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The Hollywood Reporter braved the crowds to get hands-on time with this year's biggest titles (and a few indie sleepers).

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00:00E3 took over Los Angeles and the gaming world this week, so what was the biggest news to

00:04come out of the convention?

00:05I'm joined by The Hollywood Reporter's gaming editor and Heat Vision Breakdown host Patrick

00:09Shanley to break down, no pun intended, the biggest three moments from E3, so Patrick,

00:15take it away.

00:16Nice word of play for starters.

00:17You're not real, you're a clown.

00:21First up we have Final Fantasy VII, it is a remake of the classic 1997 Square RPG.

00:27This was first announced in 2015, and this is the first time we're actually seeing gameplay

00:31footage.

00:32We have a release date next March in 2020.

00:35We also got to play the game, or I got to play the game, and lucky people got to play the

00:38game at this year's E3.

00:40They completely rehauled everything in this game.

00:42The visuals are different, there's voice acting, the original was text-based.

00:46The gameplay is completely different, it's much more of an action game as opposed to a

00:49turn-based role-playing game, which is what it used to be.

00:51This was by far my favorite thing that I saw at this year's convention.

00:55It's also, full disclosure, my favorite game anyway, so I'm a little bit biased.

01:02Hold on to that hatred.

01:04That's like the ultimate fan experience, and it sounds like fans are going to love it.

01:07They will.

01:08Now, EA also showed off some gameplay footage from Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, so what

01:13was the response to that like?

01:15At first, the response was not positive.

01:17People have been waiting for this game and got very excited for this game when they found

01:20out that Respawn Entertainment was working on it.

01:22Respawn is known for the Titanfall series, they also released Apex Legends this year,

01:25they have a good pedigree of making good games.

01:27The gameplay footage that they showed at EA Play on Saturday was a little underwhelming

01:31for fans.

01:32They didn't like the look of the game, they didn't think the gameplay was as tight as

01:34they thought it was going to be.

01:35I've played the game, and I was on the fence before I played it.

01:39After playing it, I want to put all those concerns to bed.

01:42This game is amazing, it is very, very tight, it's super deep gameplay, it's a lot like

01:46the Dark Souls games, if people know those, so a lot of parrying, really deep combat, lots

01:51of different enemies, and also it looks amazing.

01:53It's a new Star Wars experience, a new hero, we have familiar faces, and a brand new droid.

01:58There's a brand new droid, his name is BD1, BuddyDroid1.

02:01He's adorable, he's like a little chicken dog that runs around, he lives on your back, he's

02:04amazing.

02:05Aw, he sounds so cute!

02:06He's adorable.

02:07And speaking of cute, Nintendo offered a look at The Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening.

02:10Now, why was this such a big deal?

02:12Okay, so Link's Awakening was originally a Game Boy game, it came out in 1992, 1991.

02:16It was a lot different than what we saw of this year's iteration, which is coming out

02:20on the Switch.

02:21It kind of has a tilt-shifted art style, it looks a lot like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,

02:26the classic animated films from the 60s.

02:28It has that dollhouse feel to it, but they also completely redid everything, there's a whole

02:32bunch of references to other Nintendo games.

02:35The gameplay is really fun and satisfying, it feels like classic Zelda, but in a whole

02:39new way.

02:40It's appealing to old people, young people, newcomers, people who are familiar with the

02:44old game.

02:45It's one of my ones to watch for next year.

02:46It sounds like you had the best time ever.

02:47I had a really great time.

02:48I can't feel my feet, but it was a good time.

02:50Well, for all of Patrick's E3 coverage and everything you need to know about the convention,

02:53you can head to THR.com.

02:54Thanks for all your insight.

02:55Of course, thank you!

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