The Gamer's Quarter

Lestrade

The fun doesn't start until tomorrow, but I'm as giddy as ever, waiting for all the announcements, photos, podcasts and whatnot. Why not make this thread your dumping grounds for thoughts, links, exclamations and commentary over the next few days.

According to 1up's E3 page, the general schedule is as follows:

Microsoft
Tuesday 10th at 8:30 PM PST
Microsoft shows new 360 games, Halo 3's single-player, and more!

Nintendo
Wednesday 11th at 9:00 AM PST
Nintendo shows Metroid Prime 3, Super Mario Galaxy, and more!

Sony
Wednesday 11th at 11:30 AM PST
Sony reveals Killzone 2, shows Metal Gear Solid 4, and more!

dessgeega · Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:54 pm Post subject:

maybe they'll finally announce the xbox port of metal gear solid 4.
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helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

and more!
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Lestrade · Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:25 pm Post subject:

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

it really seems like it's come out or nowhere this year. normally I'm excited weeks in advance.

Lestrade · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:00 am Post subject:

Lockeownzj00 · . Joined: 16 Aug 2005 Posts: 214

Can anybody link me to a good site that's gathering all the E3 business into a nice section that I can check and refresh now and then?

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:16 pm Post subject:

jiji usually does that with his linklog but i don't know if he's doing it this year.
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dessgeega · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:41 pm Post subject:

indie games at e3.
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ninjaboyjohn · . Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 9 Location: Georgia Tech

I'm gonna be volunteering at the indie games booth on Wednesday afternoon, so if anyone from TGQ is gonna be there, please stop on by!

Scratchmonkey · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439

Quote regarding an XBLA demo:

"They're showing off a bunch of XBLA titles, like Bomberman, Undertow, Hexic 2, World War, Geon, Wing Commander Arena, Feeding Frenzy 2, Track & Field, Golden Axe, Space Giraffe, Marathon Durandal, Tetris Splash, Puzzle Quest."

Supposedly Golden Axe and Sonic just went up.

EDIT: It's Sonic 2, according to dark steve.

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:15 am Post subject:

i was just on, and i saw golden axe. sonic 2? really?
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SuperWes · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:30 am Post subject:

I was just on and played both. It's Sonic 1 and Golden Axe. The Golden Axe might be the arcade though. It seems a lot nicer looking than I remember it and it's got a few more options than Sonic. Both feature sprite smoothing, which looks kinda like shit but also kind of neat, and Golden Axe features some kind of sound improvement option. I'm not sure what it was because I couldn't play too loud with the woman asleep.

My biggest complaint is that they're both straight emulation. I'd love for Sonic or Golden Axe to take up the full screen real-estate of a widescreen HD TV and for Sonic to have the option to turn on the duck and roll move from Sonic 2, but since they're just running a rom through a nice game-specific emulator they don't really have the option to add these kinds of things.

I ALMOST bought Sonic, since it's $5 and achievement points would encourage me to play through it again, but I keep remembering that there's no good reason to when I already own Sonic Jam for the Saturn.

-Wes
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Mr. Mechanical · Friendly Stranger Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 1276

If they're putting Marathon 2: Durandal on XBox Live then I am so there on day 1.
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dessgeega · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:38 am Post subject:

wait wait wait whoa
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

why isn't it infinity

i guess the second had the most accesable single-player.

also, perfect timing for my article! which i need to finish tomorrow!

dess keep harrasing me tomorrow to finish my article.
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Lestrade · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:06 am Post subject:

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

damnit

guess im buying a 360.
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Pijaibros · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:48 am Post subject:

Lestrade · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:50 am Post subject:

Mr Mustache · . Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 167 Location: Queens

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject:

dear xbox live arcade: please keep surprising me with things like this.

p.s. seriously when is sensible soccer coming out
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Lestrade · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:15 pm Post subject:

Wow wow wow. Considering my ramped up exercise routine these days (no really), Wii Fit is the best game news I've seen this year. This thing is so exciting. Also, imagine using it plus the new Zapper in some kind of awesome Time Crisis game?

aerisdead · . Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 254 Location: Toronto, Canada

I hope they port Police 911.

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Ethoscapade · . Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 276

POINT BLANK TRILOGY ON WII ALREADY

please

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:37 pm Post subject:

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:37 pm Post subject:

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:51 pm Post subject:

Lestrade · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:07 pm Post subject:

Actually, I'm fairly excited about new Mario Kart with the Wiiiiiiiil. I really liked the arcade Mario Kart. The whole Wii plan is really coming together for me. I'm shooting people in RE4 with the Wiimote, I'm playing tennis with it, soon I'll be beefcaking my arms with it, and even driving, too. One hundred percent what I want from my games.

