E3 2016 - EA Impressions

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EA had their E3 2016 Press conference today. And while I didn't watch it live, I did get a chance to check out that they reveled today. And here is what I think about what they talked about.

  • Titanfall 2
    • Thank you for actually putting in a single-player campaign. This will individually get me to purchase the game.
    • The grappling hook in multi-player looks neat, but I get the feeling I am going to want to murder the people using it.
  • Madden 2017
    • Another football game. Not a big fan of these, so meh.
    • But that said, what they are doing for the professional player community is pretty cool
      • Referring to the tournament with a $1,000,000 prize.
  • Mass Effect: Andromeda
    • WOOOOOO! Mass Effect!
    • New aliens, new planets, and new technology!
    • What, 2 years in dev and no real game play trailer?
  • FIFA 2017
    • More sports games, yay for those that like soccer/football. Meh for me.
    • Apparently there are actual big time football managers in the game.
  • EA Originals
    • Select new developers can partner with EA to get their games published, with all profits going to developers
    • First game Fe
    • If EA does not try to push any changes to the titles here, it could help bring much needed innovation.
  • Star Wars
    • 2 news games coming out, but they didn't actually say anything about what they are going to be.
    • New content for Battlefront. Maybe I should pick it up sometime soon.
  • Battlefield 1
    • Why do they even bother with numbering schemes on anything anymore?
    • That aside, while it is not my cup of tea, it is nice to see the series going back in time.
    • Interesting to see how they balance the "Super" vehicles, such as blimps.
  • Other notes
    • Almost all their new games are using the FrostByte engine, and they are not about to allow us to forget.
    • Remember that EA Play exists
      • Doing a charity drive related to EA Play