E3 2014: 5 Games I WANT to see

With just a few more weeks until E3 kicks off, it's time to grab your popcorn and discover what games will be incoming in the next few years. With Microsoft labelling it's conference as "Game On" and  EA planning to reveal at least 6 new games, here is the 5 games we want to during E3 :


1) Star Wars Battlefront (Reboot)

  

  With DICE, the makers of the Battlefield series developing the reboot the Star Wars Battlefront, there is endless possibilities as to what the gameplay would feel like. Imagine a wealth of buildings that can be destroyed , as well as having Tie Fighters and X-Wing battling for control of the skies. All this happening together, powered by the latest Frostbite Engine. It could well become a potential FPS rival to Call Of Duty and Battlefield.

2) GTA V (Next Gen)

  

  Admit it: You're still waiting to play GTA V on High , 1080p@60fps on the PC. I mean, who wouldn't want that? Combine that with GTA Online 64 players, it would be a guaranteed success. Announcing it at E3 would also be great timing ; just in time to knock down Watch Dogs's sales. 

3) Tom Clancy's The Division

  The breath taking visuals, the open world, blew us away completely during E3 2013 : It would be great if Ubisoft could show us more for the same this year, while announcing more about its gameplay.

4) The Witcher 3

  

  Witcher 2 was already big enough, but to hear Witcher 3 being 30 times bigger ?! Not only that , it will have more than 30 endings to the game. That is never heard nor seen before in any game, so showcasing some of it during E3 would surely boost the hype of the game.

5) Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare

   

  With Battlefield 4 losing a lot of its fans because of the multiple issues it was having, this could be the year COD blows Battlefield out of the water. A complete revamp of the gameplay, the inclusion of Jetpacks and future technology. If Activision continues to show the promise it had during the trailer, it could well become the King Of FPS.

    

Watch Dogs Review

Watch Dogs Review 

Does It Live Up To The Hype?

  A man just called the police. I try to stop him but it’s too late. I rush to my car and speed away, but ctOS still manages to track me down. The police come straight after me but I was already at the train station ; I then proceeded to hack a train, got on board and said bye to my cop buddies. Yup, just a normal day as a vigilante.

  Watch Dogs starts by introducing you to Aiden Pierce, a man looking for revenge against the people who murdered his niece. Set in a fictional version of Chicago, Aiden uses Chicago’s computer system know as ctOS to track down the murderers. With ctOS, Aiden can hack into anyone’s phone with a touch of a button. 

 

  I’m impressed by the hacking mechanism in Watch Dogs. None of it feels impossible to execute in reality. Ranging from steam pipes to the pacemaker of a heart, anything that is connected will be hackable. The city also feels like a living city, thanks to an application known as The Profiler. This app enables you to check information about any person living in Chicago. It creates an unique identity for each person in the game ; this was never achieved before in a video game.

  The driving in Watch Dogs can sometimes feel clunky, especially when you’re running away from the cops. Drifting around corners must be timed accurately or else you will risk crashing into pedestrian walkways. This can be extremely frustrating and sometimes destroys the intensity.  However, the amount of side activities in Watch Dogs looks infinite ; I once entered a Café for coffee but ended up playing chess there for about an hour or two. Exiting theCafé, I found myself rushing to a crime scene to prevent a perpetrator from escaping.

    The supporting cast of Watch Dogs includes a variety of personalities. There is never one dull moment where you meet a character and feel they are generic. That being said , I do not feel any attachment to most of the characters. There wasn’t enough introduction to the characters background to make me care about them. There was simply too little time given to each of them to allow me to develop feelings. The storyline of revenge, lacks freshness because it has been used numerous times in both movies and video games. However, the powerful ending in addition to the voice acting serves as the saviours of the singleplayer mode. 

    Online invasions are extremely fun. It starts in which you invade a player’s singleplayer game and must hack into his data. The player must then find you and kill you. Knowing that your enemy is annoyed at the fact that he can’t find you is extremely exhilarating. There is also another mode, Free Roam. Together with 7 other players, you can just run around the city and cause mayhem. Having a wealth of options sure is fun but without any objectives it can get repetitive. 

The Verdict

-Watch_Dogs manages to steer away from being a GTA/ Saints Row clone. Through the eyes of a hacker, you are able to enjoy the joys of hacking but beware : it comes with it’s consequences. A brilliant story and amount of side content is only hampered by bad driving mechanics and lack of character development.  I can certainly see a sequel for this coming in the future.

The Good
-A living, breathing city.
-Awesome hacking mechanics
-Stealth combination with hacking is done perfectly

The Bad
-Bad character development
-Multiplayer gets boring fast
-Not enough customization