E3 (but not really) 2022

[Vyse Inglebard]

Hey nigger dont diss kiryu though sonic is autistic and sega for not making dreamcast mini

Wake me the fuck up when there's a 20 year gap between new Yakuza games.

WHY, NO, I'M NOT BITTER THAT SEGA MADE AN AMAZING JRPG THAT THEY PROCEEDED TO DO ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOTHING WITH BESIDES CAMEOS, WHY THE FUCK DO YOU ASK?!

 

[BananaSplit]

I've bought 53 Switch games since February. It's not barren.

Gundam and Super Robot Wars are not shovelware, you stupid fucking cunt.

July is particularly looking busy for the Switch.

Those five games could probably hold me occupied for a full trimester

Sole non-Switch game that truly does catch my interest is Earth Defense Force 6 (a game franchise that I consider as my number one japanese vidya) but I'll wait for the inevitable PC port

 

[Dark Edea]

Truth is they're all doing shit, and I'm tired of hearing about how Nintendo is saving E3 by announcing that there will be Super Metroid Prime 4, sometime, maybe not next year, but eventually

Nah. Nintendo is saving E3 by announcing fun games coming out soon.

The only blemish lately is that I am not currently able to play Advance Wars Reboot Camp because some faggot catears at Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe got the game pulled because they needed to virtue signal about a country they don't give a shit about.

 

[Prophetic Spirit]

God fucking Sega. I want Judgment for Steam.

 

[IDanceonTrannyGraves]

July is particularly looking busy for the Switch.
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Those five games could probably hold me occupied for a full trimester

Sole non-Switch game that truly does catch my interest is Earth Defense Force 6 (a game franchise that I consider as my number one japanese vidya) but I'll wait for the inevitable PC port

I didn't realise Grim Grimoire was coming out that soon. Fuck, my wallet.

 

[Judge Dredd]

Why can't we have a gaming thread without Marrissa Moira shitting it up with Sony console war bullshit?

If you can throw God knows how much money on a billion Sonic and Yakuza games, you can spend a few bucks getting good Saturn and Dreamcast emulators and slapping ROMs on them. READ. THE. GODDAMN. ROOM.

Mini consoles make for a good birthday present or fan item, but if you care about games you're better off buying a second hand office PC, putting in a cheap graphics card, and installing some emulators.

Current Nintendo has been showcasing third-party games in their Switch directs for years and it's been my number #1 system for japanese games & indies in general. Special mention to the japanese indie direct focusing a lot more on gameplay mechanics than its western counterpart, thus filtering the pretentious garbage.

I didn't know that. I haven't bothered with Nintendo Direct since 2016 (or whatever year it was they had the puppets), and the reaction to every direct since has been the same. Nostalgic gen-x fanboys reeeeing that some anime man was added to Smash or getting hyped for the next Zelda re-re-re-re-release. It's rare I hear directs break that formula. Just recently I saw people speculating that Nintendo is going to add more DLC to Smash even thought Nintendo said no more DLC.

Earth Defense Force 6

I love EDF. Didn't know there was a new game announced.

 

[Dark Edea]

As for my sincere wish for this E3... well, let's hope Level-5 delivers on my hope for last year's E3 and the E3 before that.

Level-5 makes this soccer/football RPG called Inazuma Eleven and it is really good. I know a few people here know about it, but more of you should check it out. They have the first game on the 3DS eShop and it is a must-buy if you are looking to get the best games on the digital store before it shuts down. The sequel (Blizzard/Firestorm) is superior in every way though and even does the version-exclusive thing that Pokemon does, which encourages trading players. It's a strange blend of ideas and genres but it works well. And the new one should be starting the press rounds soon, unless it is coming out in late 2023 instead of early 2023.

 

[PuffyGroundCloud]

God fucking Sega. I want Judgment for Steam.

