Work went late, but I was still able to watch the opening G4 coverage and the EA Spotlight of E3 2010. This year didn't get my hopes up for a particular title like in past years. The Old Republic was the only title I expected to hear about, but had heard about it for long enough to not expect anything groundbreaking (i.e. a release date).
But it's getting late and I have some quick thoughts to relate before I succumb to dreams of what I just watched.
From G4's coverage:
Spiderman - Shattered Dimensions (?) (I didn't get the full title so that could be wrong)
This looks promising and scary all in one. It seems like they took four different Spiderman games and rolled them into one. On the plus side, you get to play in different universes / time periods and time travel in games has been fun from my experience. However, with four different styles, I wonder if none of them are polished to perfection - OR - if the differences aren't as big as they made them seem. If I'm in the Wild West, I want to have a showdown at 20 paces. If I'm in the future, I want jet packs and laser beams. Time periods should affect gameplay so hopefully this game will follow that.
Power Gig:
The thought of having a rock video game actually teach you how to play the guitar - finally. I didn't understand how that would work though. A quick short demo of showing how someone played the game would have been nice. And the drums - I don't know. Maybe it's the same as with the guitar of not showing us, but I can't help but think there are going to be issues with the pads of the toms not being concretely defined.
Hunted:
The first look at this game didn't have me drooling for it, but the commentary of Morgan, Kevin, and Adam sparked more interest in it. I like the idea of being able to build up your own character and then play with it in a friend's game and then going back home and continuing with all the experience you earned with your friend. I'd also like to see more about the skill system and how it all works.
EA Spotlight:
Of the 10 games, I'm only going to comment on a subset of them here. I think. We'll see how tired I get.
Dead Space 2:
This is supposed to be a scary game. I didn't get it. Although, playing it so that it filled up my entire TV screen instead of 1/4, in the dark, by myself - might make it scary. When I think of horror games, though, I think of Silent Hill. I've only played the first one and it was recently, but it still had a very creepy feeling to it - despite the dated graphics. Dead Space 2 just seems to be commercial haunted house scares. However, I do want to play the first one and see if I get something different out of it. I think I even have a demo of it so that'll be a good start.
MMA:
I'm not a fan of fighting games or mixed martial arts fights. However, the announcement of Live Broadcast intrigued me. If there's not an MMA or UFC fight going on, will people actually log in to watch two random people duke it out in a video game? I think a lot of it will end up coming down to presentation. It has to look awesome for people to want to watch it. And since it's all virtual, does that open the door for increased violence? Did EA just announce that they're rebuilding the Colleseum?
Bulletstorm:
Cat and mouse is very accurate from what I saw. It's like the game encourages you to toy with your enemies. Could be a lot of fun, but hopefully there is more than achievements and trophies out there for doing all the combos. Sure they look good, but unless there are just a ton to do, you're going to do the same ones all the time, and that will get boring - eventually.
The Old Republic:
This may be the game that gets me into MMO's. And I hope it is the MMO that MMOs should be like. I want to add some of my tabletop roleplaying experiences and bring them to a giant, living, online world. The anquished Jedi that is contemplating turning to the dark side. The sith that really was a good man, but was lured by the power of the Dark Side and now fights with revenge in his heart. But I'll still play it without those too.
And the rest can wait for another day - it's bed time.
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