E3 TitanSo I'm on my main computer again... not as thrilled as you'd think I would be, but I'll tell you that story another time. I will also clean up this news page probably tomorrow... or today as it were.

This post is a celebration though of the games of E3. I'll give you my opinion of the new hardware from Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft later, because I have to tell you my opinion of them and defend that opinion like a boss. And that could be a long post. This will be a long post. Lots of good games this E3. So let's get this post started, shall we?

My top three picks of favorite games from E3 are God of War 3, Assassin's Creed 2, and Brutal Legend. Hands down my favorite showings.

I'm a God of War fanboy (not to be confused with Sony fanboy). Seeing Kratos in HD, and disemboweling an enemy was fantastic. I may be sick. Also seeing him peirce a foes eye with its own horn was also just amazing. Yes it's hyper violent, but it's fantasy violence and I can tell the difference between reality and fantasy. I still love it. Then the fact that a Titan is fighting Helios in the background to show that their is a war going on, and that Kratos is a part of it, but he's not the only one, was just amazing. Usually in games, you feel like you're the only one fighting the war, but the guys at Santa Monica Studios has captured that feeling that you are not alone, but you are very important. So I'm looking forward to that.

Number two is Assassin's Creed 2. The demo was amazing. Climbing to the top of a tower, and finding Da vinci's flying machine waiting for you to use is outstanding. Then flying the thing through the air to reach your assassin target. Landing on top of the building, jumping and assinating someone with your hidden blade looks fun, as usual. The new thing is that you have two hidden blades. You then sneak up on two guards and assassinate both of them at the same time. Good times. By the way, you are Ezio, and Italian who wants revenge and becomes an assassin of sorts. The game takes place in Italy. Going back to my story. You then jump from the roof, into a hay stack. But what's this? A guard heard something and comes over to investigate. He is about to poke his haliberd into the hay, when you pop out, stab him, and pull him in. Then you jump out and fight three guards. But you have no weapons, except your hidden blades. what is a boy to do? Kill one of the guards and take his haliberd to kill the other two, silly. And then you assassinate your target, get surrounded, use a smoke bomb, and dive into the ocean... or sea... or river... it's Venice. I suggest you watch the demo showed during the Sony Press Conference or the Gamespot stage demo of it. I'm excited. I loved the first one, and the second one is shaping to be amazing.

Brutal Legend is looking amazing. I metioned it in my last post, but let me explain to you what this game is about. You play as Jack Black (well the main character is voiced by Jack Black and I can't remember the character's name). You get sucked into a world where heavy metal is the theme. I'm not a heavy metal fan, but I do like Tim Schafer. I also like bloody fights. Tim Schafer is a very comidic writer, who makes fantastic games. He's probably the one of my favorite people in the game industry. You can tell he loves games, and you can tell this is his dream game. Every time I see him talk about it, he has a grin on his face. If the creater of a game feels that way about a game, you know they have poored their heart and soul into the game, and it will be an awesome game because of it. The demo they showed looked great and had a very Tim Schafer vibe, but yet it also felt like a heavy metal album cover. Many people hate Jack Black, but I'm indifferent. You know he loves music, plus I think he's the perfect fit for the main character. It's a perfect match for this game. As the main character, you have an axe and an axe... a guitar axe and the weapon. The weapon slices and dices, while the guitar has magic powers to help you kill enemies. You also have a hod rod to venture around the world. It's an open world by the way. So yeah, I'm looking forward to this one, and I hope it won't get delayed because of this stupid lawsuit. Stupid Activision.

There's also Assassin's Creed Bloodlines for the PSP. It'll be released a week before Assassin's Creed 2, and if you pick this game up and 2 for the PS3, then they link together and you get something. Really not much information was told about it. Which is odd. Comes out before 2, but we get more information on 2. According to one random article I just read, it links AC1 and AC2 together and apparently if you care anything about the story of the Assassin's Creed story, you must get the PSP version. And as you unlock health and what not in one game, it unlocks that in the other game as well... if you link the PSP and PS3 that is. So nothing spectacular, but it makes me a happy Sony owner. Me buying a PSP is looking up.

At the Sony Press Conference, they also showed off a Trailer of The Last Guardian which is being developed by Team Ico. Team Ico created Ico and Shadow of the Colosus (that I can't spell) and Shadow was an amazing game. I need to pick up a copy of Ico. It was just a trailer shown off, but defintely had the developers vibe to it. So Excited for that too.

Also showed off at the Conference of Sony was Modnation Racers, which is basically Little Big Planet meets racing. It's cart racing but you can create your own tracks. They created a track on stage in five minutes and it looked simple, so it's something worth checking out. I'll keep my eyes on it.

Three Overlord games were shown off. I loved the first one. A video game that makes you be evil and control minions is a good time. Overlord II for the PS3, 360, and PC; Overlord Dark Legend for the Wii; and Overlord Minions of the DS. All three versions are stand alone games so that's cool. I didn't watch too much on them, but once they are released this summer, I'll keep my ear to the ground for reviews for sure.

Two Metal Gear Solid games were announced. Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker for the PSP held my attention. Kojima is working personally on the game. It has Solid Snake. It's a stand alone game that takes place 10 years after Metal Gear Solid 3, so that's cool. The trailer hinted at four player coop. So we'll see as more information is unraveled. Metal Gear Solid Rising was shown. It's not a 360 exclusive, but it's the first time the series is coming to the 360. We don't know if it'll be released along side the PS3 version or not, but we do know that it follows the story of Raiden, who turned out to be a cool character at the end of Metal Gear Solid 2. Looking forward to them both and I'm telling my friend to buy a PSP if coop is true. I'm sure he'll want to play God of War and Assassin's Creed on the PSP too.

