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E3 2017: The Final Hour

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19 June 2017

By Alex Khalil

What a week is has been. So many games, so many reveals, trailers, rumours, and more.

But, what caught our eye the most? What grabbed us by the throat and said, you’re going to play us? Well, we collated the best of the trailers and reveals, and what we’re most excited about. Here they are.

First up, Wolfenstein II looks incredible, and we can’t wait to sink our teeth into it. The trailer showed a fake Lassie style program with the huge robot dogs the Nazis use. It appears the tone they are going for here is far lighter than the first game. Or at least a bit more… quirky. Given the 60s vibes, it’s likely we’ll get a bit weird. I cannot wait.

Then we have Metro, a title we haven’t seen since its Redux in 2014, that will be a yearlong adventure through a post-apocalyptic Russia. The first two games were phenomenal, blending action, stealth, and even horror. Here’s to another great game! (We hope.)

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Next up, we have Monster Hunter! The game will be heading to PS4 and PC for the first time, which we are incredibly excited about. It looks big and open, and the monsters look cool as ever. It’ll be the first time Monster Hunter has ever been on a next gen console or PC. The hype train is at the station, folks.

Then we have God of War (Dad of War). Not much to say, other than it looks amazing: from the monsters to Kratos, and the intriguing story of the boy. Ps4 users are going to love this.

Surprisingly I’m going to put Insomniac’s Spider-Man here too. We got one trailer last year, and not a lot else, however, it looks interesting, to say the least. Expanding on his abilities to deliver a weighty combat focused around staying in the air, and even stealth segments too. This could be dang good.

From Ubisoft, we have Assassin’s Creed Origins, which looks a bit more sophisticated than previous entries. Set in Egypt, there will apparently be no Abstergo stuff, just purely past stuff. Which is what we wanted for so long. But we will see…

Another entry from Ubisoft would be Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, which looks like XCOM with a Mario filter on it. Might be good; available for the Switch only though.

And of course, we have Far Cry 5. Which just looks like more Far Cry. Not much else to talk about. Apart from the dog, who is a good boy, in case you didn’t know.

And that’s about it. All the games I’m personally looking forward to right here. You can view all the E3 gubbins here: Pt1 Pt2 Pt3 Pt4

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