Quote Originally Posted by Psychosplodge View Post
I think Nintendo had the most announcements that I had some interest in. Not necessarily the ones I'm most excited about individually, but certainly as an entire thing.
I'm really surprised that so many people (elsewhere) say the Nintendo conference was their biggest disappointment of E3 (besides EA perhaps), I thought it was at worst a solid showing. I mean, it might be because everyone's expectations were raised after the holy triumvirate display Sony pulled off, but still...

In other news, Shenmue 3 reached its $2 million Kickstarter goal in exactly 8 hours and 33 minutes (they had 31 days to reach the goal). Sony confirmed it is fronting the rest of the budget; obviously, the Kickstarter was done just so Sony and the development team could make certain the interest was there.

Having seen pretty much everything now - there might be a surprise at the PC show but I rather doubt anything will top what we've seen already - I think I'm confident in saying that my game of the show is Horizon: Zero Dawn.









We've always known Guerilla are techno-masters surpassed only by Naughty Dog and possibly Crytek on consoles, but for actual unique ideas and gameplay they've never really made any head-lines quite like they have with Horizon. It stars a female protagonist, it is an open-world third person Action Adventure game, the gameplay mechanics are highly reminiscent of Monster Hunter or even Dragon's Dogma, the visuals and art direction are stunning and the story actually sounds pretty darned interesting. I'm pleased to see that so many people in the gaming press and on forums aren't ignoring this game in favour of the "Big Three" of the Sony conference; it is earning a lot of high praise and mentions as the possible Overall Game of Show. For a studio that has been seen as "Bungie-lite" for a decade now, breaking the generic FPS mold and starting anew with such a cool idea really is inspiring; we know Guerilla have the talent, but can they pull something like this off?