Another year, another E3 show has come and gone, and another hip-hop artist graces it with his presence.

This year Sony brought the games, Microsoft brought the teraflops, Nintendo brought the Zelda, and Kojima brought the weird. Overall it didn’t really compare with last year’s expo. Then again I am extremely biased due to last year’s Fallout 4 reveal. Comparisons aside we had some great stuff piped into our ocular orbs this year. Here are a few of my favorites.

Dishonored 2

The first Dishonored game has such a presence about it, a very specific vibe if you will. Arkane built a very interesting world, populated it with interesting characters, and allowed us to tackle its’ story in whatever way we wanted using the tools it gave us. I loved the world in all its’ depressing glory and I very much look forward to getting back into it with a new, old character utilizing some assorted new, old tricks.

God of War

Kratos is a dad?!? Man, that kid’s therapy bill is going to be massive. All bad jokes aside this preview really reinvigorated the franchise in a way I didn’t think would be possible. Just goes to show you the power of brilliant writing. As a father this brief but beautiful trailer struck a chord. As a gamer the thrilling combat system and battles struck another chord. Together it seems Santa Monica Studio are set to make sweet music. I haven’t been this excited for a God of War game since the second one!

Horizon Zero Dawn

This is a game that was debuted at last years’ E3 and I am still hotly stoked to get my hands on it. February 28th cannot come fast enough!

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

I don’t own a Wii U and that probably won’t change. That doesn’t mean the new Zelda game looks any less fantastic. I like that Nintendo is able to do new things but remain true to what made their franchises so beloved.

Project Scorpio

Did someone say teraflop? Well this year Microsoft teraflopped it out onstage to a very excited E3 audience. It’s a great thing when the boundaries of console technology are pushed. Project Scorpio looks to do just that. It seems Microsoft are still trying to pull PC gamers’ over to the console world with their focus on hardware. That’s all good I suppose, but I just think it’s a fruitless pursuit. In my experience PC gamers’ will always be PC gamers’ and console gamers’ will always prefer console play. This of course is a broad generalization and one that isn’t always the rule. But a gamer is comfortable with what they’re comfortable with. I tend to agree with this Verge article on why I think Sony’s approach is smarter so I’ll leave it at that. No need to start a flame war, it’s just a different approach. Either way this new machine looks like it’s going to be a beast. Here’s a brief comparison on the subject of teraflops.

NVidia GTX 1080 video card- 8.9 teraflops

Scorpio- 6 teraflops

Playstation 4 Neo- 4.14 teraflops

Playstation 4- 1.84 teraflops

Xbox One- 1.32 teraflops

Hulk Hogan- 0.1 teraflops (I kid, please don’t sue me! You have all the teraflops Mr. Hogan)

Really I just like saying teraflops. It sounds simultaneously sensual and disgusting.

Credit to Polygon for breaking it down here.

Spider-Man

INSOMNIAC’S MAKING A SPIDER-MAN GAME!

INSOMNIAC’S MAKING A SPIDER-MAN GAME!

INSOMNIAC’S MAKING A SPIDER-MAN GAME!

INSOMNIAC’S MAKING A SPIDER-MAN GAME!

I’m hearing a lot of complaints on the design of the suit, but I think it’s gonna look real nice swinging around on my screen! I actually read a post criticizing it for being too flashy and not subtle enough. It’s flippin’ Spider-Man! He’s not really known for his subtlety. Side note: Subtle is a weird word.

Titanfall 2

When Titanfall was released as an Xbox exclusive I’ll admit that I was deeply envious. The game looked amazing and I desperately wanted to play it. Alas, it wasn’t meant to be…until Respawn announced its’ sequel was coming to the PS4! Oh happy day! I can’t wait for some robot on robot action! Hopefully it doesn’t teraflop.

Well kiddo’s those are my highlights from this year’s E3. Here are some honorable mentions to get excited about as well: A slew of VR related releases, a multitude of Star Wars games, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Battlefield 1, FIFA 17, sexier Skyrim/Fallout 4 DLC, The Last Guardian is coming, Days Gone, Watch Dogs 2, and many much more.