel in every way. Gears of War looks amazing, and I like the look of Assassin's Creed. Heavenly Sword is one game that looks every bit as good in action this year as the trailers did last year. It was nice to finally see a lot more about Neverwinter Nights 2, which I am very excited about. I was hoping to finally get some info on Bioware's Dragon Age, but that was a no-show.
Labels: consoles, PC games, video games, XBOX
