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E3 2018 thread of announcements and reactions
dosboot:
E3 2018 has already started with EA's press conference wrapping up earlier today! Let's have a thread for news, reactions and discussion.
Here's a handy schedule if you want to watch the various livestreams:
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EA's big game was Anthem, which got a release date, more gameplay footage, and more details. I feel more mixed the more I learn about this game. It's a not-Destiny where you can team up with your buddies to do quests as a 4 man squad but then you return to the city hub and experience the singleplayer story content at your own pace, solo. This is presumably where Bioware's signature strengths would shine. The entire game can be played singleplayer in fact if you wish, but there's a caveat: because this is a "living game" / theoretically can be played forever, it has character stats and so forth stored on servers and thus cannot be played offline, which is mildly annoying if you wanted to play solo.
Besides what we saw at the press conference itself, more small details were just published in this Game Informer video: 123 Rapid Fire Questions About Anthem
Anthem has a lot going for it: the exosuits, the blending of fantasy and sci-fi, and the gorgeous looking locations. But I'm expecting the end product with its heavy multiplayer focus isn't going to be the game for me.
Hello Purvis:
Never put faith in EA.
Pywackett-Barchetta:
My biggest takeaway from EA is "Madden is finally back on PC", and I can't tell if that's genuine excitement (that IS cool and I want it) or an awfully low bar to start off with.
Already ready to dread the Forza announcements tomorrow because I'm excited and that'll be drowned in a deluge of commentary of "who cares about this racing game crap, this is for dumb idiot morons and I hate when people have fun". But for now I'm hyped for whatever inevitable Porsche they have on stage and hopefully a solid Forza Horizon 4 debut if that's what they go with.
The ⑨th Zentillion:
Monday morning and S-E's press conference can't come fast enough. Another Kingdom Hearts 3 trailer is a high possibility, and I can just taste a definitive release date coming with it this time.
qMyon:
And now, EA has raised another zombie in the form of a new F2P mobile PvP RTS - Command & Conquer: Rivals.
I'm really disappointed to see such a great franchise dip to this level. C&C was my gaming childhood. As a plain mobile RTS, it could have potential, but as a new C&C title? Blegh.
Reference: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2018-command-and-conquer-returns-as-free-to-pla/1100-6459491/