Things That Make Me SquE3, Part 2

And we're back!  With...

DuckTales: Remastered

*Sigh* Disney... must you have all my money?

Mad Max

I... does this really require a blurb?  They're making a Mad Max game, guys.  Why the hell has no one thought of that bef- Wait, they did?  Back in 1990??  Well fine, but why has no one RE-thought of that until now?

And MEL GIBSON PLEASE DO VOICE FOR THING.  If you're not already.  I don't know.  I make it a rule not to look up too much information on any particular thing while I'm already in the middle of writing a post.  You know, like a real blogger.

Pokemon X&Y 

Don't get me wrong; I'm stoked as hell about this game, and as a so-called "gamer" whose efforts to keep up with the Pokemon franchise have been pretty weak since Gold and Silver, that's saying something.  First 3D Pokemon game?  ...Kind of?  Not including that one for Gamecube that was all post-apocalypticky unless I really wasn't paying attention which is very likely?  Hellz yeah.  Gimme gimme.

But it's not... all they could do for Pokemon.  It's not all they could do for the fans that so want to see this series reach its crazy-huge potential (which it damn well should since it's been around for OH, TWENTY YEARS (almost)).  We're on the verge of an absolutely insane era of gaming, and even with their new Pokemon title, which was by far one of their more standout titles at E3, Nintendo's kind of... I don't wanna say "playing it safe"; I hate that saying and it's cliche.  But I know they can think big and have the power to make games as big as their dreams, but they're just... not.

For all my bitching, X&Y will certainly be a step in the right direction, one big hop-skip-and-a-jump from the land of nostalgia to the greener pastures of the truly awesome.  Maybe in three more games, we'll get that Skyrim-meets-Pokemon game we all dream about in the darkest, less cynical parts of our minds.  I like to think of this game as a reverse Dark Knight; not necessarily the game this franchise deserves, but the one it needs.

The Witness 

Suck a monkey, I like Jon Blow.  I mean... yeah, he's a weirdo and he tends to whine about how people "don't get" his big, sprawling, WTF allegories involving time travel and midgets in boarding-school clothes...

...And he's kind of a dick about other people in the industry (can't remember the exact instance, think it might've been at last year's E3 when he'd also shown The Witness, he came on stage and said something to the effect of "it's gonna be hard to top all those explosions", making no effort at all to hide his snark), but otherwise I like Jon Blow.  And I think this game looks fucking cool.  Kinda reminds me of Myst.  Maybe it shouldn't, I don't know.

Might've been higher on the list, but I realized I really have no idea what this game even is...  I'm gonna move on before I deconstruct all my own points.

Sunset Overdrive 

Fuck yeah Insomniac.  Definitely the most promising-looking title on the XBONE, save for maaaaaaybe something I'm saving for the next part of this post.  But yeah, there's that upcoming title and this and that's like it.  Everything else you can get on PS4.

But this game does look eleven kinds of sexy.

You know, from the pre-rendered trailer and all.

Contrast

Cool mechanic, cool world, probably has a cool story, is indie, will be on PS4.  Please and thankya.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

I'm not up on the Metal Gears in the least fucking bit.  For a long time, I meant to be, but never really found the drive to get off my ass and catch up.  Then I saw all the trailers and stuff for this.  I haven't felt like I was missing out on something so bad since I was last reminded that women exist.

Stay tuned, bitches!