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2015 Microsoft E3 Conference
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My impressions:
Halo 5 looks okay, squad commands don't seem to amount to much. Plus having a squad isn't what I want in Halo, I always loved the fact you were a one-man army against insurmountable forces.
CGI trailer for Recore, new IP is good, a nothing CGI trailer, bad
Backwards compatibility is a megaton, good move
Forza 6 looks brilliant, as to be expected really. Turn 10 are so consistent.
Odd Fallout 4 segment, literally the same demo as at Bethesda. Took up way too much time for a mods announcement, while obviously cool.
The Division looks nowhere near as good as when it was unveiled, predictable I guess
Rainbow 6 Siege, need to see more at Ubisoft's conference specifically the campaign
Nothing trailers for a bunch of indies, Cuphead looks brilliant though
Early Access - Fuck off
Good showing of Rise of the Tomb Raider, nice get for Microsoft this year
Rare Collection is amazing value but I personally would have wanted a lavish remaster of a single property instead
No Banjo Threeie - Fuck
Sea of Thieves is a fucking MMO
Valve VR partnership outta nowhere
Magical tech on show by Hololens for Minecraft, is it legit though?
Gears of War Ultimate. No gameplay, why? Should have showed it off since people can play the vanilla version due to backwards compatibility.
Gears 4 - what a weak demo, incredible how much they fucked this one up. Dark as fuck, couldn't see anything, tedious gameplay that only got half-interesting in the last 30 seconds. Trying to recapture the horror vibe of the original is most welcome, but they did a horrible job showing it off to the world.
It wasn't a bad show, but I really thought Microsoft would go all out this year and they didn't. The presentation seemed disjointed with the momentum and atmosphere of the room being sucked out of the room with the Fallout 4 demo and indie segments. A lack of gameplay for many titles was conspicuous too.
It needed something more.
Not bad but deeply underwhelming. 6/10
Halo 5 looks okay, squad commands don't seem to amount to much. Plus having a squad isn't what I want in Halo, I always loved the fact you were a one-man army against insurmountable forces.
CGI trailer for Recore, new IP is good, a nothing CGI trailer, bad
Backwards compatibility is a megaton, good move
Forza 6 looks brilliant, as to be expected really. Turn 10 are so consistent.
Odd Fallout 4 segment, literally the same demo as at Bethesda. Took up way too much time for a mods announcement, while obviously cool.
The Division looks nowhere near as good as when it was unveiled, predictable I guess
Rainbow 6 Siege, need to see more at Ubisoft's conference specifically the campaign
Nothing trailers for a bunch of indies, Cuphead looks brilliant though
Early Access - Fuck off
Good showing of Rise of the Tomb Raider, nice get for Microsoft this year
Rare Collection is amazing value but I personally would have wanted a lavish remaster of a single property instead
No Banjo Threeie - Fuck
Sea of Thieves is a fucking MMO
Valve VR partnership outta nowhere
Magical tech on show by Hololens for Minecraft, is it legit though?
Gears of War Ultimate. No gameplay, why? Should have showed it off since people can play the vanilla version due to backwards compatibility.
Gears 4 - what a weak demo, incredible how much they fucked this one up. Dark as fuck, couldn't see anything, tedious gameplay that only got half-interesting in the last 30 seconds. Trying to recapture the horror vibe of the original is most welcome, but they did a horrible job showing it off to the world.
It wasn't a bad show, but I really thought Microsoft would go all out this year and they didn't. The presentation seemed disjointed with the momentum and atmosphere of the room being sucked out of the room with the Fallout 4 demo and indie segments. A lack of gameplay for many titles was conspicuous too.
It needed something more.
Not bad but deeply underwhelming. 6/10
Devilgunman
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Yep. For about 4 seconds. Literally.
Imagine Wagons
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KillerSloth
Banned
They are doing amazing , not sure what your point is.
Syphon Filter
Banned
It was solid, only bad part is that Halo 5 looks awful.Still looks generic and uninspired,don't get that specific hyped feeling i used to get with Halo 2 and 3.
I don't own an Xbox One and I'm still not getting one (even with the mod support on Fallout). My Xbox game changer is going to be Quantum Break. Love Remedy.
