E3 has come and gone for another year and left some cool announcements in it's wake. I'll go through the difference conferences and showcase what I liked the most out of it
EA - Oh boy. EA this year was rough. The worst showcase from them or any company in general that I've seen in a long while. Battlefront 2 looked cool but it's more of the same, it definitely didn't need a 30 min showcase of a multiplayer match. The most interesting game they showed was A Way Out, a strictly co op game from the creative minds behind Brothers : A Tale Of Two Sons.
Other than that the conference offered nothing else of interest with all it's talk of e-sports and far far too much talking rather than any demonstrations. The only thing that entertained me was delivering one of the most awkward moments of all E3
Microsoft - Heavily focused on the new console, the Xbox One X (terrible name...). It's capable of a lot, certainly powerful but...$500? Really guys? Assuming you have a 4K TV already, why pay $500 for a console when the PS4 Pro is also out? For all those MS exclusives? Forza is still great but for me MS doesn't have the same pedigree of exclusive games to justify the purchase. Some interesting games were showed though. Anthem, the game made by Bioware, looks absolutely unreal just looking at it. Hoping there's more of a Bioware pedigree story to it than what's shown here but still, one to look out for
Ubisoft - One of the strongest conferences for me, lots of cool looking games. Ubisoft makes so many games that are usually hit and miss, but the variety of them is important I think, it would be a poorer industry without them. They showed some of Assassins Creed Origins which makes me happy as a fan. Ancient Egypt is a setting I would have wanted to see for a long time.
They seem to deliver on the game I was hoping for with Skull and Bones, an expanded game on AC Black Flag's naval combat. Sadly no hand to hand combat, or single player mode but multiplayer naval skirmishes in tropical settings with sea shanties aplenty? Day One.
Another big surprise was just how good Mario & Rabbids looked! Was not expecting a turn based tactical RPG like XCOM!
Sony - We've been spoiled by Sony in recent times. They've announced some major surprises, long awaited sequels and projects fans can only dream of like a FF7 remake or Shenmue 3. None of those were shown, unfortunately, which is where disappointment for me sets in. I'm of the opinion now that games should really only be announced when they're within 9 months to a year of being released. As it stands, KH3 still doesn't have a release date after being announced 4 years ago and FF7 may as well never come out after news of issues during development requiring a change of personnel. Still, the conference did have some fantastic looking games and surprised including Monster Hunter:
God of War
And one of my favourites showings at E3 this year with Spiderman
Nintendo - Short and sweet, Nintendo announced more interesting titles for the Switch, most notably Mario Odyssey which looks charming as hell
And of course...Metroid Prime 4. It's just a logo, can't get too excited...but I've wanted a Metroid game for so long. The first Prime game might be my favourite game of all time so this announcement convinced me that I have to buy a Switch at some point. Could be a while before it comes out though.
Honrable Mention - The 2D Dragonball Z fighting game is winning multiple game of show awards and is a great showing of what makes E3 a great event by surprising people with something they didn't know they wanted until they see it. Dragonball holds a warm fuzzy place in my heart so seeing something that looks this good is really special.
What did you guys enjoy the most from E3 this year?