VincentMatts
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That dashboard is giving me a "last minute" type of feeling. They show nothing on it and its coming out at the last possible minute? Just seems like it isnt ready to go.
Microsoft Gamescom 2015 Conference
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cripterion
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I think Homefront 2 could be fun if they throw some co-op in there. Hopefully the AI is good too.
SpinkyMinky
Member
As an xbox fanatic, I was pretty underwhelmed, though I'm now interested in Quantum Break, and I'm definitely convinced RoTTR is a day one purchase.
Dreadx_Jecht
Banned
I wouldn't go as far as him, but I could easily understand needing to see a few more things to make Xbox a must buy.
llAuburnll
Banned
I'm surprised people didn't enjoy it. I loved it. Tons of games and great features. I'm tired of the negativity and "not feeling it" on everything Microsoft does. Everything is just this or just that. Everything discounted regardless of how good it is. I don't get it.
For a Gamecom conference that was pretty damn great:
Postitves:
+++Halo Wars 2 was an awesome announcement. Because of the one Halo game a year quota I think it'll actually make 2016.
+++Dark Souls 3 is god-tier
+Tomb Raider had a much better demo than E3 2015 (still not very interested in it though)
+Just Cause 3 looked good
+Glad to see Crackdown 3 full building destruction confirmed. Looks good right now but I doubt it's 2016.
Neutral:
Quantum Break: Gameplay looks really basic but the storyline and cinematic aspects have promise. And yes Aiden Gillian was all it took to get me interested in the TV Show. Will wait on this one.
Scalebound: It's an over the top open world action RPG where you have a dragon best friend, and it has 4 player co-op. That sounds really cool but the gameplay didn't hit me at all. The gameplay is always the core of a Platinum game and it just looked too slow. People need to stop complaining about the framerate though. It's at least 14 months away, it'll be fine. Though this might even slip into 2017.
Negatives:
-Rainbow Six Siege: What where they trying to show exactly? That was almost nothing.
-Halo 5 Guardians: Don't get me wrong, the actual arena multiplayer looks great but we didn't really see anything new. The commentary killed the gameplay anyway and really hurt the conference. I really want to see some Master Chief gameplay. All we've seen of the campaign so far is a really scripted Locke level. We've been hearing about big open environments for awhile now but we haven't actually seen any gameplay in them yet.
In terms of Gamescom conferences that was probably a B+
Honestly I liked it more than their E3 Conference. All that really had was the BC announcement.
Postitves:
+++Halo Wars 2 was an awesome announcement. Because of the one Halo game a year quota I think it'll actually make 2016.
+++Dark Souls 3 is god-tier
+Tomb Raider had a much better demo than E3 2015 (still not very interested in it though)
+Just Cause 3 looked good
+Glad to see Crackdown 3 full building destruction confirmed. Looks good right now but I doubt it's 2016.
Neutral:
Quantum Break: Gameplay looks really basic but the storyline and cinematic aspects have promise. And yes Aiden Gillian was all it took to get me interested in the TV Show. Will wait on this one.
Scalebound: It's an over the top open world action RPG where you have a dragon best friend, and it has 4 player co-op. That sounds really cool but the gameplay didn't hit me at all. The gameplay is always the core of a Platinum game and it just looked too slow. People need to stop complaining about the framerate though. It's at least 14 months away, it'll be fine. Though this might even slip into 2017.
Negatives:
-Rainbow Six Siege: What where they trying to show exactly? That was almost nothing.
-Halo 5 Guardians: Don't get me wrong, the actual arena multiplayer looks great but we didn't really see anything new. The commentary killed the gameplay anyway and really hurt the conference. I really want to see some Master Chief gameplay. All we've seen of the campaign so far is a really scripted Locke level. We've been hearing about big open environments for awhile now but we haven't actually seen any gameplay in them yet.
In terms of Gamescom conferences that was probably a B+
Honestly I liked it more than their E3 Conference. All that really had was the BC announcement.
