Smeags on 05 June 2012
Okay, let's do this!
- Gaming Montage (Yay! Hooray! Okay... you can stop now... seriously. You can stop now.)
- Jack Tretton (Seemed generally pleased and spoke with humility. Kudos.)
- PlayStation Plus (I sense that all those who attended Sony's conference will like it a bit more than the rest of us. :P)
- Beyond: Two Souls (So that was a nice... erm... trailer. Good to see there's a new PlayStation theme with Ellen Paige.)
- PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale (Vita support? Never saw it coming! Still, looked like a good time with friends. Wish they would have played as Nathan or Big Daddy.)
- Black Ops: Declassified (Vita would have been better off with the actual Black Ops. Much better off. And no gameplay? Not even a teaser?)
- Assassin's Creed III: Liberation (Looked good.)
- Assassin's Creed III (Didn't uh... didn't we already see this an hour ago? But hey, Naval battles look fun.)
- Far Cry 3 (So Sony... Ubisoft had a conference a couple hours ago...)
- Wonderbook (Well that went on for way too long. Nifty idea for younger folks though. And I admit that I laughed when they came under technical difficulties. XD)
- Self Depreciating Jokes (Well Sony, your conference would be a lot more impressive if you yourself didn't spoil everything before hand. But at least you realize it.)
- God of War: Ascention (For the fans, it's another God of War! Hooray! For the rest of us, it's another God of War. Okay.)
- The Last of Us (Solid. Very solid. A very gripping gameplay demo. It looks like it's going to be a classic.)
Smeags' Score: 6/10 (Above Average)
While there were some solid gameplay demos (with the highlight being The Last of Us), Sony's insistance of announcing most of the surprises before E3 started really hurt the conference's wow factor. Vita support was surprisingly absent, and Wonderbook lasted way too long (but it did provided some unintentional laughs). In the end, it wasn't a home run, but unlike Microsoft there was a heavy focus on the games.
