Ready Up Reacts: Sony E3 2014 Thoughts

The conference begins with Bungie’s new project, Destiny!

Scott Cameron: Here we go!
Starting with Destiny?
Gemma Hart: Mars? Is this going to turn into a rip off of a Doctor Who episode?
Big ass projection going on.
So no pressure then…!
Danny Russell: Can I shoot people in this one?

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On PR talk, early PlayStation 4 Destiny alphas and exclusives

Scott Cameron: And a host appears!
Danny Russell: Break out the PowerPoint presentations!
Scott Cameron: Graph pointing up time!
Gemma Hart: Man I remember staying up to watch stuff last year and getting so excited over the new consoles. Doesn’t seem like that long ago.
Scott Cameron: “The best place to Play”station
Danny Russell: “All the 720ps you can handle” I’m excited to announce that we are preventing some people from playing this game!
Gemma Hart: Only on ps4…
Scott Cameron: “Screw the beta! We’re going ALPHA”

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On the reveal of the new white PlayStation 4 bundle

Gemma Hart: White. Ooh, that’s gonna be hard to cleeeeaaan. Oh, it’s not just white!
Scott Cameron: White PS4, nice.
Gemma Hart: Correction: it’s Glacier White

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On The Order: 1886, and its very survival horror-esque trailer

Gemma Hart: I’m terrified already. This is the point where something jumps out…
And also the point I go batshit crazy with whatever weapon you have because I got so scared!
Danny Russell: Hold on to your poops.
Scott Cameron: Yeah, there’s that moustache. It’s The Order.
Danny Russell: Nice ‘tache.
Gemma Hart: Ooh werewolf
Danny Russell: Solid 30fps ‘tache fx.
Tastes like chicken
(Come on, where is Octodad 3?)
Gemma Hart: That is a ‘tache to rival even Tom Selleck!

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On PS4 indie-title Entwined, available now!

Scott Cameron: If we’re going Indie now, then you might get some Octodad yet, Danny?
Gemma Hart: Seems kinda Journey-ish. Looks pretty ๐Ÿ™‚
Danny Russell: Oh, there might be a FFXV trailer, huh? I’ma have to switch streams.
Scott Cameron: “Over the course of the game, you’ll live through nine incredible lifetimes” SPOILERS, dude!
Gemma Hart: This is pretty cute

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On Second Son’s first DLC pack, “First Light”

Danny Russell: Aw, it’s nice when the suits smile.
Gemma Hart: Still haven’t played Second Son. I will once I have a ps4 in my possession.
Scott Cameron: Second Son: Russian Vampire Mutant Warewolf Zombie expansion?
Gemma Hart: She’s cute.
Danny Russell: Second Son: Hotline Miami 2 font edition.

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On the (very) sudden reveal of LittleBigPlanet 3

Gemma Hart: Little Big Planet 3!
Scott Cameron: Woah, quick segway.
“OH BY THE WAY”
*just throws LBP 3 on screen*
Danny Russell: I don’t get LBP :-/
Gemma Hart: Who is that girl (voice). I know her.
Odd sock is ADORABLE
Danny Russell: They aren’t going to announce Puzzle Bobble 5 at this rate.
Scott Cameron: Best thing to happen to LBP was my friend’s parody of The Running Man, which he re-named The Walking Gentlemen out of fear it would get taken down.
Gemma Hart: I just love how cute it is
And 3 seems to be even more so!
Scott Cameron: Hm, this is a long demo. Cool to see new character types, though!
Gemma Hart: So I want every one of those in plushie form now
Danny Russell: :neutral_face:
Gemma Hart: Toggle, you fat bastard!

On the discussion of 7.3 million levels across the LittleBigPlanet series

Danny Russell: Yooooosh. 7.3M? How many are fart apps?
Scott Cameron: Cross-generational level support for LBP3 is neat, at least!

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On the spiritual follow-up to Demon Souls, Bloodborne, and feminine hygiene products

Scott Cameron: New IP, goooooo!
Gemma Hart: The title sounds cool
Scott Cameron: Blood something…
Gemma Hart: OH FROM SOFTWARE
I got Bloodform
Medieval setting? Vampire game?
Danny Russell: I distinctly heard “Bodyform”
Gemma Hart: LMFAO! That’s a sanitary towel.
Danny Russell: Ft. Bacon Dogs from Resi
Gemma Hart: Oh, Bloodborne
Scott Cameron: Close enough.
Gemma Hart: I was sort of right.
Danny however, was not, lol!
Scott Cameron: Is it Souls-esque? Is this Project Beast?
Gemma Hart: I’m not even sure what it was
Scott Cameron: That “Coming 2015” font WAS the Souls font, so…

