/cog/ - Traditional & Video Gaming

Sony has a lot of exclusive features, but not a whole lot of exclusive games. But damn if LittleBig Planet 3 wasn't the most charming game shown yet.

EA's conference was the worst just for being boring.

>No Ubisoft
Nice try.
And what make you think Nintendo it's gonna beat this one?
We all know what's coming.

>>187748
EA is just a mere joke right now.

>>187751
Ubisoft is at the foot of the mountain, practicing its cringeworthy dancing.

>>187748

Literally the only game name they needed to drop was Grim Fandango. I will 100% buy a new console to play that game.

CONKER IS TOTALLY BACK GUYS

>>187755
EH It'll come home to PC eventually.

I love that post so much I just wanted to share it.

>>187758

Ooh, nice, then I won't be quite as sad about not affording a PS4.
LBP3 and No Man's Sky tho.

>>187756
Yup.

Easily my favorite thing.

Cuphead - Trailer - E3 2014

That Platinum game for Xbone looks good!

I just wish I got to see some fucking GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE KAMIYA.

But yea. Highlight for me was LBP3.

>>187771
I like it's basically like WELL FUCK CAPCOM HAVE SOME DANTE

Whelp, Nintedo managed to successfully hype me for zelda.

Splatoon looks awesome.

And now I want a damn Smash Bros. anime series.

>Hyrule Warriors releases Sept 26, Midna and Zelda are playable characters (with others teased.)
>Zelda Wii U is scheduled for 2015. Aonuma says he wants to return to a massive, non-linear, open world, ala the very first Zelda.
>X's official name is Xenoblade Chronicles X (how clever) and will be released in 2015.
>Nintendo is making an online, multiplayer (only?) game titled Splatoon where the goal is to use paintball guns to cover the world in your paint. And you can turn into a squid to climb walls you've painted. Releasing 2015
>Mario Maker is a Mario-level editor, but only for the assets from the original SMB (can be swapped to NSMBU style.) Release 2015.
Zelda will certainly be delayed until 2016. However, XCX is more than enough to make me buy a Wii U, so I guess 2015 is the year I will get one (assuming that isn't pushed back, too.) I'll have a few titles of interest to pick up by then as well, like SSB and Hyrule Warriors.

Also a pulled interview with Time Magazine revealed a new Star Fox is in the works.

Legitimately excited for Bloodborne and I'm probably gonna buy a PS4 just for that. New Zelda looked neat. Kinda sad that there were no Vita announcements, but that's pretty much expected at this point.

>being this exited about games I don't own

Wow, feels like 2008 all over again. Shame I don't have any money this time.

>>187783

Shit I almost forgot, motherfucking CAPTAIN TOAD GAME GET HYPE

Wii U - Bayonetta 2 E3 2014 Trailer

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Did Konami cancel their press presentation, or did they not have one planned to begin with?

>>187784
A Toad puzzle-platformer instead of another big Mario title. I don't think anyone saw that coming.

>>187785
You're not alone.
I mean, I didn't felt disappointing, but I'm neither impressed as well.
Nintendo was really predictable on their presentation, we all knew they'll talk about Zelda, Bayonetta, anything Mario related and Smash. And aside that, there wasn't that much to show.

Yeah, no winners for this year.

All three console makers had good shows this year. Only EA and Ubisoft were the ones that goofed. If the message behind Microsoft's presentation was "Give us another chance. We'll show you we're all about video games," than Sony's was "Why give 'em a chance, when you got all these good things here and more." With no major third-party support coming, Nintendo only had to make sure their dedicated audience remains happy, and I believe they did that today.

>>187788
Konami prerecords their conferences after the 2010 disaster.

E3 2010 Konami Press Conference Highlights

>>187793
They don't even have a pre-recorded conference this year. This year's E3 page has nothing but links for Phantom Pain and PES 2015.

>>187790

What is considered "major third-party support" because, I mean, they've got games like Sonic Boom (SEGA), Monster Hunter 4 (Capcom), Bayonetta 2 (Platnium), Devil's Third (Valhalla)... along with Xenoblade (Monolith Soft), Disney Infinity (Avalanche/Heavy Iron Studios), and not even counting all of the third party games for the 3DS. I get that the popular narrative is that Nintendo doesn't have third party support, but looking at their youtube page of all the games coming out sure makes it seems like they have plenty of third-party support...

