If one good thing has come out of Ninty losing third party support, it's that we at least know that every video we see will be in-game footage. Getting kind of sick of unrepresentative footage that tell you fuck all about how a game might play.
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 list as of now. It will grow sure but still, really limited.
BC was a great addition to the system, but implementation feels like 360 to OG BC, which sucked ass. So we'll see how it all comes together.
Recore could be good. Kinda got a knack vibe from it, lol.
Halo 5, yawnnnnn. They are hunting MC now, whoo! Like that plot device has never been done. Makes no sense to hunt down the man responsible for saving your ass ten times over, either, lame. Warzone sounds like Halofall. Npcs in MP. Have to see what the implementation is like first.
Sea of thieves is the one to watch for me. New IP focused around pirates? Yes please.
I don't know why they gave time to PVZ GW2 and Ubisoft for The division and R6. They would invite more Japanese developers on stage to show the games even they are multi-platforms.
Gets a B+ from me one of the best conferences they have had, backward compatibility is great and the modding (while we need some clarification if it is eventually coming to ps4) was a great addition as well. As usual however, to many cgi trailers which dumbed it down, to ME personally holo-lens was a waste of time and could have been one more big games announced. Sony has a high hill to climb but I think if they have some big announcements but most importantly show primarily gameplay they will do well.
There is no proof it's exclusive, the same way there is no proof it's on PS4. No one knows. There is no proof for anything. Also notice how it didn't say "exclusive to X1"...it would have 100% said exclusive if it was.
You better damn believe MS would have made that loud and clear if it was. They want people to buy Fallout 4 on their console. It having exclusivity to mods, would have been fuckin huge. It would have easily made it the best version of the game. And MS would have made everyone know that. But it didn't say exclusive. The creator just came out and said it would be a feature on Xbox One, but was vague about it (in terms of if it will be on other consoles).
Honestly, it would be pretty insane if they sectioned off something that massive to one console. Mods are apart of the bethesda games, have always been PC Centric. Finally bringing it to Consoles and ONLY giving it to one. That would be really shitty. I say this as an X1 owner.
I think it's first on Xbox/PC (Steam was confirmed a while back).
I was worried about it ever since it was announced as a boss rush only game but man it really could turn into something special. Definitely the top of my list of games I can't wait for.
I thought it was a pretty good conference. The Fallout rehash was lame but the announcement of mods made up for it. Backwards compatibility was a megaton. Early access could be the only way to get games like DayZ on consoles (since not a single one as made it past that stage), Beyond Eyes, Sea of Thieves and Ashen looked awesome. I found the CGI trailer of Recore strange since it is coming out Spring 2016. Some gameplay would have been nice. The Hololens demo was kind of cool but Minecraft looks like garbage (in 3D). As a Sony fan, I finally have something to be jealous of on the Xbox side.
Does anyone have a list of their game announcements and what is console exclusive and console debut?
I knew going in no matter what MS showed , that there were going to be people who dissed and undersold what was shown. Unfortunately, my thoughts have been confirmed
I like halo yeah but yall need to stop getting mad that people aint jizzing over YOUR favourite things... thats cool. People will shit on the playstation and nintendo conferences because it didnt have the stuff THEY liked aswell just live with it.
They started so strong with Halo, the new controller, b/c and DS3, then it was all downhill, ending with a whimper that was a very poor showing of Gears. Overall it was disappointing and there were no new AAA games mentioned, or at least non I can remember (which drives the point home).
Good show, but no killer.
BC is nice, early access is nice.
Cuphead is such a pretty game. Love it.
Rare collection is a great deal, cool games, great price.
Rare pirate MMO is... well an MMO. For me, Rare was taken out of kinect cave and put into the next. Cynical that we got to see all the glory that once was.
The hololens thing... I do not believe a single word until I can see it by myself.
Tonb raider looks great. Can't understand the comments here. Could come in handy as timed exclusive in exactly the empty space Unchated left when they moved the release date.
So my verdict on the show. Good show, definitely seen worse shows from MS. Definitely a weaker presentation than Bethesda, there were more games but they were showed off in less impressive ways. Lots of cgi trailers with little impact, sequels everywhere, Halo 5 looked 'been there, done that' in every way possible and the Gears 5 reveal, while looking great, showed nothing that makes Gears games great. My favorite things that stuck to me were the Cuphead trailer and the backwards compatibility megaton. That said, xbox has a strong lineup so good show, even if they could've showed it better.
My scores so far:
Bethesda 8.5
Microsoft 7.5
Good e3 so far, hopefully ea won't ruin the streak.
(Also, laughing my ass off for Dark Souls 3 getting no applause at all, gg leaks)
Conference peaked early with BC and the controller. It went downhill fast from there. The games did nothing for my particular tastes. EDIT: To clarify, the games I was interested about either only had CGI trailers or I already knew enough about them that what was shown did nothing for me.
