Enjoy, lads!

A guy like me plays Halo3 constantly. I am a guy that's against CoD4's randomly, unfortified, drug-induced, unbalanced multi player. So pretty much, people are going to consider me one of those gamers that don't know a thing about other games in the gaming industry, like those JRPG players that only care for one thing: Cloud's emo sexiness.

Shockingly, I am not like that. I have played many multi player games in the past, especially some in this current age of console-based domination. By that, I mean the tragic injury in the PC gaming community. As great as it was, the price count for PC hardware and growth in game's graphics have made PC gaming quite impossible for some gamers to endure, especially in the age of high gas and food prices.

Man, those were the days: Decent price of gas. Affordable graphics cards. Counter-Strike Source. Unreal Tournament 2004. Battlefield2... those days are long gone. Now the only multi player games that have taken the sights and thoughts of gamers is CoD4 and Halo3 (sort of). Many titles that try to take the crown of the next multi player addiction fail horribly, like titles such as Battlefield: Bad Company and Unreal Tournament3. They're quite addicting at first, but they are long gone away from our hands as CoD4 still tempts us to put it's disk in the console.

It's sad. The age of Battlefield2 and Counter-Strike Source was when multi player games were actually balanced and focused on team work. There were no whiny kids and immature adults annoying the hell out of us when we tried to destroy the enemy's node(s) in UT04. It was because it was the PC community; the mature and passionate gamers.

Damn Terrorist!

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Sorry lads, I am too lazy to make a Sony Conference Impression blog. To shorten it up, it wasn't bad. It lacked speech about video games. It was nothing but a montage fest, but they themselves were not bad.

Microsoft wins this E3 on my book. They got me interested in games and they, at least, took temptations to show us new stuff like FF13 and their new Xbox Live update. Hate them or not, Microsoft was brave.

The Game Demonstrations

Fallout3: The sequel to one of the best RPGs that people played was a major hyperbole in my tummy. After seeing gameplay, I instantly lost interest. I was expecting an open-ended RPG with realisitc survival elements like STALKER, only to see a run-of-the-mill shooter with minor RPG elements. The pause-and-kill system makes the game look easy and lack depth. Heck the whole entire game looks like it lacks depth. What were the previewers saying when they made their compliments to the game? Throw a brick at my head if you're against my opinion, but I am disappointed with Fallout3 so far.

Gears of War2: I am quite interested in this one. I loved Gears of War's campaign a lot, especially when I invited my friend(s) to co-op sessions to kick Loctust ass and save Sera forever... and so me and my friend thought.

What made the original Gears of War so amazing was it's pacing from one area of cover to another. There were always situations that felt connected with a string, and the string never ripped. From the looks of the sequel's demo, it's pulling punches on the throne; the game looks damn perfect when it comes to pacing the of the story and the situations during play through. I really can't wait.

Fable2: I never played the original Fable, but I have witnessed it. I do know that some gamers were not used to the original Fable's gameplay and pacing, but hopefully Fable2 will bring those gamers back together as they play. The co-op seems well fit for friends and the different life-based concepts for your character, such as marriage, are interactive enough to draw you into the game and make you addicted. This is a must buy on my part of the bargain.

Resident Evil 5: We all asked for co-op and we got it. Some areas look well implemented, such as Chris sniping off enemies as they come toward Shiva. But the one area one where Chris lifted Shiva in the air seemed "Army of Two"-ish. I hope the button-pressed actions aren't scripted to a limit where it's incredibly annoying.

Your In the Movies: You probably didn't expect me to show my impression on this one. Well, it was a game demonstration, so why not?

For a game based mostly on family fun, it looks decent. Even though, I find it to be a total copy of the PS2's camera-based games, only now with voice acting that may hurt your ears. That movie-director voice is just... BAD! At least the movie trailer bit was funny.

