Fierce_LiNk

Xbox One X. Not sure what I think about the name.

I'm not really into podcasts as such, but I'll look into it for you, bebeeeee. Cheers for the help. Next time you're down here, we can practise our Italian!

Won't you still need to pay for the Switch's online? Do we even know what the online services are for FIFA on Switch? I wouldn't even contemplate getting the Switch version of FIFA, unless it was alongside a PS4 version, but then there's no way I'd buy the same game on two different systems. It would be a weaker game and plus there's going to be a smaller userbase online.

Grazie! Yeah, just getting used to the sounds and, like you say, the combinations of letters that produce one sound in Spanish but a different one in Italian. I'll get there. I'm interested to see how I'll do with it. With Dutch, there's a bit more urgency to learn it as I need it to communicate with Ine's family. Spanish is one that I kinda use a bit in work as we occasionally have Spanish visitors. Italian is purely for fun and enjoyment. Pressure-free.

I've introduced a friend of mine at work to Duolingo. She studied French and German at university but has been out of it for a while and wants to get back into it. I showed her the browser version of it and we both commented on how we'd like to learn Italian eventually. So now, we've both decided to learn Italian. I've had a little go at it today on Duolingo. It's like a cross-breed between French and Spanish. I've always had a fascination with Italy. I used to watch Gazetta Football Italia every weekend and learned bits and pieces about Italian culture through that. I knew all the top players and still idolise players like Del Piero, Zidane, Inzaghi and so on. Let's see how this goes.

Crazy. That's a loooooot of money to be asking for. At least, in my opinion. Interested to see what is shown during the Microsoft conference now. I don't own an Xbox One so can't say whether it's worth the money or not. I just think that if you're going to charge that amount of money, then it has to be worth it in terms of games.

Damn, was the One really that much?!

If the Scorpio is really powerful, how difficult will it be as a developer to have to make the same game work on Scorpio, Playstation 4 and Switch hardware? Parity between all three is surely going to be an issue?

@Eenuh is addicted to this. I was making a sandwich and all I could hear was her complaining that she had left her chicken pen door open and now all her chickens were escaping. "Fucking chickens, just get back iiiin. Get iiiinn theeeere. Why are you doing this to me?"

Would that be a straight dollars to pound conversion of £499? The UK won't take to that. Not sure about the rest of Europe either. That's a lot of money for gaming hardware.

I'm going to watch it, but I'm honestly not bothered about it or excited or have any real feelings towards it. No plans to buy a One or a Scorpio or any MS machine. Still, it's new hardware, so it may be worth watching just to see what's up.

Sorry to hear about your Grandfather, @Ashley. My thoughts are with you and your family. Take care, dude.

I'm probably going to give it a miss as I've bought 15,16 and 17 already on the PS4. Don't really feel pumped up for more football.

I can't keep up, tbh. The UK is a fucking weird place at the moment.

Dude, we haven't had Wave Race since 2002. Get with the times. EA's conference was a bit self-indulgent in places. Lots of showmanship and all that, but not enough content to make it special. Battlefront 2 and A Way Out look fantastic. Not sure if anything there is coming out for Switch. Don't think I heard it mentioned once or saw a logo.

Looks brilliant. Can't wait! I'm gonna fuck you all up as Darth Maul.

Battlefront 2. Dis gun b gud.

Is it just me or does this conference seem a bit "jumpy"? As in, they'll talk about one game, show something else, then go back to the previous game, then back to the other one, etc? Doesn't seem to have a natural flow to it.

A Way Out looks brilliant. Definitely getting that. Think @Eenuh and I will get a lot out of it. Reminds me of Prison Break series 1 crossed with some of the early gameplay stuff of Uncharted 4.

Need for Speed looks alright, but you get the sense that it's been "done". Is there really an appetite out there for more open world racers? Look like they're going after the Fast and the Furious crowd with this. I prefer track racers and want more of those.

Was that the American version of the Haka? I guess we haven't seen everything.

I'm looking forward to this on Tuesday. I'll watch Nintendo's thing first after getting home from work and then we'll order a Chinese and watch the Sony event afterwards.

Yeah, have to agree with all of that. A team like Germany or Spain would have tanked us in this game. We need to dictate games a lot more. Sometimes it's better to unlock a defence with 3 or 4 incisive passes than it is to have 5 minutes of the ball with 40 passes and go nowhere. I much prefer quicker, attacking football. Even if it leaves you a bit more vulnerable sometimes defensively, you'll create more.

I think it's always going to be harder to feel excited for these sorts of things as you get older. We've seen so much in our time. We've seen incredible moments like Miyamoto appearing on stage after THAT Zelda Twilight Princess trailer. Moments like the triple-attack of The Last Guardian, FFVII remake and Shenmue 3. Other countless crazy moments and events. We've literally seen it all already. It's almost the same with the World Cup and European Championships. When it does come around, you tend to get more involved with it and enjoy it, but it loses that freshness factor because it isn't fresh to you anymore. I'm 30 now and I've been watching and following E3 since I was a teenager...I think I was 14 or 15 or something. That's half of my life! I'm looking forward to it, but I'm not counting down the moments or I don't have any wild predictions. I'll watch it, enjoy it, take in what was shown and then just move on.