@Anti-Matter, yes, there are always kid friendly games at the Xbox show (Forza, Minecraft, and Super Lucky's Tale are franchises/games that have shown up in recent years, as examples), but it's not like they do a kid friendly segment then move on to the mature games (they kind of skip around, reveal by reveal), so you can't predict when they're going to show an E, T, or M game.
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Switch - Blade Strangers
PS4 - Kingdom Hearts III, Tetris Effect (VR)
I brought a trident and my copy of Kart64. Let me know when you’re done tripping on cords and squinting at tiny televisions. I’ll pop this in and crush you all with DK. All shortcuts permitted. Nothing is banned. Chaos is a must.
@ThanosReXXX@Ryu_Niiyama - I certainly don’t have the knowledge to participate in your comic book discussion a few pages ago, but I know enough to follow along a bit. I thought of The Watchmen when Thanos (I believe) was talking about how movie adaptions can drift from/don’t always respect the source material. I was as excited for The Watchmen as I’ve ever been for a comic book movie. On the way to the theater, I told my friends, “If they even partially follow the source material, this will be one of the best comic book movies ever.” Well, that movie was a near line by line recitation of the books, and it was really... boring! I was so confused and still am to this day. It seems like a good storyline arc from a comic book could be lifted perfectly from the pages and put 1:1 on the screen, but that never happens, and when it did; it wasn’t great. Any thoughts on why these stories need to be Hollywoodized to be palatable?
Man...😄
Three times i have watched Aladdin 2019 movie, three times i cried again during the scene of Genie's turned into human and set free. The kindness that still touching my heart, me as 34 years old melancholy guy. 😭
@Matthew010
Much better than the cartoon version. 😄
I like Speechless by Naomi Scott, it gave me chills. 😍
The Prince Ali parade 😃, the awkwardness of Prince Ali aka Aladdin 😅, the funny dance scene with Jasmine 😆, the funny scene Dalia accepted Genie's evening stroll 🤣, the scene of "A Whole New World" 😍, the thrilling scene when Aladdin and Jasmine chased by Giant Iago with magic carpet ride 😮, the kindness of Aladdin to set the Genie free and turned into human 😭, it was very interesting moments to see.
Btw, i was surprised to find Ubisoft support for Aladdin 2019 movie when i read the Credit Roll. I didn't really remember what kind of support from Ubisoft for Disney movies but i saw it with my eyes.
I wanted to take my brother to watch detective Pikachu, but we couldn't find the chance to return to the movies before my flight back. Welp. I'll buy him the digital version or something.
@Tyranexx I wasn't worried. No, really, I wasn't. Scout's honor, and all that...
@HobbitGamer MadCatz controllers? Nah, man. All original controllers only. We would never do that amongst friends. Some of them were already bad enough as is, so they didn't need any inferior controller to lose...
@Anti-Matter They do show a lot of things that you don't like, true. But they also show plenty of stuff that is more suited for you. After the show is done tonight (starts at 10pm local time, 3 hours and 37 minutes from now, exactly, and will last 2 hours), they'll upload individual trailers of all the games and presentations, so then you can skip all the inappropriate ones, and just check out the ones that you might like.
@bimmy-lee You didn't like Watchmen? I own the graphic novel, AND I watched the movie several times, and I really liked it. Loved some of the actor's portrayals as well, especially Rorschach.
I don't know if super hero stories/movies need to be Hollywoodized to be palatable, but what the most common reason is, and one that certainly has some merit, is that simply not everything can be translated to the big screen in a believable way, if at all. Using the word "believable" in relation to sci-fi/fantasy might seem like a bit of a stretch, but I reckon you'll get the point. And as I've also mentioned previously, most of these comics series have had such long back stories, going on for 30 to 40 years on average, that they'll simply HAVE to cut corners here and there, to make the stories bite-sized, and understandable for a larger audience than just comic nuts alone.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@Anti-Matter And concerning your question about my views on all the previous Microsoft E3 presentations: in general, I enjoyed all of them, although some were better than others. But of course, I have a FAR wider taste in games than you, and I am more comfortable with the game types that you don't like, mainly because I simply separate virtual violence from ACTUAL violence. I know it's not real, I know it will not make me violent or behave violently, because I'm not an evil or deranged person, so logically, playing these games will have no negative effect on me whatsoever.
I do hate losing, or failing at things, so I get annoyed or even angry about that sometimes, but that can happen just as easy in a kid-friendly Nintendo game, so for me, that isn't tied to realistic looking games specifically.
Anyway, blocking out/refusing to watch certain E3 presentations may protect you from having to watch all the stuff that you don't like, but it also prevents you from seeing the stuff that you most definitely WOULD have liked, such as this one from four years ago, which I think you might enjoy:
Anyone watching the Devolver presentation later? It’s the first presentation I’m interested in so far this year. I’ll have to sacrifice some of my Sunday evening game time, which is a staple of my week, but it’s worth it.
@ThanosReXXX - Believable within the realm of suspension of disbelief. I’m a pro wrestling fan. I can suspend my disbelief with the flip of a switch. I’m very conditioned to it. Maybe I’m just a “fanboy” (hate that term with a smoldering passion) in the case of The Watchmen, and I just couldn’t have left the movie reasonably satisfied. Read the book repeatedly. I think they nailed Rorschach, unquestionably. I just didn’t care for most of the other characters, especially Dr. Manhattan.
Maybe I just read the characters my own “way” too many times. I saw it with other Watchmen fans. We all walked away with a similar feeling. Hoping/expecting for a nine or 10. Feeling like we got a five or six. Not bad. Not great. Just a surprise since we were all big fans of the source material, and the movie followed really close to the material. I’ve only watched it once, and I’ve had an urge to go back to it since re reading the book again last winter.
Edit - Man, didn’t realize I was trying to strike up a conversation with you about a 10 year old movie mere minutes before the Microsoft presentation. I don’t really pay attention to them. Just ignore.
@Anti-Matter xbox and Sony shows will always feature a lot of mature games. That's what's most popular in the world. They have stuff for you too.... But the presentation isn't necessarily child friendly... It'll feature all kinds of games including ones you don't like. Heck, even Nintendo does, these days.
@thanosrexx yes, virtual violence is accepted and celebrated by everyone round the world (except Anti)..... So long and theres less cleavage than the 11:00 news anchor... Otherwise the internet WILL PAY for it's impurity!
@NEStalgia - I enjoy some good violence, but I’m out on realistic gun violence. What I really want to know though, is how you feel about songs about trains. I have a huge playlist in an old laptop of just songs about trains, from the dawn of recorded music in the US on wax cones, to roughly the early 70s; we made a whole lotta songs about trains, and they’re good. One of my favorite Johnny Cash lines is something he added to the old folk song, Rock Island Line. “I’m a northbound train on a southbound track. I’m all right leaving, but I won’t be back.” I feel that way sometimes.
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