twitch fucked up and generated this at one point.
EA is, so far, the worst at the show. There's no doubt. They just failed miserably to excite me at all throughout the their entire conference. I already didn't like EA, but man, did they flop here.
Mass Effect: Andromeda
They didn't show any gameplay footage, but based on the trailer it looks like this is a spinoff of the ME franchise rather then just another sequel, which is probably the smart way to go, rather then force a sequel like the Halo series.
Need for Speed
A culmination/reboot/remake of the long-running racing series, built on the Frostbite engine. It features an open world, cops, and some form of multiplayer integration. All of that sounds ok, but man, the douchey chatter going on throughout the demo ruined it for me.
At the very least, they promise that its going to take the best parts out of all the previous Need for Speed games. For their sake, I hope that doesn't include The Run.
No one is playing TOR. No one. It's one of the worst flops in gaming. How do you fix that? Fuck it, try throwing out some new content. That oughta do it. It'll introduce a new faction to play as, with some new story, and no one cares because NO ONE IS PLAYING TOR.
Unravel
Ok, it's hipster indie horshit physics based puzzle platformer, but Unravel has two things going for it:
First, that was, hands down, the most genuine pleasure I've ever seen in a developer's face. I felt sad for him that he had to work for EA, but he looked like he really liked his game, and it made me want it that much more.
The other thing is the mixture of the yarn character and the amazing looking backgrounds. I don't play EA games as a rule, but I might have to break that just for this. it was just to precious to hate.
Plants VS Zombies Garden Warfare 2
Good god, EA has no idea how to properly do a segue. Coming off one of the most emotional and genuine game announcements EA has ever had, an idiot in a zombie outfit comes out on stage to Kenny Loggins' Danger Zone.
Even worse is the game looks awful. It's probably the first game at E3 I really don't want to play, since no point of the "live demo" (horse shit) looked enjoyable.
EA Sports
I have to compile this section, since EA doesn't know how to structure a show and placed their spots games willie nillie throughout the show.
For all of the EA sports titles there's some sort of new card game system? I'm going to apologize right off the bat here, people start talking about sports games and my mind starts wandering.
Ok, basketball. The new game features horrifying, ungodly face scan tech that makes every player look like a monster. EA had something called a Hoop Gawd show it off and it looked awful. There's also new physics to player movement, which is probably a lie.
Hockey... looks the same. I don't think they did anything to the hockey games this year.
For Fifa they dragged out Pele to talk about... soccer or something. People like Pele, so it's probably not a bad idea considering all the bad press around Fifa right now. Like basketball, it's got new physics and allows for better ball handling. OH! There's women now too, which is pretty neat. Not sure why they weren't there before, but whatever.
Football. New physics again, and the ability to create custom fantasy football teams and play them against other people.
Mobile Games
There was a Star Wars mobile game that I immediately forgot about. and I have zero notes for it.
The big one was the Minions mobile game. I haven't seen either Despicable Me movies, but thanks to the internet I have nothing but disdain for the Minions. It looks like more Simpsons Tap Out, but with little yellow dudes and a Tiki bar.
Mirrors Edge Catalyst
No gameplay, at least none that I could see, but it running on the Frostbite engine, so at the very least it'll look pretty. It's going to open world, which is probably a good move for a game like that. There's sidequests and the main story will be Jade's origin story.
They also gave it a release date of Feb. 23 next year, meaning it's not going to be a holiday release.
Battlefront 3
Easily EA's biggest ticket this year, and it shows. The world debut of gameplay footage running on PS4, so expect them to reappear at the Sony conference tonight. Gameplay wise it does look a lot like the old games, that is to say it's Battlefield: Star Wars, which is exactly what a game made by DICE should be.
The coolest reveal, at least for me, was Luke and Vader as playable characters. We only saw this for a split second, but they looked a little more versatile then in Battlefront 2.
not sure where the IGN watermark came from, I captured that screenshot live.
That's it for EA. Sorry if it seemed rushed, but I really have to pee and Ubisoft's conference starts in about 20 minutes.
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