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Microsoft E3 2006 Conference Thread
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storybook77
Member
Here's hoping that MS makes us all say.....WOW!
EnvoyDenali
Banned
show is about to begin..
lights went down..
lets hope to see shadowrun!!!
lights went down..
lets hope to see shadowrun!!!
gollumsluvslave
Member
"Ladies and gentleman, please take your seats, the show is about to begin."
Lights go down.
DON'T FUCK THIS UP MS!!!
Lights go down.
DON'T FUCK THIS UP MS!!!
It started. Gears of War trailer! No messing around.
It looks gorgeous. Incredible lighting as muzzle flare lights up street battles. Emergence Day 2006. Trailer ends.
11:40.22 -
We're off. Gears of War trailer. CG of Emergence Day, when the streets said hello to giant killy things. "Billions dead." "Humans denied their enemy control by destroying their own civilisation."
It's CliffyB. "Don't act surprised to see me, you knew this was going to happen." We're going to see the first level.
It looks gorgeous. Incredible lighting as muzzle flare lights up street battles. Emergence Day 2006. Trailer ends.
11:40.22 -
We're off. Gears of War trailer. CG of Emergence Day, when the streets said hello to giant killy things. "Billions dead." "Humans denied their enemy control by destroying their own civilisation."
It's CliffyB. "Don't act surprised to see me, you knew this was going to happen." We're going to see the first level.
Jack Random
Member
"It's CliffyB. "Don't act surprised to see me, you knew this was going to happen." We're going to see the first level."
o'rly?
o'rly?
gollumsluvslave
Member
Gears of War!
CG? meh!
"We're going to see the first level."
Bring it!!
CG? meh!
"We're going to see the first level."
Bring it!!
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
wasting said:
:lol
My heart stopped. Dick.
At the theater they are sitting in.jetjevons said:
Notes being posted here:
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=64375
hyp
Member
11:42.55 -
Over the shoulder look as the two chars try to break out of military prison. Nice crash zoom on dead bodies as they kick down a door. The level of detail is amazing, with a huge rocket hitting a tower that tumbles down.
Fighting in the rubble, ducking out into a close over-shoulder views to take out enemies up on balconies. Blood gushing like syrup from wounds. Swapping between four weapons, close-combat evisceration.
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ultraviolence! i love it. :lol
Over the shoulder look as the two chars try to break out of military prison. Nice crash zoom on dead bodies as they kick down a door. The level of detail is amazing, with a huge rocket hitting a tower that tumbles down.
Fighting in the rubble, ducking out into a close over-shoulder views to take out enemies up on balconies. Blood gushing like syrup from wounds. Swapping between four weapons, close-combat evisceration.
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ultraviolence! i love it. :lol
Outdoor Miner
Member
From EGM: Gears of war trailer. It's a spectacular battle with giant spider-thing crushing people. Locust troopers rip apart humans.Insane fire fight, blood and fire everywhere. No date given.
storybook77
Member
Damn you, had my hopes up that it was an actual quote.....:lol
gollumsluvslave
Member
:lol :lol :lol
"The level of detail on the character model is fantastic."
meltpotato
Member
woah... EuroGamer didnt sound this enthused about the titles at the other confs. cant wait to see!
SupaFlySoccerMom
Banned
That Gears of War trailer sounds fucking hot I can't wait
Jack Random
Member
"I feel like I'm commentating on a Bruckheimer horror film."
It's not a trailer - he's playing through the first level! WoooooSupaFlySoccerMom said:
11:46.32 -
We're outside. A chopper's above. "I see three!" The screen shakes as we run - the whole scene feels very oppressive. Very brown and grey with loads of rubble, tatty grass patches.
Fighting close up, chainsaw on underside of gun through enemy chest. Jack Thompson's going to love this.
Cliffy's playing it, by the way. He's down on the side looking quite intense.
tracky_dacks
Member
flarkminator
Member
gollumsluvslave
Member
yeah, I'd have to agree the vibe seems more enthused than the Sony or ninty conferences
:lol :lol :lol
Doom_Bringer
Banned
11:38 - Still haven't started. Should we take bets on whether or not J Allard will be here? My guess is that Peter Moore's going to do most of the talking. OK, the music's faded out, they're starting with a video.
It's a game video, it's Gears of War. Lots of blind firing. Oh snap, those cities got blown the hell up! A little chaingun action never hurts.
Up next... CliffyB. Wow, they just aren't even using his whole name anymore. Kind of creepy. Also weird that he's the first man on stage. Here's a live demo of Gears of War. Game seems to stutter here and there. Again, lots of blind firing from behind cover. He's advancing from position to position, taking out dudes along the way. Really hot blood effects. Shotgun goes,booya. Cypress Hill should be in this game. Wait, what?
