Wow, what an incredible E3 it's been. Many of the announcements at this year's sun drenched convention outstripped our wildest imaginations, and while the remainder of this year's lineup has been set in stone for some time, there's an enormous amount to look forward to over the coming years – including Shenmue III and Final Fantasy VII Remake. Sorry, we still can't believe it!
Embedded below you'll find a shortlist of the 25 biggest PlayStation titles from the event. Yes, we know that they all happen to be PlayStation 4 releases, but we just wanted to make it clear to you all that we took into account PlayStation 3 and Vita titles, too. The rules are simple: the game had to be either playable on the show floor or present at one of the big press conferences in some degree.
This is an authored shortlist which has been decided upon by the Push Square team, so you may not find your particular favourite in the poll. We did debate it at length, so hopefully you still find something that tickles your fancy embedded below. Either way, make sure you think about it before casting your vote, because you only get one shot – and everyone has equal say.
So, what will it be? Are you hot for Horizon: Zero Dawn, or do you think that Uncharted 4: A Thief's End is leading Sony's first-party charge? Maybe you were bowled over by Star Wars: Battlefront, or is it Kingdom Hearts III that's unlocked your, er, heart? Peruse our poll, pace around the room, pick your winner – and help us to select Push Square's E3 2015 PlayStation Game of the Show.
The release with the most votes on Saturday, 20th June 2015 at 18:00PM BST will be selected as our overall champion, and we'll have a feature delving into a little more detail shortly thereafter. We should point out, however, that in the unlikely event of a draw, the Push Square team will conduct a private poll to declare an overall victor.
The vote has now closed. Thanks for taking part.
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Voted for Horizon: Zero Dawn.
Uncharted 4 for me. It was probably my favourite game of E3 with Horizon: Zero Dawn as my favourite new IP
I would have voted for KH3, but who knows how many years that will take. If uncharted was coming out this year, I might be inclined to be more excited about it, but from the point of view of the way they handled it, Bethesda definitely got me the most excited about Fallout 4.
Oh, and second the KH3 comment for FFVII remake. If I didn't think it wasn't coming out in five years I'd probably give it a strong recommendation.
Where's Just Cause 3? That game looks like everything I've ever wanted
Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival
Oh wait, Playstation game. I'd probably blow a blood vessel trying to pick just one, but since One Winged Angel has been playing in my head for 5 days I'll just say the FFVII remake.
FF7 in all glory, but KH3 will probably come out first. xD Once that game comes out I'll be awake until I finish it.
@Anchorsam_9 It was considered (as were about 20 other games on top of this list) but we had to cut it!
@DRL Me too! Boom!
@get2sammyb AGAIN with the choices! Sigh. Went with Horizon this time.
I was excited for a lot of games but Horizon: Zero Dawn stole all my attention, amazing gameplay, I'm really excited for what Guerrilla can do with this title.
I voted Uncharted but Horizon: Zero Dawn seems a worthy winner seeing how many of the votes have gone so far, I just want to see and hear more about it, definitely looks like it has the potential to be something really special.
Fallout 4, honor and battlefront came close
@ShogunRok Guess it was hard to choose, this has been the best E3 in ages
Glad to see that the new IP is currently the highest. Always exciting to get a look at something brand new. Nothing wrong with sequels (Uncharted looks amazing) but new IPs are great for the industry.
Horizon looks good and uncharted to but fallout4 got my vote.
Horizon showed us a blast. FF7 is great as Shenmue III, Mass Effect 4 and a lot of other games, but Horizon looked a lot like an already playable game!
Horizon was my favorite new IP shown off, but I went the safe route for this. Uncharted 4 looks awesome and based on the other games I know for sure I'll like it. Have to see wait and see how Horizon will end up but from what was shown it looks like a winner.
@get2sammyb Me three
Horizon is my new must play game. I am glad for games like FFVII Remaster for the fans but I never liked FFVII. Shenmue III and TLG looked good but I never played those games in the series so I can't really be excited for them personally if that makes sense. Again though happy for the fans of those series to be getting what they asked for for all these years.
Doom!!! Its got a timesplitters type level designer. Woo hoo.
Horizon looks absolutely fantastic, it's got my vote.
