Jun 102024
Table of Contents
Guerilla Collective
Summer Game Fest
Devolver Direct
Wholesome Direct
Future Games Show
Xbox Games Showcase
PC Gaming Show
Ubisoft Forward
PC Gaming Show
After the Xbox Games Showcase yesterday, the PC Gaming show was held in the evening. I’ll be covering highlights for this one, since only a few games stood out to me across the two-hour show.
Wander Stars is a turn-based RPG in which you use words to fight, a unique enough idea that I’m intrigued.
Steel Seed had an interesting trailer, but it didn’t show enough for me to get an idea of what it was about. Meanwhile, the musical-based puzzle game Tempopo looks like it could be fun.
Action RPG Last Moon looks like it has potential, and every time I see another trailer for Demonschool, I get a little more interested in it. The rhythm-adventure game Unbeatable also looks interesting.
There was another trailer for Cat Quest III, too, and it’s adorable. That’s a series I definitely want to try.
Meanwhile, the latest trailer for Still Wakes the Deep looked interesting enough that I’m tempted to give it a chance after all. If it was from any other developer, I’d probably be talking about how I want to play it. It’s just that it’s from The Chinese Room, who previously made Dear Esther and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, neither of which I was exactly crazy about. I haven’t played any of their games after those. Will this be the one I finally take a chance on?
The fantasy farming yokai game Tales of Seikyu also got a new trailer here. It was in one of the other recent showcases, and I have to admit it looks intriguing even though I’m not the biggest farming game fan.
All in all, the show didn’t have a lot of great announcements for me, but there were still some nice games shown.
Ubisoft Forward
Finally, our last showcase of Not-E3 2024 so far was Ubisoft Forward this afternoon. A pre-show began half an hour before the main show, but since its goal was to deliver updates on live service games, I didn’t watch.
I’m not the biggest Ubisoft fan, so once again I’m only going to cover the highlights. They began with an extended look at Star Wars Outlaws, and while I don’t think I’ll play it, I have to admit it looks good.
They also gave updates on the Prince of Persia series! Now as they were discussing DLC for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and new content for The Rogue Prince of Persia, I couldn’t help but wonder if they were going to mention the Sands of Time remake at all or if it’s effectively dead.
And they did! It’s not dead after all! …It’s now planned for 2026 and got a short teaser trailer that showed basically nothing, so it really sounds like they must have restarted the whole thing.
A considerable portion of time was also given to Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Assassin’s Creed is one of those series where I find some aspects of it interesting but doubt I’d enjoy playing it, so I’ve never given them a try.
And that brings us to the end of Not-E3 2024, for now at least. I was hoping the Nintendo Direct would be tomorrow, but it looks like it won’t be. Of all the showcases so far, which have you enjoyed the most?
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“I’ll be covering highlights for this one, since only a few games stood out to me across the two-hour show.”
Sure sounds like you’re not having fun!
This was a weak “E3” season for me, and not just because of the lack of Ace Attorney. I’m counting on Nintendo to save it now.
Wander Stars looks really cool, that anime style is amazing and it’s interesting how it’s doing a new spin on the really old-school adventure game style of combining verbs and nouns to create actions.
I generally accept that as more games are made, there will be more games that are not for me. Glad you still find your diamonds in the rough! Even if we don’t always align (like you not caring about Civilization VII 😛 )
Haha, yes, the Civilization series isn’t one that appeals to me, but I’m glad you enjoyed the announcement!