Zero Punctuation: E3 2012

[LazyAza]

Um, both AC3 and Dishonoured had extensive gameplay showings at E3. Did yahtzee not even bother trying to watch them and assume their weren't any? weird.

 

[algalon]

So how long do the kids need to be in your van again? Will you be offering them candy?

 

[Darth_Payn]

Well, ok, AC3's main trailer was one of their CGI ones, but in addition to that they did also have 3 separate gameplay demo's so it's a bit unfair to call them out.

Agreed. Did the fact that the gameplay previews have stabbing & shooting Englishmen make Yahtzee tune it out? At least ACIII: Liberation is set in New Orleans when it was still French territory, so he could stab & shoot Frnchmen in that one.
And yeah, I hate it when game trailers are too vague about what it's about. I still have no idea about the world in "The Last of Us"!

 

[FallenMessiah88]

I am mostly looking forwars to Watchdogs, Far Cry 3, Assassins Creed 3, Dishonored and Resident Evil 6.

Watchdogs has a very interesting premise. Far Cry has always been a favorite of mine, with it's big open environments. Assassins Creed's story has always intrigued me, although I have a lot of catching up to do. Dishonored looks like a mixture of Bioshock, Half Life and Assassins Creed and lastly Resident Evil 6 looks like it's trying it's best to take the best of the old games and the newer games and mix them together into one big delicious bowl of awesomeness. Also, I am a massive RE fanboy.

EDIT: Oh and Star Wars 1313 as well. How could I forget?! Not only does the graphics look really good, hopefully it can also breathe some new life into the Star Wars franchise as well as lucasarts themselves. I wan't a new Jedi Knight damnit! >:-(

 

[I.Muir]

Never been to E3 but I have come to a few assumptions about it
1) It is full of lies and deceit
2) You are really only going to hang out with other gamers and to realize you are not alone
3) The games being presented are mostly there for the spectacle
4) There are girls being paid to walk around scantily clad in costumes and some are not

 

[Lt. Rocky]

Seems pretty mirrored of what I thought of E3. I disagree with his thoughts on the abundance of trailer CGI, however, as there was plenty of game footage shown, and even if there was too much at least there was all the coverage shown after the press conferences.

Shame we didn't get to see a reaction from him about the newly-announced Painkiller sequal. Quite stoked for that, myself.

 

[sideshow]

hmmm. you seem a little bit pissed Yahtzee.

You must be new here.

OT: Ah, I loved his comments on the Hitman trailer. I haven't even seen it and it was hilarious. Also, dictionary.

not really, twas sarcasm.

 

[Evil Smurf]

less snarky then usual. Why?

 

[Ctmnt08]

Nothing great, nothing egregiously awful.

So, is it worse for E3 to be bad or to be mediocre?

 

[Swifteye]

Loved the comment about the hitman trailer. It was just random garbage that would have made for a awesome exploitation film. But has very little to do with I dunno. Stealth!

 

[CardinalPiggles]

I laughed way too loud when you said "that's what gives me a chubby".

Anyway, it looks like Watchdogs is ready for a sink or swim situation when it comes out, I hope it's the latter because it does seem to have some interesting mechanics in there.

 

[jpoon]

Well done, probably the best review of anything I've ever seen you "review". E3 is and has been pure corporate shit for as long as I can remember...and I'm 33. Nintendo and their next system is pretty much a joke, and yes watch dogs definitely took the whole shit-fest.

spot on.

 

[-Drifter-]

Eh...he does know that Halo 4 showed us gameplay right? I'm ok with him not liking what he saw but it kind of annoys me when he says things about it that are flat out wrong. I mean look at this, around five minutes of gameplay right here.


He could have said that he didn't like it and I wouldn't have had a problem with it, but there's a difference between that and saying that it doesn't even exist.

He didn't even get around to Halo, unless you count that one-off comment about Master Chief's new hat.

 

[Erttheking]

Eh...he does know that Halo 4 showed us gameplay right? I'm ok with him not liking what he saw but it kind of annoys me when he says things about it that are flat out wrong. I mean look at this, around five minutes of gameplay right here.


He could have said that he didn't like it and I wouldn't have had a problem with it, but there's a difference between that and saying that it doesn't even exist.

He didn't even get around to Halo, unless you count that one-off comment about Master Chief's new hat.

Well, I kinda assumed that that comment about Master Chief having a new hat meant that he included Halo in his list of games that had no gameplay. It wasn't helped by him saying that he had wanted to get to Halo and him mentioning Halo also implied that it wasn't an exception.

 

[-Drifter-]

Well, I kinda assumed that that comment about Master Chief having a new hat meant that he included Halo in his list of games that had no gameplay. It wasn't helped by him saying that he had wanted to get to Halo and him mentioning Halo also implied that it wasn't an exception.

If it'd been explicitly stated that Halo 4 showed no gameplay then I could understand if you took exception, but it wasn't. Halo was pretty much a cliff note in the video, so it strikes me as making a big deal out of nothing.

 

[Erttheking]

Well, I kinda assumed that that comment about Master Chief having a new hat meant that he included Halo in his list of games that had no gameplay. It wasn't helped by him saying that he had wanted to get to Halo and him mentioning Halo also implied that it wasn't an exception.

If it'd been explicitly stated that Halo 4 showed no gameplay then I could understand if you took exception, but it wasn't. Halo was pretty much a cliff note in the video, so it strikes me as making a big deal out of nothing.

I wasn't really making a big deal, my post wasn't even five sentences long, it was an honest misunderstanding.

 

[Biodeamon]

good i'm not the only one who thought deadspace 3 looks like deadspace...
i mean srsly...ornage glowy weakspots, snowy planet, weird suits, etc. i mean COME ON.

and actually i would pay money if the T-rex molestes laura,

 

[-Drifter-]

I wasn't really making a big deal, my post wasn't even five sentences long, it was an honest misunderstanding.

Fair enough, it's just that saying

I'm ok with him not liking what he saw but it kind of annoys me when he says things about it that are flat out wrong.

kind of irks me, since he never actually said much of anything regarding Halo at all.

 

[Erttheking]

good i'm not the only one who thought deadspace 3 looks like deadspace...
i mean srsly...ornage glowy weakspots, snowy planet, weird suits, etc. i mean COME ON.

and actually i would pay money if the T-rex molestes laura,

Uh, I think you made a little bit of a typo there.

 

[porpoise hork]

I wasn't really making a big deal, my post wasn't even five sentences long, it was an honest misunderstanding.

Fair enough, it's just that saying

I'm ok with him not liking what he saw but it kind of annoys me when he says things about it that are flat out wrong.

kind of irks me, since he never actually said much of anything regarding Halo at all.

It's Halo.. What's more there to say.