What are the top 3 best and worst games of E3?

[Rip Van Rabbit]

Intriguing:​

- Dishonored 2
The first Dishonored felt like something of a flawed gem, still found it enjoyable on the gameplay front. At least this time around, I can say "fuck Corvo" and play as the Empress instead, y'know, a character that I hope is more interesting. Pretty much the only one that I'm actively looking forward to.

- Titanfall 2
I love me some visceral mecha combat. As fun as it looks, I'm hoping it has a decent single-player campaign, if not then my interest will plummet.

- Horizon Zero Dawn
*sniff* I wish you were coming to PC.

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Don't-fuckin'-care:​

- Watch Dogs 2
Oh it looks pretty, but that's about it. It'll probably fall into 'Ubisoft: The Game' in terms of gameplay.

- Quake Champions

- Everything VR ever

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue

Jesus, I just wiki'd that. That's the actual title. Inadmissible.

 

[MysticSlayer]

Not really following E3 closely. I guess what I've seen (and is sticking out to me right now):

Enjoyed

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Probably the most impressive I've seen.

We Happy Few - I've been looking forward to this game since Jim Sterling played the Alpha. It still looks good.

South Park: Fractured but Whole - Looks like they're still capturing the South Park spirit well. At that point, they can just rehash The Stick of Truth's gameplay and I'd be happy.

Iffy

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - Maybe this has to do with not playing much CoD in the last few years, but it actually looked good. I'm still waiting to see what they do for multiplayer. Call of Duty generally has an at least decent singleplayer. I'm waiting to see how that gameplay translates to multiplayer, which is generally where things break down for me.

Boo

Horizon: Zero Dawn - This was shocking. I remember really enjoying it last year. For some reason, this year made it look pretty bad. I'm iffy on the art direction, not impressed by the look of the gameplay, and it looks like the protagonist is going to get annoying very, very quickly. Heck, I was tired of her after only a few minutes. I still like the setting, though.

Watch Dogs 2 - I'm not sure that there's a whole lot this game can do to make me excited short of good word of mouth.

Death Stranding - Has Kojima finally lost it, or is it just me not being a huge fan? Maybe I'm just concerned that it will be beating me over the head for 10+ hours about environmental problems, because that trailer really seemed to be hammering it home hard with oil and dead sea life.

 

[mardocOz]

Best Games of E3

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - I feel like recent Zelda games had gone off the boil a little, and wasn't particularly excited for yet another dungeon romp. Seeing this has piqued my interest again. A way to go until launch, but it's put the Zelda series back on my radar, and that alone makes it worth of praise.

Horizon: New Dawn - The more I see of this, the more I like what I see. Have been quietly anticipating this since its reveal last year, am excited to see what happens with this one.

Detroit - Become Human - Well now, this was a surprise. I'm not a huge fan of the Quantic Dream games, I find David Cage to be a little... insane... but this trailer turned my scepticism into cautions optimism. This could... could be brilliant. I look forward to seeing what the final product is like.

Worst Games of E3

The Last Guardian - I just don't care about this, and the more I see the less I care. No offence to any who have been waiting for it, but I just don't see the appeal.

FIFA 17 - Same old FIFA with a contrived story mode. Nothing wrong with FIFA games but... urgh. Underwhelming.

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Special Edition) - Same game, slightly prettier. No new content. Was hoping for Elder Scrolls VI, got this. Mod support for consoles is nice, but since I play on PC and have already modded Skyrim to be pretty, this is ultimately pointless for me. Happy for the "console peasants" but would have preferred something new.

 

[BrawlMan]

Best Games of E3

Detroit - Become Human - Well now, this was a surprise. I'm not a huge fan of the Quantic Dream games, I find David Cage to be a little... insane... but this trailer turned my scepticism into cautions optimism. This could... could be brilliant. I look forward to seeing what the final product is like.

I'm from Detroit, and I don't like David Cage or Qunatic Dream. The guy is a wannabe pretentious film director who couldn't make in the movies business, and wants to turn games into straight up movies. I really hope, for his sake, he does not fuck this up. Otherwise his career will be deader than disco. It doesn't help that other games succeeded where he failed. Telltale games (not a fan), Asura's Wrath (a huge fan), & Until Dawn (don't care much for it either, but it's entertaining) all trumped his games in story, character/character development, agency, or just better gameplay in general.

Best:

1. Horizon
2. The Last Guardian
3. Zelda: Breath of the Wild


Worst:

1. All of Ubisoft games with the exception of South Park: Fractured But Whole.
2. Gears of War 4 - It's the same old shit we've seen in other Gears games. What's so special about it?
3. God of War IV (Reboot? Re-imaging...Whatever) - It's Krato's fighting things from Norse Mythology. I'll give them an A for presentation and that orchestra.

 

[JohnnyDelRay]

Hello dear friends

To be honest, the only thing I am mildly hype for is:
-Deus Ex. But that's also because that's what I know most about, most of the rest was just non-gameplay trailers that hardly show anything. Also interested in

-God of War 4: God of War, to see what it does with the Norse mythology as opposed to Greek, since all them gods are extinct.

