TVR_Fan's E3 Topic!

[TVR_Fan]

First up buds-

E3 2004: Tekken 5 Checks In

Namco's fight sequel starts a massive ruck at E3. First screens!

Tekken 4 may have lost the battle of popular opinion with arch-rival Virtua Fighter 4, but Namco is stealing the lead with the fifth in the series - first shots have been shown at this week's E3 in Los Angeles.
Joining the cast this time around are serious looking martial artist Feng Wei, presumably-some-relative-of-Jin Asuka Kazama and Wesley-Snipes-in-Demolition-Man-style Raven. If you check out the screens you'll see old favourites like Paul Phoenix and Jin Kazama are still alive and kicking - apparently Heihachi Mishima is dead, but we suspect the old coot will be lurking somewhere in the shadows.
Tekken 5 is set to hit arcades this year, with console versions following in 2005. No details on what formats yet though - cross your fingers for a Soul Calibur 2-style, all-platforms release.

Screen Shots Enjoy!

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[TVR_Fan]

Next up!

E3 2004: Colin McRae Rally 2005 skids in to E3 2004 enjoy!

Codies showing off latest rally stormer on PS2 and Xbox

Colin McRae Rally has become one of those once-a-year sequel generators, but at least Codemasters always has enough fresh ideas to keep us keen. This time around, CMR 2005 boasts a full online play mode for both PS2 and Xbox - a first for the series on console.
The new game is set to feature rally events set in 9 countries, a claim of over 300 stages in career mode and new and classic cars including the (deep breath) Volkswagen Golf MK5, Toyota Celica VVTLi, Lancia Stratos, Alfa Romeo 147 GTA, Alfetta GTV Turbodelta, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII, Peugeot 206, 205 T16 Evo2 and VW Beetle Rsi.

Codemasters has also crammed in loads more graphical detail, even down to trees that shed leaves when you prang your expensive rally car into them. Don't do that too often though - you'll never win anything!

Screen Shots enjoy!

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[TVR_Fan]

E3 2004: Battlefield 2 Twin-Shot Explosion

A pair of stunning screens from Digital Illusions' sequel

Battlefield 2 is looking, in a word, incredible, and we're in little doubt that with the original masterpiece Battlefield 1942 proving so incredibly popular that Digital Illusions' full-blown sequel will be a smash hit when it arrives next year. New screenshots from the title are quite simply delicious.
We're already drooling at the thought of Battlefield gameplay (albeit revamped gameplay; imagine 100-plus players!) with entirely new technology that amongst other things promises destructible scenery for concrete- and tree-flying action. Additional features include a Commander Mode, which allows players to act the general and sit back and direct assaults of team mates.

 

[Warbie]

Hope they sort out the fighting for BF2. The vehicles and large maps are excellent - but the 1 v 1 is horrible :/

 

[Sui]

BF2 looks great. i saw the shots in PCG, the graphics look amazing (almost real life) but im sure the gameply will be only slightly above average (especially the way the game feels). hopefully it will prove me wrong.