XBLN Staff E3 Thoughts

Our staff will be blogging their thoughts on this years here. These are just random thoughts and observations for games on all systems not just Xbox.

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- The Kinect seems like an okay but I believe the Wii will still be the motion king. Also, the PS Move doesn't seem too bad. Think of that a Wii with PS3 games and graphics. If you're going to get a motion controller, I would suggest you either get the PS Move or a Wii. Skip the Kinect, it will not be worth the money. PS Move will be $49.99 for the wand and another $29.99 for the navigation controller. Also a bundle with the eyetoy and a game called Sports Champions will retail for $99. And a PS3 bundle with the fore mentioned for $399.

-Another note about the Kinect, Gamestop released some prices of the games announced for Kinect all for $59.99. Also note that the Kinect will not be bundled with any games at the moment(We will update you one this).

-It was noted by Sony that in order to play 3D PS3 games, you WILL need a 3D TV. The main reason being if that 3D TV's require HDMI 1.4. Current LCD's and Plasmas have HDMI 1.2 and 1.3. And also LCD tvs do not have high enough refresh rates for 3D to work correctly. So 3D movies without a 3D tv will not be preferable.

-Gears of War 3 is shaping up into a nice game. There is a new mode called Beast Mode. Beast mode is an arena-style battle where you try and kill off waves of enemies. The catch? You play as the Locust, killing COGs. You can even play as a Berserker or a Ticker and everything in between.

-Nintendo 3DS seems like an interesting idea but I'm sure this will not be true 3D and only depth perception. But some cool titles are in the works for the 3DS like Star Fox, Mario Kart, Splinter Cell, and Assassins Creed.

-Nintendo is also releasing a new Donkey Kong Country, which were made famous on the Super Nintendo. This game will be developed by Retro(Makers of the Metroid games). Also expected from Nintendo, was news of Kirby, and Zelda.

-Medal of Honor has a lot of promise. Think of the multiplayer as Battlefield mixed with CoD. I will have more thoughts on the MoH multiplayer tomorrow. I will have access to the Beta tomorrow.

-Looks like Sony has finally gone down the path of Xbox Live by announcing their Playstation Network paid subscriptions. They will have a year for $49.99 and three months for $17. They will also have a three month trial for this. This new PS Plus will include special access to betas, full game demos and more.

-I am overall disappointed with the EA Sports portion of the EA presser. The MMA Live Broadcast was cool but I'm sure this will make its way to other EA Sports games in the future if this turns out cool. EA is still trying to sell us on the Madden gameflow system but I am still not impressed with it or will I use it. The highpoint of the EA Presser was the Medal of Honor multiplayer showing. This game looks very promising.

-Halo Reach campaign looks interesting but I am afraid from playing the Beta, the multiplayer will disappoint.

-Sony showed their annual Gran Turismo 5 video package for like the 4th year in a row, maybe it will come this year for sure...who knows.(Currently coming November 2nd)

-Ubisofts press conference was also pretty disappointing, with the exception of Assassins Creed Brother and Ghost Recon. Speaking of Ghost Recon, I was very pleased with what I saw with it. It seems like Advanced Warfighter style with better graphics and set more in the future. I'm interested to know if there will be co-op for the game and how the multiplayer will go. Multiplayer beta for GR should be out in July and we'll update you then.

-Activision has unveiled yet another Tony Hawk game called TH Shred. It will be a cell shaded game and will make use of the skateboard peripheral. I wonder when Activision will stop with these games and see that EA's Skate franchise is much better.

-Can't wait to see how this Power Gig: Rise of the 6th String game will play. It will incorporate a real guitar that you can hook up to an amp and everything.

-Still awaiting news on Mass Effect 3. I'm sure some will pop up by the end of the week.

-A new Time Crisis game will be coming for the PS Move. I've played Time Crisis 4 on the PS3 and it was pretty cool with the gun and all. I suppose this game will use the move controller instead.

-It's great to see Twisted Metal return to PS. I remember playing that on the PS1 back in the good days.

Jerhawk's Thought's

-The most promising game that I got out of E3 2010 was Power Gig: Rise of the Six String. I'm a fairly lazy person, so I didn't want to learn how to play a guitar when I was younger using lesson videos or anything like that. This game would be like a learning experience/fun video game. I can't wait for this one.

-Madden '11 still looks disappointing. I don't understand why the EA Sports staff insists on amping up this gameflow feature as the main improvement in the game. If this was the biggest improvement they made to this years game, then that's sad. I really hope EA gets a different developmental team for Madden next year, or that NFL license expires.

-Ghost Recon: Future Soldier was another game that shows excellent potential. This game scored big for me.