2014 Microsoft E3 Conference
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ThatGuyAgain
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I don't caught up in the MS vs Sony stuff but I LOL'd at that.This sums up this E3 so far...
BruiserBear
Banned
Do you think they should have placed a disclaimer on the bottom of the screen? "Might look a little better on PS4*
FirmBizBws
Becomes baffled, curling up into a ball when confronted with three controller options.
To be honest, sunset overdrive is sort of similar only because of the jumping around to get to places. As far as cgi, whether it's Microsoft or Sony, or someone else, it doesn't impress.
Uno Venova
Banned
You seeing it that way is not surprising considering that's the company you enjoy most, defend the most, and feel the most sympathy for.
Dragonborn
Member
Not necessary, we all already know.
LowEndTorque
Member
I was at work and missed all the fuss. Are there any cliff notes posts?
LifEndz
Member
Thought it was a decent conference. Like others said, they could have had a major pop moment if they announced a 399 sku at the end (or beginning) rather than leak it. MS is in a weird spot because I'm looking at all their multiplatform stuff (which is the focus of their conference) and thinking despite MS getting early dlc, the game will probably look and run better on PS4. Still getting an X1 for Halo 5, but I didn't see anything from them that made me want to get one this year. I'd give it a B.
I honestly didn't expect third party games when Phil said "let's look at the future of Xbox in 2015."
That was fantastic. Best Microsoft show I have ever seen. Sunset Overdrive looks phenomenal. Scalebound is interesting and the Halo collection is something I'd be interested in. A couple interesting side-scroller things as well. Overall, interesting from beginning to end. I wasn't planning on purchasing an XBox One... But I'm reconsidering my position.
BruiserBear
Banned
Oh, I think it might be necessary. People need to know the truth.
Whether we knew if they were coming or not, it's always nice to have them officially confirmed. Personally, I think Microsoft showed me why I own an Xbox One, and why I should keep it. I was very impressed.
Phantom Dust and ScaleBound are enough for me to be pretty excite. I think Sunset Overdrive looks pretty rad too. I'm definitely happy that I have had an Xbone since launch after this conference. Only thing I was disappointed with was the fact that there wasn't any Gears of War tease. Maybe next year!
People yell at MS that they should put more games on PC, then they do and it's "lol, it's not XB1 exclusive, stupid".
MS can be proud for their stuff.
Tried to fix all their mistakes but it's still going to be a very tough race for them after their collosal fuckup with DRM/kinec/499$
MS can be proud for their stuff.
Tried to fix all their mistakes but it's still going to be a very tough race for them after their collosal fuckup with DRM/kinec/499$
This sums up this E3 so far...
Isn't it a little too early for this? Sony may screw up their conference by talking about sales and games no one cares about. What if Sony's ends up being worse than MS'?
Fallout-with-swords
Banned
They announced Black Tusk was making it like a couple months ago. And by the sounds of it they weren't working on it very long before then.
As a non-shooter fan, I didn't find anything that will make me run out and buy an XB1.
I'm glad the Nurburgring was added to FM5. I like what I'm seeing in FH2 already.
I already wanted Killer Instinct and the Season 2 reveal only adds to that desire.
Inside and Plague Inc have my interest, but I'm sure both will eventually be available on PC/PS4.
I'm still in the "buy @ slim" status for XB1.
I'm glad the Nurburgring was added to FM5. I like what I'm seeing in FH2 already.
I already wanted Killer Instinct and the Season 2 reveal only adds to that desire.
Inside and Plague Inc have my interest, but I'm sure both will eventually be available on PC/PS4.
I'm still in the "buy @ slim" status for XB1.
Acheteedo
Member
Solid conference.
Lots of good games coming, none of the exclusive DLC will stop me buying multiplats on PS4 though (fingers crossed those jaggies in the Division will be greatly reduced on PS4).
It's hard to fault this one, too much CG possibly but plenty of gameplay was shown, and at this stage of the generation it's to be expected.
Exclusives were exciting and varied, very glad I have an Xbox One.
8/10.
Lots of good games coming, none of the exclusive DLC will stop me buying multiplats on PS4 though (fingers crossed those jaggies in the Division will be greatly reduced on PS4).
It's hard to fault this one, too much CG possibly but plenty of gameplay was shown, and at this stage of the generation it's to be expected.
