TheDarkKnight774
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I see it playing out like:
Huber takes Evil Within 2
Damiani takes Mario
Ben takes Wolfenstein
Blood takes Assasins Creed
Huber then reviews Call of Duty
I think Jones is essentially out of the review business. He's too busy
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Easy Allies @ E3 2017 Streaming Thread & Schedule
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I see it playing out like:
Huber takes Evil Within 2
Damiani takes Mario
Ben takes Wolfenstein
Blood takes Assasins Creed
Huber then reviews Call of Duty
I think Jones is essentially out of the review business. He's too busy
I agree with your choices but what about the Fractured But Whole??
TheDarkKnight774
Member
I think it's damiani. It's an RPG and he's a big south park fan. I could see it being a later review though. Or if they get a code early enough he can power through it before Mario.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
I still think it'll end with Zelda. Mario could pull Kyle away, and others try to worm in other games. But at the end of the day everyone so far loves Zelda...a lot and everyone has played it. I think it'll eventually win
Merchandise
Member
So are the allies going to the floor (assuming all of them?) just going to bum rush Nintendo today? 
Crimson_Justice
Member
What's the over/under on Bosman actually getting to play Odyssey today? Those crowds look ridiculous.
AcademicSaucer
Member
So HAL was kirby, the text was 2 metroid games but what was with the blizzard ?
Animal Crossing fans getting left out in the cold
I hope they review the Mario Odessy trailer. Based on their previous criteria I think it could be their second ever perfect 10 trailer. Great start with the fake out, music choice, mix of cutscenes and gameplay, explains things while raising questions, nothing overstays its welcome and constant escalation including a pay off for the start of the trailer.
Blood would probably also have Forza. Then there is still South Park and Shadow of War. Gonna be a rough month lol
Sorry fam, am at work.
No idea when. All I know is I was told there's lots of butts involved.
No idea when. All I know is I was told there's lots of butts involved.
Raven117
Member
With a relatively
unknownstranger
Member
EA - D+
Microsoft - C+
Bethesda - C-
Ubisoft - B
Sony - B+
Nintendo - B-
A couple thoughts on each:
EA - I originally gave them a D but I bumped them up because they tried to be better than last year. Battlefront when on way too long and I was shocked they had no other Star Wars game(s). Still don't have any interest in anything from them but A Way Out looked cool.
Microsoft - Originally gave them a C but bumped it up to a C+ after seeing Easy Allies reactions. The pacing at the start was awful and it almost felt like they had too many games. Still, they had a couple games I'm looking forward to and I loved Ori. I have no interest in Xbox One X as I have a decent laptop and don't have a 4k TV.
Bethesda - I get why they had their own conference. No one would want ESO and they rather show VR, the card game and Quake on their own than give it to the PC conference. Still, it felt unnecessary for them to have their own this year. Evil Within 2 and Wolfenstein could have easily been in Sony or Microsoft's conference. Outside of normal Elder Scrolls, I've never been interested in anything from Bethesda and that's still true.
Ubisoft - I originally gave them a B+ but I got sucked into the hype of Beyond Good & Evil 2 and I loved the trailer. Then I realized I have basically no interest in it or the franchise in general. Still, I really like how they massively improved their pacing this year, and they didn't have anything as cringy as the Ghost Recon: Wildlands demo last year. I did think Skull & Bones went on a little too long but that's it. I'm not really interested in anything from Ubisoft but they have a few games if they get cheap enough I might get eventually.
Sony - If I'm being honest, I don't think their press conference was as good as a B+. Looking at my avatar though, Shadow of the Colossus alone raised it up from a B-. Factoring in their pre-show though, I would probably give them a B without Shadow of the Colossus and an A- with it. With their pre-show, there's 3 other games I'll be there day one on (Knack 2, Ni No Kuni 2 and God of War). I thought Moss looked good but I don't have much interest in VR. Undertale I'll likely get at some point. Everything else except possibly Spider-Man I don't really have any interest in.
Nintendo - Nintendo's was the only one I didn't watch live because I didn't want to wake up early. Watched it as soon as I got up though. I planned on getting a Switch when Super Mario Odyssey comes out and that's still true. I'm really excited for a new Kirby game as well. Everything else I don't have much interest in and I was really disappointed there was no Super Smash Bros port or Gamecube Virtual Console.
Microsoft - C+
Bethesda - C-
Ubisoft - B
Sony - B+
Nintendo - B-
A couple thoughts on each:
EA - I originally gave them a D but I bumped them up because they tried to be better than last year. Battlefront when on way too long and I was shocked they had no other Star Wars game(s). Still don't have any interest in anything from them but A Way Out looked cool.
