Game: Batman: Arkham Knight(2015) – My opinion

First of, I'm sorry for the lack of posts on my blog lately but real life stuff came up and i had to deal with that. Also, this game has taken up some of my time. Thank you for your patience.

Finally Rocksteady is back to finish of their fantastic Arkham-series so let's check out how their latest game hold up.

It's one year after the events of Arkham City and the death of the Joker. On Halloween night Scarecrow threatens Gotham city with his new and more powerful toxin. He has also planted bombs all over Gotham and forced an evacuation of the city's six million civilians. The only one left in Gotham is the Police, the criminals and Batman.

As a character Batman is still Batman. He sounds like Batman and he talks like Batman. He has a little more on his mind after the death of the Joker but he's still the Batman you know. It's really great to hear Kevin Conroy as Batman again. If you don't know he did the voice for Batman in Batman: The Animated Series and in both Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City. He did not do Batman: Origins so it's really good to have him back. Batman is of course aided by police commissioner James Gordon (voiced by Jonathan Banks who is known for his work on Horrible Bosses 2, Identity Theft, Breaking Bad(TV-Show)) and Gordon's daughter Barbara aka Oracle (voiced by Ashley Greene who is known for her work on Urge, Burying the Ex, Twilight). Through side-missions you will also meet characters like Robin (voiced by Matthew Mercer who is known for his work on games like Dead or Alive 5, Infamous: Second Son, Mortal Kombat), Nightwing (voiced by Scott Porter who is known for his work on The To Do List, Prom Night, Dear John) and Catwoman (voiced by Grey DeLisle who is known for her work on games like Mortal Kombat X, Destiny, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon ). Both James and Barbara Gordon is great, they add to the story and gives Batman someone to talk to at occasion. It's great to see Robin and Nightwing again but they are more there to tell you what to do in a side-mission. They do help you fight and that's great but they feel like they are just there for one purpose. Batman does have some nice conversations with Catwoman. They are kind of building on the special relationship between Batman and Catwoman and it works very well. You will also get a helping hand from both Alfred Pennyworth and Lucius Fox. But anywhere Batman is there are going to be some villains and this time we meet some great ones. We get to meet Penguin (voiced by Nolan North who is known for his work on games like the Assassins Creed series, Dota 2, Uncharted series ), Two-Face (voiced by Troy Baker who is known for his work on games like Far Cry 4, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfighter, The Last of Us), Harley Quinn (voiced by Tara Strong who is known for her work on games like Mortal Kombat X, Guild Wars 2, Lollipop Chainsaw), The Riddler (voiced by Wally Wingert who is know for his work on games like Command & Conquer: Renegade, Dragon Age: Origins, Star Wars: Starfighter) and of course Scarecrow (voiced by John Noble who is known for his work on The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King, Sleepy Hollow(TV-Series), Fringe(TV-Series) ) just to mention a few. Most of these are also side-mission based. They all play their part great but some may feel a little like filler. The Riddler stands out somewhat since he will talk a lot to you throughout the game. This comes as no surprise since he did this in the other Arkham games too, and yes, he still wants you to find green questionmarks all over the city. The one of them that really stands out is Scarecrow. You feel like he really could go toe to toe with Batman. Fantastic voice acting helps to make him as scary as he's suppose to be. He may not be as good as the iconic Joker but he's not far from it. The last one i want to bring up is of course the Arkham Knight. This character was made specifically for the game by Rocksteady, DC Comics, comic-book writer Geoff Johns and DC co-publisher and comic artist Jim Lee. The Arkham Knight is described as a militarized version of Batman. He's an okay villain. I must admit i was hoping for something better but it could be a lot worse.

The story of the game is good, just like the others in the series. They have also managed to make the side-missions interesting enough to make you wanna do them. A lot of games drop the ball on that one. It's a little to predictable at times but it's still a great experience. One thing they did really good was to give us something more to think about than just punching. It's a little more inside the mind sort of, as you might expect knowing some of the villains. You got your fighting and counter systems from earlier game only made better. You also get the stealth-sections. The side-missions are good for the most part. Some people says that this is the best of the games in the Arkham Series but in my opinion I think Arkham City is better. To sum up, the story is great but a little to predictable.

