Sony highlighted various hardware and software at it's feature presentation. One of the more memorable devices involve linking with the PS3's Eye, Move controller and the PS3 itself and is called the Wonderbook.
The Wonderbook is targeted towards the younger generation with the demo showing a new Harry Potter-esque game The Book of Spells. Through augmented reality, you interact with the "book" that springs up media (or in this case, spells) and you can actually interact with book via the TV screen. Your Move controller acts as the wand and enables you to cast spells and enjoy a set of minigames where you can test out your newly learned spells.
Another device showcased Sony's very own mobile phone based platform. They've teamed up with HTC to bring out the best of the Playstation Suite or now called Playstation Mobile - the platform on which it runs. Sony have announced that PSM is open source based and has thousands of developers already working on creating new games designed specifically for the mobile device. No more facebooking on the tube home? That remains to be seen...
And then there's the games. Yes the eye watering, mind numbing visuals and storyboard that are melded into some of Sony's most memorable games were put on display as well.
God of War: Ascension:
Oh Kratos, you beast. The gameplay demo looked nothing short of beautiful, with a much smoother framerate than its predecessors. The visuals have been notched up from the cartoony sort of graphics to a much more visceral and savage texture.The moves are there along with bloody, epic take downs including a brain splitting (literally) end of an elephant monster. Another game on my must have list.
Beyond:
David Cage, the director of the visually appealing, psychological thriller Heavy Rain was back to show the audience what looks to be another masterpiece in the making. Beyond follows the story of Jodie Holmes, a woman who has a connection to the netherworld. The demo looked outstanding visually, and the voice acting of Jodie Holmes features Ellen Paige add to the merit list. The facial animations looked great enough to be called "real". Waiting for more previews on this one.
The Last of Us:
This is another must watch gameplay demo. The amount of detail put into the environment the two lead characters walk around in is nuts. Voice acting was decent from what I heard, but the environment setting really makes you feel like you are the last ones out there. The gameplay looked very, very interactive specially in an instance where the protagonist runs out of ammo and the enemy hears it to come at him for an all out attack when he gets smashed in the head by a rock or vase or something by the second lead character. That was epic.
Farcry 3 made a multiplayer demo, but I didn't find it all that different from the other Farcry games I've played before. Looks same old, with the standard bright green/brown texture combination of the environment.
The PS Vita also made an appearance showing a vast library of games ready to be released soon. Call of Duty: Declassified, Assassins Creed III: Liberation and button mashing All Stars Battle Royale featuring most of your favourite PS3 characters like Sweet Tooth, Solid Snake and so on.
Watch the whole Sony press conference below!
The Wonderbook is targeted towards the younger generation with the demo showing a new Harry Potter-esque game The Book of Spells. Through augmented reality, you interact with the "book" that springs up media (or in this case, spells) and you can actually interact with book via the TV screen. Your Move controller acts as the wand and enables you to cast spells and enjoy a set of minigames where you can test out your newly learned spells.
And then there's the games. Yes the eye watering, mind numbing visuals and storyboard that are melded into some of Sony's most memorable games were put on display as well.
God of War: Ascension:
Oh Kratos, you beast. The gameplay demo looked nothing short of beautiful, with a much smoother framerate than its predecessors. The visuals have been notched up from the cartoony sort of graphics to a much more visceral and savage texture.The moves are there along with bloody, epic take downs including a brain splitting (literally) end of an elephant monster. Another game on my must have list.
Beyond:
David Cage, the director of the visually appealing, psychological thriller Heavy Rain was back to show the audience what looks to be another masterpiece in the making. Beyond follows the story of Jodie Holmes, a woman who has a connection to the netherworld. The demo looked outstanding visually, and the voice acting of Jodie Holmes features Ellen Paige add to the merit list. The facial animations looked great enough to be called "real". Waiting for more previews on this one.
The Last of Us:
This is another must watch gameplay demo. The amount of detail put into the environment the two lead characters walk around in is nuts. Voice acting was decent from what I heard, but the environment setting really makes you feel like you are the last ones out there. The gameplay looked very, very interactive specially in an instance where the protagonist runs out of ammo and the enemy hears it to come at him for an all out attack when he gets smashed in the head by a rock or vase or something by the second lead character. That was epic.
Farcry 3 made a multiplayer demo, but I didn't find it all that different from the other Farcry games I've played before. Looks same old, with the standard bright green/brown texture combination of the environment.
The PS Vita also made an appearance showing a vast library of games ready to be released soon. Call of Duty: Declassified, Assassins Creed III: Liberation and button mashing All Stars Battle Royale featuring most of your favourite PS3 characters like Sweet Tooth, Solid Snake and so on.
Watch the whole Sony press conference below!
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