Microsoft - Originally gave them a C but bumped it up to a C+ after seeing Easy Allies reactions. The pacing at the start was awful and it almost felt like they had too many games. Still, they had a couple games I'm looking forward to and I loved Ori. I have no interest in Xbox One X as I have a decent laptop and don't have a 4k TV.
Bethesda - I get why they had their own conference. No one would want ESO and they rather show VR, the card game and Quake on their own than give it to the PC conference. Still, it felt unnecessary for them to have their own this year. Evil Within 2 and Wolfenstein could have easily been in Sony or Microsoft's conference. Outside of normal Elder Scrolls, I've never been interested in anything from Bethesda and that's still true.
Ubisoft - I originally gave them a B+ but I got sucked into the hype of Beyond Good & Evil 2 and I loved the trailer. Then I realized I have basically no interest in it or the franchise in general. Still, I really like how they massively improved their pacing this year, and they didn't have anything as cringy as the Ghost Recon: Wildlands demo last year. I did think Skull & Bones went on a little too long but that's it. I'm not really interested in anything from Ubisoft but they have a few games if they get cheap enough I might get eventually.
Sony - If I'm being honest, I don't think their press conference was as good as a B+. Looking at my avatar though, Shadow of the Colossus alone raised it up from a B-. Factoring in their pre-show though, I would probably give them a B without Shadow of the Colossus and an A- with it. With their pre-show, there's 3 other games I'll be there day one on (Knack 2, Ni No Kuni 2 and God of War). I thought Moss looked good but I don't have much interest in VR. Undertale I'll likely get at some point. Everything else except possibly Spider-Man I don't really have any interest in.
Nintendo - Nintendo's was the only one I didn't watch live because I didn't want to wake up early. Watched it as soon as I got up though. I planned on getting a Switch when Super Mario Odyssey comes out and that's still true. I'm really excited for a new Kirby game as well. Everything else I don't have much interest in and I was really disappointed there was no Super Smash Bros port or Gamecube Virtual Console.
Japanmanx3
Member
EA: 5/10
Battlefront looks like it's moving in the right direction. 20 minutes was way too long tho. Plus no signed player showing. Could care less about the sports games and their storylines. The Anthem tease did nothing either initially.
Microsoft: 6/10
"Who are you?"
"Games...Indie Games"
3 exclusives. $499 console price. 4k 16bit games...Anthem had a decent reveal but nothing to flip out over. Metro looked good but also all scripted. DBZF was known beforehand and was hype, but has honestly nothing to do with MS so it doesn't move the needle for me. Sea of Thieves is what will finally put the nail in the coffin for Rare. Terrible show for selling people on the Xbox One X Xbox. Terrible show for whatever is supposed to make Microsoft look unique. Okay show for games in general.
*Cuphead release date tho!
Bethesda: 3/10
VR additions to old games. Paid mods. 2 actually good reveals saved for the end with exciting moments but weirdly cut trailers. That said Wolfenstein looks great. But this want even really a conference. Just a Bethesda Direct. Shouldn't have even spent the money for the stage.
Devolver:
/10
Never come back.
Ubisoft: 7/10
Nice opening with Mario x Rabbids which actually looks very, very good. And of course BG&E2 even though it was an all CGI trailer. South Park was cool again too. Steep, The Crew 2, Just Dance are all forgettable. Random Pirate game just because? Nah. Assassin's Creed looks the same, even with a 2 year break... But some of the newer ideas and IP presented were okay. Fun show overall.
Sony: 7/10
"Okay, so who are you?"
"Games...Exclusive Games"
Technical difficulties aside, Uncharted looked great, as well as the Horizon DLC. Days Gone still does nothing for me. God of War looking NOICE! SOTC remaster was HUGE! Loved that surprise. VR block was a dud. Spider-Man looked great. Don't understand the QTE issues at all. And I'm confident the city will be open to explore completely even though they didn't show it. Also Miles!!! Solid overall. I don't expect they'll ever surpass 2015 again. And even least year was epic. But seeing that a lot stuff is in development already that didn't get shown it made the event feel short. Not a problem, per se, but still more mellow experience.
Nintendo: 8/10
Nimbus delivered. Metroid Prime 4 confirmed. Pokemon mainline game confirmed. Sure we didn't see it but it's real. Thank you Nintendo. New Kirby and Yoshi looking delicious. Zelda DLC 2 tease. And my goodness, Super Mario Odyssey. Speechless at the trailer.
Could it have been longer? Yes. Could they have shown Metroid Samus Returns? Yes. Where was Smash? Yes...but at for each of those and many other questions we had some solid confirmations and a delightful video.
