Overall I was underwhelmed with E3 this year. There really weren't enough game announcements. Wii U was awesome and the Vita's pricing was a huge surprise, but I like E3 because of the games and this year was just a let down.

And with all the bitching about the Wii U name, do people actually think Vita is a good name for a video game system??

robio said:

And with all the bitching about the Wii U name, do people actually think Vita is a good name for a video game system??

It's better than Wii U!

Assassin's Creed for Wii U announced, the new one.

What the hell is a Killerfreaks. Sounds so bad.

phenTotilo: the demo here is set up with a big TV showing the TV view and a smaller TV to show what's on the Wii U controller

9:34

StephenTotilo: the controller screens are showing a 2D map of the game's urban-warfare level

9:35

StephenTotilo: the map scrolls and rotates as the player moves

9:35

StephenTotilo: designer takes out his drone

9:35

StephenTotilo: his controller screen now shows an overhead view of part of the level

9:35

StephenTotilo: it's scanning for the other player

9:35

StephenTotilo: the drone then marked the enemy player

9:36

StephenTotilo: (it's hard to tell if the guy using the drain exercised manual control over it)

9:36

StephenTotilo: the drone's overhead view obviously helps the designer a lot in seeing the layout of where his enemy is hiding




6:37

Audrey Drake: The designer won. Big surprise.

6:36

Rich-IGN: marked the enemy with the drone, and now the player can see the marked enemy on the tv.

6:35

Rich-IGN: the tablets are showing maps for the players.... until one of them takes off with his drone. tv display remains on player. drone on the tablet is tracking the enemy.

6:35

Audrey Drake: The designer has a drone, whose view is shown on the controller, scanning the perimeter.

6:34

Audrey Drake: Not as textured as it could be, but then they made it clear this is still very early on in development.

9:37

StephenTotilo: that's it for the demo

9:37

StephenTotilo: actually, we're sticking with this game a bit more

9:37

StephenTotilo: this game will be "as online as possible"

9:37

StephenTotilo: will carry a persistence of progression for your character on the Wii U

9:37

StephenTotilo: Personalized account system, creation as seamless as possible

9:37

StephenTotilo: Flexible friends list, secured

9:38

StephenTotilo: Network Services: Ranking, matchmaking

9:38

StephenTotilo: You can friend people online

9:38

StephenTotilo: (I know what you're thinking. He's not mentioned whether Friend Codes are in play)




6:38

Rich-IGN: Ghost Recon will have a persistent online. personalized account system, creation as seamless as possible, flexible friends list, ranking, matchmaking, etc

6:37

Audrey Drake: Tracks stats, etc

6:37

Audrey Drake: Personalized account system

6:37

Audrey Drake: Now talking about the online components.

9:38

StephenTotilo: there will be parental controls and a ban list

9:38

StephenTotilo: to keep things secure

9:38

StephenTotilo: The game will include "the ghost feed"

9:39

StephenTotilo: this means that even if your TV is off or broadcasting a show, you can get a feed of info on your always-on Wii U controller

9:39

StephenTotilo: can track how your friends are doing, their achievements, yours. Can schedule a match with other players while you're watching a TV show

9:40

StephenTotilo: You're also looking at the stats of your friends and seeing the asynchronous competition of how you and your friends are doing in various micro-competitions





6:40

Audrey Drake: Encourages "micro-competition" to continue even offline.

6:39

Audrey Drake: Track what your friends are doing, and schedule matches.

6:39

Rich-IGN: Allows you track what's going on with your friends - achievements, activities, etc.

6:39

Rich-IGN: "Ghost Feed" now - can work with this even if the TV is doing something else.

6:39

Audrey Drake: Parental controls available.

You fight hordes of gremlins?

For ASS CREED...




Rich-IGN: Persistent on-screen Map, Interactive database, fast weapon selection, alt puzzle, eagle vision or sense are all options for the controller itself.