A look at the hits of E3
This year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo did not disappoint, revealing new titles in both established series and entirely new properties. Here is a look at some of the ones to keep your eye on over the next year.
- GoldenEye 007: If you owned an N64 back in the day, GoldenEye 007 was the one game you had to have. Eurocom is hoping to carry that success into their remake, which also updates the game to encapsulate the new Daniel Craig bond persona. If the game can capture the original’s sense of fun while updating it with modern graphics, this could be a winner.
- Rage: Games like Grand Theft Auto have incorporated both action and driving, but id Software’s new post-apocalyptic title Rage looks to go even further. In the dune-buggy driving sequences, you earn items and upgrades, but the game continues once you get of the driver’s seat and keeps going as a first-person shooter. There’s also an inventory system reminiscent of RPGs.
- Epic Mickey: Reports of this game have been surfacing since last year, but it’s too cool to pass over. Warren Spector’s dark(ish) reimagining of Mickey and the early Disney universe was previewed at E3, showed how players could either attract enemies to their side with different types of paint, or totally obliterate them with a dose of paint thinner. Based on the player’s choices, Mickey will grow and change over the course of the game.
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword: Can you believe this is the 16th game in the series? Gameplay looks to get a nice invigoration with the use of Wii MotionPlus, which will allow players to swordfight and shoot the bow by performing the action with the Wii Remote. The game also features the ability to talk to your sword for the first time, as it takes on a mysterious female persona which will guide main character Link through the game.