Hello everyone!
Let's get right to it, shall we?
The conference opened up, as it has in the past two years, with footage of Call of Duty. This time, it's the newest addition to the series, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. I would be lying if I said this game looked the exact same, but it still look similar (why change what isn't broken? Although I, personally, disagree - this series REALLY needs an overhaul). The first thing that I noticed was the improved graphics. It seems as though Microsoft was finally taking into consideration the power of the Xbox One. Of course, there are new guns, new characters, a new soundtrack, and more Call of Duty-level drama. Other than that though, this seems to live up to the Call of Duty stigma - "similar game with a new coat of paint". You can see it here.
Next were additions to Forza Motorsport 5. More specifically the Nurburgring course. Forza Horizon 2 was announced - an open world racer. Promised to contain Forza 5's graphics engine with dynamic weather. It comes with an online experience that has no lobbies and seamless connectivity. This game contains over 200 types of cars. It seems to offer the same experience as Forza 5, with more! Trailer with wub wub here!
Following that was Evolve, a game created by the makers of Left 4 Dead, which puts you in the position of Assault, Support, Medic or Trapper as you take on other-worldly monsters. Or, you can play as the monsters against the humans. Sounds just like Left 4 Dead 2's multiplayer in fact, with the addition of classes. It will be released this fall. I, personally, have not seen enough gameplay to give a proper judgment, but you can see today's gameplay for yourself here.
Finally, something that we were all waiting for, footage of Assassin's Creed: Unity! Along with the gameplay of the dynamic changes to the gameplay that appear to be better looking, we finally (seriously, I was waiting for this) can play with up to 3 other people to form your own Brotherhood of 4 during the story! Fantastic! This game will be exclusively for next-gen consoles. Check out the previewed gameplay!
Next, Dragon Age: Inquisition was given a small trailer with a release date of October 7. You can check out that trailer here.
Next was a pretty interesting game announced a little while back called Sunset Overdrive, from Insomniac, where you create your character, you choose which weapons you want to use, conventional or unconeventional, and you save Sunset City. There is an 8-player mode called Chaos Mode, as well! You can see the trailer of this unique and fluid game here! Also, gameplay! Super Ultra Dead Rising 3 Arcade Remix Hyper Edition EX Plus Alpha, huh? Hah! No seriously, that's the title of the DLC for Dead Rising 3, available now. You can cosplay as several of your Capcom favorites and play as the previous Dead Rising 3 stars in a beat-em-up style. Clearly a nod to Street Fighter's ridiculous naming system. I respect that.
Fable Legends was given some gameplay. You can play as Winter, a hero of will, Rook, a hero of
Next, Project Spark was brought back. This game, shown at last year's E3, allows creators to make stages which their friends can play.
Ori and The Blind Forest, coming Fall 2014, takes the award for the most beautiful game in E3 thus far. It's hard to explain in words. Check it out for yourself in the gameplay here.
November 11, 2014 - Master Chief Collection. Includes Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo 4. The purpose of this is to lay the groundwork for Halo 5: Guardians. Halo 2 will be getting the anniversary treatment in honor of the 10 year anniversary of Halo 2. It will ship with Halo 2 multiplayer, "exactly as it was 10 years ago"! It includes EVERY single map from Halo 1-4 (that's over 100 maps) all running at 60 FPS at 1080p ALL with their original engines. If that wasn't enough, you will get access to the Halo: Nightfall, a series that introduces an important character for Halo 5. But wait, there's more. Halo 5: Guardians beta access! If you are a Halo fan and don't have an Xbox One, this may be the reason that you get one! I know that that's all I needed to hear, friends. Save that date on your calenders! I highly recommend you watch this entire segment.
Hard to follow that up, but Playdead tries their hand at it with their new title "Inside". It looks somewhat like Limbo. Check it out here.
Finally Xbox gives some love to Indie developers (much respect), in their segment called ID @ Xbox, where they showed several games, including Mighty 9. You can see that trailer here.
Rise of the Tomb Raider, given a Holiday 2015 release date, was announced, with an amazing trailer.
Next was Witcher 3: Wild Hunt! Showing gameplay of the main Witcher on a hunt for a Griffin. His hunt brings him into a village under attack by bandits, showing that his quests will often interact with the open-world. Following the combat the village, he engages the griffin in epic combat. This game looks exciting.
The creators of Killer Instinct want to bring back yet another game. Phantom Dust! If you haven't seen the game before, it originally came out in 2005 as an interesting mix of real open-world and fantasy. Check out the epic teaser here.
Tom Clancy's The Division sees some love today as well. With extremely dynamic gameplay, this solidifies my stance on why Tom Clancy games produce the best Third-Person Shooters. If Tom were still with us, I'm sure he would be proud to see where this game has gone. Check out the premiered gameplay here! We are not given any release date, but it will be out in 2015!
Hideki Kamiya graces us with his presence. As Platinum Games are my favorite producers, I expected a lot from him immediately. And I was not disappointed. The new game Scalebound is like "How to Train Your Dragon", but 1000% more epic. Check it out here.
The finale of the Xbox E3 conference: a Crackdown reboot, made by the original creator. The trailer, with the familiar voice of the Agency's leader narrating, shows 4 of the Agents working together to stop one of the undoubtedly many crime bosses. This crime boss is one from Los Muertos, which tells me that the game will most likely reboot the first installment in the Crackdown series, where the Los Muertos gang was the first one players were directed to take down. I sincerely hope that the environment is as destructible as it shows in this trailer and I'm curious as to if they will use the same world, or an entirely new one.
Overall, the press conference was so much better than it was in the past two years. I'm a little saddened by the Xbox crew not keeping their promise to keep Xbox 360 alive, as the entire conference was about Xbox One, but it is to be expected given their near-dead console. Hopefully, all of these announcements breathed some new life into Microsoft's newest console. Game On.
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