As Batman you also get gadgets. You get your batarangs, line-launcher, explosive gel and so on. All the gadgets feel great to use, nothing bad there. You also get points each time you do something, like a side-mission for instance, which you use to level up you suit, batmobil or gadgets. The new thing that people are split on is the batmobile. Some really hate it. I have also read that some mean that the batmobile is to much in the game. I have to say that i mean that the batmobile is awesome. Yes, it may be used a little to much but not so much that you will hate it. The reason that i really like it is that it give the game a new feel. Some of us have played the three Arkham games before this so not having to do the same thing again is great. It's fantastic. I'm 95% finished with the whole game(including side-missions(I'm missing some riddler trophies)) after 26 hours. I'm not really sure how long the main story is but i would estimate that it's probably around 7 – 9 hours. I'm not sure about that so if your really wondering about that you might want to try to Google it.

I played this game on the PC. Most of you know of the problems with the game. Yes i had problems with the game. Insane fps drops, which is kinda weird because i have a GTX 970. I know they have fixed some issues but it's not fully fixed. So if you are thinking about playing it on PC i would recommend that you wait until you hear that they have fixed it. It is a really good game and i recommend that everyone play it but as i said, if you are going to play it on PC, wait a little while.

TL;DR

A really great game with a great story, still has problems on PC but it's being worked on, a little predictable, batmobile is awesome, fantastic music, great villains, great voice-actors, I recommend this for everyone.

My question for you:

Thinking of the problems on the PC version, does it make you say that you will never buy it or are you OK with waiting?

Does this make you rethink preordering games?

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Game: E3 Sony conference – My opinion

The time has come to Sony, they have the momentum of the last two E3s where they was the best conference. Can they keep the good news coming?

Sony opens their conference in a huge way with showing off what have been MIA for a couple of years, The Last Guardian. Not only do they show it to us, they gave us gameplay. This was probably the moment a lot of people had been looking forward too. Personally i don't think i want to play it but I'm only one man. It looks like the rest of the world wants it so starting with showing off something everyone has been waiting for and showing gameplay was a fantastic way to start of their E3 conference. They also said that it's coming in 2016.

Next Guerrilla Games came out and announced their new game Horizon Zero Dawn. First thing that they did right was to give us gameplay. Giving gameplay give us so much more than just an cinematic. It's going to be an action role-playing game set in the future, about 1000 years in the future. The world is dominated by robotic creatures. You need to hunt these robots for resources that you need to survive. They also have promised that there will not be loading screens in the game. This game came like a total surprise on me and it looks great. I think a lot of people got excited by this. Again, smart to show gameplay. The game looks beautiful. The only thing i don't like is the Zero Dawn part of the name.

Now they showed us Hitman. I'm really excited for a new Hitman. I still remember playing the first one and having a great time. Hopeful it's a little more stealthier than the last one in the series. While it's great to see Agent 47 again this was just a cinematic so i really don't know how anything works or how it looks. Hopes are high.

Next they show us Street Fighter 5, the next game in the fantastic fighting series. They show us a montage of move by different characters. Everything feels really familiar. I don't know what they have done for this one but what i can say is that the game look fantastic, very crisp graphics. Another thing to remember is that Street Fighter 5 is not coming to Xbox One. Looks great and it's the best fighting game out there in my opinion.

Next up Hello Games comes to the stage to show off some more of their highly anticipated game No Man's Sky. I understand why people are hyped for this game but I'm not. I don't know why I'm not hyped for it. Maybe it's the graphics or the fact that it's so huge that you can't 100% it. I don't know. But again, they showed us gameplay and that's great. I think a lot of people was pleased with what they saw. No release date yet but it's better that they do it right than fast.

Now they showed off a game called Dreams. I have no idea what this game is, even after i just saw it. It looks crazy but i don't get what the draw of the game is. I'll have to wait for more information on the game before i can even talk about it.

Next we got to see Firewatch. The game is set in the Wyoming wilderness. You only form of communication is a walkie-talkie that goes to his supervisor Delilah. While out on a patrol someone ransacks your tower and you will now explore and uncover clues to find out whats going on. It looks like a great game. I will definitively play this when i comes out some time this year. And yes, they showed us gameplay. It looks like a great experience.

