So, who won E3?

HSH28 » Wed Jun 11, 2014 2:52 pm wrote:

Trelliz » Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:43 pm wrote:

degoose » Wed Jun 11, 2014 2:41 pm wrote:Nintendo for me as the games were just more interesting and i think over the years i have now gotten so bored with the next generic shooter

This is pretty much me, although MS saved me the trouble by announcing Horizon 2 on 360, so i'll just get that instead.

Its built by a different team on a completely different engine (the original Horizon engine). Granted its Sumo Digital so its in safe hands, but I wouldn't expect its really going to be the same game.

I know, and...



It'll still be bombing around southern Europe in nice cars, that I can use my wheel and pedals for on a console I already own. Sure it won't have all the bells and whistles of the xbone version, but I'm not sure the difference will be worth the hundreds of pounds in price difference.

degoose » Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:41 pm wrote:Nintendo for me as the games were just more interesting and i think over the years i have now gotten so bored with the next generic shooter and the next generic racer that i just turn off now when the next halo, battlefield etc is announced. I do like the look of Destiny though as the concept seems different.

To be fair, Sony and Microsoft do have games coming beyond the standard blockbuster shooter like Ori, Below, Project Spark, Oddworld. Grave, Inside, etc

mikedb » Wed Jun 11, 2014 2:14 pm wrote:

Photek » Wed Jun 11, 2014 9:18 am wrote:Sony fans will say Sony and MS fans will say MS etc.

I watched Nintendo's live thingie and thought it was kinda rubbish to be honest. I dont know if its an age thing or what because I was a massive Nintendo fan boy growing up, I'm bored with Mario now. I still gonna get a Wii U second hand for the Zeldas.

Game of the show for me was obviously The Masterchief Collection, all 4 games and all the MP coming back (100 maps or so) is ridiculous value. This Generations Orange Box.

I think Sony and MS shows where neck and neck but as eurogamer article says, the fact they where even close is a tiny victory for MS after its horrific E3 briefing last year.

Destiny, Call of Duty, Battlefield, far Cry 4 and Evolve are out towards the end of the year. I think it's mostly going to be hardcore Halo fans that will be getting excited over some older games repackaged.

I'm curious about how many people who voted for Nintendo only own a Wii U and a 3DS? I can understand people voting for Nintendo if they don't like playing online games and don't enjoy FPS or Racing games but with the lack of 3rd party titles on Wii U it's surprising to see Nintendo being voted best show of E3. I might pick up a Wii U again (i sold my first one) at the end of 2015 though.

I own a Wii U, PS4 and Xbox One and I voted for Nintendo because they showed off more games that I want to play than the other two as well as having the best presented conference.

Codename 47 » Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:10 pm wrote:

degoose » Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:41 pm wrote:Nintendo for me as the games were just more interesting and i think over the years i have now gotten so bored with the next generic shooter and the next generic racer that i just turn off now when the next halo, battlefield etc is announced. I do like the look of Destiny though as the concept seems different.

To be fair, Sony and Microsoft do have games coming beyond the standard blockbuster shooter like Ori, Below, Project Spark, Oddworld. Grave, Inside, etc

Yep I know but the big ones hyped are the usual things ,I am though excited for the grim fandango update ,Destiny ,valiant hearts by Ubisoft and a few other indie games .

After a day to process everything (and watch the Treehouse live stream) it has to be Nintendo.

I think Treehouse is the real killer here. Genius idea by Nintendo. I have no idea what MS and Sony have been up to today, I've been glued to Treehouse.

Only thing I want to do is watch the Tree House, it;s so much more better than having to go on youtube and search of videos of people playing the demos.

I can't vote because I didn't watch all 3 presentations.

However, to summarise:
- Microsoft's presentation clearly focussed on games on a primary platform in a fun way
- Sony's Destiny opener was weak and the conference was broken up too much but finished stronger

In terms of conference's I'd say Microsoft won because the whole package was interesting, however, each title in solitude and Sony came though. In other words I enjoyed Microsoft's event the most but I am more eager to hear about Sony exclusive post-show.

Overall, it's a draw.

