So once again life interupted my online time. The good news is my health is okay and the other issue I had which I really do not want to discuss is taken care of, so I should be back on more. My attention has also been diverted by southpark studios. I guess I was the last to know, but once I knew there was a completely legal, official site where I could watch every episode ever, I have been hooked.

On to games. I have bought the resident evil essentialls package. Here is a breakdown of how i feel about it now that i have been playing a little.

Resident Evil:Code Veronica X-Not my favorite of the first wave of resi games,but still pretty good within the framework of the umbrella timeline. I am putting this one for last since I have played through it already years ago.

Resident Evil:Outbreak- I really like this game. While the presentation is old school,the controls are better not the ancient tank style. Great graphics. But what I like best is the fact that instead of being story driven the scenarios make me feel closer to my beloved Zombie Outbreaks. You choose your character and then hell brakes loose. I also like the amount of things they put in that give it vast replay value.

Resident Evil 4-I am ashamed that I am just playing this now. One of the best games I have ever played. Not only did they fix most the gameplay issues but the story still fits the series while at the same time not just being one more "umbrella released zombies" story. I plan on doing some reviews for sure on these.

So thats it for now,

mattykovax.

How come people do not understand E3 is not a personal marketing or advertising event. Its for investors and retailers. So many posts I see are "but they said" of course they said,they want to be stocked and sell, Which brings me to my big thing. Sorry ninty fans but motion Control is NOT the wave of the future. gamers are lazy,I can prove that. It has its place but that is it ,its place. Punchout proves that.

MS and sony are not trying to "steal" or even for that matter base their consoles around motion control. They are just trying to convince retailers who sell the wii like crazy even if it does not actually get home use that they can sell to the casual market too.

Why can people not see this. Do I really have to argue like N is a player? Just some thoughts,and I am thinking E3 coverage is bad because the average consumer now thinks this is aimed at them.

I have to start this off with mentioning something some people on gamespot do not seem to get. This is an industry event,its for the investors and retailers and journalists not us we are just lucky because of the nature of the industry that it gets the coverage that it does. Thats why,much to my chagrin we have been bombarded with all the tween stuff. And it also led to the nintendo debacle.

Whats that you ask? well if you saw the nintendo show it became apperant that they were more concerned with talking numbers and figures than anything else. Must have also been added to by the fact that even with all the coverage the average wii owner does not even know what E3 is. The only thing I found remotely interesting was the new Metroid, butI really cannot say thats enough for me to buy a system.

Sony's PSP coverage was good,and shows they really are trying to up the brand with both releases and the PSPgo. I know a lot of people are making fun of it but its not a replacement its an option. when reading through the forums and you see those people who say the future is digital distribution is the future,that is who sony is marketing.

The PS3 stuff however,while a lot of great games were coming out to me also showed the fact that sony is behind in install base,because it seemed less like a moving forward and more of a look we finally have the games to really compete. And this is coming from someone who only owns a PS3,its not anti sony fanboyism. Though it makes me want to fix my system,something I have not done yet mostly because there were no must have games. It was a good conference but that kind of made them lose out to microsoft who knows they are in a lot of homes and are now focusing on cementing more reasons for you to usethe 360and make it your primary system.

Gamespots coverage was decent, some good demos and interviews,though I must say Tim Schaffer is WEIRD. Great gamemaker but one strange cookie.

Thats my two cents on day two,

mattykovax.