Last week, it was E3. In case you’re not aware of what E3 is, then think of it as the window for a once-a-year toyshop for manchildren. A peek into the games that will be supposedly out in the next year or so but in reality probably within the next two years or five years or never.
All the major companies in the games industry hold events showcasing their upcoming wares, and geeks around the world squeal at pixels and lose their minds over Manshooter XI and some boxes of electronics.
Most of last year’s big announcements still haven’t arrived in the shops yet, so it’s hard for me to get too excited about stuff that we might never even see in a Mad Max style post-Brexit Broken British Wasteland, but here are the main attractions E3 threw up, and some thoughts about them.
In Part 1, the Big Three.
Sony
Batman Arkham VR
I love the Rocksteady Batman games, but VR? No.
Battlefront VR Xwing Mission
Star Wars and VR? No.
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Shootmans? No.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
More shootmans? No.
Crash Bandicoot Remastered
How did this character even get a second game, let alone this many? Terrible. No.
Days Gone
Looks interesting. Maybe.
Death Stranding
Scary. No.
Detroit Become Human
Interesting. Maybe.
Farpoint
Halo-y VR. So no.
Final Fantasy VR Experience
VR. Again. No.
God of War
Never interested in the previous games. Actually interested in this. Yes.
Horizon Zero Dawn
Yes, but this was announced last year.
Lego Star Wars The Force Awakens
Lego, so obviously yes. Even though Star Wars.
Resident Evil 7
Scary. No.
Skylanders Imaginators
No. Still haven’t finished Giants and Swap Force is unopened.
Spider Man
If it’s at least as good as the Gamecube game, yes.
The Last Guardian
ICO and SOTC both left me meh. But… maybe?
Microsoft
Battlefield 1
Dead Rising 4
Final Fantasy XV
Forza Horizons 3
Gears of War 4
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
Halo Wars 2
Inside
Killer Instinct
Recore
Scalebound
Sea of Thieves
State of Decay 2
Tekken 7
We Happy Few
No intention of buying an Xbone, so all no. Even if I did intend buying an Xbone, or already had one, or there were PS4 versions, the only one that would interest me at all would be Forza Horizons 3.
Nintendo
Essentially only two games from Nintendo:
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
I’ve said before that I always lose interest in 3D Zelda games. But… this is different. This looks totally amazing. Yes.
Pokemon Sun and Moon
Actually, no.