-Dishonored 2: Really liked Dishonored, added a somewhat quicker twitchy aspect to stealth which I found refreshing and fun. Well crafted setting too, anticipating a nice return.

However, things that I was very amped for but proved somewhat disappointing:
-RE 7 - I stuck with you through all your crazy deviations and loved them all, but first-person silent hills is the least of what I expected. VR integration could've been cool in another franchise, but this is just using the name for...whatever.

-Watch Dogs 2: I actually played and had an OK time with the first. But after Far Cry 4, I'm a bit Ubisofted out. So we'll see where this one goes. Too bored of this formula at this point.

-Quake Champions: I know they're saving the SP stuff for Doom, but I really, REALLY liked the campaigns of all SP Quake games. The lore still remains enough to be explored as well. And I did LAN Quake 3 with friends until my eyes bled. But I don't really care for another MP-only Quake at this point.

 

[infohippie]

There's only two I have any strong feelings about at all, one positive and one negative.

Dishonored 2 - I loved the first game and am very excited for the second.

Skyrim Remastered - I don't so much care about the existence of this game, as such, but I am pretty annoyed that Bethesda are wasting their time on this instead of getting Elder Scrolls 6 to us sooner. Skyrim already looks amazing with the right mods (and TBH I don't really care about the console players), but it's been nearly five years now. Time for TES6.

 

[Andy Shandy]

I'm excited for a lot of things, so I probably can't rank them. That means I'm just sticking to disappointments.

South Park: The Fractured but Whole. I enjoyed the first game quite a bit but this one - at least from this year's showing - just seems to be "Ha, swearing is funny, right!"

Days Gone. I was actually kinda intrigued by the cinematic trailer at the start. And then I saw the gameplay at the end. Looks boring as fuck to play.

Battlefield 1. A lack of interest in the series in general + them showing the trailer three times + treating their audience kids (kids don't know about WW1, boys wouldn't find women characters believable) + hype I just don't get = Me being bored as fuck with it

As I said, cautiously optimistic for plenty of other things though!

 

[Ironman126]

3. Battlefield 1

After all their talking about "realism" they decided to make the French army a DLC.
Look I'm German I hate the French just as much as everybody else but you can't just cut one of the most important armies.
Cut the American if you need an army as DLC.
But I guess their target audience couldn't feel as much as the big hero then, could they.
This is one of the most disgusting DLC schemes I have ever seen.

How dare you insinuate that my countrymen played only a tangential role in the Great War! Or that we waited until the last minute and then went in to steal the glory! Rabble, rabble, rabble, 'Murica, crap beer, hamburgers! /sarcasm

It would make sense that DICE adds the French army as DLC if DICE was an American company (we Americans view the French as fey and doughy for some reason). But DICE is Swedish, so I'm at a loss.

You're European, do people play FPSs in Germany? I can't imagine that the US is the only market for these games. Then again... looking at the number of Germans/Russians/Arabs/Chinese that make up the villains in most FPSs - I retract my statement.

 

[RedDeadFred]

Best:
Bannerlord -it's the sequel to my favourite game of all time and it seems they've improved the siege mode a great deal. This was always something that was less interesting than the other parts of the game while also being easy to exploit so I'm happy they've increased the scope of it so much.

Dishonored 2 -loved the first game, this one seems to be shaping up to be even better. Love that you can play through the whole game as a different character. The world is as beautiful as I expected and the new robots are downright creepy looking.

Final Fantasy XV -I've never really been all that interested in this series, but damn.... this looks incredible. Now if only the main characters didn't look so ridiculous...

Worst:
For Honor -the dueling system seems like a watered down version of Mount and Blade combat. The mob battles seem like a watered down version of Dynasty Warriors. There doesn't seem to be any weight to the combat. It looks so floaty, as if the giant raider's weapon is giving the enemies a light tap and they dive away.

The rest either didn't peak my interest enough to bother clicking on or showed so little that I can't really say one way or another.

 

[Captain Marvelous_v1legacy]

My favorites:

God of War​

God of War's trailer was amazing. It was so well done, and seeing Old Man Kratos was nice. The game just looks so different. Where God of War 1-3/Ascension were definitely hack-n-slash games, this games combat looks like there's more depth. I look forward to seeing more and eventually killing Thor and Odin. It looks like the game has changed to open world, which I don't mind since I like open world games, but I do enjoy a linear experience every once and a while and God of War was just that.

Horizon Zero Dawn​

Speaking of open world games, I love what I've seen of Horizon so far. The fact that I get to go head to head with Zoids makes me all giddy inside.

For Honor​

I don't want to fall in love with this game, but dear god that looks so good. I'm not sure how the combat works, but everything else looks amazing. I can't wait to play as the savage Vikings!

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My Hopes and Dreams:

Spider-Man!​

Please, Insomniac. Please make a good Spider-Man game! Please!

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Worst:

N/A​

All of the games I saw were good in their own way. I don't think I saw a single game that I didn't like or had any problems with. So far, the next year of gaming is looking good.

