E3 2008 Goodness

By deactivated-5cdb69f34ac28 July 21, 2008 1 Comments

So E3 is over. While it had lots of great games, two games in particular caught my attention: MadWorld and Spore.

MadWorld, because it looks like a pretty crazy game (If I were a reviewer, it'd be my pick for E3 2008 probably). Basically, it's a TV show called Death Watch, and you're a guy with a chainsaw for a hand. Need I say more? You can play games like Man Darts, where you use a bat to smack guys into an oversized dart board to score points, or shove "Caution" signs through peoples heads. When you've collected enough points, you can push a button to summon a boss to fight. There are signs everywhere that say stuff like "Kill Shit," and it just sounds like a funny, yet incredibly violent, game for the Wii. The only problem is that the developers (PlatinumGames - Link) think the game might be too violent for Japan, so they are focusing on the western market - which means us. I think they're doing a spectacular job.

  

Next up was Spore, but moreso the speech that Will Wright gave on Spore. It was awesome. The primary thing I really like about what they are doing with it though is releasing the prototypes for different aspects of the game (such as  ParticleMan, which is pretty cool and I suggest you check it out), so players can see the different aspects of game design, play around with them, and see just how much work can go into making a video game. On top of that, it's lots of fun to mess around with.

  

With the promise of more MadWorld at Leipzig in August and Spore's release in September, I am bubbling with excitement.

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