To kick of my coverage of the event’s press conferences and the launch of this site, we have EA’s Play Event. An hour-long presentation of pain because they love to waste your time by talking a lot, showing nothing, and showing sports games. Why won’t the sports games just stop showing up at these things?
MADDEN 18
The conference started with a drumline which immediately told everyone that we were going to start strong with Madden. Dear god, can we good one year without any sports games that we already know you’re going to release every frickin’ year. The only thing that they could actually show off as being new was the inclusion of a story mode. I don’t know how much this was played in FIFA 17 when it included one, but they did admit this was the most innovative thing they’ve added in a decade. That’s quite sad. Already have a Madden game? Just keep playing that and save you $60, like everyone else has said. Every. Single. Year. You’re the reason EA doesn’t even try to do better.
BATTLEFIELD 1: IN THE NAME OF THE TSAR
It was likely that there would be some add-on content for their latest Battlefield game. This one didn’t show many details to whether it was for single and multiplayer, but it does include new stuff such as night map. Are you seriously take a page from Gears 4 with their Impact Dark map? So original, a copy and paste job. Boo. It might be good for those of you that have enjoyed the game. So play on.
ESPORTS
eSports is a joke. One guy in the audience seemed to agree.
FIFA 18
…did you just say West Ham?
Also, Men in Blazers. That’s not an observation, that’s an actual SPORTS SHOW duo that showed up to a VIDEO GAMING EVENT.
NEED FOR SPEED: PAYBACK
Cutscenes in the middle of racing. Great…
A WAY OUT
From the creators of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons comes a prison break co-op game that actually looks interesting. The game seems very reminiscent of movies like Shawshank Redemption, Oh Brother Where Art Though, and the TV show Prison Break. The game actually is presented in split-screen both in local and online play with the division of the screen changing depend on what is happening. If you want to get excited about a game, this is so far the only one they’ve shown that’s worth getting excited for. Also, they say EA is giving them full creative freedom, but that’s a steaming load.
SEED
I stopped paying attention here. Sorry. This isn’t a game just something else. I don’t care.
ANTHEM
New Bioware IP. Not showing anything until Microsoft presentation. Then what is the point of having your own press conference.
STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT 2
The game we asked for 2 years ago. The game is exactly the same as the last one. They showed only the multiplayer instead of any of the campaign, the one thing people wanted to see. It was the most uninteresting presentation of a Star Wars game I have ever seen. The game is going to have all post-launch content be free, but I got this feeling that they might put microtransactions in to make up for the lack of DLC sales. Unless they do the same thing they did with Titanfall 2.
STAR WARS: GALAXY OF HEROES
They showed a trailer without sound. Also, no one that plays Galaxy of Heroes or mobile games in general is going to be watching your press conference.
OTHER TOMFOOLERY
- Jesse Wellens. Not a Gaming Youtuber. Also, not a good public speaker.
- Madden on Project Scorpio, but not in motion with frame drops.
- iJustine. Not a Gaming YouTuber.
- EA is still supporting the terrible HEforSHE charity. Seriously?
- NBA Live 18 invaded Battlefront 2.
- View of a Galaxy of Heroes booth with no one there.
- The stream on Twitch kept dying.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Once again EA starts E3 strong by lowering all expectations.