Exclusives were exciting and varied, very glad I have an Xbox One.
8/10.
Ignore him. We own both consoles. He's a concern troll from the start to end of this thread.
attended the conference. i thought it was pretty good. forza horizon 2, sunset overdrive, scalebound, fable legends, halo collection, crackdown 3... very solid list of games.
even stuff like the division and call of duty looked cool.
AND i just happened to get a pass to e3 along with the other fans in attendance. very nice indeed
even stuff like the division and call of duty looked cool.
AND i just happened to get a pass to e3 along with the other fans in attendance. very nice indeed
Honestly, I'm very happy with their show. Almost every single thing they showed looked very good, some looked outstanding, and it was what I wanted; nothing but games. Most of what they showed stoked my early gen 360 nostalgia as well, and Crackdown, Phantom Dust, and Limbo are some of my favorite games, so those were all big hits with me, along with Forza, Halo, Platinum, Fable, some great looking indie stuff, and surprisingly outstanding looking third party stuff. It reminded me that I loved the 360 because of the games, and hopefully X1 is now on the path to doing that again for me.
I think if they had a big closer, a lot of people would be giving their show a 10/10. It's just that they closed on Crackdown/Phantom Dust/Platinum, and while I'm a huge fan of the lineage of all three, none of those are the big megaton-style announcements GAF craves.
I think if they had a big closer, a lot of people would be giving their show a 10/10. It's just that they closed on Crackdown/Phantom Dust/Platinum, and while I'm a huge fan of the lineage of all three, none of those are the big megaton-style announcements GAF craves.
Bedameister
Member
I really thought the conference was great.
Can you imagine how good it would have been if we didn't have ntkrnl?
Can you imagine how good it would have been if we didn't have ntkrnl?
I agree. But I also wish the coop was local too. Almost everything shown will likely be online coop only.
Xplatformer
Member
You haven't played those games already? They are all you need on your next gen console?
C- for this conference for me.
imo the most interesting game they showed (Evolve) is cross platform. Sunset Overdrive looks fun.
No Gears
No 360 price drop
No VR
I would have graded them worse but they've really begun to focus on games first. I applaud them for that.
This sums up this E3 so far...
SONY better not drop the ball.
TheSlySoul
Member
That is why I said "so far".
Context is key. Just found a funny image to share...
This, I think a lot of gaffers were expecting actual megatons. Very weird they didn't just stick that 100$ pricedrop at the end here, would have made a splash at least.
BloodMoney
Banned
C+
+Witcher 3 gameplay
+no filler tech/industry/#'s talk
+Sunset Overdrive gameplay
+no Kinect
-No megatons
-Majority of 1st party was GCI/baked footage
-too much focus on muti-platform games
+Witcher 3 gameplay
+no filler tech/industry/#'s talk
+Sunset Overdrive gameplay
+no Kinect
-No megatons
-Majority of 1st party was GCI/baked footage
-too much focus on muti-platform games
JamiieCarter
Neo Member
Predictions for Halo IGN Exclusive?
Officerrob
Banned
Why? Sony and Microsoft do this EVERY year. Word is going around that Mortal Kombat X will be at Sony tonight
The Bookerman
Member
A lot of what I was expecting at Playstation's conference showed up in Microsoft's conference. I hope Sony will show me awesome shit.
Oh they will come back next E3, but now we have three events(Reveal, E32013,E32014) were not one megaton money hatted exclusive was shown. So when they bring it up again at E32015 we can point at them and laugh.
7DollarHagane
Banned
They showed games, but they were mostly cg.
That said I'm buying an Xbox one at some point this year just to play the halo collection. Having those games multiplayer will be so good.
I hope the platinum game is good but there's really no info on it from the show.
That said I'm buying an Xbox one at some point this year just to play the halo collection. Having those games multiplayer will be so good.
I hope the platinum game is good but there's really no info on it from the show.
Cool beans, thank you!
waitwhat42
Member
I just watched the Xbox breifing... unless I missed something Microsoft didn't announce a single new IP from their first party studios. They're still relying on co-productions with third parties and Microsoft's studis only make Halo, Fable, Forza, and Gears. I don't like co-op games and I don't buy DLC.
Microsoft did a great job making the Xbox One more consumer friendly which I really appreciate, but this conference did very little to get me to want to buy one. The only exclusive I want to play is still Quantum Break, I guess it'll be a few years before there are enough exclusives for me to consider getting an Xbox One.
