E3 2011: Microsoft Edition

[Soapy]

I like sequels as well, but Microsoft also has a much smaller stable of franchises than Sony to pull from.

 

[Benstamania]

Yeah, that's true... But still. I guess I'm just easy to please, lol.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

I like sequels as well, but Microsoft also has a much smaller stable of franchises than Sony to pull from.

True, but only a handful are really worth owning.

Metal Gear

Uncharted

God of War

Little Big Planet


I own just as many "exclusives" on my 360 as i do for my PS3.

As iv said before, the absolute best games are multiplatform. Minus maybe Uncharted, which, imo, has EVERYONE beat.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Does this mean the all "core games for Kinect" are in fact core games with Kinect support and not Kinect games per se?

That will be interesting to see. I dont know how they can incorporate Kinect with a game like that.

 

[jacobed]

Im assuming it will be for commanding you team on what to do

 

[Benstamania]

Well if they do that then I say it's HIGH time we get a Republic Commando sequel!

 

[Soapy]

Indeed. I loved Republic Commando.

And we may just be getting one. This is hardly proof, but I thought it was interesting.

Tomb Raider franchise director Tim Longo has left Crystal Dynamics to accept the mantle of creative director at LucasArts on an unannounced project. Longo revealed the move in a twitter post earlier this month. Longo leaves the Tomb Raider project with the design likely set for the most part as the game enters what should be the production push toward an anticipated release later this year.

As Longo noted, this is a return engagement with LucasArts. During his previous stint with the company he served as first lead designer and then director on Star Wars: Republic Commando. The game earned many fans with its campaign that let players become part of an elite squad of clone soldiers who took on special missions set at the same time as the events in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Since then, rumors of a sequel have come and gone. Could Longo's hiring indicate a Republic Commando 2 is indeed in the works again?

His arrival potentially coincides with another interesting development today. LucasArts announced it has licensed Unreal Engine 3 from Epic Games for multiple upcoming projects according to a news release. Zak Phelps, director of technology at LucasArts, said of the move, "Unreal Engine 3 is a forward-looking solution that shortens the path between inspiration and execution on a wide variety of gaming platforms."

So, the former Republic Commando director has returned to LucasArts and the company has handed him one of the preeminent modern shooter engines to play with. It's all circumstantial evidence, to be sure, but with plenty of reason to be hopeful.

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The biggest reason I could see them wanting to do another Republic Commando (or a spiritual successor) is because clone troopers have become hugely popular with the kids since The Clone Wars cartoon came out.

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

I hate when people rag on Microsoft for giving us more Halo, Fable, ect. Sony does the same thing... We're going to see more Uncharted, probably more God of War something or other, Twisted Metal, ect...

Granted, there hasn't been a TM for YEARS... but still.

What?
This isn´t about what Sony does or not, this is about the lack of Ips on Microsof´s part.
More even when they actually have more Ips and don´t even use them (Perfect Dark comes to mind)

As for Sony......do you really want to compare both? Really??

Uncharted
Resistance
LittleBigPlanet
Infamous
God of War
Jak & Daxter
Ratchet and Clank
Sly Cooper
Gran Turismo
Twisted Metal
Medievil
Syphon Filter
Ico Team games
SOCOM
Killzone
Buzz!
Heavenly Sword
Warhawk/Starhawk
Motorstorm

Notice that all games above have more than 1 game, the last released in the last 3 years.
Only Heavenly Sword and Medievil are there because there are rumors that sequels are being made.
And i´m sure i´m forgetting some.
And let´s not forget beloved games like Dark Cloud, The Gateway, The Mark of Kri (don´t have sequels in the last years, reason why i didn´t put them above.

Sony and Nintendo have plenty of Ips, Microsoft is the only one lacking it.

The last big example of that is Playstation Move Heroes.
Jack & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank, Sly Cooper.......
Microsoft would never be able to do somethinf like that, they lack the characters to do so.
Another example, Super Smash Bros.

I'm a sequel fan myself. Yeah, I like new IP's but I'll take more games in my favorite series no problem.

