{"id":488,"date":"2009-06-04T11:00:30","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/?p=488"},"modified":"2009-06-04T11:00:30","modified_gmt":"2009-06-04T16:00:30","slug":"e3-%e2%80%9809-thoughts-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/?p=488","title":{"rendered":"E3 \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc09: Thoughts part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, I know I did not make it back last night; sorry.\u00c2 (Apologizing to myself is a bit odd *shrug*) <\/em>Anyway after the break I get back to my quick hits about games and game news from E3’09<\/p>\n

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All Racing Games<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since I am not a big fan of the genere, all I hear when a racing game comes on screen is chatter about; lots of cars, customizable, fast, destruction, tracks, tricks, zoom zoom, blah blah.\u00c2 \u00c2 Sorry racing game but if you don’t allow me to install oil slicks, smoke, rockets, mines, machine guns, and other ways to eliminate my opponents then I am just not interested.<\/p>\n

Sports Games<\/strong><\/p>\n

I admit, there was a time when I was a big fan of sports games. That time was College.\u00c2 Back then there were always a ton of people around that also wanted to play and that made all sports game more fun.\u00c2 Now, I am the only player in the room which leaves my interest level at close to zero.\u00c2 Though I am impressed with the ways sports games are starting to integrate multilayer more.<\/p>\n

God of War 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I finally got around to playing the first game in the series I was impressed.\u00c2 It pulled me through and consistently impressed me with its art direction and level of action.\u00c2 Seeing the third game reminds me that I really, really should play the second and again how much Sony needs to lower the price of the PS3.\u00c2 \u00c2 What that means is; oh my gosh this game looks like a whole lot of actiony violent fun.<\/p>\n

Dante’s Inferno<\/strong><\/p>\n

All I have seen is cinematic footage, and from it I conclude this is a game that wants to be God of War and maybe Shadow of the Colossus.\u00c2 Though in the end I suspect fail.<\/p>\n

Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t think I have played more than maybe an hour of any Ratchet & Clank game, but I do recognize their “goodness”.\u00c2 This game is no exception, and is again another high point for the Ps3.<\/p>\n

The Agency<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please. Oh pretty please be good.\u00c2 From what I have seen it looks to use a bit of the Free Realms class system, in which changing what you wear changes what you can do.\u00c2 And missions may require you to do a variety of different things.\u00c2 Thus far I thought the use of teammates to accomplish tasks, the way you move from public to private instances, and the smoothness of the shooty bits all add up to “fun”.\u00c2 Though again I will temper my excitement with the knowledge that E3 is all about Hype.<\/p>\n

Borderlands<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everything I am reading and seeing says I should like this game. Gearbox, don’t screw this up and don’t over think it.\u00c2 \u00c2 New art style looks fine, and I believe does help you stand out a bit from other sci-fish games.<\/p>\n

MAG<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hmmm.\u00c2 Interesting concept. Coordinated large player verses player shooter, action.\u00c2 If this game were on the PC I would probably be more interested.\u00c2 Though since I can not even begin to be competitive using the thumb sticks, I will just watch this one from the side.\u00c2 Oh and are there enough Ps3 owners to consistently find and fill open 256 v 256 battles?<\/p>\n

Heavy Rain<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes please. While I did not finish Fahrenheit<\/em> I enjoyed the heck out of what I did play and would love to see more “adventure” games like this.\u00c2 Down side… PS3. Gah! Stupid sony and their exclusives.\u00c2 Oh and btw, the game looks fantastic.<\/p>\n

Halo: ODST and Reach<\/strong><\/p>\n

I know its sacrilege to many, but I never found Halo to be that great of an FPS.\u00c2 It was good, and fun but I have several more FPS that I would rank higher than Halo.\u00c2 That said,\u00c2 Bungie understands presentation, and even I am looking forward to playing through the events that occurred in New Mambassa. As for Reach; well thus far they have said nothing thus so will I.<\/p>\n

Alan Wake<\/strong><\/p>\n

A bit of shooter + a bit of Silent Hill + gorgeous graphics = me buying if the controls are good.\u00c2 We need more games that tell actual storys and if Remedy can provide some within this thriller looking title then I will buy it.\u00c2 Maybe it will help me forget that I can not play Heavy Rain.<\/p>\n

PSP GO<\/strong><\/p>\n

$249 You must be kidding.\u00c2 Sorry Sony, I am not biting.\u00c2 You want me to believe that you are going to continue to support both the UMD and non-UMD versions of the hardware?\u00c2 Bah.\u00c2 If you want to eliminate the retail outlets and used UMD market then you are going to have to lower the price of your machine, by a lot.\u00c2 Make it $169 and I will put it on my wish list.<\/p>\n

FFIV Online<\/strong><\/p>\n

If Square decided to join this generation of MMO design and make the game not a grouping, grinding punishment of a game then yes I am interested.\u00c2 Heck I am interested even if they have not changed their design. Why? Because FFXI had great art, animation, sound, and a bit of story telling that sucked me in for a few almost wonderful months. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The Last Guardian <\/strong><\/p>\n

Uhmmm, oh my goodness go watch this<\/a> and tell me you don’t want to know more about those two characters. Amazing. Simply amazing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, I know I did not make it back last night; sorry.\u00c2 (Apologizing to myself is a bit odd *shrug*) Anyway after the break I get back to my quick hits about games and game news from E3’09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[57,56,111],"class_list":["post-488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games","tag-add-new-tag","tag-e309","tag-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xenopulse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}