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 On 06/13/2017 at 11:59 AM by goaztecs See More From This User » |
Like everyone else here I've been watching all the goodies going on during E3, and for the most part it is underwhelming. I am expecting more from the biggest trade show for video games but instead I'm seeing a lot of the same games we've seen on older consoles back, and for all that is good why more Skyrim? I mean its slowly becoming Street Fighter II, with all the little upgrades, and hey its now on The Switch, and you can play it in VR. Ooohhh. I am excited over the new God of War game. I also liked the New Forza game, and of course Battlefront II. After that I was done with all the presentations. The new Marvel vs. Capcom game looked like a lot of fun but I own a couple of the previous games and I haven't been sucked into them. This game is a wait and see for me. I thought the name X-Box One X is dumb, the majority of X-Box offerings were destined for the bargain bin this time next season, some of the PS4 titles were iffy, and I fell asleep during the PC presentation. Other than the three games I liked, and the one I'm on the fence about, nothing of interest grabbed my attention.
So when not watching a ton of Steve Jobs wannabe presenters I may have played some video games.
Chris Played...
Star Wars Battlefront: Deluxe Edition – Origin
I would love to post screen grabs of this game but Origin's gaming client is in a nice word: TRASH. There is no frame rate counter and no way to screen shot, toss that in with some of the text doesn't show up on the actual client, and it is painfully slow to download. In a nutshell it is a hot mess. I hate it and wish everything was based out of Steam.
As for the game itself I loved it, with the exceptions of facing a couple of hackers and I became a stat filler. Walk outside, shot dead, Tried getting to where all the action is, shot dead, See someone and start shooting, shot dead. I don't care, its a fun game to play for an hour or so. I tried it with my controller but it felt like I wasn't moving as fast, so I switched to the keyboard/mouse combo and it felt much better. I need lots of practice but this game was a steal.
Lego Batman – Steam
So I did cave on the WB Bundle (more on that on Friday) and I started a new game and just like the last time I did a replay of this game I used a lot of codes so I can just waltz through the game. To be fair I've played this on the PS2, PS3, PSP(?), 360, and now Steam. I pretty much know where everything is which I am impressed with considering I haven't played this game in a couple of years.
Scribblenauts: Unmasked – Steam
I remember seeing this game for the 3DS but I never bothered to try it out. Once it hit the PC, and it was $3 it was time to give it a spin. I'm still early in the game but I like the concept where it asked your for an adjective to help you through the game. After my initial what the hell is an adjective I was on my way (thanks elementary school!) I typed in a word and then I was met with a screen with other words similar to the one I typed. I picked it out and advanced the story. You really can't complain about a game that makes you think that presented in a comic book fashion with caricatures of super heroes.
Injustice 2 Mobile – iOS
After a week of really grinding it feels like my game is finally moving. This is my current stable of characters
From earning jewels in Operations I have unlocked two gold characters, and I am currently saving up jewels for hopefully a third. The last “premium” box I bought with jewels unlocked the next star ranking for my Joker. I'm also getting closer to actually buying the console game but I know if I do, I'll lose interest in this game, so for now I will just stick to this game, because it's free.
Alright Pixlpeeps it has been fun, but I must get some work done. Have a good week.
That's all for now, more later!
-Chris
I was actually interested in everything at Sony's conference and BG&E2 was ... Interesting. Plus metroid prime 4 is a cool logo to see. Look at it go!
I did think Xbox presentation was a slog, but some games looked really good, like Forza 7, The Last Night, that fox platformer, and a couple others I can't think of. That pirate trailer was too damn long.
Forza looked really good. This might be the game I buy for the PC.
I didn't see much of Nintendo but I'm glad to see that they are teasing Metroid.
I thought MS press conference was pretty interesting. They played a lot of game trailers which is better than watching people talk. I like they're adding orginal Xbox games to the backwards compat list. Not sure I'll have time to check out many titles but I hope they add some to Games with Gold as freebies. I still have to watch the other conferences. I can't wait to see those.
I think my attitude would change if I owned a current XBox, but a lot of those games didn't screen "must buy" with the exception of Forza. I do love that XBox has Games with Gold, which works a hell of a lot better than PS+
I like the fact that the games with gold are yours forever whether you stay with the membership or not. I wonder though if PS+ allows you to keep your free games if you come back from a temporary lapse in membership. It would suck if a missed month would erase all your free games just like that.
I'm actually interested in that Xbox. 4K at 60 FPS is nice, especially for that price. OF course, I need a 4k tv first. But I think it's good they're grabbing a lot of PC/Steam games and porting them to the Xbox. IT's a good reservoir to draw from. I don't think they'll compete with Sony's First Party games, but third party games in 4K might convince me to get one. Plus it's got a 4K bluray player, and the backwards compatibility. Microsoft fucked up earlier this gen, but I think they're getting it now.
Hardware its nice to see Microsoft bring out something solid, but with having the regular X1, the smaller X1, and the XBox One X, there are going to be some confused parents this holiday season. 4K is a big selling point but I'm a year or two away from finally making the jump to 4K.
i think I'm gonna finally do it this year, but not quite yet. With HDR is seems it's worth it now. I was down at Bestbuy looking at some 4k tv's and I was a bit impressed. I guess I look at the picture of my 1080P now and just am not impressed anymore...
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