E3 is in full swing this week. I haven't been able to follow much of the action yet. A few notes though:
- Modern Warfare 2 looks sweet!! I have total faith in Infinity Ward
- The Beatles Rock Band game trailer was phenomenal. Simply phenomenal. It might be one of the coolest trailers I have seen for a game. The trailer's art style and polish was simply breathtaking. Granted, it did not show the actual game itself, and that usually goes against everything I believe in with game trailers, but lets be honest, we don't need to see gameplay video of another music rhythm game. Nothing exciting about those.
- I read a bit about this "Project Natal". Sound impressive from a technical standpoint, I just can't imagine it being too engaging in the long run, nor see its immediate game applications. We'll see how this goes.
- Haven't seen any of the Halo: ODST footage. Interested to see if it looks/plays differently than the regular Halo games. Seems a new Halo project was announced for next year also. Halo: Reach? A prequel covering the the Fall of Reach? Could be very interesting. Halo has always been a great co-op game, but with a Fall of Reach title they could really add co-op to the storyline, since there will be more than one Spartan around at that time.
- Saw some quick footage of Epic's upcoming 2D arcade game. The visuals looks amazing for an Arcade title.
- Alan Wake is back and it looks like Alone in the Dark and Silent Hill. Why has this game been delayed so much?
- It was leaked before E3, but I'm psyched for The Secret of Monkey Island's upcoming Arcade release. I've never played the Monkey Island games but I always wanted to.
- Guitar Hero 5. Meh.
- Just caught a glimpse of the Nintendo conference. Mario Galaxy 2 was announced. The big news? Team Ninja working on a 3rd-Person Metroid action game?! WTF?! Seriously? Pretty damn sweet!
- Nothing too surprising out of the Sony Press conference. Seems like everyone is getting into the whole motion-control thing. I hope it is used properly to change the way we experience games and not just as a gimmick to cash in on the Wii's success.
I've only been able to skim the E3 info so far. I have seen very few videos myself. Hope to give further thoughts after I digest everything later this week.
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