With E3 quickly approaching, we all have some ideas about what will be there and expectations about what the Big 3 will bring. But we also have our pipe dreams: our best-case scenarios about what will show up at the event. Over the next three weeks, we at GU will post what we’d most like to see out of Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft at gaming’s highest-profile expo.
I usually only post on Tuesday and Friday, but I wanted to get this list up before E3 actually started.
In about 12 hours, Microsoft will kick off the E3 festivities with their press conference. Last year, they had a solid lineup of software and debuted their re-branded motion/camera controller. This year, the usual of suspects of Call of Duty and the like are sure to make a big splash at their conference. However, Microsoft will need to show off some of their exclusive software to stay memorable throughout the expo.
Exclusives
It would be great to see more of a couple of Microsoft’s 2010 exclusives that did not make it to release this past year. I don’t expect Kojima to briefly give an on-stage high-five and exit or Metal Gear Solid Rising to show up at all this time at Microsoft’s show.
Gears of Wars 3’s four-player co-op has me super stoked for the game and chomping at the bit to see more. More of Mircosoft’s own first-party Forza Motorsport would be most welcome as well. It will be interesting to see how it stacks up to Sony’s own first-party racing simulator. I’d like to see some new original software from Rare, maybe an action/platformer like the old-school Banjo-Kazooie.
Kinect
The major hits on Kinect have been casual-friendly sports and dance titles. These games are a nice distraction for core games, but it’d be awesome if a MechWarrior/Steel Battalion style game used Kinect’s gesture-based controls. Combating mechs online, controlling them with hand motions a la Minority Report would be mind blowing.
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