E3 2008

Qwerty 42 · Post by **Qwerty 42** » 2008-07-13 02:27pm

I'm making this topic in advance to inflate my own twisted ego.

GameSpot's put up a listing of their most anticipated games of the conference:

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
Tomb Raider: Underworld
LEGO Batman
The Sims 3
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Spore
Soul Calibur IV
Saints Row 2
Resistance 2
Resident Evil 5
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
Madden NFL 2009
LittleBigPlanet
Killzone 2
Gears of War 2
FarCry 2
Fallout 3
Fable 2
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

So what are you looking forward to? I'm hoping that we get dates on Tales of Symphonia: The New World and an announcement of a new F-Zero for the Wii.

JLTucker · Post by **JLTucker** » 2008-07-13 03:01pm

Since I'll be home all week, I may watch it live on the G4TV website. I'm most looking forward to the demos of Silent Hill: Homecoming and Resident Evil 5. Here's the schedule according to G4TV (apologies for the long post):

Monday July 14th
1PM ET – Half-hour pre-show followed by the entire Microsoft Press Conference – live and commercial free on-air and online.
6PM ET – EA Press Conference - Live streaming coverage on G4tv.com
7PM ET – Two-hour E3 Preview Show featuring the following DEMOS:
* Fallout 3
* Fable 2
* Halo Wars
* Ghostbusters : The Videogame
* Silent Hill: Homecoming

Tuesday July 15th
12PM ET – Live on-air and online streaming, commercial free coverage of the Nintendo Press conference
2:30PM ET - Live on-air and online streaming, commercial free coverage of the Sony Press conference
5:30PM ET – Ubisoft Press Conference - Live streaming coverage on G4tv.com
6:00PM ET– Live three hour E308 Special featuring the following DEMOS:
* Gears of War 2
* Resistance 2
* Killzone 2
* Rock Band 2
* Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
* Prince of Persia
* Street Fighter IV
* Lord of the Rings: Conquest
* Dark Void
7:30PM ET – CAPCOM Press Conference - Live streaming coverage on G4tv.com
11:30PM ET – ACTIVISION Press Conference - Streaming coverage on G4tv.com

Wednesday July 16th
5:30PM ET - KONAMI Press Conference - Live streaming coverage on G4tv.com
6PM ET – Live three hour E308 Special featuring the following DEMOS:
* Resident Evil 5
* FarCry 2
* LittleBigPlanet
* Dead Space
* Spore
* InFamous
* Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
* Left 4 Dead
* Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe
* Crysis: Warhead
* Shaun White Snowboarding
* Deadly Creatures

Thursday, July 17th
6PM ET – Live three hour E308 Special featuring the following DEMOS:
* Mirror's Edge
* Madden NFL '09
* Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
* Tom Clancy's EndWar
* Project Origin
* Banjo Kazooie
* Face Breaker

DarkSilver · Post by **DarkSilver** » 2008-07-13 04:24pm

and to think...I'll finally be home for it this year.

I'm definatly catching the G4 coverage of it - though for now, nothing's caught my eye in "Must Play"

Post by **weemadando** » 2008-07-13 04:33pm

I'm looking forward to seeing more of:

Prince of Persia
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
Left 4 Dead
Fallout 3
Fable 2
Madworld
Operation Flashpoint 2

and of course, any new, zany, random crap that gets announced.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2008-07-13 04:41pm

More than anything else, Rock Band 2 and whatever stuff Nintendo's been keeping up their sleeve.

Schuyler Colfax · Post by **Schuyler Colfax** » 2008-07-13 04:42pm

Since we know nothing from Nintendo (besides Animal Crossing and ANOTHER Mario sports title) you know they're going to give us something big.

Losonti Tokash · Post by **Losonti Tokash** » 2008-07-13 10:19pm

Fallout, Silent Hill, Halo Wars, and Rock Band 2 more than anything. Most of the other stuff I am "meh" to.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2008-07-13 10:34pm

I'm looking forward to seeing what surprises Microsoft Game Studios has.

Resinence · Post by **Resinence** » 2008-07-13 11:07pm

No news on Mirror's Edge, a shame. Looking forward to Left 4 Dead and Dead Space though, everything else just got a huge "yet another sequel/clone?

". I hear we need yet ANOTHER Mario game, good to see Nintendo is still as conservative as ever.

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2008-07-14 03:19am

Resinence wrote:No news on Mirror's Edge, a shame. Looking forward to Left 4 Dead and Dead Space though, everything else just got a huge "yet another sequel/clone? ". I hear we need yet ANOTHER Mario game, good to see Nintendo is still as conservative as ever.

Uhm.. Demo coverage on Thursday according to the schedule higher up.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2008-07-14 03:21am

Resinence wrote:No news on Mirror's Edge, a shame. Looking forward to Left 4 Dead and Dead Space though, everything else just got a huge "yet another sequel/clone? ". I hear we need yet ANOTHER Mario game, good to see Nintendo is still as conservative as ever.

