E3 Ustreams

Jackinabox · Post by **Jackinabox** » June 14th, 2010, 19:12

Anyone watching the E3 conferences on G4tv? Just finished watching the Microsoft one.

Looked ok I guess, new Kinect device looked cool, but Star Wars Lightsaber game application of it looked a little iffy at best.

Nice to see them pricing the new xbox the same at current retail price and shipping announced right there and then

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » June 14th, 2010, 19:43

Yeah, I was watching with the added commenaty on twit.tv. Nothing particularly impressive in the games videos. Hopefully Kinetic/Move devs have been paying attention to the Wii so we can avoid the quality chasm you see there, but I'm not holding my breath.

edit: Oh, and if the slim 360 is a proper rebuild, hurrah. Should mean less red rings. Always welcome.

Jackinabox · Post by **Jackinabox** » June 14th, 2010, 19:52

Stoat wrote: edit: Oh, and if the slim 360 is a proper rebuild, hurrah. Should mean less red rings. Always welcome.

Yeah I would love it if they'd added at the end, no more ring of death lol

Jackinabox · Post by **Jackinabox** » June 14th, 2010, 21:33

So new Medal of Honor announcement from EA/DICE looks basically like COD4.

Might still be gd though!

Jackinabox · Post by **Jackinabox** » June 14th, 2010, 21:34

So new Medal of Honor announcement from EA/DICE looks basically like COD4.

Might still be gd though!

http://g4tv.com/e32010/pressconference/ea/61/

Post by **TezzRexx** » June 14th, 2010, 22:16

Jackinabox wrote:
Yeah I would love it if they'd added at the end, no more ring of death lol

It also has built in Wifi! Only took them 5 years of selling £60 Wifi adapters...

Post by **Dog Pants** » June 15th, 2010, 15:37

I'm cautiously optimistic about MoH. Remember that the first one set the bar for WW2 shooters, and was moderately ground breaking at the time. It brought us a scene I still use as an example of how to do a game right - the Omaha Beach landing. The devs have already stated that as well as some of the special horses shennanigans seen in MW, you'll be playing as a (somewhat) average joe too in the form of an Army Ranger and an Apache gunner (I did say somewhat average). They're trying to push an angle of respectfully representing warfare and characterising the men who fight it. This says to me less gung-ho MW-style run and gun, and more chaos and fear. In addition, they're brought in the Frostbite engine (of BC2 fame) for the multiplayer, which is enough alone to pique my interest.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 15th, 2010, 15:39

Dog Pants wrote:In addition, they're brought in the Frostbite engine (of BC2 fame) for the multiplayer, which is enough alone to pique my interest.

So, what are they using for the SP? Different engines for SP and MP gives me the massive fear on a million levels.

Edit: Just looked, UE3.

Post by **Dog Pants** » June 15th, 2010, 15:42

Well Frostbite's just a physics engine isn't it? I assumed they were using Unreal for the game engine then bolting Frostbite on for the MP. Having destructible stuff in the SP apparently gives the level designers teh fear.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 15th, 2010, 15:44

Nope, frostbite's the whole engine.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » June 15th, 2010, 16:48

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Nope, frostbite's the whole engine.

Indeed, which makes it really weird.

Obviously though in this day and age with most model tools not being bespoke anymore, it does mean that they hopefully only have to develop the assets once and just export them differently.

As a side note, EA's new GunClub (check the news) gives you early access to the M24 (for BC2 players) and also to the beta of the new MoH (BC2 players + preorder).

Post by **deject** » June 15th, 2010, 18:25

I, being EA's dirty bitch, have just preordered MoH on Steam. what is wrong with me?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 15th, 2010, 18:53

AIDS.

Post by **TezzRexx** » June 15th, 2010, 19:55

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:AIDS.

EAIDS.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » June 17th, 2010, 10:09

The most interesting thing I've seen from the videos of E3 is Nintendo's 3DS. I suspect Nintendo will get the jump on the 3D gaming revolution/fad with this device. Obviously it wont require a new TV, but also no glasses.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » June 17th, 2010, 12:56

spoodie wrote:The most interesting thing I've seen from the videos of E3 is Nintendo's 3DS.

I was wary of the 3DS, knowing how headache/eyestrain-inducing 3D films are, but when I found out about the 3D depth control (3D! - Mainly 3D! - Quite 3D! - Ordinary 2D!) I was sold. Especially with the announced line up and the DS/DSi catalogue that I haven't ventured in to yet.

Add on to that the Wii titles (Oh god that Kirby trailer gave me diabetes I must have it now) it looks like Ninty will be commandeering much of my wallet this year.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » June 17th, 2010, 14:48

Kirby does look quite interesting. Zelda looked very awkward when Miyamoto was playing but I suspect that's at least partly because he sucked at it.

Also it'd be nice to have a quiet 360 with HDMI output but not £200 nice.