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EZK and Andrew spend a few hours talking E3 2018! (We talked about EA’s conference on last week’s show.)
- 4:53 – Microsoft
- 53:28 – Bethesda
- 1:20:30 – Square-Enix
- 1:42:11 – Ubisoft
- 2:17:06 – PC
- 2:47:32 – Devolver Digital
- 2:54:12 – Sony
- 3:30:19 – Nintendo
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Credits: Molehill Mountain is hosted by E. Zachary Knight and Andrew Eisen. The show is edited by Andrew Eisen. Music in the show includes “Albino” by Brian Boyko. It is in the public domain and free to use. Molehill Mountain logo by Scott Hepting.
Chat Transcript:
5:50 PMHello Everyone.
6:00 PMGonna get ready to watch stranger things after this
6:00 PMHello
6:02 PMAndrew have you watched stranger things on Netflix
6:02 PMI have. Did a Debut Review. Have since seen both seasons.
6:02 PMGetting prepped for season 3
6:07 PMSmash and Deamon x Machina look really good
6:08 PMbut overall what an underwhelming E3 from Nintendo
6:08 PMMicrosoft wiped the floor with Sony
6:08 PMMissed Microsoft was at work at the time.
6:11 PMOri and the blind forest
6:12 PMfire emblem , super mario party and daemon x machina were pretty cool for me and yeah as a smash fan i enjoyed it but too each their own. That being said i wish there was more. Ninjala looks cool tho.
6:14 PMReally want to be excited for this since it is set in my home. But the online only kills it for me
6:15 PMFallout 76 that is
6:16 PMCrackdown is the whole reason I bought my Xbox
6:18 PMNomura is the problem with Kingdom Hearts he is incapable of making a game on time.
6:20 PMCorrect
6:22 PMForza is just Car porn
6:25 PMMost of these studios that Microsoft acquired will likely be closed in the next 5-7 years.
6:26 PMi think people are just excited that they think it’ll adda lot of new games for the new console or maybe even xbone
6:26 PMAt least it’s Microsoft, not EA
6:27 PMif it was EA then they’d better get their tombstone ready
6:29 PMLOL pubg will be dead before those new modes release
6:30 PMTheir poop-flinging lawsuits are sad
6:32 PMGetting Tales of on all 3 systems
6:32 PMWas exclusive to 360 sold horribly because it was on 360.
6:33 PMFrostbite
6:36 PMAll I want from Xbox is a reason to turn my Xbox on.
6:37 PMI have plenty of reasons for Switch and PS4
6:38 PMAndrew have you played Scarface the world is yours
6:38 PMOn Wii, yes.
6:42 PMNero had the prosthetic hand
6:43 PMDmC was actually the 5th.
6:43 PMseems like game of show is cyberpunk 2077. by acounts of everyone who saw the demo
6:43 PM2077
6:44 PMhi
6:44 PMI think I missed is but I think ms is a good fit for ninja theory
6:46 PMthey were gunna be bought, better than EA
6:47 PMwhich would have been the most likely other
6:48 PMstage fright
6:49 PMWe’re all like “yay battletoads! Oh wait, those games are stupid hard”
6:50 PMalso gears tatics
6:50 PMI am ok with a gears xcom game
6:53 PMits pre apha build it has bugs and framy. gamers dont understant the concept of pre apha
6:53 PMNo, fanboys are jerks.
6:53 PMi think death stranding is losing its steam…
6:53 PMalso its not comming til 2020
6:54 PMdeath stranding looks like a walking simulator
6:54 PMgoodpoint chaos\
6:54 PMthat was not a good E3 for Kojima
6:54 PMAnd most of which are also coming to ps4
6:55 PMtyhats the theme of e3, most 3rd party reveals were 2019 til
6:55 PMMicrosoft is looking toward Xbox One-2
6:55 PMas well
6:55 PMlol at his background
6:56 PMalso we have the glorious return of ps3 era sony /s lol
6:56 PMXbox One.5
6:57 PMthey did that last year too
6:57 PMwe saw a hiring pich video
6:57 PME3 shows alot of fluff…
7:00 PMits jumping a bit, but safe to say ms had the best show
7:00 PMbad song
7:01 PMRage 1 had a much better song
7:01 PMwrong group of people for him. gamers dont care about a old school musician
7:01 PMhe didnt even look like like a musician. and that song was NOT hair metal
7:02 PMAndrew W.K is not the guy to do a show to gamers
7:02 PMit was like a Kareoke Air band…
7:03 PMOn memorable thing about the first Rage was the song in the trailer
7:07 PMeaster egg hunting…
7:08 PMits stand alone
7:08 PMIt is standalone
7:08 PMif I had to bet the story ends with time travel
7:08 PMof some kind
7:09 PMApparently coming to Switch as well.
