
But when the lead artist showed me the fascinating way that Titanfall will weave what may well be a varied narrative into this multiplayer world, I was sold - at least for now.īungie made Halo for Microsoft, which was instrumental in selling the Xbox. Yes, Titanfall is to be played online only, something that's normally a major drawback. But judging from the size of its world, it's much more than that. But these offerings were fine appetizers for the meals to come.Ĭreated by the smart, former makers of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Titanfall is, one the surface, a game where giant robotic mechs battle each other to the finish. To be the best, the games will have to be played and finished and considered. To call these the most promising games of E3 isn't to say they're the best games of E3. Most importantly, there were plenty of new games, and they looked better than the many banal franchise games on the show floor. For drama, Sony at their press event outright insulted Microsoft.

The new consoles will give us hyper-realistic games. Of the over 15 I've slogged through, this year's E3 Expo was, hands down, the best video game conference I've attended.

In this shot from the game Saints Row IV, it sure looks like somebody is warding off an attack with a guitar.
