Feature: E3 2017 Game of the Show - Spider-Man

5- Wolfenstein, Spider-Man, Assassins Creed, Uncharted:Lost Legacy
4- Star Wars: Battlefront 2
3- Metro
2- Days Gone
1- Anthem

All joint 5th because I couldn't decide which to put in 5th place and all deserved to be included for one reason or another. LOL

Honourable mentions to Evil Within, Forza 7, Horizon:ZD DLC and GoW

Ni No Kuni II for me. I think Spiderman looks great and all but I'm not feeling it because I'm just not into Spidey. I can't get excited for Anthem either, it looked graphically astonishing but even if Drew Karpyshyn penned a cracking story it'll still be just another online multiplayer shooter full of raids, expensive cosmetic dlc and lots of EAness.

The Vita game!

Days Gone for me. Did not care for the game before the show, but now I'm curious to see how it turns out. Spider-Man was my most anticipated game before the show, but now I'm just hoping it won't bomb...

Absolutely loved it. We've been waiting for this for a while but they nailed it. Can't wait to play the full game.

A worthy winner I'd say.

Overall? Super Mario Odyssey.

On the Sony side? While there are other games I'm more interested in (SOTC remake, NnK II, MHW). Spider-Man seemed to be the one that provoked the most excitement, so that seems fitting.

@ShogunRok I agree.

My top 5 from E3 this year:

1. Spider-Man
2. ANTHEM
3. Need For Speed Payback
4. Star Wars Battlefront II
5. Knack 2

Honourable mentions go to The Evil Within 2, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Shadow Of War, South Park TFBW, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2, Agents Of Mayhem and the Dishonored story expansion.

Yep Spiderman had a plan and took the accolades.

I agree with the list with the exception of anthem, just change it to days gone

And yes, spiderman ps4 is the game of the show.

I really liked the looks of Anthem and Skull & Bones, but they're not for me (online multiplayer). If either of these were single player with campaigns, they'd make my top-5 choices more difficult...I'd have to create ties to include them all!

5. Ace Combat
4. Hot Shots
3. God of War
2. Spider-Man
1. Days Gone

1. Spider-Man
2. God of War
3. Undertale
4. ANTHEM
5. Shadow of the Colossus

@kyleforrester87

I agree with your sentiments on Spider-Man. Looks great - but for me I need to know more about the fighting. I won't enjoy it if it's the Order 1886 level of QTEness.

And since you asked:

FOR ME:
1. AC Origins (I'm a total sucker for this whole series. Unity is one of my favorite games. I know, I know).
2. God of War
3. Anthem
4. Spider-Man

Now, that's at this SHOW. I'm still much more hyped for Destiny 2, Uncharted Lost Legacy and Star Wars Battlefront 2 than those last 3, BUT they didn't do much for me at this particular show.

For me, the biggest games in this E3 were Dragon Ball FighterZ, Spider-Man, God of War, Monster Hunter World and Shadow of the Colossus.

For me it's Days Gone. Followed by Wolfenstein 2. Spiderman does look phenomenal, but I'm worried the game play may get repetitive. I'll have to see more.

Obviously, I agree. I'm so hype for Spider-Man. Unfortunately, that also means the wait is gonna be painful.

I don't know about spider man yet. I felt like I was watching a faster paced version of the arkham trilogy, plus QTE's. Not writing it off, but i need to see more. Really, really excited for wolfenstein 2.

Really!!!? I genuinely thought this looked the most boring and uninspired game of any format shown at E3.

Had a lot of hope for this and was genuinely looking forward to it. After E3, I have literal zero interest in it. Would not even download this if it showed up as free on ps+ game for the month after its release

@DESS-M-8 I really hate to agree with you, but Spiderman did not look good. Cringy dialogue, QTE's, and it stole Arkham's playstyle.

Overall, for me it's Mario, followed by Wolfenstein, and South Park. Metroid P4 is by far the most exciting new announcement, but since they didn't actually show anything at all of it, its not gonna make the list.

Spiderman doesn't look bad, but it doesn't look like anything special either...

Splatoon 2
Mario Odessy
Spider-Man
Xenoblade 2

@get2sammyb not guessing, I know you're wrong. You're also entitled to your opinion. But casting an opinion on mine based on a PS4 forum just seems irrelevant.

My opinion in a minority of a playstation forum, in an article written to crow about Spider-Man? I'd guess so hahahaha.

In a minority of the global video game community census??? Absolutely not.

It's time people stopped looking at games and saying "oooooo, this game looks amazing!" With no concern for gameplay or anything beyond Kratos' new real beard.

