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[HassanJamal]

It started big and drizzled out small. Better than Bethesda's conference but by slightly. Overall, not bad a show MS, props.

 

[Garlador]

BC was the highlight.

... And the ability to keep playing games you already have shouldn't be the highlight.

 

[...Scatter...]

Halo 5 baby! Forza 6 looks beastly too. So many good games this holiday.

 

[Instro]

Kind of dull, some neat hardware related stuff, and cuphead. Rest of the software/trailers was ho-hum

 

[Rephin]

They should have ended with the BC announcement. Solid conference overall though.

 

[uncledonnie]

Would have been better to save the VR/AR stuff for a different event but otherwise a very strong conference.

 

[FinalStageBoss]

OK conference, BC was probably the highlight(for those who care about BC anyway).

 

[serenewarfare]

I thought the conference was pretty good. Guess I'm in the minority.

 

[TGO]

Was ok nothing amazing but dat BC announcement needs to be matched by Sony.

 

[Junior Mint]

Sorry to say. They showed some cool things, but their first party line-up is a bit the same and nothing new.

- Halo 5
- Forza 6
- Fable
- Tomb Raider (not exclusive)

Even the games they will show at Gamescome al already known (especially gameplay video's)

Sony can beat them easily with games and other annoucments.

Yup. Another Halo, Forza, Fable E3 repeat. 4/10 conference for me.

 

[LordBaztion]

No Banjo, no Battletoads?

 

[qa_engineer]

Pretty good showing by MS. Best things were BC and Forza. Hololens demo was silly and Gears was about as generic as a TPS reveal can get.

 

[Alebrije]

The good :

BC
New controller

The Meh :

Everything else.

6/10

 

[Phyla]

Damn, MS set the bar pretty high.

 

[Justified]

BC (although limited)

The Controller

Cuphead

Rare's 30 for $30 is the only thing that moved me.

6/10

 

[MotionBlue]

That was boring. ReCore and Tomb Raider look good. Rest of it was rehashes and unoriginal trite.

 

[Windows RT]

No shenmue 3, FFVII-REMAKE, it is confirmed those go to PS4 exclusive.

Sad...

 

[tilomite!]

Amazing conference, although front loaded.

 

[starchild excalibur]

The backwards compatible and the controller were both amazing, but that was pretty much it for me. Hate Gears, not into Forza, tired of Minecraft, Tom Clancy stuff never did much for me, Tomb Raider is just a timed exclusive.

It was a good conference overall, just not a whole bunch that did much for me. Even the BC would have been a bigger hit for me if I didn't have the bulk of my last gen games on my PS3, not my 360.

Cuphead and Ashen were the two most promising games they showed.

 

[Interceptor]

Exclusive stuff i liked:

- Recore
- Controller
- Rare bundle (awesome value)
- Hololens (Win 10 that is)
- Rare game looks fun


Disliked:

- Nothing actually. Ok conference. But a bit on the average side.

 

[Besthelboy]

B+ 8/10 conference. Very good overall.

 

[Papercuts]

BC is a super cool announcement, and the $30 for 30 rare games is a ridiculously good deal. Showed some neat games but overall, eh.

Way too many CG trailers, but at the same time that Gears gameplay seemed way too early to really show(disregarding the DARK AS FUCKNESS) so I guess it's a no win situation where I'm spoiled by the thorough Fallout reveal yesterday. Mods working on the console version was great to hear, though.

 

[popeutlal]

Indies stole the show, imo. Very nice overall show...games games games, without all the usual BS.

 

[Super_Cobra]

I think the backwards compatibility and cup head were the highlights of the show. The conference was pretty boring. Their "AAA" exclusives were pretty boring.

 

[Into]

A decent presser by all means. 6-7 out of 10

Nothing mindblowing, but solid

 

[shackdaddy836]

Man you guys are negative. This was an 8 or 9 outta 10 conference for me. Didn't really hate anything.

