People who believe in Gentleman Gaming may have come off of this e3 feeling terribly disappointed (beyond the all-around terrible press conferences). Indeed, games that focus on original experiences, rewarding intelligence, substantial gameplay, non-linear approaches, creative control for the players and good level design seems to have been mostly replaced by this bullshit “cinematic” games plaguing our industry. You know what I’m talking about, those games which seem to play itself, putting an emphasis on set-pieces, quick-time-events and sections that reduce gameplay to following on-screen prompts. Those games follow the Michael Bay school of design designed for ADHD audiences totally loses faith that gamers could want even a tiny-bit of challenges or intelligent designs that makes us think for at least a couple of seconds.

But I digress. There is no reason to throw the gaming towel just yet, for there are still plenty of games to be excited about, even if they weren’t the top headlines of the mainstream convention (or even at e3 at all). Unfortunately we don’t have that much information on some of these games, but they are definitely worth to keep an eye out.