Next up is Destiny The Taken King, a expansion to Destiny. First off i don't think they showed us any gameplay and that makes me kinda sad. Also i will probably not play this title. I just don't understand why they haven't put it on PC. It's a perfect fit for Destiny. Anyway, looks like an ok expansion but since i don't play the game i really don't now if they give enough with this. Hopefully for Destiny fans this will be great. It will be released 09.15.15.

Now they showed off a little from Assassins Creed Syndicate. I already talked about Assassins Creed Syndicate in my E3 Ubisoft post so i will not talk about it here.

Next up was World of Final Fantasy. I have no idea what's going on in this game. I have never been very big on Final Fantasy games and i don't think this will be my big Final Fantasy game. I guess there is an audience for this somewhere but it's not where i am. I hope it's going to be a hit though.

Suddenly Sony decide that they did not need a roof anymore since they were going to blow it off. They showed us a cinematic of Final Fantasy 7 Remake. The crowd went crazy, the internet almost broke, pigs where flying. It was crazy. Ok, so i never played Final Fantasy 7 so i had not that reaction but the rest of the people i was with went crazy. We did not get to see much from the game, as i said it was a cinematic. But what they showed looked great and a lot of people recognized the places that they showed off. This was huge of Sony and it was the right thing to do. People have been asking for this for a really long time. Good job Sony.

Devolver Digital got a video showing that they are coming with 4 games to the Playstation 4. These games are Ronin, Eitr, Mother Russia Bleeds and Crossing Souls. The games kinda blended together and that's probably not what you want. There was a lot of fighting and blood but i can't tell you much more than that. It was a quick video but it's great to have more games.

Next up Sony dropped another bomb, and that is that they want to make a Shenmue 3. I thought to myself that this is great but I'm not so sure. They decided to get the people to pay for the development of the game through kickstarter. First off, i don't think that this is right because the game would sell good anyway, why use kickstarter?. Secondly, is this going to be the thing now. Big game makers go to kickstarter instead of doing things the old fashion way. I always thought of kickstarter a place to help indi developer and small people so they might get out their game. I really don't know what to feel about this. What is great about this is that we get Shenmue 3, that again made the roof fly off. I'm excited to follow the development of this one.

Next up they showed a pretty intense part from Batman: Arkham Knight. I think that this part, just a couple of missions are Playstation exclusive. The rest of the platforms will probably get it later though. I really dislike that they do things like this. It's ok with cosmetics and things like that but this is part of the game. Why shouldn't all gamers get to play it? On another hand the gameplay and graphics looked fantastic. I can't wait to play Batman: Arkham Knight. Good it's coming out soon.

Now there is some talking about VR but since i haven't tried Morpheus or any of the other VR devices yet i don't have anything to say about this, except that i really need to try one of them soon.

Next up they are showing us Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. As we saw earlier no one talked about Call of Duty at Microsofts conference. This is the reason why, now it's the Playstation that got a deal with them. So what did they show. Usually we see a little part of the story played in front of us. This time we got a cut-scene, the a 4 player co-op mission that looks like it's in the story. I don't know if it is in the story but it looked like it. And if that wasn't enough they showed us a video montage of the multiplayer. They gave us a lot of what we want to see from a Call of Duty announcement.

Now they bring us more from Disney Infinity. I must admit that i did not pay much attention under this segment. I really don't care about Infinity. A lot of people care about it so check for someone else to tell you about that.

Next up they got DICE onto the stage to talk some more about Star Wars Battlefront. This time they showed off a co-op mode with waves of enemies. The game still looks great and I'm so pumped for this one.

Now they give us the latest game from Naughty Dog, Uncharted 4 A Thief's End. I love all the Uncharted games. The are fantastic and everyone should play them, that's my honest opinion. We got to see a good chunk of gameplay. You can see that almost everything in the world reacts when it's shot. It maybe sound a little weird but it's really impressive when you see it. We get a long car-chase with all the humor and action that the series are known for. It looked really fantastic. I just can't wait. This is a system seller for me. Words do not do this game justice, you need to see the video for yourself.