I personally expected one big announcement like BK3 or something, at the end I got excited when Phil mentioned first party I kind of expected it until I heard 343. The colloquial term 2nd party would have probably helped temper my expectations there. They shut down ensemble studios, the first party developers behind Halo Wars 1. CA was a good choice for a third party developer though.
cripterion
Member
They need stuff like State of Decay II, running on Unreal Engine 4, 4 player co-op. Boom.
Lil'DigiOp
Member
My personal megatons are free BC on GWG games, DVR, Win10 on Xbone (More features with PC), and finally some Scalebound gameplay.
I think Xbox has some great looking indies and Rare Replay should be a game everyone buys with a Xbox.
I honestly can't think of anything. The dash is getting revamped, new hardware, backwards compatibility, every first-party franchise is in development and they've got some great third-party exclusives coming.
People do this in every conference thread (not as much in Nintendo ones though). During the Sony E3 conference, even though that one was crazy, there were a ton of people bitching when their were boring segments. Even after it, people were complaining because they didn't care for Japanese developed games and therefore the conference was shitty.
If none of these things excited the person, when the games which were shown were announced prior, then why watch the conference in the first place?
Devilgunman
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Halo War 2, son. At the end of the show as the "wait, there is more" moment. Boom.
Stilton Disco
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Well that did nothing to win me over. I still feel like the XO is aimed squarely at the U.S. dudebro market, with a few obvious money hats thrown in and some nods to PC gaming as half arsed attempts to win over the rest of the world sprinkled here and there.
Scalebound was disappointing, too slow, generic and boring, with just the most painfully annoying wanker of a protagonist I've seen in years.
QB looked cool, but the plot and TV show gimmick didn't grab me.
Halo does nothing for me anymore it seems. Sadly.
Tomb Raider looked like more Tomb Raider. Can't wait for it on PS4, even though I annoyingly have to!
Crackdown didn't really have any of the over the top fun I'd have hoped for. Impressive empty buildings falling over, admittedly, but I'm still extremely sceptical about how well that's going to work in real world conditions.
Other than that, I can barely remember what happened. Oh! The E3 Ceiling Car got mentioned, plus Cities Skylines is coming to consoles, and there was that neat looking masked mad Londoners indie game, both of which I'll get on PS4.
So yeah. 5/10 conference? Not bad, just bland.
Scalebound was disappointing, too slow, generic and boring, with just the most painfully annoying wanker of a protagonist I've seen in years.
QB looked cool, but the plot and TV show gimmick didn't grab me.
Halo does nothing for me anymore it seems. Sadly.
Tomb Raider looked like more Tomb Raider. Can't wait for it on PS4, even though I annoyingly have to!
Crackdown didn't really have any of the over the top fun I'd have hoped for. Impressive empty buildings falling over, admittedly, but I'm still extremely sceptical about how well that's going to work in real world conditions.
Other than that, I can barely remember what happened. Oh! The E3 Ceiling Car got mentioned, plus Cities Skylines is coming to consoles, and there was that neat looking masked mad Londoners indie game, both of which I'll get on PS4.
So yeah. 5/10 conference? Not bad, just bland.
Liquidsnake
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Hahaha this is typical, and it really highlights what you are trying to do.
Birgitte2004
Member
I look at this list and see Quantum Break, Crackdown 3, and Scalebound, and I'm done.
I already have an Xbox One. I really want games to come out that get me excited, but most just don't.
The biggest problem for MS being I buy all multiplats for PS4/PC, which doesn't leave them a lot of space to earn my gaming dollars.
Flintty
Member
Plus one. I never got to finish it. Would be awesome to do so on the X1.
RandySquizzel
Banned
It was an OK conference, but I want more than OK. I want something that makes me sit up and take notice, get excited about, and all they gave was more of what we've seen before.
I thought it was pretty good, not mind blowing. There are plenty of games I'll be picking up, Halo 5, Quantum and possibly Crackdown. Looking forward I'm also excited for Cuphead too.
Not entirely sure about Scalebound yet but that could grow on me. Bit of a disappointment that the big 'one more thing' was another Halo based game.
Just curious, for those who think this conference is a 8/9/10, is the Xbox the only console you own?
Not entirely sure about Scalebound yet but that could grow on me. Bit of a disappointment that the big 'one more thing' was another Halo based game.
