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[jburdick7]

I thought it was pretty good but ending with COD was very stupid.

Of all the things they could have ended on they chose that. Just seemed like they forgot who the audience that watches these things is lol.

COD should be earlier in the show, not the "one more thing" show ender.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

Big E.

No Fable.

No Perfect Dark.

No Everwild.

No Gears E-Day.

No MCC on PS5 or Switch.

Show started ok and progressively got worse until they climaxed in an orgy of terror by closing the show with CoD Black Ops 7.

I'm guessing Xbox doesn't want to reveal their big AAA games for PS5 until they have to. Microsoft probably wants to sell the remaining console inventory they have before doing so

Even a game like Clockwork Revolutions didn't show any logo whatsoever. Not even Xbox

 

[Moses85]

Slim like Slim Spencer

E

Why?

No

Perfect Dark
Tomb Raider
Fable
Gears E

 

[marjo]

C.

Highlights were Super Meat Boy 3D and a new Double Fine game soon.

 

[Elginer]

Very hard B was expecting it to end on something big but it seems this will be one of the biggest leaps for CoD in years. Oh well

 

[MayauMiao]

C. Still have too much cinematic than gameplay.

 

[Tg89]

Ending on a yearly release and positioning it as some big new thing is a choice lol.

Where's Fable? PD? Everwild? MS has so many issues with games just disappearing off the radar.

 

[Jormatar]

D and I ain't even trolling. This was probably the first time this gen Xbox showcase showed less interesting games than PS/Nintendo shows.

Imagine starting your show with Outer Worlds 2 and ending it to fucking call of duty. In the past these games were shown at the mid point so people could have their pissbreaks.

 

[Hohenheim]

B

Lots of very exciting stuff.

 

[Mortisfacio]

B. Based on overall games I'm interested in, I'd rank it SGF, Xbox then SoP. This was a better show for Sony than the Sony show, since every game is coming to PS5. SoP was terrible.

 

[March Climber]

COD was their one last thing?

LMAO

Yep, that's why it didn't quite edge out that A+ for me. CoD is not a 'one more thing' game, no matter how much Xbox wants it to be.

It's a guaranteed title, and a guaranteed title shouldn't be put in the showstopper spot.

 

[R6Rider]

Best thing shown was Mudang.

 

[Ishma3L]

3/10 Ozempic injections.

 

[NeonDelta]

Disappointing

 

[Roufianos]

Lol, that's 3 hours of my weekend wasted on these shitty shows. Tuned in for Gears primarily, and also expected to see Fable.

Also wtf was that Splinter Cell tease, wasn't at any shows. Fuck you Ubisoft.

 

[Holammer]

Very strong B, teetering on an A. The handheld Xbox PC stuff is megaton.
But lack of games that interested *me* and the DEI fatigue made me cringe a few times.

 

[splattered]

Show was fantastic, solid A from me.

Sony show solid B

SGF ehhh C?

 

[Cre8]

Mudang Two Hearts and Gears of War Reloaded coming to PS5 is all I care.

 

[Jesb]

Most of it wasn't very good but they did really well in first 15 minutes. I'd say a C. Missing some big games and ending with cod is just lol.

 

[Zarak]

An absolute joke. Buy up half the industry and have next to nothing to show for it.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

D

All I actually care about is Persona 4 and the Game Freak game.

 

[Arsic]

Honestly would've been better if they didn't finish on call of duty lol. Ending on clockwork would've been a better idea.

 

[gerth666]

I gave it a D
Like all shows some things I'm interested in and some I'm not, though this had most I'm not.
Hyped as fuck for ninja garden 4 though.
Not as good as the Sony show, but slightly ahead of the Doritos fella show

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

100 Billion and they still suck ass.

Phil Spencer.... the GOAT

 

[Calverz]

C. Too many PS5 games.

 

[CityHunter1981]

Let's say C. Normally it would be a D, but I have to bump it up, because it seems like a return to normal times, where there seems to be no obviis agenda pushing and where it is okay for women to be sexy again.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Gave it C. Had some real bangers like Clockwork revolution, Crono, Mudang and Ninja Gaiden 4. The Xbox handheld looks cool and I want to know more, but as an Ally X owner it will be probably be redundant for me. Show dropped in serious quality for me last 30 minutes with nothing exciting at all. Double Fines game was weird in the worst way. Couldn't make heads or tails of it. Ending with COD was an anticlimax. Expected Fable or Perfect Dark. Very disappointed

 

[dDoc]

Solid C.

A lot of games we already knew about.

And the final premiere for bloody COD, ended with a foul taste.

 

[phant0m]

They brought games, games, and more games

Not interested in 2/3 of them but the other 1/3 looked pretty dope

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

C for Consistency.

CoD as a one more thing is ass.

 

[Mr Moose]

Between B and C. Went on for too long, shite ending, lots of "eh, don't care" but a few that I am interested in.

 

[Gambit2483]

Great games but severe lack of Exclusives. I'd give it a C

Also where's Fable, State of Decay, Perfect Dark, Gears, etc??

 

[March Climber]

Lol, that's 3 hours of my weekend wasted on these shitty shows. Tuned in for Gears primarily, and also expected to see Fable.

Also wtf was that Splinter Cell tease, wasn't at any shows. Fuck you Ubisoft.

Ubisoft is kind of missing in general this year.

I think this might be the first time in a while they have not really shown anything, nor did they even plan a showcase.