Doom,probably due to nostalgia..super hyped for for Fallout 4 as well,and various others.Need a new hard drive..
Very hard to choose (out of those of which that I've seen the trailers and gameplay), so many great games, but I picked Ratchet & Clank because finally we have Toy Story-quality graphics in a video game with R&C and the gameplay looks very nice like you'd expect from R&C.
Horizon, The Last Guaridan, Dreams, Deus Ex and much more look great as well though.
"Fallout 4" is easily my vote!
It's going to be a "billion hours" of fun!
Horizon nearly took my vote but not until I know more about the gameplay and the type of game it is.
Honourable mentions got to Metal Gear, Uncharted, Fallout, Hitman, Last Guardian but the game I'm surprisingly most excited about is Ratchet & Clank. I've even surprised myself!
No Man's Sky
@Dodoo It's an action RPG where you go out and hunt robot dinosaurs. You'll collect loot which you can use to fashion new armour and arrows. There'll be skill trees and a levelling system.
The only thing we don't really know yet is how the quests will work; will there be dialogue trees, for example?
I chose my favorite from what saw, rather than my most anticipated game. It was Battlefront for me. It looked amazing, and that was one of the greatest trailers I've ever seen. I hope there's a beta soon.
Horizons favorite game but runners up are UC4 but thats a give,msg speaks for itself but wasn't at the e3 show and battlefront was next. Battlefront prove to me it looks close to the original trailer and from what I hear plays well but concerned about longevity without real single player campaign although I still preordered it. Horizon was my favorite because it looked the best, the best real gameplay besides UC4 and has great ideas for combat and action RPGs elements of any game. I just hope horizon can live up to its hype.
old school turn based chibi Final Fantasy for me, even if it doesn't come out for a long time
The last guardian got my vote but South Park would have, my favorite surprise during E3 followed closely but TLG being real & FF7 remake.
No man's Sky for me.
Horizon looks awesome. Uncharted looks great. Intrigued by Dreams.
Honestly, more interested to learn additional details on Earth Defense Force 4.1. I wanna shoot me some bugs!
These are the 25 E3 2015 titles that I'm looking forward to playing eventually.
Yes I realize that only a few of them are PS4 exclusives.
My E3 2015 Wish List:
Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (PS4)
Batman: Arkham Knight (PS4)
Beyond: Two Souls Remaster (PS4)
Dark Souls III (PS4)
Fallout 4 (PS4)
Final Fantasy VII Remake (PS4)
Heavy Rain Remaster (PS4)
Hitman (PS4)
Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4)
Just Cause 3 (PS4)
Kingdom Hearts III (PS4)
Mad Max (PS4)
Mass Effect: Andromeda (PS4)
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4)
NieR New Project (PS4)
Persona 5 (PS4)
Project Setsuna (PS4)
Ratchet & Clank (PS4)
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (PS4)
South Park: The Fractured But Whole (PS4)
The Last Guardian (PS4)
Tom Clancy's The Division (PS4)
Transformers Devastation (PS4)
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (PS4)
World of Final Fantasy (PS4)
I find it funny that most of the guys at Push Square were pretty sceptical leading up to E3 wereas I was confident in both Sony and Microsoft having a great show. To me it was obvious that Microsoft were going to have a great show as they've been playing catch up since the launch of the XB1 and as such had to pull out all the stops. I was surprised about the backwards compatibility though. I was also very surprised to see the announcements from Sony in regards to Shenmue 3, FF7 and The Last Guardian, although not as much with the latter.
Anyway back on topic. I voted for Fallout 4 as im a massive fan of the series,
My other favourite games of the show were, in no particular order as follows.
DOOM
No Man's Sky
Horizon: Zero Dark
Mass Effect 4
For Honour
Uncharted 4 + Uncharted Collection
RIGS (Project Morpheus FPS Multiplayer game)
Metal Gear
ANNO
Dreams
Track Mania Turbo (Project Morpheus)
Deus Ex
SOMA
PGA Tour Golf 16
Star Wars Battlefront
Need for Speed
EVE Valkyrie (Project Morpheus)
Adr1ft (Project Morpheus optional)
Just Cause 3
Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Ghost Recon
Mirrors Edge
Until Dawn
Dishonored Remaster & 2
Honourable mentions to games we didn't see but one's I am looking forward to.
