Microsoft and EA Press Conference Impressions '12

Before I begin, I want everyone to know that these are just my opinions as they were posted via my Twitter account. If for any reason you feel offended by my thoughts, please DO NOT bother to comment. With that said, here we go!

Microsoft E3 Press Conference

*To start off E3, I'll be watching the Microsoft Press Conference! Let's see what Kinect crap they might be putting out...

HALO 4

*Ah, of course... Halo 4...

*Oooooh... An actual tech demo?

*Oh, Cortana. You and your "Unknown."

*Forerunner?

*LOL I'm loving the Metroid Prime references on these Tweets. I couldn't agree more really.

*Yep! Definitely screams Metroid Prime.

After the demo...

*Uh... Worldwide? (comment made when the spokesperson said that Xbox 360 is the #1 console worldwide)

*Yeah, listen to all the fanboys scream at Master Chief's name.

SPLINTER CELL: BLACKLIST

*A Tom Clancy game?

*Oh damn! (after seeing someone get knifed or the whole bullet-time feature thing...)

*Wow... Splinter Cell. Where have you been?

*Now this looks kind of promising.

*Of course it's going to have Kinect functions... And the crowd goes wild!

*Seems kind of unnatural for Sam Fisher to be in a firefight...

*Too bad it's not Michael Ironside's voice as Sam. (at least I think it didn't sound like him)

*Splinter Cell: Blacklist? Maybe. I don't know.

EA SPORTS: KINECT

*Madden and FIFA better with Kinect? NO, IT WON'T!

*But you're not doing anything! What's the fun in a sports game when all you're giving is voice commands?

*Madden was better BEFORE there was Kinect. 'Nuff said.

*Joe Montana? Oh, this'll be interesting... #sarcasm

*Joe Montana: Well, this is actually pretty sweet.

*Montana says he's always up for a challenge. #challengeaccepted

FABLE: THE JOURNEY

*Fable gone Kinect... LOL

*Not ALL games are best on Xbox.

GEARS OF WAR: JUDGMENT

*Another Gears of War? I thought they were done!

*Oh, they're using that other guy...

*Wow... What a subtitle. As if that hasn't been used before.

FORZA HORIZON

*OUTRUN!!! Oh, wait... Nevermind.

XBOX INTERLUDE THING

*And make it easy to shout at your console.

*LOL Univision on Kinect? Oh, that's going to be interesting to see.

*Yes, yes, Microsoft. We know you're getting your hands on everything for the sake of making Kinect so "great."

*My God... This is such a borefest... Is this what Microsoft has come to? Where the hell are the games? GAMES!!!

*Yeah... Like I'm going to see myself grooving like these people are when I comes to music... in front of a TV screen!

*RT alex_navarro: We're about three years from "game consoles" forever only being referred to as "media consoles.

*Oh no... I thought we were done with this fitness crap. Guess I was wrong...

*Back of a van? From the man down by the river? (comment made on Nike selling their product from a van)

*"If you believe you have a body, you're an athlete." WHAT?!!!

*Yes! Go right ahead! UGH!

*It's Xbox This. Oh wait! It's Xbox That! Xbox Everything!!! FFFFFFFFFFFF

*RT adamsessler: Now I know why Nintendo had an early press conference

*RT Leo-Fan: This is the ELECTRONIC Entertainment Expo, right?

*RT Leo-Fan: I prefer an Xbox Smart***. Thanks.

*This is just sad... I... No. Just no...

*Wait... Isn't that something the Wii U is going to do?

*LOL IE on Xbox. Now I know they're in trouble.

*RT hartknight: Internet Exploder for Xbox now. Are they trying to further red ring customer's systems?

*My score for this conference is soooo going to be low...

TOMB RAIDER


*Finally... A game!

*Holy crap! Did she just...?! I'm not even going to question it. That was kind of hardcore of her. LOL

*RT @smcinnis: Confirmed: The climactic Willamette River scene from Oregon Trail will be featured in Tomb Raider.

*Is it just me or does her screaming sound a bit... forced?

*Downloadable content BEFORE the game is released? Ooooookay....

INTERLUDE OF GAMES

*Ascend: New Gods. Don't care.

*LocoCycle. Eh...

*Matter. Looked kind of pretty. Oh wait... Kinect...

RESIDENT EVIL 6

*Resident Evil 6 time. Not really caring though.

*You know, I'm kind of missing the smart creatures from RE4. I'd rather see more of that than this...

*Leon Kennedy is Indiana Jones! LOL

*The action sequences do look very promising. Almost like I'm watching a... MOVIE!!! #legasp

WRECKATEER

*Oh look! It's Angry Birds gone Kinect!

*RT @smcinnis: Did... did that lady just do a terrorism with kinect?

SOUTH PARK RPG

*South Park? Oh no...

*Laaaaaaame...

*Okay. Now THAT'S funny. XD (comment after the South Park creators made a jab at Microsoft's conference)

*RT Leo-Fan: I don't care about South Park. What year is this again? 1998?

*Working on it last minute? Shame, shame, shame. LOL

DANCE CENTRAL 3

*Usher time! Yay...

CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 2

*Really? Black Ops 2? That's your conclusion?!!!

*How did the AI not noticed their own being shot?

*RT hartknight: It's Call of Duty all year every year for most gamers. I'm still wondering when they will be tired of this. I am.
Reply: It's become such an American thing it's not even funny.

*Really, I have know idea what's going on in this tech demo.

*Oh God... THANK YOU! IT'S OVER!!!

*Okay, seriously. What did I just watch? Was that REALLY supposed to be a press conference?!!

*I'm leaning towards a D or D- for Microsoft's conference. Shoot, I can be just plain mean and give it a big, fat F!

And then came EA's press conference which I was pretty much quiet during it. At that time, I was working on a small project, but I did watch it.

EA Press Conference

Compared to Microsoft's conference, EA did offer some games. SimCity was the only game that intrigued me the most though. Overall score: C-.