Return of the Aaron!

Actually, they do put all their efforts into getting stuff as good as they can for E3. These people don\'t sleep in the weeks leading up to the show, and for some companies, if they don\'t have anything to show at E3, the game doesn\'t get made. In The Getaway\'s case, Sony hyped the hell out of it, and I am absolutely sure they busted ass trying to get it ready, it\'s just not that good. You\'ll see.

Ratchet and Clank is a very generic platformer that does nothing really exciting with the genre. The game to look out for by Sony is Sly Cooper, a cell-shaded game that looks great and incorporates many different play styles into the adventure. In fact, after E3, I\'d be surprised if Sony doesn\'t switch some of Ratchet\'s marketing money over to Sly, cause Sly is so much better at this point.

Originally posted by Aaron
Actually, they do put all their efforts into getting stuff as good as they can for E3. These people don\'t sleep in the weeks leading up to the show, and for some companies, if they don\'t have anything to show at E3, the game doesn\'t get made. In The Getaway\'s case, Sony hyped the hell out of it, and I am absolutely sure they busted ass trying to get it ready, it\'s just not that good. You\'ll see.

Ratchet and Clank is a very generic platformer that does nothing really exciting with the genre. The game to look out for by Sony is Sly Cooper, a cell-shaded game that looks great and incorporates many different play styles into the adventure. In fact, after E3, I\'d be surprised if Sony doesn\'t switch some of Ratchet\'s marketing money over to Sly, cause Sly is so much better at this point.

Would you go as far to say Ratchet and Clank will be a disappointment to those thinking it\'s the next big thing?  Was it at least fun?  

I also have another question for you, Xbox related.  Did you see the game, Unseen?  I\'m extremly curious about that, Panzer Dragoon, and Project Ego...did you have a chance to play any of them?

Ratchet and Clank just felt uninspired, like Sony came to them and said, we need some new mascots, make a platformer, have it ready by Christmas...GO! There are lots of weapons, and it focuses on exploration, but it just wasn\'t that spectacular.

I did play Panzer Dragoon, and visually it was amazing, but it didn\'t offer much new other than the ability to slow down and speed up. It\'s a fancy rail shooter, that looks great, but it didn\'t appear to be blowing anyone away.

THe only other Xbox stuff I played was Dead To Rights, which will be pretty good, it\'s a lot like Max Payne. I played some SHenmue II, and it looked good except for an annoying motion blur. Crazy Taxi 3 is a nice return to the series\' roots, and it is much more refined than the original.

Other than that, I played games that were coming out for all systems. Turok looked surprisingly good, a much better effort than the last ones.

Actually, they do put all their efforts into getting stuff as good as they can for E3. These people don\'t sleep in the weeks leading up to the show, and for some companies, if they don\'t have anything to show at E3, the game doesn\'t get made. In The Getaway\'s case, Sony hyped the hell out of it, and I am absolutely sure they busted ass trying to get it ready, it\'s just not that good. You\'ll see.

Yeah, for an American/Japanese gaming company. The europeans have always been a bit different IMHO. I mean, where was WRC2002? The still not released Wipeout Fusion? The european gaming companies already lacked a lot in last years E3 and the Getaway just needed to be displayed this year or else it would have been forgotten. And the game still has a lot of time to be ironed out - but I guess we\'ll see. Thanks for your impressions anyway. Wish I could have been there too.

That\'s strange, I read that Rachet and Clank was a fun game, it strayed from the regular platform formula of just picking up coins.  That Xengamers article that was 4 pages long made it sound really interesting.

Xengamers article

Yeah, you don\'t pick up coins, you pick up bolts. I\'ve got the demo of it boring me to tears right here.

Originally posted by Aaron
 

I did play Panzer Dragoon, and visually it was amazing, but it didn\'t offer much new other than the ability to slow down and speed up. It\'s a fancy rail shooter, that looks great, but it didn\'t appear to be blowing anyone away.

Other than that, I played games that were coming out for all systems. Turok looked surprisingly good, a much better effort than the last ones. [/B]

Thanx...and I am looking forward to Turok.

Maybe I missed it, but what game did you find the most impressive overall. (any system)

It really sounds like I\'m a Nintendo whore, but I gave my top three games as :Metroid, Mario and then Zelda. The funny thing is that I wasn\'t looking forward to Metroid at all, but it is amazing.

Battlefield 1942 for PC and Xbox is an amazing game, and as far as best ps2 games, I had Madden, and I liked Shinobi and Socom as well.

After E3, Metroid and Zelda are on my top 5 most wanted list...Nintendo never does disappoint.

Originally posted by seven
The still not released Wipeout Fusion?

Hasn\'t that been out for months? Or is that just here in Europe.

Originally posted by Samwise
Hasn\'t that been out for months? Or is that just here in Europe.

Only in Europe, US release date is set for release in June I think...