But as I said I think MS's head is in the right place. They are making good moves lately.
yeah recore looked intriguing, the best game out of the conference.
PS. If anybody from the previous hololens thread still thinks the hololens demonstrations are real and not staged then look no further than the drag gesture which starts going backwards before his hand does.
DangerMouse
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The only game I wish MS had that they didn't was COD. I'm already dreading seeing that in a Sony conference
Same. It's totally going to be there taking up time...sigh
KillerSloth
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The only game I wish MS had that they didn't was COD. I'm already dreading seeing that in a Sony conference
LOL yep..I really hope they are not at sony's.
That was a great conference. The Xbox from 2 years ago and today's Xbox are two completely different platforms. Focus on exclusives, Indies, services like EA Access, Hololens, Oculus support, Win 10, Backwards (freaking) compatibility. Everything is meshing together. Much like their original vision, but implemented the right way. Really love the direction they're heading under Phil. Definitely a solid "A" showing.
Darryl M R
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Can someone link to the portion when they introduce indie game. The Ashen game looks great but there was one more
Below was present in their indie game montage.
If you like MS first party MS checked all the boxes Gears, Halo and Forza. BC is nice for me but was immediately made moot by the Rare collection, which is a good thing since I like updated versions of games. I'll also get the pro controller for my PC
All the new announcements could be cool if they become reality and not just stage demo magic.
6/10 but 10/10 in presentation and segment pacing. 0/10 for Gears4 gamma.
All the new announcements could be cool if they become reality and not just stage demo magic.
6/10 but 10/10 in presentation and segment pacing. 0/10 for Gears4 gamma.
aygomyownroad
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Overall I'd give this conference a B or 7.5/10
There were some amazing Megatons.
B.C. The list is small just know but I hope they do their upmost to get all games on the console. I don't know how difficult it will be to get say all the Calls of Duty MW on the service etc.
The Rare collection is ace. Not played most of them so looking forward to it.
ReCore looks like it could be amazing and very interested in it.
Cuphead and Indies look fantastic.
New Controller looks sweet.. Make it in White to match my console…
Halo 5 looked meh. Sorry but I wasn't taken by it. The new MP mode looked awesome fun however.
I am disappointed the new Rare game in Multiplayer only… I would love that game as a single player experience.
Gears of War 4 looked good, but my stream was going in to low quality.
So far Bethesda is still top, but they had Fallout and Doom4.
Sony will have a good conference I don't doubt that, There were some great Megatons here.
Hololens… Looked fun but it will not take off imho…
There were some amazing Megatons.
B.C. The list is small just know but I hope they do their upmost to get all games on the console. I don't know how difficult it will be to get say all the Calls of Duty MW on the service etc.
The Rare collection is ace. Not played most of them so looking forward to it.
ReCore looks like it could be amazing and very interested in it.
Cuphead and Indies look fantastic.
New Controller looks sweet.. Make it in White to match my console…
Halo 5 looked meh. Sorry but I wasn't taken by it. The new MP mode looked awesome fun however.
I am disappointed the new Rare game in Multiplayer only… I would love that game as a single player experience.
Gears of War 4 looked good, but my stream was going in to low quality.
So far Bethesda is still top, but they had Fallout and Doom4.
Sony will have a good conference I don't doubt that, There were some great Megatons here.
Hololens… Looked fun but it will not take off imho…
What an embarrassing e3 event that was for Microsoft, so many missteps, glad Spencer has taken the reins. Mattrick was on the verge of destroying that brand.
TheOctodad
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Holens is cool in my head, but I'm hesitant. I feel like it could be just kinect/milo 2.0. If it's really implemented well ... awesome! But I'll believe it when I see it.
lol. Microsoft totally blown me away between Rare Replay and bc.
Ray Wonder
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The only game I wish MS had that they didn't was COD. I'm already dreading seeing that in a Sony conference
You all wanted it to take up time on MS's conference instead? That's pretty funny to me, I don't know why.
Fenderputty
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Not that I'm the person MS wants to wow as a PS/Semi PC owner, but that show did absolutely nothing for me. The biggest announcement was the BC stuff IMO. Too bad this wasn't there at launch.
no but it requires a download for that game which I assume has been altered for BC. It's select titles.
