E3 Impressions

So I'm a few days late. I apologize but I was really busy at the end of last week. Here are my thoughts of E3 2012.

1. Beyond: Two Souls - I loved Quantic Dream's 2010 title Heavy Rain. I'm a big fan of engaging, deep storytelling in video games. Heavy Rain was a playable movie basically. Contrary to popular belief, it's not just a series of quicktime events. At any rate, Heavy Rain was a wonderful murder mystery tale. Beyond looks like it's going to blow the doors off of Heavy Rain. It will feature the same type of gameplay, but with some tweaks. Ellen Page (Juno) stars as Jody Holmes who possesses a unique "partnership" with a supernatural being named Aiden. Quantic Dream didn't show any gameplay at the Sony Conference, but the cutscene (which is presumably from the game) they did show was amazing.
Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NEup8y0g-Q

2. The Last of Us - I love Naughty Dog and this game looks simply amazing. There's really nothing I can add to what Nick thinks. Just know that I'm unbelievably excited for this game.

3. Playstation All-Stars - Well they didn't change the name. Oh well. I love Smash Bros and I love Playstation. Perfect mix for me. I wish they would have just copied Smash Bros 100%, but they are trying to make it a little different. It's going to be extremely fun and the addition of Big Daddy was awesome to see.

4. Playstation Vita - SONY WHY YOU HAS NO VITA GAMES AT PRESS CONFERENCE!? Really Sony? The Vita is fledgling (though I LOVE mine and don't get why it is) and everyone was wondering how you going to "save" it. And all you mention is Call of Duty: BlackOps Declassified (no trailer, gameplay, nothing), Assassin's Creed: Liberation (with pearly white Vita!) and that All-Stars will be on Vita (which was a given). Where are the new Vita games? Guacamelee? Why didn't you try to blow Vita out to help it? Instead you spent what seemed like an hour on Wonderbook. Amazing technology to be sure, but wouldn't that time have been better spent trying to hype Vita. I'm deeply concerned. Why not do what Nintendo did and announce a price drop and incentives for early adopters? I don't get it. Sony may come to rue E3 2012 by not helping Vita if it continues down this path. Sad. 

5. Dishonored - This game looks fantastic and the wealth of gameplay options that are possible is astounding. Dishonored could be the best game released this year, but I'm still wary of it. Everything in this game seems to point to a deep story. But what if it isn't? We don't really know anything about the story. It looks unbelievably fun to play, but what if the story is bad? I'm cautiously optimistic.

What I'm playing: Resistance: Burning Skies (enjoying it, review soon-ish) and Plants vs. Zombies on Vita (three trophies to platinum!)