Bitter Disappointment
Maybe bitter disappointment is a bit harsh, but I can say I was not impressed with Sony’s efforts at E3. The announcement of MAG was pretty neat. Whether something of that magnitute can be pulled off is another issue. There was the usual Killzone 2, Fallout 3 and Little Big Planet(will this ever get released??) talk, and Sony’s popular franchise, God of War, got some airtime. However, when I mean airtime, I meant they showed a movie. When I mean showed a movie, I literally mean an intro movie. Maybe I was expecting a bit much, but I don’t consider an intro movie a worthy ‘announcement’. You release teaser trailers like that when no one is expecting a game, NOT when everyone is aware it’s coming out. It screams a bit of ‘oh crap, quick throw something together with Kratos so we look alright’. A little gameplay or, well anything at all would have helped immensely, but hey, what do I know?
I think the most annoying thing is that even for a teaser, it’s pretty poor. It wouldn’t tell anyone that has finished God of War 2 things they wouldn’t know, and it shows essentially nothing. Well, thats not true. Here is a list of what I take from the trailer:
- God of War 3 involves Kratos
- Kratos looks just as angry as ever
- He still has knives
- It rains in Greece
- Greece has trees, rocky areas and crumbling structures
I’m sure I’m not the only one who is not impressed by Sony jingling their keys to distract people from the fact that they don’t really have anything to show.
*sigh*
July 17th, 2008 at 6:43 am
That MAG game does look impressive. Bet it’s not ready for another gazillion years tho :/ Was there an ETA on it?
Little Big is apparently out October. That’s the console seller to me. Can’t wait.
Overall, not much new from Sony as you say. But somehow, given Microsoft’s new direction towards the gimmicky, Nintendo-ey, casual gamers… I’m actually as excited about the PS3 stuff. Maybe I’m finally getting tired of innovation and novelties and just want mammoth cinematic stuff. Or somink.
July 21st, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Not sure on the MAG dates, I haven’t found any, but Kotaku posted a bit more info: http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2008/07/insider_describes_the_world_of_sonys_mag-2.html
Little Big Planet does seem very cool. I’m a sucker for puzzle games and online capability should be pretty great.
I’m not sure what Microsoft is doing either, the FF games are there for die hard fans which was a nice move, but otherwise I’m not sure how many other games they have that I’m interested in. Dead Rising 2 maybe….
July 24th, 2008 at 10:58 am
I think E3 was a big disappointment. Full stop. E3 is like the near-dead horse that the owner’s keep flogging to coax it into getting up, then smiling nervously at people walking past like nothing is wrong.