PixlBit Staff's Most Anticipated Games From E3

The show is over and so the PixlBit staff discusses the games that gave them the most thrills this year.

Jesse’s Picks

Game of Show - Watch Dogs

For me, E3 has always been about being blown away by new game announcements that I couldn’t have possibly have seen coming. So while I certainly loved seeing more on potentially fantastic games like Tomb Raider and Halo 4, nothing beats the announcement of a brand new IP.

That’s why Watch Dogs has been the highlight of E3 2012 for me. Ubisoft came on strong this year, showing off a wide breadth of titles, but none of them had the same impact on me that Watch Dogs did. Clever, stealth orientated gaming is something that has pretty much gone by the wayside in the industry, with even Ubisoft’s own Sam Fischer of Splinter Cell fame taking on more of an action hero in his latest outing: Blacklist.

Gorgeously rendered and wonderfully fluid, Watch Dogs not only shows how thrilling and tense a blending of espionage and action can really be, but it also exposed the real modern fear of society’s dependence on technology. With a few simple swipes on what appears to be no more than a simple smart phone, our protagonist is able to monitor phone calls, disrupt cell signals and even access the power grid. The open ended nature of how to accomplish your goal is a refreshing break from the increasingly linear nature of games, and I can’t wait to see more of this game soon – hopefully this generation.

Runner-up - ZombiU

The Wii U’s showing this year may have been a bit disappointing on multiple levels for gamers and journalists alike – this one included – there were a couple of gems to be had; chief among them being the reveal of Ubisoft’s ZombiU.

I have longed for a zombie survival horror game with a real emphasis on survival. Watch a zombie flick and you’ll know that a single bite is the kiss of death, but video games have usually ignored this important fact and placed you in the shoes of a character that is inexplicably immune to infection. This has always taken away some of the tension and dread that should be present in a zombie game. Well, now I have what I want in ZombiU. By blending the traditional zombie story with a more punishing consequence for death – borrowed from Dark Souls of course – we can refresh a genre that has gotten more than stale over the years.

So long as the game continues to develop well, and it’s looking mighty fine now, this could be my reason to pick up a Wii U on day one.

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Michael117

06/09/2012 at 07:47 PM Reply | Permalink | Report

Angelo is the man for picking Halo 4. Runner up for me is Watch Dogs.

Jon Lewis Staff Writer

06/10/2012 at 08:25 PM Reply | Permalink | Report

Haha, for me it was The Last of Us as winner, and Watch Dogs as Runner up. The Last of Us looks incredible and while Watch Dogs does as well, I felt really engaged in the demo of The Last of Us that I saw.

06/11/2012 at 12:18 PM Reply | Permalink | Report

Last of Us should be really fun JD, it looks like a blast, but it's not like we haven't played this game before. It's like every game you've ever played. It's like the new Tomb Raider, it's like Splinter Cell Conviction, it's like Uncharted with an M rating, we could go on. It has that now "classic" over the shoulder perspective that started becoming standard after Gears of War, it has the mechanics you'd expect it to have, it has some interactions I'd expect it to have in contemporary game design. The little daughter AI is cool but it's not an innovation.

It'll be a ton of fun from what I've seen, but it doesn't earn Game of Show for me because I've already played that game before. The hypocrisy in that statement is that my choice was Halo 4 and I've been playing Halo since 2001 lol, but that's just because I'm a huge fan. I pick Halo 4 because I'm genuinely excited for the new story and gameworld. The gameplay itself should be pretty familiar.