A tale of three showcases:
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I'm seeing alot say this showcase is better than Playstation's but beyond looking at just showcases, Xbox still has alot of work to do.
Exactly on the level of their last 15 shows...Okayish...A tad better than Sony's, but the bar was so low...
And Sony all of a sudden stop releasing games?If all these games plus more launch within the next 24 months they're more than back on track.
Good grief.I need to see what these votes are. I think it needs to be visible or what's the point?
Will help with the ignore list.
And Sony all off a sudden stop releasing games?
Good grief.
It goes both ways, no?Its interesting the number of folks who voted “fantastic” in PS poll is almost exactly the same as “very bad” in Xbox poll
This right here!Better than Playstation showcase/10
I would say B though. