E3 2015 Recap

[Dee]

E3 hasn't quite yet wrapped up its press conferences as there's the PC gaming press conference later tonight at 6PM PST, but the majority of the big conferences have been streamed and we have some serious announcements for later this year and 2016 and beyond. I won't list them all out here. You can check out "Day One" announcements under the spoilers tag as it is long:

Spoiler

News And Trailers

Bethesda
Bethesda Announces Bethesda.net
Doom Features Easy-To-Use Map Maker
Dishonored Getting A Definitive Edition
New Content Coming For Elder Scrolls Online
The Elder Scrolls Becomes A Card Game
Fallout 4 Gives You A Voice
Everything You Need To Know About Fallout 4
Fallout Shelter Out Now On iOS
Crafting, Building, And Customization In Fallout 4
Wear A Real Pip-Boy With This Special Edition
Fallout 4 Coming This Year
Bethesda Shows Off Character Customization
Watch The Full Trailer For Dishonored 2
Fallout 4 Screenshots
Doom Screenshots
Dishonored 2 Screenshots
See Battlecry's Trailer And Get Into The Beta
Trailer Gives An Expanded Look At Doom

MicrosoftMicrosoft Unveils Early Access Program
24-Player Mode Announced For Halo 5: Guardians
Recore Revealed For Xbox One
Microsoft Announces New Xbox One Elite Controller
Fallout 4 Mods Compatible On Xbox One
New Fallout 4 Footage
Microsoft Announces Xbox One Backwards Compatibility With 360
Titanfall And Dragon Age: Inquisition Joining EA Access Vault
Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 Reveal
Burn Rubber With New Forza 6 Trailer
The Division Has Exclusive Xbox One Beta
MOBA Gigantic Begins Beta In August
Fullbright's Tacoma Is Coming To Xbox One First
Rainbow Six Siege On Xbox One Comes With Free Rainbow Six Vegas Games
Ashen Is Coming To Xbox One
DayZ Creator's New Game Is Ion
Rise Of The Tomb Raider Coming In November
Xbox One And PC Gamers Can Play Fable Legends Together
See What You Get On The Rare Replay Collection
Rare Has A New Game Called Sea Of Thieves
Gears Of War Ultimate Edition Confirmed
Gears Of War 4 Announced
Microsoft And Mojang Show Minecraft On HoloLens
Dark Souls III Coming Early 2016
List Of Backwards-Compatible 360 Games You Can Play On Xbox One
Fallout 3 Comes With Fallout 4 On Xbox One
The Microsoft Indie Round-Up

EA
Mass Effect: Andromeda Is The Next Game In The Series
Need For Speed Reboot Coming November 3
Unravel Is An Adorable New Game From EA
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 Has Solo Play
New Expansion On The Way For Star Wars: The Old Republic
NBA 16 Has A Release Date
Star Wars Collectible Card Game Coming
New Trailer For Star Wars Battlefront
Mirror's Edge Catalyst Official Debut

Ubisoft
South Park: The Stick Of Truth Gets A Sequel
For Honor Is A New, Brutal IP From Ubisoft
Beta And Release Date Revealed For The Division
Crazy Trials Fusion Expansion On The Way
The Crew Expansion Coming In November
Just Dance Introduces Streaming Subscription Service
Angela Bassett Cast In Rainbow Six Siege
Assassin's Creed Syndicate's E3 Trailer
Trackmania Series Comes To Consoles
Ghost Recon Wildlands Revealed