RIME
The Witness
Hollow Point
Wild
Every Bodys Gone to the Rapture
The Disappearance of Ethan Carter
Mad Max
Mighty No 9
Sorry but I have to mention the XB1 as im looking forward to those games too.
Halo 5 Guardians
Rise of the Tomb Raider
The Rare Collection
Sea of Thieves (Rare)
Sorry about the extra long list guys but, if I had the time and money I would purchase every single one.
Im really happy that most of the games on my list are due out this year. Its a great time to be a gamer!
At the time of Sony's briefing, and even a day later, I got the impression that Horizon: Zero Dawn was almost missed because of the other announcements in fact Sammy even wrote 'Sadly for Guerrilla Games, its new intellectual property got overshadowed somewhat by bigger announcements' and yet here it is topping the votes.
The only reason I didn't vote as my game of E3 was because Uncharted 4. I am a big fan of the series and have been blown away by the demo's we have seen so far - not just the E3 one. However that E3 demo showed how much further the series has progressed. From the opening cutscene, the seamless transition into gameplay in a very densely populated market, to the combat and how that escalated up, and then into the vehicle chase which is a first for Uncharted as you never got to control the vehicles before. Visually and from a technical point of view its also impressive - the particle effects, physics etc are incredible.
Horizon:Zero Dawn is a close second to me although I really want to know more. Guerilla Games are not talking about the story or Robo's other than a few technical details surrounding AI etc. It will run at 1080p/30fps - same as Uncharted 4's story too. It won't hold your hand by giving you a tutorial either so you have to learn as the character would - studying the Robo's behaviour and interactions with the environment and other Robo's. It is an open world RPG too although the demo doesn't show much of the RPG elements. It has a crafting system and a trading system too. From what I gather, Aloy in the Demo we saw was at around level 12 so had access to more items and 'knowledge'
I wouldn't be at all surprised if Horizon becomes my favourite RPG and could even become my favourite 'exclusive' on PS4 but as it stands at the moment, with the limited information and little concept of the story (not that I want to know the story until I can play it), its 2nd to Uncharted 4
Without looking into 2016, my purchase/wanted list is as follows. Format in Brackets show pre-ordered format or preferred console. ? are maybe's
June: Batman: Arkham Knight (PS4/XB1), Lego: Jurassic Park
July:
August: Rare Replay (XB1), GoW: Ultimate? (XB1)
September: Mad Max (PS4), Forza 6? (XB1)
October: Uncharted: NDC (PS4), Halo 5? (XB1)
November: CoD: BO3 (PS4), RotTomb Raider (XB1), Fallout 4 (XB1), SW: Battlefront (PS4)
December:
More could be added to this list if they get a confirmed release date - Lego Marvel Avengers, etc as well as Expansions to Destiny and Witcher 3.
My next 4 games (pre-ordered) are Batman: Arkham Knight (PS4/XB1), CoD:BO3 (PS4), SW:Battlefront (PS4) and Uncharted 4 (PS4)
@BAMozzy You're going to buy Batman for both PS4 and Xbone? Also, do you have any particular reason for buying Fallout 4 for Xbone?
@Wesker I am buying Batman for both. I pre-ordered the Ltd Edition Statue version for XB1 over a year ago - A long time before I had my PS4. After getting my PS4, I looked at changing my pre-order but the Ltd Edition had sold out. Whilst looking around, I found a 2 for £80 deal on pre-orders and a £10 off for orders over £75 deal at Tesco's so pre-ordered Batman for PS4 - only £35. I have Batman Arkham Asylum and City on both PS3 and XB360 too... I will be playing the PS4 version first though. Due to a 'packaging' issue, my Ltd Edition XB1 version is being delayed by a few weeks but they are giving me a free 'download' code to play on release day...
