Sorry, couldn’t resist.
On to Ubisoft:
• You sir, are dying out there. Nobody wants to hear jokes. At least, not these particular pieces of poop.
• U Play seems dopey, only with a French accent.
• Ubisoft: Very impressed with themselves. 15 minutes in, and they haven’t shown a second of game footage.
• Hey! It’s James Cameron Crowe! Haircut, sir. Haircut. Also…SHOW THE FUCKING GAME.
• Red Steel 2: it certainly looks better than the first one, but that’s not setting the bar very high.
• Pele, with a children’s game. He’s speaking Soccer, so they needed to bring out a translator for Americans. Yawn.
• Splinter Cell: Jack Bauer looks neat, but we saw this earlier in the day.
• I’m not sure what Ruse is all about, but that commercial was crap.
• Comedian guy: Still not happening.
• And now a quick “badoop badoop badoop” as we skip the casual game portion of our show.
• Rabbids: Go Home. More mini-games. I’m sure there’s a few minutes of fun in there, if you like that kind of thing.
• Turtles? Looks decent enough, not sure if I’m 15 enough to care too much.
• No More Heroes 2: No, thank you.
• Finally, the game people wanted to see: Assassin’s Creed 2. It gets huge points just for the setting, I can’t think of any other DaVinci themed games. No gameplay, but the cinematic certainly seems well done.
UbiSoft: Weaksauce. You guys got your heads handed to you by EA today.
Also, I saw the preview of Alpha Protocol. This was a game I had written off, but I’m now going to pay more attention. It certainly looks like it could be very entertaining.
Thus endeth my thoughts of Day 1 of E3 via my TV. Back tomorrow with whatever else catches my interest.
