E3 is over. Start your GOTY speculation

Peewi

All the big presentations are over and the showfloor has opened.
Here's a website that has all the trailers for e3 stuff: https://2019.e3recap.com/

Lavender Gooms

Well now (whenever it arrives) I own a Switch.

Thanks Trials of Mana, for being the last straw. And I guess Nintendo's E3 thing in general. That's a pretty strong August/September.

Virgil_Leads_You

E3 Questions

Will the FF7 series of remakes go on to include an Advent Children / Dirge of Cerberus era game?

What the hell is this Marvel Game?

Peewi

Astral Chain looks like Platinum action plus Batman detective mode sections.

BahamutZERO

Javen wrote: »

Moriveth wrote: »

Maddoc wrote: »

It's not that bad of an answer, really, since they're clearly not just taking the original FF7 and translating it into a new engine or whatever, they're essentially totally redoing the story.

Yeah, but you figure taking on a project of this magnitude you should have SOME idea beforehand of what each part would entail

I think they have a general idea of what kind of scope they want each area to have and a road map of the total narrative (obviously). But past Midgar, it's pretty subjective.

The most obvious breakpoints to me are leaving Midgar, the awakening of the Weapons, then the end of the game. But that would make game number 2 HUGE, since that's like 70% of the game between leaving midgar and the first visit to the northern crater

Aeris' out-of-body experience would make another good breakpoint but I think the awakening of the weapons and summoning of meteor is the more effective dramatic cliffhanger to end on.

If you end on the weapons, the last part would be the escape from Junon, the search for Cloud, the race to recover the huge materia at Mt. Corel, Fort Condor, Rocket Town and the undersea reactor, falling into the lifestream and the recovery of Cloud's memories, the search for the white materia, the diamond weapon and the return to Midgar, and the great northern cave.

BahamutZERO

Virgil_Leads_You wrote: »

E3 Questions

Will the FF7 series of remakes go on to include an Advent Children / Dirge of Cerberus era game?

What the hell is this Marvel Game?

first question: No one knows, probably not even the developers
second question: No one knows, probably not even the developers

SCREECH OF THE FARG

KetBra

I'd be down with BotW 2

Especially if it's BotW w/ cool dungeons

akajaybay

BahamutZERO wrote: »

Javen wrote: »

Moriveth wrote: »

Maddoc wrote: »

It's not that bad of an answer, really, since they're clearly not just taking the original FF7 and translating it into a new engine or whatever, they're essentially totally redoing the story.

Yeah, but you figure taking on a project of this magnitude you should have SOME idea beforehand of what each part would entail

I think they have a general idea of what kind of scope they want each area to have and a road map of the total narrative (obviously). But past Midgar, it's pretty subjective.

The most obvious breakpoints to me are leaving Midgar, the awakening of the Weapons, then the end of the game. But that would make game number 2 HUGE, since that's like 70% of the game between leaving midgar and the first visit to the northern crater

Aeris' out-of-body experience would make another good breakpoint but I think the awakening of the weapons and summoning of meteor is the more effective dramatic cliffhanger to end on.

If you end on the weapons, the last part would be the escape from Junon, the search for Cloud, the race to recover the huge materia at Mt. Corel, Fort Condor, Rocket Town and the undersea reactor, falling into the lifestream and the recovery of Cloud's memories, the search for the white materia, the diamond weapon and the return to Midgar, and the great northern cave.

Part two will be a mixed media experience, where to get the full story you need to watch an animated series on youtube as well as purchase a direct to video animated movie that bridges the gap to part three.

Bucketman

Do we know for sure if the FF7 remake is going to be PS4/5 exclusive?

Grey Ghost

so I just realized I'm not sure who gets to go to E3 anymore
it's not a public event anymore, right?

Snicketysnick

It's definitely still public. I think it's only the second year of that as well

BahamutZERO

Bucketman wrote: »

Do we know for sure if the FF7 remake is going to be PS4/5 exclusive?

based on what I remember from the original announcement it is strongly implied to at least be aimed for PC as well.

akajaybay

I think it does have public access these days, just with shorter hours.

rhylith

Grey Ghost wrote: »

so I just realized I'm not sure who gets to go to E3 anymore
it's not a public event anymore, right?

It became a public event 2 years ago, likely as a desperation move by the ESA. Was media only before.

I needed anime to post.