Sony
Media Streaming Support Is Available Now On PS4
The Last Guardian Returns On PS4, Coming 2016
New Hitman Coming To Console And PC
Creators Of Killzone Reveal Horizon: Zero Dawn
Street Fighter V Gets New Characters And A PS4 Beta
Media Molecule Unveils New Game, Dreams
No Man's Sky Gameplay Demo
Bungie Confirms Destiny's Taken King Expansion
Loki Causes Mischief In Eitr
Mother Russia Bleed Coming To PS4, PC
Assassin's Creed Syndicate Has PS4-Exclusive Missions
Shenmue III Heading To Kickstarter
World Of Final Fantasy Is Familiar, But Different
Trailer Proves That The Final Fantasy VII Remake Is Real
Devolver Bringing Ronin And Crossing Souls To PS4
Disney Infinity's Boba Fett Coming Only To PS4
Call of Duty Black Ops III Has PS4-Exclusive Bonuses
Star Wars Battlefront Shows Off Survival Mode
Firewatch Coming To PS4
New Uncharted 4 Video Shows Off Vehicle Chase

Misc.
Super Smash Bros. DLC Breakdown
Earthbound's Predecessor Out For Wii U Virtual Console
Roy And Ryu Are Available In Super Smash Bros.
Nintendo Reveals New Amiibos
The Latest Metal Gear Solid V Trailer
Several New Rock Band 4 Videos
Telltale Reveals Michonne-focused Miniseries
New Mad Max Trailer
Castle Crashers Remastered Coming This Summer
King's Quest Release Date Revealed
Destiny: The Taken King's Collector's Edition Detailed
Destiny's New Subclasses Explained

Source: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/06/15/e3-2015-day-one-recap.aspx

So did you finally get to see what you wanted to see? I know a lot of people were waiting for Fallout 4 news and more information about whether The Last Guardian was still in production.

 

[Kirito]

New mass effect wasn't really a surprise but still nice to hear.

Looking forward to tonight, Arenanet will unveil the guild halls we're getting in the guild wars 2 xpac.

 

[Dee]

I think my two biggest and most favorite reveals were definitely the FFVII remake announcement and Uncharted 4 footage. I'm sure I'll pick up Deus Ex and Assassin's Creed, The Division for sure and possibly Star Wars Battlefront, and Final Fantasy XV as well as FFXIV Heavensward.

 

[Capt. RiskyBoots]

Nintendo really pissed me off!

 

[Dee]

Nintendo really pissed me off!

I didn't watch the conference for Nintendo because I don't care much about their console, so I missed it and have little to no idea what's going on with them. xD

 

[Sinon]

World of Final Fantasy is the only thing I really care about. FFVII was trash, a remake won't change that. Kingdom Hearts started out dull and got progressively worse. I don't have a Nintendo console, nor do I own a PS4 or Xbox One. Don't care enough about Fallout to be excited for 4, considering my favourite was New Vegas and all. Dark Souls 3 will only be worth it if they stop pussying about and actually make it difficult.

 

[Dee]

World of Final Fantasy is the only thing I really care about. FFVII was trash, a remake won't change that. Kingdom Hearts started out dull and got progressively worse. I don't have a Nintendo console, nor do I own a PS4 or Xbox One. Don't care enough about Fallout to be excited for 4, considering my favourite was New Vegas and all. Dark Souls 3 will only be worth it if they stop pussying about and actually make it difficult.

I beg to differ about FFVII. It's one of the most popular releases then Square at the time developed. It gets a lot of shit because of its popularity, but that's not to say it's perfect. It's totally not. It's my favorite of the franchise and a favorite for a lot of other people, too, and that's why it got such a response when it was announced. That being said, I didn't like FF9, FF10, FF10-2, FF13 or any of its sequels/prequels either. You just like what you like and vice versa. Not gonna say the other ones are trash because I didn't find them all that entertaining, well-written, and meaningful.

 

[Sinon]

I beg to differ about FFVII. It's one of the most popular releases then Square at the time developed. It gets a lot of shit because of its popularity, but that's not to say it's perfect. It's totally not. It's my favorite of the franchise and a favorite for a lot of other people, too, and that's why it got such a response when it was announced. That being said, I didn't like FF9, FF10, FF10-2, FF13 or any of its sequels/prequels either. You just like what you like and vice versa. Not gonna say the other ones are trash because I didn't find them all that entertaining, well-written, and meaningful.