Sony gives us more or less everything we wanted for the third year in a row. The only thing missing from this conference was anything about Final Fantasy 15. There is a demo out so maybe they feel that that's enough for now. Anyway, a fantastic conference again. What can Microsoft do to get the thunder back from Sony. Microsoft has even given up Call of Duty to them now. A lot of great games and a great pace to the whole conference, almost no time spent on anything but games.

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Game: E3 Ubisoft conference – My opinion

 Ubisoft have had a rough couple of years now so let's see if they can get us excited for Ubisoft games again.

They start of the show with a very good trailer for a sequel of my game of the year of 2014, South Park The Fractured But Whole. I loved South Park The Stick of Truth and i did not expect to see anything of an sequel so fast. They showed us that the boys of South Park are role-playing superhero-characters now instead of role-playing Fantasy-characters and as you can see by the title it still got he same humor. Hopefully they will just improve on the old one and not break the new one. I'm sure it's going to be great though, and what a way to start the show.

Next up we got to see For Honor and yes they showed gameplay. It's not often you get to see Samurais face of against Vikings but if you have wanted to see that this game got it. The best way to describe this game is that it's a better version of Chivalry. This looks superior in every way though. It looks really intense and i can't wait to try it. Who doesn't want to be a viking, you know.

Now they showed us The Crew: Wild Run. I think it's an expansion maybe. Anyway, i don't know how many people who play The Crew, i don't play it, but for all you guys who play it i think this will be great. I don't know how much you have gotten in the way of DLC but this looks like it got some content in it.

Now we get a cinematic trailer for Trials Fusion: Awesome Level Max. I love the Trials games but i hate this cinematic. I don't know how much this cinematic has to do with the game but it's obvious that this is just made too look silly. It got unicorns spitting fire and rainbows and so on. It's like it's trying to me a meme. It felt forced and i think footage of the game would be a lot better.

Next up they showed off Tom Clancy's The Division, maybe the most anticipated game of E3. We have seen a lot of this before but it still looks great. This time they showed us one player screwing over his team and that's kinda refreshing. It's not often we get to see that side of a game. Everyone usually are like «come on guys, work together, together we are strong» and so on. The game is set to release March 8, 2016 and i can't wait. Just remember, never trust me in this game.

Next they showed off the next chapter in their Anno series, Anno 2205. I don't have much to say about this. I don't play Anno games but i have heard that they are great. Are you a fan this is probably awesome. It still looks like Anno though.

Now they are starting to slow down. They are showing us Just Dance 2016 and that's ok. It's a game that some people love and it deserves to be shown off. What i did not need was a Jason Derulo coming on to the stage to sing. This is really not what E3 is about. Show off the game but no concerts please.

Next up we are talking about another highly anticipated game, Rainbow Six: Siege. I have talked about the alpha for this game in an earlier post so check out that if you are interested. So first of, one of the actors for the game came to the stage to talk about the game. Yeah, that's kinda cool and all but it's not really what we want. This show is about showing games, tech and advancement in graphics and so on. If you are going to talk to anybody about the game it should be the people making the game, not the actors. They showed off a new level and a new gamemode. A gamemode where you play co-op against AI to complete an objective. This is great, more games should have modes where you can just relax with your friends and shoot some bad guys. This is shaping up to be a great game.

Next up they showed us Trackmania Turbo, and again they showed us gameplay. It's almost like they know that gameplay is what they need to show. Trackmania still looks as fun and crazy as it always has. It's going to be fantastic and frustrating to play and the level editor looks easy to use which means there are going to be a lot of custom made tracks by players. I can't wait.

Now we get what we all knew was coming and that is Assassins Creed Syndicate. I like the era it's set in now but what scares me is the fact that it's Assassins Creed. There are a lot of these games and the last one was really broken. I don't know if i will play it or not but right now I'm not very excited. I feel like they should take a year off and make sure it's a fantastic game instead of releasing one every year where some of the are really broken. I won't buy this until i see some reviews of it. Very skeptical.

