E3 top 10 fucking picks by Moi, Methos!!!!

So another exciting E3 has came and went, and after weeks of exhaustive research online and hours of watching trailers, video game play hands-on previews, and game play videos I have narrowed it down too what are in my opinion the 10 games I am personally looking forward too. So with much ado here is my picks in no particular order at all.

1.) Vanquish: Seriously after Bayonetta and the greatness of it, how could Shinji Mikami's next gaming crack addiction not be on the list. The Hyper kinetic Japanese infused take on Gears of Wars just screams play me, and I shall.



2.) Dragon Quest XI: yeah, Yeah, its already released but it was still one of my favorite games shown this past E3. I love DQ as some can probably tell, so a portable NDS version that uses the graphical styling’s of DQVIII coupled with a more Western like design philosophy where ever single little piece of loot is lovingly recreated on your characters along with the promise of weekly downloads of new maps equates to a must buy in my book.



3.) Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: I will admit I am Luke-warm in my anticipation of this one simply because I am no fan of Mercury Steams past games, past Castrlevania games in 3D have been less than good, and recent similar games like Dante’s Inferno and GOW3 have brunt me out, but as an huge Castlevania fan my fingers are crossed here.



4.) Rage: Seriously have you seen the videos, between this and Crysis 2, I think the graphics field is going to be blown away. Nothing I have seen looks as good as these two games, and Rage’s semblance to Borderlands only adds to its need in my collection.



5.) Crysis 2: I was blown away by the graphic fidelity on display in this game, the XB360 version was shown and even it displayed graphics above and beyond what has so far been seen of Kill Zone 2 and that is the PS3’s benchmark. Add in the fact that 3D is promised without frame-rate drops and its rendered in 1080p, both things Sony cannot accomplish in 3D on their own console and I am impressed.



6.) Marvel Versus Capcom 2: Based on a tweaked SFIV engine with better bolder graphics, and awesome characters like Deadpool and Dante and this cannot but help to be Godly as hell.



7.) Epic Mickey: This game just looks cool, seriously a dark mature take on Mickey Mouse and it has that lost forgotten Icon Oswald in it. I’ll get it for my inner child.



8.) Fable 3: I love the Fable series, so I cannot see this one being a disappointment at all.



9.) Kid Icarus Uprising: By favorite game on the NES is returning with a whole new Adventure and in 3D on the Sizzling 3DS, I want now.



10.) Mortal Kombat: So I lied, this is my #1 and for good reason, it looks hot, is a return to the dark side, features badass fatalities, and is a retelling of the best one in the series, MK2.



So there you go, my top ten picks from this year's E3. Do not take this as the be all, end all list, for a few notables that I really liked are not on the list like GT5, Enslaved, KZ3, LBP2, etc, but for now this is good enough.

FINISH HIM!!!!!!!!!!

Its really starting too feel like the Mid-90’s again, and I love it. First we get the icons of gaming Publications back, as both GameFan and EGM have returned full force and better than ever, and once again much as before Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat are about to go head-to-head once again. Round 1!!!! FIGHT!!!



I have to admit, I am a bit of a geek for both series, between 1991 and 1994, much of my time was shuffled between being hauled around with my High School chums Jerry and Danny, and hitting every arcade in-between New Orleans, Hammond, and Baton Rouge to display my dominance in both upon unsuspecting Arcade dwellers, and stay over at their house playing both on the sega Genesis and SNES. Good Times. But as the arcade died, both series kinda of fell of as well, that is until now where online play can now almost replicate the feel of the old arcades, and one: Street Fighter has already raised to the throne with the amazing SF4, and the other in MK is if all things go as planned soon to challenge it for that throne.

Going to be honest, the footage shown at the 2010 E3 has my mouth watering. Its for one easily the best looking of all the Mortal Kombat games, and its revisions of past stages from MK1 through MK3 so far look fucking insane. The game has a very dark, fore-boding, gritty vibe that fully captures the spirit of the MK universe, and I am happy to see that. And the fact that Ed Boon is now actively trying too implement a skill based game play system closer to the ones predominantly featured in the Evolution Tournaments, that uses a three level “super bar “ that as its powered up allows for more powerful moves, breakers and the new X-Ray moves which close in and show you damaging the opponent and breaking bones via a cut away X-ray view, meaning we may finally get an MK game that received critical acclaim and respect from that elite crowd. If nothing else, with his insistence that the new MK is now faster than past MK games and fore goes all canned combo’s for more skill based ones, at least we MK fans will get the game we want. Tag team game play is also now being implemented ala King of The Fighter. Hopefully the online play can keep up with this, and we see lag free fast paced online matches.



As for the coup de grace, the Fatalities, so far so good. All that have been shown so far are reimaginings of past fatalities with most so far coming from MK2, which featured the best. The biggest news here is that one, they are fucking insanely brutal looking, and take gore too a new level because all the characters now feature a fully modeled skeletal and organ system that plays a part in both game play with the new X-Ray mode as well as in how the blood flies and spills from opponents in a more realistic fashion. If you hit a character with a spinning move the blood will fly out in a curved pattern making fights more realistic looking. And as stated, this component is also used in fatalities, so organs and blood will ooze out in a highly realistic and perhaps fashion. Bwaaa, Good fucking stuff. Hopefully Boon is also designing plenty of new ones that also use this engine, and not all fatalities are retreads of past ones.



So if all goes well, by the end of March we can potentially add MK too the latest batch of fighters that sees a rebirth like with SF4. I for one am eagerly awaiting this game, and will see you online on PSN in March, when I’ll be ripping off heads left and right.