Dude Dead Space looks hilariously hackneyed.

I know it's not another reskinned shooter, but it's hardly original.

PeZook · Post by **PeZook** » 2008-07-14 03:30am

Fallout 3, because I always wanted to play Fallout the way Bethesda is trying to present it, and it seems like it's gonna be awesome.

loomer · Post by **loomer** » 2008-07-14 04:11am

Mmm, Spore and Fallout 3...

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2008-07-14 04:46am

I just can't bring myself to be excited about Spore. I wasn ever hugely enamoured with it originally, but even the release of the creature creator - intuitive though it was and hilarious as it was to create a giant penis on legs to wobble around, I just can't be bothered with it. As far as sandbox good times go, Little Big Planet probably has it beat, in my mind.

That cynicism aside, I cackle with fanboyish glee at too many games on that list.

Post by **weemadando** » 2008-07-14 05:02am

Why am I the only one with love for Madworld?

Or are people getting a Project HAMMER vibe from this, where it shows up, wows people and then disappears off the face of the earth?

Resinence · Post by **Resinence** » 2008-07-14 05:30am

Dude Dead Space looks hilariously hackneyed. Smile I know it's not another reskinned shooter, but it's hardly original.

Yeah, I give it a 50/50 chance of them pulling it off well, it's a pretty sad look at the current generation of games when "no HUD" and "in space/low gravity" is considered different. But it look's like harder sci-fi than other sci-fi games (lol mass effect super stealth in space) so I'm hoping it's at least successful, maybe something other than MODERN AND FUTURE COMBAT FPS 356 and WW2: NAZI MIDWAY PEARL HARBOUR PACIFIC 402 AAA titles are made.

And thank's Sylas, I completely missed mirror's edge there, will have to see that demo for sure. Mirror's edge kind of reminds me of prince of persia, and could be really cool if it's not shit.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2008-07-14 05:53am

weemadando wrote:Why am I the only one with love for Madworld?

It's got an interesting take on the art, and the stuff you can do to people is hideously over the top and approaches non sequitur violence. The motion controls might even be well implemented. It will probably never get released here.

But it look's like harder sci-fi than other sci-fi games (lol mass effect super stealth in space)

Dude, it's got the Thing in it, and the ship is takes place on is a planetcracker designed to chew up whole planets for mining purposes. It looks like it could be a fun game, but it's notl ikely to be any 'harder' than Mass Effect.

Incidentally, the Normandy's stealth, though silly in principle, is surprisingly realistic in terms of operation. The simple turn of phrase 'you will cook if you use it for too long' helps.

JointStrikeFighter · Post by **JointStrikeFighter** » 2008-07-14 05:55am

The unnamed Halo project is supposedly going to be announced.

Post by **weemadando** » 2008-07-14 06:20am

JointStrikeFighter wrote:The unnamed Halo project is supposedly going to be announced.

I'm full of uncaring.

JointStrikeFighter · Post by **JointStrikeFighter** » 2008-07-14 06:27am

weemadando wrote:
JointStrikeFighter wrote:The unnamed Halo project is supposedly going to be announced.
I'm full of uncaring.

No man, i think you misunderstood; HALO man HALO!

KhyronTheBackstabber · Post by **KhyronTheBackstabber** » 2008-07-14 06:29am

weemadando wrote:Why am I the only one with love for Madworld?

You're not. I was reading about it in Nintendo Power, and it sounds like it's going to be bad ass.

Ford Prefect wrote: It will probably never get released here.

It will be. Here's a quote from the NP article.

NP wrote:
Because the game is being developed primarily for a Western audience, the team is making a concerted effort to find out what tickles our funny bone on this side of the Pacific.

"We talk a lot what makes Americans laugh," says Nishikawa. "We go through a lot of American comics and movies to learn what kind of over-the-top violence is out there and what we might be able to incorporate into the game. We're always looking for something that's so extreme and unrealistic that it's funny. We have many, many meetings about how to get that just right. It's a lot of work!"

Another game for the Wii I want to see is Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels. I've been anticipating a lightsaber game since we first found out about the Wii.

Post by **weemadando** » 2008-07-14 06:37am

Just as long as they use something similar to Die By The Sword and not just "WAGGLE TO WIN! LOL!"

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2008-07-14 06:40am

KhyronTheBackstabber wrote:It will be. Here's a quote from the NP article.

I live in Australia and thus labour under the oppressive standards of the OFLC.

Zixinus · Post by **Zixinus** » 2008-07-14 07:22am

The only one I am really interested in is Fable 2 and possibly Fallout 3. I wouldn't mind giving Far Cry 2 and the Force Unleashed a try though.

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2008-07-14 08:38am

JointStrikeFighter wrote:The unnamed Halo project is supposedly going to be announced.

I, at least, am quite curious to see what its going to be. Besides, we'll probably get a name to go with it, eliminating the need for usage of the increasingly-wearing "unnamed" designation.