Now we are at the last game of the conference. That's always a big reveal and i don't know how it's never leaked. Anyway, we got a really great cinematic with some elements of what looked like gameplay but i can't be sure about that. The game was Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands. The game looks fantastic, what we saw off it anyway. I'm a huge fan of the earlier Ghost Recon games to, so this was a really nice surprise. I need to see more of it before i say anything about if I'm going to get it or not but it really looks great. And i know that it's 4 player co-op which is always a big plus in my book.

So that was Ubisofts E3 conference and it wasn't that bad. I think they might be recovering from the last year of problems. The two things that were negative for me was the DLC to Trials. They showed nothing about the game and that's not good enough. Next up was the live performance from Jason Derulo. I don't watch E3 for the music. The big winners from this conference for me was South Park The Fractured But Whole and of course Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands. A really solid conference. Good job Ubisoft.

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Game: E3 Electronic Arts conference – My opinion

EA have some of the most anticipated titles on the way. Hopefully they show us what we really want.

They start of with a very short cinematic trailer of the new Mass Effect game. That sounds great but in my opinion it's not. First off, it's a cinematic trailer. I want to see gameplay so i can see how the looks in-game. What is new, what is still there and so on. Secondly we knew that a new Mass Effect was coming so this was reduced to a glorified namedrop. The name, Mass Effect Andromeda, sounds cool enough though. What this might mean is that we get to see more when Gamescom comes around. If they don't have anything for Gamescom i feel like they shouldn't have showed us anything. I don't want hype for a game if it doesn't come for like 2 years. Show us gameplay when you got. Kinda lackluster start to the conference.

Next up we got to see the new Need for Speed simply called Need for Speed. There isn't much to say about this. It looks great and it looks like it's still an arcade racer. I personally love the Need for Speed series since I'm not huge on car simulators. We got to see some gameplay and as i said, it looks great. Nothing to go crazy about but it's nice to know that they are still making Need for Speed.

After that they showed us a good cinematic trailer for Star Wars The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire, an expansion for their MMORPG. I know i said we didn't want cinematics, we wanted gameplay but the only exception is for an MMORPG. The reason for that is that watching an MMORPG played is really boring. Anyway, it's really cool that they keep supporting Star Wars The Old Republic. I'm really excited to see this expansion and to see how their player numbers will react when it comes out. The trailer kinda got me excited to play an MMORPG again.

Next up we got a look at Unravel. The first thing i thought when i saw this was that it was their answer to Nintendos Yoshi's Woolly World but a little darker. After watching their gamplay trailer for a moment i realized that it was a little different. As i said it's darker and it does have a very interesting art style. It's not something that makes me go crazy with joy but i will keep an eye on this one, it might turn into something special.

After that they showed off Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2. I already talked about this game in my opinion of Microsofts conference and what i said there still applies so read it there if you are wondering what i mean about this one.

Now we are moving towards the sports-games. EA have always had a lot of the sports-games so this had to be there and they start off with NHL16. What can i say, it's Ice Hockey. It looks beautiful though.

Keeping with the sports we got to see NBA LIVE 16 next. Again, what can i say, it's Basketball and it looks great.

After that we got to hear about what they had for the mobile market. I must admit that i really don't care about my phone as a platform and i did not really pay attention.

And after that they showed us Minions Paradise. This is another mobile game that's based on the characters who appeared in Despicable Me. It looks like a mobile game and it looked like it played like a mobile game. Again, not my cup of tea.

Next up we got to see a video of Pelé and that means we are going to have a look at Fifa16. What happened next was that they got Pelé to come out on stage and have a kind of interview. I don't get why companies do this. Like yeah, it's cool to see him and all that but this is a show for gaming-press and gamers who wants to see what is coming for their consoles and PC's. What games are looking like and what they have done of tech and graphics. I don't feel like this is the place to have this kind of segment. Fifa looks great though.

Next up is one of my most anticipated games, Mirror's Edge Catalyst and it looks fantastic. Some people are saying that it looks too much like the first Mirror's Edge but is that really bad? If you boot up Mirror's Edge today it still looks really good. So bright and beautiful. We got some gameplay and it looks really fluid and in a game like this that's really important. I'm very happy about how it looks. My only complain is that they said that Faith, the main character, can't use guns anymore. I rarely used them in the first game but it's more about that i want the option. It could help you out of tight spots and so on. I think it's a bad idea to remove things like that from games when their predecessor had it. Other than that it looks fantastic.