 

[LordCBH]

Nice solid B.
Pros:
Outer Worlds 2, Clockwork, Gears, and many more

Cons:
No fucking Fable. Really? Why? Is it farther out than 2026?
The Persona 4 trailer was literally a waste of everyone's time.

 

[BoxFresh123]

Mediocre. C+

Yeah I expect much more from Xbox's biggest show if the year.

Everwild and Contraband looked amazing though.................

 

[Insanemaelstrom]

E

Not really for me. Liked it more than sgf but not as much as sop. Honestly should cut points for the awful transitions( world premiere, world premiere, world premiere in ugly green font).

Gave an f to sgf, as that was the lowest score available

Gave a D to sop( mainly due to lack of first party and shitty ghost of yotei tease).

 

[Artistic]

B-. Mostly excited for next/current Gen FF on Xbox.

 

[Stuart360]

C, would of been a solid B but dat COD ending bait, no.

Lean Phil was one of the sexiest things shown at the show though.

 

[anyasok]

F garbage. Gaming is slowly dying. I need my AAA games and the ones announced not even getting an update

 

[Judge Magister]

C, it was okayish.

 

[Rat Rage]

Everything is cinematic.
Everything looks the same.
Everything is Unreal Engine 5.
All the effects look the same.
All the gameplay looks the same.
Gameplay is either 3rd person Dark Souls clone, cinematic cover shooter or a first person shooter.
Artstyles look all the same.
Everything looks too realistic.
Everything has too much geometrical detail. FF16 is a geometrical mess.

Artstyles and graphics look so shitty across the board.

Those are not even video games anymore. They are made by people from the movie industry and not video game developers anymore.

All this shit is catering to a movie and casual audience, but not to a "video gaming audience".

AAA gaming stands for: soulless, graphically overly convoluted cinematic Unreal Engine 5 bullshit.

Jesus Christ, what has become of the gaming industry...

 

[yamaci17]

im gonna give this one A

for outer worlds, I'm super hyped
plague tale, high on life and planet of lana sequels, I look forward to
clockwork looks real good, unique
grounded 2 should be decent
i really liked indiana jones so DLC will probably be fun time (probably more combat oriented?)
rog ally xbox looks sick
always welcome what DONTNOD has to offer, since remember me. i always liked their games, so aphelion is another game i'm interested in

 

[RoboFu]

Everything is cinematic.
Everything looks the same.
Everything is Unreal Engine 5.
All the effects look the same.
All the gameplay looks the same.
Gameplay is either 3rd person Dark Souls clone, cinematic cover shooter or a first person shooter.
Artstyles look all the same.
Everything looks too realistic.
Everything has too much geometrical detail. FF16 is a geometrical mess.

Artstyles and graphics look so shitty across the board.

Those are not even video games anymore. They are made by people from the movie industry and not video game developers anymore.

All this shit is catering to a movie and casual audience, but not to a "video gaming audience".

AAA gaming stands for: soulless, graphically overconvoluted cinematic Unreal Engine 5 bullshit.

Jesus Christ, what has become of the gaming industry...

this!

F from me.

 

[LordCBH]

I thought it was pretty good but ending with COD was very stupid.

Of all the things they could have ended on they chose that. Just seemed like they forgot who the audience that watches these things is lol.

COD should be earlier in the show, not the "one more thing" show ender.

Yup. The "one more thing" should be something unexpected imo. "Oh yeah one more thing" falls really damn flat when it's something everyone and their mother knew was gonna be here.

 

[owandeseis]

Between C and D.

Considering how their 2024 show was, i'll give it a D, clearly an step back.

Dawnwalker, Mudang and Clockwork won, rest is whatever

 

[Sensei]

C.

Lots of games, but many not exactly my cup of tea. No Silksong (the handled ad doesn't count), not even a release period for P4R (which means it could potentially be a 2027 title, that in turns means Persona 6 is even further away...). Good vibes from At Fate's End though.

I don't understand Square Enix's strategy of releasing both Final Fantasy VII Remake (only Part 1) and Final Fantasy XVI on Xbox, considering most people who wanted to play them have already done so on PS4/PS5 and/or PC.

 

[Connificent]

C for Slim Phil

 

[Perrott]

It feels as if Bethesda's "comedy" had taken over the entire Microsoft Gaming marketing department.

A lot of otherwise promising games on paper showed really bad for that reason, such as Clockwork Revolution's 5 minute gameplay trailer that failed to effectively convey what the game is really about. Should've taken some cues from Arkane's stellar Deathloop demos, all of which managed to explain that game's complicated structure in a very straightforward way.

No big third-party games usually associated to Xbox - Assassin's Creed, Battlefield, Metro, Tomb Raider - also made the whole lineup of games seemed insufficient and not as diverse, focusing mostly on first-party games and DLCs as well as indies, but missing that third pillar.

Trying to disguise Call of Duty as another game (making people wonder if it was Quantum Break, Starcraft, BioShock...) for the final announcement was also super lame.

Should've done another Developer_Direct with a focus on The Outer Worlds 2, Grounded II, Call of Duty and Clockwork Revolution, with shorter segments for Keeper and the Indiana Jones DLC and called it a day; and announced the handheld at Summer Game Fest. This didn't warrant a showcase.

 

[MandingoMcThickens]

I'd give it a "See Me After Class."

 

[Bojanglez]

I think for once Greenberg got something right. Even with tempered expectations, there wasn't too much to get excited about that we couldn't have guessed.