The main reason I am considering Fallout 4 for XB1 is because it also comes with Fallout 3 - part of the 3rd Party deal. Bethesda also said that the Mods will come to XB1 first (well console anyway). Modding and the tools to do so will first come to PC and the best ones that PC users create will then come to XB1 (no modding tools on consoles). At the moment Bethesda want to bring them to PS4 too but as yet haven't confirmed if they will definitely. I don't know that the Mods are particularly a reason but a free Fallout 3 on XB1 is. I guess I could play 3 when it is added to the Backwards Compatibility (part of the reason they are able to do this offer) as I have the game but I never bought the DLC so I don't know if that will be included. So that's the reason I am considering the XB1 version.
@BAMozzy Hmm, interesting. I somehow missed the exclusive XB1 features for Fallout 4 (I must have stepped out the room for a moment during that part of the conference.) Thanks for the heads up. I always think twice about buying a version of a game that has less features than another version of the game on another console. Fallout 4 just went from a 'must have' to a 'maybe' for me.
Here are my most anticipated E3 games for 2015:
September: MGS5
October: Uncharted collection
November: Star Wars Battlefront
December: Just Cause 3
@Wesker The actual features of the game itself are no different on either console. Its not like Destiny on XB1 which has a lot of content missing. The Fallout 3 offer is related to the Backwards Compatibility that XB1 are offering and the way it works. Its not a big deal to me as I already have the disc version so can use that to get Fallout 3 on my XB1. I expect it will come in the form of a 'download' from the Games on Demand. Backwards Compatibility isn't as straightforward as putting a disc in and playing (according to MS) as it requires installation to HD and running some emulation software too. Even the disc based games we have require some emulation patch and installation which is why they are not all available now. I got the impression that MS are planning this software to enable them to give Fallout 3 away - similar to the Rainbow Six: Seige XB1 bonuses of the two 'Vegas' games free.
The mods themselves are 'likely' to come to PS4. Bethesda have said they want to do it but as yet its unconfirmed. The mods themselves are not created on the console but PC version. There will never be an opportunity to mod the game on console. Bethesda want to release the modding tool to PC owners several months after the game releases and the best ones will be released to XB1 several months after this. In any case neither of these 'extras' affect the story/game from Bethesda. Chances are those 'Mods' that make it to XB1 will also make it to PS4 at some point but like I said its just not confirmed - its something Bethesda want to do at the moment.
@BAMozzy From what you say, its seems like they have a deal in place with Microsoft. Bethesda saying that they would like to bring mods to the PS4 version sounds like marketing speak. I doubt it will ever happen, and I don't want to wait 6 months or a year later to get the stuff coming out on XB1 anyway.
@Wesker They do have a 'partnership' in place which is why it was shown at the MS briefing This article explains Bethesdas decision and more about the process required for getting mods onto console. Mods though are unlikely to come to the XB1 version of Fallout 4 for many months as they have no plans to release the Fallout 4 Creation Kit, a suite of mod tools for the role-playing game, on PC until early 2016.
Its only the best of these community mods that will eventually come to XB1 however. Fallout 4 game director Todd Howard has confirmed that mods will be available on PS4...eventually. Howard stressed that Bethesda and Microsoft worked together to bring Fallout 4 mods for free to Xbox One, and said "the timetable is fuzzy" regarding when mods will come to PS4.
I don't know how important these community (not Bethesda) 'Mods' are to you and whether or not this is likely to affect your decision to buy but as far as the game is concerned and content that Bethesda are making, the game itself should be identical on both platforms. Whether any mods actually make it to console before next years E3 remains to be seen but considering the process its no guarantee.
UC4 for me. Horizon came in a close second. Day 1 purchases for me on both of them nevertheless.
@BAMozzy The thing is that dlc is an important part of the Fallout experience. You're going to want to play those mods ASAP if you're really into the game. This is obviously a big advantage for the Xbox version. When you include the free copy of Fallout 3 as well, Bethesda is basically telling its customers to buy its game on Xbox One.
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@Wesker Isn't that always the case with 3rd Party Multi-platform 'exclusive' deals? There was NO mention of official DLC or the fact that if/when these do come, they will release on XB1 first. Mods have never been on Console before and like I said these are not made by Bethesda but by those on PC. The more popular ones could make it to console. Mods have never been part of the console experience of these (or any) games before.
