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Shadow of the Colossus

E3 2017 has been really weird. Not only is the bear witness itself morphing into a consumer-focused entity, just the press conferences have been oddly muted this go 'round. At final night'due south Sony result, only a single person (Shawn Layden, CEO of SIEA) spoke on stage, and the rest of the dark was made upwardly of only music and trailers. Only in spite of the wonky presentation, it's crystal clear that Sony is doubling downwards on games — including VR titles.

During Microsoft's printing event on Sunday, nosotros saw a similar scenario play out: A minimal stage presence; mostly trailers for new games and DLC. Still, Redmond had shiny new hardware to show off, so it felt more substantial. On the Sony side, it was niggling more than trailers with crowd cutaways.

Heavy-hitting exclusives like God of War, Spider-Homo, and Days Gone got some attention, and the surprising Shadow of the Colossus reboot was there to please the diehard Sony fans.

However, DLC for Horizon: Zero Dawn and a follow-up to Uncharted iv were amid the almost exciting trailers on offer. Add in Bethesda's standalone expansion for Dishonored 2, and updates might exist more than exciting than brand-new games this year. Whether that bodes well for the future of the manufacture remains to exist seen.

On the third-party forepart, Capcom's Monster Hunter Globe, Bungie's Destiny 2, and the demo for Curiosity vs. Capcom Infinite were the most noteworthy. David Cage'southward new robot noir game might stop up existence neat, but nosotros're a bit skeptical of the execution.

Last simply not least, virtual reality received more attending than we ever anticipated. These expensive helmets haven't been able to stay in the limelight, simply it seems that the PSVR is doing well plenty to earn a large chunk of Sony's presentation.

While Fallout iv VR is being tied to the HTC Vive for now, Sony's console will savor Skyrim VR. Doom VFR is also in the works for the Vive and PSVR, only we're unsure of exactly what that entails. Is it a tiny proof of concept demo or a total-on entrada? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Supermassive Games, the folks behind Until Dawn and Tumble VR, are working on two PSVR games: Bravo Team and The Inpatient. While the onetime looks like a straight-forward squad shooter, the latter is a horror game that's very reminiscent of this studio's previous output. As big fans of Until Dawn, you lot can colour us excited!

And to circular things off, Square-Enix is releasing a Last Fantasy XV-themed fishing game while Playful Corporation and Polyarc are making third-person VR titles. Star Child features a purple-haired lady interacting with behemothic robots while Moss stars a cute mouse adventurer in what appears to be a fantasy setting. That'south a nice, if odd, selection.

In spite of the lackluster overall functioning of the big names this E3, we were heartened to see that VR isn't dead. And with the recent success of Farpoint and Star Expedition: Bridge Crew, those pricey helmets aren't collecting quite every bit much grit as we idea they'd be.

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