E3 2017: We Talk Over the Ubisoft Press Conference

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Very solid Presser, something for everybody.

People talk about them a lot. Giant Bomb's reception and talk of things aren't always representative of the larger community. For the games I play, they are actually mostly the opposite usually.

Macon Blair in a vr game? Sign me up!

Man a big treasure hunting, kraken-fighting pirate adventure is strangely untapped video game material. Skull and Bones got me excited until they started talking about PVP and trade routes... dammit...

3 games I want, successful conference IMO

South Park was so lame, last year they had a great joke about the Netflix specials and this year there was nothing.

I didn't know there was any controversy around Far Cry 5. A lot of people haven't figured out that if you don't like the theme of a game you can just not look at or play it. There are movies I don't like the themes of so... I don't watch them!

Completely shocked by the racism coming out of Ben at the 7:30 mark.

XBox X sounds ok, but personally I think they should have just stayed with Scorpio. Something about that name sounds more powerful.

I'm glad the Rabbids game is coming soon, as it's something I didn't realize I needed in my life.

I'll just say as well: on average Ubisoft puts on a great show at e3 and I'm typically entertained even with the awkward moments. even think Aisha Tyler generally did a good job as host. Yves Guillemot is charismatic as hell, though, and it was a good choice to have him lead the show this time.

That sounds more like Ray-cism to me.

Nice.

In a world where Diddy Kong Racing 2 will never get made, I'll accept The Crew 2.

Co-Optimus Prime. Vinny, you are a national treasure!

"I just wanna go back INSIDE Elijah....mmmhhhmmm..."

-Ben Pack, 2017

Man, what a conference. Mario XCOM, Black Flag Plus, The Crew Dogs 2, Beyond Good & Evil Sequel Prequel... there was good stuff through the whole thing!

The humor just comes off as really forced in the marketing. They gave the last south park game best scene for the underpants gnome parent sex scene. I wouldn't call them prudish at all.

Wait, did Vinny predict Cappy's name or was that a joke?

It's weird that they call it Assassin's Creed Origins. I thought the origin was tied to the ancient alien creators and Adam & Eve escaping with an Apple of Eden, as revealed in AC2.

I wonder if they are gonna retcon all that or if there will be passages where you go back to that time?

How about we call the Scorpio Onex (Xbox One X), pronounced like Onyx.