Just curious, for those who think this conference is a 8/9/10, is the Xbox the only console you own?
Seems like the vast majority of these titles will be 8/10 meh, and with the possible exception of the new Forza none of them look like potential must play games like the KH3/FF15/FF7 remake. Seems like a fairly straightforward haul of first party games, nothing that looks like it'd shake up the console race.
Clock is ticking on Microsoft whilst they get further and further behind this gen. Maybe a new SOC in the Xbox Elite next year to close the gap with the PS4?
Clock is ticking on Microsoft whilst they get further and further behind this gen. Maybe a new SOC in the Xbox Elite next year to close the gap with the PS4?
Dreadx_Jecht
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They're still pretty weak on things like exclusive jrpgs and survival horror games. Plus they need to stop having things inevitably come to pc.
nckillthegrimace
Member
I view every conference as an opportunity to be convinced that I should buy an Xbox.
if Uncharted 1-2 started on the PC then sure it would be like that.
Frankie pls, Halo Wars backwards compatible like now pls or how soon?
Maybe the xbox isn't for you? And that's okay. The PS4 has a lot of great games too, I hope you enjoy them.
Maybe the xbox isn't for you? And that's okay. The PS4 has a lot of great games too, I hope you enjoy them.
Systemwarrior
Member
Solid showing, I expected more surprises tho. But anyway there are going to be a bunch of exclusives worth playing coming soon to X1. All in all great line up!
Assassin's Creed. Going from co-marketing deal to last logo in just one year.
SEGAvangelist
Member
That conference should have been better than it was. It had good content, but the pacing was subpar for a MS conference. I'm incredibly excited that Scalebound is an Action RPG, though. That made my day.
Thought it was a 8 and don't even own a X1 yet. Have a PS4 right now only but will be getting the X1 this fall, probably the halo 5 bundle.
fataliteter
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Maybe, but it also seems like the sort of stuff that might work better as part of the "Xbox Daily" thing they've got going, rather than as a part of the main press event.
Anyway, I really enjoyed their conference. I thought Quantum Break looked particularly great. It seems a lot of you guys really liked the Scalebound footage, but to me that was a complete miss. I've never played any of his other games, and maybe the tone of the game wasn't completely unexpected to veteran Platinum Games fans, but I certainly wasn't expecting the protagonist to act like a character pulled straight out of Sunset Overdrive.
too much eslim
Member
You use multiplats for your argument?
cripterion
Member
Maybe people were expecting announcements for new IP's?
And I'd personally would have prefered to see some Gears 4, Sea of Thieves footage rather than a guy with a whip talking about a game, Fifa Ultimate team, Halo segment, etc..
Like I said, it's just my preferences. There's no hating on Microsoft. Just not woved at all and actually disappointed with their future games.
Also pretty tired of the DX12 hype and the Nvidia works tightly with us this, blabla when actual Windows 10 drivers are crashing left and right. That shit leave me sour.
People are in their right to be excited with the conference showings as much as others being disappointed with what they've seen.
TheOctodad
Member
Most of the games that excited me are multiplats.
That said Halo Wars 2 is awesome.
That said Halo Wars 2 is awesome.
JayWood2010
Member
For me Scalebound and KI S3 xD Big KI fan so thats a given. But Scalebound looked amazing. JRPG games dont usually get me excited but i thought the gameplay looked spectacular. Very interested to see the different dragons and what powers they give you. Plus coop is cool too.
VincentMatts
Member
Thats true.
TheDangerMan
Member
People have differing opinions... No need to break out the persecution complex.
That said I personally think Quantum Break looks awesome!
digoutyoursoul
Member
I think I'm in the tiny, tiny number of Xbox fans that's just absolutely bored of Halo. Maybe it's the mood I'm in but I still reel slightly when I saw that Sunset Overdrive sold poorly, I hope if Quantum Break and Scalebound do well critically that the Xbox user base supports them as much as possible.
i feel nothing when the Halos, Fables and Forzas show up at these things, it's even getting that way with Gears, when Gears 4 was announced I thought I would be excited but I felt nothing. It's like I'm burned out on the brand or something.
i feel nothing when the Halos, Fables and Forzas show up at these things, it's even getting that way with Gears, when Gears 4 was announced I thought I would be excited but I felt nothing. It's like I'm burned out on the brand or something.