Grey Ghost wrote: »

so I just realized I'm not sure who gets to go to E3 anymore
it's not a public event anymore, right?

for the mere price of 995, you can go to e3

ph blake

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1138538061686378496

About what I expected

Maddoc

Laughing at the dude playing Daemon X Machina on treehouse shutting the gyro off

Crippl3

https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/1138462907644153862

giving off real

energy

Moriveth

Crippl3 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/1138462907644153862

giving off real

energy

I feel like that should have a follow up tweet that's just "I'm just too busy hanging out with my best friends Mads Mikklesen, Norman Reedus, Guillermo Del Toro [1/250]"

Grey Ghost

I guess I had it flipped, I thought it WAS a public event and then they closed it

Moriveth

Fun fact: my brain is apparently incapable of retaining Norman Reedus' name, because I had to look him up, came back, and immediately forgot

Cello

ph blake wrote: »

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1138538061686378496

About what I expected

Honestly, I'd be shocked if they didn't have a number in mind

But it's probably an if-then statement depending on sales numbers and reaction (if it sells well, 4, if not, 2, etc)

Veagle

This has probably been the best E3 for me in years. Tons of stuff I'm interested in coming out, and nothing that I'd have to go buy a console for.

The big three are Cyberpunk, Watch Dogs 3 and Vampire. But then there's Baldur's Gate 3 and Outer Worlds, and probably a bunch of stuff I'm already forgetting.

There's also a bunch of smaller stuff that I didn't know about that got announcement trailers.

https://www.giantbomb.com/videos/e3-2019-john-romero-invites-you-to-his-empire-of-s/2300-14481/

https://www.giantbomb.com/videos/e3-2019-what-kind-of-space-colony-ai-will-you-be-i/2300-14403/

https://www.giantbomb.com/videos/e3-2019-everything-is-still-negotiable-in-griftlan/2300-14408/

https://www.giantbomb.com/videos/e3-2019-return-to-the-lair-for-evil-genius-2/2300-14399/

Snicketysnick

Bucketman wrote: »

Do we know for sure if the FF7 remake is going to be PS4/5 exclusive?

Apparently gamestop Ireland posted a preorder page before the show for an xbox version but that's probably speculative more than anything else

Radius

While I would love to be playing Seiken Densetsu 3 right now, the temptation of a physical version was too much and I guess I am waiting until August 28th.

akajaybay

This snippet from Marvel.com's coverage of the Avengers game makes me think whoever called the game as originally single player being hard course corrected into a GaS is dead on.
The single-player campaign will cover most of what was revealed in the initial story. But as the story develops over the years within the game, that campaign will expand to include multiple players (up to four).

GreasyKidsStuff

I just got home from work and was able to watch the Smash reveals and the BotW 2 teaser

Smash stuff: hype as hell. I'm really happy for the Banjo fans and BK looks like a hoot to play

Zelda stuff: fuck yes, fuck yes, gimme that right now, I'm more than happy to return to that particular iteration of the world and explore some spooky labyrinths.

Radius

Hey remember that demo where they took feedback on Daemon X Machina

They actually did stuff with that feedback.

https://youtu.be/8qmwvKTwm10

Bluedude152

Oh wow that fall speed is much better

PaperLuigi44

"Increase text font size" is feedback that every modern game should take.

Undead Scottsman

Ugh, I just spent $200 for what will probably be a shitty Doom Slayer helmet.

DON'T LOOK AT ME!!!!

Medium Dave

https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/06/11/cyberpunk-2077-new-gameplay-details-from-the-e3-2019-demo

Bunch of impressions of the Cyberpunk demo from IGN

BlankZoe

https://twitter.com/BandaiNamcoUS/status/1138536380663918592?s=19

Hoo boy that looks like Another One of Those DB games

Which

They're fine but boy I wish we could get a new take on the franchise outside of DBF

Tube

I remember when Xenoverse came out and I was like this is stupid why would I want to play as a new character of my own creation and now they're making a Goku game and I'm like this is stupid why would I not want to play as a new character of my own creation

Neveron

BahamutZERO wrote: »

Javen wrote: »

Moriveth wrote: »

Maddoc wrote: »

It's not that bad of an answer, really, since they're clearly not just taking the original FF7 and translating it into a new engine or whatever, they're essentially totally redoing the story.

Yeah, but you figure taking on a project of this magnitude you should have SOME idea beforehand of what each part would entail

I think they have a general idea of what kind of scope they want each area to have and a road map of the total narrative (obviously). But past Midgar, it's pretty subjective.

The most obvious breakpoints to me are leaving Midgar, the awakening of the Weapons, then the end of the game. But that would make game number 2 HUGE, since that's like 70% of the game between leaving midgar and the first visit to the northern crater

Aeris' out-of-body experience would make another good breakpoint but I think the awakening of the weapons and summoning of meteor is the more effective dramatic cliffhanger to end on.

