Top 10: E3 2008 Disappointments

By Pro-G Staff - 23/07/2008 - 3:01pm GMT

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8. We mostly wanted Aliens, mostly

We love Aliens. A lot. It's without doubt our most watched film. When SEGA announced that Gearbox was developing an FPS based on the franchise there was a collective gasp for air in VideoGamer.com HQ (which wasn't a nice experience, since James hadn't taken out the bins). Our next-gen gaming dream seemed to be coming true. So, when we received a call the morning of our E3 appointment with SEGA to see the game, when our friendly SEGA rep informed us that it was no longer on show at E3, tears started to well in the corners of our eyes. Not normal tears either. These were acid tears. Tom's face is now permanently scarred and he has bad dreams. They mostly happen at night, mostly. At least Randy Pitchford was nice enough to explain the game's absence to us later in the day.

7. Where were the new game announcements?

We're still recovering from working 18 hour days last week, but how many new games were announced at E3? Off the top of our heads we can name M.A.G., Resistance Retribution, You're in the Movies, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Alive, Wii Sports Resort, Singularity... there weren't that many. If you include downloadable titles like Fat Princess and Geometry Wars 2 the list gets bigger, but it's hardly in keeping with the event's history. The lack of genuine new announcements added to the all-round feeling that E3 2008 was a big disappointment.

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wes i dont think it matter which is would sell more on at the end of the day,its about how good the game is. by the way i think you have never played the 360 before as the r lots of well loads of games witch...

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J-Man wrote at 16:36 on 23 July 2008

how about nintendo's lack of a storage solution that the wii is in desperate need of. how long do they think 512mb will last! and they had the nerve to say they were working on something; but now it seems like its all quiet on that front....
chunga-wang wrote at 17:50 on 23 July 2008

Despite being the self-proclaimed biggest halo fan ever i seemed to miss that whole bungie commotion countdown thing but i can still see how its annoying...
Mike wrote at 21:53 on 23 July 2008

I think Microshit will be post on sale the new "wiimote" in the sexshops! Girls will be very pleased to use the wireless vibration tecnhology that also includes playing games.
Stinger wrote at 21:58 on 23 July 2008

I think Nintendo anounced...NOTHING!!! It�s a shame to see that they�ve become the ultimate gym wi-fi console! What about games?????????????????GAMES!!!GAMES!!!VIDEOGAMES!! ! DO YOU REMEMBER????
Peter wrote at 22:01 on 23 July 2008

J-Man, they don�t care because they sold more than 25 million consoles! That�s why its all quiet!
John wrote at 22:06 on 23 July 2008

Despite all the mistakes that Sony did with the PS3, I agree with Kojima when it said that this machine is a Monster! I think that we didn�t see nothing yet! This is just the beginning! Remember the PS2�s llife cycle! :)
xboxlive wrote at 06:27 on 24 July 2008

i didnt find e3 the best this years due to lack of content on xboxlive etc etc
FantasyMeister wrote at 06:38 on 24 July 2008

From my perspective I was disappointed that Microsoft's answer to the challenge of Sony's Home was a redesign of the 360 Dashboard and the introduction of avatars.

Software is Microsoft's core industry, I was hoping they could come up with something with a little more competitive.
xboxlive wrote at 06:42 on 24 July 2008

thay should of come up with something that aint been seen before
Iain McC wrote at 12:41 on 24 July 2008

@J-Man: So, you haven't found the SD-card slot yet?

You can get an 8GB SD card for less than �15 these days, and given just how tiny the Wii's save games are, how much storage do you need, exactly? I've got well over a dozen games on the Wii and I'm not coming close to running short of storage space - and that's with only a 1GB card in addition to the system memory.
Yass man wrote at 14:41 on 24 July 2008

I think the hole gears of war 4 player thing was blown out of proportion. The game has always been essentially about the 2 guys. 2 player if fine it means they can keep the story in line. We know there was 4 in the original campaign but the story really is built for the 2. And about the new Horde mode, I cant wait to see what it is like and to get on with 4 of my friends and have waves of attacks, Sounds fun
Wes wrote at 23:25 on 26 July 2008

For me it was FFXIII going over to that 'other' system. IMO its just not gonna work. I think it will sell, but not like Square hopes. 360 is all about gay ass shooters. Playstation has always been the home for JRPGS. Theyre gonna be sorely disappointed when FFXIII sells a shitload more on PS3.
xboxlive wrote at 07:48 on 27 July 2008

wes i dont think it matter which is would sell more on at the end of the day,its about how good the game is.
by the way i think you have never played the 360 before as the r lots of well loads of games witch r not shooters.
zakariya wrote at 22:57 on 14 October 2008

home, really got me pissed off im just losing my interest in playstation home these day's it looked pretty cool when i saw it, if u wanna add me MY PSN IS zakariyaismail pce