| Darth Tigris said: Ok, I'm a bit confused. As I've mentioned before, I gave Sony a 6 and MS a 'Meh' on the respective threads (which, for me, is the same rating), but why are people ripping on the MS conference as if it were Nintendo 2009? What was so HORRIBLE about it that makes it the clear "loser" (I haven't watched Nintendo's and won't because I'm spent)??? Halo 4 looked really good. Splinter Cell also looked really good. Spies v Mercs!!! Madden 13 was ... Madden (sorry, I'm a 2K guy; never give up hope). Fable: The Journey, GeoW: Judgement, Forza Horizons ... all popular series returning with what will likely be quality entry's (Kinect YMMV), but disappointing no gameplay demonstrations or even footage of the later two. Stage demos later those ... Bunch of XBL non game entertainment, nothing for gamers directly but nothing awful there at all. Nike+ is potentially more awesome than people are giving it credit for. I need to lose about 30-40 lbs to be my old sexy self, so I can see the benefits. Smartglass: awesome potential, best feature of it's type because it looks to be relatively device agnostic. Apple, Sony and Nintendo can't compete with that. Tomb Raider, again, LOOKS REALLY GOOD. Still waiting for the awful ... Ascend ... eh, not for me. Ok, not impressed. Lococycle. Twisted Pixel, so it'll be good stuff for sure, but it'd be nice to see some actual footage. IntroducingMatter. It'd be nice to see some actual footage (4th time I'm saying this, which is a con for sure). Resident Evil 6 looked appropriately zombpocalyptically epic and nuRE. Nothing bad here. Wreckateer is a Kinect game, so everyone's gonna groan. Looks like a decent XBLA experience for casuals and kids, but pretty meh for me. South Park RPG - Looks like an ep of SP. Either you're a fan or not (I'm not). Dance Central 3: nerds and geeks hate to dance, so this will earn no respect, even if it is a fun experience that can teach you some moves. Will never be a win with gamers nerds, but definitely isn't a con. Usher concert YMMV depending on how much you like him. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 was a lousy announcement for a finale, but the actual game looked impressive for the most part. I was writing it off as soon as they introduced it but it grew on me as it continued. So again, I ask, what was SOOOOOOO awful about this that it deserved to be shoved in the doldrums of worst press conferences ever? There was none of the annoying posturing that drives me nuts (Sony finally had less but still too much; the Kaz worship was particulary groanworthy) and it had a great pace where nothing went on TOO long. |
This. There was nothing absolutely horrible about the MS E3 conference. Halo 4 looked way better than I could have ever hoped for which brought the conference up as a whole for me.