Microsoft has gotten way better at selling things that look better than they really are though, the BC was a megaton for me until I saw the list of available games. I figured it would be blacklist as opposed to building the list little by little. As of now it looks more half assed then Xbox -> 360 BC.
Overall it wasn't a bad show, but I'm expecting Sony to trump them at least on the games alone.
I thought it was a great show. Halo delivered, Forza looks incredible, tomb raider looks cool, gears 4 was shown and looked OK, ashen and rates pirate game looked cool, plus big announcements like bc, the elite controller, and the rare collection.
-Gears looked (aha) fantastic, seems like they're going back to GoW1 darker style
-BC holy shit!
-Tomb Raider looked way better than i was expecting
-Rare Collection goddamn
-New Rare IP with Pirates!
-Fallout 4 Mods sharing is an amazing feature to have on console
-Hololense Minecraft had me interested in Minecraft for the first time in my life lol impressive tech
-DKs3 i fuckin LOVE From Cgi trailers
-Forza 6 with weather and Night races, inmyveins.gif
-Huge anticipation for Recore (Inafune yo!)
-Elite Controller looked fantastic
-Cuphead, floored at how good this game looks
-Halo 5 co-op looked great, and that Warzone (?) looks like great fun
-GOW beta later today, yasssssssss
-No surprises anywhere but also no kinect in sight.
-Halo 5 campaign didn't look that great but warzone looked fun as hell.
-Gears looked great. The gunfire was really impressive.
-Holo Lense looks awesome.
-Tomb Raider looked cool but i hope its not as linear as it looks.
-Rare's game has promise but am only hype cuz its rare.
-BC is a great move.
The conference started off really strong, but kind of tapered off after the half-way mark. Halo's Halo. I don't have much to say about it, I'm not a huge fan of Halo. It looked good, yeah.
At first, I thought the BC was just absolutely amazing, but seeing the list, it's somewhat disappointing. HOWEVER, this sets a good precedent. It means that backwards compatibility isn't completely lost. Nintendo obviously has it, but it's good that someone else has it as well.
Fallout 4 supporting mods on Xbox is definitely a great thing. Not sure how they're going to go about it though. We'll see.
Tomb Raider looked dull as sin. Sorry. It just did. Action for the sake of action.
Forza, Beyond Eyes, Cuphead, and Gears all looked great, but with the exception of Beyond, there wasn't anything groundbreaking. We've already seen Forza and Cuphead, so that didn't help. Recore looks interesting, but CGI, can't tell much from that.
Oh, and Division got downgraded hardcore, but it was obvious that was coming a mile away.
Rare collection is damn cool too. $30 for 30 games? Can't really complain about that.
Hololens looked amazing. I just hope it actually performs like that when the final product like that. Hopeful skepticism.
How on earth are people saying that was a mediocre conference?
We already knew about the big releases (halo, forza, TR)...but there was stacks of brand new games there.
How does Backward compatibility, early access, Mod support for Fallout 4 and the new elite controller not impress people? Especially considering most thought it was never going to happen.
EA access still continues to be awesome value as well.
-Most the brand new games were all CGI trailers, aside from some of the indie stuff (Cuphead looks great but it looked great last year too). No gameplay to get excited about
-The demos were 90% walking simulators/press x to interact/QTEs, with very little real gameplay to enjoy
-No titles announced that I'm interested in aside from the Rare collection, which is just old games, Day Z, which is just a port, and Dark Souls III, which is multiplat.
-Elite controller is nice, but with the lack of games I'm excited for, I'm not gonna pick it up
-Backwards compatibility is nice too, but that's just games I've already played.
-Rare's not working on Banjo Threeie
Overall I just didn't have anything to really be excited for. I can usually find some things, but I would really have to struggle with this one.
They started so strong with Halo, the new controller, b/c and DS3, then it was all downhill, ending with a whimper that was a very poor showing of Gears. Overall it was disappointing and there were no new AAA games mentioned, or at least non I can remember (which drives the point home).
If one good thing has come out of Ninty losing third party support, it's that we at least know that every video we see will be in-game footage. Getting kind of sick of unrepresentative footage that tell you fuck all about how a game might play.
I think it's first on Xbox/PC (Steam was confirmed a while back).
I was worried about it ever since it was announced as a boss rush only game but man it really could turn into something special. Definitely the top of my list of games I can't wait for.
My thing for these events is that its about exclusives. Don't get me wrong I like sung multiplats, but when I grade out a conference based on 1 particular platform it has to be what that platform brings that others don't. Hololens is a cool concept, likely something you'll have to try. BC is nice. Gears looks like a misfire at least that demo. It looked so much like the order and for all the big explosions and whatnot came off as dull. Halo was halo. Fable is a f2p which shouldn't mean let's just write it off however it tempers expectations. Recore has a ton of promise very interested. No faith in rare but well see.
If Sony came out and showed all their 3rd party comarketing I would dislike that as well. I'm hopeful we get some new IPS from guerilla and bend. New level 5, tlg lol, Morpheus stuff. So yeah underwhelming msft for sure.
