Who watched it? Who is going to watch the feeds on the internet soon?
What was your thoughts of the announced games?
What games were you sad you didn't see?
What did you think of the individual presentations?
Personal thoughts -
Microsoft had a terrible presentation. They had some nice games like Halo 4, the remastering of the original Halo, and Skyrim...but the Kinect segment was a bore. The people they brought in to play the games were terrible and it made everything seem so cheesy and completely unrealistic. I was more than unimpressed with them.
EA was interesting as far as I'm interested in sports. Nothing too much to really say about them.
HOWEVER, I was impressed with Insomniac's Overstrike which looked pretty darn awesome. Four player co-op with four different and amazing characters? Sweet. I was highly impressed and plan to get this game as soon as it comes out.
Ubisoft was a laugh. The guy was creepy and looked like he was going to go insane at any minute.
I wasn't too interested in any of their games and mostly ignored their segment.
Sony was okay. I enjoyed their presentation and everything about it but it but I didn't like too many of the games. They just didn't jump at me like Overstrike did. I'm sad that Square Enix didn't present during Sony's segment but I still got a lot of information from other sources who were at E3. The PSVita is meh...and I probably won't be getting it.
Nintendo had an amazing look to me. I love how they used the screens behind them and even on my LCD TV the things looked 3D to an extent. I was highly impressed with the technical aspect of their presentation. I didn't like the President of Nintendo of America. He seemed very...eh...let's just say he looked like he belonged in prison and I wouldn't want to be in a dark alley with him. Wii U is a nice advancement for the lowest of the three major names and I'm glad to see the company stepping up to try and rival the other two but I still don't think I'll be getting this. The two Wiis in my home don't get used as it is...we don't need a Wii U to add to the unused Nintendo consoles. I wish they had given a bit more information about the wi-fi distance of the controller for the Wii U and maybe some technology aspects of it but oh well.
As for my Square Enix fix...I found out what I wanted about FFXIII-2.
Lightning is thought to be dead (she's not) and no one knows where she is. Serah has become a teacher but bad things start happening and a guy named Noel saves her from being attacked. The two head off to find Lightning. So you start play as Noel and Serah (she uses a bow) and you end up on Cocoon which is being restored and worked on. Lots of monsters and battles...and searching. Alyssa (blond chick) is brought into the party and you continue your search.
You have a pet moogle that can be called out of battle to seach for items.
Lightning can still summon Odin.
Battle system has changed a bit where at certain times you have button prompts for successful completion of attacks and dodges.
At some points in game play you can choose what Noel says. Like at a certain point in the game when you find a certain item you can choose from options like - What does Mog think?, What does Alyssa think?, I live in the moment, and some other options.
The game has a darker and more mysterious outlook than the original.
NORA has it's appearance at some points (I know at the beginning). I haven't seen any other characters from the original, not even Snow...just the other NORA members.
Serah has a new outfit, too!
My speculation? I think Lightning might have been chosen by the Goddess as some type of Guardian or Protector...
Skyrim, like every other Elder Scrolls, looks pretty awesome. If you haven't played any ES games before...it's a free roam select your own destiny sort of game. Each game has it's main story but you can take as long as you want to finish it and do anything in between. Skyrim is located to the Northwest of Morrowind and North of Oblivion. If you can see it, you can travel to it. You can climb every mountain and cross every plain...you just can't leave Skyrim and go to Oblivion, Morrowind, or any other area. Every ES has some main aspect to the game. Oblivion had the Oblivion Gates and Skyrim seems to be all about the Dragons.
I won't spoil too much but if you want a game where you can make your own choices, Elder Scrolls would be your best friend. You can kill anyone, steal anything, and do anything (within reason...like you can't fly).
Above everything...make sure when you go to get on a horse it is actually your horse. I saw a horse I thought was mine cause it looked the same but I had gone out the wrong gate...turned out to be a Guard's horse and I got put in jail for a bit cause he caught me riding off on his horse. Oops.
