6th December 2014, 10:47 PM
First, and most importantly, Zelda, of course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGhxpULMhgo
I... hmm. This is what I kind of expected the game would be, but it's not what I want from a Zelda game. I mean, the main Zelda series is my favorite console game series. I absolutely love them, from the original to Skyward Sword. But this completely changes things, and is quite obviously now an open-world game... a genre that has never managed to hold my interest. I've tried to play a few open-world games before, but they just can't keep me interested, I prefer a more focused experience. So... will I actually like this? I'm not sure. I guess Guild Wars is the closest thing to "open-world" that I've loved, but that's a very different kind of game (online RPG). So yeah, I don't know. I know open-world games are one of the most popular genres of the past couple of generations, but I just don't find them as fun as a lot of people do, while I do really love most of the Zelda games (the DS ones weren't that great, but the rest of Nintendo's Zelda games are among the best ever of course!). So yeah, I'm cautious. I'm sure it'll be great, but will I like it more than traditional 3d Zelda games as they have been before this one? My guess is no, but we'll see.
It was pretty cool to hear Miyamoto say that whatever Star Fox is, it'll be ready next year too, though. Looking forward to hearing more about that.
As for Mario Maker, they revealed Mario World and Mario Bros. 3 skins and graphics and such will be available. Nice additions. :) Looks great, I'm sure this will be fun to mess around with. New SMB really looks so bland compared to any of the 2d games, but that's why the other options are here!
Finally, for Codename Steam they showed some multiplayer. The graphics in this game defintiely aren't the best, and as I've said before I'd rather see a straight strategy game than this strategy/action hybrid, but it's from a really great studio, so I have confidence in the final product...
As for the awards, Nintendo got Developer of the Year, SSB WiiU got Fighting Game of the Year, and MK8 got Racing Game of the Year. The awards show, put on by Geoff Keighley and clearly funded by Nintendo, Sony, and some third parties, was more ads than awards, and many awards were just handed out off the podium for some reason (need to keep it free for the next sponsor segment, or something!), but it was decent. Hopefully if there is another one all the awards are actually handed out on stage next time, it was really weird how at least half of them weren't in this one. Also it was kind of long, over three hours. Still interesting, though. And yeah, Microsoft's absence was weird, considering how much Nintendo and Sony was in the show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGhxpULMhgo
I... hmm. This is what I kind of expected the game would be, but it's not what I want from a Zelda game. I mean, the main Zelda series is my favorite console game series. I absolutely love them, from the original to Skyward Sword. But this completely changes things, and is quite obviously now an open-world game... a genre that has never managed to hold my interest. I've tried to play a few open-world games before, but they just can't keep me interested, I prefer a more focused experience. So... will I actually like this? I'm not sure. I guess Guild Wars is the closest thing to "open-world" that I've loved, but that's a very different kind of game (online RPG). So yeah, I don't know. I know open-world games are one of the most popular genres of the past couple of generations, but I just don't find them as fun as a lot of people do, while I do really love most of the Zelda games (the DS ones weren't that great, but the rest of Nintendo's Zelda games are among the best ever of course!). So yeah, I'm cautious. I'm sure it'll be great, but will I like it more than traditional 3d Zelda games as they have been before this one? My guess is no, but we'll see.
It was pretty cool to hear Miyamoto say that whatever Star Fox is, it'll be ready next year too, though. Looking forward to hearing more about that.
As for Mario Maker, they revealed Mario World and Mario Bros. 3 skins and graphics and such will be available. Nice additions. :) Looks great, I'm sure this will be fun to mess around with. New SMB really looks so bland compared to any of the 2d games, but that's why the other options are here!
Finally, for Codename Steam they showed some multiplayer. The graphics in this game defintiely aren't the best, and as I've said before I'd rather see a straight strategy game than this strategy/action hybrid, but it's from a really great studio, so I have confidence in the final product...
As for the awards, Nintendo got Developer of the Year, SSB WiiU got Fighting Game of the Year, and MK8 got Racing Game of the Year. The awards show, put on by Geoff Keighley and clearly funded by Nintendo, Sony, and some third parties, was more ads than awards, and many awards were just handed out off the podium for some reason (need to keep it free for the next sponsor segment, or something!), but it was decent. Hopefully if there is another one all the awards are actually handed out on stage next time, it was really weird how at least half of them weren't in this one. Also it was kind of long, over three hours. Still interesting, though. And yeah, Microsoft's absence was weird, considering how much Nintendo and Sony was in the show.
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