E3 2012 - Schedule & Discussion

[SmoothPancakes]

Very smart, because EVERYONE who has a 360 has either a phone or a tablet of some kind. That means no one is going to have to go out and buy something to get it to work. I've seen it mentioned on other sites, but Smart Glass is apparently just laying the groundwork for Microsoft's real intention...stream actual games to any tablet/phone and play on the go. I'd say that ability will become real with the next Xbox, which would give Microsoft a huge advantage heading into next generation. A console and handheld for the price of one? Yes, please.

Yep. My thoughts and outlook on SmartGlass has completely changed. I'm now looking forward to this. With MS bringing out this, WiiU just pretty much lost any ground it had.

Aside from that, Halo 4 looked absolutely bad ass. I LOVE the dark look. I love the new enemies. I love how it's become more visceral. I seriously can not wait for it to come out.

Amen! Halo 4 is a definite day one buy for me. In fact, I think I already have it preordered sometime in the past on Amazon. Definitely looking forward to it and very much looking forward to the new path the series is being taken down.

I also liked Tomb Raider even though it looks like a 100% direct rip of Uncharted. Splinter Cell looks really good. I was even impressed by Black Ops II. I think the future setting is going to be the shot in the arm that franchise so badly needs single player wise. Online...it'll suck. Rest assured.

Tomb Raider looked interesting. I have no plans right now to buy it, but it's on my interest list. I agree, Splinter Cell does look really good. That might be going on my preorder list. Fuck, just like last fall, here we go again. I already have Assassin's Creed III preordered, Halo 4 either already is or about to be preordered, Splinter Cell may be about to get preordered. If anything else major comes out, here comes another November of being poor.

As for Black Ops II, sure, it looks interesting and going future may be what it does need, but like you said, online it'll suck, like always. And online is 95% of any COD game. Everyone that I know who buys COD buy it all solely for the online/multiplayer. Since that's going to suck ass again, like it does every, single, year, thus the reason why it's not going to be anything more than a used Amazon or Gamestop purchase next summer for super cheap just to fuck around in singleplayer/co-op while waiting for NCAA 14 to come out.

The Gears Judgment(am I the only one that thinks it should be 'JudgEment?') game play after the show, while short, was sweet. I have absolutely no doubts that it's going to be even better than Gears 3 which is already my favorite shooter of all time.

On the bad side, Wreckateers is about the dumbest thing I've ever seen. The kinect stuff in general(Madden, FIFA, Just Dance, and searching for stuff in the dashboard) looks dumb. I just wish they would let it die, but I know that's too much to ask for. All in all, though, I was pretty impressed with what Microsoft has planned.

I have no interest in the EA, Ubisoft, or Nintendo conferences, so I guess the only one I have left is Sony tonight. Hopefully they show something really good.

Gears Judgment does look interesting. I'll have to keep my eye on it. Wreckateers is DEFINITELY geared towards families/little kids, because that was the fucking dumbest thing ever. Madden/Just Dance/etc Kinect, I agree, I couldn't care less about any of that shit. FIFA, like I said in a previous post, it does have some promise there because being able to make substitutions and change formations on the fly just by voice without having to pause the game would be nice. Other than that, I have never really cared for Kinect and unless I get it from someone as a gift, present, or win it from someplace, I have no intentions of ever actually spending money on it.

As for the rest of the pressers, EA and Ubisoft are about it for me, EA for NCAA, Madden, NHL and FIFA, and Ubisoft for both Assassins Creed III and Splinter Cell (if they talk about SC some more at it). I'll watch Sony just to see what they have to talk about, maybe something about a future console that may finally get me back into Playstation since my PS2 days. Nintendo, I couldn't give two shits about.