Spyder_Monkey
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I don't know. I kinda expected Microsoft to have more show stoppers than I thought.
I guess I'm delusional but I thought it was a pretty good press conference. The console being $499 was a bit of a bummer but I was super impressed with the form factor of the console with how much horsepower it's packing. My only other negative was that they showed off too many games so it was a little hard to keep up. If they had cut out a little bit of the filler and slightly less talking I thought it would have been a great conference.
Highlights
Console Exclusives
Tacoma - August 2nd (Gone Home was fantastic so I have nothing but high hopes)
Cuphead- September 29th (Wish it was releasing sooner but I'm still stoked)
Forza Motorsport 7- October 3rd
Crackdown 3- November 7th (Terry Crews, collecting orbs and blowing shit up- sign me up)
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds- TBA 2017
State of Decay 2- Early 2018 (Looked a bit rough but enjoyed the first one so my hopes are still high)
Sea of Thieves- Early 2018 (The demo at the conference sold me on this game. Seems like so much fun with friends)
Ori and the Will of the Wisps- TBA (Sequel to one of my favourite metroidvania's)
Console Launch Exclusives
Ashen- TBA
The Last Night- TBA (Serious Blade Runner Vibes)
The Artful Escape- TBA (Love unique games like this)
Third Party
Metro: Exodus- TBA 2018 (Loved the first two games and this looked incredible)
Assassin's Creed: Origins- October 27th (Very intrigued by the Ancient Egypt setting)
Dragon Ball Fighter Z- Early 2018 (Dragon Ball Z fighting game from Arc Systems- sign me up)
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War- Oct. 10th (Loved the first one and I can't wait for this one)
Life is Strange: Before the Storm- Episode 1 in August
Code Vein- TBA 2018
Anthem- TBA 2018 (This game looks stunning and looks like I'll lose hundreds of hours to it)
Other
Older games getting XBOX One X patches
Native 4K and 60 fps for Forza Motorsport 7 (for only $500 is insane)
Original Xbox Backwards compatibility (Crimson Skies hype!)
Overall 8/10 Press Conference- Really solid showing in my opinion
So wait I am confused. Did they do a U turn on having ALL XboxOne games getting an automatic upgrade on Scorpio?
Games have to be patched to support it, so its exactly like PS4pro now?
Is Anthem the best looking game this generation?
Its releasing in Fall 2018. Let's not jump to conclusions. We have RDR 2, God of War, TLOU 2 lined up. For all we know, the game will be downgraded to hell. Horizon Zero Dawn is best looking console game released so far.
I am only talking about consoles. PC versions of Anthem or even Metro Exodus can look better than any console game. Again that is me speculating. Can't say anything before actual release.
Its releasing in Fall 2018. Let's not jump to conclusions. We have RDR 2, God of War, TLOU 2 lined up. For all we know, the game will be downgraded to hell. Horizon Zero Dawn is best looking console game released so far.
I am only talking about consoles. PC versions of Anthem or even Metro Exodus can look better than any console game. Again that is me speculating. Can't say anything before actual release.
Microsoft is still chasing that PS Meeting from Feb 2013.I find it super bizarre that in the lead-up to this conference, MS were flaunting the XB1X SoC, and that at the conference itself, a giant PCB was the backdrop.
Why the fuck would you flaunt electrical components at a video game conference targeting the masses? Of all the ways they missed the mark, this was the one that stuck out to me. I am a huge tech enthusiast, but jesus christ E3 is not where you flaunt that shit.
I guess I'm delusional but I thought it was a pretty good press conference. The console being $499 was a bit of a bummer but I was super impressed with the form factor of the console with how much horsepower it's packing. My only other negative was that they showed off too many games so it was a little hard to keep up. If they had cut out a little bit of the filler and slightly less talking I thought it would have been a great conference.
Highlights
Console Exclusives
Tacoma - August 2nd (Gone Home was fantastic so I have nothing but high hopes)
Cuphead- September 29th (Wish it was releasing sooner but I'm still stoked)
Forza Motorsport 7- October 3rd
Crackdown 3- November 7th (Terry Crews, collecting orbs and blowing shit up- sign me up)
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds- TBA 2017
State of Decay 2- Early 2018 (Looked a bit rough but enjoyed the first one so my hopes are still high)
Sea of Thieves- Early 2018 (The demo at the conference sold me on this game. Seems like so much fun with friends)
Ori and the Will of the Wisps- TBA (Sequel to one of my favourite metroidvania's)
Console Launch Exclusives
Ashen- TBA
The Last Night- TBA (Serious Blade Runner Vibes)
The Artful Escape- TBA (Love unique games like this)
Third Party
Metro: Exodus- TBA 2018 (Loved the first two games and this looked incredible)
Assassin's Creed: Origins- October 27th (Very intrigued by the Ancient Egypt setting)
Dragon Ball Fighter Z- Early 2018 (Dragon Ball Z fighting game from Arc Systems- sign me up)
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War- Oct. 10th (Loved the first one and I can't wait for this one)
Life is Strange: Before the Storm- Episode 1 in August
Code Vein- TBA 2018
Anthem- TBA 2018 (This game looks stunning and looks like I'll lose hundreds of hours to it)
Other
Older games getting XBOX One X patches
Native 4K and 60 fps for Forza Motorsport 7 (for only $500 is insane)
Original Xbox Backwards compatibility (Crimson Skies hype!)