 

[B-Cell_v1legacy]

My friend, what I don't understand is that Deus Ex: MD could also be considered cinematic action game claiming RPG. They both have heavily cinematic scripts guiding the action, with open environments and various upgrade paths.

I myself think both games look terrific, but am leaning more towards Deus Ex because of playing the previous.

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Deus Ex never claim to be just RPG. it claim to be a game that combine FPS, RPG and Stealth genre into one.

 

[Skatalite]

I haven't seen all of E3 yet, but so far my favorites are The Last Guardian, Inside and Mount & Blade II. Too bad Kingdom Come: Deliverance and Nioh didn't show up, I really expected both of those to be there (probably TGS for Nioh then).

The worst are easy:
Serious Sam. It's over the top, shallow, cheesy, and a bunch of other things I hate.
World of Final Fantasy. Those awful chibi characters make me fucking puke.
And Skylanders probably, or something like Just Dance. I don't remember all the bad games.

My friend, what I don't understand is that Deus Ex: MD could also be considered cinematic action game claiming RPG. They both have heavily cinematic scripts guiding the action, with open environments and various upgrade paths.

Horizon isn't nearly manly enough for B-Cell.

 

[Sharia]

Nioh didn't show up, I really expected both of those to be there (probably TGS for Nioh then).

Did you see this trailer?

 

[Skatalite]

Did you see this trailer?

Ohh shit, thanks.
That looks so good. You're looking forward to that one as well, weren't you?

 

[Sharia]

Oh definitely, I really enjoyed the Alpha

 

[Ronald Nand]

For me, Dishonored 2, Dues Ex and South Park were the most exciting things shown. I thought Watchdogs 2 was interesting, I don't know why everyone is shitting on it, the stuff shown is clearly stuff that'll be in the game, I hope they can pull of an AC2 with that series.

As for for bad stuff, I don't really want to say, mostly because it was stuff I wasn't interested in the first place and all I'd be doing is shitting on something someone else is excited for, nothing shown was really disappointing.

Did anyone else just checkout completely for the VR segments? It's not that I hate VR, I think it looks interesting, but at the moment the only way I can play VR is Occulus and Vive, both of which are quite expensive and require top notch PC's to play, so all the VR talk boils down to people talking about something I'm not going to be able to play for atleast a few years, tell me about VR then and maybe then I'd be interested.

 

[Longview]

As for for bad stuff, I don't really want to say, mostly because it was stuff I wasn't interested in the first place and all I'd be doing is shitting on something someone else is excited for, nothing shown was really disappointing.

Shitting on something that someone else is excited for is what these threads are all about

 

[Hawki]

I thought Watchdogs 2 was interesting, I don't know why everyone is shitting on it, the stuff shown is clearly stuff that'll be in the game, I hope they can pull of an AC2 with that series.

Far as I can tell, it's for the heinous crime of Watch Dogs being average and/or not living up to expectations. Though I will say that going just by trailers, I prefer the aesthetic and tone of the original Watch Dogs more. WD2 seems to be riding on GTA's coat-tails with its presentation.

As for for bad stuff, I don't really want to say, mostly because it was stuff I wasn't interested in the first place and all I'd be doing is shitting on something someone else is excited for, nothing shown was really disappointing.

Shitting on something that someone else is excited for is what these threads are all about

Ooh, really? And there was me thinking I needed to restrain myself.

Yay, time to be negative nancy:

-Last Guardian looks...eh? I mean, doesn't look bad, but I'm not sure what's appealing about it bar its presentation and aesthetic.

-Resident Evil 7 seems to have stepped so far back into horror that it's missed the series's roots, dug through the earth, and ended up in whatever the opposite of Japan or the US is (I'd say China, but I'm sure I could do better than that).

-Quake Champions has a lacklustre trailer showing lacklustre characters firing at each other with lacklustre weapons. I'm no Quake fan, but this seems to be more an attempt to ride the "hero shooter" wave than anything else, since it's class based.

-Mass Effect Andromeda still looks "meh." Gimme command of the starship Andromeda exploring the Tri-Galaxies and then we can talk, Mr "Obscure Sci-fi Show That I Like Far More Than I Should."

-Dawn of War III looks iffy. That's all I can say.

-Kojima, I love you, but what the HECK did I just watch? 0_0

-Watch Dogs 2, see above

-Battlefield 1 cut out the French? Tell it to the frogs, DICE. To thee I say, "llez vous faire foutre."

-Nioh 2 = The Witcher: Samurai Edition

Feel free to guess what I'm exagerating and what I'm not.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

I thought Watchdogs 2 was interesting, I don't know why everyone is shitting on it, the stuff shown is clearly stuff that'll be in the game, I hope they can pull of an AC2 with that series.

Ironically, it has become "hip" to judge and dismiss not only Watchdogs, but anything Ubisoft. It gets pretty eye-rolling nowadays, especially when they seem to be addressing all criticisms of the previous title. But gamers love their sour grapes and salty gates. Personally, I am withholding judgement, but can see promise and subtle self-awareness shine through.