Yes, the pacing and general format of Sony's E3 2018 conference was poor and deservedly panned. Keep it simple, don't over-complicate things.
Yes, the pacing and general format of Sony's E3 2018 conference was poor and deservedly panned. Keep it simple, don't over-complicate things.
I mean look who made the thread.This thread feels like a lot like self-reassurance for Sony not showing up at E3 this year.
Most of the games shown in the Xbox presser had gameplay snippets or were entirely recorded with gameplay segments.
The Outer Worlds, Bleeding Edge, Minecraft Dungeons, Battletoads, Psychonauts 2, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Tales Of Arise and more.
People are for some reason only focusing on the (bad) showings of Gears 5 and Halo Infinite. This thread is factually wrong.
EA had Star Wars Jedi gameplay demo.
Ubisoft had the Watch Dogs Legion demo.
And Square Enix had the Final Fantasy VII Remake demo.
Microsoft and Bethesda had 0 gameplay demos in their conferences (although Doom Eternal and Ori both got a trailer with some gameplay so there is that I guess?).
But the vast majority of games were shown through CGIs. Even already released and announced games.
We also had 0 big new IPs being announced with gameplay. Elden Ring, Deathloop, Ghost Wire, Gods and Monsters, Outriders, etc. All CG.
Even stuff that people were sure we would get gameplay like Halo Infinite, Gears of War 5 (even though we had a great gameplay presentation last year wtf), Cyberpunk 2077 (we got a 15sec gameplay glimpse I guess, yay), Avengers... all presented with CG.
Its pretty easy to see why this E3 is not being well received considering this situation.
Thats for sureNintendo will balance this
Only 40 minutes, few games, almost gameplay only
Let's be honest, pretty much all gameplay demos are scripted and rehearsed to within an inch of it's life in a highly polished vertical slice of the game that famously in the case of something like the original Watch Dogs isn't even indicative of how the game will actually turn out. Every time i see a gameplay demo where they are walking slowly and panning the camera around i think "No one plays games like that, why aren't you sprinting constantly?" Watch Dogs 3 had a gameplay segment but i'm sure i saw the phrase "Edited for time" spliced in there (unless im thinking of another game) so that wasn't even a proper representation. Some games like Ori for instance were using gameplay footage, it just wasn't an uninterrupted segment
I guess everyone saw the insane response Death Stranding has gotten by constantly pumping out trailer after trailer with no actual gameplay footage or even an idea of how it plays and thought "Hey, we can do that too".
What ? That's super wrong. A ton of games were shown with gameplay in the Xbox show.
Looks like IGN will have an Avengers preview later this week, which should have some footage.Marvel's Avengers.
Gears of War.
Halo Infinite.
Deathloop.
Ghostwire.
Cyberpunk.
Just to name a few
Or you know, doing both like I was.I'm so glad I skipped this year's show for the first time in a decade. Y'all really sat through 6 hours worth of trailers you could watch on YT and leaked announcements like Game Pass and not even specs of the Scarlet, literally "it'll run in 8K 144fps". Anyone who gave 6 hours for this...you could have spent that time actually playing a fun game.
I'm so glad I skipped this year's show for the first time in a decade. Y'all really sat through 6 hours worth of trailers you could watch on YT and leaked announcements like Game Pass and not even specs of the Scarlet, literally "it'll run in 8K 144fps". Anyone who gave 6 hours for this...you could have spent that time actually playing a fun game.
You skipped watching a large game event solely for the purpose of being able to gloat about it, for whatever reason, on a gaming forum?...I'm so glad I skipped this year's show for the first time in a decade. Y'all really sat through 6 hours worth of trailers you could watch on YT and leaked announcements like Game Pass and not even specs of the Scarlet, literally "it'll run in 8K 144fps". Anyone who gave 6 hours for this...you could have spent that time actually playing a fun game.
That's what happens when they have to spend months on a early demo only to have y'all nitpick and shitpost about downgrades.
The complaint is that the gameplay didn't happen DURING the presser here...I feel like it must still be a big secret that pretty much every major publisher attending E3 has hours of gameplay demos in livestreams and press events after the conference ends.
Do you all just close the conference stream and then unplug your routers to make sure that no more news or footage has any chance of accidentally penetrating your screen?
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.The complaint is that the gameplay didn't happen DURING the presser here...
Because that's what matters the most. The exact time the gameplay is shown. Not the actual existence of gameplay...
Yes i do. You just have to look at spiderman last year.Do you really believe this? Take Gears 5 for instance. The game releases in Sept and they opted to show gameplay at a panel today instead of during their presser.
Mass Effect Andromeda meme situation, Witcher 3 downgrade controversy, Puddle Gate. Sadly I feel like we only have ourselves to blame. Gamers can be an ultra negative bunch.
Last year Sony showed 4 gameplay demos just to give some perspective.
I didn't realise how integral game demonstrations were to watching E3 conferences until now.
Without them you have conferences feeling like a 90 minute sizzle reel, lacking a meaningful dive into anything.
Yes i do. You just have to look at spiderman last year.
These people crunch to get a demo done in time and ERA (aswell as others) shitpost about a dumb puddle.
Why would you still spent time on the demo and the fallout instead of waiting for the final product?
Also if Gears has gameplay why are people crying about it?