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[scarlet0pimp]

Honestly that was much better than I thought it would be. Can't remember a show as good as that. Even the filler games I liked the looks of, the Rebellion game for example. Right now I can't criticise it, I'll probably watch it again and see if it holds up as I think I was expecting something bad and so it blasted through my expectations.

 

[Jibran#one]

5 pages and not a single mention of the best game of the show
Age of mythology
Fuck all of u tasteless bastards

 

[gamerEMdoc]

After sitting through the PS and Summer Gamesfest Showcases and coming away not wanting to play any of the games, this one seems like an easy A to me. I'm not sure if I'm grading on the curve because the other two were just so terribly uninteresting or what. But FINALLY it looks like there's hope for somewhat interesting games in the near future.

 

[R3TRODYCE]

What more do you want XD

A 99% off coupon.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

I give it a B for not having TESVI or FO5, but it still beat the shit out of summer games and state of play.

 

[nick776]

I feel like there's an 80% chance you're wrong, and I bet someone is going to look up a conference in the past few years to prove you wrong...but that person won't be me this time lol.

I do not remember one in the past 2-3 years.

 

[Fabieter]

It was good, what i actually liked the most conpared to the sony show was they also started with a gaas game but it was more of a peak and said they are gonna into it later. Was a great decision for pacing.

 

[jorgejjvr]

A

 

[whyman]

I rate it 2025.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

B

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

I liked a majority of what was shown. A few games just are not what I play (plane game, cod game, mouse game, gears game, supernatural murder mystery game).

I was disappointed by a few of the things (dragon age trailer doesn't inspire confidence), Avowed just doesn't look very compelling to me, but am excited for a few I thought I would skip (Fable trailer was delivered very well).

 

[clarky]

I give it a B for not having TESVI or FO5, but it still beat the shit out of summer games and state of play.

Youre not getting either of those games anytime soon, hell you'd be lucky to see either on the shelves before 2030.

 

[balls of snow]

See ms what happens when you actually try to compete instead of buying out the competition. Even without Abk that was an A.

 

[Efren is G.O.A.T.]

This showcase made me miss E3 badly, I would have liked to be able to watch it online and hear the crowd's reactions

 

[64bitmodels]

I havent seen it but judging by what people have said it seems like a showcase w a bunch of names and cinematics but no gameplay. I'm not voting as i've not seen it live, but i'd give it a C+. I like gameplay in my showcase

 

[Wulfer]

A

Because MS covered all areas except for Racing and Platforms. Perfect Dark was just one of many show stoppers! This was E3 a real E3 show!

Still miss the Live shows sink or swim. They were great to watch!

 

[Ivory Samoan]

Went in expecting a D or C at best.

Wanted to give them an F because fuck you Phil ya lying ****, fuck that grease talking Sarah Bond too.

Had to give them an A, because holy shit that was game after game that was amazing, fantastic, Game Pass (Free in my head), bombastic and awe inspiring.

Fuck you Xbox for making me love that so much lol.

 

[XXL]

Call of Duty BOPS 6 - Dont care
Doom The Dark Ages - Looks good, but Dont care
State of Decay 3 - Need to see gameplay
Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Fall 2024) - Dont care
Starfield: Shattered Space - Dont care
Fallout 76 Expansion - Dont care
Expedition 33 - Looks great
South of Midnight - Dont care
World of Warcraft: The War Within - Dont care
MGS Delta - Something looks off
Sea of Thieves: Season 13 - Dont care
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn - Dont remember
Age of Mythology: Retold - Interested
Perfect Dark - Very interested, but want details
Diablo IV DLC - Dont care
Fable - Not sold yet
FragPunk - Dont remember
Winter Burrow - Dont remember
Mixtape - Dont care
Microsoft Flight Simulator Next Gen Update - Looks good
Elder Scrolls Online 10yr Anniversary - Dont care
Life is Strange: Double Exposure - Dont care
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - Not sold yet
MechaBreak - Looks great
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers - Looks Ok
Avowed - Looks good
Atomfall - Looks OK
Assassin's Creed: Shadows - Dont care
S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 - Looks amazing
Gears of War: E-Day - Need to see gameplay

 

[RickMasters]

That was a home run. Too many games to mention but yeah…….. I’m happy with what they have coming out in between now and the end of 2025.


