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[foxuzamaki]

As not much of a xbox fan, I have to say that was probably the best xbox E3 conference i've seen.

 

[JackBauer24]

Another year where I'll barely turn my Xbox One on. Damn I should have waited.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

I got to say, I can't believe Microsoft revealed 90% of shooters today :-/

Are you really that surprised though?

 

[ashecitism]

There was that howling again lmao

 

[RichardAM]

Pretty good show imo.

 

[Mortemis]

Decent conference, don't see how it was bad.

Bigger news for me, 6 minutes till MGSV trailer

 

[Ivan 3414]

Lame.

Everything felt safe. Solid games of course, but run-of-the-mill.

 

[Ithil]

Was what it was.

 

[Juke Joint Jezebel]

So yeah, highlights for me were:

- 360 backwards compatibility rolling out this year.
- New Controller
- Recode CG Teaser (Metroid Prime dev members and Inafune's new game)
- Rare Replay Collection
- Gears Of War 4
- A handful of good looking indie games in that montage section

Overall, not bad, just a shame the old conference schedule fatigue kicked in halfway through with all the usual suspects.

 

[SeanR1221]

So weird not seeing CoD on an Xbox stage.

 

[crinale]

The Gears4 letdown kinda ruined it tbh.
(really 75+ conference but it made me feel like it has been 65+).

 

[RdN]

No Call of Duty at a Microsoft Conference?!?! This world is ending soon!

We already know that Sony now has the Call of Duty marketing deal.

 

[Chase17]

I can't remember an Xbox conference without Call of Duty being demoed.

Good point. I guess that will be at Sony then.

 

[Ashodin]

That was... Really underwhelming. Xbox had nothing I was interested in. No RPGs or unique experiences.

 

[faridmon]

Solid start with some interesting indie titles, but the rest were a bit meh.
I hated their shill audiences that was clapping to ''EPIC'' words!

 

[Have a Nice Day]

There was no CoD exclusive stuff.

 

[Ronan_Berthelot]

6/10...

 

[AESplusF]

Started off pretty good but ended up being a little bit lackluster.

 

[Atlas157]

Ehhhh

6/10

Controller looks cool, backwards compatibility is awesome, Hololens was neat but I'm skeptical, Rare Replay is awesome, Gears 1 looks great and Gears 4 was too dark to see anything.

Everything else was meh.

 

[Ascenion]

I'll give them a solid A- for backwards compatibility alone.

 

[Brinbe]

C

 

[Kid Ska]

Not Enough Cuphead/10

 

[QaaQer]

man that current list of BC games is pretty bad.

& BC that requires publisher approval isn't real BC

 

[MikeE21286]

List of Xbox 360 Backwards compatible games on Xbox One is pretty sparse

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/backward-compatibility/available-games

Banjo Kazooie: N n B

Banjo-Kazooie

Banjo-Tooie

BattleBlock Theater

Defense Grid

Geometry Wars Evolved

Hexic HD

Jetpac Refuelled

Kameo

Mass Effect

Perfect Dark

Perfect Dark Zero

Small Arms

Super Meat Boy

Toy Soldiers

Toy Soldiers: Cold War

Viva Piñata

Viva Piñata: TIP

 

[The_Darkest_Red]

5/10 for me. Pretty bland.

 

[TheAdmiester]

Welp, Microsoft won. I don't see what can top that presentation.

 

[hawk2025]

The strategy was clear:


Getting Xbox 360 players to join in as a strategy to increase their market size. BC is very good for that.

Not seeing Call of Duty was so refreshing.

But man alive, the gameplay reveals of both Tomb Raider and particularly Gears were very underwhelming.

 

[iceatcs]

Bit solid for me. Some nice welcome for PC. Elite controller look good, will buy with steam controller too. And I can set fire on my old PC 360 controller end of this year.


Shock of all is no COD.

 

[RulkezX]

Started so well and descended into mediocrity.

6/10 because BC isn't important to me.

Excited for Halo 5 though.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Oh man I just realized no CoD!

 

[Rembrandt]

solid conference. that BC came out the blue

 

[Despera]

MGS V next up? I wanted to go rest for a bit

 

[harSon]

Deciding to split things between e3 and Gamescom probably softened the impact of the former. Sony's probably going to have a stronger e3 considering they're going to forego having a conference at Gamescom, although they'll likely have a good presence at TGS - which Microsoft assuredly won't.

 

[King_Moc]

Fairly good conference I thought, though I don;t really have an interest in their biggest franchises anymore (Halo, Gears, Fable, Forza). The Rare collection is pretty awesome, and Hololens looks impressive - though i'm not really sure how many types of experiences will really translate to it. Seems ideal for boardgames...but honestly I'd rather just get the boardgame. And I doubt that wall screen mode is as good as my TV's. I'm confused to the reaction for BC. Seems like such a non-point to me. I've used it about once on my Wii U and 360. Seems bizarre that people are most excited by last gen games that they already own.

Still, pretty solid. Sony will have done well if they beat it I think.

 

[Omiee]

where is geoff on gametrailers?

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

Normal confernece, not bad, not good. They had time for games like scalebound and crackdown, if they went a little faster.

 

[Beardz]

I keep hearing someone screaming like the lady that fell from making wine...

This one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STbhaqsBJB0

 

[Elios83]

Totally called the predictable conference.
Best announcement was the backwards compaibility which I don't know if should be considered a good thing.
Halo was cool, Rare's pirate simulator looks nice although not really original, Tomb Raider...totally scripted and boring demo, Gears looked a bit like your generic tps with monsters.
First year without COD.

 

[Talon]

Wow. Just caught up.

Backwards compatibility including Live?
Inafune/Metroid Prime team game (!!!!!!!!!)
24-player Haloz
Game Previews
Rare Collection
New Rare IP
Gears 4 (I don't give a shit but finally a new fucking game)

 

[Lothars]

Meh I would say 6 out of 10 for 360 games, gears 1 and fallout 4 mods. Gears 4 looked pretty bad. I hope forza 6 will be good.

 

[Alucrid]

The best part of the conference announcing new games is the reveal of the ability to play old games

 

[Linkyn]

Maybe they should have brought the rest of their games, too.

 

[rockman zx]

Solid conference, I liked Gears 4, the backward compatibility and the surprise of the Inafune game.

I have the feeling Sony is going to do much better than this.

 

[GeeTeeCee]

Welp, that started strong and faded HARD.

I went from "I should buy and Xb1" to "I'll wait."

There's an almost startling reliance on old games and old IP's. It was nearly Halo/Gears/Forza all over again.

Cuphead looks awesome though.

 

[BeforeU]

that was amazing 10/10. Less Halo though

I didn't think it was the spotlight.

 

[ironcreed]

Killed it on the features, fell short on exclusives. A solid B+

Fell short on exclusives? Whatever.

 

[Windom Earle]

Everything was Cuphead.

 

[Kouriozan]

Recore and that pirate game made this worth it.

 

[AdanVC]

Dissapointed conference. Almost everything was CG and... Rare's new game... ew.

Cool for having X1 with backwards compatibility tho. And the new controller looks awesome.

 

[Bsigg12]

So is the Fallout 4 mods thing an Xbox exclusive or?

Todd Howard said exclusively so, yes