Breach & Clear
This squad-level, turn-based tactical game for iOS is just around the corner according to its developer and is looking pretty sharp. Originally conceived as a free-to-play title, it appears it will now ship using more traditional pay and play pricing. As with all games of this type, support for co-op play and additional platforms would be welcome but I liked what I saw of it and the developer seems open to adding features based on feedback from players.
The Evil Within
Bethesda's upcoming survival/horror game looks an awful lot like a spiritual successor to "Resident Evil–" and not the sub-par "Resident Evil's" of recent years but the ones that people actually liked. :) It remains to be seen if this game has anything substantive to offer beyond a modernization of the better aspects of those older titles but it looked interesting enough from what I saw to warrant a mention here.
DayZ
In the interest of keeping it real, I have to say that I wasn't particularly impressed with what I saw of "DayZ" Standalone at E3. I honestly think the project would have been better served by its developers continuing to work on it and focusing on getting the alpha to a state where it can be released to the public for testing and feedback. E3 is about generating hype for upcoming games and "DayZ" is the last game in the world that needs hyped. Everyone already knows about it. Everyone already wants to play it. There's no need to show it again until the alpha's available on Steam.
It may be that the game's development team benefits from attending such conferences and if that's the case, they certainly should but I question the value of showing the game as part of that– especially when they weren't able to show it using the new client/server architecture, which is the main thing that's been worked on in recent weeks, due to a lack of internet connectivity.
Having said all that, I'm still very excited for "DayZ" Standalone and cautiously optimistic that those of us interested in participating in the alpha will have a chance to do that fairly soon.
The following Gamespot video was the best bit of coverage I saw– mostly due to the fact that Rocket was the one showing the game, talking about it and answering questions.
That pretty much does it for E3 this year. I have to say that this was one of the best showings I've seen in years in terms of new games and new IPs. Certainly, the looming new console generation can be credited for a lot of that, which goes to show how much the lingering current consoles have been holding back the evolution of gaming. Better late than never I guess and I'm certainly happy to see the vast majority of the newly-announced games coming to PC where they can really shine.
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