Blame Johnny’s for that

 

[Basic Blonde Boy]

I mean, if a definitive edition and Warioware is enough to keep you entertained for two years then sure, but I'm going to judge you heavily for it. Same as how a definitive edition of Demon Souls and a new Ratchet & Clank title doesn't really sell the PS5. Truth is they're all doing shit, and I'm tired of hearing about how Nintendo is saving E3 by announcing that there will be Super Metroid Prime 4, sometime, maybe not next year, but eventually

Nintendo did good by kicking off the Switch with BOTW, Odyssey, Splatoon 2, and Xenoblade 2. Add in Smash, Luigi’s Mansion, and FE, and the Switch has some pretty lengthy titles that it can take less exciting/shorter titles like WarioWare.

Honestly, Nintendo is pretty much producing the same output they have been for years, probably since the 64. The amount of worthwhile titles is about on par with previous systems so I don’t get the anger here.

I didn't know that. I haven't bothered with Nintendo Direct since 2016 (or whatever year it was they had the puppets), and the reaction to every direct since has been the same. Nostalgic gen-x fanboys reeeeing that some anime man was added to Smash or getting hyped for the next Zelda re-re-re-re-release. It's rare I hear directs break that formula. Just recently I saw people speculating that Nintendo is going to add more DLC to Smash even thought Nintendo said no more DLC.

Please no, just let Smash die already. Ultimate is great, but I do want Sakurai to make one more passion project before retiring. I think we kinda wasted his talents with the series in some ways. The DLC has lasted long enough and ended really strong, I don’t see how they could pull out another winner like that.

The fans are also more so Millennials then gen x nowadays. I think the old MovieBobs of the community are gone, and now we just have N64 babies that have only played Nintendo titles.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

Please no, just let Smash die already. Ultimate is great, but I do want Sakurai to make one more passion project before retiring. I think we kinda wasted his talents with the series in some ways. The DLC has lasted long enough and ended really strong, I don’t see how they could pull out another winner like that.

That and Sakurai said it himself that he's basically done with smash. The licensing issues headache he had to endure with the characters physically and mentally drained him (Sora from Kingdom Hearts being the BIGGEST pain in the ass thanks to Disney).

 

[Basic Blonde Boy]

That and Sakurai said it himself that he's basically done with smash. The licensing issues headache he had to endure with the characters physically and mentally drained him (Sora from Kingdom Hearts being the BIGGEST pain in the ass thanks to Disney).

Ultimate is a miracle title in terms of how it broke the barriers between companies.

At the same time though, Smash has kinda run its course for me and a lot of the series passion and ambition has been gone since Brawl. Sakurai hates sequels, which is why Wii U/3DS and Ultimate can seem worse than if he took on a new series be it original or an old Nintendo IP like Kid Icarus. Smash is the double edge sword where the games are great and insane in their licensing, yet, there is that feeling of what could have been.

I wonder how Nintendo will handle Smash post-Sakurai. The dude was autistic about seeing the series through to the end, and he probably created a horrid expectation for any newcomer that takes on the series thanks to the licensing hell only he could pull off given his pull.

 

[Sundae]

Of all the games shown during the State of Play, this is the one that interests me the most:

Then again I'm biased, as I'm a cat person.

 

[Judge Dredd]

Honestly, Nintendo is pretty much producing the same output they have been for years, probably since the 64. The amount of worthwhile titles is about on par with previous systems so I don’t get the anger here.

No.

The Wii killed Nintendo's output for years. They hit it big with Wii Sports and phoned it in with shovelware until the WiiU. And because casuals didn't jump on the WiiU, they resorted to pandering to nostalgia to limp along until the Switch. Unless you want to argue Wii Music and Metroid Other M compares to Mario 64 and Metroid Prime.

By the time all the drama around goycon drift died down and the switch was "good", the Nintendo fanboy brain rot had already set in. There's a thread about them for a reason.

I admit my ignorance on Switch games since it seems Switch owners only care about first party Nintendo, and some people see it as a refuge for anime games. But I'm one of those people who was burned by the Wii, and since then have seen nothing from first party Nintendo other than the same rehashes that any other company would get shit for.

Of all the games shown during the State of Play, this is the one that interests me the most:

Then again I'm biased, as I'm a cat person.

Agreed. As said earlier, this, Space Marine 2, and Boltgun get little to no attention, at least the places I see, despite being the most interesting games by far.

