It's that time of year again...
I've got the bloggin' fever again. Luckily, I have a perfectly good topic right here at my fingertips: E3 2006.
You may well be sitting there thinking what the dilly-o E3 is. The title itself stands for Electronic Entertainment Expo, and that pretty much sums up what it's all about. Every year, in May, game developers and journalists alike descend upon the Los Angeles Convention Centre (or Center, I guess, seeing as it's in America and all), and the resulting flurry of news and revelations is a gamer's wet dream. For someone like me, it's a very exciting time of year.
The Expo's not quite over yet for this year, but (if I remember rightly) I believe today is the last day. Far too much happens at E3 for me to report all of it, especially when there are far more extensive and better-written sources elsewhere, so I'll simply offer my views on what I consider to be the most important (read: OMFG-inducing) news items.
So, in no particular order, we have:
Grand Theft Auto IV + Vice City Stories
Hardly earth-shattering announcements, I know, but the prospect of more GTA was always going to make me salivate intensely (not literally, of course. Speaking of which, does anybody really drool when excited about something. I doubt it.). I'm yet to play Liberty City Stories, but I've heard only good things. Vice City was always my favourite locale out of the PS2 lot, so I've got high hopes for this. As for GTA IV, do I really need to explain? Even if they just remade San Andreas with added graphical and physical pimp I wouldn't be unhappy (that's a lie actually; I'd be fuming), but with Rockstar North's capacity to make GTA constantly bigger and better, I wouldn't be surprised if this turned out to be my New Favourite Game(tm).
Your wallet might just survive the PlayStation 3
If only just, anyway. If it wasn't for series like GTA, Final Fantasy and Metal Gear Solid, Sony's arrogance would probably be enough to put me off PlayStation for good. As it is, I expect I'll get a PS3 eventually, but only after it's been reduced from it's launch price of $500 (about £350-£400 I'm guessing). Honestly, I'm confident it'll be a fine console, but is it really worth that much? Particularly when Microsoft is prepared to sell similar technology for a far lower price? Still, at least it's not in the region of $800 like the rumours suggested, but I'd still rather they'd sell it for less and be prepared to lose money. They'd still be fucking rolling in it.
Guns of the Patriots
I'm still yet to play Metal Gear Solid 3, but numbers 1 and 2 remain two of my favourite games. Yes, I'm aware the storyline of MGS2 is convoluted, far-fetched, ridiculous, laughable, boring, and any other derogatory adjectives you care to mention, but I love it, for some peculiar reason. The trailer for MGS4: Guns of the Patriots is damned impressive (I just salivated again), especially Raiden in his fancy new get-up. I actually quite liked Raiden already, but apparently he sounded like a girl, or something...
Revolution (sorry, *Wii*) might be a bit more expensive than planned. Not that expensive, but just a bit more than we thought it might be.
Uh, yeah, that's basically it.
Brawl!
As expected, a new Super Smash Bros. has been announced for Wii. Slightly less expected was the addition of some minor Nintendo characters. Oh, and SOLID SNAKE!! Other than that it's basically the same game as before, only with a bit of spit and polish, as far as I can tell. The Smash Bros. for 'Cube was easily my favourite game on the system, so this is fine by me. Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of the freehand controller, or Wii-mote, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't work in a beat 'em up.
EDIT: A friend pointed out to me that I neglected to mention Super Smash Bros. Brawl's online capability. Quite how I managed to forget the most important addition to the SSB series is beyond me, but there you have it. Super Smash Bros. Brawl will be playable online (and for free, what's more). Damn, it feels good to say it.
I think that's basically it. Not the most exciting E3 since I've been following it, but still some damned tasty nuggets o' news floating about.
As a footnote to today's post, it's What I've Been Listening To Recently (aka I'm Not Plagiarising)
Modern Girls and Old Fashioned Men - The Strokes with Regina Spektor
Sonnet - The Verve
Ladyflash - The Go! Team
Turn a Square - The Shins
Bullets - Editors
Hard to Concentrate - Red Hot Chili Peppers
See the World - The Kooks
I Write Sins Not Tragedies - Panic! At The Disco
Don't Get Lost in Heaven - Gorillaz
Thank you, and goodnight.
