Zero Punctuation: The Second Annual E3 Hype Massacre
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Stumble ThisThis week, Zero Punctuation shares some thoughts on games hyped at e3 2009.
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I liked Forza 3 and L4D 2 (yes, I'm looking forward to it!)
It is EXACTLY what he said. I play videogames to unwind and waving my hands around like an idiot is not a good way to unwind.
Would love to hear what he actually liked... but of course he wouldn't corner himself into something like that...
I can't think of anything from E3 in the last 10 years to be excited about. They should have something.
buuuuut... Their writers are a team of History researchers. They use real events and characters to make their story line and dialogue
Unfortunately that means they would be really shit at free-writing Science Fiction with no historical storyline to jump off.
Assassins Creed 2 looks pretty damn good to me, Supposed to be bigger then the first game, new executions, able to assassinate two people at once now and Leo Da Vinci inventing things for you.
Saboteur wasn't mentioned, but it wasn't exactly unveiled at this E3, GTA style game based in france during WWII, able to climb buildings, and the art style seems interesting to me.
Mass Effect 2 in production, using the data from your first game to bring the second game to life, if you killed certain characters off in the first they won't appear in the second, new weapons, ect.
I've been playing the Uncharted 2 multiplayer beta, and nobody talks..character wise anyway, and the gameplay is pretty good.
His Beatles rock band point is that it's just a stupid name..
Final Fantasy XIV has next to no info on it yet, except that it's going to be online, So I don't understand why he's critiquing it already, other then the fact that the generally hates Mmorpgs. (Side note, I'm excited to see what they're going to be doing, it's FF11's spiritual predecessor, and FF11 was fantastic until WoW came out and showed that the slow paced combat was outdated.)
Halo Reach seems like it could be very interesting, because it's potentially the first time that you DON'T play as a lone spartan if the game is going to be based off the books, and the planet itself is supposed to be mostly open fields and forest.. again if it's based off the books.
And ODST seems like it'll be great, you're not on a linear storyline and you're able to explore all of New Mombasa, they've pushed the halo 3 engine more then they knew they could and have fantastic looking results, not to mention new features since you're no longer a super-soldier, so you don't have a feeling of complete comfort when you're going through the game because they've essentially reverted back to the halo 1 system of minor "Shields" (Basically called Stamina in ODST) after which your health takes damage.
I dunno, to me this years E3 was actually pretty good, it's talking about titles that don't seem like they're bound to fail from the get-go (lookin at you, Destroy All Humans 3 & Damnation)
Yahtzee makes the point better in this video. http://www.videosift.com/video/Zero-Punctuation-XBLA-Double-Bill
My guess is he'll be eating his words on at least one of these.
I think he hopes he will, but you know, he'll be right on most of them.
LOVE the strangling noise. Awesomeness.
Shepppard, you're not suppose dto take his vids so seriously... fanboyism!
Would love to hear what he actually liked... but of course he wouldn't corner himself into something like that...
He actually did say a couple of positive things about Team Ico's Last Guardian. And the Silent Hill game.
>> ^NetRunner:
My guess is he'll be eating his words on at least one of these.
That's one of the side-effects of being overly-pessimistic. Most of these titles will probably suck much ass, and he's prepared for that. Now, even if one or two of them actually turn out good, you're not too depressed and don't have to /wrist, instead you're positively surprised
Regarding this year's E3 lineup, I'm very much looking forward to (re: am hyped about) Mass Effect 2, Modern Warfare 2, Singularity and Dark Void. The first two I feel are going to be polished versions of a product I know and love, while the latter two look like they could actually have VERY innovative gameplay. Admittedly though, it does suck that all of them are shooters.
But on the topic of this week's video: fake enthusiasm ftw!
>> ^Farhad2000:
Would love to hear what he actually liked... but of course he wouldn't corner himself into something like that...
He actually did say a couple of positive things about Team Ico's Last Guardian. And the Silent Hill game.
Last Guardian is just a rehash of Ico and Colossus game. He's totally on point about one of the leads dying.
And come on. It's pretty obvious from his previous reviews that he is completely biased when it comes to anything called Silent Hill. I bet he would love Silent Hill DDR if it was made.
Ehh.. blahblahblah
You've been trolled, son.
And he's right.
Edit: except for Assassins Creed which I am a mega fan of