E3 2017: 6/10
Lukewarm. No real megatons besides SOTC. If DBZF was announced at E3 it would've been an amazing surprise. But besides that it was underwhelming in the majority. Not bad. Just very cautious and safe, excluding Ubi and Nintendo. CGI only trailers still being a thing are disappointing. Non real-time demo's are disappointing. Scorpio reveal, extremely disappointing. Etc.
Treehouse: 10/10
Playing Mario is an automatic win. Then a 3DS Metroid 2d game reveal just was a great warming thing to see.
Battlefront looks like it's moving in the right direction. 20 minutes was way too long tho. Plus no signed player showing. Could care less about the sports games and their storylines. The Anthem tease did nothing either initially.
Microsoft: 6/10
"Who are you?"
"Games...Indie Games"
3 exclusives. $499 console price. 4k 16bit games...Anthem had a decent reveal but nothing to flip out over. Metro looked good but also all scripted. DBZF was known beforehand and was hype, but has honestly nothing to do with MS so it doesn't move the needle for me. Sea of Thieves is what will finally put the nail in the coffin for Rare. Terrible show for selling people on the Xbox One X Xbox. Terrible show for whatever is supposed to make Microsoft look unique. Okay show for games in general.
*Cuphead release date tho!
Bethesda: 3/10
VR additions to old games. Paid mods. 2 actually good reveals saved for the end with exciting moments but weirdly cut trailers. That said Wolfenstein looks great. But this want even really a conference. Just a Bethesda Direct. Shouldn't have even spent the money for the stage.
Devolver:
Never come back.
Ubisoft: 7/10
Nice opening with Mario x Rabbids which actually looks very, very good. And of course BG&E2 even though it was an all CGI trailer. South Park was cool again too. Steep, The Crew 2, Just Dance are all forgettable. Random Pirate game just because? Nah. Assassin's Creed looks the same, even with a 2 year break... But some of the newer ideas and IP presented were okay. Fun show overall.
Sony: 7/10
"Okay, so who are you?"
"Games...Exclusive Games"
Technical difficulties aside, Uncharted looked great, as well as the Horizon DLC. Days Gone still does nothing for me. God of War looking NOICE! SOTC remaster was HUGE! Loved that surprise. VR block was a dud. Spider-Man looked great. Don't understand the QTE issues at all. And I'm confident the city will be open to explore completely even though they didn't show it. Also Miles!!! Solid overall. I don't expect they'll ever surpass 2015 again. And even least year was epic. But seeing that a lot stuff is in development already that didn't get shown it made the event feel short. Not a problem, per se, but still more mellow experience.
Nintendo: 8/10
Nimbus delivered. Metroid Prime 4 confirmed. Pokemon mainline game confirmed. Sure we didn't see it but it's real. Thank you Nintendo. New Kirby and Yoshi looking delicious. Zelda DLC 2 tease. And my goodness, Super Mario Odyssey. Speechless at the trailer.
Could it have been longer? Yes. Could they have shown Metroid Samus Returns? Yes. Where was Smash? Yes...but at for each of those and many other questions we had some solid confirmations and a delightful video.
E3 2017: 6/10
Lukewarm. No real megatons besides SOTC. If DBZF was announced at E3 it would've been an amazing surprise. But besides that it was underwhelming in the majority. Not bad. Just very cautious and safe, excluding Ubi and Nintendo. CGI only trailers still being a thing are disappointing. Non real-time demo's are disappointing. Scorpio reveal, extremely disappointing. Etc.
Treehouse: 10/10
Playing Mario is an automatic win. Then a 3DS Metroid 2d game reveal just was a great warming thing to see.
I don't like whoever the main guy talking is.
N° 2048
Member
Agree, he's all over the place.
Renegade Frost
Banned
what happened in the devolver digital conf
I think Kyle was trying to make some kind of point about just streaming the games that you're passionate about and let that show, but he just kept butting in saying that people weren't here to hear that, which was weird.
A whole lot of nothing
An eldritch creature that came out of no where and made you question everything about expos, about hype, about how it affects games, and making you feel like dog shit for letting all of that stain this great hobby of ours.
Or maybe they were on a drug-fueled trip and thought making a video about a faux-conference was an amusing idea.
It was a troll conference. They made fun of E3 hype culture and I think a lot of the allies were somewhat offended by it. Ben and Huber specifically. I think they took it a little too seriously. I thought it was funny, but some of the jokes outstayed their welcome.
Renegade Frost
Banned
I need to watch this. this is probably better than the outrage netflix caused with dear white peole lmaooo
AcademicSaucer
Member
Was the blizzard picture Steep?