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On Far Cry 4, elephants and explosives connected to explosives

Scott Cameron: Annnnd more Far Cry.
Gemma Hart: Far cry 4 again. Will we see some more of the crazy British villain?
Danny Russell: Just skip to Blood Dragon 2, please.
Gemma Hart: Nice looking game though.
Scott Cameron: I’m not sure, but do you really need to attach an explosive to an explosive barrel?
Gemma Hart: There is no way that I could do that as efficiently as the person playing did
Scott Cameron: Nice Indy moment with the truck siege, there
Gemma Hart: Elephant ๐Ÿ™‚
Scott Cameron: Alex Navarro, of Giant Bomb: “Do NOT shoot the elephant.”
Gemma Hart: That’s exactly what I was thinking!
Scott Cameron: “That elephant has been aggro’d”
Gemma Hart: GOOD ELEPHANT!
Scott Cameron: Man, that elephant just DOESN’T CARE. Explosion to the face.
Gemma Hart: He’s like, “bitch, please”.
Scott Cameron: “I am an elephant.”
Gemma Hart: Inviting your friends to join you even if they don’t have the game
That’s pretty awesome!

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On Danny being trolled by the start of the Dead Island 2 trailer

Danny Russell: Sports. Break time.
Scott Cameron: Uh, Danny…
Gemma Hart: Zombies
Danny Russell: Zombie sports. Better.
Gemma Hart: I know that voice…
Scott Cameron: Jack Black, probably.
Yep. Dead Island 2.
And here I assumed that was a Dying Light trailer.
Danny Russell: I like Dead Island and Riptide. Controversial.
Scott Cameron: I liked Dead Island far more than I should have, Danny. ;D One of those “rough gem” sort of games.

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On childhood ambitions and Battlefield: Hardline content exclusives

Gemma Hart: MOAR battlefield!
Scott Cameron: Alex Navarro, in response to Adam Boyle’s assertion that we dreamed of being cool soldiers as kids: “To be honest, I mostly just fantasised about being a Ghostbuster as a child”
Gemma Hart: I wanted to be Xena
Danny Russell: :confused: Why can’t all platforms just get along? Exculsivesss

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On terrible puns, an amusing trailer and a Magicka sequel

Gemma Hart: Paradox! Oh my.
Scott Cameron: Are those the Magicka dudes on screen?
Gemma Hart: NOOOOO! NOT THE KITTY
Scott Cameron: What a CATastrophe.
“Magicka 2: Learn to spell… again”

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On the surprise announcement of the show: the return of Grim Fandango!

Scott Cameron: IT’S TIM! Tim Schafer!
Gemma Hart: :O No. Freaking. Way.
Danny Russell: :O
Scott Cameron: Hell yeah! Grim Fandango!

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On the most violent thing, like, ever.

Scott Cameron: SUDA 51
Gemma Hart: Is this game called murder spree?
Cos that’s what it looks like
“Let It Die”.

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On Abzu, the new game from the creators of Journey and flOw

Scott Cameron: Ohh, talking about Journey…
Gemma Hart: Knew there would be a new game from these guys
Gemma Hart: Fishies!
Scott Cameron: Where’s Kirsten? That sounded a lot like the old Tomb Raider theme!
Gemma Hart: Wait. Titanic music?
Abzu, what an odd name
Scott Cameron: “Abzu”, huh? Looked pretty.
Danny Russell: Gesundheit.

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On No Man’s Sky, and the revelation that game developers are real people.

Scott Cameron: Annnd… is this No Man’s Sky?
Yeah, No Man’s Sky.
Gemma Hart: Seems like it
Danny Russell: (Where’s Last Guardian? Ahem.)
Gemma Hart: Living in hope still Danny?
Scott Cameron: Procedural generation to the nth.
Well, that still looks pretty great.
Gemma Hart: And here’s the creator! Aaaw, he’s so nervous
Scott Cameron: He’s oozing authenticity, though.
Gemma Hart: This sounds so interesting
Scott Cameron: It’s almost like he’s a real person!
Gemma Hart: He’s so invested in it
I KNOW
That beard too. Almost like he grew it himself
Danny Russell: Does it have owls?
Gemma Hart: It appears to have giant ps4s…
Scott Cameron: No, Danny. Procedural owl generation is next-next-gen.
Danny Russell: ;( Owl just have to wait

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On the popularity of the PS4 camera, Kinect and Project Morpheus

Gemma Hart: “As a choice in the box”
I see what you did there
Dirty dig!
Scott Cameron: Yep
Oh wait, are they doing it?
Danny Russell: HMZT3?
Scott Cameron: Oh, it’s Morpheus, yeah.
I thought for a second they were gonna pack in the camera!