Annoucements

Final Fantast13: I was quite happy to see this. Now that Squar Enix knows it's true lover in this current generation odyssey, they put FFXIII in the Xbox360. It might make the Sony fans angry (I dare you to go to System Wars), but what the heck, they still have the game on their PS3. I find no reason to whine.

Lips: Just another Karaoke game, but with light up mics!!!11(omg)

Mi-errrr... MyXbox: While I am disappointed by the fact that there was no announced release date for this update (Fall, I suppose), it still looks sweet. The new friends list system might help out the corrupted Xboxlive community a little bit by having the ability of making your own party and sharing stuff in the process. Watching movies with your party is a nice touch too. But the best part about it: I can finally see something new for once when I activate my console. That's the one thing I really love about new updates. Call me a brat.

Trailers

Banjo and Kazooie Nuts'n Bolts: I loved the past Banjo and Kazooie games, but seeing this looks... cheesy in some ways. The humor looks like it belongs in a kids cartoon channel rather then an adult comedy channel. The past games in the series had some humor that wasn't adult-like, but it felt like it was. It was very intelligent and always made me laugh. Nuts and Bolts looks like it's meant for the kids more then the hardcore audience. That's something I don't like.

Viva Pinata Trouble in Paradise: Yet again, Rare is going at it with the children audience. For goodness sakes, if you want to continue making the cult c1assics like you did in the past with Nintendo, you NEED to stop this!

Other Stuff

Rock Band2: Yes, just another yearly rehash, just like Guitar Hero: World on Tour. Harmonix seemed to have added over eighty-four songs in their game's list. Stunning if you ask me, seeming as if their squeezing every drop our of their innovative idea.

Guitar Hero World On Tour: The Guitar Hero series has now copied the almighty Rock Band, only now with improvements on the game's instruments to hopefully overcome it. Really, this competition is starting to become stupid in my eyes. There just two yearly rehashes duking it out on what will get the most sells. It's like two banks trying to get the most money. It's not about who's better, it's about the cash. It's alright with corporations like Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, but with just two games? now that's just hilarious! *nerd snort*

What I Wanted to See

Duke Nukem3D (XBLA): As the conference speaker finally mentioned the words "Xboxlive Aracde", my face glued to the screen, awaiting my highly awaited game to be announced. It was, sadly, never mentioned. I wanted to cry.

I have been searching across the edge of the Earth to find a way of getting Duke Nukem3D without going on Ebay and paying $90, via credit card. Now that Duke Nukem3D for Xboxlive Arcade has been stated by the employees of 3D Realms, my quest is finally over. I have saved up my Microsoft Points for that very moment on when Duke Nukem3D is announced. Boy, would I have pee'd my pants if the game was actually stated in the conference. Too bad it didn't...

CONTAINS MAJOR HALO3 SPOILERS.

The Phoenix: A mythological bird that has a life span is 1000 years. Once it's life is up, the bird turns to ashes, only to come back to it's normal form in the next 1000 years. Every 500 years of it's life span, it builds a next made of cinnamon sticks to lay it's ashes upon it in the next 1000 years. An interesting creature indeed.

My friends, behold.

If you played the past Halo games, you may be familiar with the logo behind the Phoenix. Truthfully, this is a cancelled project from Bungie. A "dead" project, only to return from it's "ashes".

Now hover your mouse above the logo in the site. You will see "Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road", the seventh (the se7enth day - Bungie's anniversary) studio album from Elton John. Listen to it and look at some similarities.

"When are you going to come down? When are you going to land?"

Master Chief crash landing on the unknown planet in the ending.

"You know you can't hold me forever. I didn't sign up for you."

Master Chief leaving the UNSC, and that he is a "slave" for them; he didn't want to be with them in the beginning.

"Maybe you'll get a replacement. There's plenty like me around."

Mentioning different Spartans to replace Master Chief?

Oh, and look at your Achievments in Halo3 and find one called "Vanguard". Look at the symbol for that achievement: A Phoenix. It's pretty much the score achievement on the seventh level.

We will see this E3.