@BAMozzy Yes exactly. This is a typical 3rd party exclusive deal with a console. I'm also making a connection between no announced official dlc support and the fact that they are bringing mod support to the console version. I could be way off, but it does seem like mods could replace official dlc. Therefore, not having those mods, or having to wait for the timed exclusivity to run out, is kind of a big deal.
I liked Firewatch, i thought it looked intriguing.
@Wesker Do you know what Mods are? The majority of Fallout 3's changed the look (different textures, different lighting, different filters, added flora etc) or changed the parameters like difficulty, movement mechanics etc and I doubt these will replace official Bethesda DLC if and when it is released. It didn't affect peoples enjoyment of the console versions of Fallout 3. If you want access to every mod and the tools to create your own, you are better off buying the PC version and getting a PC version of Fallout 3 too.
@BAMozzy so you're saying that modders don't make levels for Fallout 3? And that we haven't seen Bethesda try to monetize mods for their other game Skyrim?
@Wesker I am not saying that but the majority are not levels are they. They are also NOT essential to the overall story or experience but created by the community and don't impact on the 'experience' that Bethesda envisioned for it either. Granted some of these Mods can add 'extra' or something different to the experience but they didn't affect the game or its vision/story etc on consoles. Did that mean you didn't enjoy Fallout 3 on Console? Had no interest in playing these games at all on console?
I know Bethesda tried to monetize mods before but that seriously backfired on them (and I believe Valve too) didn't it!
I assume that you are unlikely to buy ANY game that has (or can be) modded on Console or any game that may have extra or earlier content elsewhere.
Was Dragon Quest: Heroes, or it's sort of announced rumored sequel, at E3? Sony went to all that trouble to make that slime PS4 model I would think it would be there. And it's also one of this sites favorite things in the west "a PS4 exclusive" as the PS3 version is sadly staying in Japan so I would think it would get some coverage here, but I haven't seen it at all here this week.
Was Dragon Quest: Heroes, or it's sort of announced rumored sequel, at E3? Sony went to all that trouble to make that slime PS4 model I would think it would be there. And it's also one of this sites favorite things in the west "a PS4 exclusive" as the PS3 version is sadly staying in Japan so I would think it would get some coverage here, but I haven't seen it at all here this week.
@BAMozzy obviously it would be better if the PS4 version came with the promise of mod support, like the Xbox version, as well as (to a lesser extent) a free copy of Fallout 3. I find it funny when game publishers use exclusive features to promote the value of one version, while at the same time pretending that the other version is no less valuable.
@Wesker It annoys me too. Even though I do own both an XB1 and PS4, I really don't agree with these 3rd Party multi-platform exclusivity deals. Take Destiny for example - how is it fair to charge the same to XB1 owners for a game that has significantly less content and will do for a whole year and then say its the same 'value' as the PS4 version.
Personally I think all multi-platform games should have the same release schedule and content myself but whether or not that would affect a games development (because of costs and lack of funds from the console manufacturers etc), I don't know.
@Jaz007 Same. Big Star Wars fan (who isn't?), and Battlefront looked amazing. Can't wait to play it, especially the Endor speeder bikes.
Many other great games I'm looking forward to, but this is the one that really got my attention.
@BAMozzy @Wesker I'm pretty sure they have confirmed mod support on PS4 for Fallout 4. There's an article on the site somewhere.
@get2sammyb I know they have confirmed they want to bring mods to PS4 and to quote the article 'Howard confirmed that mods will be coming to Microsoft's console in early 2016, but he also took the time to mention that the studio also hopes to bring mods to PS4 at some point after that.'
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2015/06/e3_2015_fallout_4_pc_mods_will_likely_come_to_ps4_in_2016
As this article (and every other article I have read) states and as I have maintained throughout this - comment 41, 43), that Bethesda 'hope/want' to bring the Mods to PS4 at some point but as yet, nothing is confirmed other than the desire to bring those to PS4.
I think the issue is that the mods are coming to XB1 first and they are also getting Fallout 3 for free too.
My vote would go to one of the following
Plenty of other impressive games, but the above 3 are of particular interest to me (plus had great gameplay demos, and not just good looking trailers).
<------- Kingdom Hearts 3!!
As for exclusives, it's definitely Horizon.
Fallout 4 and Doom -hands down.
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