Sony’s E3 press conference kicked off a little slower than the previous conferences but it was Jack Tretton presenting and I love him so we won’t complain. After a lengthy introduction and a token nod at Kaz Hirai, David Cage arrived to tell us about Quantic Dream’s new IP – Beyond.
It sounds like a bit of an exploration of themes around the afterlife, some complex ideas and emotional interplay at work too. Ellen Page is starring, as rumoured, which feel like quite a big deal for our young industry. It takes place over a 15 year span and looks gorgeous. There’s a definite supernatural feel to it, as you might expect with death and the afterlife playing such an integral part.
Cage said the footage shown was “real time” and we were very impressed at the advances in character animations and facial modelling since Heavy Rain. Really incredible stuff.
BIGAL-1992
Looking back at the redesign of Ellie for the last of us, Maybe this was why. Still, that was damn impressive.
colmshan1990
Bet Naughty Dog weren’t happy when Cage called and told them who he had in the mocap studio…
BIGAL-1992
Naughty Dog’s possible response to when they hread it; “Who got WHO on the mocap studio?!!”.
KeRaSh
+1 to both you you guys. :D
Taylor Made
Game looked amazing can’t wait Sony E3 won already
Mickey2010
I think Ubi had the best conferance this year after Beyond and The Last Of Us i was not blown away! But was still better than M$.
But Watch Dog Blew Me away totally stunning
colmshan1990
Unbelievable, my game of the show so far.
ThatMattKid
Had a room full of guys on the edge of their seats. Good stuff.
TSBonyman
That looked amazing, hopefully there’ll be a HD video to download from the store.
KeRaSh
Great trailer, I just hope they don’t screw up the controls this time around. We get that David Cage loves awkward controls but don’t make them awkward just to have a different control scheme than everyone else. Implement them so they feel natural. I thought Heavy Rain was unique in that way but then I saw Fahrenheit and those controls were just as bad…
Foxhound_Solid
QD/Cage are such a talent…
MICKY17
Brilliant. Just brilliant.