On “Twitch Interaction” and Free to Play

Danny Russell: OMG all the toobs
Gemma Hart: That’s weird
Going into someone’s game
NO DON’T DO IT THAT WAY
Danny Russell: Couldn’t you do this with movies MST3K style on 360?
Scott Cameron: Annnnd Twitch Plays Pokemon evolves into its next form.
Danny Russell: Just bring over obscure Japanese games, Mr Sony!
That’s all I ever wanted!
Gemma Hart: Free to play means free to play
And there’s the not so small print
Scott Cameron: “Certain features available for a fee.”
Well, of course.
Danny Russell: Subscriptions available for a fee. Game free.

On the Vita TV going west

Scott Cameron: Vita TV
Gemma Hart: Someone’s just shouted OMG
Scott Cameron: Yep, there it goes. This Fall.
Gemma Hart: Really. Is it that exciting?
Scott Cameron: A lot of people really like the Vita’s library but want to laze around and play full-screen.
Gemma Hart: Yeah it’s not a bad idea!
Scott Cameron: $100 ain’t a bad deal, either.

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On Gemma being the only person watching the conference who knew what “Powers” was

Gemma Hart: Superhero?
Scott Cameron: Spiderman, maybe?
They really want to keep that licence from Marvel. XD;
Gemma Hart: :O Powers!!
HOLY CRAP
Danny Russell: Airing on PSN? Thank goodness capture devices don’t exist. Otherwise they’d all be online within hours anyway.
Hah. Twitch people calling this PR guy the Kingpin… it’s true.
Scott Cameron: Alex: “He’s dressed like a mobster that gets killed early in a Batman movie.”
Gemma Hart: I LOVED the comics
I need to reread them
Forgotten most of it but I know I loved it
Danny Russell: Art style looks like Batman TAS meets Aeon Flux
Scott Cameron: I do love me some Batman TAS!
Gemma Hart: Hoping UK gets these deals. Plus subscribers getting the shows for free is great!
Ooooh. RACHET AND CLANK THE MOVIE!

On Sony showing The Last of Us on PS4, and possibly spoiling it for new players

Gemma Hart: Not watching this then
Spoilers!
Scott Cameron: Woah! I know that’s a spoiler from the prologue, at least!
Yeah, great idea at the E3 PRESS CONFERENCE. :/
Danny Russell: Lemme know when spoilers are over pleases
Scott Cameron: I think we’re all in the same boat.
Gemma Hart: Sames. Haha, I’m waiting for the music to stop!
Scott Cameron: I was thinking about getting it on PS4 eventually at this point…
Gemma Hart: Yeah, I’ve not played The Last of Us yet, either.

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On Metal Gear Solid V: Things Really Suck for Naked Snake in 1984

Gemma Hart: MGS…
Scott Cameron: Alrighty!
I’ve heard very good things about this trailer.
Gemma Hart: He’s… smoothing dead people on his face
Scott Cameron: Listen, Naked Snake went through a LOT. ๐Ÿ˜‰
Gemma Hart: Clearly!

On Grand Theft Auto V for PS4 (and PC and Xbox One, but let’s not mention that here)

Gemma Hart: :O
Scott Cameron: Uncharted yet?
Gemma Hart: Knew it would be rockstar
Scott Cameron: So, obligatory HD… HD update.

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On The Dark Knight’s disregard for Gotham’s architecture

Gemma Hart: BATMAN!
Holy fuck I’m excited again
Scott Cameron: Well, that looks pretty good.
Gemma Hart: BATMOBILE!
Rocksteady are making it, so I have complete faith.
Scott Cameron: Man, Batman doesn’t just straight-up doesn’t care about the architecture of Gotham.
Gemma Hart: He’s totes saving it
Danny Russell: Still not Kevin Conroy voice acting ๐Ÿ™
Gemma Hart: Scarecrow!
Scott Cameron: Nice trailer interrupt.
Gemma Hart: Oh man that looks so good!

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On Uncharted closing out the show, and the lack of The Last Guardian

Gemma Hart: Come on Uncharted…
Scott Cameron: Almost certainly..!
Gemma Hart: Naughty Dog…
YES!
Scott Cameron: Alternatively: Nathan Drake riding a dragon? To please everyone?
Gemma Hart: Nathan looks olllld
Scott Cameron: “Uncharted: A Thief’s End”? Ominous!

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