The Galaxy trailer is fucking awesome; thanks, Dess. The music is like a big warm hug, and I'm strangely excited about the they-must-have-been-high bee suit. It's just too wacked-out for words.

It's a-me! A bee!

Lestrade · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:09 pm Post subject:

WHAT

Lestrade · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:12 pm Post subject:

Uuuhhh, it looks identical.

NEW PSP SLIM:

OLD PSP:

Errr...

Ethoscapade · . Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 276

http://www.joystiq.com/gallery/golden-sun-ds/307649/

gulp.

dongle · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 290

Lestrade · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:37 pm Post subject:

Oh yeah? I played a bit of Aleph One (though I had a lot of issues with it). That's great to see; the end result looks very nice indeed.

Ugghhh, I'll probably get branded as a hater/fanboy, but so far Sony's presentation is drop-dead boring.

Lestrade · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:42 pm Post subject:

Oh wait, here comes Kojima. MGS4 is being labeled as a "PS3 exclusive." :-(

I wonder what Konami's super-secret announcement tonight is going to be?

Ethoscapade · . Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 276

that they've been purchased by sony.

SuperWes · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:54 pm Post subject:

I can't believe nobody here's mentioned Wii Fit. That looks insane. Not good as a game, but insanely good for Nintendo as a moneymaker.

The new PSP looks meh, except for I really think that video out to a TV is a superb idea. It makes it so that people with a PS2 and PSP might be likely to actually buy a PSP version over the PS2 one.

-Wes
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david · . Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 170 Location: b, md

The Mario game looks great!! It's back to the surrealism of the old games, with loads of funny abstract obstacle coursey stuff!
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Lestrade · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:58 pm Post subject:

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:07 pm Post subject:

i don't know what you mean, wes, i think wii fit looks pretty hot!

Lestrade · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:09 pm Post subject:

Fuck, I'm so excited. I played SMB2 last night and relished in the 200% overproof FUN that entire game embodies. (it was actually the first time I didn't beat the game in one go in years, though. :-( ) Galaxy gives me the same feeling. It really is impressive, and I love the visual style.

aerisdead · . Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 254 Location: Toronto, Canada

New PSP: Gutted ;_;
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SuperWes · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:13 pm Post subject:

david · . Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 170 Location: b, md

Lestrade · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:15 pm Post subject:

SuperWes · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:33 pm Post subject:

Mario Galaxy does look amazing, but it also looks exactly like what they've been showing off since the system was announced. I know that's kind of the point, but at every one of these shows we froth about it and at this point I just want to finally play the game and quit frothing.

Sony's press conference was kind of boring but I think in a lot of ways it was better than either of the other two.

The Xbox one was embarrassing. They tried to make announcements out of nothing, and it felt like they're almost too in touch with their community. Everything seemed like an inside joke of sorts.

The Nintendo one showed off the Zapper (a plastic piece of junk), a tiny steering wheel (another plastic piece of junk), and an AMAZING piece of technology that will probably only ever be used for one "game." I was hoping they'd announce something that would fill in the 8 month gap between quality Wii games or that they had come up with a solution to the Wii friend code system, or something else cool. But instead they announced Mario Kart Single Dash, a fitness game, and the fact that all of their good games are coming out between August and December. At least we'll have indie Wii games next year!

The Playstation one was sort of boring, but it was also totally focused on showing off how many games they had. It reminded me a lot of Sega's E3 shows during the Dreamcast days. They're finally showing that games are a priority. I actually want to play the games they showed off! Haze looks great! Infamous will be amazing! Killzone looks superb! Little Big Planet looks incredible! The acquisition of NC Soft seems pretty small, but it means they're taking both the online market and the Korean market very seriously. And the fact that they used Home to show off their games instead of a montage of newsweek clips really reinforces the versatility of what they're trying to accomplish.

Wii Fit's pretty amazing though.

-Wes
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dessgeega · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:34 pm Post subject:

new metal gear solid 4 trailer. guess which mgs2 boss inexplicably returns for a ludicrously erotic fight with raiden.

do we ever get to see actual gameplay footage of this game? actually, knowing kojima i wouldn't be surprised if metal gear solid 4 turned out to be basically a movie. it's what he's been getting at after all.
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SuperWes · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:34 pm Post subject:

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject: