E3 part 1.5
After the 3rd attempt at writing an E3 part 2, and losing it for the third time, i’ve decided to give up on writing a big involved thing, so here’s a quick recap.
The Nintendo Wii is interesting and fun to play with. I think it’ll do well with more casual gamers, but for hardcore gamers it might be tough since it requires a fair amount of movement to play, so it’s not conducive to laying on the couch for hours playing a game.
The PS3 has nice looking graphics, but none of the games shown looked any better than the 360’s launch titles. I tried out Warhawk, the motion sensor enabled game, which was fairly easy to play, but wasn’t actually fun, since there was no AI and really ho-hum graphics.
The Xbox 360 had some cool games that i’m looking forward to like Lost Planet, Dead Rising, Shadowrun, Too Human, and Gears of War. Gears of War looks really good with lots of detail everywhere, and what appears to be an intuitive control scheme.
Other Games of note:
Guitar Hero 2!! - now with co-op play (Guitar + Bass) and 60 new songs.
Assassins Creed - not sure how much gameplay was in the trailer, but it looks great. Plus it’s from the creators of Prince of Persia who know what they’re doing.
BioShock - the spiritual sequel to System Shock 2. It’s going to be great.
Crysis - amazing graphics.
Spore - cool sandbox type game from Wil Wright, Future Has Been.