So am i, i love continuity (that´s why i can´t care less about MP, history, evolution of characters and situations...it´s everything to me), comics are the ones to blame
But to create an identity you need more than "just the same crap" over and over again, you new new blood from time to time.
See how Sony and Nintendo released sequels from diferent franchises every two years?

 

[Benstamania]

more Ips and don´t even use them (Perfect Dark comes to mind)

As for Sony......do you really want to compare both? Really??

Uncharted - Great
Resistance - Super boring
LittleBigPlanet - Meh
Infamous - Good
God of War - Good
Jak & Daxter - Who knows when we'll get a propper sequel to this franchise
Ratchet and Clank - Starting to get old
Sly Cooper - Ok
Gran Turismo - yaaaaawn.
Twisted Metal - Already mentioned this one
Medievil - meh, I doubt we see another Medievil game anytime soon...
Syphon Filter - See above
Ico Team games - few and far between
SOCOM - Socom 2 was the LAST good Socom game
Killzone - Eh
Buzz! - ...lol
Heavenly Sword - sucked
Warhawk/Starhawk - Yawn
Motorstorm - Yawn


So out of that list only a handful of Exclusive Sony IP's are, like Pat said "good". Sure, Microsoft lacks a lot of first party games and I'm not arguing that, but the best games this gen tend to be the Multiplatform games outside of a few.

For every Uncharted, inFAMOUS and GoW Sony has, Microsoft has a Halo, Gears and Fable.

 

[Brainiac 8]

To move the conversation away from silly list warz, I will say that Ubisoft had better show something on Beyond Good and Evil 2!

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

To move the conversation away from silly list warz

Nay, it totally makes a thread worth reading.

 

[Benstamania]

As for developers, I really... Really want to see Konami's show. I also hope Capcom gives us a more to it's roots Resident Evil.

 

[Iceman]

Given how good & numerous the multi-platform titles & their sequels are nowadays I think exclusive titles only raise eyebrows when they are of the quality of Uncharted, God of War, Halo & Gears of War.. ie definitive must-have games. There are already way more than enough good games on any console to keep someone (unemployed) busy all year. It's only the very best of the rest that matter not a long list of exclusive games that are no better than Assassin's Creed, Red Dead, Arkham & Elder Scrolls.

 

[Benstamania]

I'm playing through Red Dead again right now. Such a good game, give me a Red Dead 2 over GTA 5 any day.

 

[Iceman]

I'll take both thank you! Plus all DLCs they ever put out.

 

[hippie_hunter]

LittleBigPlanet - Meh
Sly Cooper - Ok
Medievil - meh, I doubt we see another Medievil game anytime soon...

What's wrong with you

Also, Microsoft doesn't own the Gears of War IP, it's very possible that we will see Gears on the PS3 if Microsoft doesn't renew its publishing agreement with Epic Games.

 

[TX85]

I know I must be in the minority of being a fan of PS3's PS Home,But would any one be interested IF MS announced there making there own version of it and being called"X-Box Community"??

IF they were to make it and do it even much more interactive then I might be hooked big time!,I hadn't used PS Home in months until last few days and now I realize I'm a fan of it again.(I guess after seeing it had more stuff to it than before)

I use my 360 more than my PS3 with one reason being I have a way bigger friends list on it and who I hang with online way more,And I just think this concept also has potential on the 360 and with more interaction then it goes beyond expectations!!.....Imagine being able to actually touch other player's avatar's such as high five/shake hands/knuckles/hold hands/hug/push/slap&punch/kick/kiss!!!!!

With the 360's avatars being little cartoons type compared to PS Home's life-like ones,They can focus on the places&stuff than having better graphics to them and thus saving memory&power for the better things!

 

[Asteroid-Man]

Which ones?

All of them. Death Island, Danger Canyon, Infinity and Timberland combined make forgeworld (as well as Blood Gulch) - also Timberlands (environment), Infinity (architecture) and Blood Gulch (shape) gave us Valhalla. Ice Fields (looks) and Sidewinder (set up) combined gave us Avalanche. People have made multiple unofficial map variants from Halo 3 maps resembling Gephyrophobia.

