Apparently, Microsoft knows almost exactly what I want from them in a press conference. I woke up and watched the G4 stream as I waited for the Too Human demo to finish downloading. Really, the only disappointing things were that Alan Wake was absent and they didn't show any brand new, triple-A games for next year.
I think Microsoft tried to reach a wide breadth of people, and for the most part, I think they succeeded. You've got Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, Resident Evil 5, Final Fantasy XIII (!!!) and Fable 2 for the more hardcore and then you've got avatars, Scene It, You're in the Movies, Lips, and Rock Band 2/Guitar Hero: World Tour for the more casual set.
Lips might not have looked special -- and the appearance of popstress Duffy didn't really sell it either, but I think Rock Band 2 definitely had some exciting news. Although the song list was far too tiny to read, I'm looking forward to finally reading the official 80+ set list [Edit: Linked!]. And who would've thought that a song from freaking Chinese Democracy was going to be in Rock Band 2?
AC/DC and Bob Dylan weren't really exciting announcements for me, but I know a lot of people have been waiting to play songs from the thunder down under. Just wait 'til they find out that they essentially play the same song over and over again...
What was impressive though, was seeing that Rock Band 2 would essentially have over 500 songs in total for you to play. That's from DLC and most of the original songs from the first Rock Band! It's nice to see that their idea of a platform is really working. I just wish they would have showed their new drum kit.
On the other side of the Fisher Price music war, it's kind of an exciting premise to know that Metallica's new CD will be available on CD and in Guitar Hero on the same day, but really we all just want Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets. Other than that, nothing exciting about Guitar Hero: World Tour was revealed.
The two Fallout 3 videos where probably the biggest highlight for me. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that it'll probably be my favorite game to come out this year. Seeing PipBoy just makes me feel so, so good. I really hope it can make its October release date, but if waiting means a better game...
The announcement that Final Fantasy XIII is coming to the 360 is huge, but I think its impact was lessened for me personally now that I (will eventually) own both a 360 and PS3. Then it was announced that the big fall update for the 360 would also bring the ability to download games to your hard drive to lessen loading! Add to that the fact the the PS3 now has trophies, and I'm not so sure which version I'm going to get. So we'll just have to wait and see if there is any real difference between the two versions. Still, amazing news.
I'm also fully looking forward to Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts and the original on Xbox Live. Honestly, I thought that I wouldn't be spending a lot of money on games this year, but clearly, I'm wrong. So thanks for proving me wrong, Microsoft. Now let's hope that Nintendo and Sony can bring the pain in return!
I think Microsoft tried to reach a wide breadth of people, and for the most part, I think they succeeded. You've got Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, Resident Evil 5, Final Fantasy XIII (!!!) and Fable 2 for the more hardcore and then you've got avatars, Scene It, You're in the Movies, Lips, and Rock Band 2/Guitar Hero: World Tour for the more casual set.
Lips might not have looked special -- and the appearance of popstress Duffy didn't really sell it either, but I think Rock Band 2 definitely had some exciting news. Although the song list was far too tiny to read, I'm looking forward to finally reading the official 80+ set list [Edit: Linked!]. And who would've thought that a song from freaking Chinese Democracy was going to be in Rock Band 2?
AC/DC and Bob Dylan weren't really exciting announcements for me, but I know a lot of people have been waiting to play songs from the thunder down under. Just wait 'til they find out that they essentially play the same song over and over again...
What was impressive though, was seeing that Rock Band 2 would essentially have over 500 songs in total for you to play. That's from DLC and most of the original songs from the first Rock Band! It's nice to see that their idea of a platform is really working. I just wish they would have showed their new drum kit.
On the other side of the Fisher Price music war, it's kind of an exciting premise to know that Metallica's new CD will be available on CD and in Guitar Hero on the same day, but really we all just want Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets. Other than that, nothing exciting about Guitar Hero: World Tour was revealed.
The two Fallout 3 videos where probably the biggest highlight for me. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that it'll probably be my favorite game to come out this year. Seeing PipBoy just makes me feel so, so good. I really hope it can make its October release date, but if waiting means a better game...
The announcement that Final Fantasy XIII is coming to the 360 is huge, but I think its impact was lessened for me personally now that I (will eventually) own both a 360 and PS3. Then it was announced that the big fall update for the 360 would also bring the ability to download games to your hard drive to lessen loading! Add to that the fact the the PS3 now has trophies, and I'm not so sure which version I'm going to get. So we'll just have to wait and see if there is any real difference between the two versions. Still, amazing news.
I'm also fully looking forward to Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts and the original on Xbox Live. Honestly, I thought that I wouldn't be spending a lot of money on games this year, but clearly, I'm wrong. So thanks for proving me wrong, Microsoft. Now let's hope that Nintendo and Sony can bring the pain in return!
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Only thing I really liked on the setlist was Everlong.
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