7:09 PMI mean they killed ragan in latest one
7:09 PMYes
7:10 PMaparently its a real thing………
7:12 PMcan you stop saying Alexa…
7:12 PMyes
7:12 PMhow much did amazon pay for that lol
7:12 PMa song from Skyrim started playing
7:13 PMthe first vault to open in fallout lore, and a control vault
7:14 PMaka no crazy experiments
7:14 PMSeeing a devastated Morgantown has a certain appeal.
7:14 PMIt is online only.
7:15 PMApparently private lobbies are coming post launch.
7:15 PM“few”
7:16 PMI thought they said that you could play it as single player (though I think it still needed online connection?)
7:16 PMI’ll try it since I’m from WV.
7:20 PMIt takes place in WV. My hometown is in the game
7:26 PMindiana jones\
7:26 PMThey don’t know what they’re doing either.
7:30 PMLost legacy
7:31 PMThank you
7:33 PMThey say that it is still coming
7:38 PMhow would Navi communicate to Link?
7:39 PMyeah that’s the point – does Navi have hands?
7:39 PMI didn’t really picture Navi as Tinkerbell
7:41 PMnot as a Fire fly?…
7:42 PMgotcha
7:43 PMJust like fireflies are often drawn/rendered as little balls of light.
7:44 PMmakes sense Freak
7:44 PMWow, I never even realized ALttP sprite Link had pink hair… the things you learn
7:44 PMmaybe Square needs to show their still alive?…
7:45 PMLink only had pink hair in ALttP due to hardware limitations
7:53 PMLet me guess the key words are “pay them pittance”
7:54 PMYou gonna submit anything EZKnight?
7:55 PMfor the Shantae Kickstarter, did they actually do the design of the characters, or did they just tell the devs what they wanted it to look like, and the devs actually did it?
7:55 PMI was assuming the latter, but maybe not
7:57 PMQuote from their kickstarter “ENEMY DESIGNER: Create the overall look and behavior of a Sequin Land Monster! You describe it and we’ll draw it up, animate it, and code it based on your idea!”
8:07 PMIt almost certainly is online only
8:10 PMSwitch version requires a 15 GB download.
8:11 PMGuaranteed way to get me to not want to buy a game
8:14 PMSyndicate was england
8:15 PMThat was unity
8:18 PMif it keeps going, I’m sure they’ll get there eventually
8:19 PMThe trailers for Beyond good and evil 2 seems like a major tome shift from the first game too.
8:20 PMyou know what Ubisoft should do next… BG&E and Starfox crossover!
8:41 PMI remember you from the early Wii U days man. Your humor was hilarious
8:52 PMthree hour mole mountain…..who died???
8:53 PMhard G
8:53 PMdid I need to bring a diaper to the stream knowing how long it could go
8:55 PMoctopath traveler was mentioned weren’t you looking forward to that andrew
8:59 PMI swear if sora sings let it go
9:02 PMI’ll skip this one, didn’t care for the first one.
9:02 PMI haven’t played any of the last of us stuff but is the whole Elle being gay just done for being diverse for diversity sake or is it justified, either way it doesn’t matter the game is more important
9:03 PMIt was established she was gay in the DLC for the first game
9:03 PMElle just is gay. It’s not something that needs to be justified any more than being straight needs to be.
9:03 PMI dont care about smash bros so I thought nintendo’s presentation was bad.
9:07 PMthey havent said ellie is gay. she could be bisexual.
9:09 PMi think it’ll be in Fantastic Beasts, though!
