Microsoft Conference: I only caught like the last forty minutes, but I didn't hate what I saw.
Dead Rising 3 looks really cool, I was a big fan of the first one and I enjoyed the second but felt the franchise needed more changes, but the "call in an airstrike with smartglass on your phone/tablet" was pretty stupid.
The Witcher 3 looks good, but lolatplayingthatonconsoles.
Cannot imagine being more bored than I was with the Battlefield 4 Day One Map Pack gameplay.
Titanfall looks really good, I like the focus on the vertical movement mechanics, and the tele-kinetic bullet reversal mech powahs.
All in all I felt like maybe I might be interested in buying this console after all, and then. . .
499 US DOLLARS!! Lolno Microsoft, thanks for dissuading me, I was almost afraid I'd have to have three consoles again, but nope, just one or two this time around.
EA Conference: Only read a liveblog after the fact and watched the "trailers" of things I found interesting. Jesus Christ, "teaser trailers" need to die. Just show me a game so I can know what to think of it. I have no idea if Star Wars: Battlefront is going to be an actual Battlefront game or just Star Wars: Battlefield (with day one map pack DLC!), and I have no idea of Dragon Age Inquisition is going to be at least enjoyable if unremarkable like the first one or just complete shit like the second one, so I'm forced to assume the latter in either case.
Mirror's Edge 2 could be good, but once again, teaser, although at least this one showed off the fact that there is in fact a game involved.
Runaway hit for me was, incredibly surprisingly, the Plants VS Zombies sequel. That looked ace!!Â
Sony Conference: Got off to a bit of a slow start with "hey guys, remember the VITA is a product that exists?", but otherwise this was a hit. The Order 1886 and Destiny have interesting premises as far as shooters go (although it's tough to get excited about those these days), some nice multiplat reveals, indie stuff looked promising, no used games and 399 US DOLLARS were major hits for me
Very pleased with the PS4, may get it after only one price drop.
Still waiting on Nintendo's next Direct to see if that has enough compelling software to warrant a purchase. Pikmin 3 and Wonderful 101 look fantastic, but I need news on other franchises.Â
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