E3: Bethesda Conference Round-Up

Here's a quick round up of whats been announced at the Bethesda E3 conference:

• Doom Gameplay
• Ah, yes. The lava factory.
• Double jump, just like the original. Wait, I don't think-
• New finishers, in the style of MK, that leave messes of blood.
• Game has health/armor/ammo that can be picked up easily like the other games, though their design is more akin to Quake.
• New multiplayer mode. You can play as one of the jetpack demons!
• Comes with Doom Snapmap, a map editor that is available on all platforms.
• Battlecry
• Looks like an action steampunk medieval game with Team Fortress 2 graphics
• No, seriously. This game looks a LOT like TF2.
• Dishonored 2
• Not much to talk about here. Looks like the game, but newer. Also, you can now play as an adult Emily, one of the main characters from the first game, in addition to the old hero Corvo (spelling?)
• Dishonored: Definitive Edition
• I think you know exactly what this is.
• The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited
• Oh no.
• Also the Imperial City is under attack. Why? I don't even think the writers for this game know.
• I mean, they don't seem to know a lot.
• The Elder Scrolls: Dumb Mobile Card Game Edition
• ...I don't even want to talk about this...
• Fallout 4
• Prologue that starts before the war
• Sims 4 face sculpting!
• Fully voiced protagonist confirmed, as well as Bioware dialogue choices
• They spent the money to record 1,000 names, only for you to probably think of something ridiculous instead.
• Turns out things go sour, but you emerge from Vault 111 fine. That is, 200 years in the future.
• Now I'm not too sure of that, but I'm pretty sure that there was a popular fan-made Vault 111 that involved cryochambers. If that's true, that means Bethesda canonized it, which is pretty cool of them. 
• VATs is back, just in case you used it. Hopefully you didn't.
• Layered armor and game tapes (minigames you can play on the Pipboy)
• The Collector's Edition of Fallout 4 comes with a Pipboy, that you can put your phone into, and they have an app to make it a real Pipboy. Or a second-screen experience. Your pick.
• This will allow you to just use the Pipboy that's in game in real life. Of course, it will still work if you just download the app and don't get the Pipboy.
• There's also an iOS game that you can play right now! It's called Fallout Shelter, and it's based on games like Tiny Towers and Sim Tower. However, it doesn't have any paywalls -- just a hearthstone-style "pack" system in which you can buy some packs if you feel like it (but are still available to you via challenges)
• We've finally gone full Minecraft -- you can create houses and settlements (the settlements can run independent on each other, as well as have trade routes to one another)
• Traders can work as traders, farmers as farmers. There's also an in-game wiring system similar to redstoning in Minecraft.
• You can also create custom guns and power armor using the same system.
• What I'm personally most excited for is that now every item in the game has a purpose! (salvaging, crafting, settling)
• However, it does look like (though has not been confirmed) that skills have been removed and replaced by a more detailed perk system.
• And, thank god, iron sights are back.

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