User blog:900bv/EA at E3: They Delivered

I'm gonna have to write this, because I am currently in a state where I need to relax myself before I die. EA's conference was a great surprise and really made me happy about the future.

They began with the Xbox-exclusive Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare. While it didn't really impress me too much, and it seemed they tried to hard to be charming, they seemed really excited about the project. It only makes me happy when a developer is excited about a project, and his Peggle 2 announcement will be a meme in no time.

Then came Titanfall, which is basically Call of Duty with mechs. Nah, it's a bit more than that. While I doubt I'll ever actually play it, due to it's Xbox exclusivity, it looks lovely and fun. There are also big bastard robots.

What followed was something that basically melted the Internet, the next Battlefront. While I'm not a huge Star Wars guy, I'm pretty much certain this game will be huge, especially with DICE behind it.

Need for Speed: Rivals surpassed all expectations by looking quite good for a racing game. It looks fast, fluid and has some innovative multiplayer ideas. I'm not sure if I'll buy it, but I'll definitely be watching it. There was also a move trailer. Euh.

BioWare then came on to show off Dragon Age III: Inquisition. I never really got into Dragon Age, and I don't think a pre-rendered teaser could change that, but it did look interesting. I'll be on the lookout for some gameplay.

There isn't much I can say about sports games. Aside from professional wrestling (WWE) and skateboarding games, both of which aren't really sports, I don't play them. I'll give EA Sports credit, they are almost psychotic with their details. The highest point from this segment was the UFC part, but I doubt I'll pick the game up unless I see it really cheap somewhere.

One of the best surprises, for me, was the Battlefield 4 gameplay. While the gunplay is pretty much standard, as first-person shooters go, the Frostbite engine's destructo-physics were spectacular, and the crowning moment was, indeed, the tumbling skyscraper.

WHat rounded off the conference is what made me write all this. I think my heart stopped when they said about how fans have wanted this for a while now. They announced Mirror's Edge 2, and I don't think it could've ended a better way. Incredible.

The quality of EA's conference was a great surprise and actually made me respect them a little bit more. While they aren't messing up SimCity and irritating every Mass Effect fan, they can make fantastic stuff. This conference made me realise that. Bring on Ubisoft.