Friday, June 19, 2015

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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