So, Ice-T is
cool right? Gears of War 3 certainly is, Cliff Bleszinski outlines some brief details
as to the plot of the campaign and jumps straight into the action. The cast
seemed to be split into separate teams of four, no doubt to accommodate the
addition of four player coop play in the campaign. The huge monster in the
trailer is, unfortunately the one that was in Gears 2, but it doesn’t look as
awful this time around.
Overstrike comes from Insomniac, the guys behind the awesome
Ratchet and Clank franchise. This marks their first multiplatform title and it
looks frikin cool to say the least. One thing the Ratchet and Clank series is
known for are outrageous weapons. This seems to be in full effect here, that
goo gun looks pretty awesome for starters. The upcoming Ratchet and Clank game
is centred around a team and this game seems to be following a similar setup.
Insomniac’s talent at creating larger than life characters is also present
here.
Right off the bat we get a clear declaration that tells us this footage is actual gameplay. Which is understandable after what happened the last time iD software showed their new engine at E3. The game looks phenomenal, no doubt about that. I had heard recently that the enemies in Rage will behave far more intelligently than other shooters, yet after watching this I can’t really see anything that different. They move around a lot, sure, but they don’t seem to do anything other than just run straight at you. These do look like your typical grunt enemies so hopefully we’ll some new bad guys who can back up those rumors.
Farcry 2 was an ambitious game, but it lacked a lot of the elements that made the original and the Xbox installments so much fun. Farcry 3 seems to be going for a much more action-packed experience judging by the gameplay that’s been released. Showcasing far more furious action and some awesome-looking stealth kills, this seems to be bringing back what made Farcry good in the first place.
The always-enthusiastic Peter Molyneux describes the next step forward for the Fable franchise, which has never been able to capture the same magic as its original entry did all those years ago. This entry in the series will be Kinect enabled (who didn’t see that coming) and allows the player to cast spells by drawing shapes on the screen. Molyneux has said they have been working on integrating the Kinect technology for two years and the game has been in development for even longer. This could explain all the bad things I keep hearing about Fable 3…
When it comes to Ninja Gaiden, you’ll be hard pressed to find someone more interested than me. Hayashi has been talking a lot about the game recently and now this is his chance to showcase what his team have been working on. They have been talking about how they want it to play completely different from previous games in the series and these videos seem to show that.
The game is being developed by Zombie studios who also made the FPS game Blacklight Tango Down, and claims to reinvent the combat shooter genre by allowing players to control it completely by Kinect. Now I must admit, that statement doesn’t really make much sense by itself and I don’t have Kinect nor have I used one. Blackwater will be shown off sometime this E3 and it’s a very interesting concept, just seeing a shooter working properly on Kinect would be quite a sight to behold. This also marks an important step that Microsoft is taking with the hardware and trying to get more people interested in it.
Microsoft’s Press Conference starts at 10am. Will we see Halo?. Will we see kinect integration with hardcore games? New IP’s? Your guess is as good as mine. Stay tuned right here on Player Affinity. Thefirst trailer that was shown was Modern Warfare 3. You first start off scuba diving, similar to Modern Warfare 2, slowly making your way into a submarine.
I’m just going to cut right to it here, if what you’ve already seen from Ninja Theory’s reboot of the long running Devil May Cry series has shaken your confidence; this isn’t going to change anything. I must emphasise here and now that this is not confirmed, so take the following with a huge pinch of salt.
