E3 2012 - OMG L337 BBQ - Page 11

Kyanbu The Legend · 06-05-2012, 05:20 PM

Aw well, maybe some day.

Azisien · 06-05-2012, 05:46 PM

So I don't have time to watch the E3 videos or read a 100 post thread.

Briefly, has a single cool thing been announced at all? I heard something about a Watch Dogs game looking cool. I need a Cole's Notes here, dang it.

rpgdemon · 06-05-2012, 05:53 PM

Sup, dawgs. Give me a list of things to check out day 2, and I will do my best journalistic approach of checking them out. I have pretty much checked out everything I was looking to check out, today, so lemme know if you need anything.

Arcanum · 06-05-2012, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by rpgdemon

Sup, dawgs. Give me a list of things to check out day 2, and I will do my best journalistic approach of checking them out. I have pretty much checked out everything I was looking to check out, today, so lemme know if you need anything.

Watch Dogs and The Last of Us. Any extra info you can dig up would be greatly appreciated.

Specifically, regarding Watch Dogs, is it a sandbox/open world game? What city is the game set in? (I haven't bothered to thoroughly examine the game's trailers but I'm hoping it's not New York because every game and its mother is set in New York.) What previous games have members of the Watch Dogs team worked on? (Like are these folks that worked on AC titles or other stuff).

As for The Last of Us,

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see if the stage show was really scripted or if the gameplay actually feels like that.

Also, can you ask something like "Given how linear and cinematic Uncharted was, will we be seeing the same kind of linearity with The Last of Us? Will the only break from that linearity be in enemy encounters (similar to how Uncharted's areas opened up during gunfights) or will there be a degree of exploration freedom?"

Bells · 06-05-2012, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by rpgdemon

Sup, dawgs. Give me a list of things to check out day 2, and I will do my best journalistic approach of checking them out. I have pretty much checked out everything I was looking to check out, today, so lemme know if you need anything.

Sup Dawg!

Hey, if you get your hands with the WiiU could you check ZombiU? And see if there is anything related to Batman on the WiiU or Mass Effect.

Also, Watch Dogs!

And, is Square Enix even present at the event? Anything from them down there?

AH!! Please check Last of Us if you can, just to see if the stage show was really scripted or if the gameplay actually feels like that. I dunno if they have hands on with the game there though...

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Originally Posted by Azisien

So I don't have time to watch the E3 videos or read a 100 post thread.

Briefly, has a single cool thing been announced at all? I heard something about a Watch Dogs game looking cool. I need a Cole's Notes here, dang it.

I made a Thread about Watch Dog, you can get the best info there #InsiderNotInsider

Overall, Microsoft gave a really underwhelming conference. on the Hardware makers side, Nintendo and Sony have a really good close call tie (it varies depending on your personal preferences) and Ubisoft took the stage by storm.

Also, the next in the Indigo Prophecy, Heavy Rain line -> Beyond. Seems a mix of Supernatural ghost Story with Action Movie and Draaaaaaaaaaaama.

And Last of Us looks really cool, but nobody is really sure of how well it plays in reality.

Other than that, Assassin's Creed III is as Badass as people thought it would be.

rpgdemon · 06-05-2012, 06:29 PM

Square Enix is mostly pimping Hitman and the new Tomb Raider, but they are there. They've got another KH game, and a bunch of tablet stuff? I'll check it out in more detail tomorrow.

I saw Batman Arkham... Something, at the WiiU area, it might have been Lego batman though. Another thing for me to check tomorrow.

Locke cole · 06-05-2012, 07:39 PM

Nintendo announced Pikmin 3, among some other first party stuff. There's a Wii U Scribblenauts game, and for some arcane reason, they didn't put this really awesome superhero-meets-Pikmin-style game from Platinum Games in the conference proper.

phil_ · 06-05-2012, 08:55 PM

rpgdemon, some dude said there was a Project Diva coming to the US on Vita. Is Hatsune Miku's game actually there?

Arcanum · 06-05-2012, 11:47 PM

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rpgdemon, some dude said there was a Project Diva coming to the US on Vita. Is Hatsune Miku's game actually there?

This is relevant to your interests.

phil_ · 06-06-2012, 08:54 AM

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This is relevant to your interests.

That is relevant to my interests, in that this is the article I wanted confirmation of. Could just be a fever dream of his, or there could be a "This isn't coming to North America" sign that he overlooked, or he could just be lying. In any case, bringing Project Diva to the states doesn't make any sense, since it relies entirely on Miku's star power to sell, something she has none of outside Japan.

As for Square Enix's tech demo, having not seen it, all I can say is this: Even if SE invoked the "brown people = bad guys, white and delightsome = good guys" visual dynamic in order to subvert it, the fact that someone more than familiar with video games and video game narratives (that means Snake) still saw it as "brown people = bad guys, white and delightsome = good guys" means someone at SE screwed up, regardless of their intentions. Now, whether this is just a failure to succeed at an interesting narrative goal like making the "terrorists" the good guys or if this just stems from ignorance of the realities of racial discrimination is arguable, yeah. But being like "Snake what are you talking about?" is kinda giving SE a pass on their error of playing with "brown people = bad guys, white and delightsome = good guys" and not entirely succeeding in avoiding setting off the same alarms as "Splinter Cell: Sam Fischer Murders His Way Through The Middle East While Screaming 'I'm the good guy!' and Ejaculating Bald Eagles."

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rpgdemon Not a Taco Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3,313	Sup, dawgs. Give me a list of things to check out day 2, and I will do my best journalistic approach of checking them out. I have pretty much checked out everything I was looking to check out, today, so lemme know if you need anything. __________________ I did a lot of posting on here as a teenager, and I was pretty awful. Even after I learned, grew up, and came to be on the right side of a lot of important issues, I was still angry, abrasive, and generally increased the amount of hate in the world, in pretty unacceptable ways. On the off chance that someone is taking a trip down memory lane looking through those old threads, I wanted to devote my signature to say directly to you, I'm sorry. Thank you for letting me be better, NPF.

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rpgdemon Not a Taco Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3,313	Square Enix is mostly pimping Hitman and the new Tomb Raider, but they are there. They've got another KH game, and a bunch of tablet stuff? I'll check it out in more detail tomorrow. I saw Batman Arkham... Something, at the WiiU area, it might have been Lego batman though. Another thing for me to check tomorrow. __________________ I did a lot of posting on here as a teenager, and I was pretty awful. Even after I learned, grew up, and came to be on the right side of a lot of important issues, I was still angry, abrasive, and generally increased the amount of hate in the world, in pretty unacceptable ways. On the off chance that someone is taking a trip down memory lane looking through those old threads, I wanted to devote my signature to say directly to you, I'm sorry. Thank you for letting me be better, NPF.

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phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	rpgdemon, some dude said there was a Project Diva coming to the US on Vita. Is Hatsune Miku's game actually there? __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.

06-05-2012, 05:46 PM	#2
Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	So I don't have time to watch the E3 videos or read a 100 post thread. Briefly, has a single cool thing been announced at all? I heard something about a Watch Dogs game looking cool. I need a Cole's Notes here, dang it.