I do not think so because that was already announced.
Following the pre-e3 with EZA has been great. Thanks guys!
Updated scores:
EA: 4/10
Microsoft: 5/10
Bethesda: 3/10
PC: 4/10
Ubisoft: 6/10
Sony: 5/10
Nintendo: 5/10
And low-average year for the conferences, not so many "big reveals" or new games (even from the indies) but the pacing was fairly good and some of the already know games some of the most promising of the recent years, so props for that!
Updated scores:
EA: 4/10
Microsoft: 5/10
Bethesda: 3/10
PC: 4/10
Ubisoft: 6/10
Sony: 5/10
Nintendo: 5/10
And low-average year for the conferences, not so many "big reveals" or new games (even from the indies) but the pacing was fairly good and some of the already know games some of the most promising of the recent years, so props for that!
Overwatch for Switch!?
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Final Ranking:
EA: 6.1
Microsoft: 7.5
Bethesda: 5.0
Ubisoft: 6.5
Sony: 7.6
Nintendo: 6.4
EA is probably higher due to A Way Out, and Battlefront 2 looks swell.
Microsoft had a lot of excellent looking stuff in it, none of which means I have to buy an Xbox. Dragonball and Anthem were my top 2 trailers of E3, so good gets.
Bethesda was shit.
Ubisoft was alright. Unlike everyone else I'm not buying into another BG&E2 CGI trailer.
Sony was just average, despite starting strong with MonHun and Shadow of the Colossus. My hype for Spidey has dipped due to QTE fest and inclusion of Miles 'I'm boring!!' Morales.
Nintendo had a fantastic Mario Odyssey trailer and not much else.
With the Allies coverage this year, Jones was sorely missed and its the first time I've felt Huber's fanboyism has begun to not feel like a net positive and actually irritating. Hoping the nightly roundups are good and balanced with lots of different stuff. I want to see one other ally commit to trying MonHun World with Ben too.
Feels like a very holding pattern E3, which kinda makes sense considering how absurd 2017 is for actual releases.
EA: 6.1
Microsoft: 7.5
Bethesda: 5.0
Ubisoft: 6.5
Sony: 7.6
Nintendo: 6.4
EA is probably higher due to A Way Out, and Battlefront 2 looks swell.
Microsoft had a lot of excellent looking stuff in it, none of which means I have to buy an Xbox. Dragonball and Anthem were my top 2 trailers of E3, so good gets.
Bethesda was shit.
Ubisoft was alright. Unlike everyone else I'm not buying into another BG&E2 CGI trailer.
Sony was just average, despite starting strong with MonHun and Shadow of the Colossus. My hype for Spidey has dipped due to QTE fest and inclusion of Miles 'I'm boring!!' Morales.
Nintendo had a fantastic Mario Odyssey trailer and not much else.
With the Allies coverage this year, Jones was sorely missed and its the first time I've felt Huber's fanboyism has begun to not feel like a net positive and actually irritating. Hoping the nightly roundups are good and balanced with lots of different stuff. I want to see one other ally commit to trying MonHun World with Ben too.
Feels like a very holding pattern E3, which kinda makes sense considering how absurd 2017 is for actual releases.
There are videos on the web. No need to ask, just check the look.
FlashbladeGAF
Member
I don't think they were offended.
I think they appreciated the joke initially, but Devolver committed to the joke a little too hard for their liking. It was late in the day and having come off of Bethesda and the EW2 hype, I'm sure they were eager to wrap it up and call it a night so they could hit the road back home.
The 2 Allies that are the most passionate about games wanted to see great games from a great publisher to end the night, but instead they just got a troll conference that not only interrupted their Bethesda talk, but kept them there longer than they needed to be.
Also Kyle and Pam's tingly wigglies made MatPat jealous.
Fix The Scientist
Member
This solo damiani stream is a little weird. They've been getting so many views this week, i hope this doesn't scare away new people.
Obliterator
Member
Sorry if this has been asked already but what time does the group night stream kick off tonight?
Brian_FETO
Banned
FlashbladeGAF
Member
SinCityAssassin
Member
I dunno, Ian was digging it.
Final scores:
EA: 6/10
Microsoft: 7/10
Bethesda: 3/10
PC: 7.5/10
Ubisoft: 8/10
Sony: 7/10
Nintendo: 8/10
Nintendo with Treehouse: 8.7/10
Digital Devolver: 10 hours
Primethius
Banned
Just caught up to Nintendo's direct:
7/10
Odyssey bumped it up by a good 3-4 points. Rest was meh except the Metroid Prime announcement, which was absolutely amazing.