Looking a bit deeper and realising you are being given exactly the same game you got last year, it just looks nicer, would see a lot of scores starting to fall.

The state of games on PS4 since its launch is starting to slowly feel like Atari in the early 80's, its just modern graphic engines are good at hiding mediocre and plageurised game mechanics from people who just simply love stretchy suits, cut scenes and lush beards.

You want top visuals? Buy a bluray movie, you want a long and rewarding interactive experience??? But a video GAME!!! Not a graphical sizzle reel dispersed inbetween uninspired and repeated gameplay.

1. Destiny 2
2. Metro Exodus
3. Wolfenstein 2
4. Assassin's Creed Origins
5. A Way Out

@roe I'm with you on A way out, looked like it brought something new to the gaming table or couch. Sadly likely to be forgotten in a sea of graphically rich but content poor AAA releases, just like this poll.

Days Gone, Spider-Man, Shadow of the Colossus, Monster Hunter World and Super Mario Odyssey in no particular order.

@DESS-M-8 dude all i ever see you do is complain on articles here so do you even like Sony or PlayStation

@DESS-M-8 listen you can have your own opinion no matter how great it is but don't speak for the gaming community at large especially since Spider-Man is in either the top 5 or 10 of the most watched e3 trailers on I think it was YouTube or twitch so no your assertion that the community at large isn't excited for Spider-Man is a lie.

_{Language -Tasuki-}

@stevejcrow I don't see any of the games in this list has being content poor especially since a way out will probably be a 4 to 5 hour game at best

@ToddlerNaruto where is GOD OF WAR!!!!!

@dark_knightmare2 I know. My view accounts for one of those Millions of views. And I think it looks bad.

Just because my view that the game looks boring and uninspired doesn't mean you should like it any less.

Neither do I think your opinion is void or irrelevant, it is wholly irrelevant to you. To point my opinion as s*** is just childish. By I'm guessing it fits your age so I'll leave you to that.

Don't want to sell graphics, you like graphics, it works for you and then.

YouTube views don't endorse a great game. Millions worldwide watched an extremist Islamic beheading.... does that automatically qualify that as awesome then???

@dark_knightmare2 Content poor was perhaps wrong choice or turn of phrase. I'm sure they'll have hours of the same content. Maybe idea poor fits what I was aiming at.
I might be wrong, I usually am.

@DESS-M-8 it's not just selling graphics though and if you knew anything about Santa Monica you would know that they always have extremely fun combat and outrageous boss fights. You try to dodge the trailer views part of my comment with some ridiculous comparison to Islamic beheadings because you have no argument but I'll humor you and say take a look at the likes to dislikes ratio of those gow videos which will help prove my point even more

1. Monster Hunter World
2. Spider-man
3. Anthem

While I liked MHW's trailer, the inclusion of some multiplayer gameplay footage would've made it even better.

@dark_knightmare2

You are wrong, it is just selling graphics.

I'm assuming you are quite young.

@JoeBlogs Not trying to make myself sound clever, I just am haha.

Nobody said graphics aren't important. Graphics do matter, of course they, but they play a percentage role in the overall video game pie, not 80% of the development time and funds like PlayStation games are slowly moving toward.

My beef is when the primary focus of a game development's time, money and resources has blatantly gone into the graphics, but the gameplay and story are diabolical, or have not advanced in the last several iterations of a franchise's dynasty; which is happening with more and more with PlayStation games and it's saddening.

My pet hate are those that pose graphics do matter; that they matter so much to the detriment of a more interactive and rewarding gaming experience, and that those who claim graphics don't matter say so only because they game on inferior hardware. People who pose graphics and they associated visual medium are incredibly important, just to try and sound clever.

The size of the playstation install base is skewing what is truly a quality game today. A particularly poor game today can now hit million+ sales just because the number of users making a market for that game on PlayStation. if you saw the same game released on Xbox or Wii U; it would sell nowhere near the same numbers, and not earn any Game Of The Year awards, but it is exactly the same game yes?

Sony are winning by marketing and advertising, that is it. The danger of such a dominant position is that they will slowly move to monopolise at the detriment of the software quality. It has happened time and again in the past and it's happening again. Sony are most definitely NOT for the players, but are solely for the players wallets

@JoeBlogs Experiences have felt more watered down the more time goes on. Worst of all on PlayStation. It's rare you get a strong gaming experience, and it almost feels more common place in the indie sector over the multi million dollar productions.

God of War looks and Spider-Man look boring to play.

I'm not calling it on ripping anything, every game borrows from another game at some point. Any 3D environment game cannot be declared entirely original without owing a huge debt to Zelda: Ocarina of Time for example.