Overall 8/10 Press Conference- Really solid showing in my opinion
Don't see a problem with this at all if the end product is worthwhile. You could use that same formulation for plenty of the best games ever made.
Wow this is some grade A spin. Everything considered, Anthem was head and shoulders above anything we've seen. It looked so good I doubt it was really running on X hardware. You're definitely on a mission in this thread.
Eh ...true
Head and shoulders above??
Are you referring to the shampoo, or are you feeding me hyperbole?
Horizon: Zero Dawn and God Of War PS4 are on the same level as Anthem and by the way, we haven't seen Call Of Duty: WWII or The Last of Us II gameplay yet...
Battlegrounds is a timed exclusive as well.
This conference was such a bomb for them that refurb PS4 prices shot up about 10% once the conference ended. Last night I could find them for 305-315 pretty easily. Tonight, can't find a single one under 350. I might as well as just buy a new one.
I think the xbox team must be under heavy budget control. Told to make a success with limited resources. Hence few exclusives, few new projects in the pipeline, and a new console at cost.
Alternatively, they are just managing the portfolio rather than investing further in it, to preserve the brand and maintain its existing audience, to make it sellable to private equity.
If this is correct, they are doing the best they can in the circumstances.
But I cant see them getting market share with this approach, which suggests a steady wind down or sale of the division.
No they aren't no.....no.......oh wait.....no no
I think the xbox team must be under heavy budget control. Told to make a success with limited resources. Hence few exclusives, few new projects in the pipeline, and a new console at cost.
Alternatively, they are just managing the portfolio rather than investing further in it, to preserve the brand and maintain its existing audience, to make it sellable to private equity.
If this is correct, they are doing the best they can in the circumstances.
But I cant see them getting market share with this approach, which suggests a steady wind down or sale of the division.
Eh ...true
Head and shoulders above??
Are you referring to the shampoo, or are you feeding me hyperbole?
Horizon: Zero Dawn and God Of War PS4 are on the same level as Anthem and by the way, we haven't seen Call Of Duty: WWII or The Last of Us II gameplay yet...
But I cant see them getting market share with this approach, which suggests a steady wind down or sale of the division.
Kinda shocked they we didn't see Rocksteady's next project, Borderlands 3, or possibly a Tomb Raider sequel.
My only real problem with this show is that it really felt overall like "hey, remember all those things that were announced years ago? They are coming out now." Not all entirely MS's fault, mind you.
"Remember two years ago when we announced Crackdown? That's finally coming out."
"Remember two years ago when we announced Cuphead? That's finally coming out."
"Remember two years ago when we announced Sea of Thieves? That's finally coming out."
"Remember two years ago when we announced Tacoma? That's finally coming out."
Why do I have a feeling that if they showed it at Sony's presser, you'd be singing a different tune? There isn't anything that matches it, at least from what we've seen.
Microsoft is still chasing that PS Meeting from Feb 2013.
Honestly - I would have said the same thing.
It doesn't interest me even, in the slightest.
Graphics only get you so far and I can already feel the deluge of incoming "downgrade threads" at the next showing of Anthem "gameplay".
I didn't like Titanfall, I'm one of the few people on the planet that just really didn't get into Avatar, I didn't like Destiny and I certainly did not like Evolved.
What about Anthem sould I be excited for?
For the record, I even think the title is dumb. That, and the trademark "E3 presser voice over" of two people supposedly having a conversation while playing said game, using blatantly scripted non-sequiturs and inane "spontaneous" diatribe. It's beyond played out and it's been around a decade since that wasn't cool anymore; so no, Anthem doesn't speak to me.
I don't even know what the bolded means.
I agree that the acted dialogue in the demo was groan inducing. Reminded me too much about the Division demo played a while back.
Still we can look at a game's graphics objectively regardless of our interest in the game itself.
Looking at what the guy wrote today, I'd say objectively is not in his vocabulary (of course he'll claim he is, but yeah...)
I think the xbox team must be under heavy budget control. Told to make a success with limited resources. Hence few exclusives, few new projects in the pipeline, and a new console at cost.
Alternatively, they are just managing the portfolio rather than investing further in it, to preserve the brand and maintain its existing audience, to make it sellable to private equity.
If this is correct, they are doing the best they can in the circumstances.
But I cant see them getting market share with this approach, which suggests a steady wind down or sale of the division.
I don't even know what the bolded means.
*Then why did you bold it?*
I agree that the acted dialogue in the demo was groan inducing. Reminded me too much about the Division demo played a while back.
Still we can look at a game's graphics objectively regardless of our interest in the game itself.
Looking at what the guy wrote today, I'd say objectively is not in his vocabulary (of course he'll claim he is, but yeah...)
Oh yeah I've already come to that conclusion =p
Cross-posting from other thread
Are we still, STILL dangling expensive cars for 10 minutes on the stage for the annual Forza announcement? Jesus Christ Microsoft, it's stale
Not the Forza series, their style of conference presentation I mean
If that exact same "gameplay" was shown at the Sony conference tomorrow, I would have said exactly the same things - that it's going to be downgraded, that it looks decent, but it doesn't interest me in any shape form or fashion. It looks like the 3 games and the movie Avatar I mentioned previously all mashed together - a concoction that I am just not interested in.
Yes, the target render gameplay does indeed look nice.
You're cool.
Good one.