E3 2012: Post-Microsoft Conference - your thoughts

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My hard hitting analysis:

HALO 4 (looks good after all) apps apps apps SPORTS wubwubwub IE kinect kinect kinect SOUTH PARK (looks genuinely awesome) angry birds blops 2
 
Boring, which is worse than bad.

Smart glass is cool tech in theory and makes a lot of sense since we do all own tablets and phones already, but so what? If I want to browse the internet, I'm not booting up my xbox and tv to do so. I'm already doing it with my tablet or just phone.

Game applications could be cool but unless they are well supported it will never be more than a neat feature.

Dolan: Games all looked alike.
 
so much for the exclusives HALO 4 was the best one everything else was kinect or multiplatform, i liked Smart Glass and Internet everything is meh.
 
Clearly they are getting ready for next gen and had nothing megaton worthy.


the show of dull.

I think dull is better then the shit shows they had the last 2 years though.
 
It was a terrible press conference, but at the same time it was better than Microsoft's 2010 and 2011 conferences. Halo 4, Tomb Raider, and South Park all made solid showings. (Trey's joke about the conference had me in tears)

Regardless, despite the decent presentation, the actual content was still anemic.
 
First let me say, I'm not a Halo fan. Secondly the exploding enemies right away made me think of Metroid Prime so it was a weird feebdack loop because of how much Prime 3 was like Halo.

Aside from that, the rest* was completley boring and I didn't enjoy it.

* Resident Evil 6 was fucking amazing. I think it will be at Sony, but this time it will be Chris. Also, That wasn't really Gothic horror to me so if Leon does indeed have that type, it certainly won't be the whole thing.
 
Absolutely horrible. They started the conference with a bang, and sent it to hell for the rest of it - with 3rd party titles/XBLA games I'm going to get on the PC anyway.

Xbox Music could be a great replacement to Spotify, but they've announced nothing to price.
 
This was boring but what did people expect in the last year of a console's life? Thats like expecting a lot of good Wii reveals last year. This was boring but not even close to as bad as theirs last year, Sony 2006, Nintendo 2008, etc. and anyone saying otherwise is just being reactionary and stupid.

I thought Halo 4 looked good, Forza is a great franchise and South Park seemed interesting. SmartGlass is interesting as well.

Real story: Fuck Ubisoft and Capcom
 
Horrible. I had a lot of hate in my heart.

Liked:

- Tomb Raider
- Halo 4
- South Park

Disliked

- Usher went on too long
- Blops went on too long
- apps talk went on too long
- everything non TR or H4 went on too long.
 
Horrible. I didn't expect it to be so bad.
 
Closing with Call of Duty was pretty bad. No giveaways to audience.

South Park game looked good at least! But honestly it was as bad as I was expecting given this is the 360's final year before next-next gen.
 
i dont get the wii u rip off comments. how can spmething that isnt even out yet be ripped off. we dont even know what the wi u is going to do.
 
Solid conference overall, no bombs dropped.

Halo 4, Splinter Cell & Tomb Raider = Great

Black Ops 2, Resident Evil 6 = Shit

Overall I was satisfied & didn't feel the need to rage out though ending with Black Ops 2 was a fail, show of ended with Halo 4 & started with Black Ops 2.
 
The conference was just boring, I'm really hoping Nintendo and Sony are at least more interesting to watch, even the horrible conferences by Microsoft in the last couple of years were at least funny to watch

On the plus side South Park looked cool, Tomb Raider could be good, none of the exclusives really grabbed me though

Blops 2 and RE 6 looked really unimpressive though
 
They're not even going all out this year. Waste of effort in Microsoft's performance, not even Usher's shenanigans saved it. The few things that caught my eye were Tomb Raider and South Park.
 
A+

A new Halo, Call of Duty, and Gears of War. More apps! More Kinectivity! USHER OMG SO COOL. Who needs next next gen when MS still has so much to give. Don't get me started on their triple serving of original IPs. I'm crazy for LOCOCYCLE.
 
Started wonderfully with an exceptional, if short-lived Halo 4 demo and then quickly descended into pure mediocrity.

Splinter Cell was barely recognisable, Forza Horizon looked interesting but we weren't given nearly enough, waaaaaay too much Kinect connectivity stuff and yet barely any actual Kinect games, a random and drawn-out performance from Usher who clearly isn't used to performing in the morning, Resident Evil was severely underwhelming, Fable continues to look shit, Tomb Raider is a scream/qte/accident fest and the Black Ops 2 demo (as much as I enjoy CoD) was too long and not the best note to leave on. Not to mention Nike.

What was most disturbing though was how it just felt like a confirmation that gaming is heading too much in the cinematic direction.

In the end I just wanted more Halo Prime. Oh, and South Park.
 
I expected a shitty conference seeing as Microsoft "sold out" years ago but it was funny to see Tomb Raider>Uncharted>Tomb Raider and RE6 looked like trash which is rather depressing
 
Prometheus spoilers - I knew to pause it right away. What were they THINKING!

Sout Park saved the show...

Also Matt or Trey - You want to play our game on tv, with xbox glass, on your phone, on toilet, while in kitchen in the refrigerator xD
 
If I didn't have an HD digital cable package I would have been more interested in the XBL stuff


Also don't see how smartglass is useful while gaming if you are going to have to pull up your phone or tablet while also holding the controller, at least with the Wii U the tablet and controller are the same thing and will have your attention
 
Tomb Raider, RE6 and CoD all looked like games we've already played.

The Smart Glass and Kinect shit is nothing I have an interest in and makes little sense to me as practical use for entertainment. That's just me though. I'm sure some people are excited for the possibilities - I'm just not one of those people.
 
I think people are exaggerating. I didn't love it or anything, and there was a lot of bullshit, but there were good games at least. It was boring but largely unoffensive.
 
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I liked Halo Prime. South park game looked cool. All the new gadgets for Xbox outside of games does nothing for me. As for the rest

My problems regarding RE6, SC, Tomb Raider, CoD, etc isn't the gameplay itself. It was fun when it came out years ago or in other games like Uncharted. I loved the thrill ride. The issue for me is the total over saturation of that type of gameplay in all other games.

I love Uncharted, but after 3 games and a handheld i'm ready for a break..which is why it was smart for ND to do the same

But now all these other games are rolling out the same stuff. It needs to diversify more.

The good news is while the top conform, there's plenty of avenues outside of the "SUPER BIG AWESOME GAMES" out there to get my fix so i'll be fine
 
It is ok, I didn't expect anything from the start tho. The smartglass, nike part and more casual kinect dragged for abit too long for my taste. Watching first Tomb Raider, splinter cell and COD gameplay is pretty cool, south park is nice. I'll give them a B-.
 
Likes:

Halo: Prime
inevitable SmartGlass vs. WiiU comparison wars
South Park doing what they do best
RE6

Meh:
The rest
 
Liked Halo 4 a lot, South Park looks cool. Tomb Raider looks ok so far, RE6 looks good. But as a conference that was the most boring garbage I've ever sat through.

Rating? D, it would be worse if not for Halo 4 and South Park.
 
Halo 4 looks good in terms of artstyle.

Other than that, pretty much worthless stuff. Microsoft's streak of bad conferences continues.
 
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