I won’t be cancelling my gamepass sun anytime soon.


Avowed, perfect dark, south of midnight, fable…. All looked good. Al it more just can’t remember everything off the top of my head. That mech game looks awesome too!

Even their DLC expansions for stuff like sea of theives, Diablo, fallout 76 and ESO. Flight simulator looks like it’s gonna be a lot more fun. Starfields DLC looks interesting…And stalker 2 is locked in for September…. Indian jones looks good. So much I saw that I liked!

Man! I don’t even know what to play!


I’m even impressed with COD this year. The omni movement stuff sounds cool. Was hoping to hear a bit more about the rest of the COD games being available on gamepass. Along with tony hawks. But I guess we will have those on gamepass before the end of the year anyway.


I like what I seen so far and. Already have a lot to play in the present.

 

[majorgamer10]

A for practically free games.

 

[Isa]

I.... didn't actually like it at all. There were a few okay moments but nothing was for me sadly. Most western games are totally unappealing to me now, I was hoping for something better(suited to my tastes) but it just never came. I'll just keep saving money I suppose and continue on with other hobbies. The games they decided to show opening cinematics for were pretty damn bad. Granted it is personal preference, but Jesus I can't for the life of me stand modern directing. Super zoomed in shaky-cams to suggest action! OMG WOW!

Glad many of you came away pleased though, should be a few years of fun ahead. Not trying to be a Debby Downer, just my personal opinion is all.

 

[ManaByte]

South of Midnight looked…weird in the cutscenes? Like frame pacing was off or something.

They were going to the Spiderverse look.

 

[Evil Calvin]

Well, it looks like 15 Sony fans voted 'F'.

 

[Dr. Claus]

I.... didn't actually like it at all. There were a few okay moments but nothing was for me sadly. Most western games are totally unappealing to me now, I was hoping for something better(suited to my tastes) but it just never came. I'll just keep saving money I suppose and continue on with other hobbies. The games they decided to show opening cinematics for were pretty damn bad. Granted it is personal preference, but Jesus I can't for the life of me stand modern directing. Super zoomed in shaky-cams to suggest action! OMG WOW!

Glad many of you came away pleased though, should be a few years of fun ahead. Not trying to be a Debby Downer, just my personal opinion is all.

Yea, its hard to care when you know at least half the games will be infested with DEI trash and almost the other half are GAAS.

 

[Ceadeus]

Insane showcase. A for me. I mean, we've all seen it right? Unless you're one of the 15 dummies who voted F, you know it was very good.

 

[Ivory Samoan]

Call of Duty BOPS 6 - Dont care
Doom The Dark Ages - Looks good, but Dont care
State of Decay 3 - Need to see gameplay
Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Fall 2024) - Dont care
Starfield: Shattered Space - Dont care
Fallout 76 Expansion - Dont care
Expedition 33 - Looks great
South of Midnight - Dont care
World of Warcraft: The War Within - Dont care
MGS Delta - Something looks off
Sea of Thieves: Season 13 - Dont care
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn - Dont remember
Age of Mythology: Retold - Interested
Perfect Dark - Very interested, but want details
Diablo IV DLC - Dont care
Fable - Not sold yet
FragPunk - Dont remember
Winter Burrow - Dont remember
Mixtape - Dont care
Microsoft Flight Simulator Next Gen Update - Looks good
Elder Scrolls Online 10yr Anniversary - Dont care
Life is Strange: Double Exposure - Dont care
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - Not sold yet
MechaBreak - Looks great
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers - Looks Ok
Avowed - Looks good
Atomfall - Looks OK
Assassin's Creed: Shadows - Dont care
S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 - Looks amazing
Gears of War: E-Day - Need to see gameplay

I hear you re: Metal Gear feeling odd, I'm hyped, but something bugged me.

