my reactions to Summer Game Fest 2023 day 1
12:04 PM 6/8/2023
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown.
Geoff wasn't kidding about "unexpected".
Was not expecting a Prince of Persia game already. And it being about other characters going to rescue the Prince. Wait until they find out he has the Sands of Time.
Nice historical reference, with the Immortal Corps.
Going the Bayonetta Origins route, I see.
Ubisoft Forward streaming on Monday? As part of Summer Game Fest? How many days is Summer Game Fest?
12:07 PM 6/8/2023
Hearing "Mortal Kombat is rebooting the first game" instinctively made me sad, like throwing away all those years of story from teh other games. But this trailer reminded me that the last game MK11 rebooted the timeline. It was good to see God of Fire Liu Kang.
But why is Raiden called a neophyte? I thought he kept his memories in the rebooted timeline?
And is Mileena the ruler of her world??? Not Kitana????
Man, this looks pretty.
Jean Claude van Damme is Johnny Cage???? Did Ed Boone just say the original concept for MK was a Jean Claude van Damme game?????????
12:17 PM 6/8/2023
Did Ryu get brainwashed with a cybernetic device????
Cyborg Ryu? Is this that Street Fighter cyborg character? Upgraded to more mimic Ryu???????
Bikitoa Island?
What? AI? Dinosaurs?
Oh, this is that Exoprimal!
What is this crossover? lol
12:19 PM 6/8/2023
Dead by Daylight is going ot have Nicholas Cage???????????????????????
Everyone laughing has to take it back now, with Nicholas Cage suddenly appearing on screen. But it's kind of sad that you can still hear some of them laughing while he walks on stage.
12:25 PM 6/8/2023
Why is Henry Cavil introducing the Netflix The Witcher season 3? I thought he left the series??????????
12:28 PM 6/8/2023
So is this a Witcher game now?
"The Witch Hunt"
Or is this one of those supernatural cowboy games that have been happening lately?
Witchfire
12:29 PM 6/8/2023
What kind of game in this day and age uses live action clips for their videogame trailer?????????
Is this a videogame or movie?
Maybe it's for a VR headset?
Crossfire Sierra Squad.
12:30 PM 6/8/2023
"The Root will destroy everything for all time."
Did I hear that right? "The Root"?
I like the creature design and the environmental design. A little sparse, but I like tentacles, really inhuman, uncanny design, and glowing veins "infecting" an environment.
Remnant II.
12:33 PM 6/8/2023
Ok. What are you up to, Sonic? ^^ Retro gameplay but with prettier modern graphics. Looks good. ^^
Sonic Superstars.
12:34 PM 6/8/2023
Honkai Star Rail.
I don't know much about Honkai or Genshin Impact. Are they in the same universe? I heard they have different gameplay. So is Honkai also a gacha game? Honkai is a turned based combat game, right? I really don't know what I'm looking at. lol
Password: Playstation 5
What's that for?
12:37 PM 6/8/2023
Yesterday, I saw someone find some new eltridge body horror fanart for Winnie the Pooh, now that it's in public domain. When they wondered if body horror might be what happens to all public domain IPs, I immediately thought of Garfield, because of all the body horror eldritch art. But Garfield isn't public domain. Were they talking about Pinnochio?
Lies of P
12:39 PM 6/8/2023
Game based on a classic manga?
Is it Akira Toriyama?
A desert? Trigun????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????
…Yeah, Akira Toriyama.
I'm going to confess something here. I grew up loving DBZ and I realize Toriyama is genius in the functionality of his character design, and he set a lot of Shonen Manga standards… But I actually dislike his art style. ;o; Sorry!
SandLand
12:41 PM 6/8/2023
Double Fine is doing a presentation after the Summer Game Fest live show???????? o !
12:41 PM 6/8/2023
Isn't this music from The Nutcracker?
Ah. AnnaPurna montage. They really are the A24 of gaming, as someone once said. Nice art and variety. ^_^
12:44 PM 6/8/2023
Throne and Liberty
12:45 PM 6/8/2023
War Haven
The other day, I saw a movie trailer also doing a "needle drop", and it kind of killed my excitement. Maybe it took me out of the world's emmersion. Am I getting tired of vocal song covers in trailers?
12:47 PM 6/8/2023
Party Animals
I liked their last trailer with the comedic explanatory tone.