>>187796
>What is considered "major third-party support"

The games Sony and Microsoft are getting and Nintendo aren't. Ubisoft has a Wii U game, but they won't release it until the system sells better.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/06/e3_2014_ubisoft_admits_to_holding_back_completed_wii_u_game_until_sales_improve

Nintendo fans often dismiss this by saying it's a quality vs. quantity thing, but it isn't. Wii U isn't getting Arkham Knight, which is a big kicker since WB showed strong support early on.

E3 2011 Nintendo - Game develo…

Nintendo isn't entirely only, but their third-party support is easily the weakest.

>>187798

Okay, but what about the third party games the Wii U gets but Sony and Microsoft don't? Do they not count? Is the argument that because it's on the PC, PS4/3, and Xbone/360 it is detrimental that it is not also on the Wii U, but third party games that are for the Wii U but no other platform doesn't offset this?

>>187792
Is that another godamn 64 remake?
... fuck it. FINE. I'll buy it and a WiiU again. I don't even fucking care I just want my Starfox. Between that and the skylanders type shit they have with SmashU I might actually be able to indulge in my favorite Nintendo series.

>>187800
They count, but they're not as plentiful as there should be. And the big exclusives Nintendo has gotten from third-parties haven't been the best. ZombiU and Sonic Lost World both received mediocre reviews. The Wonderful 101 scored decently, but the game's misstep in controls cost it. And, personally, I don't have high hopes for Sonic Boom.

However, Bayonetta 2 is looking good and the first game coming with the retail version is a big plus. Don't know much about Devil's Third, but the trailer paints it as an unconventional Nintendo game, which is what they need. Unfortunately, it's probably because it's not a typical Nintendo game that Devil's Third didn't show up on the E3 show.

Wii U - Devil's Third E3 2014 Trailer

They announce a freaking open world Zelda and everyone's obsessed with how feminine he looks.
other than that, the rest of their games are a day 1 buy for me. Love what they're doing with Kirby and Yoshi, and the Toad games where some of my favorite parts from 3D world. Super pumped for this year.

>>187801
THIS is how I was hoping Skyward Sword would look when i heard it was gonna be styled after impressonist paintings.

>>187804
>everyone's obsessed with how feminine he looks.

Fucking seriously?

>>187802
It's going to be a unique thing, it's just so early in development that it's currently running entirely off of filler assets from 64.
It's important to make sure the game itself is fun first, then you can add all the graphics and story.

>>187798
I can't think of a single game Ubisoft has made that I would ever want to play, so Ubisoft not making games on Nintendo is a big "who cares" for me.

Bloodbound is a bad title though.

Hyrule warriors sounds awesome. Almost makes me wish I had a WiiU

>>187813
Yes, it is extremely generic.

>>187817
Any variation on Beast would have been a thousand times better Jesus, it is actually killing my excitement just by being such a bad title.

>>187819

The problem I have is that her outfits are sort of bending the line between being legitimate alt costumes for Bayonetta and being silly goofy stuff from Nintendo properties. As such it kinda winds up feeling like she's wearing a female Halloween costume of Link or Princess Peach.

And her Samus costume feels like "what if Blizzard made Metroid".

>>187820

It's especially weird to me cause you could've just given Bayonetta Zero Suit Samus's bodysuit and it would've worked perfectly.

>>187816
Ahahahahahah.

>>187820
>>187819
I just bursted into laughs when I saw it.

Sunset Overdrive E3 Trailer and Gameplay Demo

>>187804
>>187806
Apparently, that wasn't Link in the trailer.

>“No one explicitly said that that was Link.”

http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/10/zelda-creator-teases-that-we-didnt-see-link-in-wii-u-trailer/

>>187828

Jesus, Nintendo, blowing your entire wad in one day?

Not that I blame them, considering they need to drive Wii U sales and all…

>>187829
They're announcing a new 3DS title tomorrow.

At this point they just need to add Captain N to the roster of Smash Bros.

>>187832

Or Nester.

Either one would work for me.

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii …

>>187835
>effectively 5 new characters announced today
IT KEEPS HAPPENING!

Also customization info:
http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2014/jun/10/each-characters-has-12-special-move-variations-choose-super-smash-bros-wii-u3ds-information-about-character-customization/

I think a lot of people expected Pacman considering who nintendo partnered with on this, but it's good to see him. Hope Snakes moves can be brought back in some way.


Still salty about the lack of StarFox this year... again.

