Before I talk about the games, I need to go over Ubisoft's press conference. I didn't think it could get as bad as it was last year. And with no laser tag, it really shouldn't have been. But Ubisoft get but THE WORST HOST IN HISTORY: Mr. Caffeine. Dear god I hate Mr. Caffeine. I talked crap about Microsoft's press conference but that was a cakewalk to get through compared to Ubisoft's.
You remember those school assemblies about drugs and bullying, with the really fake hosts with canned enthusiasm? Yeah think of this guy just like that. Sexist jokes, dick jokes, and pop culture references that are nearly as old as I am. I don't get it Ubisoft, you guys have awesome franchises, you don't need to make yourselves look cool. Anyway, if you missed the fail of Mr. Caffeine, search for him on YouTube.
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| Mr. Caffeine = FAIL!!!! |
ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS
I've loved the Assassin's Creed series though the first one is definitely a chore to play through after the immense improvement of Assassin's Creed II which is one of the best games of the generation. Brotherhood was also great and Ezio is a great character but I'm a little wary of this one.
The demo looked really fun but not much different from the others and going back to Ezio again, after I really feel his transformation by the end of Brotherhood felt like a good conclusion to the character has me a little concerned about this one feeling stale.
That said, it's still Assassin's Creed and different looking environments have gotten my interest up as well as the prospect of making Altair a much more important part of the story, a nice way to connect the Ezio trilogy with the original game. So it's still another game to watch for come November.
KILLER FREAKS FROM OUTER SPACE
The last game that I want to talk about from E3 is Killer Freaks from Outer Space which will apparently be a launch title with the Wii-U. For those of you who were unsure about the Wii-U, this shows the hardcore element and third-party support that Nintendo is trying to bring to the table that wasn't there with the Wii outside of the games that they made.
Killer Freaks from Outer Space is essentially an FPS but has a very unique twist for the online component. For those of you who played Left 4 Dead, you know how the enemies are spawned at certain locations that are different each time you play through again? That's the AI Director which uses factors like player health, weapons, amount teammates, etc. to put strategic enemy placement in the game. Now the AI Director will be a Player Director.
The online component will work like this: player one will be the one shooting and going through the level. Player two will have a view of the map and use the touchscreen on the controller to place enemies onto the map for player one to contend with. We've only seen one enemy type in
GamesRadar said that it kind of combines an FPS with an RTS. I personally think it's more of a tower defense combined with an FPS but the comparison is still valid. This could be a game to look forward to and be good sign of things to come for the Wii-U.
Alrighty, that ends my coverage of E3 and there are still quite a few games that I didn't get to primarily from the last three publishers with the ones. There was one that I completely forgot to talk about for THQ: Warhammer 40K: Space Marine. I'm going to revisit that one in a very quick blogpost later this week so don't consider it an official part of my E3 coverage.
Anyway, there was some great stuff shown. There were good-looking new IPs shown though I would have liked a stronger showing of new potential franchises than what we got.
But the biggest offense was no announcement of Bayonetta 2. Hopefully they'll make an announcement of it at the Tokyo Game Show later this year. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed my E3 coverage and hope that it was informative for you. Thanks for reading.
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