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E3: Even more E3 stuff
Posted by Sam in Gaming, Indie, Single Player on 19 June 2010
So E3 2010 has ended, no announcement of anything new from Valve *cough*Half Life*cough*, or Bethesda *cough*Elder Scrolls V*cough*, which was disappointing. The PC was generally overshadowed by console stick shaking technology from Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo. There were however a few interesting announcements on the second and third day of the event, which I will quickly mention below.
Trine 2
Trine was a beautiful game, a classic platformer with charm and style. We knew a sequel was coming, and this is the trailer that was shown. More enemies, more abilities, more settings, and co-op.
Project Dust
The spiritual successor to Populous, which I haven’t played. It’s a god game like Black & White (which I have played), and looks fairly interesting, at least it’s something different.
Rock Of Ages
Aka. Medieval Bowling. You roll rocks with faces down hills to destroy paper soldiers and towers. You can also build your own defenses, which I assume you have to dodge while rolling the boulder. It’s from the guys who made Zeno Clash, which was known for it’s craziness, and this game looks no different.
Swarm
I couldn’t find much information about this, but it looks like it could be a lemmings style puzzler. Worth keeping an eye on.
E3: Day 1 rundown
Posted by Sam in Gaming, MMO, Multiplayer, Preview, RTS, Shooter, Single Player on 16 June 2010
In addition to Dead Space 2 and Medal Of Honor, some other games have made an appearance at this years E3. Here’s a brief rundown on what’s happened so far.
Portal 2
This has the potential to be the most disappointing announcement during E3. During Sony’s Press Conference yesterday, Valve announced that Portal 2 would be coming to the PS3, along with steam services such as automatic updates and steam cloud technology which will make it the best console version of the game (better than the Xbox360 version, essentially). How a game so dexterous as Portal is supposed to work well with an analogue stick I don’t know, and I don’t really care. They also showed a decent trailer for the game, though it was lacking in the humor of the first one, which is a great shame, I hope they don’t decide to drop the humor from that actual game.
The potentially disappointing part of this announcement is that if this is Valve’s E3 ‘Surprise’, that means no Episode 3, or Half Life 3 at this year’s E3. I guess we’ll have to wait and see what else Valve has in store for us, and personally I doubt that is all they’ve come to show.
Shogun 2: Total War
New screenshots of the latest in the Total War series, Shogun 2, have been released, showing how beautiful the game is. I’ve never really been into the series, I only owned Medieval 2 Total War, but this may rekindle my interest.
Warhammer 40K: Dark Millennium Online
Two years ago, Mythic Entertainment released Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning. It was a good game, but ultimately flawed and failed financially. Vigil Games are now having a crack at the franchise with a 40K MMO, which should be a breath of fresh air for the MMO genre. From first impressions, it looks like players will have Space Marines, Chaos, and Orkz available to them, which brings up some interesting problems such as how do you balance the races, as lore-wise, Space Marines typically fight in small squads of 4-5, while Orkz rely on massive numbers. Screenshots are here here here and here.
Bad Company 2: Vietnam
An odd departure for the incredibly successful modern combat FPS, an expansion taking it back 40 years to Vietnam. Expect a new singleplayer campaign, new multiplayer maps along with new guns and unlocks. Sounds good to me! Along with this announcement was a short teaser.
Star Wars: The Old Republic
I don’t have much information about Bioware’s upcoming Star Wars based MMORPG, but it is Bioware so my hopes are high. Lucas Arts have managed to pull together a fantastic CGI short movie for the game, which you can see below.
Crysis 2
I don’t hold much hope for the sequel to the graphics card melting original Crysis. From what I’ve seen, it’s suffered from the transition from PC exclusive to console, gone are the beautiful vistas and tropical scenery, and in are the common and dreary urban rubble settings you see from many B list console shooters. It still looks spectacular of course, and it may well run a lot better than the original, which would be a good thing, as Crysis is still one of the most graphically intensive games out there.