It's also a budget game and getting a PC release. Certainly something different.

 

[IDanceonTrannyGraves]

I love EDF. Didn't know there was a new game announced.

I recommend you check out Earth Defense Force: World Brothers, which is an EDF game but with characters in the pixel art style - like in 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's fun and a good co-op game.

As for my sincere wish for this E3... well, let's hope Level-5 delivers on my hope for last year's E3 and the E3 before that.

Level-5 makes this soccer/football RPG called Inazuma Eleven and it is really good. I know a few people here know about it, but more of you should check it out. They have the first game on the 3DS eShop and it is a must-buy if you are looking to get the best games on the digital store before it shuts down. The sequel (Blizzard/Firestorm) is superior in every way though and even does the version-exclusive thing that Pokemon does, which encourages trading players. It's a strange blend of ideas and genres but it works well. And the new one should be starting the press rounds soon, unless it is coming out in late 2023 instead of early 2023.

I bought the 3 DS games due to the DS being region free and they're pretty neat games. Will vouch for them.

 

[Übertroon]

Of all the games shown during the State of Play, this is the one that interests me the most:

Then again I'm biased, as I'm a cat person.

For me it was either FF16 or Callisto Protocol. Last one is basically just a modern Dead Space, made by the same director as well

 

[whatever I feel like]

For me at least, E3 became something to have a great time mocking when motion controls became all the rage, and we got just one gif after another of guys awkwardly dancing and pretending to drum on-stage. And all the awkward crap with Kinect that made for that masterpiece of a video by Crowbcat. It was a wonderfully hilarious time.

Then the next notable thing was Microsoft turning the Xbox One into a dystopian nightmare:
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leading Sony to flex on it, in one of the funniest things they've ever done outside of the Kevin Butler ads:

and then the PS4 was launched into the stratosphere, while Xbox Ones gathered dust on store shelves.

Afterwards, from like '14 on, E3s became really boring. I remember internet perception saying things like "They're just showing games! Microsoft won this one because they just showed games. (Whatever the fuck) looked pretty cool. Yeah, good E3 overall", though I can't remember a single thing about... well, any of them. Yeah, tasteful and proper is fine at the time, but not memorable, and none of it stood out. Of course, this was also a time when wokeness was getting increasingly in vogue, and the looniest people around were taking themselves increasingly seriously by the day.

E3 2020 was canceled because Corona-chan, and then '21 was an online event memorable only because of how games took a back seat to these freaks:
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And now it's 2022, and nothing interesting is happening, and I'm watching not-E3 much like I'd watch Telemundo on mute in a hospital waiting room, because there's nothing else to do.

Well, there was the time Nintendo was ALL Breath of the Wild (with a tiny bit of Paper Mario) and there was also the conference where SquareEnix announced basically every game that they had in development, no matter how far from release they were, including FFVII:R.

 

[Dark Edea]

BIG E3 NEWS!!!

Spoiler: BIG NEWS

 

[NoonmanR]

Thankfully, the new advance wars is just the GBA games with a shittier aesthetic and added censorship, so no big loss there. Man thought there really isn't a whole lot to look forward to, i guess live a live looks good. Xenoblade though i just can't suffer through another one, the faux MMO stuff is truly a slog. Also i wouldn't hold my breath on anything Level 5, they are REALLY not doing too good at the moment, supposedly the only thing keeping them from bankruptcy was a mobile game with NFT shit.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

Also i wouldn't hold my breath on anything Level 5, they are REALLY not doing too good at the moment, supposedly the only thing keeping them from bankruptcy was a mobile game with NFT shit.

Aren't they also the guys behind the Layton games?

If i recall, the 3DS one with the daughter didn't do too well.

 

[NoonmanR]

Aren't they also the guys behind the Layton games?

If i recall, the 3DS one with the daughter didn't do too well.

Yes, but it's been rough ever since Akira Tago died. I have no idea if Layton Mystery Journey sold like ass, since it came out on Android before 3ds, but i know for damn sure the switch port bombed, and they had to finish the story via an anime.