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2015 Microsoft E3 Conference
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N7Commander95
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The more I watch the trailer, the more I think my game of E3 is Sea of Thieves
Just the whole vibe of it, plus the stunning art style is mesmerizing
Just the whole vibe of it, plus the stunning art style is mesmerizing
It was either this, or they really wanted to demonstrate that Gears is going back to the more 'survival horror' roots of the first game.
I think this was a great conference. B+. But the one thing it was missing, was that big centerpiece demo. Gears was fine but it wasn't hype enough. We needed crackdown, scalebound or QB to be there. At least 1
Also the Halo Warzone stuff that was shown on Xbox daily was great. What was shown in the conference didn't do a good job of conveying how cool it is
Also the Halo Warzone stuff that was shown on Xbox daily was great. What was shown in the conference didn't do a good job of conveying how cool it is
justgames7604
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Survival horror is what made gears 1 campaign so fucking different and good to me. Before that I never played anything like that. Big AAA action with dark depresing fear and horror throughout.
anonymous_abc
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BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
Man that thing is awesome. I can't drop 150$ on launch, but I get why they priced it that high.
I am going to wait for a sale price.
I was watching the MS conference with two of my friends and this was the only game that made us all really excited and say "We got to play that!"... and none of us own a Xbox One, fuck.
Korean Jesus
Banned
Exactly my thoughts. Could've played a quick 2 minutes+ video demonstration, because this update is just as big as the backward compatibility in my eyes.
It wasn't - it was actually playing it at last E3 that I fell in love with it. Being in the closed beta I can tell you it has come a long way and I can't wait for it! However none of the beta has revealed the brightlodge/community aspect or the other "secrets" about the game
BluenoseGames
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I'm quite frankly surprised we got Gears 4 gameplay. I expected a CGI trailer and nothing more.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
Ya and specially Cortana on Xbox One. I mean they made a big deal announcing cortana on WP and Windows but not on Xbox One? Come on phil.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Half decent is still half bad.
cHaOs667
Member
It would be really amusing if they really show Crackdown at Gamescom as the two predecessors are banned in germany...
LMAO for what?
A.D. Skinner
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Microsoft should have shown the UI somewhere a little bigger and public, maybe a second show straight after the conference rather than mixed in the middle of a lot of other stuff. Cortana is going to make it absolutely amazing.
funkystudent
Member
Did Siege not get a "DLC first on Xbox" thing?
justsomeguy
Member
yeah, it looks awesome... "Cortana start a party and invite justsomeguy" - sooo easy.
Wonder what happened to snap though... and goddamn double tap to bring up the quickmenu, grr, should be single tap for quickmenu, double for home.
SensibleSucker
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I find it interesting that MS/Sony appear to have swapped roles somewhat this E3.
Microsoft have gone from:
Apparently being an anti-consumer company with the DRM debacle
Ramming TV/TV/TV down gamers throats
Making people buy peripherals they don't want
Being the more expensive console
Having a poor focus on indies
Being a "COD shooter box"
to:
Giving gamers access to treasured games through Rare's collection
Giving FREE backwards compatibility
Giving free demoes to players under the preview programme
Making it much easier for independent developers to come to xbox through windows 10
Giving indies much more prominence at E3
Being the cheaper console
Providing OPTIONAL peripherals
Giving up COD
Dropping TV,TV,TV
Focused more on first party games at this E3
Meanwhile, Sony appears to have:
Given only paid for backwards compatibility which doesn't always work
Become the more expensive console
Picked up TV,TV,TV in a big way
Become the "COD shooter-box"
Lost focus on first party games this E3
Tried to claim reflected glory by promoting Shenmue 3 without financially supporting it at themselves and shaking a tin at gamers through Kickstarter
Interesting times.
Microsoft have gone from:
Apparently being an anti-consumer company with the DRM debacle
Ramming TV/TV/TV down gamers throats
Making people buy peripherals they don't want
Being the more expensive console
Having a poor focus on indies
Being a "COD shooter box"
to:
Giving gamers access to treasured games through Rare's collection
Giving FREE backwards compatibility
Giving free demoes to players under the preview programme
Making it much easier for independent developers to come to xbox through windows 10
Giving indies much more prominence at E3
Being the cheaper console
Providing OPTIONAL peripherals
Giving up COD
Dropping TV,TV,TV
Focused more on first party games at this E3
Meanwhile, Sony appears to have:
Given only paid for backwards compatibility which doesn't always work
Become the more expensive console
Picked up TV,TV,TV in a big way
Become the "COD shooter-box"
Lost focus on first party games this E3
Tried to claim reflected glory by promoting Shenmue 3 without financially supporting it at themselves and shaking a tin at gamers through Kickstarter
Interesting times.
ZackieChan
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What? Because they spent a few minutes on it? MS had nearly an entire conference about that stuff early on.
KillerSloth
Banned
Joke post? They mentioned tv for 2 minutes max lol. I like how you ignore everything else like horizon, dreams.etccv. they showed ad many first party as ms. Ridiculous.
speedomodel
Member
I like that they kept this sort of stuff out. They are announcing new things throughout the week to keep momentum and I think it's a good strategy.
New UI looks niceeee
Doug Heffernan
Member
Gamescom is set up right now to be huge...
-Scalebound
-Crackdown
-Quantum Break
-Twisted Pixel's new game?
-Press Play's new game?
-Lift London's new game?
-Recore gameplay?
Plus we still have the PC show tonight...
-Halo Wars 2 with crossbuy?
-Minecraft update?
So ps4 is the shooterbox now, while they showed stuff like dreams, last guardian, horizon, worlds of ff, ...
