Overall, E3 was fairly underwhelming this year. I'm not sure if it was due to the lack of interesting announcements, the lack of *new* information, or the fact that the bigger announcements don't translate well to the home audience (
3DS,
Kinect, and
Move).
On Monday, Microsoft highlighted
some boring sequels (and
Fable 3) and talked about how great
Kinetic is. I really just can't get excited about it... it seems like a toy or a novelty. Everyone that played it has said that
Dance Central is actually really fun, which I can understand because DDR is also fun, but that game alone isn't worth a $200 investment.
On Tuesday, Nintendo announced a lot of core games, which all looked really bad because I'm just so spoiled by HD graphics, which make for a much more immersive experience. Not only did they look bad, the
entire demonstration of Zelda made it look like it just plays bad. The announcement of the
3DS was... cool, I guess. Nintendo still seems to be a step behind in processing power, but the 3Ds comes equipped with technology that enables 3D without glasses. I'll just have to wait and see how that is before passing too much judgement on it.
Also on Tuesday, Sony announced
some boring sequels (along with
Infamous 2 and
Portal 2) and talked about how great
Move is. Move also seems like a novelty and is hard to gauge how good it will be without actually using it. With the exception of
Sorcery, no announced games look very promising. The only other really notable thing from Sony's press conference was
Kevin Butler.
Probably the best thing to come out of E3 was actual game play footage for
Mortal Kombat. I am so excited about this game... it's a total throw back to the Mortal Kombats of old and really brings me back to 1993 where I spent a lot of time at Putt-Putt Golf and Games on an MK2 cabinet.
For now, I'll continue to spend my time with
SSFIV and some other titles along the way. I need to finish
Heavy Rain and start
GTA: Episodes from Liberty City. In the future, I'm looking forward to
Fall Out: New Vegas and
The Last Guardian.