A simply for hearing Super Hans.

Fucking YES.

As soon as I heard the voice, I was waiting to see logos in the foam, or some men with ven.

 

[Isa]

Yea, its hard to care when you know at least half the games will be infested with DEI trash and almost the other half are GAAS.

Yeah, there was definitely A LOT of that. It felt like PS360 era game design with prettier gfx and modern sensibilities. And the ugly, lord in heaven the ugly never ended.

 

[Labadal]

Isa That French RPG looked potentially good.

 

[tommib]

Much better than the shitshow that was the last Sony SOP.

 

[Ivory Samoan]

Yup, if there was nothing for you in this show then you're either lying to yourself or dead inside.

Awesome show and a good day for gaming.

Yeah like I actively went in wanting to hate this, like reallllly hate it.. but how could you?

This was possibly the best single presentation of games in all E3/SOG history: not outdoing the 'breathtaking' moments of course, but something new, something good (for once!!).

 

[Pharaoh 117]

A. Best show in ages. Wanted more pure gameplay, specially from Fable, but otherwise it was a great, great show.

 

[Mercenary09]

Giving this an A is wild. No real surprises at all. I give it a B. Games look good but it's a bunch of stuff we've known about for years. Also not interested in this crap looking Fable and South of Midnight with racist devs. Dragon Age ruined with that art style.

 

[IDKFA]

No Xbox handheld or Fallout 3 remaster makes it a C rating.

Also, I'm surprised how many games now have female protagonists. I actually think more games in that showcase had female protagonists than male protagonists? Not a bad thing, just an observation on a change.

 

[Isa]

Isa That French RPG looked potentially good.

True there is promise with that one, and I'll give Avowed a shot, maybe even South of Midnight. But there was so little Asian presence there this year. Not even Metaphor like wtf?! Granted that game had its SGF moment but still not even mentioned in passing iirc.

 

[Mercenary09]

No Xbox handheld or Fallout 3 remaster makes it a C rating.

Also, I'm surprised how many games now have female protagonists. I actually think more games in that showcase had female protagonists than male protagonists? Not a bad thing, just an observation on a change.

Yep female protags who are almost always gay at this point.

 

[phant0m]

Fable had 'Coming 2025' in the trailer.

We also had gameplay for Avowed, Indiana Jones, Doom, Perfect Dark, State of Decay 3, Flintlock, Expedition 33, Flight SIM 2024, Age of Mythology, Fable, STALKER 2, Assassins Creed, Wuchang, MGS Delta, Starfield Shattered Space, Life is strange, South of Midnight and Winter Burrow.


Are you sure you even watched the showcase?

He didn’t.

 

[Ivory Samoan]

I really liked the new Dragon Age aesthetic, reminds me of Vox Machina mixed with Vinland Saga: looked dope to me: didn't feel trashed by DEI or SBI shite, looked very Dragon Age to me.

Did have a bit of a hero shooter element to it, but Dragon Age has always been way quickier than ME or the other BioWare properties: Allistair and Varric always had the lols: now, he's even got a beard - 10/10.

I see a lot more humor being injected and tbh, with all the grimdark around (which I love, don't get me wrong) - sometimes some Varric infused hilarity in Thedas is what you need.

 

[Esppiral]

C
Nothing spectacular or that caught my attention aside from games that we already knew were coming.

