E3. Oh yes.

Good God. The gaming goodness.

Amen. Glad I was able to kick it.

Pictures coming soon 😉

Amen. Glad I was able to kick it.

Pictures coming soon 😉

Oh my. I'm blown away by the detail of your posts.

Oh my. I'm blown away by the detail of your posts.

I had to work today, but I'm going tomorrow and Friday. I'll give more details than those 2, I can guarantee that.

I had to work today, but I'm going tomorrow and Friday. I'll give more details than those 2, I can guarantee that.

Ganonator...

hm...

damn I wish I was there right now. well, when it's open, that is. I'd be glued to the FE and Zelda demos all day... hope you got lots of pics from FE and the revolution

though, is there any word on a new SSB coming out? there seems to be hints everywhere about a new SSB game...

Ganonator...

hm...

damn I wish I was there right now. well, when it's open, that is. I'd be glued to the FE and Zelda demos all day... hope you got lots of pics from FE and the revolution

though, is there any word on a new SSB coming out? there seems to be hints everywhere about a new SSB game...

I want to go 😞

I want to go 😞

I'm back from my first day of e3. I took pictures but they were with a normal camera so there won't be any pictures to upload for a few days.

E3 is truely a spectacle. The crowds are huge and the noise is very loud. If I could change one thing it would be to turn the sound down so I could talk to the guy next to me without shouting. Wandering around seeing things and collecting 'swag' is lots of fun.

Unfortunately, of the new consoles, only the 360 was playable anywhere. So just about everything you could see that wasn't concept footage was for the current generation. This was a huge disappointment, but there was still plenty to see. Namco had some good things to play, like Soul Calibur 3 and We <3 Katamari. Both were a blast. Also at Namco was a stage where at one point they had several actors dressed up like Soul Calibur characters doing weapons demonstrations and a mock fight. I was also happy to see that they are working on another "Tales of" title, although all they had to show was an animated sequence like is seen at the start of Tales of Symphonia.

SNK had a good size arcade demonstration, including Metal Slug 5. I almost played through the whole thing with a coworker (unlimited continues), but had to stop on the last boss since we had to register at the 2K Games booth at 11am so they could ensure we didn't just use it as a day off.

Our booth (2K Games) was the biggest surprise to me. I knew we had picked up several other sports titles like World Series Poker and Top Spin, but there are a bunch of non-sports titles now under 2K Games such as 24, Serious Sam 2, Prey, and Civilization 4. BTW, for those of you who are going, you need to see the 'public service announcement' for Civ4 they show at the top of each hour. That thing is quite funny. They were also having a poker tournament at our booth, and 2 of the guys from Kush made it into the final table, although neither won.

Capcom had a game called Devil Kings that was just a dummed down version of Devil May Cry. When my friend and I first walked past their booth, they had a countdown to showing Devil May Cry 4 on a screen. We decided to stop and see it, and while we were waiting my friend asked why they didn't just show it continuously if it was just on the screen. I said it was probably because it was nothing special and by having a countdown they were hoping to get people to stop and watch it. Boy was I right. It was about a 20 second clip that hardly showed anything. The crowd even booed as they dispersed.

I didn't see Zelda today because the line was about 2 hours long by the time I got to that end of the floor. I'm going to go there first thing tomorrow before the line gets that long.

I also saw 'Gabe' and 'Tycho' at the Ubisoft booth today, but I didn't go in the line to meet them. I'm going to take my 'Jesus is F'ing Metal' shirt with me tomorrow and get Mike to sign it.

While we were wandering around today, a woman stopped us and asked to interview us. She was just with e3, not some external media outlet. She just asked us who we were with and what we had seen that was interesting, so I talked about the Bond demo where I got to strap on a jetpack and fight a helicopter with a rocket launcher. The game really wasn't that great, but that part was cool.

Well, I think that's enough for today. I was taking the whole thing in more than looking in depth at most of the displays, so I'll be doing more of that tomorrow. I'll let you all know if I see anything else cool. And I should have pictures sometime early next week.

I'm back from my first day of e3. I took pictures but they were with a normal camera so there won't be any pictures to upload for a few days.

E3 is truely a spectacle. The crowds are huge and the noise is very loud. If I could change one thing it would be to turn the sound down so I could talk to the guy next to me without shouting. Wandering around seeing things and collecting 'swag' is lots of fun.