I only watched Sony's, due to having no interest in the others. However what I hear is that the others were decent. I think they were all pretty good this year, so we have been lucky. Sony probably had the most cringe-worthy segment of the 3 though.

Overall I am disappointed though. I still feel like that next gen consoles should have been released this year, because it feels like all the next gen stuff is coming out late next year.

Nintendo, followed by Sony. Microsoft conference was much much better than last years debacle. But Sony convinced me that I am going to go for a PS4 at years end.

Arkham Knight, No Man's Sky, Bayo 2, Xenoblade Chronicles X all impressed me. Not to mention the smaller announcements. Captain Toads Treasure just got preordered

Somebody Else's Problem » Thu Jun 12, 2014 12:24 am wrote:I think Treehouse is the real killer here. Genius idea by Nintendo. I have no idea what MS and Sony have been up to today, I've been glued to Treehouse.

I think a big part of it is the presentation.

On Gametrailers, I'm always battling between what's old stuff and is just what was in the conference reuploaded. It's a big fat mess most of the time. Half of it is worthless cam footage if it's from the floor. Then on top of that, a lot of it is big name stuff which will be good but isn't new or exciting to watch bits and pieces of.


I'm quite pleased with the Nintendo showing. There's a lot more on the horizon for my Wii U than I thought (Pushmo, Mario Maker, Captain Toad and possibly that Minis game). Still, I feel there hasn't been a new big Nintendo game being announced (that I care about). We've known Zelda, Bayo 2 and Smash Bros are coming.

Captain Toad almost fills that spot for me but after they came out and surprised everyone with SMG2, I haven't been able to stop myself from wishing for a 3D World sequel if they really can't do a Metroid or F-Zero.

I think I said this before, but Nintendo are the only company this year outside of maybe Ubisoft (which showed two games I'll play on my PC) that showed reallly anything I didn't know about or actually want me to buy a console to play. All the interesting stuff from the Sony conference like Grim Fandango will be coming to PC anyways.

Out of what Nintendo's shown I want to buy Mario Maker, Captain Toad's Treasure Tracker, Splatoon, Yoshi's Wooly World, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, Xenoblade X, Project STEAM, Smash Bros (both), Bayonetta 2, Zelda U, Hyrule Warriors, Mario vs DK and Mario Party 10 to play with my family. I can't wait to see more of BIG ROBOT, Project Guard, FExSMT and Starfox too.

This year has been a truely amazing showing from Nintendo. The games, the Smash Tournament and the Treehouse stream which has gotten quite a few of Nintendos very best developers up there to talk about the games they love making has been great <3

Have Yoshi's and Kirby been on the Treehouse yet? I haven't seen much of them but the Treehouse has already convinced me on stuff I had previously dismissed.

Canvas Curse was excellent, so Kirby should be good. I haven't played a decent Yoshi game in years.

Harry Bizzle » Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:54 am wrote:Have Yoshi's and Kirby been on the Treehouse yet? I haven't seen much of them but the Treehouse has already convinced me on stuff I had previously dismissed.

Canvas Curse was excellent, so Kirby should be good. I haven't played a decent Yoshi game in years.

Yoshi looked terrific on the Treehouse show last night. For me it was an unexpected hit; it came across as being pretty cool.

E3 has at least reminded me there a ton of great games on the way. As a PS4 owner, (and things are pretty dire on the PS4 at the moment in terms of new releases worth buying) I'm excited for games like The Division, Destiny, Alien Isolation, Dying Light, The Order 1886, The Evil Within, Shadows of Mordor - even the new Call of Duty has me paying attention... seems like there a quite a few good games heading my way. I just wish it wasn't always a case of 'hurry up and wait' for all this gaming goodness.

Still, it's been nice to see so many new trailers, gameplay videos and podcasts discussing these upcoming titles. Can't remember a time when I've been faced with quite so many great games on the radar. Good times ahead.

+1 for Treehouse. It's been a revelation, so much so that I'd be surprised if Sony and Microsoft didn't adopt similar formats next year.

What is this Treehouse you keep talking about?

Treehouse is Nintendo's way of making E3 awesome.