supernova8
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Of course we still have the Xbox Extended Showcase later today (13th June) but I personally think we've seen enough to be able to judge (plus Nintendo hasn't even announced a Direct, so tough shit team red).
I've ordered them chronologically to keep it simple.
For me it's a close call between Xbox and Ubisoft, but I'm giving it to Ubisoft.
Playstation Showcase: Kinda anticlimax reveal for MGS3 remake and then the same-same kinda-over-stayed-its-welcome Spiderman 2 footage at the end. Looking back now, I wonder why they decided to do their event so early. Maybe they knew they had nothing to show and wanted to just get it out of the way or something? Obviously they have lots left in the tank... maybe we'll get another show later in the year or something after Spidey 2 is out?
6.9/10
Summer Game Fest: it was so forgettable I can barely remember anything except Mortal Kombat gameplay and Nicolas Cage looking like he was just there for the paycheck.
5.6/10
Xbox Showcase & Starfield: Lots of good stuff. I agree that there was a clear lack of actual gameplay (aside from Starfield obviously) but I was glad to see that Fable is actually making progress. Also lots of stuff coming to Game Pass. They definitely delivered. I think I finally got moderately excited for Starfield after rewatching the deep dive (I'm not usually a Bethesda game lover).
8.6/10
edit: OK I just watched the extended showcase aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand... I'm actually going to penalize them 0.1 points because they wasted my fucking time lol (seriously Hellblade.. 4 years on why are they still trying to impress me with motion capture? Rather, why are they still doing motion capture?!)
Ubisoft Forward: This was the only event where it felt like they actually wanted to show us the damn game(s). Surprisingly deep dive look at Avatar (looks gorgeous), the new Prince of Persia game looks great (we saw it at SGF sure but the deep dive finally showed me why I should give a damn). I don't give a shit about XDefiant but I just went to make a cup of tea at the time (lol) so whatever. Skull & Bones..... hmmm I mean it doesn't look as bad is it did last time. AssCrack Mirage actually looks great, glad they moved back to the desert-ish setting. and finally.. fucking Star Wars Outlaws. Fucking hell they almost out-Starfielded Starfield - OK bit of an exaggeration but it does look great. Again just pleasantly surprised by the fact that they provided a proper gameplay walkthrough.
9.0/10
Capcom: Decentish showcase overall (I mean it's Capcom, they're not massive) given that they probably don't have a lot to show now that their heavy hitters are already out, but still funny that they just recycled the same Path of the Goddess trailer, why even bother? (maybe because of the Game Pass deal).
6.3/10
Edit after seeing just under 100 votes
Looks like the overwhelming majority of people think Xbox knocked it out of the park.
Congrats to the green rats!
I've ordered them chronologically to keep it simple.
For me it's a close call between Xbox and Ubisoft, but I'm giving it to Ubisoft.
Playstation Showcase: Kinda anticlimax reveal for MGS3 remake and then the same-same kinda-over-stayed-its-welcome Spiderman 2 footage at the end. Looking back now, I wonder why they decided to do their event so early. Maybe they knew they had nothing to show and wanted to just get it out of the way or something? Obviously they have lots left in the tank... maybe we'll get another show later in the year or something after Spidey 2 is out?
6.9/10
Summer Game Fest: it was so forgettable I can barely remember anything except Mortal Kombat gameplay and Nicolas Cage looking like he was just there for the paycheck.
5.6/10
Xbox Showcase & Starfield: Lots of good stuff. I agree that there was a clear lack of actual gameplay (aside from Starfield obviously) but I was glad to see that Fable is actually making progress. Also lots of stuff coming to Game Pass. They definitely delivered. I think I finally got moderately excited for Starfield after rewatching the deep dive (I'm not usually a Bethesda game lover).
8.6/10
edit: OK I just watched the extended showcase aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand... I'm actually going to penalize them 0.1 points because they wasted my fucking time lol (seriously Hellblade.. 4 years on why are they still trying to impress me with motion capture? Rather, why are they still doing motion capture?!)
Ubisoft Forward: This was the only event where it felt like they actually wanted to show us the damn game(s). Surprisingly deep dive look at Avatar (looks gorgeous), the new Prince of Persia game looks great (we saw it at SGF sure but the deep dive finally showed me why I should give a damn). I don't give a shit about XDefiant but I just went to make a cup of tea at the time (lol) so whatever. Skull & Bones..... hmmm I mean it doesn't look as bad is it did last time. AssCrack Mirage actually looks great, glad they moved back to the desert-ish setting. and finally.. fucking Star Wars Outlaws. Fucking hell they almost out-Starfielded Starfield - OK bit of an exaggeration but it does look great. Again just pleasantly surprised by the fact that they provided a proper gameplay walkthrough.
9.0/10
Capcom: Decentish showcase overall (I mean it's Capcom, they're not massive) given that they probably don't have a lot to show now that their heavy hitters are already out, but still funny that they just recycled the same Path of the Goddess trailer, why even bother? (maybe because of the Game Pass deal).
6.3/10
Edit after seeing just under 100 votes
Looks like the overwhelming majority of people think Xbox knocked it out of the park.
Congrats to the green rats!
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