shadowhive

Last E3 post now, unless something big gets announced in a Nintendo treehouse.

Monday was the Ubisoft show. It started off crazy, with dancers for Just Dance including, for some reason, someone in a panda costume. No, I dunno why either. After that there were some pretty good games shown. Beyond Good And Evil 2 looked awesome and the cinematic trailer really sold me on it. Starlink looked like it could be pretty cool, I hope more gets shown off in the Nintendo treehouse since the Arwing from Star Fox got announced for it. Transference also looked like it could be an interesting, especially since Elijah Wood is involved. Rabbids dlc was shown off, which reminds me I have to go back on Mario and Rabbids properly. (Which has been the case for some many reveals.)

Lastly was Assassins Creed Odyssey which looks so awesome. It's clearly using the same sorta graphics as Origins, but I'm ok with that cause they were amazing. Plus the end revealed a minotaur! Post game info revealed romances are part of the game, so you can romance people in game regardless of the gender of your character, which is awesome.

There does seem to be a large amount of post apocalyptic stuff at E3 this year, which is kinda... I dunno. It seems a bit like oversatuation and just... eh.

I watched the Inside Xbox after it but there was nothing that was terribly memorable apart from Outer Wilds which looks cool.

Then yesterday was the Nintendo E3 direct. There was a new Fire Emblem announced and some other info, but not too much. The main focus was on Smash Bros and it revealed a lot of info about it. (To the point where 60%+ of the whole Direct was Smash.) Everyone from previous games is back and they announced two new characters, Daisy and Ridley. I had hoped it would reveal more new people though. It looks cool though and it's something I'll definitely get.

Like I said that's it for E3 rambles unless the Treehouse reveals anything major tonight or tomorrow.

I should be doing my next assessment but, ugh this heat

Current Mood: drained
Current Music: Niall Horan - The Tide

The subject is in obvious reference to how this post is gonna be about two subjects, the first (and biggest) being E3.

So last night was two of the big conferences, Microsoft/Xbox and Bethesda. So here again, things are split in two.

First, Xbox. There's another mixpot for it this time, although there were technical difficulties with mixer as the stream started (and possibly before) so I dunno what's happening there. There was no info on what was in it other than a free preorder though.

As for the games, a lot of them were follow ups to one's I've got but either not started (Metro, Devil May Cry) or not finished (Halo, Division 2, Ori 2). There were a few I weren't too fussed about too, like another forza and most of the shooters. The best games, for me were Tunic (a cute fox dressed as Link), the id showcase reel (though went too fast for me to note anything down) and the last game Cyberpunk. It's by the people that did Witcher and looks like it could be interesting (and if there is gonna be character customisation it'll be epic). A lot of the stuff was just trailers, with no follow up discussion or anything which was both good and bad depending on the game.

In short though, there was nothing massive that I was interested in, at least not that sticks out now. Although there is a new game set in the Life Is Strange universe which is coming out in a few weeks for free! I dunno if it's a part/episode 1 or anything, but we'll see.

After that I did some Unravel, some Elder Scrolls and then it was the Bethesda stream.

It started off randomly, with Andrew WK coming on and singing before Rage 2. I'm not fussed by the game though. Dystopian futures seem all the rage lately but I'm not the best at shooters or at driving. There's an update for Prey, another game I need to go on, and Elder Scrolls Legends is coming to consoles, which I'm glad about. I've tried playing it on steam and it alwyas crashes lately so hopefully they fix it. New Elder Scrolls online content was teased but there wasn't much definitive info, probably due to Summerset just being released.

A large part of the thing was dedicated to Fallout 76. I've only played 4 and it's another game I need to do more on. I'm not sold on 76 either really. It's a prequel to the other Fallout games and also has an online element which I think people aren't happy about. I guess we'll see.

They also showed off an Elder Scrolls mobile game which... Eh. My mobile isn't powerful enough to run such things and my pad crashed for games sometime as it is. It's mentioned as coming for console too so I'll get it then but still, eh. Their Skyrim parody thing was awesome though.

They ended it with a new IP, Starfield. Set in space it definitely has me intrigued. And then there was the shortest teaser for Elder Scrolls VI, yes! I just wish there had been info.

So those two were a tad underwhelming, but E3 isn't over yet. Ubisoft's stream is later and the Inside Xbox stream is after too, so some of those games will get more info (though I bet it'll be focussed on stuff like Gears and Forza).

Second part of post now and it'll be much briefer. I may look back into ficcing something. I'm not sure what yet. I have a The Used fic part finished so I may do that, or I may do something with Adam (or BVB causa the last fic I mentioned).

The fic I started last week with Adam was a kinkverse one, so that's four I have in various states now. But after the initial writing burst with it I kinda stalled. Plus it being a kinkverse it would feel wrong doing it now that

carrythefire is gone. I dunno why I even started it, knowing I likely wouldn't finish it (or post it even if I did).

We'll see. I feel like the creative spark in me has gone and I hate that.

But anyway, I'm gonna go back on ESO, then wait for E3 stuff and then tomorrow uni assessment number 5 (ugh which has an essay part fuck).

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: Elder Scrolls Online

So last night was the start of E3 with EA stuff. As predicted there were new sportsball stuff (yawn) but they had skme good things too. There was an announcement of a new Star Wars gaming coming next year, it seems like you'll be a Jedi on the run from the Empire. I dunno how sold I am on that idea though, but we'll see. Battlefront 2 announced new modes and, most excitingly, Clone Wars p/prequels content! Obi-Wan, Grievous, Anakin and Dooku plus Geonosis! I'm excite even though there was no video or pictures of it.

There was also two new indies. Sea Of Solitude looks pretty and intriguing. There was also Unravel 2! Yes! Yarny is so cute and he now has a friend! It's out now so of course I got it and started it last night (I dunno how people could speedrun it, it took me about 45 minutes to complete the second level).

The last of it was about Anthem. I'm not sold on it yet. It makes me think of Destiny with added Iron Man style mechs. Maybe with more info I'll be more interested, but we'll see.

Causa seeing Jurassic World I ended up going zz early after starting Unravel 2.

Tonight is the big event for E3, Xbox and Bethesda streams tonight yess. I'm not excited for anything specific though for Xbox though hope Bethesda has Elder Scrolls info.

Mum's meant to use the laptop soon so I started up doing a transfer thing of some of the lost fics that I had saved. I copied about 10 over which is pretty good. I'll also do the same with some old rps that I re-read sometimes. (Though, alas, some of those are stuck on the dead laptop.)

It's a sad process really. The ones I've transferred over so far are from two people I've lost contact with. Both of their ljs are gone now and without those I can't even try and reach back out to them. It's sad knowing I'll never know what happened to them.

Eh. Anyways, gonna do some stuff on catch up tv soon, with Friday's Lethal Weapon and Celebrity Crystal Maze at least.

I need to go through the pepsi bottles I have for that comp they have on. I couldn't get the site to work right ehen I first tried to do it so will have to retry.

Will do more E3 rambles later maybe.

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: Sunday Brunch