After the OXM team washed the taste of Kinect failure out of their collective mouths, the editors focused on what tasted great – the system’s stellar E3 reveals. OXM Features Editor Kevin Smith was able to get an extended look at Lara Croft’s new look. Call it a revamp, snuff film, torture porn, or a quick-time-focused take on Tomb Raider, but we’re very interested to see what’s got Lara all bloody and bitchy.Check out OXM’s extended preview here.
Above: Bastion is purty
OXM Senior Editor Ryan McCaffrey is looking for love in the first-person perspective, and the cavalcade of samey shooters hasn’t warmed his heart. Thankfully, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim looks like it will fill that void, with a wider variety of attacks and a deeper world to explore.You can read more about The Elder Scrolls V: Skryrim here.
Above: Skyrim apparently introduces actual dragons
Last, and certainly not least, OXM’s newly-crowned Web Editor Dave Rudden found a game that mates the best of gaming circa the early 1990s and 2000s. El Shaddai’s mixture of Limbo-esque experimental platforming and Devil May Cry-style quick combat would normally be enough to excite fans looking for new gameplay experiences, but the crazy visual style and Old Testament-infused storyline put the game over the top, leading Dave to award it his favorite game of E3 Day 2.You can read more about El Shaddai here.
Above: El Shaddai is kind of weird... in a good way
Jun 8, 2011
