Monday, June 12, 2017

E3 Thoughts: PC Gaming Show, Ubisoft

PC Gaming Show

For a while now, this "conference" has been the most boring and annoying out of them all. Can they really deliver and differentiate this time?

Spoiler alert, THEY CAN'T!

XCOM2 DLC looked meh, Mount & Blade II Bannerlord  was too short, Total Warhammer 2 looked similar to the previous one, Killing Floor 2 DLC actually looks like good times!  Just got this game for free through PlayStation Plus, I'm eager to try it out.

Wargroove is an Advance Wars clone long overdue, since AW is dead anyway, and instead of an Age of Empires 4, we get another HD Remastered!

Just boring as usual.

Rating: E

Ubisoft

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle crossover, the rumors were true! 3 years of development, looks pretty, some kind of strategy game!

Assassin's Creed Origins is looking good, The Crew 2 as well, Southpark the Fractured But Whole is an exciting sequel because the gameplay was spot on! Transference looks like a hack with no gameplay, and Skull & Bones is another new IP with just a cinematic trailer...until the gameplay footage was shown, and then I got intrigued as the 5v5 PVP between ships seemed to be the core gameplay.

Just Dance 2018 is your average milked franchise,  South Park Phone Destroyer seems random, Star Link looks like a Skylanders clone, Steep is meh and Far Cry 5 is looking like friggin fun, time to start on that damn FPS series already!

Beyond Good & Evil 2, FINALLY! Awesome trailer, after 15 years, and it was a great emotional touch to see Michel Ancel shed a tear live! I love revival surprises such as these, so the Ubisoft conference was very much saved by this!

Rating: B

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