What Not to Hate About E3

[Evil Smurf]

They are actually making two XCOM games. 2K Marin makes the stupid shooter, Firaxis makes the turn based strategy game.

And the best turn based strategy games

 

[Racecarlock]

One thing I kind of like about E3 is that there's always at least one sleeper hit. For example, watch dogs.

 

[tellytoy]

KH: 358/2 Days is pronounced "Three-hundred and Fifty Eight Days over Two", to anyone curious.

I used to really like Kingdom Hearts, but after Re:Coded, I've mostly lost interest.

 

[ProtoChimp]

Mr. Yahtzee, if you are "really getting into" the hardcore mode of Minecraft, you may like to try out the DayZ mod for ArmA II...if you're not sick of zombies.

NINAJAS! Ninjas everywhere!

 

[ProtoChimp]

The point is that the only thing you need to take away from E3 2012 is this: WatchDogs looks awesome. Oh, and THQ is apparently run by heartless/soulless abominations who axed an entire studio during the busiest day of the convention hoping nobody would notice. Well that's all I took away from E3 this year anyway.

I'm sorry WHAT? Wh- how... What?!

 

[itsthesheppy]

The Wii U is like if they sought out to invent the perfect thing that I would never buy, ever, for any reason.

 

[Clockwork Scarecrow.]

And...wait wait wait? Halo 4 gave you positive feelings? HALO!? You're having positive feelings about a series I actually like....WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH YAHTZEE!?

To be fair, he never said he disliked Halo, just that it was average.


Heh, I remember Cannon Fodder. I always felt bad when I saw the hill covered in the graves of the fallen.

 

[ShotgunZombie]

The point is that the only thing you need to take away from E3 2012 is this: WatchDogs looks awesome. Oh, and THQ is apparently run by heartless/soulless abominations who axed an entire studio during the busiest day of the convention hoping nobody would notice. Well that's all I took away from E3 this year anyway.

I'm sorry WHAT? Wh- how... What?!

Here, read:
http://kotaku.com/5915701/thq-chooses-today-of-all-days-to-fire-employees-close-studio

 

[Wolle]

Saying "Dream Drop Distance" 10 times fast was easy, but now I feel stupid.

 

[144_v1legacy]

It's true, though. I saw the Pikmin 3 logo and could only see joy from there.

 

[Valiance]

Was nice to see a shout-out to Chasm: The Rift...

 

[KarlMonster]

I rather liked *most* of Second Sight. Tantalized by its description, I picked it up during a Steam sale. I stopped playing it at a point when it became less fun (when you're out in the snow). Its one of those ported console games where the slightly off-kilter 4-axis movement is quite annoying to PC users. It's actually a bit disruptive to gameplay too; when hiding in a closet, you can't be facing in a useful direction to see if anyone is nearby. I think I'll give SS another chance soon, as I'm playing Metro 2033 - or I would be if the stupid cutscenes would ever let me play.

If you like survival you really need to try out the DayZ mod for Arma2. ...

The fear I feel from surveying a hamlet infested with walkers, knowing that I have to enter because I need bandages and bullets while fearing every window that might have some bastard trying to snipe my desperate hungry, thirsty, blood-depleted ass, (PVP banditry!) puts the legions of zombie action games to shame. ...

Ah, yes. STALKER came close, but skimped on the need for food and sleep (the new TB3D mod goes a long way to fixing this). Also ammunition was disturbingly plentiful for a place where everything had to be smuggled in. I have known for a while that I needed to add Arma II to my arsenal of games. Thank you for the suggestion.

... wait, what? DayZ is multiplayer????

Eeeehhhh... I don't need a survival game *that* much.

 

[TAdamson]

I rather liked *most* of Second Sight. Tantalized by its description, I picked it up during a Steam sale. I stopped playing it at a point when it became less fun (when you're out in the snow). Its one of those ported console games where the slightly off-kilter 4-axis movement is quite annoying to PC users. It's actually a bit disruptive to gameplay too; when hiding in a closet, you can't be facing in a useful direction to see if anyone is nearby. I think I'll give SS another chance soon, as I'm playing Metro 2033 - or I would be if the stupid cutscenes would ever let me play.

If you like survival you really need to try out the DayZ mod for Arma2. ...

The fear I feel from surveying a hamlet infested with walkers, knowing that I have to enter because I need bandages and bullets while fearing every window that might have some bastard trying to snipe my desperate hungry, thirsty, blood-depleted ass, (PVP banditry!) puts the legions of zombie action games to shame. ...

Ah, yes. STALKER came close, but skimped on the need for food and sleep (the new TB3D mod goes a long way to fixing this). Also ammunition was disturbingly plentiful for a place where everything had to be smuggled in. I have known for a while that I needed to add Arma II to my arsenal of games. Thank you for the suggestion.

... wait, what? DayZ is multiplayer????

Eeeehhhh... I don't need a survival game *that* much.

To be fair you barely see other players if you don't want to. Find a low population server and stay away from the big towns and you'll probably barely ever see another player.

There's 220 square kilometres to play in so... And those rare time where you bump into a person are usually friendly so...

Other times I've been brutally murdered while looking at my inventory due to the other guy not expecting me to be there.

I've been looting a crashed helicopter (Best loot) and heard a sniper bullet whizz past me, though "What the fuck was that?", heard the gunshot and another bullet, and though "Shiiiit! and started legging it.

Having occasional PVP happen just raises the tension. You can play it single player but then there isn't the constant fear about walking around in the open or looting the high population areas.

Or you can do hilarious shit like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO4xvgsc8n4&feature=player_embedded

Or this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NO-P9tucGg&feature=related

Or there's this more serious series by the ShackTactical gang:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRpPIyJDSEQ&feature=plcp

 

[Aitamen]

Could that screen of the WiiU possibly have been a demo and informing the player that the next step of the tutorial would be shown there?

Might be a possibility, but refer to you the GBA Link cable games for a bit of a history lesson.

Also, more directly to the article, I prefer things where I can control both, like PSO's setup... I found it did a lot of good for such things. Also, I hated Halo when it was big... but I realized that, just maybe, I should've given it more of a chance, because those people are now playing CoD, which is infinitely worse...