Speaking of Kojima, Kojima Productions, the peeps behind the Metal Gear franchise, is helping to create the new Castlevania Lords of Shadow. It'll be a 3d adventure, but the trailer looks good. I have high hopes for the game. Other then that, not much is known. They metioned "Rebirth" a lot, but I think that's because the 3D castlevania's have sucked, and they don't want this one to. It made me giddy a little bit.

Speaking of teams colaberating, Team Ninja teams up with Nintendo for the new Metroid game, Metroid Other M. I'm not a Metroid fan, but this just sounds interesting. The trailer looked pimp. Like I said, I'm not a fan and probably won't pick it up, but spreading the word is what I do.

Speaking of Nintendo, New Super Mario Bros Wii. Four player coop. Sweet deal. I loved New Super Mario Bros for the DS. This was my favorite announcement from Nintendo, and made me giddy. The crappy part is it will not support online. The reason? The Wii doesn't have enough processing power. I'm trying to think this through. Sure a little processing power is required for online, but not that much. A very minute amount. You have four players on screen, through online, and it wouldn't take very much less processing power to do it witnout online. So I want to call BS on Nintendo, but I have no proof. If they are lying, it backfired on them. It just brought up the issue of the weak power of the Wii, and when we'll see a new console from them that has better processing power. Maybe they'll come up with a better reason in the future. For now, I'm just excited for a new New Super Mario Bros. game.

There was also Mario Galaxy 2 announced. A trailer was shown with Yoshi. 90% of it is new from the first Galaxy, whatever that means. Well I know what it means. The team at Nintendo had some extra levels created after the first game, but didn't include them for whatever reason, so I guess that's the 10%. Other then that, nothing much else is known about the game.

New Legend of Zelda game announced for the Wii at the round table for Nintendo. No information on it so that's why it wasn't announced during the press conference. Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks was shown at E3. I didn't watch anything on it, but I imagine similar to Phatom Hourglass. I haven't played Phantom Hourglass yet, so that's why I'm not hyped for the new one. I do want to play Hourglass though.

Dante's Inferno. It's a poem. I need to finish reading that poem. Actually the poem is called The Divine Comedy and I wanted to ask the protesters at E3 if they knew that. Apparently some idiots were protesting outside the E3 booth because of Dante's Inferno. I don't know if you have read the poem, but the poem is not evil in any ways. It's a man's (Dante's) interpretation of Hell. He travels through hell, and he also travels to heaven in the poem. I haven't read the whole thing yet, but it's very good thus far. The game is loosely based on the poem, as the poem is not a violent poem.

The game is very violent and that's why I like it. It's based int he world created by Dante, but doesn't follow exactly what Dante did in hell. Although it follows through the circles in order apparently. I haven't played the game, but when the developers were asked if they were trying to copy God of War, they said they were thrilled that their game was being compared to such an epic game. I don't mind video game clones, as long as they are good clones. There's nothing wrong with it. So yeah, I'm looking foward to it.

Oh fugde, I seem to have stumbled upon Dragon Age Origins on my list. Dragon Age is a new IP from Bioware, the peeps behind Bulder's Gate and Mass Effect. In fact, they called the Spiritual Sucessor to Bulder's Gate. The game looks awesome. It's very adult like with lots of blood. Very dark apparently. And you get to fight dragons. So yeah. I'm excited.

Borderlands. Nothing new to me was talked about. They changed their graphic style, which I think looks great and still suits the game well. Hundreds of Thousands of weapons. First person shooter meets RPG. Everything Hellgate London should have been. Oh and four player coop. And customizable vehicles. Open world. Epic Story. I'm getting tired to I'm typing extremely short fragments.

Bayonetta. Created by Platinum Games. The people behind Mad World. One of the founders created the Devil May Cry series. This game is basically Devil May Cry, except with a woman as the main character. She's a witch. She's fighting heaven and hell. She has guns strapped to her feet. Her clothes are her hair, which is the source of her magic. Again, tired, fragments.

Darksiders Wrath of War. The video at Gamespot wouldn't play for me, but it was a half an hour demo, so it must be shaping up well. Looks amazing still and apparently he has a gun too. Basically Zelda meets God of War meets Devil May Cry. Looks great. January first release date.

WET. Main character voiced by the star of the TV show Dollhouse. You have two guns. When you jump, it slows down time and one hand automatically locks on to closest target, while other gun is manually aimed and you can shoot both guns. Grindhouse feel to it. Rage mode, I think they called it, everything turns celshaded and red, white, and black and you kill people. Looks fun. We'll see though.

Red Steel 2 I recently got excited for. I read about it in Nintendo Power and got excited. Basically they reinvented the game by giving it new graphics and making the Wii Motion Plus add on a requirement. Making sword fighting awesome. You can also switch between the gun and the sword at any time. Seeing it demoed at E3 made me even more excited, but I'll still wait for reviews because the scars from the crap game I bought the first time around still remain.

Heavy Rain. I talked about it in my last E3 post.

I'm almost at the end of my list. Singularity is a first person shooter, but you are given a toy that can shift time for things you aim at. For instance, you can age an enemy into ashes, make a crumpled barrel new, and etc. The Concept sounds cool and seeing it in action looks cool. Looks like Raven Soft has nailed both the time elements and the FPS elements of the game, which is more then we can say Timeshift did. The game looks great, graphics wise, and has a good story behind it.

That's all I'll mention. I typed this up at 1 in the morning by the way, and I'll be posting it sometime today after I sleep. So that's why I got rushed near the end. I'll post my thoughts on the new Wii Vitality thing, Microsoft's Project Natal,a nd Sony's wand later.

Good night.

- Typed but not proof read