>>187838
Last Guardian... good old vaporware

>>187837
Well, at least we've got a solid confirmation that it's going to exist.
As sad as it might be, even if they've gotten the gameplay super tight right now, it would probably harm the game to show it now with all the placeholder graphics and audio.
I'm just glad Shiggy Miggy himself is working on it, that guy knows when you need to keep excessive storytelling out of what is supposed to be a fun arcade experience.

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii …
And now everyone and their mothers would want a Smash animu.

Wakka Wakka Motherfucker
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii …

>>187835
I don't even.

>>187837
>5 characters
Are you counting each Mii Fighter mode as a character?

>>187826
Yuri Lowenthal is inescapable.

>>187837
>Still salty about the lack of StarFox this year... again.
They seem to be doing something with it. An experiment with gyro controls and episodic content from what I hear.

Anyway, what I'm looking forward to on a scale of pure hype. 1 is some interest, 5 is deeply invested:

Xbone:
-Sunset overdrive (3/5) Looks fun, but seems to teeter on the border of obnoxious and playfully cheesy. Not enough to make me buy one, but if I ever do, they'll probably be on my list.

PS4:
-The order 1886 (3/5) Not sure about the gameplay, but I have something of a fetish for the setting and the look is fantastic.
-Little Pig Blanket 3 (3/5) If the control's tighter than the past entries, it'll be on my list of things to get.
-Bloodborne (5/5) Again, the setting. But this time from a company I really trust to have great gameplay. This is what's convincing me to get a PS4.

WiiU:
-Hyrule Warriors (4/5) Never played a DW game, but I'm a slave to Zelda, so... Doesn't hurt that it's flashy and interestingly designed.
-Toads Treasure Tracker (5/5) Fuck. Yes.
-SSB (3/5) I'll get it. Looks to be going in the right direction.
-Yoshi's Woolly World (4/5) Cute as fuck, loved Epic Yarn, Yoshi story style gameplay.
-Bayoneta 2+1 (2/5) Wasn't going to bother as I never played 1, but now I can so...why not?
-Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (5/5) Love claymation, loved Canvas Curse.
-Zelda WiiU (★) Open world. I want nothing more.
-Mario Maker (1/5) Neat.
-Squidgirls (1/5) Usually not a huge fan of team shooters, but the whole ink thing might make it interesting.

Multiplat/PC:
-Evolve (1/5) Again, usually not a huge fan of team shooters but the aesthetic is keeping me fairly interested.
-Ori and the Blind Forest (3/5) Crazy pretty, and I do love metroidvanias.
-Inside (2/5) Love the look and I liked Limbo.
-Tomb Raider 2 (2/5) I enjoyed Tomb Raider, but if this has more tombs, I'll be more interested.
-Cuphead (3/5) That art!

As usual Nintendo has me by the balls. In spite of an overall mediocre past 2 years.

>>187813
It's Bloodborne. And I like it. Makes it sound as disgusting as it looks.

That title is so boring I forgot it as I was typing.

Yeah I can't imagine why a game which is probably about a plague ridden setting would be called that.

>>187850
I can't imagine, probably something REALLY, REALLY dumb like referencing bloodbourne viruses.

Oh well, at least Beast Souls is still up for grabs I guess.

Now where they didn't fuck up with names, the saw clever is radical, I also really like the idea of fast Dark Souls.

Rainbow Six Siege E3 2014 Game…

>Pre-Alpha gameplay footage


I call bullshit SO hard. No way that was from an actual match.

The concept has promise, but still, that's totally not actual gameplay.

>>187855
E3 has always been very console-centric. I guess it's because E3 is still very much focused on retail and retail is a miniscule part of the already somewhat smaller PC market.

>>187856
It's gonna be like every other Dynasty Warrior game. For the first two hours you're gonna go: "Holy shit! This is so much fun! How is everybody always talking shit about these games?!" and then in hour 3: "Yeah ok, getting really fucking bored now..."

I am totally stoked for all the Zelda stuff I've been seeing. Between Hyrule Warriors and the new Zelda title, which is gaining my interest in a way Skyward Sword never did, I am thinking I may just get a WiiU after all. It doesn't hurt that Zelda's been my all time favorite Nintendo series of all time. I may just pick up Smash Bros (Already getting it on 3DS), Nintendoland, and Bayonetta 2 while I'm at it. It helps that Bayonetta 1 is packaged with Bayonetta 2. Maybe I'll pick up that new Mario Kart while I'm at it. Eventually.

Decent E3 so far, though the only two streams I watched were Sony (caught live after work) and Nintendo (archive, ROBOT CHICKEN NINTENDO WHAT) and I just saw the lists for the others.