If you end on the weapons, the last part would be the escape from Junon, the search for Cloud, the race to recover the huge materia at Mt. Corel, Fort Condor, Rocket Town and the undersea reactor, falling into the lifestream and the recovery of Cloud's memories, the search for the white materia, the diamond weapon and the return to Midgar, and the great northern cave.

Let's say that they decide to split it into four games, with the first ending when they leave Midgar and the third with the Weapons. Where do you think they'd end the second game then?

Undead Scottsman

E3 2009: "Why do they always feel the need to trot out some random celebrity? Who cares?"

E3 2019: "KEANU REEEEEEEEEEEEVES!!!!!!"

Lasbrook

Undead Scottsman wrote: »

Ugh, I just spent $200 for what will probably be a shitty Doom Slayer helmet.

DON'T LOOK AT ME!!!!

I ended up with two preorders because when I first checked amazon only had the PS4 version and then the PC version came into stock. Since they don’t charge for preorders I have until November to decide if I really want that helmet and/or if my PC can handle the sequel.

BahamutZERO

Neveron wrote: »

BahamutZERO wrote: »

Javen wrote: »

Moriveth wrote: »

Maddoc wrote: »

It's not that bad of an answer, really, since they're clearly not just taking the original FF7 and translating it into a new engine or whatever, they're essentially totally redoing the story.

Yeah, but you figure taking on a project of this magnitude you should have SOME idea beforehand of what each part would entail

I think they have a general idea of what kind of scope they want each area to have and a road map of the total narrative (obviously). But past Midgar, it's pretty subjective.

The most obvious breakpoints to me are leaving Midgar, the awakening of the Weapons, then the end of the game. But that would make game number 2 HUGE, since that's like 70% of the game between leaving midgar and the first visit to the northern crater

Aeris' out-of-body experience would make another good breakpoint but I think the awakening of the weapons and summoning of meteor is the more effective dramatic cliffhanger to end on.

If you end on the weapons, the last part would be the escape from Junon, the search for Cloud, the race to recover the huge materia at Mt. Corel, Fort Condor, Rocket Town and the undersea reactor, falling into the lifestream and the recovery of Cloud's memories, the search for the white materia, the diamond weapon and the return to Midgar, and the great northern cave.

Let's say that they decide to split it into four games, with the first ending when they leave Midgar and the third with the Weapons. Where do you think they'd end the second game then?

maybe after the Gold Saucer, or the boat trip to Costa Del Sol? that feels like splitting it real fine though. They'd have to come up with a bunch of new shit to do during that middle following-sephiroth's-trail part of the story.

BahamutZERO

Undead Scottsman wrote: »

E3 2009: "Why do they always feel the need to trot out some random celebrity? Who cares?"

E3 2019: "KEANU REEEEEEEEEEEEVES!!!!!!"

Keanu is so hot right now

Javen

Neveron wrote: »

BahamutZERO wrote: »

Javen wrote: »

Moriveth wrote: »

Maddoc wrote: »

It's not that bad of an answer, really, since they're clearly not just taking the original FF7 and translating it into a new engine or whatever, they're essentially totally redoing the story.

Yeah, but you figure taking on a project of this magnitude you should have SOME idea beforehand of what each part would entail

I think they have a general idea of what kind of scope they want each area to have and a road map of the total narrative (obviously). But past Midgar, it's pretty subjective.

The most obvious breakpoints to me are leaving Midgar, the awakening of the Weapons, then the end of the game. But that would make game number 2 HUGE, since that's like 70% of the game between leaving midgar and the first visit to the northern crater

Aeris' out-of-body experience would make another good breakpoint but I think the awakening of the weapons and summoning of meteor is the more effective dramatic cliffhanger to end on.

If you end on the weapons, the last part would be the escape from Junon, the search for Cloud, the race to recover the huge materia at Mt. Corel, Fort Condor, Rocket Town and the undersea reactor, falling into the lifestream and the recovery of Cloud's memories, the search for the white materia, the diamond weapon and the return to Midgar, and the great northern cave.

Let's say that they decide to split it into four games, with the first ending when they leave Midgar and the third with the Weapons. Where do you think they'd end the second game then?

Probably after Wutai.

Rocket Town > Tiny Bronco, then have the story take you to Wutai, that's no longer optional because Yuffie is more seamlessly tied into the game rather than being an entirely optional character.