All eyes are on Sony to pick up their game after a massive FAIL year with very few quality games from major developers outside of Uncharted 3 and a few downloadable games and after a devastating network breach that resulted in a massive loss of revenue. Sony needed to bring their A-game to this event but the result was, honestly, less-than-impressive, with the exception of two games: Beyond and the Last of Us.
The event opened with a new ip from quantic dream called BEYOND: Two Souls that actually stars Ellen Page. The trailer was spectacular with movie-quality animation was so stunning that I was lost in it. The stunning trailer speaks for itself and showcases the amazing technology that lies in our future.
After that impressive showing we got a rather underwhelming demo of Playstation All Stars: Battle Royale, a Super Smash Bros. clone that features popular Sony characters including Kratos, Sly Cooper, Sweet Tooth, Fat Princess, Nathan Drake, and Big Daddy. Using regular attacks, players build up power to perform a super attack that scores points when they hit othaveer players. This is the key to victory.
We then got a series of upcoming downloadable games for the PS3 and Vita through PSN, as well as some upcoming features for Playstation Plus. Sony also made a point to push the first and third-party entertainment services available on PSN and Vita as well, including YouTube, Hulu Plus, Crackle and more.
Following that time sink, we got previews for Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified as well as Assassin's Creed III: Liberation, a tie-in for the Vita that features a female assasin. We then saw more form Assassin's Creed 3 and Far Cry 3 (more filler, really).
Playstation Move was also heavily pushed, with emphasis on using to enhance gaming for the player. To achieve this, Sony announced a new feature that uses Move to interact with books. It is an augmented reality program that uses the Playstation Eye called Wonderbook. You place a special book on the floor before the camera, the game then overlays interactive elements onto the screen as if they are in the room with the player, coming out of the book. The principle game on display was from a collaboration with Harry Potter-author J.K. Rowling called Book of Spells wich integrates Wonderbook with Playstation Move in which you use the Move controller as a magic wand and interact with the story.
God of War: Ascension keeps the same ultra-violent action the series is famous for on a much grander scale. However, the gameplay shown was rather lacklustre. It looked nice, but it didn't appear to be any different that what we've been playing for seven years. I was rather disappointed.
Sony closed the event with some polished gameplay footage of their new AAA title from Naughty Dog, The Last of Us. The game looks incredible. It certainly lives up to its pedigree. The stunning city scape, flooded and overgrown seems so desolate and so lifeless, yet so beautiful. The action gameplay is a step up in the violence department from their previous games and the title definitely seems to be aiming for a more mature audience. It looks impressive and was definitely the highlight of the Sony press conference for E3 2012. I'm surprised Sony had the nerve to show up with no actualy real footage or news about the new Sly Cooper or the Last Guardian, both of which were AWoL during the press conference. Still, we'll see what the coming days shall bring.
Okay! I shall return tonight for the Microsoft press conference. Stay tuned for more updates and thanks for all who have been reading!
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