Not sure how I feel about the montage of clips of streamers reacting to the game. But it was fast.
12:49 PM 6/8/2023
Crash Team Rumble.
I don't know much about Crash.
12:49 PM 6/8/2023
"Descend into madness"?
Alan Wake II
Oh, ok.
IT'S BEEN 13 YEARS SINCE THE LAST ALAN WAKE??????
Will there be references to Control? I heard Control had some references to Alan Wake.
During the last trailer, I was intrigued by playing more character POVs besides Alan, and that the FBI agent discovers Alan's writing is creating the situations she's in. That was interesting.
This whole interview on stage was not interesting. Sorry. Maybe Remedy wasn't sure if they would have enough footage for this presentation until the last second, and they were planning for at least the stage interview as a substitute?
Did Alan have a gun in the first game, or just a flashlight?
I wonder if they idea of playing the FBI agent, was to allow for some gunplay.
"Tatooed heart"??????????
Wait, do they think Alan Wake is the killer?
12:57 PM 6/8/2023
The only thing I know about Warhammer are joke warning about other people getting you into the series, and it's a story setting where destroying everything without regarding the valid sentient life of the enemy. lol
"For the emperor!"? What? The player fights for an empire?
12:59 PM 6/8/2023
This is some pretty 2D art.
"Brave at Night" studio.
I thought this was an adventure game, but is it also a side scrolling action?
Yes Your Grace: Snowfall
1:01 PM 6/8/2023
Interesting when the "rookie" being chewed out also sill has the "badass" character design. lol Refreshing she's also a woman. And that another female character is issuing commands.
John Carpenter's Toxic Commando
What? This was based on a movie? Is that why the creature designs look interesting, though plausibly could be done with foam rubber suits?
1:03 PM 6/8/2023
Baldur's Gate III
Interesting to watch the voice actors in the booth.
I don't know this actor playing Gordash though.
1:04 PM 6/8/2023
"Marvel Games"? u
"Insomniac"????? ^U^!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spiderman 2! ;U;!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
More on-stage interviews, but I love looking at the art projected onto the back of the stage, and I'm too excited for this game.
Y'know what would be crazy? If the Symbiote took over Kraven. lol
Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn? Oh? I heard some speculation that Miles's game took place in Harlem, even though he canonically is based in Brooklyn, maybe because Harlem was already in the first Spiderman game and reusing it save time/effort. So if Spiderman 2 is expanding to include Brooklyn, will they be moving Miles back there?
October 20, 2023
1:09 PM 6/8/2023
Palworld
So, Pokemon clone?
I like that they're "pals". ^.^ Cute.
They REALLY look like Pokemon creature designs!
1:11 PM 6/8/2023
Land of the Morning Light.
Black Desert.
"Land of the Morning Light" is an interesting way to say "Land of the Rising Sun". Explains all the Japanese mythic creatures.
1:11 PM 6/8/2023
Dwarf perspective?
Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria.
1:12 PM 6/8/2023
"Exciting mobile game from a legendary franchise"?
FF7! o!
Yeeeeee! Let me hear Toshiyuki Morikawa's Sephiroth! ;u;
Aw, he's trying to call Genesis! ;o;!!! I must say what I always say, when I see Genesis: "Genesis, you're a bad friend! ;o;!" Do better, Genesis!
Why are Tifa and Aerith dressed in red battle gear?
Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis
"Speaking of Final Fantasy…" Geoff shut down all those gasps so fast! LOL I like that he recovereed by saying "gotcha". lol
1:15 PM 6/8/2023
Banishers?
This is from the Life Is Strange studio, right?
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
1:16 PM 6/8/2023
Modern day?
I thought the historial era Yakuza was the new one being promoted?
They're making a new Yakuza already?
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
1:18 PM 6/8/2023
Parallel Studio
Spot Light
Is this going to be a horror game? I'm sorry, but claustrophobic darkness…Maybe giving me Soma flashbacks.
SEAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3
Under the Waves.
World Ocean Day is today? I think Ocean Conservation Namibia was doing some kind of livestream for World Ocean Day. Go watch them. They save the seals from plastic. A very good channel.
1:20 PM 6/8/2023
Call of Duty? I'm not even paying attention. Good time to listen back to SuperButterBuns' reaction stream.
