I did a lot of complaining in the Day 2 video thread, so I'll keep it more positive on this Day 1 thread. Reason being is because, even though all the big 3 conferences were largely disappointing, I still left with a handful of games to be excited about. I loved seeing Halo 4, that's my most anticipated game of the year by far. I've been a Halo fanboy since Halo CE and I don't fuck around, my year is going to revolve around it.

Splinter Cell Blacklist is another game I'm jacked up for, because I'm a SC fanboy as well and I have every single game to date in my collection. I've loved every single one from the original I played on Xbox, to the shooting heavy Conviction on 360. I'm going to go crazy for this game, in fact I'm playing through Conviction again right now just because I'm excited for Splinter Cell in general. I wasn't even expecting a new Splinter Cell at all Mike. I thought Ubi was busy on Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon, but my bad, I forgot how freaking massive Ubisoft is and how many resources they have. Needless to say, I was surprised when Splinter Cell showed up right after Halo in the Microsoft press conference. The second I saw Mr. McSneak creeping up on people and stabbing them in the face I was all-in. This game has my name all over it.

The Sony conference had two things I really loved, Beyond w/ Ellen Page, and The Last of Us. The animation, level design, and AI was fascinating to watch in The Last of Us.

Ubisoft had the best show by far, they killed it. I love Far Cry 3, Splinter Cell, Assassins Creed 3, and I'm sure I'm forgetting some others. All that stuff was great, but Watch Dogs really stole the show. It's the new IP I'm most excited about coming out of E3. Showing a mysterious fresh new game with a polished look was a perfect way to end the presentation.

Ubisoft had a great E3; almost all of their titles were enticing and should garner some attention post show. Glad that you saw a few games that you wanted to see with Halo 4, and Splinter Cell Blacklist. I may get back into Halo myself come this next title, as I’ve been taking a break from the series since the 3^rd installment, but I still really enjoy the series and this may be the perfect time for me to get involved again.

For me the three games I’m leaving being most excited about at this point are: Watch Dogs, Beyond: Two Souls, and The Last of Us. Hopefully the fact that these games are receiving so much attention and are all different in some manner to what normally consists for a big block buster title, will help spur some creativity into the industry.

Anyways if do I end up getting back into Halo, I know who I’ll be coming to for great map designs …