Just finished Horizon: Zero Dawn. I agree with the overall sentiment on the game. All in all, about an 8.0 - 8.5, but the combat and world building / story ending is fantastic. With better side characters and a more living world, and a few other smaller issues resolved, Horizon 2 has potential to become a 10.

Happy to have the spoiler mode to go back and watch.

Of course the EZA studio is brand new right now, but I realized that it'll be fun months and years from now to have old garage-era spoiler modes (and frame trap discussions) left to come back to whenever more backlog games are completed and we've all gotten used to the studio era EZA. :)

Favorite podcast opening segment as voted on the facebook eza fan group.

What's your favorite?

Nice. I'll try to do this.

Horizon Zero Dawn - Started
Assassin's Creed Origins
The Walking Dead Season 2
Tomb Raider
Yakuza Kiwami
Just Cause 3
What Remains of Edith Finch
Dante's Inferno
The Saboteur
Alan Wake
Halo 4
Halo 5

I could count Spider-Man since I bought that on Black Friday and didn't start it until January, but I've already completed it so I won't count it... for now. :P

@tragosaurus

Fair enough.

I'm sorry TokyoSlim, but I think you needed a little bit more for that final bet. At least you got the game!

Also, after this E3 I think we're all winners!

@tragosaurus
I didn't know of Sea Of Solitude before E3 either, but it was announced in 2015 https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/02/25/sail-away-sea-of-solitude-looks-fab/

Session was a kickstarter from 2017
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/100195109/session-skateboarding-simulation-game-by-crea-ture/description

And again, I'm biased but I would still argue that as a stink bet this pertains to all of E3.
Also, though obvious, the "Fortnite Pro-Am", "Pickachu and Eevee" and "Racoon City" bets were technically never specifically stated to pertain to E3 as a whole outside of the conferences. But that's a technicality, and obviously I get that It's pretty stupid and it wouldn't change much anyways.

Regarding the final bet... I think writing whatever we want and not having a Kyle or Huber to tell us to spice it up is an issue.

I believe TokyoSlim made his final bet after Devolver tweeted a tease, suggesting a Metal Wolf Chaos return was imminent.

Also, his final bet states only PS4. Kyle and Huber usually push for more consoles and if no others are mentioned take it as meaning Exclusive to those consoles. Metal Wolf Chaos XD is also coming to PC.

@tragosaurus said in E3 Forum Betting Special 2018:

So I finally got around to watching the Easy Allies E3 2018 Betting Special Results Show. I was hoping there would be a clear winner and we wouldn't have to tally how many new games got announced but alas there is a 5 way tie as it stands, with 3 contestants a point behind who could end up taking a tied win as well. If anyone just so happens to have this information lying around that would be great, otherwise I will begin rewatching the conference streams during my podcast games. Haha.

Going of this list aswell as what I remembered was in press conferences that wasn't already officially announced:

EA:
FIFA 19
Madden 19
NBA Live 19
Unravel 2
C&C Rivals

Microsoft
Halo Infinite
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (?)
Captain Spirit
Forza Horizon 4
Devil May Cry 5
Jump Force
Dying Light 2
Battletoads
Just Cause 4
Gears POP
Gears Tactics
Gears 5

Bethesda
Doom Eternal
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot
The Elder Scrolls: Blades
The Elder Scrolls: VI
Starfield

Square Enix
Babylon's Fall
The Quiet Man

Ubisoft
Just Dance 2019
Trials Rising
Assassin's Creed Oddyssey (? logo was officially tweeted before E3 ?)

Sony
Control
Trover saves the Universe
Nioh 2

Nintendo
Daemon x Machina
Super Mario Party
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Overcooked 2
Super Smash Bros Ultimate (?)

That's 36, I think, though we need a judges ruling, as you could argue one or two was or wasn't already announced... Take it to the council (a.k.a Tragosaurus decides). If we're talking about games during all of E3 including outside of press conferences, there's PC Gaming and Devolver, making it 44 and I assume that number would be a bit higher still

Devolver
My Friend Pedro
Metal Wolf Chaos XD (?)