I'm calling Spider-Man on the fact, yes it does look visually impressive; but it looks like yet another experience that I'll tire of after the first half an hour once the novelty of the stunning pre-animated set-pieces has worn off and all you are left with is another generic wandering beat-em-up.

Even Batman copying Batman got boring. Arkham Knight was the worst one. While Arkham Asylum was a stunning game! (yes I just praised a PlayStation game)

There is too much reliance on repackaging an existing game with a face lift and calling it a sequel these days. EA are THE worst company for this, but even in-house at Sony they do it. Naughty Dog know they do it at Sony's request, even though they are striving to break out of Uncharted, there's only so much you can do. They did and gave us The Last of Us. The quickly got dragged back to do another 2 Uncharted games. Uncharted peaked, while 4 was a good game, with Uncharted 2. " was Naughty Dog's master piece, with the experience being repeated again and again till we get Uncharted 6 less and less people will care.

Let developer's develop, without the emphasis on graphics.

@DESS-M-8 truthfully it sounds like you're a child the more you reply. I've provided facts in my comments while you've done nothing but Stuck your head in the sand so you don't have to face facts.

@JoeBlogs the point you just made is entirely pointless and irrelevant toward anything I've said.
I never said old games were better.

Only a small percentage of retro games are still enjoyable today for the very reasons you just said. But those that are playable today are still undeniably awesome today.

I've also said the are good games on PS4, what I'm saying is that Sony are wholly marketing biased and the quality of gaming on PS4 is declining as they push and focus on graphics as a centre piece.

Example, Spider-Man looks garbage. graphically it looks very pretty, but playability looks dull and repetitive. Case in point is that Spider-Man is being lauded as a show stealing awesome game.

You strip the pretty graphics back, you've got a game that would not have made page 10 of an E3 report. Pull the graphics back in.... oh my god!!!! look at this amazing Spider-Man game!!!!!!!!

The "GAME" looks dull as hell. The visuals look very very nice.

Visuals should be the icing on the gaming cake, not it's only selling point.

@dark_knightmare2 It is not a facts based table of figures discussion. stating awards it has won does not qualify it as a great game.

You could list 100's of games and the 1000's of collective awards they have, doesn't mean you have 100 great games.

@DESS-M-8 yeah that makes sense bad games win awards not great ones

@JoeBlogs

I'm not talking yester-year, I'm talking over the last 3 years.

No bee, no bonnet either. I play PS4 and Switch and I'm noticing a hell of a difference between the two formats in terms of playability. I'd written the switch off and bought it out of curiosity, but it's making the PS4 look a joke.

Pre E3 I was really looking forward to Spider-Man, then saw it running in-game and thought.... of dear.

Similarly, but inversely, I'd written off Arms thinking it looked crap. Till I played the demo and was utterly surprised and blown away by it.

The Spider-Man pitch was all about QTE garbage and preset battle animations and it looked lame to play. Rather it looked amazing to play, till the repetition kicked in after 30 minutes and then becomes insanely boring.

Contrastingly, a game like Arms not solely pitched on how stunning it looks is utterly addictive and unbelievably deep for such a simple game.

Sony need to develop more with that mind-set, rather than something that makes a TV sizzle reel look appealing.

@dark_knightmare2 haha, I didn't say that, I'm saying that awards no mean anything.

The movie Revenant won an astounding number of awards at the Oscars, BAFTAs and Golden Globes. You ever watched it, or should I say seen watched Leo DiCaprio crawl around on the floor moaning and screaming for over an hour??

Apparently, awesome film!!!!! but, no it wasn't.

Titanic won an even bigger number of awards. That is not a good film. Coincidentally both starring DiCaprio, Sorry to him for that, wasn't his fault they weren't good films. But Awarding bodies would have you believe those were totally worthy of attention.

Same for games, but games awards hold literally no weight. I could set a website and start delivering annual awards, that would also mean......... naff all.

Video games awards are literally people like you and I simply passing an opinion. They are not from an overseeing all powerful panel of regulatory members who all should pay heed.

By all rights, Zelda: Breath of the Wild is simply the greatest game to be released in the last 10 years. Do you own it and also think it is as awesome as everyone else says?

@JoeBlogs

No worries, I'm not looking for you to agree with me. I'm just stating as a PlayStation, I'm getting increasingly bored and irritated by their slack and arrogant approach to the video game market. They are once again, bad for video games.

While you may not agree and think I'm discussing a point wildly out of the blue, if you look around you'll notice I am by far away not the only person saying it.