Sea of Thieves exudes the usual Rare charm
Third-party reveals included State of Decay 2, which
looks like a worthy upgrade over its predecessor,
a console-exclusive port of Player Unknown’s
Battlegrounds, an all-too-brief teaser for Tacoma,
and the extended gameplay reveal of Bioware’s
stunning-looking Anthem.
things off, and looked every bit as fun and well-
written as the core game. We got a new look at the
as-yet-untitled God of War game, which sees Kratos
and his son (?) venturing into Norse mythology, and
the surprise reveal of a spectacular looking total
remake of Shadow of the Colossus. A snow-swept
expansion for Horizon Zero Dawn was revealed, and
reminded us all how much we wanted more Horizon,
whilst a look at David Cage’s Detroit: Become
Human highlighted how incredible Quantic Dream’s
performance capture technology is, though at the
same time revealed some clunky writing reminiscent
of Heavy Rain. We saw another gameplay demo
of Days Gone, which boasts impressive hordes of
zombies and a hopelessly dull main character. It was
left to Insomniac’s Spider-Man game to close the
show, which boasted a whole lot of awesome-looking
web-swinging, Spidey quips, and a lot of QTEs.
SONY
Sony’s conference went for a markedly different tone
to the Microsoft showing, instead opting for a shorter
conference with the spotlight on a few key games.
The problem was, the vast majority of these games
were also shown at E3 last year, and many of them
still don’t have release dates or much in the way of
additional information. Some trailers were presented
utterly devoid of context - we still have no idea
what mouse-starring PSVR title Moss is about, for
example - whilst others delved into somewhat jarring
vertical slices of gameplay. Strangest was Sony’s
decision to showcase the titles coming out in the next
few months in a video stream before the conference -
which meant titles like GT Sport and Knack 2 didn’t
even get a look in for the conference proper.
The stunning GT Sport was absent from the Sony
Press Conference.
What we did see was a handful of upcoming
first-party titles, with a VR segment awkwardly
shoehorned in the middle. Uncharted: Lost Legacy,
the standalone spin-off from Uncharted 4, kicked
Insomiac’s Spider-Man
The VR segment at least showcased some new titles,
including FPS Bravo Team, the aforementioned,
adorable-looking Moss, quirky No Heroes Allowed
and a reveal of Skyrim for PSVR. Which will
apparently be sold as a standalone game, because
reasons.
The charming No Heroes Allowed VR
It all ended as with a presentation that felt remarkably
flat for a company that’s riding high on the sales of
60 million PS4s and a million PSVRs, with very little
in the way of new information or games we hand’t
already seen. Presumably Sony is keeping some of its
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