We start about 19 minutes into the video:
- Hype video!
- Man, Just Cause 3 is gonna be so good!
- Phil Rogers, CEO. Introduced like we were watching golf on TV. Also, sounds like someone was holding up a "Quiet" sign.
- Oh, that's right! They did do Life is Strange. Huh.
- Anywho, back to Just Cause 3. Show me more stuff blowing up. Make this game what Mercenaries 2 should have been,
- JC3 is due out this year. That's fantastic, but scary because Q4 is building up QUICK!
- Square Enix Collective. It's basically ID@Xbox as far as a publisher working with indie developers.
- Start the show off big! Just Cause 3. Seriously, let's go. Pick up the pace here.
- Sounds like a HUGE open world.
- December 1st! Very nice!
- Fuck yeah, dude! Opening scene and I am already jacked! It's ridiculous!
- That bridge exploded real good.
- That wing-suit is DOPE!
- I want to blow up that statue SO HARD!
- "Awesome Stunt Action" Put it on the box!
- That grappling hook is SICK!
- Multiple grapples? Sounds like that one gun from Red Faction, the name escapes me but I remember it being the best part of that game.
- "Slingshot vehicles into
- Wow, parachuting in with a rocket launcher? Game of the year!
- Unlimited C4.....MUAHAHAHAHA!
- F1 car? Yep, I'm gonna go fast.
- Holy shit! Bails out of car, deploys parachute, screen fills with explosion. Drop the mic!
- Little mini games seem pretty cool, races are meh, aerial challenges are meh, but those other ones seem awesome.
- I thought we didn't want to set the world on fire....
- Just Cause 3 looks great. I need to play more of 2. Very happy that it's coming out this year.
- New game.
- Oh PlatinumGames...you so crazy...bring it!
- Actually a new NieR game. Very early in development. I didn't play the previous game. Art in this is very pretty.
- "More information" Fall 2015. That feels weird to include in the video. Can't you just say that when presenting it? I dunno. Maybe I am thinking too critically.
- What the fuck? I won't sleep for a week now.
- Is there a reason for the helmet or is it a "Daft Punk Complex?".
- Whew, this segment is weird and slowing things down.
- Rise of the Tomb Raider is next.
- Still looks REALLY good.
- The Tomb Raider actually raiding tombs!
- It is pretty cool how a vision of a character's looks comes to fruition.
- Gameplay, raiding a damn tomb!
- ...or not...weren't we going to see a tomb? Isn't that what he said? Maybe I heard him wrong. That seemed weird to not show any gameplay.
- I like Hitman: Go. Pretty cool puzzle game for my iPad.
- Lara Croft in a very stylized game? Presumably for tablets?
- Lara Croft: Go, coming to phones and tablets. Cool
- I hate that, "It's (insert property name here) as you've never seen it before". Overused and an easy marketing line.
- Game looks great.
- Just says "Coming Soon".
- Final Fantasy XIV expansion incoming Heavensward.
- Ok, it's a montage, now we see Life is Strange. That game always seemed interesting but just never got around to playing it.
- Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below. I am NEVER going to remember that.
- But hey, Dragon Quest games are a lot of fun. That DS one was pretty amazing. I think it was DQ9?
- Kingdom Hearts 3 time. I hear this looks gorgeous. I am inclined to believe them.
- So, no translator, eh? Thanks. What if he just dropped some HUGE news and we missed it cause the translator either fell asleep or missed that day of Japanese class. I'm sure it was an audio malfunction, but still!
- Ooh, but first, more on Final Fantasy VII HD Remake. HYPE!
- It looks REALLY good.
- "More to come this winter" - so it will be 2016. "Play it first on PS4", so it will come to PC and Xbox One later I assume.
- Oh good, the translator woke up.
- Final Fantasy VII (original) coming to PS4 this winter and iOS very soon.
- Man, this translator guy, pick it up.
- OK, now Kingdom Hearts III...
- No, this looks like a mobile game, if only the translator told me what I was going to see.
- Don't really get why the speech has to be in two places on the same screen during this video. It's not the game doing that, it's the promo video. But, it's weird.
- Game looks nice though. I'll end up downloading it.
- Kingdom Hearts: Unchained is the game. "Now in development". Hmm...
- Hard to really get excited over that.
- So I guess it's called Kingdom Hearts: Unchained Key? Why is the word "Key" not on the logo then? Or is this another "#FE" thing?
- Coming to iPhone and Android.
- Ok, shush, Kingdom Hearts III.
- Why is the name of the special guests in Japanese, this all seems weird. I mean the video is taken from Square Enix's YouTube channel...I dunno.
