E3 press conference overview part FINAL : Sony

Sony won last year and altough they didn't win this year they still did a good job. I think one of the problems that I had with this year was that I pretty much knew about all the big titles they announced.

The conference begins with Jack Tretton coming on stage and talking about typical E3 shit about how they're the best and droping a few small burns on Microsoft.

Then Kazuo Hirai came, and won the medal for best English from a Japanese person in E3, beating Miyamoto and Iwata. Then he talked about how they're going to make 3D in to like a significant thing that's here to stay and shit. Nintendo was right about how it's the glasses that fuck with most people, especialy people like my dad who have to wear regular glasses under the 3D glasses to see shit. But these guys said nothing about that, since they know that the truth hurts.

Then some European man came and presented Killzone 3 (or as he calls it, Klzn 3) and talked how they bring new toys to the table and and new zones, which was nice, but I wanted to know if they still have that unbelievably shitty control scheme. So then there was a live demo and ehhh... I just blanked out since it was another goddamn game about spacemarines shooting other people with metal pieces shot from rifles.

Then Kazzy talked some more and then they showed a bunch of games that will have 3D. Okay, as long as I don't HAVE to use the 3D I'm fine.

Then some person came and started talking about how great the Move controler is. Then they showed a video of devs talking about how great the Move controler is. Note how all of them are like first party devs for Sony.

Then some person from a studio I have never heard of came and displayed a game called Sorcery. First impressions were ehhhh, since it looked like a Harry Potter game without Harry Potter. But then as they progressed it actually looked interesting for some reason, I can't really put my finger on what was it that made it grow on me but it did. Maybe it was the combination spells? I just get the feeling that these guys have some imagination.

Then it was Tiger Woods time as some person from EA sports came to show the new golf game with Move. At first I was like ''ugh... golf'' but then when they demonstrated it I actually realized that this was a smart move to show golf, since it really did show 1:1 motion even on slight twitches. This was probably the only time I've ever been impressed by golf.

After that they showed Heroes On The Move, a Sony crossover game about Ratchet, Jak and Sly Cooper teaming up and beating up guys. I sort of wanted this to happen in some way, a crossover game starring Jak and Ratchet, but the addition of Sly makes it all the better.

Then they announced a partnership with Coca Cola about things I didn't pay attention to, but after the person talked about it, there was a weird ''YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH'' crowd reaction. But as the camera panned, it was actually about...

Kevin motherfucking Butler. Kevin Butler is the greatest thing to happen to SCE. I remember back when the PS3 launched in Europe there were these creepy ''THIS IS LIVING'' commericals about naked middle aged Italian soccer fans and bank robbers with suitcases full of money (so that they could buy a PS3 I presume, it was never said) that made no sense. But with Kevin Butler they fucking got everything perfect. Those commercials are witty, informative, funny and when they apply burns to the opposition, they are real zingers. Then Kevin Butler made an awesome speech about gaming in his trademark slightly awkward but manly and awesome style. But seriously, it was ZING after ZING after ZING.

Then they revealed the launch data on Move. Coming this September. First for the dildo itself you have to pay 49.99 USD to which everyone responded with FUCK YEAH. But then the navigation controler costs an aditional 29,99. And Move bundles of shovelware, the dildo and a camera will cost 99,99. So I have to throw down 79,98 for the dildo and the navigator. Still sounds reasonable, but it isn't as exciting as the first thing everyone thought as soon as they showed 49,99. Also some launch titles I don't know anything about.

Then they talked about Marcus PSP. Marcus is a 13 year old kid who is like an ethnic Robin to Kevin Butler's Batman and their mission is to keep the PSP alive. You know, this was also pretty good. It feels good to see that Sony finally got their ads to a point where they're actually a joy to watch.

Then they showed a reel of PSP games. The new God Of War PSP game which they didn't have to show gameplay for (and they didn't) since everyone knows what to expect from the very beginning. The new Metal Gear which I should get around to and play. Invizimals which is not worth the time of anyone who is watching. I wanted Jack Tretton to apologize, but he didn't. Since he is Jack Tretton. Then i... Pata pata pon dodon chaka pata pata pon. Also, motherfucking Kingdom Hearts. Since I am a huge faggot I will play this thing and enjoy it. Then shit got real with the new Parasite Eve game The 3rd Birthday which I had forgotten all about by now and it looked awesome. Persona 3 Portable fuck yes. That was a very nice reel.

Then Jack Tretton started talking about PSN and it's userbase and it's services. Nothing interesting happened besides him mentioning The Tester, which is a reality TV show for tards who think they know about gaming, but actually don't. Then they unveied PSN+. The thing that pissed me off was how everything you get for free you own for the duration of your subscription, but it does make sense. But to be honest, a feature like cross game voice communication should have been included in to the regular PSN, but then it wouldn't be Sony if they didn't make atleast one bad choice.

Then they showed LittleBigPlanet 2. LBP1 was the most I've been dissapointed in a game this generation, because while the creation was free and vast, the core game was kind of shitty, jumping always felt like being a flea on the moon. But I'm willing to bite this hook again and atleast try. If I wasn't an impatient idiot I would make a level where you pilot a mecha called Iron God Getzinger (geddit?) and fuck up monsters. I hope LBP has enough tools to make atleast a semi-functional mecha.

Then some man with an amazing beard came and showed Medal Of Honor. You could see how EA is siding with the PS3 while Activision is siding with the 360. But Medal Of Honor looked identical to MW2, So... nnn... nyee....nnnn... uhhhh... bleh.

Then they showed Dead Space 2, this demo was a sequel to the demo in the EA press conference. You didn't really see a lot of clear gameplay, instead you could watch some impressive set pieces that end with an even more impressive cliffhanger.

Then it was surprise time as Gabe Newell came, looking quite distressed, and no wonder. After all, he talked a lot of shit about the PS3 and now here he is in Sony central, being stared at by millions of fanbois including myself. So Portal 2 for the PStriple, and The Gabe said that this will be the bestest console version of the game. Also something about Steamworks support but they didn't elaborate. Portal 2 looked actually pretty cool. Gabe did look like he was thinking ''What the fuck are you doing, Gabe? Why are you here? Oh god I sound like Peter Molyneux with this promise.''

Then a trailer for FF XIV was shown. Looked nice for an MMO. (keywords : for an MMO) Then they showed a trailer for Assassin's Creed multi which didn't explain how it works.

After that, Gran Turismo 5. Oh shit it looked so good. So good. I usualy don't play driving games but I will throw down with this one. Release date November 2 in the US and A. I hope they don't leave me in the rain, waiting for it while those fucking Amercians get to drive the Bugatti Veyron to their heart's content.

inFamous 2. Now I liked the original inFamous a lot. The first thing that came to mind was ''That guy doesn't look like Cole''. But Cole wasn't exactly my favorite character in any way so maybe changes were welcome. Ice powers? Cool. Will want to see more.

And then, there was a trailer for Twisted Metal PS3. This one was rumored but I didn't know what to believe. The live action trailer was pretty cool, altough no gameplay. Then a fat man cosplaying the clown guy drove a van out and then David Jaffe came out. Lemonface sort of trolled everyone since was telling us how he won't be at E3 and there is not going to be a Twisted Metal PS3. Then they showed gameplay and the gameplay was cool I suppose. But ehh, I don't think it's Twisted Metal's era anymore.

And that was it. There were no real OH SHIT moments besides GT5's release date but it was a solid press conference.