E3 2014 General

[Freya Brünhild]

Let's keep this plain and simple:

1. How did MS, Sony, and Nintendo do at E3?

2. What were your favorite and least favorite moments from the three?

3. What games from MS are you looking towards?

4. What games from Sony are you looking towards?

5. What games from Nintendo are you looking towards?

6. Any other, miscellaneous games you are looking towards?

7. Any technology from the expo you like?

[Hal]

I only watched Nintendo's stuff so I'll comment on that part.

1. I feel they could have done better, don't get me wrong it had me entertained but compared to last year it was meh. I really like what they did last year, posted a Nintendo Direct which had no extra BS, just straight news. Then the whole "bringing E3 to you" idea was fantastic. Granted it was at certain locations but it gave more people a chance to experience E3 without spending a lot of money.

2. I liked the whole Robot Chicken idea they had for the digital event, it showed that the big N isn't against making jokes about their own IP. My least favorite moment was hearing SMTxFE is still a thing, but he couldn't say more or he'd lose his job. It's cool to hear it's still going after Sega bought Atlus, but some more information would be nice.

5. Smash bros, Pokemon ORAS, Hyrule Warriors, Zelda U.

6. Devil's Third looks pretty interesting, hopefully it hits mainstreem to help wash away the "Nintendo is for kids only" funk they've been getting. I caught the E3 trailers for both the new Guilty Gear game and Tales of Xillia 2, I love the Tales series so I was happy to see Xillia 2's release date. I'm not all into fighters, there area few that I do enjoy and Guilty Gear is one of them. I never really played much of it in the past, but I did enjoy it when I did.

7. While it's not new tech, I was excited to see Amiibo. I'm not interested in it but I'm just happy to see Nintendo doing something with the NFC the gamepad has, I would love to see them use it more often.

[Freya Brünhild]

1. I think Nintendo did best, with Sony in second and Microsoft in third.

2. For Nintendo I loved the Smash Bros. opening with the CEOs fighting with special effects. Same with the Robot Chicken stuff. I'd refer to their names if I wasn't so bad at remembering people's names. Sony had a strong presentation, but the tech demonstration with that one guy on stage had me falling asleep. Microsoft had a steady presentation, but nothing that really blew me away.

3. Witcher III and Dragon Age: Inquisition.

4. MGS IV: The Phantom Pain, Valiant Hearts: The Great War, The Order: 1886, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and Alien: Isolation, No Man's Sky, and Star Wars Battlefront III.

5. SSB for the 3DS and Pokemon Alpha Sapphire. Hyrule Warriors looks cool, but I don't own a Wii U. Splatoon looks fun too.

6. Mass Effect 4, by far. Sims 4, but them both being EA I know that DLC game gonna be crazy tho.

7. The newer version of Oculus Rift is looking good, and would like to see its future.

[Hal]

I got to play an Oculus Rift a while back. It was cool but something I wouldn't buy.