1:21 PM 6/8/2023
Porsche?
Is this Gran Turismo? I stopped paying attention when I heard "car" stuff.
That is a big rainbow colored XBOX! I didn't know Porsche is known for rainbows. o.O
1:22 PM 6/8/2023
Faefarm.
Geoff said "cozy games". ^u^ Is that an official genre name now? I've heard people calling Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, and Harvestella that. Can we call that the subgenre's official name now? ^u^
1:24 PM 6/8/2023
Marvel Snap.
Wow. This dev is super excited. O.o
Yay! ProZD! ^o^ ProZD parodying card games! ^u^
1:27 PM 6/8/2023
Ok. I like a dragon that's not a villain.
Is this a King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table game?
King Arthur: Legends Rise.
1:28 PM 6/8/2023
Wayfinders?
Is this World of Warcraft?
I do like a story about defeated heroes having to get up again.
Wayfinder.
1:29 PM 6/8/2023
Unreal Editor for Fortnite?
I thought people stopped focusing on building in Fortnite and focused on battle royale shooting instead.
1:30 PM 6/8/2023
Stellarus Nexus
1:30 PM 6/8/2023
Cute avatar for this scavenger game.
Space Trash Scavenger.
1:30 PM 6/8/2023
Star Trek game.
Yeek. Borg. i think they used to freak me out when I was little, but now I just imagine Boimler's sim from Lower Decks, and it's funny now.
Star Trek Infinite
1:31 PM 6/8/2023
Will Arnet is voicing Sweet Tooth????????
Wait. Why is this a live action clip???
Is that Anthony Mackie??????????????????
This is totally overshadowing Twisted Metal being back. …Did they not trust people to be excited over a classic game returning?
IT'S A TV SERIES ON PEACOCK????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
1:33 PM 6/8/2023
Ooh. Nice art style.
"I'm here again."
"That's another me."
Sooooo….Rogue-like or Demon Souls-like?
The ghosts are your army?
Lysfanga: Teh Time Shift Warrior
1:35 PM 6/8/2023
Immortal of Aveum.
"Kind of like Doom with magic." Has Geoff been listening to SuperButterBuns' reaction stream to that last Playstation Showcase? lol
Nice to get an explaination for who the Immortals are and the worldbuilding lore.
1:43 PM 6/8/2023
Woah. Geoff's getting serious. Is this about Kojima? From Software?
FF7!!!!!!!!!!!
Wait. Why is Avalanch being taken away by search and rescue? I thought the last game ended with them on the road?
5 years.
The world really is nice and green.
She can appear as a monster…or those you love…
"Did you know I killed her? So, who is she?"
ARE THEY SAYING TIFA IS AN IMPOSTER?
Then again, Sephiroth has a record of saying very untrue things with full conviction, so we'll see what's true when the game releases.
But maybe it has something to do with Tifa's earlier dialogue, asking why Sephiroth returned now after 5 years?
1:48 PM 6/8/2023
Oh, that was the end? Has it been 2 hours already?
Time to check my favorite streamers' reactions.
SuperButterBuns
ProfessorThorgi
I wonder if Black Nerd Comedy is doing a reaction livestream?
1:51 PM 6/8/2023
Ooh! Tim Shaffer!
Live event festival and digital showcase?
Day of the Devs.
Wishes Unlimited.
Oh, this whole presentation is cute. Devs outdoors, hanging out in a room, playing games, posing for the camera, etc.
Beastieball.
1:54 PM 6/8/2023
Hyper Light Breaker.
So is this like Hyper Light Drifter?
Wait. Is this a procedurely generated open world? Did they crack what No Man's Sky initially couldn't?
"Fully ful visual storytelling". No cutscenes then? Ooh. Environmental storytelling. But through proceedurely generated environments? Isn't that hard to control what story is told? Interesting…
1:57 PM 6/8/2023
Devs: Stone Skip.
"Chill and vibey"?
Simpler Times.
Devs hanigng out on the floor of a living room, listening to a record?
This whole Day of the Devs has a really beautiful and cute presentation. I dare say, much better than a stage presentation.
2:01 PM 6/8/2023
Viewfinder.
"The photos you take, become worlds to explore."
2:01 PM 6/8/2023
I'm sorry. I have to tap out. My legs hurt SO MUCH from sitting at my laptop in bed.
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