-Far Cry 4 MAY be the first good non-Blood Dragon Far Cry because that was just first person Just Cause 2 based on what they showed us
-Pretty much everything Nintendo's got for their main stable series looked good except Pokemon (which after not doing post game stuff in BW and not finishing XY I know I just don't care about anymore), Hyrule Warriors has fucking MIDNA and the best Link/Zelda designs (though it's still Warriors and can still totally be trash), Zelda WiiU has octbots, Mario Maker nice etc
-Xenoblade Chronicles could go either way. On the one hand, dinosaurs and mechs. On the other hand, Xenoblade turned to trash in the back half and they've brought Nopons back.
-New Phantom Pain trailer sucked but that game will probably still be good.
-That Squid shooter looks neat but shouldn't be more than 20 bucks
-Despite that disgusting, Nisio tier short hair Bayo, packing both games in the retail release is cool and the Nintendo costumes are dumb in a pretty good way
-That fucking shot of Batman rocketing into the sky
-BLOODBORNE
-Type-0 HD will finally let me learn why people rave about it so much.
-GRIM FANDANGO
-Journey was radical so hopefully that new thing (Abzu iirc) can match it.
-That Magicka 2 trailer says Magicka can still totally be funny
-I still want to know how No Man's Sky works.

>>187858
Actually I can play them for a fairly long time, especially if its an interesting plot in the spinoff that doing new stuff instead of the same ROTK plotline of DW.

I'm really interested in HW in that regard...

If I did get a Wii-U I would also be geting W101.

>>187843
Yes. Because they are.

Although the fact they can only be played in the profoundly retarded "friends only" options is a major strike against them.

Nintendo needs to figure out how to do lobbies or something where you can pick what things you want in your match; like items on or off, what stages you want to play on, and if "custom" characters are allowed or not.

They're jerking off customization options pretty hard, but if you don't have people to play against locally you're fucked.

And why the hell isn't Battlefield in the rotation for the competitive playlist?

Long story short; Nintendo half asses yet another thing. And to think they where so close to creating a truly fantastic experience.

>>187838
>BG&E2
The dream is dead.

>>187860
>hating on the Nopons
Leave it to Rodyle to have the shit opinions.

>>187870
I don't know when I offended you, but as for the Nopons, I thought they were adorable until they actually got voice acting and forced one into my party (who, fortunately, I never had to actually USE).

>>187872
Riki was the best character on the team, both in terms of what he brought to battle and in terms of what he brought to the story.

>>187872
It's not even that bad if you switch to the Jap voices when using Riki (who is fucking OP) or in a scene that has a lot of Nopons.

>>187864
>Although the fact they can only be played in the profoundly retarded "friends only" options is a major strike against them.

As long as you can use them in local multiplayer I'll be happy.

I think the decision to have 3 separate characters that are all Miis is a pretty bad one though. I'd be fine with one Mii character, but spending 3 character slots on just this is pretty bad when there are so many other Nintendo characters to pick from. On the other hand, all 3 actually look like a lot of fun to play as, so I'm kind of conflicted in regards to how I feel about them.

Pacman looks fucking amazing though. Those Galaga and Mappy specials, that running attack, god damn. I was totally indifferent about this game after Palutena and the Miis, but that Pac trailer has redeemed this game in my eyes.

>>187872
I didn't really use Riki until the late half, but if you pair his commands properly he can be pretty top tier, especially in healing/buffing IIRC.

Which reminds me: I was 140 hours in Xenoblade, had completed pretty much all side-quests, almost completed the field guide thing, was a few levels shy of the cap, and was pretty sure I was about to take the teleporter to the final boss fight... and then I put the game down after weeks of playing it every night and haven't gone back. I still love the game, so I don't know why I haven't beaten it. @_@

>>187881
The Miis all share one spot on the Smash Bros. website, so I don't think they're separate slots.

I love how Pac Man goes back and forth between his classic form and his World form.

>>187888
Sakurai said they've got all different attacks, not just different specials, so even if they share a slot it'd be like Pokemon trainer where it's still 3 characters worth of development.

And yeah everything about Pacman is perfect. I'm looking forward to him more than any other character, even Mega Man.

Star Fox Wii U Tease - E3 2014

Star Fox Coming to Wii U E3 2014 - IGN News

http://time.com/2859392/eric-cantor-resigns-majority-leader/

>That feel when it might actually be happening.
Best E3 is nearly a decade.

