Monday, June 15, 2015

Recapping Ubisoft's E3 2015 Press Conference


Next up, the studio that brought you Far Cry, and Assassin's Creed: Ubisoft. . I'm starting around 28 minutes into the video. Though you should watch the pre-show where they read mean tweets about their games.



- Right out of the gate, new South Park game. Stick of Truth was my 2014 game of the year, so I can't wait to see what comes next.

- And it's already hilarious.

- Towelie!

- Bait and switch, it's a super hero game! SCORE!

- The game is South Park: The Fractured but Whole...tee hee.

- Ah, Aisha Tyler. She is great at doing these conferences so I am glad she is back. Pretty sure Ubisoft will never let her go.

- Trey Parker and Matt Stone, y'all, this already is great.

- "These mics are fucking dumb". Amen.

- Good back and forth banter, great start Ubi.

- You still are the new kid, just now playing super heroes.

- No release date.

- To the stage, CEO, Yves Guillemot.

- new IP.

- This seems like Chivalry.

- Intense and very well put together trailer here.

- For Honor. You look badass.

- Jason Vandenberghe comes out and thank God he seems like exactly the kind of man you want leading this project. I'm actually glad the man has a cane, he uses it for support, yet he could kick your ass with it.

- Jason wins for "Best maniacal laugh at E3 2015". I wanna party with that guy and drink a flagon of mead!

- Demo running on PS4.

- BRUTAL execution!

- I assume "be the very first to play the game" implies a beta. No release date though, but WOW, HYPE!

- Info on The Crew.

- New vehicles.

- Monster trucks!

- Wild Run promises badder vehicles, "massive gatherings", and a complete graphic overhaul.

- 11/17/15 for this expansion.

- NEXT!

- There's a gun-wielding cat riding a unicorn....Game of the year!

- Triple rainbows and FIRE! Game of the decade!

- And it's an expansion for Trials Fusion called Awesome Level MAX.

- July 14th. So like SOON!

- Tom Clancy's The Division is next, hope this shows well.

- "Highly anticipated" in that we would just want it to fucking exist!

- Online, open world, action-RPG. Sounds like you need to have an internet connection to play.

- "The Dark Zone", be careful to not say "Twilight" here.

- LOOT!

- Ok, that was pretty neat how the other players could have turned hostile and the whole thing could have been a shit show, but instead the crews are working together.

- Definitely showing a lot better than it did at the Xbox show.

- Then just like that, the tables turn. That's a really cool mechanic.

- Individual agents can go rogue? That's intense. Trust nobody!

- That game looks great!

- Beta "early next year", earlier I heard December, did it get pushed back mid show? WTF?

- RELEASE DATE! (that won't actually happen) March 8th, 2016.

- A city builder in space? Sounds intriguing.

- Anno 2205, due out November 3rd. Very interested in this game.

- Looks like you start on Earth, and work your way to the Moon.

- Good job, Jason, let Alicia announce your game for you, Just Dance 2016. Glad you could be here, Jason.

- Ok, you don't need a camera connected to your console to play, you just need a smartphone. INCOMING SARCASM: Oh great, so now instead of throwing my Wii Remote around and breaking shit left and right, I can throw my phone around and break that. END SARCASM. This seems weird.

- Surprise, Jason Derulo with a faulty microphone. Does he come with every copy? Or is he a pre-order. Actually, you can keep the awkward performance. It was awkward, right?

- Oh boy...follow the awkward performance with an equally awkward interview, plus I'm pretty sure Aisha just said "Obviously, this song's a huge shit"... you're losing me Ubi.

- Any input Mr. Executive Producer? No...ok...

- Coming this Awktober....get it?

- Just Dance Unlimited Streaming Service for Wii U, Xbox One, PS4.

- Subscription based content. Promising year round new content. Interesting.

- Whew, thank goodness that segment is over. Yikes.

- SHIT YEAH! Rainbow Six Siege. That trailer was DOPE!

- Angela Bassett, the voice of "Six" on stage. From the trailer, she gives a great performance.

- I go back to earlier "These mics are fucking dumb", Angela's could use some help.

- Genevieve Forget is on stage, ooh boy, this is gonna be a tough accent.

- "DAMN RIGHT!" "FREE BIRD".

- Oh, she said "Terrohunt"....I was sure she used a racial slur, this is much better.

- "Anything can happen", can that cat riding a unicorn make an appearance? NO! This shit of bull!

- Oh sure, their mics work, and I'm reminded why I don't use voice chat, the heavy, erotic, breathing...

- Gameplay seems very Vegas-like, which is a great thing.

- When shit pops off, it pops off hard! This game still looks great and showed really well.

- "Everybody helse back at khome". Just poking fun. Love you.

- The bita, or Beta, starts September 24th.

- Full release this October.

- Despite my poking fun and Genevieve, you rocked it out, you're beautiful, nailed it!

- Trackmania Turbo. Holy shit! News about Trackmania!

- Coming to consoles.

- One car drops in and I am already stoked!

- Is that a spotter I hear? Voice work? Sweet.

- 200 in game tracks, plus a random track editor, infinite possibilities, awesome!

- Sold!

- It's Assassin's Creed time y'all.

- Before we get too deep into this. I am genuinely looking forward to Syndicate, the setting and the ideas they have thrown out seem super awesome to me.

- HAHA, "Hold my hat while I put on my hood". I think that's great.

- This trailer is kick ass!

- Looking technically impressive.

- YES! That's probably the best trailer in the series.

- I'm sorry, how do I pronounce your name? Yeah, I was way off. Is it like "Mo-yang"?

- Release date? No? Ok then.

- Fake ending, gotcha! Too bad Bethesda did it first.

- Oh fuck! Call of Juarez?

- Oh shit! That song I like by Imagine Dragons. It's called "Friction". Jam out to it.

- Great trailer, showing combat, environments, traversal, massive world...wait, what the hell is this game?

- OH SHIT!!! Ghost Recon Wildlands. Did NOT think this was a GR game. Holy shit! HYPE!

That's Ubisoft. Great show I thought, minus the Just Dance awkwardness.

Some takeaways:

- Aisha Tyler needs to stay.

- For Honor looks badass

- The Division had a great showing.

- Love you, Genevieve. You're adorable!

- Trackmania!

- Assassin's Creed Syndicate looks amazing!

- HOLY SHIT Ghost Recon. Man, that's.....wow!

One more conference to go on this day. Your move Sony.


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