E3 2016: Daniel’s Top 5 Most Anticipated

I’m going to do my list a little different then my brother’s previous list, which I agreed with largely; I’m excited about all of those games. However, I’m going to go with what games I’m most excited to see more of, which may not end up being the games I’m most excited to play this year. For instance with Final Fantasy XV I’m in a lather over that game, but we pretty much know everything we need to know, so it isn’t something I’m super excited to see more of at E3. With that out of the way let us begin without further ado.

Zelda U  

Even though I’m absolutely devastated that I now have to wait another year to get a hold of this game, I’m still extremely excited to see more of the title. I’m a huge Zelda fan (which is perhaps an understatement) and we haven’t had a new title this entire generation, so I’m foaming at the bit to get some more information on the latest iteration. The game looks beautiful and the series obviously has a critically lauded history, so I can’t see this as being anything less than the game of E3 for me. I’ve gone so far as analyzing and breaking down a 10 second clip at the end of the Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess HD trailer in my fervor to see more and my body is ready. 

Sea of Thieves 

This one nearly tops my list as one of my most anticipated games to see more of at E3. We’ve seen a trailer which gave us a very vague idea of what to expect and for those of us following the Twitter channel we’ve got little glimpses of art and music, but we still don’t really know what this game is. I’m really enjoying the art style and I think that a game where you can play online and man a pirate ship with your friends is incredibly intriguing, so I’m stoked to see what all ties it together. I think this could be a complete return to form for Rare and I can’t wait to see what that might look like in its entirety. 

ReCore 

We really have seen nothing more than a trailer here and a vague idea of what the game is, even more vague than Sea of Thieves. I think that Xbox did something smart in showing something, saying it’s coming next year, and then go dark for the remainder of the year. This sets them up to have an exciting E3 full of games that are (allegedly) coming out this year. With developers who helped to create Metroid Prime behind this title as well as the creator of Mega Man Keiji Inafune this is something to be excited about. Add to that a very cool background idea of a robot whose core can be transferred into different types of robots to help our main protagonist survive in a desert wasteland and they may have a hit on their hand. It also doesn’t hurt that in a Verve article the game director Mark Pacini talked about the thought behind the game saying:

“ReCore, at it’s heart, harks back to a different era in gaming and trying to put a new spin on it, based on games that myself and Inafune-san have done in the past that aren’t really being done anymore.”

 He goes on to mention inspirations such as Zelda and Metroid. Yes, please.

Horizon Zero Dawn 

We saw enough of this at E3 2015 to get me extremely excited about the concept of this game. In a post-apocalyptic world where our own technology has defeated us and plunged us back into a tribal culture, the hunter Aloy seeks to help her clan survive in a land roamed by mechanized horrors. In the trailer they showed our female protagonist take on what was essentially a giant robot T-Rex with a bad ass bow and arrow at her side and some technological tricks up her sleeve, seemingly stolen from the same robots she hunts. After an explosive ending to the trailer and a great background set up we have a potentially stellar new IP on our hands here. 

Red Dead Redemption 2 

Is there anyone that loves games that isn’t excited about this? Long rumored and all but confirmed at this point, if Red Dead Redemption 2  is announced it will surely be the talk of the show. With the critically adored second game in the series being one of the best games of the last generation, I’m eager to see a new game set in the franchise. We don’t exactly have a world brimming with games set in the Wild West and Rockstar is unparalleled in making open world games so there is no doubt this game will be good. The only question is how long will we have to wait before we get our hands on it? Could this be one of our surprise Fallout 4 style announcements that will release this year? I’m hoping the answer is a solid yes, but I guess we will know in less than a month.

There you have it folks, my most anticipated games to see more of at E3 2016. Which games are you most excited about? Let us know in the comments below.