Post E3 thoughts....

Another E3 has come and gone. Geeks had flocked to the gaming saltlick of demos, trailers, and mini-films laid out by the oh so cunning hunter in suits and cosplay costumes. And yet another year I feel really disappointed.

I talked to Rob a little before E3 was about to start and said that it doesn't excite me at all. This E3 is pretty much boring and lacklustre. Rob disagreed and blamed my cynicism of me saying that every year. I don't say it because it's a 50/50 chance of me being right...but because E3 has basically been pretty boring for a great deal now. This isn't by any means an old skooler crying about the sins of graphical whoring and nostolgia, but there were really only a few games that piqued my interest and one gripping me entirely; that being Metal Gear Solid 4.

But it goes to show that games are beginning to really show lack of innovation. If I couldn't have told the difference between Metroid Prime 3 and it's predecessors, then it's concerning on how Nintendo is going forward with it's next gen gaming. Many of the games look like working model demos as opposed to finished products of a next gen calibur. The only things that stood out for me was Fire Emblem and Disaster Day, both of which could have been pre-rendered and not real time.

Sony adding a seemingly last minute POS motion detecting controller just makes me cry but not as much as the price point in which a lot of gamers are debating whether they should skip their mortgage payment or monthly rent to acquire the next level of gaming.

Microsoft, of which I am indifferent to, seems to have come out as a great console. There were a lot of games that caught my eye...even though it doesn't excite me, a lot of the more realized games seem to be on the 360. It doesn't mean that they were good games, but I recognize a potentially better line-up compared to others.

However what did impress me the most, aside from MGS4, was some of the advancements in animation. They seem far more realistic and fluid, less repetitive and with the very much puclicized and acclaimed Assassin's Creed (I wonder if people know creed is pronounced crid and in bid) even though it's premise doesn't interest, just seeing it move really does impress me a bit.

But me...I'm a seriously stoked for next year's E3. I think next year will be a great one, in fact one of the greatest ones because it'll be second gen development by then and we'll see what'll happen. It'll only go to show how much the gaming industry will be shaken up after 12 months.