deanb Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 So here be the thread for discussion of Microsofts E3 press conference/media briefing. If you're just joining now I'll suggest the official MS feed as it's got a nice mid-size viewer. http://www.e3companion.com/ Kinect Clock: 20 Minutes 13 Seconds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Halo 4 trailer was awesome, I thought. Splinter Cell really was just a mix of Assassin's Creed and Uncharted. Still looked great though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 (edited) As disappointing as it was that they dumbed down Splinter Cell with Conviction, I still fucking loved it. Blacklist looks awesome as well. That Kinect integration, though. Just feels awkward... Though it's kinda funny that their fancy 100$ motion camera is basically used as a glorified microphone in most real games lol Edited June 4, 2012 by FLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 I wonder what percentage of the audience simultaneously take out their phones and check their Facebooks just as the sports stuff comes up. Yawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Halo 4 did look pretty pretty. Bit Lost Planet with the glowing orange enemies, but there's only so much you can do for weak point design (same as red barrels). Shame that Kinect has gone from a camera to a very expensive microphone. I guess it's one way for developers to be able to stick a Kinect sticker on the front/fill in deals with MS, while putting in very little effort. Yay. Bing, My favourite video game! I mean.. mi videojuego favorito Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCaveman Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Halo 4 looks pretty cool, new Splinter Cell looks awesome, though I'm not sure if Sam's new role in the Third Echelon fits with the ending of Conviction, but I can't remember much of the ending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 (edited) Yeah, that surprised me because Sam actually looks younger. I assumed it was a prequel, or at least was set before Conviction. It kinda fits with the ending of Conviction, though. A promotion/reinstatement isn't all that surprising considering he saved the president's life Edited June 4, 2012 by FLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 So you can now use tablets to control your Xbox. Do MS just not want you buying controllers anymore? Also they said that browsers on consoles are hard to use, then the way they used it was with a Windows Phone instead of with a controller. Which is why they're hard to use. Cos websites aren't build for controllers. So yeah, they solved nothing and on top of that solved it with IE. Still. Smartglass looks kinda neat, shame that Windows 8 had to become really fucked up and useless for Desktops for it to work. Tomb Raider isn't looking too bad. Dunno how she's setting the arrows on fire though. Still squeals a bit ...weirdly though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Tomb Raider looks awesome. Obviously drawing from Uncharted a lot but that's not something to complain about, imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Is Usher still relevant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 More importantly, why the fuck is he singing?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maritan Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Oh boy, that was bad. Halo looks as always(like shit), fucking dancing, fucking sports games, fucking kinect, more casual shit... Given how Nintendo always has the worst casual fest among "the big third" with it's mariozelda shit, I can't imagine what it'll be like... I just realized that a long time ago E3 always used to get me excited *and* was interesting to watch. Damn. PS: new Tomb Raider looks kinda neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 The South Park game looked awesome. It was also awesome how Matt and Trey made fun of MS at their own conference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Yeah, South Park looked awesome, that's probably the game I'm most excited for out of this conference. Halo looked nice, but I'm still waiting to see how it feels since it's not the same team making it. The Black Ops trailer kinda threw me though. I get that somebody hacks all the drones and whatnot to use against us, that's fine, but I'm also supposed to believe they somehow got a fucking army's worth of dudes into the US and equipped without anyone knowing? At least in MW2/3 they were able to explain that with the whole thing about Russia being tricked into attacking us, so you have a source for all the guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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