E3 2019: EA Play

E3 2019 is finally here, because screw Google. As usual, we start with everyone's favourite game studio devouring corporate overlords: Electronic Arts.

This year they're scaling down from a full press conference to a livestream, which seems to be what the cool kids are doing these days. Expect Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, and... ...that's pretty much it really. New FIFA and Madden? That's like saying wind blows and sun rises. More stuff for Battlefield V, Apex Legends and The Sims 4? Cool, I guess. Surprises? Maybe they'll add microtransactions that you pay with your left kidney, I dunno.

Anyway, we're live in 1 hour and 30 minutes. Here's the Twitch stream:

And here's the one on YouTube:

I'll personally be watching it on Mixer, because I'm sexually attracted to lost causes.

Yikes, EA is 1st?

Guess we are here for Star Wars only.

Jedi Fallen Order no doubt. I'm actually hype for that game if I'm being honest about it.

Traditionally, yes. This year Google tried to be edgy and get ahead of them, but Baldur's Gate III aside, their show went down like a wet fart. I expected that, so I didn't bother making a thread for them.

Looking forward to the Star Wars game, otherwise I doubt they will show anything interesting... maybe DA4 will be teased, but to be honest my faith in BioWare isn’t big these days...

"Anthem with Dragons?" Nah, I'm not expecting that. That said, at least showing a trailer at E3 would help BioWare devs finally know exactly what they're gonna have to crunch the next 18 months to make. BioWare Magic has to start somewhere.

Fifa is bringing a new mode called Volta, Street football. It looks interesting. I would to see what the new mode looks like.

Excited to see both Star Wars and Battlefield V.

Kicking it off with Star Wars, so we don't have to watch all that sport junk, is probably the kindest thing EA has ever done.

Oh yeah, forgot about that. Here's the trailer:

Hey, remember when EA used to sell multiple FIFA games a year? Good times.

Now they're giving away free modes in their new FIFA games. Gotta love those FUT Whales.

But ya know I'm gonna watch it anyway. Masochism makes me feel alive.

Haha me too :). Lets hope they have some overly long cringey interview with some random sport star to really punish us!

Looking forward to seeing Sea of Solitude and Jedi Fallen Order.

EA would have showed God of War killer today. RIP Visceral Games.

If Jedi Fallen Order doesn't look absolutely amazing then this will be a total waste of time. But I'll watch because its E3 and I end up watching everything every year.

*EA lying in a chair, belly distended, still picking Visceral Games' bones out of its teeth*

"Huh? What's that?"

Anyway, 15 minutes to countdown. Stream proper starts in 30.

Let there be STICKY.

15 minutes. We're in the countdown.

"Deep-dive every half hour." Great. My arse is gonna sore after this.

Just to be clear: this stream is going to take up to 3 hours. There will be 6 games, and each will get half an hour to show their stuff.

Armour up your backsides.

Greg Miller existing is annoying.

5 Minutes.

What? I've got nothing.

Let's start this!

Oh god, he's so grating.

And we are a go!

Jedi Fallen Order up first.

Please stop shouting.

Pfft, Greg hosting EA.

15 minutes of Star Wars gameplay, gimme

Vince!

Stig? He's not silent and wearing white overalls.

For real :(

15 min awesome :)!

Gameplay! Finally.

Ooooooh nice, Kashyyyk

Double-jump, wall-running. Yup, this is a Respawn game.

And is that Forest Whitaker?

Free the wookies!

Yup, is he playing the same character as in Rogue One?

Forced cinematic walking.

Yay! Shitty movie game.

Stormtroopers. Let's chop em up!

Slo mo time. Finishers.

Combat looks great!

Seems to have a more... ...deliberate pace than expected. I kinda like it.

AI could use some work, though.

They REALLY need to stop demoing games like this on Easy difficulty. Makes the game look unnecessarily boring. I could possibly like this but the AI looks dead and seeming strong enemy attacks have no consequence.

Hell yeah, I like what I'm seeing. Nice combat variety.

This looks boring as f*ck. If this wasn't made by Respawn it would be written off as a licensed cash grab.

Okay, using Force powers to solve environmental puzzles is pretty cool. Wonder how far they'll go with that.

Quantum Break mechanics xD

Holy crap, he just did a Kylo Ren on a blaster bolt.

And now Dishonored mechanics xD

Droid shows your health like in Dead Space

Jedi Fallen Order looks great. Me likey.

Please take the Star Wars license away from EA.

+1

Respawn are such great developers!

And end.

I like it. Slower paced than expected, but I like that. It feels like there is more a deliberate detail to every gameplay element. The atmosphere also feels very distinctly Star Wars-y. They've done a good job with that.

I'll keep an eye on this.

@uninspiredcup said:

Sounds like a compliment, coming from you :)

Looks too clunky. I rather had Titanfall 3.