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Here’s a rundown of my thoughts about the games shown at E3 08.

The list is long and still missing a lot of games that were featured. The ones I didn’t list are ones I just have absolutely no interest in or haven’t looked at.

The list after the jump:

Can’t Wait

These are the games I’ll most likely purchase right away (except for PS3 games since I don’t have a PS3 yet).

• God of War III: Loved the first 3 (I, II, and Chains of Olympus). Too bad all they had to show was a cinematic trailer of Kratos standing around.
• Final Fantasy XIII: The announcement of it coming tot he 360 wasn’t a huge surprise to me, but a pleasant one. One less reason to have to buy a PS3.
• Fable II: Loved the first one to bits. I’ve become a huge fan of W-RPGs with dynamic plots,  characters, and worlds. Offers lots of replay value. And the new co-op system looks interesting. <3 Online co-op games.
• Star Wars: The Old Republic (working title): Not much was said about this new MMO, but as mentioned with Fable, I love W-RPGs and Bioware makes the best ones. This will definately be better than that POS Sony calls a Star Wars MMO.
• Dragon Age: Origins: The name screams “generic fantasy rpg”. But then again, it’s Bioware. It can’t go wrong
• Spore: I had no interest in this before E3. Mainly because I didn’t take the time to look in to it. But now I think I’ll definately be getting it for PC. Already have the Creature Creator and been messing around with it.
• Soul Calibur IV: Still haven’t played III, but I loved the first two. And the inclusion of Yoda, Vader, and Starkiller (still hate that name though) makes me want it more. The improved character creator looks great too. I want to be able to make some custom Jedi with it. God… I’ve become a Star Wars nerd thanks to all these games.
  
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: More Star Wars, and this one looks fantastic. Not much I can say about it that hasn’t already been said by others.
• Guitar Hero World Tour & Rock Band 2: As much as I suck at playing these I still love them.
• Lego Batman: <3 Lego & <3 Batman. And <3 the Lego Star Wars games.
• Prince of Persia: Not much to say about it other than it looks good and I loved Sands of Time and Two Thrones.
• Too Human: The demo is up on XBL right now. I’ve played it twice and loved it both times. There are a few small annoyances, but the developer still has time to fix them before the release I hope.
• Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia: Loved all the Castlevanias on the GBA and the DS. This is a no-brainer.
• Naruto: The Broken Bond: Finally! A Naruto game that doesn’t cover the beginning of the series for the 20th time. This is the sequel to Rise of a Ninja, which I liked for it’s mostly-open world gameplay.
• Chrono Trigger DS: Chrono Trigger is an absolute classic, and this port has some nice new tweaks just for the DS and an improved translation of the script.
• Mass Effect 2 (working title): More pure win from Bioware. I’m playing the first one again right now.
• LocoRoco 2: Loved the first one.
• Puzzle Quest: Galactrix: Stilling playing the first one on XBLA and loving it.

We Shall See…

These are ones that I’ll wait for other’s opinions or rent myself to see if I like them.

• Final Fantasy IV: Out now actually, I think. I’ve played the original a few times, and may play this if I find myself needing a good portable game to occupy me.
• Street Fighter IV: I used to love Street Fighter I & II back on the SNES, but when I tried to play them in the recent years, I found that I didn’t enjoy them as much. But the same goes for Mortal Combat and other fighting games. The only ones I still like are the Soul Calibur and Super Smash Bros franchises.
• Resident Evil 5: I tried playing RE4 on the Wii and couldn’t quite get the hang of it. Maybe I’ll like this one with typical 360’s shooter controls, plus online co-op.
• Fallout 3: I still have not played the first two. And I didn’t like any of the Elder Scrolls games. But watching Todd Howard demo the game on X-Play was pretty interesting.
• Halo Wars: Not a big fan of the Halo franchise. The I think shooters are good, but not that good. But still, I like some RTS games, and this one looks like they maybe have come up with a good RTS control scheme for the the 360.
• Naruto: Ultimate Ninja STORM: I liked Ultimate Ninja 2 on the PS2. And this one looks great visually. But I’m fucking sick of playing Naruto games that start off from the beginning of the series.
• Valkyria Chronicles: Haven’t looked in to it much, but like Naruto UNS, the visuals look great.
• Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels: More Star Wars again. Will wait for reviews to see how this turns out. The fact that it’s based on the upcoming animated movie is what puts me off (movie-based game).
• Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe: See Street Fighter IV above.
• LittleBigPlanet: Supposedly creativity is supposed to play a big part of this game. However, I don’t find myself being very creative in games lately.
• Mirror’s Edge: First person Prince of Persia? I don’t know about this one. Looks like it might get boring after a while.
• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames: I never had any interest in the first one, but I saw one of the creators demo it on X-Play and it looked like a lot of fun.
• Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars: Announced but no details given. If it’s a top-down GTA, I will probably skip it. If it’s 3D, I’ll wait and see what others think of it.
• Infinite Undiscovery, The Last Remnant: Various Squenix RPGs for the 360 that aren’t Final Fantasy. Might be good, might not. Will have to wait and see.
• MAG: Mixed feelings about this one. It’s another military shooter, but with 256 people playing at once? That’s pretty cool.
• Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood: Ugh! Another Sonic game. Oh wait, it’s developed by Bioware. Could be good then.
• This is Vegas: Looks GTA-ish, but focused on Vegas with various Vegas-related activities.
• Left 4 Dead: I loved most Valve games, but another zombie shooter? Not sure about this one.
• Sonic Unleashed: Ugh! Another 3D Sonic game. Sega promises it will be better than the more recent crap they’ve put out, but there’s already info and screenshots of Sonic turning into a werewolf-type creature and holding a sword. Sounds like Twilight Princess.
• inFAMOUS: Not much to say about it. Just looks interesting.
• Deadly Creatures: Odd game for the Wii. You play as a tarantula and a scorpion.
• Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts: I loved the original game. Never finished the 2nd. This one has the potential to be good. But Rare hasn’t done much good aside from Viva Pinata in the last several years. At least XBL is getting the original game.

Meh.

I only mention these because other people seem hyped out them.

• Far Cry 2: Didn’t like the first one. The open world mechanic of this one might make it more appealing to me. But it’s still a rambo-jungle shooter to me.
• Gears of War 2: I bought the first one because it was $20 and people wouldn’t shut up about it. I found I didn’t like it much. And after watching the demo for GoW2, I don’t think I’ll like it either.
• Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop: Watered down Dead Rising. Will stick to 360 version.
• Animal Crossing: City Folk: Got tried of the DS version really quick and didn’t see a point to these games.
• Killzone 2: I got sick of military shooters a long time ago. I don’t care how good it looks.
• Resistance 2: Resistance is this: Gears of War for the PS3, but in first-person view.
• SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation: See Killzone 2 above.
• Resistance: Retribution:  See Resistance 2 above.
• Castlevania Judgment: I love the recent Castlevania games, but this… is just weird. Saw the live demo during Konami conference and it reminded me of the Bleach fighting game on the Wii.
• The Sims 3: Lost interest in the Sims early into Sims 2.
• Wii Sports Resort: Requires another new addon for the Wiimote. And is pretty much just a bunch of new minigames.
• Dead Space: Reminds me of Doom 3.
• Wii Music: Just…No.
• Rock Revolution: I was hoping maybe this would join the ranks of Guitar Hero and Rock Band. But Konami’s presentation was just plain awful. Seriously go look it up for some awkward laughs.
• Patapon 2: I liked the first one for a while, but got too tired of it to finish it.