Once again this lovely bunch of miscreants will be on the floor at E3 causing all sort of mischief. Before the show starts in a just over a weeks time, let’s go over some of the announced games that have peaked our interest. It should be noted that you need to take all of these games with a grain of salt as the demos we get to see will all be heavily edited to show only the best possible things. It isn’t uncommon –I’m looking at you Witcher 3– for a game to look out of this world only to have the graphics toned down when it comes to market. Another disturbing trend that we have begun seeing more and more of is the use of the “In Game Footage” tag on demos.
While those do indeed use the game’s engine, they are still so heavily edited and scripted that it’s hard to say what the game will really be like. I point to the teaser for Star Wars Battlefront for my example as that game looks great, but the footage we saw isn’t representative of the actually gameplay we will most likely get. Anyways, enough with the complaining and let’s get to our picks for the games we are most excited about seeing at the show.
Bethesda has been on a roll over the past few years, and with the impending release of DOOM (Reboot? Sequel? Are numbers just not cool anymore?) the company will be a major force at this years show. DOOM was already shown off during QuakeCon last year, although in a private closed session, but at E3 we expect to be able to see more of the game in action, as well as some hands-on time with it. The game has been in development for a little while now, so fingers crossed that we can pick this one up this holiday season.
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