Tweet
Well I just watched the live coverage of the Sony conference at E3, at gamespots website, and I must say that i was quite impressed.
They FINALLY confirmed the price and release date, which is scheduled to come out on November 17, 2006 in North America/Europe. For the price:
20gb HD - $499 US / $549 CAD
60gb HD - $599 US / $659 CAD
Yes it will be expensive, but considering Blu-Ray players (the new format for movies and games) will cost over $1000, this is a good price.
They have also revealed the new controller for the Playstation 3. They have scrapped the boomerang design, and decided to recreate the same old playstation 2 controller - with a twist. It will have some sort of gyro system implemented into it, or as Phil Harrison described, 6 degrees of freedom, which will allow you to control some of the movement just by moving the controller. At first I was like "WTF a Nintendo Wii ripoff?". It's not necessarily ripping them off 100%. Unlike the Wii remote controller, it doesnt have an infrared sensor. Btw Nintendo wasn't the one that came up with motion sensor.
Of course, what good is the conference without showing off gameplay footages? They showed a number of new titles, as well as new trailers for some of the titles they showed in E3 2005. They even showed someone actually playing some of these games, such as Heavenly Sword, and Resistance: Fall of Man. They also mentioned that there would be playable demos for people to try out after the conference was over.
Some highlights of the conference for me are as follows:
-The actual gameplay demo some guy was playing of Heavenly Sword looked amazing. It reminded me of God of War in many ways, such as different ways of killing your enemies, and the insane combos. Near the end of this demonstration, the last enemy the guy was facing had a sequence of buttons you had to push in order to defeat him, just like God of War. All in all, this game looked beautiful, fluid and Im looking forward to it.
-Final Fantasy XIII. Can't really judge by the trailer on how the combat system will be like. From what they showed, the main character is a girl, infiltrated a train full of bad guys, and used some sort of Stop magic to get away from them. Square-Enix mentioned that there were TWO Final Fantasy games coming to the PS3. They are Final Fantasy XIII, and Final Fantasy vs XIII. All I know is that there are two different teams working on these titles. The team that made Kingdom Hearts is working on Final Fantasy vs XIII.
-Metal Gear Solid. This trailer blew me away. The trailer made it seem like it was taking place after the game. Snake is telling a story of what was happening in the war, can't remember exactly what, I have to watch it again. They showed the characters that were going to be in the game with the beautiful graphics, such as Meryl, Roy Campbell, Revolver Ocelot, Otacon, and Raiden. Raiden looks like he's taken the form of a ninja, much like Grey Fox. In the end of the trailer, Snake mentions that he must do one final thing. He loads up his gun, and points it in his mouth.
Well, thats pretty much most of the things I enjoyed about this press conference, and this is only the 1st day! E3 officially starts on wednesday. Nintendo Wii and Microsoft XBOX 360 conferences begin tomorrow. You can stream it live on gamespot's website.
They FINALLY confirmed the price and release date, which is scheduled to come out on November 17, 2006 in North America/Europe. For the price:
20gb HD - $499 US / $549 CAD
60gb HD - $599 US / $659 CAD
Yes it will be expensive, but considering Blu-Ray players (the new format for movies and games) will cost over $1000, this is a good price.
They have also revealed the new controller for the Playstation 3. They have scrapped the boomerang design, and decided to recreate the same old playstation 2 controller - with a twist. It will have some sort of gyro system implemented into it, or as Phil Harrison described, 6 degrees of freedom, which will allow you to control some of the movement just by moving the controller. At first I was like "WTF a Nintendo Wii ripoff?". It's not necessarily ripping them off 100%. Unlike the Wii remote controller, it doesnt have an infrared sensor. Btw Nintendo wasn't the one that came up with motion sensor.
Of course, what good is the conference without showing off gameplay footages? They showed a number of new titles, as well as new trailers for some of the titles they showed in E3 2005. They even showed someone actually playing some of these games, such as Heavenly Sword, and Resistance: Fall of Man. They also mentioned that there would be playable demos for people to try out after the conference was over.
Some highlights of the conference for me are as follows:
-The actual gameplay demo some guy was playing of Heavenly Sword looked amazing. It reminded me of God of War in many ways, such as different ways of killing your enemies, and the insane combos. Near the end of this demonstration, the last enemy the guy was facing had a sequence of buttons you had to push in order to defeat him, just like God of War. All in all, this game looked beautiful, fluid and Im looking forward to it.
-Final Fantasy XIII. Can't really judge by the trailer on how the combat system will be like. From what they showed, the main character is a girl, infiltrated a train full of bad guys, and used some sort of Stop magic to get away from them. Square-Enix mentioned that there were TWO Final Fantasy games coming to the PS3. They are Final Fantasy XIII, and Final Fantasy vs XIII. All I know is that there are two different teams working on these titles. The team that made Kingdom Hearts is working on Final Fantasy vs XIII.
-Metal Gear Solid. This trailer blew me away. The trailer made it seem like it was taking place after the game. Snake is telling a story of what was happening in the war, can't remember exactly what, I have to watch it again. They showed the characters that were going to be in the game with the beautiful graphics, such as Meryl, Roy Campbell, Revolver Ocelot, Otacon, and Raiden. Raiden looks like he's taken the form of a ninja, much like Grey Fox. In the end of the trailer, Snake mentions that he must do one final thing. He loads up his gun, and points it in his mouth.
Well, thats pretty much most of the things I enjoyed about this press conference, and this is only the 1st day! E3 officially starts on wednesday. Nintendo Wii and Microsoft XBOX 360 conferences begin tomorrow. You can stream it live on gamespot's website.
Comment