WOW what a week so far, so many announcements and I just don't know where to begin. Yes I am sorry for the delays in posting, I was hoping to be posting every day but due to the long shifts at work that meant I barely had any time to see E3 so all my spare time went into catching up with it. So today I will be making up for the fact there as been no Daily Grind posts for the last two days, in fact since there is so much to write about I will be doing today's post in multiple posts to cover it all.
So where to begin, well its 7.47am and I am knackered (tired), should not had stayed up watching Ubisoft's conference lol. Ok so I think I will do today's post like this, there will be a post for each major conference. Won't be going into the same detail as Konami's since the conferences are two hours long, that and I don't like a lot of the games e.g Fifa. So will just cover what games I did like and what I thought of it overall.
Then I will do a post after that covering the games not in those conferences, then do an update to the "I want post" ticking off what was announced. Of course there is still couple of days left of E3 so more could be announced.
After that another updated post of the E3 list post I did, then finally decide on who had the best conference overall. So that's the plan for today! in fact going to start right now and have the Microsoft Conference below.
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By the way I've not seen the Microsoft Conference so will be slightly like the Konami conference with me describing what I like as I see it.
So they started it off with Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, good way to start I guess. Got to say though I'm happy to see another underwater mission, loved that in Modern Warfare 2 and this time you are in control of movement sweet!. Loved the whole mission they showed, making the sub surface, invading it then the high speed chase afterwards. Graphics don't seem to have changed much but why fix something broken? anyway the new story looks like it will be awesome and it will be a day one purchase for me. Still no special editions announced though, was hoping those details would be given out and no further details on COD Elite?? Well anyway November is going to be awesome!
Next up Tomb Raider! and omg wow! the graphics, the design...never seen a Tomb Raider look so beautiful. Horror survival mission this time around involving quick time events and Lara's survival instinct to work out how to solve puzzles to escape the cave. Watch the full video, look at the water and fire effects! my god and the end view of the sea with the shipwrecks! This will be a day one for me and I got to make sure I play this straight away as I get it. I be disgusted with myself if I don't give this game a chance and just let it sit on the pile of shame. 2012 game though so bit of a wait but it will be worth it
MASS EFFECT 3!!!! woot!!!
ok have to stop the feed just decided to stop working, can still hear but the picture is stuck lol gamespot feed really been playing up.
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Well it's only took an hour but now got a feed, tried several sites and everyone seemed to be having a problem and some where just terrible videos. Anyway gamespot is back up so going to fast forward so can get on with my thoughts.
Right back to Mass Effect 3, kinect support was not a shock really since rumors have been around for a while but I was worried how it would be put in. But they turned my worries around, I love the voice commands in the dialogue sections adds that in depth to it. Also being able to command your allies in battle with voice can save plenty of time in the battle, in fact in the past two games I've barely used the d-pad to position my allies.
Anyway Liara is back! hooray! lol the fighting looks awesome and the new oni tool dagger is an awesome new weapon, love the mech at the end! no doubt next year I will be cursing it for my 10th death. Graphics don't seem to have changed but again like I said in COD, why change something that's not broken.
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So Ghost Recon is next, bout time we learnt something about it since it disappeared off the grid months ago. Now that opening trailer is impressive, glad to see it still looks great. Kinect again I see, blimey Microsoft really getting some support for this. Love the gunsmith feature, can see myself spending a good amount of time making some awesome weapons to use. Ohhh game play shooting demonstration! I'm impressed how they got it to work without a controller. Ok I might actually pick up...dang all Tom Clancy games supporting kinect from now on? nice to see Kinect is getting plenty of love.
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New Xbox dashboard again hmmm looks a lot like the Windows Phone and Windows 8 lol they really like that look. Ohhh Youtube on Xbox Live now and Bing, ok slightly impressed with the bing feature allowing you to look anything related to what you want e.g saying xmen get all movies/trailers/games that's cool and saves searching for ages through the menus. Xbox Live Tv huh? hmm wonder how much that will cost
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UFC next...just kidding, skip!
ok now this is better, Gears 3! wow that opening video had some cool stuff in it. Ohhh new game play demo! Sea level and that boss is awesome! oohhh man I really want to play this game and yes! mechs!!!! dang what a demo! September is not that far away! seriously contender for game of the year especially with the multi player being so awesome
something new now, ok won't skip just yet but better be good. ok wow! another Kinect game called Ryse where you are in the roman age, graphics look amazing for a Kinect game and game play looks awesome. Shows kicking, slashing, shield slamming and headbutting. Might keep an eye this but dang I need more room space to play the kinect.
HALO REMAKE!!! wooooottt!! called it! fully re masted in HD, co-op campaign? yes! thank you very much! 15th November, dang christmas is getting more and more busy for gaming. Not sure how all this is going to fit in
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Ok forza is next so just going to skip that
Ok here we go now, Fable Journeys let's see what this all about this time. Ok so its a on the rails Fable game for the Kinect, was hoping for a spin off of fable 3 or even fable 4 but ok. Does look ok, not great just ok...spell casting scene is a lot better, like the gestures to make the spells they have put some thought into it. Will wait to see more because right now this is a game I will puck up in the sale or rental. Again 2012
Minecraft for Xbox 360 and Kinect?? never played it but heard it's fun, maybe I will give it a try oh wait Christmas??? dang don't they know Christmas is already jam packed
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Disneyland Kinect...ok... so you go around the theme park?? don't get it ... ah now I do, mini games being shown now. on to the next!
Star Wars Kinect!!! ok so the graphics are not as bad as I thought they would be and game play looks ok but bit worried about the lag shown. Hopefully they can clean it up before the retail release
Oh you got to be kidding, sesame street?....wheres that skip button
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Kinect stuff again, in a way I'm glad to see it's getting some love and not a gimmick. Ok this is going to be good, now takes photos of you and makes your avatar based on you. Wow it worked, and the clothing too. New finger tracking too? lol
Ok Fun Labs look cool with the picture taking and making the pictures 3D, drawing sparkly lines is cool I guess but this is a like a party game really I wouldn't really pick it up unless super cheap or maybe a rental.
Object capture now finally? oh that's cool, the object does look like her weird teddy pillow.
Ohhh so all these new features are in Fun Labs, ok that makes the game a lot better since it will show off the new features, oh wait can get it now?? arcade game I guess? must remember to turn on the Xbox in a bit and check it out.
Video montage now, Kinect Sports 2...did not see that coming lol, ok might give it a try since they added skiing but not played the first yet. Think its still in it's delivery box by my room door
Dance Central 2? lol oh dear we not milking anything, again first one by my door in that box with Kinect Sports. One day I will open it to give it a try
Halo 4 teaser .... nice!!!! but again called it! ok what in the world is that huge thing at the end? holiday 2012...dang thats a long wait.
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So that was the 2011 conference for Microsoft, some very nice new games, some surprises and plenty of stuff at Christmas. 2012 is shaping up to be another sweet year for gaming as well, really need more time and money lol.
So that's it for part one, will be posting about Sony's conference next so stay tuned for more of my madness.
~Iznic
EDIT: Sorry the video had to be changed from gamespot to G4TV since gamespot would only show a blank screen. I do find the G4TV slightly darker video but then again that could be just me
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