The main reason the game was hyped up initially was due to it being 'the first 3D RPG' on home consoles, or because it was the first game in the series a lot of people played (because VII was the first FF released in Europe), or a tumult of other reasons that are generally nonsensical or coloured bright pink by their rose-tinted glasses. It's far from the best RPG of that era; I wouldn't even class it as the best RPG that year. Azure Dreams and SaGa Frontier (also a Square title) blew it out of the water for me, and that only got pushed further by the later releases of games like Legend of Dragoon, Threads of Fate, Grandia, Xenogears... I could go on.

FFVII's art style was passable at best (seriously what was with the shitty overworld sprites?), the main plot device was dull, and most of the fights were winnable with the attack command alone, boss fights occasionally needing a limit break or two. The hardest part of the entire game was breeding a gold chocobo for KotR, and that was just underwhelming.

And it just gets worse when you bring in the extra shit they added with Last Order, Crisis Core, and the other two that were Japan-only cellphone games (seriously, if you're going to tie parts of a series' story to something don't make the integral pieces unavailable to 90% of your audience, that's just shitty marketing)

It's only a favourite for the franchise because they know what sells, and that there are millions of people out there ready to suck Sakaguchi's wang.

 

[Dee]

The main reason the game was hyped up initially was due to it being 'the first 3D RPG' on home consoles, or because it was the first game in the series a lot of people played (because VII was the first FF released in Europe), or a tumult of other reasons that are generally nonsensical or coloured bright pink by their rose-tinted glasses. It's far from the best RPG of that era; I wouldn't even class it as the best RPG that year. Azure Dreams and SaGa Frontier (also a Square title) blew it out of the water for me, and that only got pushed further by the later releases of games like Legend of Dragoon, Threads of Fate, Grandia, Xenogears... I could go on.

FFVII's art style was passable at best (seriously what was with the shitty overworld sprites?), the main plot device was dull, and most of the fights were winnable with the attack command alone, boss fights occasionally needing a limit break or two. The hardest part of the entire game was breeding a gold chocobo for KotR, and that was just underwhelming.

And it just gets worse when you bring in the extra shit they added with Last Order, Crisis Core, and the other two that were Japan-only cellphone games (seriously, if you're going to tie parts of a series' story to something don't make the integral pieces unavailable to 90% of your audience, that's just shitty marketing)

It's only a favourite for the franchise because they know what sells, and that there are millions of people out there ready to suck Sakaguchi's wang.

Lol, bolded and my point exactly. They know what sells meaning they know what people like and will eat up. As much as you want to knock it down as being trash, there are millions of people who would disagree with you. And vice versa. For instance, I dislike Call of Duty and Battlefield games, but I can at least recognize the work that's put into the franchise and the fact that it has so many fans. Activision must be doing something right to be raking in all that dough.

Final Fantasy VII not for everyone. I'll agree though that it isn't the best RPG. Honestly, I feel like Xenogears was overall a much better-told story, which that one came out a year after FFVII. However, the fact remains that the reason why it's so popular and so beloved is simply because it tells a good story with interesting character development over the course of the game. Let's take another beloved video game released not too long ago by Naughty Dog. The Last of Us was a huge hit not because of its innovation in the genre. How many zombie games have we seen so far the last 3-5 years? More than I can count on my fingers and toes, but look at the reception it got. It's regarded as one of the best-told stories in the industry. That's not to compare FFVII to The Last of Us. After all, the story telling is quite different as are the characters. But that doesn't stop either one from having its well-deserved respect.

You obviously don't agree with its millions upon millions of Final Fantasy VII fans and that's perfectly fine. No one's saying you have to or you're wrong for having that opinion. I just think back to the INSANE reaction that was had across the entire press conference, the internet, and within myself when it was announced. Hell, there was even big hype when it was teased with that short demo a few years ago. Now the many, many fans are getting what they've been wanting for well over a decade and a half and I know personally that I cannot wait.

 

[Crusader]

Looking forward to Gears of War Ultimate and Gears 4 next year. Also 360 back compatibility is nice. And new Hitman!