Also
This post is already long enough, so I’ll just give a brief mention to Brink, a group based multiplayer FPS set in a post-apocalyptic flooded world, and Rage, a FPS and racing game also set in a post-apocalyptic world. I did say brief.
E3: Medal Of Honor
Posted by Sam in Gaming, Multiplayer, Preview, Shooter, Single Player on 16 June 2010
We’ve known this has been coming for a while now, and two videos have been shown during EA’s Press Conference at E3. The first is a sneak peak at the singleplayer side of the game, being developed by EA LA. The trailer introduces us to some of the characters you will probably be playing, including an Apache pilot and a covert squad called ‘Wolfpack’. It’s short but sweet, take a look below.
Also shown was a multiplayer trailer which has me very excited, the multiplayer portion of the game is being developed by EA DICE, the developers behind the Battlefield series, and you can tell. The trailer shows off two very different maps, the first could easily be mistaken for a Modern Warfare 2 video, with close quarter, high paced action in an urban environment. The second is a lot more akin to Bad Company 2, with a larger, more open map and a Bradley APC, though DICE have been keen to say that we should not expect a clone.
The game is set for release on the 15th October in the EU, but the beta can be had as soon as tomorrow (the 17th) if you pre-order the game and also have Bad Company 2.
Electronic Entertainment Expo: Dead Space 2
Posted by Sam in Gaming, Preview, Shooter, Single Player on 15 June 2010
Yes, it’s been a long time since my last post. University work and yada yada excuses, but hopefully I’m back and I’ll be posting regular blog entries on the world of gaming and technology! What a week to start blogging again though (this wasn’t my reason, honest), with E3 getting into full swing and lots of hot new gaming news being delivered by the biggest names in the industry, including EA, Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft.
The first game that’s got me really excited is Dead Space 2, which was announced a good few months ago on consoles, but only recently has it been confirmed on PC, after months of uncertainty. During EA’s Press Conference, new gameplay footage was shown which includes Isaac shooting limbs off mutated babies in a setting that rather reminds me of Bioshock, which can only be a good thing. Possibly Isaac has got himself trapped inside a galactic leisure cruiser this time. See the video below.
There was also a shorter more action packed gameplay section in Son’y Press Conference, which I managed to record and upload to YouTube, which you can see below provided it doesn’t get removed (I got an email from YouTube about the content being licensed to E3 broadcasters *gulp*). This footage seems to open with the last scene of the above video, and features more bright flashy lights, more long limbed Necromorphs with handily placed pussy joints to shoot, and more glass smashing and sucking Isaac into oblivion.
Note: You might also have noticed that the site design has changed, well I’ll be playing around with that over the next few days so expect things to change randomly.
R.U.S.E: Do want multiplayer beta
Posted by Sam in Gaming, Multiplayer, Preview, RTS on 15 December 2009
This game really intrigues me. RUSE is a game where instead of using ‘uber micro’ to defeat your enemies, you use a set of ruses (ruse – noun. an action intended to mislead, deceive, or trick) to instead beat them with superior intelligence. The developers are definately trying something new, and a concept which has the potential to be either fantastic or unbelievably dull. Multiplayer will always be at the forefront for me, and to keep me playing there needs to be enough depth that you can’t read a guide and determine the best strategy and execute it during a game to automatically win.
Unfortunately, there are mixed opinions being released from people who have access to the beta. Some people say that because the game has been developed for consoles as well as PC, it has been over-simplified to the point where there is almost no micro involved and the macro involves chosing a few ruses from a list and using them to win you the game. However, others say that there is a lot of depth in ruse selection and timing is essential because you need to plan out your attack and ruses long before your troops reach the battlefield.
Another thing is the scale of the game, with zooming done in the same way as Supreme Commander, where if you zoom out far enough you see icons (or board game pieces as is the case here) instead of units, but you can also zoom in and see individual soldiers walking around. I’ll keep an eye out for any beta key give aways because I would love to experience the game first-hand.
The multiplayer trailer looks particularly aruseing.
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