Weird reasoning, just because they picked up cod.
Ms had a solid showing, but a pretty safe one too. And one that pretty much focusedon games we allready knew about + new stuff they barely showed anything of. Exactly what i expexted from ms actually. Halo, forza, gears. Tomb raider. None of those demos were truly inspiring imo (halo and tr are day one for me anyway) Rare new ip was a highlight... Sony did what i expected from them too: show a tad more variety and originality, next to established mainstream stuff. And then those bombshells. And how did they lose focus on first party if they showed TLG, Horizon, uncharted 4 and Dreams, while they showed r&c, uncharted trilogy, tearaway just before e3?
Can't imagine how you came to reasoning roles have shifted. Ms has transformered for the better, sony is still sony. Gamers win because they finally are on par again
Also, i am pretty sure sony will partly fund shenmue 3. That kickstarterbudget would not cut the development costs anyway
they need to iron some things out. plus it looks like that stuff with Lena Headey is new so imo it seem that they're going in more of an mom direction with the raid boss than just standard 4v1
it was on the gamespot live show schedule
Where can I watch this.
cartoon_soldier
Member
Not that I am aware of, just the two 360 games included for free.
Division has exclusive/first DLC for XB1 but that was announced like 2 years ago and was not mentioned at all during this conference I think.
Its bad business to treat the majority of the worldwide installed base as second fiddle. Every time a pub/dev does that, another game is right there to steal its thunder.
There's a reason for all of this. Microsoft chose to split their announcements and games between E3 and Gamescom, whereas Sony decided to forego Gamescom and focus completely on E3 (Tokyo Game Show may come into play though). If Microsoft had done the same, you'd have yesterday's conference plus Scalebound, Quantum Break and Crackdown - on top of whatever announcements they have lined up for Gamescom. It remains to be seen which tactic will prove to be more fruitful.
As for Shenmue 3, I doubt Sony is funding it. Didn't they say something along the lines of "We have nothing to do with this project, but wanted to give the project some exposure?" If Sony were funding it, I doubt they'd allow it to go to PC since that's typically something they don't do for larger titles - and they'd likely be publishing it. SF5 has a PC version, but that's only because the franchise has an existing competitive fan base utilizing that platform.
PanicFreak
Member
I wouldn't say that Microsoft has caught up with Sony yet. I think their AAA lineups are probably about par but Microsoft is severely lagging in the downloadable space. Microsoft probably has more franchises in the downloadable space but they don't publish nearly as many as Sony has. Ori, Killer Instinct, and State of Decay will probably be mainstays for Microsoft but they need more one-off games.
Personally, I think Microsoft would do well to reboot Banjo as a downloadable game.
iJudged
Banned
How did they do? How did sony do? I am so out of the loop.
BuffetChamp
Banned
9/10 to me. TombRaider, Forza, Gears,Gear Remaster, CupHead, the new controller, Backward compatibility, Mods for FallOut, Rare's retro game collection, ......"Finish Him! Reptile wins...." In other words they just killed it.
What's scary is ScaleBound, CrackDown, and Quantum Break are gonna be shown next in 5 weeks. Overall its a good time to be an X1 owner. Halo 5 though...meeeeehhhhhh. Just finish this series off already. I've lost all interest in it. Didn't do a thing for me. I respect that people love the series but I'm done with it myself. A very solid showing. Phil Spencer is making Dan Mattrick look like a clown right now.
What's scary is ScaleBound, CrackDown, and Quantum Break are gonna be shown next in 5 weeks. Overall its a good time to be an X1 owner. Halo 5 though...meeeeehhhhhh. Just finish this series off already. I've lost all interest in it. Didn't do a thing for me. I respect that people love the series but I'm done with it myself. A very solid showing. Phil Spencer is making Dan Mattrick look like a clown right now.
I'm not worried I think Scalebound is really for a long, I'll be shocked if it isn't coming spring time
Didn't the Nier 2 demo say it just started development and it was mostly a look at art?
Scalebound has been in development for a while and was originally targeted for early 2016. Most of the game is probably built at this point.
3rdamention
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Sony decided to forgo Gamescom to attend Paris Games Week instead. Paris Games Week is one of the largest attended gaming focused shows in the world. They will have a booth at Gamescom, just no conference. They will have a conference at Paris Games Week. That is when Media Molecule will show more of Dreams. I am not sure if Microsoft will have a media event/conference at Paris Games Week in addition to Gamescom. It didn't sound like it though (I am sure MS will still have a booth and stuff). I know Phil Spencer tweeted that it made sense that Sony was skipping Gamescom since it is so close to E3 and stuff.
Dee Dah Dave
Member
I just remembered that Prince Of Persia was in the opening highlight reel yet was a no show. Maybe a Gamescom announcement?
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
What? a new prince of persia game? Screenshot?
That was the dude from Fable.
KillerSloth
Banned
People are saying sony focused all on e3 and skipping GamesCom, making it seem like ms has more to show...Sony is having another conference in Paris as GamesCom is too close to E3 this yeat . Yikes people. Sony has a lot left to show many of their studios projects are still not revealed.
It's a better strategy imo.
It's a better strategy imo.
KillerSloth
Banned
Sony is having another conference at Paris games week so sony also split announcements.... Sony has more to show too not just ms. Having one on the fall is better imo GamesCom is too close to E3 and gives sony more time to get demos ready and it spreads out announcements more.
Dee Dah Dave
Member
Samurai G0SU
Member
And MS has more to show at gamescon too??
not a real question
lolollolololololololol
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