Almost every game shown in the presentation got me excited. Mass Effect 3 looks to be shaping up quite nicely, and the new shooter, cover, and melee mechanics should make the action set pieces way more fun and memorable than the past entries. I just hope the folks at BioWare put just as much effort into the RPG elements as they have into the action elements. If they can pull that off, ME3 should make for a nice conclusion to the Commander Shepard story. Next up was Need for Speed: The Run, which looked pretty fishy to me. While I'm a huge fan of the NFS series, The Run didn’t appear as much a racing game as it did a linear, scripted, quick time movie, but if they can prove me wrong, it could be a fun, story-driven racer.

Star Wars: The Old Republic showed off a ton of features that I’m excited for, including space battles, personal spaceships, companions, and raids. Unfortunately, there was no release date, which was really the only thing I was looking for. Even still, I’m willing to let BioWare take the necessary time to tweak these features to be the best they can be. On the sports side, SSX and FIFA 12 seem to be bringing new ideas to franchises I already love and I can’t wait for both of them.

EA saved the best for last, showing off a lengthy PC demo for Battlefield 3. It completely blew me away, and I really think it has a shot to take the spotlight from Modern Warfare 3 this year. I would love that, especially since the Battlefield games have always given me that authentic shooter feel, with the guns, visuals, audio, and physics always feeling both hard hitting and realistic, while the COD franchise seems to just compensate by just adding more explosions to their campaigns these days.