When I see the beginnings of a promising game, be it in the pages of EGM or the blogs of D-toid; I tend to keep a keen eye trained on them in order to see which direction they may head. More than anything I hate seeing a game that has a solid premise and innovative gameplay turn sour before it hits the shelves. Recently via E3, several of these titles I have been watching for a time have been flooding the 'nets with new information and trailers. Some of these: EXCITING. Others:no so much.... Read on if your interested in how E3 has changed my take on some of these titles.

Gears of War 2

To me really, its just more of the same. I'm not saying that's bad mind you. I mean the extra stuff they are showing in their sequel looks much more innovative than Bungie ever did with those Halo sequels. I just can't wait to see what kind of messes Marcus will get himself into this time.
Excitement level: 8.5/10

Ghostbusters

This one has lost some of my faith....especially after seeing the last trailer last relied mostly on clips from the movies. Admittedly, I was a little excited by the actual gameplay footage and I thought it looked surprisingly scary in some places. I will admit I will want to play this game no matter what simply because it is basically the Ghostbusters III that never quite made it....just minus Chris Farley for some reason. I think its awesome that all the original Ghostbusters are back, but it would have been cooler with Rick Moranis [i]back too. Really, when all is said and done, this is still a movie franchise game.
Excitement level: 4/10[/i]

Dead Space

Ok, now this game I am more pumped than ever about! The graphics,
the innovations, the sheer TERROR. Its looking to me like one
of the best horror games to be released in the last 5 years.
Excitement level: 10/10

I Am Alive

Honestly, I had not heard about this until a few days ago, but I had to
mention it. Again, promising premise, but in the trailer I've seen, there
was only pre-rendered video. Just a little explanation of the story, and no
gameplay mechanics or the like. It looks fun, but since it's Ubisoft, all I'm
anticipating is a LOST the game 2....and not to scare anyone, but I actually did
design a gobo for "LOST in 2.0"....whatever the hell that is.
Excitement level: 6/10

Left 4 Dead

Been watching this for a good while, like many of you, I'm sure. Its been delayed
and delayed, but the slowly streaming in information and screenshots look really
promising, especially with all the talk of this "director" AI....sounds like a
lot of fun. Old truths apply here, a delayed game is more promising than a rushed game.
Excitement level: 7/10

Resident Evil 5

Capcom just keeps bringin' the funk. Haha, with word of a co-op mode ala Army of Two, any hesitations I may have had dissolved once I saw it's gameplay. I don't think a Resident Evil game can fail, because the gameplay and stories are always so fresh.
Excitement level: 9/10

Final Fantasy XIII

Final Fantasy...a franchise I have been devoted to since part 7. Once I played through 12,
however, I vowed to never buy an FF game on release ever again. Now, however, after seeing the new trailer announcing it for the 360, I may be attracted to my favorite series
once more. This time around it just looks like its going back to the part 8 kind of world, which was my 2nd fave next to 7. Maybe its just me, but 9 was bull$#it, and 11 was "hey lets go MMORPG," and 12's story just didn't reel me in. So, my interest in this game has sky-rocketed.
Excitement level: 8/10

Last Remnant

New trailer hasn't changed my opinion in any direction.....awesome developers=awesome game. Not to mention those visuals.
Excitement level: 9/10

Force Unleashed

Haven't seen a whole lot from E3 really on this one, but what I have seen looks
incredible. Aside from a somewhat klunky looking physics engine, I don't see any
problems with this one. I'm glad were done with all the goody-goody Star Wars
games we've had to suffer through the past few years. Maybe now we'll have an explaination of why Jedi's can levitate themselves with the force in games, but seemingly they just don't consider about it in the movies...
Excitement level: 8/10

Mirror's Edge

The first time I saw a trailer for this, I just thought "Great, a game version of that terrible UltraViolet movie." but the more and more trailers I see, the more I wanna play it and be an Urban Ninja.
Excitement level: 8.5/10

Hydrophobia

Ok, another one I had no idea about, but the water effects made me salivate a bit.
So yeah, A.W.S.M.O.
Excitement level: 6/10

Prince of Persia

I initially hated the idea of a rebooted Prince of Persia, but after watching the new
trailer for the first time, my mind is changed. I'm loving the new look, even though
i was kinda iffy about the cell-shading. It really just looks like a fun, interactive
comic-book. Even the chick side-kick is pretty sweet, and the idea that you never technically die is pretty interesting too. This will probably be the first cell-shaded game I
ever purchase.
Excitement level: 8/10

Where are these games this E3???

Splinter Cell: Conviction???


Alan Wake???


Prototype???


City of Metronome???


Fanboys????????Bahaha!


I guess all-in-all I'm pretty excited about all the info coming out of E3.
Now I'm off to a midnight screening of Dark Knight. If you're as big a nerd as me, I hope to see you there.