Sony’s E3 presentation probably was one of the most exciting E3 events I’ve witnessed in a while. As always with E3 presentations though, it made us super excited for games we’re not going to play in more than a year… Am I the only one who then looks at current games, even the ones coming up in the next 6 months, and telling myself “meh”… ?

What’s even more crazy is that most of these games are already up for preorders.

The Last Guardian

Anyway, Sony started with a bang, showing us a gameplay video of the Last Guardian. Yes, the leaked information by The Guardian and Forbes were accurate (as expected from respectable, non gaming related sites?), the game is finally coming.

The trailer revealed by Sony at E3 shows some gameplay of a child character and his 3-stories-tall-chicken-legged-flying dog.

Horizon Zero Dawn

Guerilla Games introduced Horizon, Zero Dawn. This was to me the best surprise of this E3. Picture Monster Hunter, but where the dragons are replaced with robot dragons. It basically makes it twice as cool.

Shenmue 3

Hmm, yeah, also, Shenmue 3 was announced as a kickstarter project. No big deal. Between the time this was announced and the time I type this, the game raised more than $2.5 million (basically beating its 2 million goal within 12 hours), and managed to crash kickstarter. It will probably be the most succesful game in the history of kickstarter, at this rate. Kind of makes you wonder why they even kickstarted it, instead of funding it “normally”.

Final Fantasy VII Remake

I honestly thought people didn’t like remakes, but this one seems to be the exception. FF VII is back, and people in the audience were excited about it.

Uncharted 4

Not a big surprise, but we got to see some Uncharted 4 Gameplay. Despite the attempt at making it better with each iteration, this is still the “same old” Uncharted. Naughty dog rasied the bar very hard with this franchise, so it’s difficult to be flabbergasted at this point. But the gameplay video showed some cool car chase scene, and we got proof that this was not a prerecorded video, as Nathan kind of stayed idle for a while at some point because of a bug.

Dreams

Media Molecule, the people behind Little Big Planet and Tearaway, were back with some more weird stuff that everyone will scratch their head about, but once we understand it we’ll all want more of it. The game, called “Dreams”, is about creativity, sharing experiences and designs, cute bears… and, err, about bringing your dreams to the screen, I guess?

No Man’s Sky

No Man’s sky is the game that I was completely excited about last year at E3. The developers showed us some gameplay, showcasing how big the universe in that game can be. I honestly think I’m oversold on this game, and it will turn out to be some sort of Proteus with a bit more stuff to do, but maybe not enough diversity? I’m worried it could be boring, but we’ll see.

More

There was a lot, lot more announced at Sony’s E3, including a new Assassin’s Creed, some Batman DLC, a new CoD, Firewatch, Street Fighter V, Hitman, Mad Max, Dark Souls III, a bunch of stuff from Indie studio Devolver, and even some mentions of project Morpheus.

What games are you excited about from Sony this year?