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The Best Games of E3
LittleBigPlanet
Sony / Media Molecule
PS3
The game industry has no new ideas? This is an accusation that’s being being made by people who aren’t looking beyond the obvious, and necessary, sequels. Either that, or they’re seeking easy headlines. LittleBigPlanet shows that, as well as in-genre innovations, there really are new genres to be found. Here is a game, a world, that ought to bamboozle the doubters.
Madden 09
EA / Tiburon
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It seems weird using one of our 20 picks on a sports game, one that’s 20 years old, one that’s only a few weeks from release. But Tiburon really looks like it has worked the hell out of football and deserves the credit.
MadWorld
Wii
Sega / Platinum
MadWorld is some way off from completion, and not yet playable, but visually, one of the most arresting games in development, and one of the most violent.
MAG
Sony / Zipper Interactive
PS3
Sony showed Zipper’s MAG as its E3 'wow' moment, and you could argue that something more immediate would have been better. But this shouldn’t diminish Zipper’s attempts to create a multi-player action world of 256 players online, fighting in teams of eight.
Mirror’s Edge
Xbox 360 / PS3 / PC
EA / DICE
This was a positive E3 for DICE’s new IP, with its bright cityscapes, interesting character-moves and premise of mostly running away from trouble. Mirror’s Edge has the looks and some lovely special effects, but it’s in a tough sector and will need to shine.
Prince of Persia
Xbox 360 / PS3 / PC
Ubisoft / Montreal
A pre-E3 publicity push put this pretty, innovative romp on the map. The cel-shaded style looks great, in a market threatened by a glut of quasi-Arabian Knights heroes, the series feels fresh. Another game offering two-player co-op through a female side-kick, with implementation looking solid.
Resident Evil 5
Xbox 360 / PS3
Capcom
Playable for the first time, this copper-bottomed blockbuster has loads to offer. It hasn’t departed too far from the formula that made RE4 such a joy, but with improved control systems and a two-player co-op that adds a new dimension, we’re happy with progress.
Resistance 2
PS3
Sony / Insomniac
The Chimera are back in this sequel to, arguably, PS3’s best game yet. Much work has been done on creating a varied story-experience, and on ramping up enemy creepiness. Beautiful work so far; difficult to see this disappointing.
Spore
EA / Maxis
Multi
Spore has been with us so long, it’s tough finding something new to say. Later stages of the game have now been shown to the media. We just have to wait a few weeks until its arrival and, what we hope will be a title that redefines gaming.
Tom Clancy’s EndWar
Xbox 360 / PS3 / Portables
Ubisoft / Shanghai
Large-scale modern warfare is coming to consoles later this year, with an impressive voice-command system. Tom Clancy franchise can be trusted to deliver hi-tech military hardware, with gameplay looking solid thanks to Creative Director Michael de Plater, whose resume includes Rome: Total War.
Special mentions for Wii Sports Resort, Borderlands; Soul Calibur IV; Killzone 2; Call of Duty: World at War; Too Human; Star Wars: The Force Unleashed; Motorstorm: Pacific Rift; Animal Crossing: City Folk; Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe; Saints Row 2; Mercenaries 2; Gran Turismo 5; Wii Music. Far Cry 2; Tomb Raider Underworld; Banjo Kazooie; Street Fighter IV.
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Cannot wait for resident evil 5 i've been a fan of the games and films for ages
lets hope it lives up to the trailers and the gameplay from E3
is it going to be like RE4 it looks like it gameplay wise and i heard its a lot lot bigger then RE4 aswell....... so can't wait to get my hands on it Brown trouser time joke
I know this might sound weird but i'm also looking forward to little big planet it looks like a game were it will cheer you up on a sad day haha
other good games i'll be playing are Resistance 2, Killzone 2, far cry 2 and loads others
Resident Evil 5 certainly looks promising.
The Black Hawk Down setting with a cover and duck system ups the ante, but the development team should be able to deliver the goods like with RE4.
Nevertheless, Chris Redfield will return as the suavest hero of the series.
Not to mention the appearance of his arch-enemy, the one and only Albert Wesker.
Nothing comes close to killing zombies.
I can't wait.
The sad thing about E3 for me this year is that it hasn't had any impact at all upon what I'm looking forward to. There's plenty of exciting stuff, but to me it doesn't seem that there's anything more than we had before.
I think it'll be a great year for PS3 owners looking at that list
Fallout 3 typo is now corrected. Many thanks.
Typo? Fallout 3 is coming to PC and PS3 too this year.
I am a bit flabbergasted that there is no mention at all of Dawn of War II or Dragon Age, both not exactly average titles without any novelties or without any extraordinary promises I'd say...
Especially in the case of DoW II it's a bit disappointing; it's nice to see two console RTS's being mentioned here just because they try to be good console RTS's through their control scheme but what other new things do they actually bring to the table for the genre?
Tomb Raider: Underworld gets a special mention at the end? That's it? For shame, for shame.
That said, the 3rd person action game genre is really looking good this holiday. Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider, Dead Space. All good stuff. Only thing more I could ask for is a God of War 3, but that will come, eventually.
Most anticipated game for me is Mirror's Edge. I take that as a good sign for EA, since I typically don't care a whit for their games.
HEY! What about Fat Princess!? x)
Great list Colin.
MadWorld and The Conduit deserve to be on it simply because they are bold enough to try something different .
As for Final Fantasy XIII...as much as I'm looking forward to the game, one really wonders if it's worthy of any "pre-release accolades" considering Square has failed to show any sort of evolution since the last time we saw the game at E3.
I suspect that the decision to bring it to the 360 was made very recently, too. (I suspect it was made by Yoichi Wada after Square's poor performance last fiscal year. This would mean around March or later.)
Only because I'm a sucker for anything from the 80's, I'm eagerly looking forward to Ghostbusters : The Videogame.
Anyone who says they never wanted to strap on a proton pack when they were lad, is a liar.
Can't wait to play this video game. The trailer is exciting ! Here's the game trailer
URL: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36349.html