EA Play 2018 Receives Savage Reception, "Worst Press Conference"

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EA Play 2018 has officially wrapped up and had quite a few reveals up its sleeves for fans. From even more info about Anthem from BioWare, to Unravel 2 - even that mysterious Star Wars game that Respawn has been working on - there was quite a bit to enjoy. Unfortunately, it seems that the Internet just wasn't having it with many calling it the "worst press conference" in E3 history.

The majority of the reactions seen were calling the celebration lackluster and "cringe" worthy. With the lack of reveals that weren't expected, other than the new Star Wars game - which didn't even include an actual reveal - and the Clone Wars expansion for Star Wars Battlefront II, the rest was all sort of just ... meh.


And those were just the polite ones. It's safe to say that the fans just didn't feel that connection with EA's conference, and that lack of connection has been building for years now. Between the "reveals" of what we already and the focus on esports, it's understandable that many left feeling unfulfilled and hoping for more.

Luckily, there will be more because E3 is just getting started.We still have Xbox, which is boasting a whopping 15 world premieres, Sony, Bethesda, and Ubisoft - and don't forget Nintendo! Plus, Devolver has already promised to bring the weird, so that's something!

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Miko537Posted:

Yeh, I can totally agree, EA press conference was awful.

MikePosted:

Man EA is just being hit hard

XeCookiePosted:

Welp glad I didnt waste my time watching it, sad to say too because I thought I missed out on something big... I guess not.

XboxPosted:

It was definitely a letdown for me.

Y'all can do better.

DownsizePosted:

Same news different year with EA.

CraigPosted:

It was pretty crap, nothing anyone seriously wanted at all.

DecyPosted:

Yeah i heard about the royal mode and was expecting atleast something to show for it but i watched it back and there was nothing but those two guys just hinting at it lol... Yeah i really hope this ain't a recurring theme this year.

LinxPosted:

C&C: Rivals was a massive let down

SaxbyyPosted:

I feel it may be a little harsh but then again with EA their big one is gamescom right? Thats where we always see more from Fifa atleast which is one of their main titles. E3 is more of a formaility for them as a pose to a big platform to hype their games on.

EternityPosted:

Honestly those tweets are all accurate. That was probably one of the worst E3 briefings I've watched in years. Here's the TL;DW:

BF5: yea here's a in-depth look at this game mode! *Trailer and 10 sec of gameplay*

Battlefront: new stuff coming soon but no details yet! *loops old DLC gameplay 4 times*

New Star Wars game: *awkwardly enters audience to talk to game dev ceo* there's lightsabers. That's all I can say.

Mobile game: Crickets. Crickets everywhere. Smh.

Anthem: No background info, boring on stage "interview" panel. Gameplay of a mission was looped 3-4 times before showing 10% of it in "real time"

Imo they should show a trailer, show gameplay, or don't show up. Or at least give us something new. People don't watch E3 just to hear "Soon." a million times. And they wonder why sales get hurt from this stuff. Rant over lol