 

[Denton]

Call of Duty BOPS 6 - will play campaign if they add previous BLOPS games to gamepass
Doom The Dark Ages - Looks good, but Dont care much
State of Decay 3 - Need to see gameplay
Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Fall 2024) - terrible trailer, but still mildly excited
Starfield: Shattered Space - looked good, will play Starfield eventually
Fallout 76 Expansion - Dont care
Expedition 33 - Looks great
South of Midnight - looked good
World of Warcraft: The War Within - Dont care
MGS Delta - Must play, fantastic
Sea of Thieves: Season 13 - Dont care
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn - potentially interesting
Age of Mythology: Retold - looked great
Perfect Dark - Very interested, but want details
Diablo IV DLC - gonna play
Fable - Not sold yet, but looked good
FragPunk - Dont care
Winter Burrow - Dont care
Mixtape - looked great
Microsoft Flight Simulator Next Gen Update - Looked great
Elder Scrolls Online 10yr Anniversary - Dont care
Life is Strange: Double Exposure - must play
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - must play
MechaBreak - dont care
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers - Looks Ok
Avowed - Looks ok, but will play since it is obsidian RPG
Atomfall - Looks OK
Assassin's Creed: Shadows - looks good, considering it is ubisoft
S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 - Looks amazing, must play, buying CE, game of the show
Gears of War: E-Day - Need to see gameplay but looked great

 

[Fredrik]

I’ve been negative and cranky over Microsoft’s decisions lately but no more of that after this show. The doom and gloom stops now. I don’t care what they do now, I’ll just be feasting on their games! 10/10

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Bros i see some high scores here but did we all forget most of the games showed were for 2025(might be delayed again since its so far) and literally 0 exclusives?

Pretty much. Show is usually good, It's actual game delivery that is lacking.

 

[adamsapple]

Bros i see some high scores here but did we all forget most of the games showed were for 2025(might be delayed again since its so far) and literally 0 exclusives?

Folks are voting on the show itself here.

 

[Ozriel]

No Xbox handheld or Fallout 3 remaster makes it a C rating.

no Xbox handheld is a major plus.
How were they going to make a handheld capable of running Xbox Series games, with the current AMD chipsets in view today? Not even the upcoming Strix point will cut it.

Also, I'm surprised how many games now have female protagonists. I actually think more games in that showcase had female protagonists than male protagonists? Not a bad thing, just an observation on a change.

Fable, South of Midnight and Flintlock were revealed quite a while back with female protagonists.

 

[xrnzaaas]

No Forza Horizon 6 is (an expected) downer, but Gears of War E-Day was a very very positive surprise and I'm glad they featured STALKER 2 (I don't want spoilers so I'm not watching the trailer). It was okay, I'm not waiting on too many of these games, but they're trying and they didn't show games from very early phases of development.

 

[Haint]

B for black girl magic

 

[MarkMe2525]

Things I learned today, unless a game is specifically described to be "exclusive", then I shouldn't be excited about it. Logic follows that I change my score from a B+ to a F-.

 

[THE DUCK]

Very good overall, but reading between the lines, correct me if I am wrong:

- no mention of Xbox exclusive at all anywhere in this show. They just put what xbox platforms or pc and gamepass and said nothing else.
- press release for doom says ps5

Since Doom is a huge title for Ms, and the lack of Xbox exclusive anywhere in that video, the floodgates on all software is open.

No portable sucks, white digital x is nice.

 

[Azelover]

Yeah, I think Xbox won the "non-E3".

I know we still have Nintendo, but they have a new system coming up, and we know this June Direct won't feature that. So, it's pretty much guaranteed to be a mild presentation.

And even if we are surprised, I highly doubt there will be anything too incredible..

 

[FingerBang]

Solid B, best show of the year so far. Not many titles I'm interested in, but some looked crazy good and are day one on game pass

 

[cybertailor]

D, lot's of content, but nothing looks really exceptional to me to be honest. I feel that Microsoft really needs to foster a enviorment where creative directors have more say and freedom to create, because everything seems very "designed by a commitee". There really is or should be no good reason why Sony is so much better at creating blockbuster games whos characters and worlds seem much more lived in and exciting (GOW:R, Uncharted, TLOU2, Horizon etc.). There's just this blandness to so many of the titles, which Sony now also seems to have successfully recreated in Concord, that's really depressing.