So far this E3 has been awesome. I can see every conference being awesome.

 

[Kissenkopf]

5.5/10 some really cool games where shown (like Halo 5 or the Indie titles) and the new controller looks dope but the main problem was: way too long for what they showed and not ONE surprise! Not one game what really shocked me because it looked so damn new and exciting or was an new entry in an old series (looking at you rare...)! A missed chance in my eyes. :/

 

[BigSoftieFF]

if sony cant top that im done with E3

Pretty much. Very lackluster.

 

[Mecha]

4/10

The most interesting game that had any gameplay shown was probably Cuphead.

 

[fantomena]

Overall a pretty meh and a bit dissapointing.

+ X360 compatiblity, cool thing
+ Fallout 4 PC mods (still don't know shit how this is gonna work)

Everything else was either obivous, just another trailer/gameplay from something previously announced or simply meh.

 

[NoLongerALurker]

Great conference. Lots of great games coming to XB1 this fall.

 

[MMaRsu]

Started out ok, the only games I would really want to play are Sea of Thieves and Cuphead

 

[Zen_Arcade]

This is a great conference if you plan on buying an Xbox one in 2016. Nothing of interest other than the same old Halo, Gears, Forza this year.

I agree. It really pushed my desire to get a One either this year for Gears 1 remaster or early 2016 for a handful of games.

 

[CryptiK]

Fuck that was a piss weak conference.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

I need to see more Halo, more of that Warzone mode.

 

[Journey]

8/10

best MS conference in years. solid show, but needed one more mic drop to top it off.

Ditto, 8/10 is about right. BC announcement alone puts them there.

 

[A Serious Man]

Totally solid conference. Nothing that blew me away but there is plenty to look forward to on the horizon.

 

[His Majesty]

Too much cinematic shooter shit.

 

[kaskade]

Solid conference. Nothing amazing but it's a nice lineup for this year.

 

[NotLiquid]

6/10 conference.

Most surprises were in terms of console features rather than games. I could barely see shit in the Gears 4 teaser. It was too perfunctory of a conference and very safe. But credit to Phil Spencer for keeping this ship afloat better than ever.

 

[LevelNth]

I thought Tomb Raider looked good but it's a shame they've gone all the way Uncharted with it, because Uncharted will IMO just always be better.

Nevertheless it was one of the best showings I thought (TR I mean).

 

[SocksAndShoes]

7/10.

Positives:

-BC
-Cuphead
-30$ Rare program

Cons:

-Quite possibly the worst E3 gameplay demo of all time in Gear 4
-Hololens (remember Milo and Kinect?)
- Where are the new IPs?

 

[small44]

7.5/10

 

[Reule]

Sea of Thieves, Rare Collection, and backwards compatibility are really the only announcements that were crazy. Shouldn't have ended on Gears 4 with that demo. It was a good conference. A lot of little deals in place with other publishers for added value.

 

[bobbychalkers]

Underwhelming for me mainly because the games I'm interested in are at Gamescom. Gears, Forza, Halo and Tomb Raider don't do much for me.

 

[Wandering Robot]

I'll echo others and say it was average...Not that every conference needs to have a million billion megatons, but I'm left feeling kind of "eh." Would've like to see more games, honesty, but Gamescom will be on the way soon enough.

Now to wait for Sony's...

 

[Various Artists]

Good on GAF for not crashing? Or is it imminent with a Last Guardian announcement?

 

[The Lamp]

Finally this console and its features and library are becoming something worth supporting. It was hard for me to forgive them for E3 2013 but it looks like they've learned a lot.

 

[Pachimari]

I liked:

• Xbox One Elite controller
• Recore
• Dark Souls 3
• Forza Motorsport 6
• Ashen
• Rare Replay
• Sea of Thieves
• Gears 4

A solid conference with pacing issues, bordering to boring. Would rate it a B.

 

[Shivvy_NTL]

What a solid conference, no big surprises since we already knew what was going to be shown. Really liked it well done ms.