Just going to warn you guys, Iām way behind on the pressers and always like to watch those before watching the trailers piecemeal, so I probably wonāt be commenting again for some time. Iām not ignoring you, just ignoring my urge to drop everything for E3 this year.
E3 2018
I really thought that was going to say āSKATE 4ā at the end of the trailer. Oh well, this looks like it will fill that void nicely.
Bethesdaās conference was great! I donāt play almost any of their games, but they brought the humor and made it entertaining and Starfield might actually get me to open my wallet for them for the first time in years.
And I donāt mean to hate on Microsoft (well, maybe a little) because the conference wasnāt badāthey threw a TON of games at the audience and stuff, but it just solidified the fact that Iām not Xboxās target audience. I play 2 shooters semi-regularly (Battlefront and Destiny), but the vast majority of my gaming time is spent with single-player, story-driven games and that is not MSās wheelhouse. I think Tomb Raider fit that qualification⦠and thatās about it.
So thatās why I was bored to tears with their event, not because it sucked. Just to clarify.
Sonyās conference was a hot mess. But the games looked good. I just donāt know how they go from having 3 stellar conferences in a row, to a forgettable one last year to⦠whatever this was. And even though they showed very few games, I still left wanting to play at least 5 of them.
Okay, so Iāve watched almost all of the conferences (minus PC and Devolver) and hereās my thoughts:
It was close. Microsoft won for presentation, but Sony won for content. Sonyās conference might have been a mess, but they showed me WAY more games I need to play on their system, whereas MS once again gave me ZERO reason to buy an Xbox. 90% of their reveals were things anyone could play regardless of which console they own, and of the exclusives they showed Halo Infinite was a title, Gears looked like Gears, Forza looked like Forza and Battletoads was a screen of bullet points. And Nintendo⦠I have no interest in ever owning a Switch, so this conference had nothing for me in it. I can see Smash fans going nuts, but other than that⦠meh.
As for the third party events, Squareās was my least favorite. I liked Bethesdaās presentation for their humor, even if they only had one game that interested me and it was only a title screen. Ubisoft had a lot. And EA showed off Anthem, but they get docked points for showing NOTHING for Star Wars except a General Grievous screen.
So⦠here are my rankings:
Hardware
- Sony
- MS
- Nintendo
Third Party
- Ubisoft
- Bethesda
- EA
- Square
Okay, it might just be because Iāve been up since 5am, but these are the funniest E3 2018 recap videos you will find. Guaranteed or your money back! Offer void in Minnesota.
Be sure to watch all 6.