 

[hippie_hunter]

I like sequels as well, but Microsoft also has a much smaller stable of franchises than Sony to pull from.

That's because Sony is much better at developing IPs than Microsoft is. Microsoft tends to see what is a hit and then completely ****e it out (Halo, Fable, Forza) and the rest just get forgotten. Sony on the other hand, unless it's a total failure, typically allows one sequel to their IPs.

 

[BLACK-SPIDEY]

Well if they do that then I say it's HIGH time we get a Republic Commando sequel!

Man I loved the **** out of the first one, a new one with improved graphics would be awesome!!, and since they want to put shooters in kinect now, why not with this one?, i would totally buy it if it had kinect (and also cause i really dont like the game that came with the xbox. xP)

Also, i really want to see what they have in store for us in relation to "The Big 3" a.k.a Halo, Gears and Fable.

EDIT:Also I think Microsoft will rule this year`s E3 since Sony had the outage recently and other than uncharted and resistance theres really nothing else im looking forward to from Sony, as for Nintendo, well theres the new console and.........................there´s the new console.

 

[hippie_hunter]

EDIT:Also I think Microsoft will rule this year`s E3 since Sony had the outage recently and other than uncharted and resistance theres really nothing else im looking forward to from Sony, as for Nintendo, well theres the new console and.........................there´s the new console.

Microsoft is going to be a dud in the eyes of core gamers this E3. Yeah, they'll show Halo, Gears of War 3 (which should have already been out), and Forza, but people have come to expect those and Microsoft tends to focus more on features for the 360. Skype and Kinect will be the forefront of this E3. The two things that core gamers will not care about.

Sony is going to be a mixed bag because they will have to deal with the PSN Outage. But they are also going to show off the NGP, and if they announce the right price, and show off the new Hideo Kojima, Call of Duty, and Uncharted games, it will be a hit. Sony tends to do some surprises like Valve and Twisted Metal at last years E3.

Nintendo will be the one to dominate this years E3. They're not just going to show off the new console, they're also going to show off the games for it. And like how the third parties tended to side with either Microsoft (Activision) or Sony (EA) at last year's E3, this year, all the third parties are going to be behind Nintendo, showing off Project Cafe versions of their games. Expect Take-Two to show off Grand Theft Auto V, Max Payne 3, and Bioshock Infinite, Square-Enix show off Tomb Raider, Hitman: Absolution, and Final Fantasy XIII-2, Activision show off Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Sega show off Sonic Generations, and UbiSoft to show off Assassin's Creed: Revelations and Tom Clancy games. Add in their support for the 3DS and it's just fact, no one is going to top Nintendo this year.

 

[Benstamania]

Yup, Nintendo will tear up E3, more so if they do indeed have 3rd party support to show off their titles on Project Cafe.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Yup, Nintendo will tear up E3, more so if they do indeed have 3rd party support to show off their titles on Project Cafe.

Rumors are saying that Nintendo is aggressively courting 3rd party publishers and wants to focus more on them in order to shake off the stigma that the only games that sell on Nintendo consoles are first party Nintendo games.

And if Project Cafe is announced for an early 2012 release like rumors are suggesting, they are going to have an excellent launch line-up since games like Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Sonic Generations, and Bioshock Infinite should all be released relatively shortly before Project Cafe's rumored launch date. And it is also said that porting from the PC/Xbox 360 to Project Cafe will be easy, giving them more incentive to release Project Cafe versions a few months after their PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 counterparts.

 

[Benstamania]

As much as I want to see the games running on Cafe... I want to see, or at least hear about their online setup.

 

[hippie_hunter]

As much as I want to see the games running on Cafe... I want to see, or at least hear about their online setup.

I want to see if the rumors of their miniscule storage is true or not. Without a doubt, Nintendo will at least somewhat beef up their online capabilities. But if the storage is miniscule, I doubt that we'll see full fledged games appear on the system. But with a much larger storage option, the possibilities are endless!