The American publisher EA began the ball of the conferences of E3 2017 live from Hollywood. What should we remember from the conference and its announcements? To be honest, it's even less rhythmic than last year. It was not the unmissable conference that will be remembered. Just Focus takes stock with you.
EA Sports: Madden 18
Madden 18 is announced with great fanfare, no pun intended! The Trailer shows the game running under the Frosbite, EA's beloved engine! The Career Mode is quite highlighted. Andrew Wilson arrives to speak and according to him it is "Madden as you have never seen him", it would be the most ambitious Madden. Andrew explains that EA has built a creative space with PCs and consoles available and interaction with players. This allows players to test the games and give direct feedback.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBZwjP6MpZo&list=LLIHBybdoneVVpaQK7xMz1ww&index=6
Battlefield 1: In the Name of the Tsar
Here's the look back at Battlefied 1 with 20 million players and a trailer on community highlights. And we did not expect it at all (irony), the next DLC "In the Name of the Tsar" is announced with the war in the East and 6 new maps on the Russian front, new vehicles, new weapons and women (yes, yes). In total, 8 new maps in all with those of the multiplayer will be present. A new Trailer is appearing, we let you judge!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3zza3ofZ0Q&index=5&list=LLIHBybdoneVVpaQK7xMz1ww
Gamescom is mentioned in particular to reveal more about the new gaming experiences. We are served a lot of talk about competition and eSport with sports games like Madden or Fifa. It's a bit like the moment when we wonder what we are doing there and if we are in front of the EA conference or the village fair.
FIFA 2018
It's the turn of the most popular sports franchise to be in the spotlight: FIFA. With a new trailer of Fifa 2018 whose beginning is arch seen and reviewed. The frosbite (yes, him again) is the big star in the same way as the player Ronaldo. It's beautiful but it's already known.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_7Gz_RFLnE&list=LLIHBybdoneVVpaQK7xMz1ww&index=4
The Men in Blazers are coming on the scene (if you know them, we don't at all). They obviously come to present FIFA. This is the somewhat awkward moment when we don't really know where the conference will end and if we should save ourselves or stay! We come back in video on Alex Hunter who was the player of the single player mode of Fifa 2017. The Journey returns for Fifa 2018, with a second year for Alex Hunter.
Need for Speed Payback
It's time for cars with Need for Speed Payback. What's up? A new narrative, we embody Tyler, Jess and Mac, in an open world, with a strong emphasis on customization. You are not dreaming, it feels like a repeat of Forza Horizon 3 with a very "Australian" territory at heart and a visual that is not very far from its cousin by Microsoft alliance. However, we are witnessing a very "fast and furious" staging with a chase all in finesse: explosions, cinematics and a lot of slow motion (the abuse of the century).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-5EdHZ0hBs&index=3&list=LLIHBybdoneVVpaQK7xMz1ww
A Way Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGZGSdgJVPM
This is probably the surprise of the conference. A Way Out is a new IP from the creators of Brothers: a tale of two sons. This is obviously a split-screen cooperative adventure. It's apparently a prison escape with a little Prison Break side! The graphics are not the nerve of the game but the cooperative experience is. It's entirely split screen, at a time when games are only multi, it's a good bet. We are told about exploration, driving phase, unique cooperation (either online or split screen). We're waiting to see but it's honestly the game that we're getting the most excited right now. The gameplay session emphasizes the alternation of points of view. Leo on the left is already in prison, while on the right Vincent has only just arrived. Enough to vary the possibilities and the gaming experience of each!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ApSmPvxz1o
Seed the Platform
Little is known, except that it is a platform to "push the video game industry even further". EA mentions Microsoft's Scorpio with Madden as an example, it talks about technology innovation but there will have been nothing concrete!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCUXlxN0WjE
Anthem
New license of Bioware, it will unfortunately not be very developed in this conference. We will have to settle for a tempting trailer but that will be all. EA clearly announces that gameplay will be revealed at the Microsoft conference. It's been twice in a short time that the American publisher quotes his elder!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi0Uq7QmKm4
NBA Live 2018
Basketball sequence requires! It's the turn of NBA Live 2018 to point the tip of its nose with very sharp gameplay sequences on dribbling. "You are the One"… It is your choices that will define the game with a rise in the League. But it's also on the street with very different rules. In short, the game offers a contrast between the street and official basketball.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XQfMT4OqvE
EA prides itself on having donated $1 million to charities for a better world through games.
Star Wars Battlefront 2
Shock moment, it's the turn of Battlefront 2 to finally be presented! Will there be a full single-player mode? This is the big question since in the first one it was not the case. Janina Gavankar makes her appearance, she plays the leader of the Inferno Squad who is there in the flesh. The story will take place between episode 6 and 7! "There will be 3 times more content than in Battlefront 1" statement that wants gold because it is not very difficult! So there will be more playable characters and classes, new weapons and new factions. In short, we're back to Battlefront 2 2005 HD with the characters from episode 7!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q51LZ2HpbE
With the trailer of the multiplayer, we discover and rediscover elements that have always belonged to the old Battlefront (before the reboot): Naboo, the federation, the clones, Maul… space battles. The testers were not very talented players, it must be said. There will also be free content from Star Wars the Last Jedi. By pre-ordering, players will have… Yoda's lightsaber exclusively, yes!
Star Wars Heroes of the Galaxy
It's official, two heroes will be added: Luke and Admiral Thrawn.
If we had to sum up this conference, it would undoubtedly be: disappointing. Yes, we had Battlefront 2 but at what cost? It wasn't very lively and the whole thing was interspersed with unnecessary sequences. At least, A Way Out has had the merit of arousing attention.