Unfortunately, of the new consoles, only the 360 was playable anywhere. So just about everything you could see that wasn't concept footage was for the current generation. This was a huge disappointment, but there was still plenty to see. Namco had some good things to play, like Soul Calibur 3 and We <3 Katamari. Both were a blast. Also at Namco was a stage where at one point they had several actors dressed up like Soul Calibur characters doing weapons demonstrations and a mock fight. I was also happy to see that they are working on another "Tales of" title, although all they had to show was an animated sequence like is seen at the start of Tales of Symphonia.

SNK had a good size arcade demonstration, including Metal Slug 5. I almost played through the whole thing with a coworker (unlimited continues), but had to stop on the last boss since we had to register at the 2K Games booth at 11am so they could ensure we didn't just use it as a day off.

Our booth (2K Games) was the biggest surprise to me. I knew we had picked up several other sports titles like World Series Poker and Top Spin, but there are a bunch of non-sports titles now under 2K Games such as 24, Serious Sam 2, Prey, and Civilization 4. BTW, for those of you who are going, you need to see the 'public service announcement' for Civ4 they show at the top of each hour. That thing is quite funny. They were also having a poker tournament at our booth, and 2 of the guys from Kush made it into the final table, although neither won.

Capcom had a game called Devil Kings that was just a dummed down version of Devil May Cry. When my friend and I first walked past their booth, they had a countdown to showing Devil May Cry 4 on a screen. We decided to stop and see it, and while we were waiting my friend asked why they didn't just show it continuously if it was just on the screen. I said it was probably because it was nothing special and by having a countdown they were hoping to get people to stop and watch it. Boy was I right. It was about a 20 second clip that hardly showed anything. The crowd even booed as they dispersed.

I didn't see Zelda today because the line was about 2 hours long by the time I got to that end of the floor. I'm going to go there first thing tomorrow before the line gets that long.

I also saw 'Gabe' and 'Tycho' at the Ubisoft booth today, but I didn't go in the line to meet them. I'm going to take my 'Jesus is F'ing Metal' shirt with me tomorrow and get Mike to sign it.

While we were wandering around today, a woman stopped us and asked to interview us. She was just with e3, not some external media outlet. She just asked us who we were with and what we had seen that was interesting, so I talked about the Bond demo where I got to strap on a jetpack and fight a helicopter with a rocket launcher. The game really wasn't that great, but that part was cool.

Well, I think that's enough for today. I was taking the whole thing in more than looking in depth at most of the displays, so I'll be doing more of that tomorrow. I'll let you all know if I see anything else cool. And I should have pictures sometime early next week.

Ok, still no pictures, as I don't have a way to get them on the internet in the e3 'net lounge. I'll give you some inside though on the new stuff.

Playstation 3

After sifting through some advertisements, it seemed like quite a thing to behold. About 12 developers are creating CG-esque real time games with life-like physics. It's only about 20% in developement, and to be released in 2006, so we will see this in depth at e3 next year. Of the real-time rendered games I've seen, there was nothing I was dissapointed at, however, I was that Sony decided to show this off instead of some important title being worked on.

Xbox 360

As developers are getting Alpha kits for the 360, the games were looking great with games at 30% processing power. After sitting through a VIP showing of The Godfather, the graphics looked great. They can do every lighting trick, gluQuadric, shadowing, and physics right on the hardware, so the games run faster and cleaner. One game I watched being played had rendered over a thousand enemies running different AI loops at the same time, in real time. Need for Speed on the 360 absolutely blew me away, as this street racing game looked as close to real as I've ever imagined.

Nintendo DS lineup

the New SMB was my personal favorite new DS game, representing full 3-d graphics in a sidescrolling world. Imagine the side-scrolling part of SSBM only on the DS. good times. I also battled Charles "It's a me-a, Mario!" Martinet via DS wireless internet link with Mario Kart DS. You can play anybody anywhere in the country on the server, although I'm not sure how it works in-lobby. Most of the other DS games looked very promising, with Nintendogs, and Animal Crossing DS holding the next spots.

