E3 2012 Thread

[NekoNekoRex]

Surprised nobody is talking about E3 here, I'm setting up to watch the Microsoft conference that's about to begin


Press Conference Dates (all PST, refer to this chart otherwise):
June 1:
Konami: http://events.konami.com/

June 4
-Microsoft: 9:30 AM
-EA: 1:00 PM
-Ubisoft: 3:00PM
-Sony: 6:00 PM

June 5
-Nintendo: 9:00 AM

[BT]

Oh, right, this is going on.

Man, happens I not around at any of these times.  :wat:

(well, aside from now, duh)

[Edible]

Time and space curtains nintendo 360 mii universe action figures.

[Gc]

Being from Canadaland, any kind of "entertainment" on XBL is pointless. (24/7 HD tv/movies/sports/etc? Bitch I have 40GB/month and usage based billing. And prehistoric speed and reliab--- *CONNECTION TIMEOUT*)

Only thing I found interesting from the Microsoft conference¹ was the South Park game.


¹ which I had to watch in 240p

[orinrin]

I can only go on Tuesday and Wednesday this time.  Having midterms on the same week as E3 is not cool.  Hopefully I can pickup more steam codes this year to give away.

[HakureiSM]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at anything WiiU related

[Third Eye Lem]

Watching the Microsoft thing on Spike TV now, I missed Halo 4 but I caught some of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. It looks awesome and I want it. :3c Halo 4 is also interesting, moreso for the multiplayer campaign that's not a Firefight iteration, it's actually episodic co-op stuff on top of the regular MP deathmatch and whatnot. This, I like.

I'm probably glad I missed the Usher performance, though. What were they thinking? *@_@

[HakureiSM]

Can you post the link? Gamespot's player isn't working.

e: it decided to work now

[Third Eye Lem]

Can you post the link? Gamespot's player isn't working.

e: it decided to work now

Here you g-- oh, okay then.

[BT]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at anything WiiU related

It hurts.

[SuperParadox]

It hurts.

When I first saw that trailer I felt like I was watching Big Bang Theory or Glee or something.
My God.

[HakureiSM]

Oh god everything on black ops 2 is potentially the worst thing I've ever seen game-related, I mean, seriously it's so disgus-

It hurts.

We have a tie.

[DX7.EP]

* EP reads up on E3 stuff on The Verge

Summary of relevant articles: "Black Ops 2! Tomb Raider! X360 priority DLC releases! Xbox SmartGlass in Win8 and WinPhone! And don't forget the Wii U Miiverse of 'Nintendo backs itself into a corner even more'!"
* quickly closes articles; reads up more on Computex, Win8 tablet lineups, iOS 6 features, and CS: GO release date

Yep, that's E3 all right. Can't even consider this press conference half-seriously these past few years.

[HakureiSM]

> cool trailer for NFS Most Wanted

Awesome, I loved the first

game described is p much NFS World with pretty graphics

Well ass

SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL AUTOLOG SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL

Fuck you EA

[MatsuriSakuragi]

Has there been anything that isn't a sequel/carbon-copy of something that already exists so far, or something that doesn't involve integrating social networks into games and treating it like a main feature? I'm not watching simply because hearing the headlines is disappointing enough :/

[HakureiSM]

South Park game, but that's p much it

e:

10 minutes Boring Space, 5 minuts madden

Oh cool, Sim City, finally

SIM CITY SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL FACEBOOK SOCIAL SOCIAL

fucking

[Suikama]

all this means is that I don't have to spend any more money on consoles BV

[Garlyle]

To be fair I was reading about Sim City in PC Gamer and frankly it sounds fucking amazing.  The big change is the complete overhauling of how the city functions - instead of the game autocalculating how well any given thing should be doing it actually accounts for individual people (and their needs), the flow of power [and where its sources are coming from], etc etc - basically creating a very real city.  And most of the social aspects apparently allow your city to connect to neighbouring cities - and this can create a weird ecosystem where aspects of cities can flow into others, but needs from different cities can be met elsewhere, and it all sounds great.

Also yes, South Park: The Stick of Truth is probably the best thing I've seen so far.

ALSO ALSO: Nintendo has three conferences this year.

One was yesterday, actually, and was a very short show detailing how the WiiU works and its essentially Spotpass-esque "constantly connected" features, plus changes to the controller etc.
Tomorrow morning's show will be ENTIRELY WiiU content
And then Wednesday Evening will be another show, entirely 3DS.

my body
is
not
reggie

[Third Eye Lem]

Also yes, South Park: The Stick of Truth is probably the best thing I've seen so far.

ALSO ALSO: Nintendo has three conferences this year.

One was yesterday, actually, and was a very short show detailing how the WiiU works and its essentially Spotpass-esque "constantly connected" features, plus changes to the controller etc.
Tomorrow morning's show will be ENTIRELY WiiU content
And then Wednesday Evening will be another show, entirely 3DS.

my body
is
not
reggie

Yeah, looking forward to South Park.

And a conference dedicated to just 3DS? What? I know they're coming out with good games and all, but something tells me not everyone will be interested...Until they see FE13 that is. I dunno. I'm cautiously optimistic about this.

[BT]

Oh 3DS games are a thing, trust me

If they don't name a date for Paper Mario 3DS I swear to God

[HakureiSM]

To be fair I was reading about Sim City in PC Gamer and frankly it sounds fucking amazing. 

They're releasing two SimCities, one is a facebook app with SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL and the other is the incredible awesome one.
Their conference pretty much treated the awesome one as secondary to the social one.

[BT]

I will probably buy Sim City only for the nostalgia factor.

The game being really good is a bonus.

[Suikama]

>ESPORTS

[Paper Conan]

Oh 3DS games are a thing, trust me

If they don't name a date for Paper Mario 3DS I swear to God

Ready to throw away my 3DS if they don't mention anything about Paper Mario. ^u^

Halo 4 and South Park: The Stick of Truth were a few of the only good things that Microsoft had to offer.
I missed EA's Press Conference. Did they have anything good?
Ubisoft, on the other hand, had ASSASSIN'S CREED III AND RAYMAN LEGENDS. :getdown:

Oh, and boobs.  :I

[Jana]

Also yes, South Park: The Stick of Truth is probably the best thing I've seen so far.

It has more likes than it has views!

Over six times more likes.

E3 is fucking depressing. I'll check everything once it's over and the good stuff has been pulled out of the crap.

[Suikama]

and then out of nowhere ubisoft saved e3

and the trailer

goddamn it's like deus ex but in a really near future

[HakureiSM]

Holy crap did Ubisoft just present a good game?

I am appalled.

[Suikama]

unfortunately since it's ubisoft it will probably be plagued with all kinds of drm

[HakureiSM]

yes

"Everything is connected. Connection is power."
This game will require permanent online connection

VilClavicus 35 minutos atr?s 27 

obviously

[DX7.EP]

and then out of nowhere ubisoft saved e3

Best news from game industry today aside from CS: GO.

And yet it's still too reliant on cinematics (game industry really strives to emulate movies it seems :\), cover-based combat, and quite greyish colours. Plus it seems like they took a lot of cues from nearby Eidos Montr?al :V

goddamn it's like deus ex but in a really near future

Too early to say 'MY VISION IS AUGMENTED' then. :V But I can still say 'I never asked for this' without much consequence.

Also:

unfortunately since it's ubisoft it will probably be plagued with all kinds of drm