Before going to work this morning, I watched some of the Nintendo press conference and it was, unfortunately, exactly what I expected: just a bunch of gloating. Yeah, Nintendo. We get it. You sell hardware like mad, but where's the good software to go along with it? Animal Crossing is not enough to entice me to buy a Wii. Neither is another Rayman Raving Rabids or Star Wars: Clone Wars or another Wii Sports or your silly little Wii Music. The only interesting bit was learning that the Zelda and Mario teams are busy working on things, but who knows when we'll get our hands on those.
The DS announcements weren't good either. I don't want to play a portable Grand Theft Auto. It doesn't work for me and I'm not sure that the DS has the power to do it competently. I also don't want another Guitar Hero: On Tour. The first was boring and cramp-inducing enough. Nintendo could have talked about Chrono Trigger for the DS or Dragon Quest IX -- those would have had me excited, but they went for blandness, it seems. But it's not surprising. I knew they'd disappoint me.
Moving on to Sony... Reading a synopsis of the event wasn't that great, but after watching the event, I kind of got it a bit more. Jack Tretton may have been just about the most effete presenter I've seen at any of the events, and I think that kind of hurt the overall presentation. Poor guy.
The first game Sony showed, Resistance 2, looks very promising (it evoked feelings of both Fallout 1 and Half-Life 2 for me), but I'm far more interested in Insomniac's other project: Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty. At only $15, that'll be a must download for sure. It was definitely the best looking game of Sony's entire presentation.
Incorporating Little Big Planet into the actual Sony presentation was really fantastic. It definitely beat the pants off the plain Jane PowerPoint slides that Microsoft and Nintendo had. As for the actual game -- if they can make platforming levels as fun as the classic Super Mario Bros. games, then I'll give it a shot. Otherwise I'm not really interested. Then Sony moved on to PS2... Can't they just let the thing die already? Who cares? Another SKU? And for $150? Screw that. If you're still buying PS2 games... Sucks to be you.
The video store on the PlayStation Network was a given, but I'm wondering when Sony's going to stop playing catch up in terms of things you can already do on Xbox Live. (On the other hand, at least you can purchase as well as rent on PSN -- something I still want from Xbox Live.) Not that I'm complaining. You still can't do any of this on a Wii.
Infamous could be good. If it really is Crackdown with super powers, then I'm sure it'll be fun. MAG I could really care less about. The God of War 3 teaser was pretty, but there's no way the actual game will look like that. Plus, I'm not a fan, but I'm sure that for some people, it was super exciting. In the end though, Sony didn't have any real bombshell moments nor did they try to go for broader appeal. Still, they did a decent job.
As far as some other odds and ends I've seen, the new Jade Raymond project, I Am Alive, looked like it could be a very enjoyable game just for being so different, but on the other hand, it was just a CG trailer. I thought the FarCry 2 trailer was just boring browns. The new Prince of Persia still looks nice though. Then it was revealed just recently that Bungie was forced to cancel their announcement that was supposed to take place tomorrow. Drama!
The DS announcements weren't good either. I don't want to play a portable Grand Theft Auto. It doesn't work for me and I'm not sure that the DS has the power to do it competently. I also don't want another Guitar Hero: On Tour. The first was boring and cramp-inducing enough. Nintendo could have talked about Chrono Trigger for the DS or Dragon Quest IX -- those would have had me excited, but they went for blandness, it seems. But it's not surprising. I knew they'd disappoint me.
Moving on to Sony... Reading a synopsis of the event wasn't that great, but after watching the event, I kind of got it a bit more. Jack Tretton may have been just about the most effete presenter I've seen at any of the events, and I think that kind of hurt the overall presentation. Poor guy.
The first game Sony showed, Resistance 2, looks very promising (it evoked feelings of both Fallout 1 and Half-Life 2 for me), but I'm far more interested in Insomniac's other project: Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty. At only $15, that'll be a must download for sure. It was definitely the best looking game of Sony's entire presentation.
Incorporating Little Big Planet into the actual Sony presentation was really fantastic. It definitely beat the pants off the plain Jane PowerPoint slides that Microsoft and Nintendo had. As for the actual game -- if they can make platforming levels as fun as the classic Super Mario Bros. games, then I'll give it a shot. Otherwise I'm not really interested. Then Sony moved on to PS2... Can't they just let the thing die already? Who cares? Another SKU? And for $150? Screw that. If you're still buying PS2 games... Sucks to be you.
The video store on the PlayStation Network was a given, but I'm wondering when Sony's going to stop playing catch up in terms of things you can already do on Xbox Live. (On the other hand, at least you can purchase as well as rent on PSN -- something I still want from Xbox Live.) Not that I'm complaining. You still can't do any of this on a Wii.
Infamous could be good. If it really is Crackdown with super powers, then I'm sure it'll be fun. MAG I could really care less about. The God of War 3 teaser was pretty, but there's no way the actual game will look like that. Plus, I'm not a fan, but I'm sure that for some people, it was super exciting. In the end though, Sony didn't have any real bombshell moments nor did they try to go for broader appeal. Still, they did a decent job.
As far as some other odds and ends I've seen, the new Jade Raymond project, I Am Alive, looked like it could be a very enjoyable game just for being so different, but on the other hand, it was just a CG trailer. I thought the FarCry 2 trailer was just boring browns. The new Prince of Persia still looks nice though. Then it was revealed just recently that Bungie was forced to cancel their announcement that was supposed to take place tomorrow. Drama!
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