Gamecube Lineup

I received today's Show Daily, sighting Zelda: Twilight Princess as the game of show. I will say, hands down, it was the best experience I've felt playing a gamecube game, even for the short time I did. The graphics are incredibly well done, the swordplay is complete, and the 10-minute horseriding demo I played allows players to use the sword on the horse. Score!
Other games of mension were my last year's surprise pick "Odama", a cross between Civilization and Pinball. Mario Party 7 looked like it revived the series after a sad showing of MP6. Nintendo baseball was a clean sports title, and the back end was Mario Soccer, a game more in the realm of Mario's shells and fireballs than that of soccer.

On windows, Age of Empires 3 is my choice. Not only does it make the world and all it's glory come to life, it does it with clean lines, slick visuals, and solid gameplay. I'm even wearing their shirt now 😉. Other titles are the Half Life 2 expansion pack, which takes lighting to the next level on PC.

I know everybody wants me to get media from the show, and I'll show you what I can. This year was more business for me than pleasure, as I was making connections at Microsoft and Atari most of the day yesterday.

On a final note, my favorite moment of this show is Square's presentation of Advent Children, Final Fantasy 12, and Kingdom Hearts 2. And for you dire PS2 fans: Owned. Final Fantasy 12 is going to be an exclusive launch title for Xbox 360.

Want media? Look it up on Gamespot, IGN, or wait for the game to come out. I'll be back in a day!

Ok, still no pictures, as I don't have a way to get them on the internet in the e3 'net lounge. I'll give you some inside though on the new stuff.

Playstation 3

After sifting through some advertisements, it seemed like quite a thing to behold. About 12 developers are creating CG-esque real time games with life-like physics. It's only about 20% in developement, and to be released in 2006, so we will see this in depth at e3 next year. Of the real-time rendered games I've seen, there was nothing I was dissapointed at, however, I was that Sony decided to show this off instead of some important title being worked on.

Xbox 360

As developers are getting Alpha kits for the 360, the games were looking great with games at 30% processing power. After sitting through a VIP showing of The Godfather, the graphics looked great. They can do every lighting trick, gluQuadric, shadowing, and physics right on the hardware, so the games run faster and cleaner. One game I watched being played had rendered over a thousand enemies running different AI loops at the same time, in real time. Need for Speed on the 360 absolutely blew me away, as this street racing game looked as close to real as I've ever imagined.

Nintendo DS lineup

the New SMB was my personal favorite new DS game, representing full 3-d graphics in a sidescrolling world. Imagine the side-scrolling part of SSBM only on the DS. good times. I also battled Charles "It's a me-a, Mario!" Martinet via DS wireless internet link with Mario Kart DS. You can play anybody anywhere in the country on the server, although I'm not sure how it works in-lobby. Most of the other DS games looked very promising, with Nintendogs, and Animal Crossing DS holding the next spots.

Gamecube Lineup

I received today's Show Daily, sighting Zelda: Twilight Princess as the game of show. I will say, hands down, it was the best experience I've felt playing a gamecube game, even for the short time I did. The graphics are incredibly well done, the swordplay is complete, and the 10-minute horseriding demo I played allows players to use the sword on the horse. Score!
Other games of mension were my last year's surprise pick "Odama", a cross between Civilization and Pinball. Mario Party 7 looked like it revived the series after a sad showing of MP6. Nintendo baseball was a clean sports title, and the back end was Mario Soccer, a game more in the realm of Mario's shells and fireballs than that of soccer.

On windows, Age of Empires 3 is my choice. Not only does it make the world and all it's glory come to life, it does it with clean lines, slick visuals, and solid gameplay. I'm even wearing their shirt now 😉. Other titles are the Half Life 2 expansion pack, which takes lighting to the next level on PC.

I know everybody wants me to get media from the show, and I'll show you what I can. This year was more business for me than pleasure, as I was making connections at Microsoft and Atari most of the day yesterday.

On a final note, my favorite moment of this show is Square's presentation of Advent Children, Final Fantasy 12, and Kingdom Hearts 2. And for you dire PS2 fans: Owned. Final Fantasy 12 is going to be an exclusive launch title for Xbox 360.

Want media? Look it up on Gamespot, IGN, or wait for the game to come out. I'll be back in a day!