Super Best Friends Watch the S…
Super Best Friends Watch the M…

>>187889
But unlike Pkmn Trainer, I don't think you can switch attack modes on the fly; I think they have to be set before you begin the match.

E3 2014: Microsoft Abridged with Matt Lees
E3 2014

The best part of any E3 is the parody videos.

Play Nintendo - Super Smash Br…

Super Best Friends Watch Ninte…

I have a hunch the Zaibatsu enjoyed this one the most.

Skyrim Zelda, indeed.

S.T.E.A.M. looks really damn interesting and Splatoon seems ok I guess?
Nintendo's putting all it's eggs in the Smash Bros basket this year, but they've also got some pretty interesting and new IPs to boot.

Since the Wii I've been constantly let down by Nintendo, but this is restoring my hope. If they can actually land some multiplatform games I'll be down for a WiiU (once StarFox launches).

I love that Nintendo are doing innovative stuff with world design materials. Mario Maker is fucking nuts.

>>187801
Oh sweet Mercy, I was just watching on the best friends and I though the mountain on the right was Death Mountain, but its actually that mother far off in the fucking background. Also I think you can see the castle way off in the distance. I think that might be the village a little bit to the southwest, but its hard to tell BECAUSE ITS SO FREAKING HUGE!!!!. And if we later get "and this is the Dark World or Lorule" Nintendo, you've just sold yourself a WiiU.

MEGAMAN!!!

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/10/e3-2014-nintendo-open-world-zelda-star-fox-yoshis-woolly-world

But who's going to be Pokecapn's 5th for Mario Party 10?

http://nintendoeverything.com/masahiro-sakurai-talks-all-about-game-balance-in-the-new-smash-bros-games/

Far Cry 4 - Exclusive E3 2014 Footage

Now with elephant-riding action!

>>187971
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-12-far-cry-4-almost-had-female-co-op-characters
Oh for the love of god Ubisoft. Do we really move that fucking different? I get scaling issues because men and women have slightly different proportions, but it's not like we perpetually think we're on a runway or something.

>>187974
>"And it was purely a workload issue because we don't have a female reading for the character, we don't have all the animations. It was this weird issue where you could have a female model that walked and talked and jumped like a dude."
Again, Ubisoft, you're talking about a huge franchise that has plenty of money behind it. You guys couldn't just hire some local librarian to come in and read for a few hours?

Although this makes me hope that video game companies will hurry up in branching out R&D. Graphics have been doing their agonizingly slow crawl out of the uncanny valley for a while now, so companies need to step back from detail for the most part and look to other portions instead. One of these are synthetic voices, so the programmers can use a markup language with the text and a computer generates the voice. At most you'd have one human to do a "real" reading, and then the computer would mimic the inflections and high/lows when generating the other dialects/languages. At first this would be useful in situations like this, where you want the same lines for all characters but the voices to correspond to the body, and just the final lines would be stored; but, later, it could be used in procedurally-generated scenarios, allowing games to have significant branching paths without voices having to be tossed aside.

I still think the real reason is because they can't replicate the breast physics that Dead or Alive has, and Ubisoft must have that technology.

Sonic Boom fucking sucks.

Sonic Boom Hands-On Preview - …

Nintendo really got screwed on this deal with Sega for three exclusive Sonic games.

>>187985
Their entire conference was more or less just them being completely aware of what the internet was saying and doing with their IPs and products.

Also Amiibo info:
Nintendo - amiibo E3 2014 Trailer

I must admit, they've sucked me in. Finally I can get some physical Star Fox and Fire Emblem merchandise.

CONKER IS TOTALLY BACK GUYS

>>187990
I think that might be enough for some of the old team to start making a game out of that set just to spite them.

And it would be Nuts and Bolts tier.

>>188003
Everyone really loves that one.
It always caused everyone to cheer.
Saturday I tried Mario and Zero Suit Samus.
New Zero Suit feels really good, while Mario is still Mario, so I did much better than last time when I was using the new characters.

>>188033

>Everyone really loves that one.

Nintendo proved that, in what amounts to a one-off cameo appearance, it'd treat Mega Man better that Capcom ever will again.

No shit everyone loves that Final Smash.

Conan Visits E3 2014

The Top 5 E3 Myths!

>>188343
Awww he's telling all the reasons not to care about E3, because its gone back to being a Expo more than a Con atmosphere.

>>188343
Is that guy DSP's long lost brother or something?

>>188346
That's a distinct possibility.

Matt Rants! E3 2014: Third Party Games!

Real Talk Matt: E3 2014