7/10
Odyssey bumped it up by a good 3-4 points. Rest was meh except the Metroid Prime announcement, which was absolutely amazing.
Good.
Nooo. 😞
Shadow Broker
Banned
EA - 2.5/10
Anthem was announced but not shown. Don't care about the rest. Stopped watching as soon as I saw they had no Bioware game footage.
Ubisoft - Don't care/10
Saw Rabbids footage and Beyond Good and Evil 2 reveal. If it comes to the Switch I'll buy if not ok I wish you best in your future endeavors. I don't support Ubisoft otherwise.
Microsoft - Don't care/10
Skipped to the Anthem reveal footage. I liked what I saw but it's up to Bioware to sell me this on the PS4 because I know it's not coming to the Switch. Would be a instant buy if it did.
Bethesda - 6/10
They entertained me with their presentation. I mainly watched for Skyrim Switch footage and they had some. Pissed that there's no release date for it. They had a few good looking games that I'll watch play threws of because I don't like playing FPS games.
Devolver - Don't care/10
Didn't watch or care to watch. If they release a game I like and put themselves on my radar I'll start tuning in.
Sony - 7/10
I'm not as hot on Playstation as I use to be but I'll still buy a game here or there on the PS4 if Sony or the Dev sells me on it. I liked the footage of Days Gone and God of War. Ni No Kuni 2 is going to be a tough pass when it's released and Bioware needs to sell me on Anthem.
Nintendo - 8.5/10
Would have been a perfect 10 if they show atleast a CGI trialer of Metroid Prime 4 and Pokémon for the Switch. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is confirmed for this year and that makes me happy. I could keep going about how happy I am with this direct but I'll cover my minor disappointments. Not many 3rd party Japanese games shown. Capcom, Atlus, and Square to name a few. It's most likely because the Switch is still so new and don't have anything for this year but I hope next year is different. Would've been nice for atleast one western 3rd party publisher besides Ubisoft to announce something for the Switch... Like Blizzard... *coughs*
Entertaining E3 and there's still the Tree House.
Anthem was announced but not shown. Don't care about the rest. Stopped watching as soon as I saw they had no Bioware game footage.
Ubisoft - Don't care/10
Saw Rabbids footage and Beyond Good and Evil 2 reveal. If it comes to the Switch I'll buy if not ok I wish you best in your future endeavors. I don't support Ubisoft otherwise.
Microsoft - Don't care/10
Skipped to the Anthem reveal footage. I liked what I saw but it's up to Bioware to sell me this on the PS4 because I know it's not coming to the Switch. Would be a instant buy if it did.
Bethesda - 6/10
They entertained me with their presentation. I mainly watched for Skyrim Switch footage and they had some. Pissed that there's no release date for it. They had a few good looking games that I'll watch play threws of because I don't like playing FPS games.
Devolver - Don't care/10
Didn't watch or care to watch. If they release a game I like and put themselves on my radar I'll start tuning in.
Sony - 7/10
I'm not as hot on Playstation as I use to be but I'll still buy a game here or there on the PS4 if Sony or the Dev sells me on it. I liked the footage of Days Gone and God of War. Ni No Kuni 2 is going to be a tough pass when it's released and Bioware needs to sell me on Anthem.
Nintendo - 8.5/10
Would have been a perfect 10 if they show atleast a CGI trialer of Metroid Prime 4 and Pokémon for the Switch. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is confirmed for this year and that makes me happy. I could keep going about how happy I am with this direct but I'll cover my minor disappointments. Not many 3rd party Japanese games shown. Capcom, Atlus, and Square to name a few. It's most likely because the Switch is still so new and don't have anything for this year but I hope next year is different. Would've been nice for atleast one western 3rd party publisher besides Ubisoft to announce something for the Switch... Like Blizzard... *coughs*
Entertaining E3 and there's still the Tree House.
For me personally, I think saving Metroid: Samus Returns for the Treehouse was a mistake. While I understand the focus on Switch and completely agree with it, I think that should have been the exception.
Simply have Reggie say, "While we're focusing on Switch in this Spotlight, we do have one thing to show you..."
Then as soon as the trailer ends, transition into the Prime 4 tease.
That's how you announce that game.
Simply have Reggie say, "While we're focusing on Switch in this Spotlight, we do have one thing to show you..."
Then as soon as the trailer ends, transition into the Prime 4 tease.
That's how you announce that game.
Let's just say people might be getting double what they asked for from the return of a long awaited franchise.
Also, a riddle (these pictures are related to separate things):
So long as my source is right.
So were you right?