# The E3 Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 15, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-e3-thread/722573 "2015-06-15T12:13:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-e3-thread/722573/21 "2015-06-16T17:28:58Z")
The only game I was interested in was Doom 4. I was cautiously optimistic when I heard they wanted to go away from the Doom 3 realistic horror style and return to the roots. Fast, lots of enemies, huge guts, etc. Not sure if I’ve ever been so deflated over a simple video game trailer. It’s like they did everything wrong on purpose. Clearly the modern gaming industry has left me in the dust. I just thought if there was one FPS that would buck all the terrible modern conventions this might be it. Nope. I was looking around to see other people’s reactions. There’s a sizable old school contingent complaining and pointing out the obvious, which made me feel a little better. But there was a surprising amount of hype about it. And a lot of people saying they like it because it’s similar to Doom 3. There were even people complaining it was too action-y and they wanted more horror elements. The mind boggles. ---
**Author:** ![Unpronounceable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9de0a6/32.png) [@Unpronounceable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unpronounceable)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-e3-thread/722573/22 "2015-06-16T19:10:02Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > She didn’t say it was sexist. She [did say that she was disappointed](http://i.imgur.com/I0IQtmU.png) that there wasn’t an exclusively female protagonist. I suppose there’s an argument there that, if you want equality, you should be happier with both male and female options rather than being upset that you’re not forced into a female option. > > She also complained about the excessive violence in DOOM and that Fallout 4’s crafting system was used almost exclusively to make guns so I guess there’s plenty of material if you wanted to roll your eyes at her anyway. You’re right - that’s what I get for paraphrasing a tweet I’d seen a day or so previous. I agree that her “you’re not a feminist if you’re not a pacifist” schtick is also a bit weird. Anyway, back to games: a PS4 exclusive **Horizon Zero Dawn** is stupidly pretty. Who wants to go bow-hunting robot dinosaurs in long-post-apocolypsia? ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-e3-thread/722573/23 "2015-06-16T19:19:49Z")
> [@Unpronounceable](#): > > Anyway, back to games: a PS4 exclusive **Horizon Zero Dawn** is stupidly pretty. Who wants to go bow-hunting robot dinosaurs in long-post-apocolypsia? That game is probably the only thing that peaked my interest coming out of Sony. Looks so good. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-e3-thread/722573/24 "2015-06-16T20:47:25Z")
Nintendo’s conference was weak this year, however next year’s should be interesting, (Nintendo’s Universal Studio’s plans, Nintendo NX, Mobile integration.) ‘Super Mario Maker’ looks superb! I simply can’t wait for it. ‘Star Fox 0’ looks great, but there’s nothing extremely unique. The Zelda game for 3DS looks great, but I hope single player mode is meaty enough, since it may be hard for me to find. I’m really happy to be a Wii U owner, even though I was disappointed at first to have received it as a gift. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-e3-thread/722573/25 "2015-06-16T21:28:17Z")
Yeah, the Nintendo thing was pretty flat. I wonder why they did the Smash stuff and the Earthbound announcement separately. Those seem like good fits for their main event. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-e3-thread/722573/26 "2015-06-16T23:08:49Z")
That Earthbound Beginnings thing was such a great, probably accidental troll, everyone for a brief second thought we were getting Mother 3. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-e3-thread/722573/27 "2015-06-17T00:17:40Z")
I’m on the floor to support Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture and Fat Princess Adventures, both of which I was involved in making. Stuff I’ve seen I liked: Cuphead Gang Beasts The new Rainbow Six ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-e3-thread/722573/28 "2015-06-17T13:55:42Z")
Oh, and Thumper. Thumper totally rocks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-e3-thread/722573.md?page=1)