Day One at E3 2016 was a crazy one. For those who did not know EA was not at E3 this year. They held their own event right down the street from E3. On Monday, the E3 showroom floor opened at noon. However, E3 attenders could jump over to the EA Play event on Monday and that started at 9 am. Once I got myself a situated at E3 I headed over to EA (getting confused with E3 and EA yet, because that confused me all day long).

Here, Cam and I got three amazing experiences. First we got to look at a new trailer for Battlefield 1. This was amazing and made the game looks so good but, I knew what was right around the corner. The only reason I watched this trailer was because it was part of the line to play 32 v 32 Battlefield 1. Keep in mind this game does not come out for a while so this was a very early version of the game. After waiting nearly an hour, Cam and I got to play Battlefield 1. I started as the Biplane and instantly took to doing what I love most in Battlefield, destroying the environment. The flying mechanics in the game are a bit rough. It was very hard to steer the plane using PC controls and I had a hard time figuring out all of the buttons. But it was fun to shoot through buildings, and completely destroy a windmill. If you are curious, you can also knock down trees with your plane. I do not know how I would know this because my obviously expert piloting skills would never fly into a tree and crash and destroy my plane. But if I had done that, I can say it looked great. I even would have destroyed a building in the process, theoretically speaking. Secondly, I switched over to the sniper class. The map we played on is huge and this was a great advantage for the sniper. That was until the weather changed. It went from blue skies and sunny to fog very quickly. This made sniping all the harder and all that more fun. The combat in Battlefield 1 is a very fast version of World War 1. The melee is epic! We ended up destroying the other team even though the enemy team had the help of a behemoth. That would not stop us from capturing all the points and leading my team to victory.

The Second thing that we go to do was go and play Titanfall 2. This was the game I was most excited for and let me tell you it did not disappoint. I cannot tell you much about the game and do not want to spoil anything. However, I will tell you that everything that I liked in Titanfall 1, was made better in Titanfall 2. The gameplay is faster than ever and is super easy to jump into. I only played one match and by the end I fully understood many of the basic controls. Obviously, the game will get much more technical from there but it was a lot of fun and I cannot wait to see more of what there is to offer there.

The third thing Cam and I got to play at EA play was FIFA 17. There is not much to say here but it does feel different then FIFA 16. They will be bringing competitive mode to its peak in FIFA 17 and I cannot wait to see what the E-sport community is like for the game. Also, for the GamerLaughs.com record. The FIFA record stands Tyler 1 Cam 0 with a 2 – 0 victory of Dortmund over Real Madrid.

After we played the games we wanted to at EA Play, we headed over to E3 and finally got onto the showroom floor. Since this was my first time at E3 I have only one thing to say about it, MIND BLOWN. The showroom floor looked amazing and was so overwhelming. Right at the beginning we saw the set for Mafia 3. The first thing that Cam and I were able to get our hands on (literally speaking) was a Vive at the Alien Ware booth. We got to play some of the demos for the Vive and had a lot of fun shooting Stick figures with a bow and arrow. This being my first true experience in VR I was blown away by how easy it was to pick up and understand what you needed to do (besides the beginning of the tutorial but we will pretend that never happened). We also got to play three other VR experiences. One was a small indie game called Sisters. This is a horror game using the Samsung VR gear. This was a 2 minute horror demo and it really showed how creepy VR could be. The second thing We got to play was another game in the AlienWare booth. This was a climbing game using the Oculus with the touch controls. In this game you literally scale a mountain hand over hand all the way to the top. When I was playing the game it felt like I was the one actually climbing the mountain. Another amazing part of this game is when I got to the top, I was actually scared to fall off. I realize that it was just a video game but I was so fully immersed in the VR world that I thought I could fall off the mountain.

The last VR experience that we had I cannot speak highly enough of. Cam and I both tried the game Irrational Exuberance. This is less of a game and more of an experience. With that being said, this was the most pleasant experience I had ever had in VR. I cannot speak highly enough about this game. It is simply a game about exploring space. In a VR headset and using the vive controls to walk around and interact with things around you, a very simple concept becomes a mind blowing experience. If you ever get the chance to play Irrational Exuberance, please jump aboard and try it. It was so much fun and so thrilling to jump into.

We also got our hands on the game Steep by Ubisoft. When I saw the trailer for this game at the Ubisoft conference I was so happy to be able to play it. For those who do not know, Steep is an action sports game that take place in the Swiss Alps. You can use a wingsuit, parachute, snowboard, and ski. There are so many options and being based on the actual Swiss Alps, I was happy to be able to explore the mountains for myself. I used to be a big fan of snowboarding games in the past so this should have been right up my alley. I was excited to jump into the wing suit and see what it had to offer. I would love to say that it delivered in every way possible but it simply did not. The game mechanics are just meh. That is the only word I can use to describe them. The game never was super exciting. It was fun for my 10-minute demo but after that, I did not have the desire to even try to play it again. In 10 minutes I could try almost everything the game has to offer and be satisfied and done. Obviously this game is really early in the stages of development but it was disappointing.

Cam and I saw a lot of things on the floor but I simply do not have time to write about everything that we saw. To stay updated while we are at E3 at us on Twitter, Instagram, And Snapchat @GamerLaughs. We will keep you updated from the showroom floor on Wednesday and Thursday.