The PSP continued to have a lackluster showing consisting largely of rehashed PS2 games. The only game that really struck me was Loco Roco, a highly stylized game where you play a blob that you have to get through a level by moving the world around and as a result change where the gravity pulls. [...]
There was a decent showing of playable PS3 games on the floor which was great and more than I expected. It speaks well of how far 3rd parties are in their development cycle and should calm any fears of there not being enough games at launch. The Best PS3 Game at E3: Heavenly Sword Heavenly [...]
I was expecting to be really impressed with the Xbox 360 lineup, but I found myself disappointed. Much of this had to do with the fact that Gears of War, Halo 3 and Grand Theft Auto 4 were nowhere to be seen. It’s my understanding that the former two were shown behind closed doors, but [...]
This game made others feel like they were decorated with cheap wallpaper. Near the end of day 1, I stumbled across Crysis, a PC game, and it ruined me visually for every other game at the show. It’s a first-person shooter, of which there was no shortage, but in this one the environments felt alive. [...]
There’s no shortage of excitement about Spore. I had seen magazine articles previous to E3 and certainly wanted to check it out. So, I hopped in the line and waited my turn for their presentation. I was not disappointed. Quite frankly, I was blown away. Presented By None Other Than… We entered a very small [...]
By the end of day one, you feel like you’ve been slowly beaten to a pulp by wiffle ball bats made entirely of sound. I’ve got movies and screenshots and all sorts of news to share, but I’m far too beat to sort it all out tonight. There are some amazing games at the show [...]
I wasn’t able to get a stream of the press conference, but IGN has a minute by minute breakdown with a long list of games. What’s to be excited about? Halo 3 of course.
Nintendo probably had the smartest opening I’ve seen. It was at the Kodak Theater, where they host the Academy Awards. Miyamoto comes out in a tux with a controller and he conducted an animated orchestra on the large screen behind him. He was able to control the tone and speed of the music with the [...]
Force Feedback is no longer a feature in the PlayStation 3 controller. Sony accounts for this because it says it would interfere with it’s tilt sensor, but that’s garbage. The rumble has been removed because Sony lost a very serious lawsuit against the Immersion corporation which hold patents on rumble technology. In the end, it [...]
It looks like Sony is going to copy Microsoft’s unfortunate decision and release two versions of the PS3. One will be crippled and ‘cheap’ and the other full featured and expensive. This garbage only confuses consumers. $500 Version – 20 GB Hard Drive $600 Version – 60 GB Hard Drive – HDMI Output aka Digital [...]
