The best of E3 2012

E3 is done and dusted for another year!!!

So what was the best of the show? Both the Sony and Microsoft had good displays with some very good looking games. Let’s have a look at Some games for both PS3 and Xbox 360

THE LAST OF US (Ps3)

From the crowd that brought you the Uncharted series (Naughty Dog). The game is set in a post-apocalyptic world where you control Joel on his journey to survive he is followed by Ellie a 14 year old girl which is controlled by the computer.

It will involve both gunfights and close combat fighting where you have to kill and scavenge to survive. In the first few videos that have been released so far you will be fighting the infected people and other survivors. The game seems to give you that feeling of the end of world scenario the reason being is you will have a low amount of ammo in whatever guns you can find, Ellie wont just stand there getting shot she will take cover and help as much as she can like throwing things at people if you have to reload.

Assassin’s Creed 3 (Ps3,Xbox 360)

Assassin’s Creed 3 is a historical action/adventure game. The game will be set before, during, and after the American Revolution 1753-1783. It will follow the life of Ratonhnhaké:ton (a.k.a Connor Kenway) it is set in colonial America, the assassin templar has somehow become involved in the American Revolution. Connor is drawn into battle when his home is attacked by colonists you will also meet some historical people such as King George III, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington  and many more.

As the game is based in the American Revolution you will spend a lot of your time in forests where that will be the biggest change from previous games of being in built up cities.

The biggest test that Assassin’s Creed 3 will face is it will be the ability to move around vertical in this new environment as the climbing up walls and jumping from building to building was a big hit with previous Assassin Creed games. However you will still encounter cities such as Boston, New York and Philadelphia.

Halo 4 (Xbox 360)

Halo 4 is a first person shooter it will be the eight instalments in the Halo franchise and is developed for the Xbox360. Halo 4 is set to be the start of a new trilogy of Halo games. The game starts some time after the ending of Halo 3 and marks the return of Master Chief and Cortana

In the ending of Halo 3 Master Chief and Cortana find themselves adrift on-board the wreckage of the UNSC. They find themselves close to a mysterious planet called Forerunner.

The story of Halo 4 will focus less on the straightforward first person shooter genre, instead it will be relying more on mystery, exploration and discovery. The Halo 4 developers also suggested that the game will reveal how the UNSC and humanity have changed and how they have adapted to the worlds after the end of the war against the Covenant.

Tomb Raider (Ps3,Xbox 360)

Tomb Raider is a Third person action/adventure game with role playing elements, it is the fifth Tomb Raider franchise.

The game will explore the intense and gritty origin of Lara Croft and her journey from frightened young women to hardened survivor. As Lara sets out to make her mark the ship she is travelling on is hit by a massive storm and split in two, Lara and many other survivors are stranded on an isolated tropical island in the dragon’s triangle.

She awakes inside a small coastal cave beside other corpses; while se try’s to escape she gets wounded.  Lara must try and find food and water to survive, and also fight of the island dangerous animal inhabitants trying to find other survivors.

But things seem to get harder for Lara as a group of mercenaries who seek to kill her and the other survivors, so Lara is forced to harden herself against killing people.