Get the run down on the best of days two and three of E3. Games, videos, and a little something extra, maybe… nah, just games and videos.
Much like my last relationship, E3 started with a bang then began to petter off. However, E3 had the advantage of only being 3 days long, where as the relationship slowly died over the course of 18 months. For all the excitement of the first kiss, first night in bed, family intros, and subsequent nights in bed – check out the E3: Day One Recap article. Stay right here for the oh-hum day-to-day stuff that truly tests a relationship, albeit not with out a few surprises. This is Day Two and Three at E3 2009.
Day Two
Highlights!
Halo: Reach, which will hopefully have a story more like Halo:CE then 2 or 3, has a tentative release date of Fall 2010. I expect it to be a team-based shooter, you’ll play along with a team of Spartans (think Gears of War) in a range of mission types (defend, rescue, reinforce, blow this thing up, ect.) – and the best part? No dumb-assed-zombie-wanna-be Flood to get in the way of hi-jacking Covenant Ghosts, Banshees, and maybe this time around… a Scorpion! Please please, can we have that, Bungie?
More from the Halo Universe, here we see the stage demo for the upcoming Halo 3: ODST. Being a Spartan is great – you are powerful, can jump pretty high, and have an invisible shield that surrounds and protects you. Being an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper isn’t that great – you are human. ODST puts you in command of a rookie Shock Trooper, that gets knocked unconscious upon arrival to New Mombasa’s surface. Upon awakening, you are tasked with putting together the story of what happened while you were napping. Gameplay is more stealth-guerrilla-tact than run-and-gun. A nice change of pace from the lack-luster antics of Halo 2 and 3, mainly 2 – no one wants to be the Arbiter, not even the Arbiter.
(See the Hi-Res at Gamespot.com)
Fallout 3: Point Lookout DLC is sounding pretty interesting – Bethesda seems to be pumping out a lot of quality DownLoadable Content lately (you should take note UbiSoft, EA, Epic, and many others). Point Lookout will take you into vast swamps and bayous to face off against new (slightly inbreed) mutants. Deliverance references are almost a given.
Bet I can make you squeal like a piggy!
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2’s Green Goblin Trailer almost makes you forget you’re playing an extreme-update of Gauntlet. Okay, so it’s much more complex than that, but at it’s base, M:UA 2 is Gauntlet.
BioShock 2 Screenshots
BioShock 2 gives you some amazing power. You are a Big Daddy with free will, problem is one of the Little Sisters grew up and returned to Rapture, now basically she runs the joint. She’s scarily sexy, in an S&M sorta way.
She may be out to kill you, but WOW, what an ass!
Assassin’s Creed 2 is fucking sweet. The sequel to one of my favorite games (though it was boring after the story was over) is coming out this November. Killing people via stealth has been fun since the Hitman series, Assassin’s Creed 2 may have just perfected it – and as a bonus, you can kill people with their own weapons. The…sex…
…Looking for a mystery to solve and a killer to chase? Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer
is right up your alley, but there are very few details known about it. Okay, it’s about a serial killer that leaves folded paper at homicide scenes – gosh, I am perceptive. Those that have played the likes of Myst or maybe even Fatal Frame will feel right at home with Heavy Rain, or maybe not – damn I wish there were more details about this game… Maybe I should distract you with a video… Here’s a video!
All right, that’s enough of Day Two. Let’s move on, shall we? We shall!
Day Three
Um…Filler!
Well, just like I said in the beginning, E3 is comparable to a relationship. In Day 3, things are winding down, you’re sick of seeing each other, and it’s better to just end it – but you don’t, you hang on for a little while longer, maybe things will get better… they won’t, but you lie to yourself anyway. Thus, E3 ends on Day Three, offering little in the way of excitement.
How fitting that the beginning of the end starts with a fight! Fight Night Round 4 is looking more realistic than ever. Fighters move fluidly, punches can glance off opponents, counters and dodges are no longer so mechanical, serious pugilists should be impressed.
Then some slick new guy rolls into town and starts mackin’ on your bitch (seriously, this happens all the time). DJ Hero takes the familiar Guitar Hero gameplay and drops some funk on it! Funk, hip-hop, whatever. Video!
(This video was chosen in part to scare you away from DJ Hero, sampling Hollaback Girl is a horrifying thought.)
That’s all right, let him have her – you’ve found something better (has this metaphor runs it’s course yet? Nah.) Borderlands has been in development for over two years, it’s gone through a face change, but it’s looks sweet ass! An MMO with a Mad Max feel? Winner-winner, chicken dinner!
So your about to tell her it’s over, and you should start seeing other people – and Gladiators show up and start tearing shit up! Wait, what? Gladiator A.D. on the Wii looks pretty decent. Hope the wee Wii can handle all the action… wee Wii, I’m a cut up. Notice how there is blood in some of these screens, I hear tell that you can change the blood splatter into butterflies and lolly-pops… okay, not really but I’m sure Nintendo will have something to say about it.
Painkiller: Resurrection on the PC may be a great way to get her off your mind. The original Painkiller featured standard shooter dynamics and crazy ass weaponry, Resurrection is more of the same. There are a slew of weapons that have two firing modes, then there are a hand full that have three. You read correctly, three firing modes! There is a gun that spins razor blades like a blender and shoots grenades… dude…
It's hard to be afraid of something with such large breasts.
Ghosts and a flying demon? You are so boned.
Cult guys and demon dogs, just like high school!
And then, you find her. The girl of your dreams that makes you forget how to walk, talk, even speak. She reminds you what being alive feels like. She makes you smile. Wet for 360 and PS3 centers around such a girl, Ruby. She’s a hired gun with a certain flare for… well, flare. Her acrobatic kills are awesome – literally, they induce awe. Check her out in the third quarter of this year.
And that folks, is E3’s best and brightest moments from days two and three. And the start of something beautiful: A promising future for the gaming industry. And Remember, “It’s not you, it’s me.” Classic.
Again, big thanks to Gamespot.com for the videos
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