Obligatory E3 post begins now:
So I"ve been playing Splatoon recently and I'm happy to announce that Nintendo didn't mess this one up, though was there ever any doubt? As the companies first foray into the third-person shooter they've been able to add their own twist to the genre - namely the fact that you score points by covering the ground with ink/paint with much less emphasis on killing everything on screen. Ok, I know that has nothing to do with E3 but truth is I was away from internets for the whole show and I've had to play catch up. And you know what? It's exhausting. Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Bethesda, Square Enix, EA and Ubisoft all have presentations that are more than an hour long. But I digress...
Has anyone played Animal Crossing: New Leaf? A friend bought me a copy when I was in hospital and recently I've been getting a lot of enjoyment out of it. People normally conflate "Nintendo" and "traditional" but here is a game that is anything but traditional. It's much more like a zen garden that you're meant to tend to daily that ultimately ends up as an expression of how you've been playing the game so far. Security Blanket/10. Nintendo's conference was actually the first one I watched and it had everthing needed to make the fanboy in me squeal with delight. Odds are you've probably heard most of the announcments already so I don't see the need to list everything here.
Star Wars: Battlefront looks excellent. It's amazing how well the game has held up after all these years. It's hard to believe that it came out 11 years ago. Still, it's definitley still worth playing but it is a shame that it's only local play is two player. But if you need a more recent shooter to fill that hole in your soul then EA has got you covered: Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare. In it you can play as a sunflower with a gun. How is that not awesome? Answer: it isn't.
Ok, I'll try to stay on track. Ubisoft's conference was probably the most awkwardly funny to watch. I can't believe that executives believe that a hall full of dedicated gamers want to see a full 10 minutes dedicated to announcing the new Just Dance. Plus their show was full of anecdotes about how much their feeling were hurt when people said their piece of shit game Assassin's Creed Unity was a piece of shit. Poor Ubisoft, it much be tough having the job that everyone in that audience would kill for. Let's feel sorry for them.
Let's...
Let's play...
Do people still watch Game Grumps? I love the new Grumpcade crossover thing they're doing, especially since they had my favourite Youtuber, the Completionist, on. Sure they played Sonic and Knuckles which the Completionist had already done a Let's Play on, but the man is just so talented I watched that whole series anyway.
It's really hard for me to stay on track today. Ok, here we go, what I actually thought of this years E3:
Same as the last, plenty of stuff to get excited about.
The End. Thank you for reading.