Edit: Grade for the Xbox breifing- B-
Microsoft did a great job making the Xbox One more consumer friendly which I really appreciate, but this conference did very little to get me to want to buy one. The only exclusive I want to play is still Quantum Break, I guess it'll be a few years before there are enough exclusives for me to consider getting an Xbox One.
Edit: Grade for the Xbox breifing- B-
Dragonborn
Member
Yup, I'm very glad Sony won't be wasting time on AC, but I fear they'll waste time on DC again.
Third party wise, I'm hoping we see some Batman, and maybe Farcry 4. Other than that, I've no idea what they'll show. MS took most of the third party stuff.
unempLLOYD
Member
That went well for a Microsoft event.
Garrett 2U
Member
Agreed. There were only a few moments where I was like "meh".
Most of the stuff they showed was super interesting to me.
Destiny
Maybe more battlefield hardline
They have that exclusive beta
Yeah cos 3rd party games are absolute crap on X1 arnt hey, lol.
Microsoft Conference Score: B/B+
Positives: Lots of Games, Sunset Overdrive, New Limbo Studio Game & that Ghibli looking thing
Negatives: Mostly 3rd Party multi-platform Stuff, CG Trailers, no megaton surprises
Good conference. Packed with games, it moved at a great pace, and a good variety of games. Liked how they split up the conference with 2014 and 2015 stuff. Some great announcements, and they got some reveals that I expected to be at the Sony conference (Assassin's Creed Unity).
As someone who never had an OG Xbox, I had to look up what Phantom Dusk was because the CG trailer wasn't clear, and that is not good marketing in my opinion. I hate CG trailers.
They did a good job making The Masterchief collection look like a huge announcement, even if it's mostly just a re-release of games already out there (Sony has released a bunch of those with little fanfare like God of War Saga or any of their PS2 to PS3 remakes).
Not too much negative to say, other than nothing super surprising was shown.
All in all, the conference showed enough to make you comfortable if you already own an XB1 and a reason to jump into next gen, but because it was mostly 3rd party stuff, I'm not sure they've convinced people to go with an XB1 over a PS4, but we'll know more on that front after the Sony conference later today.
Positives: Lots of Games, Sunset Overdrive, New Limbo Studio Game & that Ghibli looking thing
Negatives: Mostly 3rd Party multi-platform Stuff, CG Trailers, no megaton surprises
Good conference. Packed with games, it moved at a great pace, and a good variety of games. Liked how they split up the conference with 2014 and 2015 stuff. Some great announcements, and they got some reveals that I expected to be at the Sony conference (Assassin's Creed Unity).
As someone who never had an OG Xbox, I had to look up what Phantom Dusk was because the CG trailer wasn't clear, and that is not good marketing in my opinion. I hate CG trailers.
They did a good job making The Masterchief collection look like a huge announcement, even if it's mostly just a re-release of games already out there (Sony has released a bunch of those with little fanfare like God of War Saga or any of their PS2 to PS3 remakes).
Not too much negative to say, other than nothing super surprising was shown.
All in all, the conference showed enough to make you comfortable if you already own an XB1 and a reason to jump into next gen, but because it was mostly 3rd party stuff, I'm not sure they've convinced people to go with an XB1 over a PS4, but we'll know more on that front after the Sony conference later today.
DyslexicAlucard
Member
I'm going to be a total dick here and not read any of the posts because I don't want spoilers. But can anyone please PM me with a link to a place I can stream an archived MS press conference? I just got back from work.
Thanks in advance, fellow GAFer!
Thanks in advance, fellow GAFer!
hydrophilic attack
Member
Well Sunset Overdrive was obviously game of the presser, so those comments are stupid, but CGI CGI is pretty much true. Persecution complex is a hell of a drug.
No kinect, no TV. Only games, games, games. They lacked some wow factor, 1 or 2 surprises which could have have raised this to a really great pressconference.
All in all one of Microsofts better pressconferences they ever had, I enjoyed the pace, good mix of games and would give it 8/10.
I for one encourage Microsoft to keep doing their pressconferences this way, than how it has been previously.
All in all one of Microsofts better pressconferences they ever had, I enjoyed the pace, good mix of games and would give it 8/10.
I for one encourage Microsoft to keep doing their pressconferences this way, than how it has been previously.