Highlights: E3 2015 Live Conference: Part 2

Following from I dropped off in my last article; Highlights: E3 2015 Live Conference: Part 1, the remaining conferences were Ubisoft, Sony, Nintendo and Square Enix. As we already reviewed about some of the biggest announcement at the E3 Conference, let’s continue with:

Ubisoft

Not much about games were actually mentioned until the half hour mark where South Park The Fractured But Whole (lol get it?) was announced and it got the attention of the crowd instantly. For Honor soon followed and it looked interesting enough with their Medieval warfare. The Trials Fusion Awesome Level Max was then showcased and the trailer looked like nothing you ever have seen before, you literally have a cat holding a gun, riding on a purple haired unicorn, that can breathe fire with a double rainbow above them… Yes, you read that correctly and though you might want to re-read that again. The Division (dystopia setting) and Anno 2205 (futuristic setting) gameplay were shown, followed by Rainbow Six Siege. It had a clean cinematic storyline but the gameplay was meh compared to all the other FPS that was showcased, I guess you can’t have everything. Trackmania Turbo was up next and the racing tracks looked insanely cool, gravity defying type of cool. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Trailer was shown and it was incredible as expected, they have a way with choosing the perfect soundtracks. Finally, we have Ghost Recon Wildlands to conclude the Ubisoft conference.

Trailers include:

South Park The Fractured But Whole

For Honor Trailer, Gameplay

Trials Fusion Awesome Level Max

The Division

Anno 2205 Trailer, Gameplay

Rainbow Six: Siege Trailer, Gameplay

Trackmania Turbo Trailer, Gameplay

Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate

Ghost Recon: Wildlands

Sony

It’s official, The Last Guardian is no longer a myth, people wanted to this game every year and a sneak peak of the gameplay was finally revealed to start off the conference. A new franchise called Horizon was next introduced, the battle system really interested me and there’s a solid storyline too which is always a plus. Showcase of future games coming to Ps4 includes Street Fighter 5, No Man’s Sky, then Fire Watch and Destiny. Sony created a new ps4 function called Dreams which allows you to create animations like never before. The demo was so beautiful and the sky is really the limit here. Yu Suzuki made a surprise announcement that the classic cult Shenmue 3 will be on Kickstarter. Project Morpheus (VR Headset) followed next. Sony seemed to have partnered with Spotify for their music and created Vue which offers tv channels of your choosing. The intense gameplay of Call of Duty: Black Ops III and Uncharted 4 was last shown and it’s everything you expect it would be. The gameplay for Uncharted 4 was very smooth and I think many fans would be pleased with this newest instalment to the massively successful franchise.

Highlights include:

The Last Guardian

Horizon

Street fighter 5

No Man’s Sky

Dreams

Fire Watch

Destiny – The Taken King

Shenmue 3

Project Morpheus (VR Headset)

Playstation Music & Playstation Vue

Call of Duty – Black Ops 3

Uncharted 4

Nintendo

I’m going to be honest, Nintendo’s conference this year was not the best, the whole thing was confusing with lots of WTF moments. Many of the games were revealed already but none the less, I’ll put up all the trailers below. Don’t get me wrong, there were some very good games like FireFox Zero and Super Mario Maker, which was pretty cool but it just didn’t appeal to me all that much. I was quite looking forward to the Animal crossing games but that was until I realised they were only spinoffs. Overall I was a little disappointed by the conference but there were three games that really appeal to me, they were without doubt Fire Emblem, Genei Ibun Roku and Xenoblade Chronicles X.

Star Fox Zero

The Legend of Zelda: Tri-Force Heroes

Hyrule Warriors Legends

Metroid Prime: Federation Force

Fire Emblem Fates

Genei Ibun Roku

Xenoblade Chronicles X

Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer

Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival

YO-KAI WATCH

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash

Super Mario Maker

Square Enix

This is also Square Enix’s first conference and I think they did a great job considering the language barrier most of them had. Just Cause 3 was first showcased, the protagonist (Rico Rodriguez) using his iconic grappling hooks was seriously so broken. He can also practically use any vehicles and weapons you can think of as if he wasn’t strong enough. NieR New Project was then introduced as we see a sneak peak of the artwork which looked wonderful, Square Enix really has one of the best visuals and prettiest characters design in gaming. Rise of The Tomb Raider was shown next and they managed to push the graphics even further than the Tomb Raider reboot in 2013. Behind the scene goodies were also shown to explain just how they pushed the realism in detail. A new mobile game called Lara Croft was then announced. Up next, was undoubtedly the biggest announcement for all of the conference, a remake of Final Fantasy 7 and Kingdom Hearts 3 as the fans scream in excitement at the background. I can talk about those two games for hours but I’ll refrain myself for now and simply say that they were glorious. Moving on, we have World of Fantasy (Chibi version game with iconic characters) and Hitman. Star Ocean – Integrity and Faithlessness and lastly Deus Ex Mankind Divided was showcased. Many upgrades were added and players choice has become a large element to this latest instalment of Deus Ex.

Trailers include:

Just Cause 3

NieR New Project

Tomb Raider, Behind the scenes

Lara Croft GO

Final Fantasy VII Remake

Kingdom Hearts III

World of Final Fantasy

Hitman

Star Ocean – Integrity and Faithlessness

Deus Ex Mankind Divided