9:10 PMgaming has become such a cinematic creature that it rivals the movie industry do you think we could ever see a cinema setting catered to letting people play newer video games on a big screen
9:14 PMare you talking about the Japanese dark souls
9:15 PMthat’s one’s Sekiro, @jordan thompson (at least, it’s the one that’s by FromSoftware) that one’s about a Ninja, but it’s more stealth
9:17 PMit’s by the Quantum Break devs, seems like a spiritual successor
9:19 PMI’ve found the only good idea I could come up with when it comes to a tetris movie was it being based around the tetris copyright lawsuites that took place in the late 70s and early 80s
9:24 PMpirate of the Caribbean was in kingdom hearts 2
9:26 PMI assumed he was just being a surrogate mother
9:26 PMfor a second I thought I was watching a 4k verison of breath of the wild when he was climbing that mountain
9:27 PMhas kojima ever made since is a better question
9:29 PMThe 6th wasn’t revealed in the trailer
9:30 PMMaybe mysterio
9:31 PMjake gylihnhal is gonna be mysterio in homecoming 2, at first I was like wtf then I remembered mysterio has a fish bowl for a head so anyone can play him
9:34 PMyeah that arcade cab is very cool. wonder if a tate mode version would work too
9:35 PMNintendo wasn’t bad, but a little lacking. With the Direct being around 43 minutes and half of that being Smash, 2 or 3 more announcements/trailers would have gone a long way.
9:38 PMit’s $50 I think
9:38 PMapparently the “button” on the pokeball is a joystick (with push in button)
9:39 PMPanic Button the devs behind Doom and Rocket League for Switch said they have another game for Switch that will be announced in the next few weeks.
9:48 PMPronounced like fighters
9:49 PMhow much of a difference in release dates does a game have to be to still be considered a “new” release in your opinion?
9:49 PMOld game it was on 360 too
9:50 PMyer around 2 weeks. a month at the latest.
9:52 PMand if you dont care about smash? thanks nintendo.
9:52 PMthey did confirm that Yoshi was moved to 2019 🙁
9:54 PMif I had a switch I’d only be buying octopath traveller this year.
9:55 PMShould’ve been saved for a dedicated Smash Direct.
9:57 PMit makes you wonder, the wii u had a drought in its last 2 years. what have been doing doing?
9:58 PMhave they*
9:58 PMWorking on Switch first year titles.
9:59 PMAnother E3 passed and we still haven’t seen what Retro is working on.
9:59 PMprobably Starfox Racing, though
9:59 PMRumored but we still haven’t seen it.
9:59 PMthey had arms, mario odyssey and xenoblade 2. to me splatoon wasnt much different to splatoon 2.
10:00 PMsplatoon 2 wasnt much different to splatoon 1*
10:00 PMand Zelda…
10:01 PMzelda was finished months ago. the could of released it on the wii u a year earlier.
10:01 PMthey*
10:01 PMCappy is in some of the moves, but not permanent
10:01 PMCappy is there
10:01 PMI do not believe that at all, they probably could have released holiday before, but not a year
10:02 PMJust 3 links
10:02 PMthey delayed zelda so they coud launch it with the switch.
10:03 PMyes, but I don’t believe they delayed it a year
10:03 PMdunno, wouldnt surprise me. the wii u was dead for a while.
10:03 PMmaybe he’ll be less uptight
10:04 PMyeah they Dark Pit an echo character
10:04 PMthey could add some new Fire Emblems as echoes
10:05 PMecho characters* (not referring to the game)
10:05 PMWould like to see a Fire Emblem fighting game like Soul Calibur
10:05 PMI was hoping Bomberman would come in, at least he’s an assist
10:06 PMand the 3DS remake
10:07 PMI’m thinking they’ll do Balloon Kid for the retro character this time
10:09 PMit wasn’t released outside of Japan
10:09 PMCouple more announcements or trailers would have helped
10:10 PMPikmin 4… Mother 3… 😢
10:11 PMHave a feeling Pikimin 4 was Hey, Pikimin
10:11 PMhi guys
10:11 PMnah, Miyamoto said for Wii U. That was definitely never a Wii U game
10:11 PMWhat about Xenoblade 2?
10:12 PMIts 7:11am here
10:12 PMare you interested in Monster Hunter Generations? or has World spoiled you?
10:13 PMMy Switch is at the repair because the micro sd card slot stop working
10:14 PMDid not watch Sony, but is it true that they show more music than gameplay?
10:15 PMBy next month I’ll have 50 Switch games
10:17 PMAlso I notice Nintendo show more Final Fantasy 7 than Square
10:17 PMhope Switch gets that remake after that… lol
10:18 PMFF7 won’t come out for another 8 years at best
10:19 PMSo guys you care for Pokemon? Wanna hear your opinnion on Lets Go games
10:22 PMOh yea I started to play Go now because they say it will have some things with lets go games. I cannot believe that the game have some big conection issues 2 years later
10:22 PMApparently Labo sold over 300,000 copies in first week
10:23 PMBut I just wake up