Wednesday was a pretty exciting day at E3. It was the first day the expo floor was open. The biggest thing to note was all the people. They where expecting 40,000 people yesterday and I think they all showed up and more. There where TV cameras everywhere. The expo floor (there are actually 3 floors) was a sea of games and gagets that the vendors wherer begging you to come check up.
Here are my quick highlights of the expo yesterday.
First the bad:
SOE (Sony Online Entertainment) - I was upset with these guys before I came and was really aggrivated with them more when I went to their booth. They are just stuckup snops.
Blizzard - I was really looking forward to seeing Blizzards WOW and new Star Craft games. Blizzards presence there was very small. They had NO new info about WOW and they where only demoing battlegrounds. The new Star Craft was pretty cool looking though.
The Good.
NC Soft Publisher - Now these guys had the most incredible setup. They where promoting their new MMOs (Massively Multiplayer Online Games) City of Villians, Auto Assult. Both games looked promising. I sat down and played Guild Wars PvP for about 30 min which was alot of fun. Was grouped with some players who really knew what they where doing. We won every battle we fought in and I only died once.
Microsoft - Yeah the new X Box 360 looks very cool!
EA Games - The new EA sports games where amazing. The graphics are really and game play looked smooth.
BGV - Chronicles of Narnia game looked really promising. I have always liked the story and the game has real promise. It won't be released until winter 05 though.
Gas Powered Games - Dungeon Siege 2 was neat. I got to play it for a bit. This game is taking forever to hit the stores but it looks like it will be worth the wait.
TQ - Now this was a very interesting company and game. TQ develops MMO games and you can get them for free. There are no monthly fees as well. They generate revenue on sales for items you can use in game to enhance your current items. Graphics where a bit behind the others but there new games look much better.
Mass Games - I was really surprised to see a Bible game here but there was one. It was kinda lame though but it was nice to see someone trying to make one. It was a kids game.
Well, I am off to my last day here. I fly out at 11:30 tonight.