PC Gaming Show (This one is murky... Some here might have been shown before)
Satisfactory
The Forgotten City
Maneater
Stormland
Anno 1800
Rapture Rejects

There was more shown and some might have been new but I think I left out every game that was revealed before E3

As a stink bet, I would argue this pertains to all of E3... But obviously I'm biased.
Funnily enough, judge either way, it doesn't give us a clear winner... Just decides whether it's a 4 way winners tie and 5 ways runners up tie, or a 5 way winners tie and a 4 way runners up tie.

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Also, I noticed you put "No" for me on "Will Cortana reveal herself?" and gave me a point. I actually bet Yes on that, so before the games announced bet I should be at 11 points.

I get if I'm too late for inclusion in the google doc but either way here's mine:

Dreams:
Will the Star Fox racing game have powerslides and hidden shortcuts? YES
Will a character from the Star Wars prequel trilogy appear in Kingdom Hearts 3? NO
Will Skate 4 have a solid showing? YES
Will we see the HUD of From Software's next game? NO

Nightmares:
Will a previously non-speaking character receive a voice? NO
Will there be zero large scale shadow drops? NO
How many new games will be announced? 42 (assuming only games during conferences count, as nothing else was stated)
Will the Square Enix Avengers game have bad faces? NO

Actual E3:
Will the Smash Bros demo have more than 3 new characters, excluding the inklings? NO
Will an official Pickachu and Eevee roam the floor? YES
The number of times Lara Croft leaves the ground with both feet + The number of times we see a shot from the periscope view: 10 + 4 for a total of 14
Will Raccoon City be physically manifested in Capcom's booth? NO

Reveals:
Will Kazooie reveal herself? NO
Will Sam Lake reveal himself? YES
Will Cortana reveal herself? YES
Will Shuntaro Furukawa reveal himself? / Will Dante wear a red coat? NO / YES

Wild:
Will Brandon Jones be familiar with the celebrity Fortnite Pro-Am? YES
Will Hideo Kojima take a seat? NO
Will there be a burp? NO
Will a big boy slip? NO

Final Bet: Microsoft will win E3 with two new exlusive IPs both having a fantastic reception!

And here my bets as an image I made for betting with my friends.

We're getting more Life Is Strange than we were expecting and hoping. I'm excited. Nice surprise to tide us over until the real season 2 or sequel comes!

Edit: Oooh. Bonus part. So we're getting 4...

"We know that many of you would love to see more from Max. Due to the way in which the first game ended, we didn’t want to canonize one group of players’ choices over the other – a sentiment echoed strongly by our community. That being said, we will still be giving you one final chance to play as Max through the self-contained bonus “Farewell” episode, which takes place long before the events of Before the Storm. This stand-alone bonus episode, will release after episode 3, and is only available as part of the Deluxe Edition of Life is Strange: Before the Storm. Rest assured, anyone purchasing the complete season of Before the Storm will get the full story. Max’s ‘Farewell’ episode really is just a bonus episode for those who would like to play as her one final time."

...and that bodes well for Hubers bet regarding the real sequel!

Yeah. Traveling to LA from Sweden, although possible is really not as easily achievable as going to, say London. I'd book my flight, hotel and ticket in a heartbeat if they were to come to Europe.

@ib0show
Woop woop! It's still pretty early, but I'm hyping already aswell. Rewatched some of EZAs 2016 E3 coverage a couple of weeks ago.

For Take Two, surely Bioshock is a possibility? I mean, it's a big franchise and other than the remakes, it's been 4 years since Infinite and 3 years since Irrational was restructured and abandoned the IP to 2K.

Edit: Also, I have high hopes that EA heard the calls of the fans, and have begun development of Skate 4. All I need is an acknowledgement and a tease, similar to how they did with Star Wars Battlefront (and to a degree Mirrors Edge Catalyst) in 2013. It's time!