mikedb » Wed Jun 11, 2014 1:14 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 voted Nintendo and have a Wii U/3DS, PS3/PS4/PSVITA and an Xbox 360. So basically everything current besides an Xbox One.
It's true, I don't really enjoy FPS or Racing games particularly which is basically all that seem to be appearing on the non-Nintendo platforms with the exception of some great looking indie titles. The gaming landscape there looks incredibly dull to me with the same old stuff year after year... Nintendo could be accused of doing the exact same thing with their franchises but I think that they take a far more careful approach and try to make each instalment as new and interesting as it can while still being familiar. The quality is almost always excellent though there are always exceptions (e.g. Yoshi's New Island).
A huge part of it is personal preference too as I enjoy Nintendo games far more than the output of EA, Ubi, T2 or any other major publisher. Photek is bored of Mario yet excited for a rerelease of 4 Halo games from the last 12 years odd. That's not wrong, it's just that presumably he enjoys Halo more than Mario whereas I'm the exact opposite.
Overall, I think this E3 has given people reasons as to why they should buy a Wii U (helped with the momentum from SM3DW and especially MK8) but it didn't really show people why they should buy a PS4 or Xbox One. I say 'people', of course that's just my own point of view again and maybe others saw great reasons to buy them. And the Wii U has taken 18 months to gain any real momentum so the same can probably be expected of the other two consoles, I've no doubt next year's E3 will be much more exciting for them.
FWIW, I bought a PS4 as I took a bunch of stuff to CEX and had a decent amount of credit and I really wanted to play Transistor.