You may well be sitting there thinking what the dilly-o E3 is. The title itself stands for Electronic Entertainment Expo, and that pretty much sums up what it's all about. Every year, in May, game developers and journalists alike descend upon the Los Angeles Convention Centre (or Center, I guess, seeing as it's in America and all), and the resulting flurry of news and revelations is a gamer's wet dream. For someone like me, it's a very exciting time of year.
The Expo's not quite over yet for this year, but (if I remember rightly) I believe today is the last day. Far too much happens at E3 for me to report all of it, especially when there are far more extensive and better-written sources elsewhere, so I'll simply offer my views on what I consider to be the most important (read: OMFG-inducing) news items.
So, in no particular order, we have:
Grand Theft Auto IV + Vice City Stories
Hardly earth-shattering announcements, I know, but the prospect of more GTA was always going to make me salivate intensely (not literally, of course. Speaking of which, does anybody really drool when excited about something. I doubt it.). I'm yet to play Liberty City Stories, but I've heard only good things. Vice City was always my favourite locale out of the PS2 lot, so I've got high hopes for this. As for GTA IV, do I really need to explain? Even if they just remade San Andreas with added graphical and physical pimp I wouldn't be unhappy (that's a lie actually; I'd be fuming), but with Rockstar North's capacity to make GTA constantly bigger and better, I wouldn't be surprised if this turned out to be my New Favourite Game(tm).
Your wallet might just survive the PlayStation 3
If only just, anyway. If it wasn't for series like GTA, Final Fantasy and Metal Gear Solid, Sony's arrogance would probably be enough to put me off PlayStation for good. As it is, I expect I'll get a PS3 eventually, but only after it's been reduced from it's launch price of $500 (about £350-£400 I'm guessing). Honestly, I'm confident it'll be a fine console, but is it really worth that much? Particularly when Microsoft is prepared to sell similar technology for a far lower price? Still, at least it's not in the region of $800 like the rumours suggested, but I'd still rather they'd sell it for less and be prepared to lose money. They'd still be fucking rolling in it.
Guns of the Patriots
I'm still yet to play Metal Gear Solid 3, but numbers 1 and 2 remain two of my favourite games. Yes, I'm aware the storyline of MGS2 is convoluted, far-fetched, ridiculous, laughable, boring, and any other derogatory adjectives you care to mention, but I love it, for some peculiar reason. The trailer for MGS4: Guns of the Patriots is damned impressive (I just salivated again), especially Raiden in his fancy new get-up. I actually quite liked Raiden already, but apparently he sounded like a girl, or something...
Revolution (sorry, *Wii*) might be a bit more expensive than planned. Not that expensive, but just a bit more than we thought it might be.
Uh, yeah, that's basically it.
Brawl!
As expected, a new Super Smash Bros. has been announced for Wii. Slightly less expected was the addition of some minor Nintendo characters. Oh, and SOLID SNAKE!! Other than that it's basically the same game as before, only with a bit of spit and polish, as far as I can tell. The Smash Bros. for 'Cube was easily my favourite game on the system, so this is fine by me. Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of the freehand controller, or Wii-mote, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't work in a beat 'em up.
EDIT: A friend pointed out to me that I neglected to mention Super Smash Bros. Brawl's online capability. Quite how I managed to forget the most important addition to the SSB series is beyond me, but there you have it. Super Smash Bros. Brawl will be playable online (and for free, what's more). Damn, it feels good to say it.
I think that's basically it. Not the most exciting E3 since I've been following it, but still some damned tasty nuggets o' news floating about.
As a footnote to today's post, it's What I've Been Listening To Recently (aka I'm Not Plagiarising)
Modern Girls and Old Fashioned Men - The Strokes with Regina Spektor
Sonnet - The Verve
Ladyflash - The Go! Team
Turn a Square - The Shins
Bullets - Editors
Hard to Concentrate - Red Hot Chili Peppers
See the World - The Kooks
I Write Sins Not Tragedies - Panic! At The Disco
Don't Get Lost in Heaven - Gorillaz
Thank you, and goodnight.
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