QUICKTAKE: 007 Legends reboots the classic Bond films to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 007 franchise, chaining five Bond films together as individual multi-objective missions. Developer Eurocom has cast Daniel Craig in the lead role, however, with no plans of unlocks for Roger Moore of Sean Connery. A sixth mission will be available as DLC soon after the game launches in October.
Nintendo has wrapped up its own E3 press briefing, rounding out the three with the final one before the show starts properly. Nintendo is spreading out its announcements this year, starting with a set of announcements like the Miiverse on Sunday, and extending into a developer roundtable tonight and a 3DS showcase tomorrow. But as the coming out party for the Wii U, with some 3DS sprinkled in for good measure, we've compiled a handy list of announcements that you might have missed.
Ubisoft Montreal's Watch Dogs is one of the most interesting games shown at E3 so far, an open-world cybercrime affair where you can hack into the world around you. Yet Ubisoft was conspicuously quiet about which platforms it was being developed for, leading to speculation that it may be intended for next-generation consoles. No, it isn't, the publisher has since confirmed.
Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Rabbit will join forces on November 18, Disney Interactive announced today at E3, confirming the console release date for Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two. It also blasted out an E3 trailer, with more snippets of their animated animal adventures.
DmC: Devil May Cry has gotten a lot of flak from fans for attempting to reboot the franchise with a new developer, and a new Dante. Yes, he's younger and has black hair. But having played the new DmC, it's hard to think of it as a reboot. It plays so much like the previous games that it might as well have been called Devil May Cry 5.
For example, you can slash into an enemy, starting a simple combo. Then, you can launch him into the air, pull yourself up and start slashing midair. As you slowly plummet, you can then start shooting at another enemy on the ground, and then swing your swords down as you crash atop the monster. All the while, a combo meter fills up on the top right of the screen. As you vary your moves without taking a hit, it moves from a Dull to Awesome. Doesn't that sound exactly like a Devil May Cry game to you?
High Moon Studios surprised fans when it made a good game out of the Transformers license with War for Cybertron. Two years later, fans are getting a proper sequel--one that appears to end the Cybertron series.
Fall of Cybertron certainly starts with a bang: the destruction of the Autobots' home planet. It's a great narrative hook, one that worked well with Uncharted 2. High Moon makes it immediately clear that Fall of Cybertron will be much darker than its predecessor. While it's a bit odd to see talking robots in such a grave situation, fans are probably eager to know that this game covers such a key part of the franchise's lore.
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A lot of fans have already made up their minds on Resident Evil 6. How can it not be awesome? It features both Chris and Leon, it allows you to move and shoot at the same time, and most importantly of all, it features a zombie president. Pre-order secured! Those fans will argue that this upcoming preview is wrong, in spite of my having played nearly an hour of it. Why? Because I'm here to tell you that Resident Evil 6 is terrible.
It's not "disappointing," because that suggests Resident Evil 6 is simply not living up to the lofty expectations placed on it. To call it "disappointing" would undermine the severity of how awful the game is. Simply put, this is the worst Resident Evil game I have ever played.
The man was on his knees, pleading for me not to kill him. Unfortunately, he had a key card I needed. So, I aimed my sword at his head. I wanted to give him an honorable, peaceful death. I swiped the analog stick... and missed. I cut clean through the top half of his head. It was a genuinely uncomfortable sight--and only the beginning of the hyper-violence featured in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.
What is Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate (other than a mouthful)? When the title was leaked, many feared that the upcoming 3DS game would move away from the franchise's 2D heritage. The Castlevania games were among the best titles on Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS--so Konami wouldn't want to abandon such a winning formula, right?
Mirror of Fate is an interesting marriage of Lords of Shadow and the classic 2D Metroidvania games. The game is played on a 2D plane, but features the combat of its 3D console counterparts.
It's unfortunate that The Amazing Spider-Man is titled as such, because it's inevitable that not-so-clever journalists like myself will go for the obvious headline: "The Bot-So-Amazing Spider-Man." While Beenox's latest effort has a lot of interesting ideas, it doesn't go above what you'd expect from a rushed movie license game.
Nintendo's Wii U GamePad features a ton of tech: gyroscope, camera, and a giant touch screen. So, what kind of battery life can we expect?
According to Nintendo's Japanese website, it will last about 3 to 5 hours.
Nintendo apparently has a lot more content in the works for Wii U than they revealed at the press conference. Game & Wario (working title) is a spiritual successor to the WarioWare series, and uses only the Wii U GamePad controller.
Missing from Nintendo's E3 press conference was a game called P-100. Published by Nintendo, it's a launch game from Platinum Games, developer best known for Bayonetta, Vanquish, and the upcoming Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.
You control a number of heroes using the GamePad touch screen, including Bonzai Man, Vending Machine Man, and Toilet Bowl man. "Heroes can also morph into gelatin to guard themselves from enemy attacks," Nintendo explains.
Nintendo showed a new game at its E3 press briefing, titled Nintendo Land. The collection of mini-games is essentially a polished, branded version of some of last year's tech demos, modeled after a theme park. Your Mii visits the park and changes costumes to interact in each "park attraction."
Last year at E3, Nintendo mentioned a new Lego game coming for Wii U. Today at its E3 press briefing, it revealed the game with more details. It's called Lego City Undercover, and revolves around the classic "City" Lego sets. That means you're put in the shoes of a gritty (adorable) cop.
It generally looks like other Lego platformers, except with its own original story not cribbed from a popular movie series. The Wii U controller was shown being used to scan objects. The 3DS will also get its own version of Lego City Undercover, with its own missions and more content.
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