E3 2017 Reactions: Ubisoft Press Conference

On 06/20/2017 at 11:53 PM by KnightDriver

Mario and Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. Turn-based tactical gameplay. It reminds me of Worms 3D. That appeals to me, but it might not to the Mario fanbase. Shigeru Miyamoto being on stage was fun to watch.

Assassin’s Creed Origins. Egypt! Cool. I’m always interested in these digital historical locations. I definitely want to explore this place. Using the bird for recognizance was something I remember being used in Far Cry Primal. I like that mechanic.

The Crew 2. Wow! Open world driving of every type of vehicle, aircraft, and boat. I thought of Burnout Paradise watching the gameplay video. This looks graphically amazing from the airplanes flying over a city. You can collect the vehicles? Oh my, I love doing that.

South Park The Fractured But Whole. They’re taking on comic book heroes this time. Love it.

Transference. VR game about being inside a mind. Ok.

Skull & Bones: I’m really tired of music backed trailers. I like being immersed in a new digital world. I don’t need music on top of it to tell me how to feel. It’s like some youtube music video mash up. This looks graphically amazing, though. It’s the naval combat from Assassin’s Creed III only better. Oh yes! It has multiplayer ship to ship battles. That’s neat.

Just Dance 2018. If you’re a dance fan, this series is always good from what I hear. No gameplay footage was shown, though, just dancers. That’s kind of strange.

South Park: Phone Destroyer for iOS. First I’ve heard about this. It looks pretty funny.

Starlink: Battle for Atlas. It’s graphically like No Man’s Sky with more of an emphasis on battles in space and on planets. You can customize your ship both in game and as a toy. Huh? Toys-to-life aren’t dead yet.

Steep. It has more music over a CG trailer. Bah! I really don’t like such stuff. Just give me gameplay footage. All the flashy highlights in the world don’t tell me much about the actual game. This one is just Olympic Skiing? Ok.

Far Cry 5. It takes place in Montana. Neat! I’m very excited. I love the open worlds of the Far Cry games and the zany action stuff you can do. They had music over actual gameplay and that is fine. I like that. I don’t like it over CG trailers. Airplanes! I so want to fly those crop dusters.

Beyond Good & Evil 2. It’s one of the best looking games of the show. The video seems like all in-game footage. At least, I hope it is. It looks like a feature film, not a game. I hope it does well. It looks like they spent a mint to make it. The story happens long before the events of the first game. Interesting. I can’t wait.

Great Conference.

Cary Woodham

06/21/2017 at 12:21 AM

I've been dealing with Ubisoft since the Dallas Morning News days. I wonder if they'll let me review that Mario Rabbids game?

KnightDriver

06/21/2017 at 11:02 PM

I hope so. I want to read your review. It seems like something I would like. That strategy gameplay is fun for me.

goaztecs

07/05/2017 at 11:22 AM

I wasn't too interested with Mario and Rabbids. The concept just didn't impress me.

Assassin's Creed in Egypt did sound fun. It'll be interesting to see how they handle the modern times in future releases. I'd like to give this Egypt game a play through.

The first Crew game was fun with the exception that it got dull driving to different cities. The random challenges on the road tried to break up this boredom but it got repetitive. I didn't see their presentation so hopefully there is more to do between the driving between the cities.

From what I played I liked the original Steep. It was like Skate for snow based sports. I'm interested to see what they have planned for 2.

07/05/2017 at 10:28 PM

I have to get into the Assassin's Creed games soon. I'm so interested in their historic recreations.

PixlBit