Recap time
QB i will buy but i hope the shooting is kept at least 50/50 with exploration, the least shooting the better for me.
Scalebound Not a fan, the main character is annoying, another Nathan Drake wanabe, pass.
Tomb Raider Not for me, should be called Mountain Shooting. I love the original TR where every room was a puzzle and you were pretty much the only person in miles, save for the ocassional bear or enemy. This is another game and i don't like it.
Crackdown I'm tired of open world, quests filled worlds by now. The destruction looked pretty lame too, not my thing.
Halo 5 I care more about the singleplayer, they have yet to show anything substantial but it's a no brainer anyway, bought.
Forza Yawn
Halo Wara My most anticipated Xbox game right now, i hope they deliver.
QB i will buy but i hope the shooting is kept at least 50/50 with exploration, the least shooting the better for me.
Scalebound Not a fan, the main character is annoying, another Nathan Drake wanabe, pass.
Tomb Raider Not for me, should be called Mountain Shooting. I love the original TR where every room was a puzzle and you were pretty much the only person in miles, save for the ocassional bear or enemy. This is another game and i don't like it.
Crackdown I'm tired of open world, quests filled worlds by now. The destruction looked pretty lame too, not my thing.
Halo 5 I care more about the singleplayer, they have yet to show anything substantial but it's a no brainer anyway, bought.
Forza Yawn
Halo Wara My most anticipated Xbox game right now, i hope they deliver.
gamechanger87
Member
It will be out this month in preview
I may have gone overboard a little bit...
This is just as good as the Sony E3 one with the jesus girl.
Can i please have a direct link to Jade?
For research purposes.
Shit post of the show.
Look, I'll quote your original argument again...
Your original post doesn't mention that. It just says that there was nothing at the press conference to excite you because you have no interest in the MS core franchises, but you don't even acknowledge that there was anything else there. And drop a 5/10... That's just lazy reviewing right there. You didn't even dig into the meat of the press conference before throwing out your arbitrary score.
I mean there were definitely things to bemoan at the conference that might have made it worthy of a 5/10... Like the eSports Halo prerecorded footage fiasco, but you know, take some time and list your beef without "blah blah" and make a quality post instead of some drive by score dropping.
Just saying. My review of your MS Gamescom press conference review? 2/10.
Just catching up on this a bit and came to post about the chat pad - maybe there's a happy medium between your overpriced unwanted voice interface and your overpriced unwanted keyboard interface, that, maybe, involves a well designed UI for text input on controllers? Surely?!
RE games - Quantum Break looks like an astounding technical achievement, but the demo also suggests a 3rd person cover shooter where you shoot unending military grunts. Doesn't seem very exciting does it? Hope for some good impressions.
Who is Scalebound for? The main character comes across as an appalling individual who I was sick of hearing from halfway through the demo, let alone spending 10-15 hours in the company of. Yet, he also swears in the dialogue, so its not aimed at a younger audience. I can't comprehend it, its clearly not for me I guess...
Crackdown however, I think looked amazing, if all the technical stuff works. Seriously fantastic stuff. Liked how they made sure to put orbs in basically every shot!
RE games - Quantum Break looks like an astounding technical achievement, but the demo also suggests a 3rd person cover shooter where you shoot unending military grunts. Doesn't seem very exciting does it? Hope for some good impressions.
Who is Scalebound for? The main character comes across as an appalling individual who I was sick of hearing from halfway through the demo, let alone spending 10-15 hours in the company of. Yet, he also swears in the dialogue, so its not aimed at a younger audience. I can't comprehend it, its clearly not for me I guess...
Crackdown however, I think looked amazing, if all the technical stuff works. Seriously fantastic stuff. Liked how they made sure to put orbs in basically every shot!
llAuburnll
Banned
Sure persecution complex. Like the thread isn't inundated with crap like I mentioned and it happens every time.
Great conference. Qb is a must buy for me now.
As is tomb Raider.