Microsoft getting 2 FF titles? Hell is surely freezing over.😛

Microsoft getting 2 FF titles? Hell is surely freezing over.😛

Hey Ganonator, what is your position that you are spending your time networking like that? It sounds like you had a very different e3 experience from me. I spent most of my time on the floor trying out the various demos rather than looking at shows and presentations. I'd rather see and play an actual game than watch concept footage.
Sadly, I ended up not playing Zelda because the line was about 3 hours long by the time I got there at 9:15 and just got longer throughout the day. It wouldn't've been worth it to sit through that line since I'm going to get it anyway. A couple of my coworkers did play it because they managed to sneak in at 8:50 and get in the line before the wave of people showed up. They said they were standing there and just saw a wall of people running towards them, and just like that the line was over an hour.

As for FF12, I'm glad its going to be on the 360 instead of the PS2. That means it will look that much better.

On an odd note, I was interviewed again today. This time was by some Chinese guy for a tv show back home. I wouldn't exactly consider myself charismatic, so this sort of attention is very strange for me.

Hey Ganonator, what is your position that you are spending your time networking like that? It sounds like you had a very different e3 experience from me. I spent most of my time on the floor trying out the various demos rather than looking at shows and presentations. I'd rather see and play an actual game than watch concept footage.
Sadly, I ended up not playing Zelda because the line was about 3 hours long by the time I got there at 9:15 and just got longer throughout the day. It wouldn't've been worth it to sit through that line since I'm going to get it anyway. A couple of my coworkers did play it because they managed to sneak in at 8:50 and get in the line before the wave of people showed up. They said they were standing there and just saw a wall of people running towards them, and just like that the line was over an hour.

As for FF12, I'm glad its going to be on the 360 instead of the PS2. That means it will look that much better.

On an odd note, I was interviewed again today. This time was by some Chinese guy for a tv show back home. I wouldn't exactly consider myself charismatic, so this sort of attention is very strange for me.

Cloral wrote:Hey Ganonator, what is your position that you are spending your time networking like that?

Cloral wrote:Hey Ganonator, what is your position that you are spending your time networking like that?

Ganonator wrote:On a final note, my favorite moment of this show is Square's presentation of Advent Children, Final Fantasy 12, and Kingdom Hearts 2. And for you dire PS2 fans: Owned. Final Fantasy 12 is going to be an exclusive launch title for Xbox 360.

Want media? Look it up on Gamespot, IGN, or wait for the game to come out. I'll be back in a day!

I've looked, and I can't find anything saying Final Fantasy XII is going to be on the X-Box 360, in fact most places I've checked confirm FFXII for the PS2. The only thing I could find was that Final Fantasy XI (the online one which is already out for the PS2 and the PC) will be available for X-Box 360. If you guys can link me some stuff, that'd be great.

Ganonator wrote:On a final note, my favorite moment of this show is Square's presentation of Advent Children, Final Fantasy 12, and Kingdom Hearts 2. And for you dire PS2 fans: Owned. Final Fantasy 12 is going to be an exclusive launch title for Xbox 360.

Want media? Look it up on Gamespot, IGN, or wait for the game to come out. I'll be back in a day!

I've looked, and I can't find anything saying Final Fantasy XII is going to be on the X-Box 360, in fact most places I've checked confirm FFXII for the PS2. The only thing I could find was that Final Fantasy XI (the online one which is already out for the PS2 and the PC) will be available for X-Box 360. If you guys can link me some stuff, that'd be great.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3140609

Emeril wrote:
Bam!

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3140609

Emeril wrote:
Bam!

Um... yeah. That doesn't tell me anything new, it just says what I stated above, namely that FFXI was coming to the X-Box 360. I still haven't seen anything about FFXII. Either way, it doesn't matter. I'm not a fan of Square anymore.

Um... yeah. That doesn't tell me anything new, it just says what I stated above, namely that FFXI was coming to the X-Box 360. I still haven't seen anything about FFXII. Either way, it doesn't matter. I'm not a fan of Square anymore.

OK, some douche at my school is claiming that he saw some E3 coverage claiming that "the GBA will be rereleased in an even SMALLER FORM!" Any info on this? I want to kill him it's so stupid, I can't see why nintento would make such an idiotic marketing decision.

OK, some douche at my school is claiming that he saw some E3 coverage claiming that "the GBA will be rereleased in an even SMALLER FORM!" Any info on this? I want to kill him it's so stupid, I can't see why nintento would make such an idiotic marketing decision.