HighResTomato
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Spencer dropping salt bombs all over this thread
Triggerhappytel
Member
I was totally expecting a Banjo game going into this... why do I do this to myself.
Backwards comp was a holy shit moment till they announced only 100 games at launch. Still great but less impact.
They really should have. A big new action game from Platinum is more exciting than probably anything they showed at the conference.
Fallout mods is a nice feature but I imagine there is going to be some curation since mods do lead to performance issues and consoles are not flexible in this sense.
KillerSloth
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I don't want them to take time at either....stay at activisions.
ElRenoRaven
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Now that I'm home I can comment better.
Halo 5 stuff blew me away. I have to give it to 343. Campaign wise this game is gonna be interesting as hell.
Recore looks interesting as hell too.
Backward compatibility is a total HELL FUCKING YEA Moment!!!
Rare collection for 30 bucks is a must buy.
Gears 4 was a giant meh. Didn't care for what they showed at all.
Gears remaster however though is a must buy.
Rare pirate game looks to have a ton of potential. Look forward to seeing more of this.
Overall it was a damn huge turn around from the last several years.
Halo 5 stuff blew me away. I have to give it to 343. Campaign wise this game is gonna be interesting as hell.
Recore looks interesting as hell too.
Backward compatibility is a total HELL FUCKING YEA Moment!!!
Rare collection for 30 bucks is a must buy.
Gears 4 was a giant meh. Didn't care for what they showed at all.
Gears remaster however though is a must buy.
Rare pirate game looks to have a ton of potential. Look forward to seeing more of this.
Overall it was a damn huge turn around from the last several years.
Activision doesn't have a conference.
KillerSloth
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I think it was a really strong show, i dont have a Xbox One myself but Microsoft really hit the sweet spot with this conference. A solid 7. It was short of dead moments, just game after game. Some great announcements, like backward compatibility (light), Fallout 4, The new Rare game, Gears 4 and Forza 5. Also pretty amazing indies Microsoft have, Cuphead looks like a game of the show contender. Didnt like the Tomb Raider demo, it was awful. Overall i think its missing a big game.
Impeccable
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That doesn't make sense in the way you want it to.
Acquiescence
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The only game I wish MS had that they didn't was COD. I'm already dreading seeing that in a Sony conference
Yep, we've got to sit through ten minutes of that at Sony's conference now. Whoopy doo!
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Well, it will be somewhere.
This conference was a deja vu. For years I've been waiting for one title to get me into the XBox excitement. And I still feel less interested by this console than the other two.
7/10, because it was a good conference for fans (and Cup Head was so good).
I hope for much more from Sony and Nintendo.
7/10, because it was a good conference for fans (and Cup Head was so good).
I hope for much more from Sony and Nintendo.
Ambition
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What?
Pestilence11
Member
The Flame in the Flood was the best thing shown imo.
panda-zebra
Member
What was this? We argued/couldn't decide. I said MMO, mate said 4 player co-op. Is there a link to more info?
I think Microsoft held a good presentation. I don't personally care about either Gears of War, Halo or Forza (that car thing was stupid), but they did show some good stuff. Unfortunately, I feel like most of the new game announcements were trailers with little to no gameplay involved. Boring. Add to that the gameplay they showed was not too exciting, because it was mostly for sequels that play more or less like the previous installment.
The hololens was pretty cool, not sure I want it, but if it works that we'll in our own living room, that's freaking awesome. It's a neat piece of technology.
That pirate game from Rare looked pretty interesting and I'd play it. The Rare Collection would also be a must buy, did I own a Xbox One. Last, but not least, backwards compatibility. That's really amazing. Even though it seems like the games that can be played are limited, it's still a killer feature.
Edit: the elite controller blew my mind! That's so cool.
The hololens was pretty cool, not sure I want it, but if it works that we'll in our own living room, that's freaking awesome. It's a neat piece of technology.
That pirate game from Rare looked pretty interesting and I'd play it. The Rare Collection would also be a must buy, did I own a Xbox One. Last, but not least, backwards compatibility. That's really amazing. Even though it seems like the games that can be played are limited, it's still a killer feature.
Edit: the elite controller blew my mind! That's so cool.
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