This year marked the first year that the E3 Expo would be in Santa Monica and not at the Los Angeles convention center in LA. The switch came at the request of game publishers and developers who felt that they were devoting too much of their time and money trying to one-up each other at each event and not spending nearly as much time focusing on finishing the development of their games. This year’s event would mark the first of many future events which would be more subdued and not as flashy or spectacular as in year’s past. This would mean no booth babes, no flashy lights or loud noises and tighter restrictions on who would be allowed to attend the event. Based on the compilation of opinions that we’ve read from insiders in the gaming industry; they felt that this year’s event was better for publishers and developers to market their games which were a little more polished than in previous years but were annoyed about having to walk long distances to get from game booth to game booth which were separated between a Santa Monica airplane hangar and the hotels surrounding it nearby.
Others still wish that the event went back to its roots and kept all the things that were mentioned above which made the event such a success. Of course, games will always be the focus at an E3 Event and this year was no exception with some truly groundbreaking games. If you read our 2006 recap, you will have already noticed that a lot of the games from last year returned again this year in an almost completed format then what we saw from them before. Rather than repeat ourselves, we’ll show you a few of the games that weren’t previously shown on the floor from last year’s event and give you our opinion on what we’ve thought about those games so far (This year’s list is in no particular order).
Killzone 2
-We included Killzone 2 in our 2006 list but didn’t talk much about the game since all we had was a movie trailer to speak of. Well, that movie trailer was no movie and from all indications is the actual game play footage which is looking pretty sweet at the moment. The opening demo level features the same game play footage that was featured in the trailer where you and some army buddies get thrown into a hot zone to start the game off with explosions and killings all around you. It seems that weather will be a big focus in this year’s game with either rain/snow playing a factor during game play but we still don’t have many details to go on just yet. Seeing as this is one of Sony’s big titles we expect big things from this game when it finally makes its way to the PS3.
Starcraft 2
-It’s taken nearly a decade for a sequel to this game to finally be in development. We don’t think that the fans will mind at all since they’re still loving the original with millions of fans lining up to play the original at Blizzcon every year. The game features human Terrans, the Zerg aliens, and the Protoss in a battle for space supremacy. Many fans consider this to be the greatest Real-Time Strategy game of all time and while the stakes to repeat that success are pretty high; we feel that the game will meet the fans expectations as Blizzard has yet to pull a stinker with one of their famed franchises so far. (more…)
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