And we are still not done with sports. Now over to Madden NFL 16. I'm not huge on sports-games, also I'm from Europe so American Football is really not that interesting. Maybe if it was Blitz: The League or something like that. Anyway, Madden is still Madden.

Now, the moment is finally here. They are showing us what Star Wars Battlefront looks like now. I have played the other Star Wars Battlefront games and i loved them. I was a little nervous since it has the core mechanics of Battlefield and the Battlefield series has not had the best treatment over the years. I'm really happy that they showed us gameplay footage. That was really what they needed. A cinematic would not have been enough. They showed us a battle on the planet Hoth(if you don't know about Hoth you should watch Star Wars) and it looked really great in my opinion. There is a lot more than just a pretty level to make a good game but this is a great start. I'm really pleased with how it looks. They have said that we get 12 maps at launch and that online multiplayer supports up to 40 players. Let's just hope that their net code is up to speed this time.

So that's EA at E3. I still don't like the focus on sports-games. I understand that they must have their presence there but we all know what a Fifa game is and looks like. I don't think we need so much talking about it. The same goes for all the sports games. Also, i felt that the segment with Pelé was unnecessary and too long. Stick to the games and tech please. The Mass Effect Andromeda thing felt a little rushed, like they felt that they had to show it whatever state it was in. What saved it for me was Mirror's Edge, the trailer for Star Wars The Old Republic and Star Wars Battlefront. Still a pretty weak conference in my opinion.

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Game: E3 Microsoft conference – My opinion

Next up is Microsoft and Xbox. Hopefully they show us greatness.

Too open the show they got the game that made Xbox sell in the first place, Halo. More specifically Halo 5: Guardians. This is a safe way to open the show but it was damn good to see Master Chief again in a proper sequel. It looks great and it's probably going to be fantastic. These guys know how to make Halo, even though it's not Bungie doing it anymore. They also showed us what Warzone in Halo 5 looked like.

Next up we got to see Recore, made by Keiji Inafune and the creatores of Metroid Prime. I don't know enough about this game to really know what to say about this. The trailer looked really good and it looks like it might be a very emotional game but other than that i really don't know. All i know is that it's a very talented team that is making it.

After that we got to see a little game called Fallout 4. What is there to say about this. It looks great and the fans of the series seem very happy about what they have seen. The only thing is that it was more or less what we got to see at the Bethesda conference. It looks great and the freedom they are promising sounds awesome.

The next game they showed was Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2. Not a game that is for me but it looks great for what it is with the corny humor. It looked like it sounds. It looked like Garden Warfare but with new maps and some new units.

Forza Motorsport 6 looks stunning as always. Again, not a game-series i play but you can't deny the popularity of the series. Beautiful racing-game, nothing more to say.

Dark Souls 3 was next up and i got mixed feelings about this. Sure there is a huge fan-base for the game and it's a great game-series but are they flooding the market? It's not that long ago that we got Bloodborne and so on. They have to be careful so they don't flood the marked and kill of this genre as we have seen happened with other games. Having said that it looked really beautiful and you it's going to play great. Looking forward to this one.

The Hololens Demo was something everyone was impressed with, except for me. Don't get me wrong, it was extremely cool to see the tech in action and they showed some very impressive things but why Minecraft. Minecraft is probably the easiest game to put it in to. I wonder how graphicintensive games it can play. Can i use it with Civilization 5 or when i do 3D Modeling? I need to see it used on something else than Minecraft. It looks cool but what can it really do.

Next up was one of my most anticipated games, Tom Clancy's The Division. The problem is that it was only a trailer and not a particular good one. It just felt like just another trailer. Obviously Ubisoft wanted the big gameplay demo of for their own conference but they should have gotten a better trailer. It didn't give me anything.

