Okay, so
I'm typing this at 6.45 in the morning after having staggered out of
bed at 4.15.
I had to
catch Bethesda's E3 show live, and living where I do, meant getting
up at this frankly ungodly hour. And on top of that, I didn't exactly
get to bed early, which is Microsoft's fault.
Alright,
lets break this down. I blame any typo's on my foggy brain.
EA started
off E3 first, and apart from Unravel 2 (adorable) and Sea of Solitude
(interesting), their entire show was complete garbage. And I'm not
saying that because I despise EA, which I do, but their show was
lackluster, cringy and a little bit insulting. Their CEO Andrew
Wilson had the unmitigated gall to claim they are “concerned about
players having an unfair advantage”. After all the BS they pulled
with pay to win nonsense...
But enough
about the sad trolls.
Last night
(my time) was Microsoft's conference, and I was legit exhausted
afterward. It was non stop roller-coaster of amazing titles after
amazing titles. I'm not even really interested in playing any of them
bar two, but the trailers were so good. They showcased fifty titles
in ninety minutes. After forty minutes, I glanced at the clock
thinking that it was about done, and it just kept going. Utterly
incredible. If you have the time, give the show a look, it was
incredible. I can't list them all here, but a new Ori, a new Forza,
three Gears of War, Kingdom Hearts 3, and my favourite non Bethesda
title: Cyberpunk 2077! My mind is still reeling.
Then, just
a couple hours ago, Bethesda took to the stage. At first I was a bit
confused. It wasn't very good, but then... then Todd Howard took to
the stage and stole the show.
Fallout 76
is a online Fallout game, BUT, you can play it alone if you prefer.
What we don't know yet, is whether you can play PVE with friends, or
if it's either solo or co-op/PVP. We'll probably know soon.
The game
is four times bigger than Fallout 4, you can build anywhere, Howard
called it “softcore survival”, meaning you loose nothing by
dying, and their dedicated servers are going to feature dozens of
players at once not hundreds, “it's the apocalypse not an amusement
park”.
We're
still missing a lot of details, but my sleep deprived brain is very
optimistic.
They also
announced a cross platform Elder Scrolls game called Blades that will
work on everything from phones to VR. They showed a teaser of their
first new IP in 25 years, Starfield as well as a screen for Elder
Scrolls 6!
And then
smaller stuff like, new content for Prey, a new Doom game and a new
Wolfenstein game. The new Wolf is the first that doesn't feature good
old B.J. It's set in Nazi occupied Paris in the 80's and you play as
B.J.'s twin daughters and it's both soloable and co-op. All really
really cool.
Then,
Devolver Digital was just as bizarre, vulgar, bloody and amazingly
weird as last year. They don't make games for me, but kudos for the
show.
Still to
come are Square-Enix, but I think most of their stuff was shown by
Microsoft. Ubisoft should be interesting, and then the PC gaming
show. Whew.
Finally,
here's the links. Last week I received a complaint about my lack of
links, so here you go. I recommend skipping EA, but Microsoft's an
Bethesda's are gold.
So that's
that, have a great week!
Microsoft:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phw8aU02zGQ
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