Pretty good sound effects. Frame rate isn't 100% smooth, it seems to drop a few when the action's hot. Pretty cool swinging grenade toss. Your guy's name is Marcus Phoenix. They're cutting through a steel door to come get him and his partner. Rough frame rate again. Not bad enough to get in the way of the action, but it's noticeable.
Your partner does a lot of talking. Indoor to outdoor transition chunked up a lot. I guess that's why they call 'em "preview builds." Nothing some optimization can't fix. Other than that, the graphics are awesome. Up close shotgun blasts are especially awesome.
The team is heading to extract in a chopper. An alien creature just crawled out of the ground and pinned it down, end of demo!
Sound hot! (From GS)
It's a game video, it's Gears of War. Lots of blind firing. Oh snap, those cities got blown the hell up! A little chaingun action never hurts.
Up next... CliffyB. Wow, they just aren't even using his whole name anymore. Kind of creepy. Also weird that he's the first man on stage. Here's a live demo of Gears of War. Game seems to stutter here and there. Again, lots of blind firing from behind cover. He's advancing from position to position, taking out dudes along the way. Really hot blood effects. Shotgun goes,booya. Cypress Hill should be in this game. Wait, what?
Pretty good sound effects. Frame rate isn't 100% smooth, it seems to drop a few when the action's hot. Pretty cool swinging grenade toss. Your guy's name is Marcus Phoenix. They're cutting through a steel door to come get him and his partner. Rough frame rate again. Not bad enough to get in the way of the action, but it's noticeable.
Your partner does a lot of talking. Indoor to outdoor transition chunked up a lot. I guess that's why they call 'em "preview builds." Nothing some optimization can't fix. Other than that, the graphics are awesome. Up close shotgun blasts are especially awesome.
The team is heading to extract in a chopper. An alien creature just crawled out of the ground and pinned it down, end of demo!
Sound hot! (From GS)
gollumsluvslave
Member
Of course Halo had a terrible framerate at it's E3 before launch... *touches wood*meltpotato
Member
5million?! O.O
Doom_Bringer
Banned
SALES AGE!
Demo ends. Applause. Peter Moore's on now. Five million sales of 360 by eight months, he says. Better than iPod, and other consoles.
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11:46 - With no more fanfare, Cliff introduces Peter Moore who's here to show "the second generation of the next generation of games."
He's stoked that all the Microsoft game makers have been unified under one roof, from PC games to Xbox to casual games. He's going to dispel an urban myth... No Xbox 360s were hidden in Area 51. Complete with an ET cartridges in the landfill joke.
A few sales figures, 4.5 games per console, 3.0 accessories. That's a pretty good attach rate. Three key pillars to the Xbox 360 experience: "Your Games, Your Friends, Your Lifestyle."
Demo ends. Applause. Peter Moore's on now. Five million sales of 360 by eight months, he says. Better than iPod, and other consoles.
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11:46 - With no more fanfare, Cliff introduces Peter Moore who's here to show "the second generation of the next generation of games."
He's stoked that all the Microsoft game makers have been unified under one roof, from PC games to Xbox to casual games. He's going to dispel an urban myth... No Xbox 360s were hidden in Area 51. Complete with an ET cartridges in the landfill joke.
A few sales figures, 4.5 games per console, 3.0 accessories. That's a pretty good attach rate. Three key pillars to the Xbox 360 experience: "Your Games, Your Friends, Your Lifestyle."
Doom_Bringer
Banned
"In the next year, Xbox Live will surpass 6 million members." He clarifies that - he means, by next E3.
We're going beyond early adopters, he says. "We hit 57% attach" last week he says. And pays tribute to Live Arcade - "Strikes at the very core of what makes gaming fun." New additions trailer reel.
New Live Arcade titles: Pac-Man, Contra, Frogger, Galaga, Sonic the Hedgehog, Defender, Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting, Time Pilot, Ultra Mortal Kombat 3, Scramble.
We're going beyond early adopters, he says. "We hit 57% attach" last week he says. And pays tribute to Live Arcade - "Strikes at the very core of what makes gaming fun." New additions trailer reel.
New Live Arcade titles: Pac-Man, Contra, Frogger, Galaga, Sonic the Hedgehog, Defender, Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting, Time Pilot, Ultra Mortal Kombat 3, Scramble.
siamesedreamer
Banned
holy fuck.......6 million XBL subscribers