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I had THE WORST headache in the past few days, so I gave up on my post-once-a-day schedule. I don't get headaches too often so I turned into a big weepy baby for awhile, but now it's gone, so back to uh...fangirling on the interwebs, I guess! ~Thrilling~
In between bouts of sleeping off the headache, I've been checking out E3 coverage. Also watching nature documentaries, but that's not as cool as E3. So far, the convention has been kind of underwhelming - console/hardware-wise, everything announced was more of a mild upgrade over existing tech, and gaming-wise it's mostly new entries in existing franchises and extended trailers or demos for stuff that was announced earlier. But, there's still plenty to squee over!
Buckle up, y'alls, it's time to hear my thoughts onyaoi E3:
Initial PS Vita reaction: hOOOOOOOOMG LOOK AT ALL THAT POWER! oh sliders, touchpads, 3G, i guess that's nice- WAIT A SEC IS THAT LITTLE BIG PLANET HOW CAN A PORTABLE SYSTEM LOOK THIS GOOD
So yeah, I kinda like the Vita, a lot. I was thinking of upgrading my bowser of a PSP-1000 this summer, but with the Vita announcement I'm going to hold off until it's released. The 'innovative' stuff like the rear touchpad and 3D slider thingees and 3G support, are neat touches, I guess?- but honestly I don't care that much, at least not right now. I probably won't buy the model with 3G support, for that matter.
LOL at all the complaints about AT&T being the 3G provider, though.
Initial Wii U reaction: Well, that's...cute. That controller sure looks...big.
I only saw the stuff that was shown at the Nintendo press conference, which was a bunch of tech demos and previews. In terms of 'innovation' I have more slightly more faith in the touchscreen controller being more unique than the current Wiimote, as the DS touchscreen has given gamers and game developers a lot of experience with how to utilize that particular technology. That being said, touchscreen tech isn't THAT innovative and unique anymore precisely because of the DS, so I'm not like, chomping at the bit to get one.
It's nice that the Wii U will be capable of outputting to HD and apparently playing games the Xbox 360/PS3 already could, but amazingly, despite being a hardware upgrade it still looks a little behind the curve, graphics-wise. Part of Nintendo's problem in the Wii era has been its lack of 'current' tech that would allow it to run proper ports of 3rd party games released on the other consoles, so why would they develop a new console-thing that's only as powerful as the tech that was around five years ago? If MS or Sony announce a new console in the next year or two (granted, there's no indication that will happen) Nintendo will be in the same trap it's in currently.
But the games looked way fun. The Nintendo developed ones usually do. And OMG STAR FOX 3D. If there is one Nintendo franchise that could use some more shameless milking, it's frikken Star Fox. USE THE BOOST TO GET THROUGH!!1!1
As a 360 owner I can say with all confidence that the Microsoft press conference was ass. HALO GEARS KINECT KINECT KINECT SHITTY DASHBOARD REDESIGN KINECT BTW HERE'S SOME MOAAAAR HALO. ALSO: KINECT!
Dance Central 2 looks pretty cool though.
Also, Bioshock: Infinity and Elder Scrolls: Skyrim? Orgasm-inducing, baby. I watched the Bioshock trailer approximately a billion times. I WANT IT SO BADLY.
On the other hand, the Xbox Summer of Arcade looks completely, utterly awesome. All of the games sound and look fabulous but the #1 game on my list this year is Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet. Check it out, it looks beyond fantastic:
Some people are complaining that it looks like Patapon/Pixel Junk. Like that's somehow a bad thing.
Anyway, this is another trailer that I've watched way too many times but unlike Bioshock, this will be out this summer, maybe as early as July! ♥ And since it's an arcade title, it probably won't be more than $15, which is just icing on the cake.
Next time: squealing (and uh, anti-squealing?) about Resident Evil, Soulcalibur V and FFXIII-2. And maybe anything else that catches my eye between now and...whenever I post again.
In between bouts of sleeping off the headache, I've been checking out E3 coverage. Also watching nature documentaries, but that's not as cool as E3. So far, the convention has been kind of underwhelming - console/hardware-wise, everything announced was more of a mild upgrade over existing tech, and gaming-wise it's mostly new entries in existing franchises and extended trailers or demos for stuff that was announced earlier. But, there's still plenty to squee over!
Buckle up, y'alls, it's time to hear my thoughts on
Initial PS Vita reaction: hOOOOOOOOMG LOOK AT ALL THAT POWER! oh sliders, touchpads, 3G, i guess that's nice- WAIT A SEC IS THAT LITTLE BIG PLANET HOW CAN A PORTABLE SYSTEM LOOK THIS GOOD
So yeah, I kinda like the Vita, a lot. I was thinking of upgrading my bowser of a PSP-1000 this summer, but with the Vita announcement I'm going to hold off until it's released. The 'innovative' stuff like the rear touchpad and 3D slider thingees and 3G support, are neat touches, I guess?- but honestly I don't care that much, at least not right now. I probably won't buy the model with 3G support, for that matter.
LOL at all the complaints about AT&T being the 3G provider, though.
Initial Wii U reaction: Well, that's...cute. That controller sure looks...big.
I only saw the stuff that was shown at the Nintendo press conference, which was a bunch of tech demos and previews. In terms of 'innovation' I have more slightly more faith in the touchscreen controller being more unique than the current Wiimote, as the DS touchscreen has given gamers and game developers a lot of experience with how to utilize that particular technology. That being said, touchscreen tech isn't THAT innovative and unique anymore precisely because of the DS, so I'm not like, chomping at the bit to get one.
It's nice that the Wii U will be capable of outputting to HD and apparently playing games the Xbox 360/PS3 already could, but amazingly, despite being a hardware upgrade it still looks a little behind the curve, graphics-wise. Part of Nintendo's problem in the Wii era has been its lack of 'current' tech that would allow it to run proper ports of 3rd party games released on the other consoles, so why would they develop a new console-thing that's only as powerful as the tech that was around five years ago? If MS or Sony announce a new console in the next year or two (granted, there's no indication that will happen) Nintendo will be in the same trap it's in currently.
But the games looked way fun. The Nintendo developed ones usually do. And OMG STAR FOX 3D. If there is one Nintendo franchise that could use some more shameless milking, it's frikken Star Fox. USE THE BOOST TO GET THROUGH!!1!1
As a 360 owner I can say with all confidence that the Microsoft press conference was ass. HALO GEARS KINECT KINECT KINECT SHITTY DASHBOARD REDESIGN KINECT BTW HERE'S SOME MOAAAAR HALO. ALSO: KINECT!
Dance Central 2 looks pretty cool though.
Also, Bioshock: Infinity and Elder Scrolls: Skyrim? Orgasm-inducing, baby. I watched the Bioshock trailer approximately a billion times. I WANT IT SO BADLY.
On the other hand, the Xbox Summer of Arcade looks completely, utterly awesome. All of the games sound and look fabulous but the #1 game on my list this year is Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet. Check it out, it looks beyond fantastic:
Some people are complaining that it looks like Patapon/Pixel Junk. Like that's somehow a bad thing.
Anyway, this is another trailer that I've watched way too many times but unlike Bioshock, this will be out this summer, maybe as early as July! ♥ And since it's an arcade title, it probably won't be more than $15, which is just icing on the cake.
Next time: squealing (and uh, anti-squealing?) about Resident Evil, Soulcalibur V and FFXIII-2. And maybe anything else that catches my eye between now and...whenever I post again.
