I like the idea of co-op gameplay though, it was only a few weeks ago I was conversing with my fellow monkey about the concept of an AC multiplayer mode where you worked co-op to take down a target, possibly in competition with another team and this looks like it might be that.
I went back and looked at the Division gameplay video which had been uploaded on Youtube. Overall it seems fun, but I keep getting the feeling that game developers have a very strange idea on how online interactions in video games actually works with everyone being communicative, not griefing, and speaking the same language.
It's like those gameplay examples you used to find at the beginning of RPG rulebooks, where nobody quotes Monty Python, everybody has good ideas, nobody asks for someone else to pass the Mountain Dew and the solution they come up with is the one the GM had in mind.
Rainbow6: Siege actually seems really nice looking, and I like the idea of taking a destructable terrain engine and making it work in a team based shooter.
I then went on to skim the EA conference. Basically, they're making a lot of sports games. Also allegedly Bioware still exist, but that's more as a vehicle to make sequels to Mass Effect and Dragon Age, neither of which really merit sequels. Dead Space 4, the game that is kind of needed to finish off dangling plot points from the DLC ending of 3 on the other hand, not a peep, so clearly those rumours about the series getting binned when 3 didn't sell were true.
This is a shame as Dead Space 1 and 2 were so good, but 3 was a chore really. The most fun part was floating about in the ship graveyard fixing things.
Also, comments about Dawngate worry me, talking about how it has a plot implies they have no clue why people play this genre. Hint: It's not for the plot. It's for the Conanesque reasons of seeing enemies stricken before you and audible lamentations of their women. But talking about MOBA's and DOTA2 at any length is something I'll save for a later blogpost.
I think I'll have a look at stuff from the Sony conference next.
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