Another game for Ubisoft where you know that the better showing of it will be at the Ubisoft conference but Rainbow Six: Siege looked good. It shows us that they have more than just rescue missions. This was a bomb diffuse mode. The only thing that makes me kinda nervous now we already got something like this and it's called Counter.-Strike.

Gigantic is a game i really don't know enough of to say much. It has an cool art style and it looked like it played good enough but i don’t know anything else about it. That goes for Ashen and Tacoma too. Don't know anything about it but it was good to see.

The sequel to one of my favorite games the last 5 years is Rise Of The Tomb Raider. I cant wait for this game, it looks great. The demo was really not anything special. I would rather have seen some combat than some climbing. I mean come on, it's Tomb Raider, we know there will be climbing and we know from earlier that they the climbing in the game works. Still excited though.

Beyond Eyes is another game that i don't really know enough of to talk really good about but it looks great. Looks kinda different and that's most likely a good thing.

Cuphead, another game i know way to little about but damn the art style is so cool. It looks like a 30's cartoon. Fantastic.

The sci-fi game Ion looked more like Adrift from last year then anything new. I can't say that it excites me but it might be good. We'll just have to wait to see more of it.

Next up was Rare Replay, a collection of 30 Rare games. When i say Rare games it's like Rare the developer, not that they are hard to find. While it's good to see those old classic titles again and jeeeij for nostalgia it's not something they should use a lot of time on on a conference. We who care knows about it and if people are interested they will google what it is. Do not waste time on 20 year old games when we see E3 for new games.

Fable legends looks ok. Not my kinda game but i guess for Fable fans it looks amazing. They didn't really show anything more than a little video. Not that we needed more, if I’m not mistaken they have already showed some earlier.

Sea of Thieves looks ridiculous. It looks fun. It looks like something that you would play for hours and hours. This is yet again something i know way to little about to say that people should buy but it looks great, it looks fun and it doesn't take itself to seriously. Can't wait to see more of this one.

Next up they showed us a little from Gears of War 4. I have always loved this franchise. I have always bought Gears of War on launch-day and i have always had a blast playing them. We didn't get to see much of Gears of War 4 and i think we will have to wait a long time before it comes out. They also showed some of the remastered Gears of War 1. May biggest complain about this is that i think it should be Gears of War 1 – 3 remastered collection. Like they did with Halo. I don't know if one old game remastered is enough to sell. It's still a good game though and i recommend it for sure.

Another thing they talked about was how they had made the Xbox One backwards compatible. That’s great. You can play your Xbox 360 games on your Xbox One but if i understood this correct you put in the xbox 360 disc and then it downloads the game. This means that first of all, you need internet. Secondly it means that you can play only the games that they make backwards compatible, which they said that they had 100 games or so backwards compatible. So, it's cool that it's backwards compatible but i do not agree with how it's done. Some games will probably never be backwards compatible and it's a damn shame.

That's more or less Microsofts conference at E3 and what can i say. It was good. Better than it's been in some time. But kinda predictable and no real surprises. Nothing that really stood out. Well, except for maybe Recore but that's not enough. They had no game that would really sell systems except for maybe Halo 5. Microsofts conference, good but not great.

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Game: Bethesda E3 – My opinion

This year we are kicking off E3 with a company that have never had an conference before. How will it go? Let's find out.

They open their show in just the right way, with the First-person-shooter of all First-person-shooters, namely Doom. I have played all the Doom games, from the first one in 1993 until now and Doom has never looked better. It was gore, bloody and all the weapons you remember are there, all the way from the shotgun till the chainsaw. The lighting, explosions and the demons look great. They also give us a robust map editor so there are going to an insane amount of player made maps in this game. This helps the game to live for a long long time. Can't wait to play both the single player and the multiplayer.

We got to see Battlecry. In my opinion it just looks like some kind of Team Fortess clone. Hopefully i'm wrong but my interest for this game is almost non existing.

Next up we got to see Dishonored 2. Dishonored 1 was a smash hit that no one saw coming, and that made people amped for a sequel and it's finally here. They showed of their character Emily Kaldwin and her powers. We got to see some really cool scenes in a hallway where the hallway changed in a mechanical kind of way. In all honesty, the game looked very impressive and i can't wait too see more.

