Rate Microsoft 2011 E3

[Smeags]

It was an average showing in every sense of the word. No surprises, no ah-ha moments, few cringe worthy moments, but the most disappointing aspect for me was the sameness compared to last year's showing.

2010: Start out with Black Ops
2011: Start out with Modern Warfare 3 (looked like something outta the Transformers 3 trailer. )

2010: Gears 3 demo
2011: Gears 3 demo (with Ice-T!)

2010: Dance Central
2011: Dance Central 2

2010: Fable III
2011: Fable: The Journey

2010: Halo: Reach
2011: Halo: CE Anniversary and Halo 4 teaser

2010: Forza 4 teaser
2011: Forza 4 teaser

2010: Kinect Sports
2011: Kinect Sports 2

2010: Project Kingdoms teaser
2011: Ryse teaser

Anywho, I just felt like I was watching Microsoft's 2010 conference all over again, and while that's not exactly a bad thing... I just felt like there's was very little to get excited about.

Still, there were some pros:

+Ubisoft's gunsmith was really cool. I thought that that's a great direction for Kinect as far as core game integration goes.
+Yeah yeah... I'm a Disneyland fanatic, so I totally dug the Kinect Disneyland game. I must say though, I would rather just walk around the park then play those "rides". Get the coins! Woo! >_>

And there were some cons:

+The Kinect Sports football demonstration was pretty bad. Scratch that, it was lame-tastic.
+In fact, the whole "actors playing Kinect" thing was bad. "Fist bump!" "We missed the coins, we'll get them next time!" "SEEEET HIIIIIIIIKE!"

But yeah, no high highs, no low lows. It was just... there.

6/10