Sony knows what I like

On 06/14/2016 at 01:54 AM by VisuaLIES

I missed Sony's E3 press conference livestream due to work, but was able to catch the highlights. Looks like they have a pretty great lineup:

God of War looks familiar but fresh at the same time. At least Kratos isn't constantly acting like a complete dick in this gameplay--it got increasingly difficult to relate to that character as he murdered more and more gods in the previous games, plus I have a feeling we'll be playing as the kid (his son?) for at least part of the game.

Last Guardian finally has a release date. I hope it's at least a solid game; I doubt it will be worth the 10 year wait (though I loved Ico), but it would be a shame if I waited so long for this game only to be disappointed.

A couple of the trailers looked interesting. We got to see more of Detroit: Become Human (that's a terrible title). I always liked David Cage's games, flaws and all. Glad Hideo Kojima and Norman Reedus are finally getting to team up after Konami killed Silent Hills, but what in the world is going on in the trailer for Death Stranding?

Speaking of Silent Hills, the new Resident Evil looked a LOT like P.T. It even has a demo ready for download. Maybe Capcom should have just let us download it without knowing what it was for and discover it was for REVII after finishing the demo lol.

Horizon looked really nice. Glad the Killzone developers were able to do something new

Oh, and Spider-Man could be Amazing (sorry). I've never purchased a Spider-Man game before, but Insomniac is handling it, guaranteeing that I will be getting it.

Finally, Sony gave people some hope that their VR will be more successful than their previous gaming add-ons (Move, 3D tv, Wonderbook, Eyetoy--yeah, you've never even heard of some of those--that's how successful they were). At least early adopters will get Batman, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, and Star Wars Battlefront support. You can't get much bigger than those.

Unfortunately, no Last of Us 2 sightings. This would have brought down the house, but I guess they have to save something for next year.

What did you guys like from E3?

Casey Curran Staff Writer

06/14/2016 at 03:39 AM

CRASH BANDICOOT

VisuaLIES

06/14/2016 at 09:59 AM

Never got into Crash. The surprise level in Uncharted was great though.

Cary Woodham

06/14/2016 at 01:07 PM

Since I've been blind in my left eye since birth, it's hard for me to get excited about VR stuff since I wouldn't be able to see it that well. If in the future, all video games go VR, I don't know what I'll do. I probably won't be able to review games anymore, and that's very depressing, considering I've been able to do this for nearly 20 years with no problems.

Nick DiMola Director

06/14/2016 at 08:53 PM

I wouldn't worry about that, Cary. I don't think games will go all VR. I think a lot of people are lukewarm on VR (myself included), so I suspect it will be niche, especially at the current price points. Not sure that it'll ever progress beyond that, but that's just my opinion.

mothman

06/14/2016 at 09:12 PM

I have to agree with Nick here. VR will be about as successful as 3D TV at best. It may cause a disruption for a brief period like motion controls did but it will die a natural death once the novelty wears off.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

06/15/2016 at 11:49 PM

naw guys, VR is hear to stay, especially once the tech is as light as a pair of sunglasses. Not all games will be VR of course, I don't think that will ever happen, but VR is going to be big. This is one thing science fiction has been right about from the start, and we have no idea how big it's gonna get. I've been promised VR since I was a young sci fi geek, and at last one of these days soon I'm gonna have it.

You don't have to be into it. I'm not into broccoli. But a lot of people like broccoli.

06/17/2016 at 06:40 PM

VR is the future, but not the be all, end all future. But like you said, people have been dreaming about VR, holodecks, and danger rooms for a long time.

06/17/2016 at 06:55 PM

yeah not the end all future. I doubt other mediums are going away. But I do believe it's gonna be a hell of a lot more successful than 3D TV

KnightDriver

06/18/2016 at 12:24 PM

The book Ready Player One predicts a VR revolution with its Oasis game in the year 2042. I just started reading it yesterday.

PixlBit