Hey this is Adrian again here for the last and hardest day of E3. It was mostly hard due to the fact all the games Tim wanted me to check out were over an hour wait to play, with lines that wrapped around the back. So the games I really wanted to check out like "Rock Band: Beatles" were out of my reach. Although it speaks volumes about a game when you've got people waiting over an hour in front of a facade of the "Abbey Road" recording studio where the Beatles use to make their record hits. I tried to hit up as many booths as possible, trying to take in as much as I could while playing as much as I could, but in the end there was simply too much see, and way too much to do.
Anyway, moving on, I really got to let loose on the games at the booths today. A few games in particular struck my interests, "R.U.S.E" by Ubisoft was one of those games.
"R.U.S.E." is a real time strategy (RTS) game that is World War II based. I don't know if this is true of the actual game, but during the demo the demonstrator was using a 40 in. plasma screen placed on a table, the game was played on a touch screen like the way a commander would see the battlefield. You would think this would make the game more difficult to play, but what if it was played with a touch screen and moved your units like you were able to move chess pieces giving the meaning of real time strategy a whole new meaning. If you find that impressive, then the fact that in "R.U.S.E." you have over 1 billion polygons to make each map will just be a drop in the bucket for you. "R.U.S.E" uses a series of tatics called 'ruses' in order to help find out or hide from your enemy in order to give you the upper hand. This game will include a multi player mode, where you can, hopefully, use your 'ruse' tatics to outsmart your opponent.
While on the subject of RTS games, one that I found highly impressive was "Order of War" by, of all people, Square Enix. The people that brought you "Final Fantasy" now bring you a World War II based game, but more historically accurate than any game of this kind that I've ever seen. When the game was made developers went to WWII history to brush up on their history so as not miss a detail. They got everything, leaving nothing to chance, they even put down the weight of the bullet cartridges. Gamers get the privledge of playing historically accurate missions that let you see their battles like movies. In "cinema mode" you are able watch as you send exchange blows with German soldiers. At times it can get a little confusing because of how the map is set up, but other than that, a solid game. I swear that watching a man blow up, has never looked so good, because even after your men die, their remains still occupy the battlefield.
A first person shooter to look for to this year is "Mag" for the PS3. A massive Multi-Player online otherwise known as MMO (i.e. World of Warcraft). The twist is that you're allowed to fight in almost city sized maps in deathmatches with players from all over the country.
A game I thought was fun for the whole family was "Super Mario Bros." for the Wii. It has a 4 player mode and (from what I saw in the demo) 10 playable levels. Although the game doesn't give you all the classic "Mario Bros." characters, like the Princess or toad, it makes up for in game play. You are allowed to play in a co-op/competition type mode where you are allowed to mess with your friends by using them as weapons and throwing them at your enemies, but if you want to, you can always play nice.
And finally the game I thought was one of the best of E3 was a title by Sega called "Bayonetta." "Bayonetta" is about a witch who has lost her memories in the witch hunts 500 years ago, but it was 20 years after present time that she sets out to recover them. The game is extremely action packed and filled with plenty of "Devil may Cry" type action. You fight off hoards of enemies using plenty of combinations of your sword and bullets, using controls that are easy to use and easy to understand after a few minutes of game play. Hack, slash, and (on many occasions) shoot your way through demonic/angelic beings that are sent to stand in your way. This is definitely a game for hardcore action fan gamers.
There are so many games to look forward to this year, that if I kept blogging I would need another hour to write it all. The games of this year look extremely impressive, for those of you who don't own an X-BOX 360 or a PS3 you need to invest in one immediately.
This concludes the last day of E3. Bye for now!!!1
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