E3 2017

Right now, I'm hoping for some interesting surprises. I think that we know all that there is to know about the FF12 remaster and most of what there is to know about Gwent. We'll certainly find out some more things officially about the FF7 remake and the new AC game. Beyond that, I don't think that there are any other games known to be in production that I'm interested in, and I'm honestly worried about what Bioware and Bethesda are up to, and what their focuses are.

My most anticipated titles I hope (and mostly expect) to see.

Super Mario Odyssey
RDR2
Spiderman
Wolfenstein: Colossus
Crackdown 3 (this is the only thing I'm positive we'll see from MS)
God of War release date

And new IPs of course. Bethesda has one unannounced I believe.

Super Mario Odyssey will supposedly be playable on the show floor. It better be, since it's due out this year. I'm eager to find out how an open world Mario game would work. Maybe it incorporates Paper Mario's world design philosophy?

Also hoping that we get a Fallout New Vegas 2. FONV is still arguably the best 3D Fallout game. It deserves a legitimate follow up, preferably by Obsidian. Also has the among the best DLC of any game ever.

On the console front, it'll be interesting to see if Nintendo announces new mobile hardware. They announced the 2DS XL a few weeks ago, but you have to wonder if they aren't ready to release an all new mobile device, a true 3DS successor the way the 3DS succeeded the DS, and the way the DS succeeded the GBA.

Far Cry 5 getting a full reveal May 26th. The Montana rumors were correct.

A western Far Cry is very interesting. Hopefully it's more like Far Cry 2 than Far Cry 4.

And Red Dead Redemption 2 delayed until Spring 2018. Not a big surprise.

So that means the PC version will be available in Autumn 2019. Nice.

"BlameItOnTheHenne wrote:

And Red Dead Redemption 2 delayed until Spring 2018. Not a big surprise.

I read this morning that they didn't want to compete head to head with Destiny 2 for sales.

And speaking of RDR2, here are some brand new screen shots.

https://gamerant.com/red-dead-redemption-2-screenshots/

http://www.dualshockers.com/sunless-sea-creator-alexis-kennedy-talks-working-next-dragon-age/

Pretty official confirmation that Bioware has people starting to write the next Dragon Age game. With DA:I coming out in the Autumn of 2014, it would be a real dissapointment if the next one wasn't out by 2019.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

I read this morning that they didn't want to compete head to head with Destiny 2 for sales.

And speaking of RDR2, here are some brand new screen shots.

https://gamerant.com/red-dead-redemption-2-screenshots/

I highly doubt that. Rockstar sells itself.

"BlameItOnTheHenne wrote:

I highly doubt that. Rockstar sells itself.

After their lies about single player expansions for the most recent GTA, I'm not sure that I trust them any more. As I've said before, I'm not a fan of RDR anyways. Put a lot of time into it, kept expecting it to get better, and it never did. Gave up and didn't go back.

Rockstar games sell themselves, but additionally, the likely audience for RDR2 likely doesn't overlap significantly with the likely audience for Destiny 2. Those seem to be entirely different demographics. While there's certainly some commonality, there isn't enough to justify it. Besides, Destiny 2 would still be active six months later when RDR2 comes along. So if the fear is losing audience to Destiny 2, then the delay should be 1 year, not 6 months.

https://gamerant.com/lego-marvel-super-heroes-2-announcement-trailer/

Lego Marvel Superheros 2 announced with a Nov 17 release date. I've been playing the Lego games since the PS2 days, and they're usually a really fun co-op experience. They do right by Marvel with these games too.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

https://gamerant.com/lego-marvel-super-heroes-2-announcement-trailer/

Lego Marvel Superheros 2 announced with a Nov 17 release date. I've been playing the Lego games since the PS2 days, and they're usually a really fun co-op experience. They do right by Marvel with these games too.

They better be using original voice acting, instead of simply ripping audio from the Marvel movies.

"BlameItOnTheHenne wrote:

They better be using original voice acting, instead of simply ripping audio from the Marvel movies.

Mix of both. That's how they do it lately, and it works.

Far Cry 5 announcement trailer. February 27th, 2018.

I'm quite amused by the trailer where they talk about going to Montana to do research and get a feel for it, and describing it like some alien world where they discovered people are self-reliant and don't trust the government.

Speaking of reliance, we'll supposedly find out at E3 if the leaks about the FFXV DLC are true. The primary leak is the "World of Versus" DLC, which would be the mysterious unnamed DLC in the announced lineup. Square-Enix also sent out a survey asking for feedback on what content people would like to see, and a bunch of story DLC and playable characters were listed. This may hint that FFXV may still be actively developed through 2018, which makes sense since Square-Enix now wants to develop games as a service, ala Destiny. They're using that exact development model with FFXV right now.

"Desides wrote:

I'm quite amused by the trailer where they talk about going to Montana to do research and get a feel for it, and describing it like some alien world where they discovered people are self-reliant and don't trust the government.

Speaking of reliance, we'll supposedly find out at E3 if the leaks about the FFXV DLC are true. The primary leak is the "World of Versus" DLC, which would be the mysterious unnamed DLC in the announced lineup. Square-Enix also sent out a survey asking for feedback on what content people would like to see, and a bunch of story DLC and playable characters were listed. This may hint that FFXV may still be actively developed through 2018, which makes sense since Square-Enix now wants to develop games as a service, ala Destiny. They're using that exact development model with FFXV right now.

I saw the survey too. I'm much more interested in there being some sort of deeper story DLC from earlier in the game personally. And the ability to add and keep other party members, and swap them out with the main four. I'll be patient with it.

As far as Far Cry goes, I've never played one of them before. Is it basically like a very over the top GTA clone?

The Companions DLC will let us swap characters out. Cor, Aranea, and Iris will be playable in that. So I'm a bit confused why they asked for playable characters in this survey. Maybe they mean something deeper than just the Companions stuff?

Far Cry is not a GTA clone. Far Cry started as a Crysis clone but with FC2 morphed into something more akin to an open world first person shooter.

http://www.dualshockers.com/open-world-action-rpg-elex-launches-ps4-xbox-one-pc-october-2017-collectors-edition-revealed/

A new 3rd person, open world RPG called Elex is coming this October. It looks like they're trying to take all of the big RPG franchises, squish them together, and see what happens. I'm intrigued. Could be crap, but its interesting.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

http://www.dualshockers.com/open-world-action-rpg-elex-launches-ps4-xbox-one-pc-october-2017-collectors-edition-revealed/

A new 3rd person, open world RPG called Elex is coming this October. It looks like they're trying to take all of the big RPG franchises, squish them together, and see what happens. I'm intrigued. Could be crap, but its interesting.

Piranha Bytes hasn't made anything good in a long time.