- I saw a couple real Key Blades at Comic-Con last weekend. It's a very cool piece of art.
- Coming to PS4 and...whoa...Xbox One gets it too. Nice!
- Im genuinely excited for this. These games are fantastic.
- Yes this already looks great.
- Those colors POP!
- Good sense of scale.
- Is he riding the train from Disneyworld? Awesome!
- This game looks real pretty.
- HAHA now the tea cups get involved, this is great. Wonderful Disney fan service.
- Now Zeus's chariot gets involved. That is what that is, right? It's all a blur to me.
- Tell me it's this year!
- "Now in Development" ugh, you are killing me!
- I think that's a cruel joke to show something so awesome and...."yeah we are working on it".
- You think the crowd liked it though. Nice "Thank you" yell from the crowd.
- KHIII showed great. Looking forward to this one.
- More news on World of Final Fantasy.
- Looks to be the same trailer from the Sony show.
- The audio seems to be out of control since I could barely hear the translator, and the video was going to blow my speakers out.
- He looks like an asian Quentin Tarantino.
- Don't really know much about World of Final Fantasy, despite all the talking. LOTS of talking in this conference. 2016 for PS4 and Vita.
- Give me info on Hitman.
- Yes, it's just called Hitman.
- December 8th release.
- Ever evolving world. Also he said "digital release"...
- Sounds like a specific target for everyone in the world for a certain amount of time. Pretty ambitious.
- Again, that movie comes out this year, doesn't it? Looked like a fun time.
- I do like getting details, this seems like a lot of talk and not a lot of gameplay throughout this conference.
- Community Created Contracts.
- Whatever that card was Agent 47 was carrying was fucking HUGE! No way that fits in his pocket.
- "Hey, who are you?" WHAM! Just asking a question.
- I can get a rubber duck! Sweet!
- Seems VERY ambitious and this idea of one target for everyone sounds really cool.
- PS4, Xbox One, PC. I'm intrigued.
- Now, Hitman: Sniper and Triad Wars.
- Final Fantasy XV. I want to drive that car!
- Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness. That's not a word, right? Also, what about Hitman: Sniper, Triad Wars, and FFXV?
- "My name is..." WHAT? Slim Shady? Did they find this translator in the crowd and ask him if he can at least count to 10 in Japanese. Come on!
- PS4 only.
- Gameplay! Hey!
- Lots of RUNNING!
- Running simulator 2016.
- Looks real pretty.
- Flying crabs!
- 2016 release window.
- I have never played a Star Ocean game. I might give this a try.
- Always aim for 60 frames per second!
- Japan first, winter 2015.
- Deus Ex! Here we go!
- Can the translator come back?
- Well that was an awkward transition between speakers. Wow...
- 2029, 2 years after Human Revolution is when Mankind Divided takes place.
- Sounds like Adam is vs the world here.
- "A Mechanical Apartheid"....hmm ok.
- Adam is part of an Interpol task force.
- And a covert double-agent.
- And Illuminati is in this...
- Hacker activists...
- What's going on???
- So, you are saying this is a Deus Ex game then.
- More awkwardness, geez!
- Trailer! Here we go!
- He's using his Batman voice!
- The trailer is in-game, and looks amazing.
- "Welcome to Hell". Can iD sue them for that?
- Wicked combat. Looks great.
- Physics!
- Very psyched for this.
- Early 2016 release window.
- PC, PS4, Xbox One.
- Waiting for applause? Don't.
- Final Fantasy app? What's in it?
- That's ok, don't tell us.
- A small "woo" for Kingdom Hearts.
- Project Setsuna is...pictures right now by new studio Tokyo RPG Factory
- The end is not really a home stretch, it's a home marathon...ugh...
- Recap of all the games that were shown as the development team files back on stage for a curtain call.
- That helmet/mask thing is still freaking me out!
- and that ends Square Enix's show.
Boy, some of that was rough. OK, there were a lot of great game announcements. There was also a LOT of talking and a LOT of "Hey, we are working on this..." Some takeaways:
- Just Cause 3 looks badass!
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided looks amazing.
- Can not wait for Kingdom Hearts III.
- Hitman seems really interesting.
- Rise of the Tomb Raider looks really good.
- Square Enix might want to go the celebrity host route like Ubisoft.
The pace of the show at some points was downright excruciating. Plus, there are a lot of awesome games....but we have no idea when they are coming out. Decent show, but a tough one to watch after 2 straight days of non stop conferences.
Stay tuned. Tomorrow, I will be posting some conference awards, and my overall impressions of what was shown now that it's all out there.
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