E3

[Blue Protoman]

Let the disappointments awesomeness begin!

[japanfreak]

The time zone is for me okay:P its like 6-7o clock pm in holland then

[Paul-FC]

E3 kinda sucked the last couple years...i might watch it on G4 just to see if nintendo comes out with anything cool

[UglyJoe]

A couple years ago, the event organizers decided they wanted a more "professional" vibe for E3.  So, they removed all the spectacle from it -- the show tanked.  This year, they've added the spectacle back into it, hoping it will make E3 relevant again.

[Blue Protoman]

I'm more interested in announcements than E3 itself.  After E3, I search around for news of new game announcements or info.  Maybe Nintendo will reveal the American release date for WarioWare: Myself.

[PatMan33]

Microsoft's conference was interesting. They got Metal Gear and Left 4 Dead 2. There was some interesting Alan Wake info. Of course they had Halo (two different flavors) and a bunch of other stuff that I really didn't care about (Modern Warfare 2).

The big announcement was supposed to be Natal, a camera system that makes you the controller for the game. I think the reception was good but could have been better. Their demos were okay but I don't think it will be a major hit since they have to build an entirely new install base. Also the guy that is developing it (his name is Kudo) is a total tool.

Overall I give them a B-.

[Rob64]

I just thought they had too many shooters to where it was all the same. I like rock band, and project natal seems interesting but not appealing. But i did like Peter Molyneux's video with it.

Overall, C

[UglyJoe]

Natal has potential.  As a human-computer interface device it's very impressive, but I really don't see how it'll sell video games.  It reminds me of Microsoft's constant touting of multi-touch screen devices (see Microsoft Surface).  It's cool and very forward-thinking, but nobody really wants it or has a use for it (yet).

[nintendodork]

I didn't watch anything on E3, but...from what you're saying..Natal sounds like a Microsoft (expensive) version of the EyeToy?

[UglyJoe]

It's more advanced than the Eyetoy because it can detect how near/far you are to it.  Personally, though, I don't see it fairing any better.

Which is a shame, because the Eyetoy games that I've played were generally pretty fun (if not short-lived...kinda like most Wii mini-games).

[PatMan33]

The EA conference was interesting. Nothing mega noteworthy aside from Mass Effect 2 and Brutal Legend... both of which look AWESOME! I don't really care for MMOs so you'll have to ask someone else about the Star Wars Old Republic game. The video was cool though.

The tennis game they're releasing for Wii looks good too and it uses Motion Plus.


**EDIT**
Just saw Ubisoft's press conference. It was long...

Assassin's Creed 2 looks decent, Katamari Raving Rabbids looks alright, Ubisoft is releasing a camera that is strangely similar to Microsoft's new Natal camera... except it's for the Wii. The new Splinter Cell still makes me want to play Thief. James Cameron and Pele talked for about 45 minutes and it wasn't all in English.

[Rob64]

I unfortunately didn't watch the other 2 conferences so I can really only talk about Microsoft.

It may be a bad analogy but Microsoft seems to being doing to the 360 what Sega did to the Genesis. They piled a lot of unnecessary features into their xbox live feature expecting to make money.

Their netflix announcement for example, not much different from the announcement last year. And facebook and twitter on there screams dumb for me. I think the icing on that cake is their idea of instead of watching netflix with your friend in the same room, they would watch it at the same time via xbox live... WTF! I know it can be nice to have in certain situations but for everyday use, really?

The conference started great but seemed to have gone downhill after the demo for FFXIII. It was great seeing Tony Hawk, Yoko Ono, George Harrison's wife and son, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr have their chance on stage. I bet it would be cool if all of them were alive that they would play the demo with the rock band instruments.

I like Tony Hawk Ride, but the skateboard controller seems to have been meaningless when you saw the video demonstrating project natal where he's playing a skateboard game. That moment made the new controller idea worthless and kind of contradicting if you remember what the president was talking about in his speech.

I still stand by the grade I gave their conference. It had a very strong start, but it went downhill after the third or fourth shooter game. It was like we were getting the same game in different time periods or different places.

Can't wait for Nintendo tomorrow and to see Steve Weibe. I won't watch Sony, but I am expecting them to do a price drop on the ps3, so if anyone can do a summary of that, that would be sweet.

[nintendodork]

I saw Tony Hawk talking about THR on Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon, and he made it sound awesome on the Wii.  They were talking about how it was different from the Balance Board, but I don't think it'll be that great.

[Rob64]

Neither do I, but the concept was neat when it was talked about at Microsofts E3... until project natal made it sound worthless.

I stopped playing Tony Hawk at American Wasteland. But thanks to my xbox being wierd and unreliable, I can only play THPS 1 and 2.

You gonna watch Nintendo? I wanna hear what they have to say about the experiment they announced last year.

[FamicomFreak]

Microsoft had a nice E3 conference. I didn't paid much attention to their shooters but FFXIII got me thinking! The new TH game is blah(I stopped playing the games after AW) and haven't been interested in the games even after this. I think I rather skate outside! Lets see what else, oh the natal thing was interesting but we'll have to see where it goes. Metal Gear will surely make some people want a 360 as well but that's about it. I can't wait to see what Nintendo has for us tomorrow.