They talked a little about The elder scrolls online and an Elder scrolls card game. Sorry to say but i got nothing to say about that. I did not like their MMO and I’m not a fan of card games. Sorry.

They have also made an app. A game where you are the man in charge in a fallout shelter. It's a cute little app and it's free but it's only for iOS. Not much to say about it. It's a mobile game.

Now there was only the big one left. Fallout 4 made the internet go crazy when they showed us the trailer a little earlier and now we were going to get some info and some info we got. We actually got a lot of info. They show character creation, building, weapons, dog companion and so on. They really gave the people what they wanted and the crowd loved it. Or so it seemed at least. They gave a lot and that is always great. They even gave us a release date, and not one in two years. It's coming out November 10, 2015. This is going to be one of the most sold games of the year, no doubt in my mind.

So that was Bethesda, their first conference. As a first conference it was fantastic. I don't think they could have had a better first conference than this. As a conference overall it was good. Not fantastic, but good. I would have liked to have seen a little more games but what could that have been? I wonder if they are going to have a conference next year. Solid start to E3.

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Game: Black Mesa(Steam release 2015) – My Opinion

This is one of those things you have heard about for years. Getting excited for it then forgetting it and gettin excited again and so on. Why i got excited? Because it's total remake of Half-Life, and even though it's a third-party doing it it looks fantastic.

The story is the same as in Half-Life with you taking controll of Gordon Freeman, a theoretical physicist who works at Black Mesa research facility. He is working with an unstable specimen that makes the spectrometer explode and opens a portal between Earth and Xen. Gordon Freeman wakes up after the explosion seeing the destroyed lab. You learn that the communication with the outside has been cut and you need to get it restored. To get up to the surface you got to make your way through the partially destroyed facility, face of against soldiers who is there to cover up the accident and aliens ported from their dimension of Xen.

As a character Gordon Freeman is what you make him out too be. He doesn't talk and there are no cutscenes where he's not controlled by you. That means that everything you do is the only thing Gordon Freeman does. We know only a few things about him, like what he does and his age and so on. This may sound bad but it's really not. The other characters talk enough and they help the plot move forward at times. There's not much more to say about it really, but just know that it works.

I played the original game(Half-Life) when it came out in 1998 and it showed the world that First-person shooter games can have depth. They can show a story and make people think. When it came out in 1998 it got worldwide critical acclaim. It was also the first game made by a little company known as Valve. If you by any chance don't know what Valve has done they made Left 4 Dead 1 and 2, Portal and Dota 2. They are also the guys who gave us Steam on the PC. I also must mention Counter-Strike which was born as a mod from Half-Life. I have to say that this game is not 100% finished. They are not done with the last bit of the game, the part known as Xen, but they are working on it. The game plays great. Think about that, this game was made in 1998 and it works great in 2015. Very few games hold up this well. A lot of credit for that must go to the modders though. But the story still works too. The new textures look great and everything feels like its a new release of a new game. If you are like me and have played the original you will probably feel the nostalgia flow too. The guns still feel great, the setpieces look great and the crowbar is still there. I hope people who haven't played Half-Life takes this opportunity and play Black Mesa so they can see where it all came from. The fantastic opening scene where you are on the train going to work is something that was fantastic when it came out and it still is. I don't think it was usual to show credits in the opening before this either. This is a piece of gaminghistory that has been remade to run great on new systems and the only complain i have is that there are too many loadingspots in the game. I'm guessing the have to be there since they are there but they are a little annoying none the less. My advice for anyone on the fence about playing this is to play it. Wait, that's actually my advice for everybody. Play this and think about the fact that this was made in 1998. Yes it has gotten new graphics but the story and the gamemechanics are still the same. Play it now or wait for them to finish Xen and then play it but i must say, you should really play it. It's a great game from a great time of gaming. Never forget where everything starts, and this was the start for the modern first-person shooter.

TL;DR

A fantastic remake of a fantastic game from 1998. The last piece of the game is missing but it will come out when it's ready. A great piece of gaming history. I recommend this for all who love games or just love first-person shooters.

My question for you:

What's your favorite retro game?

What game do you want them to remake?

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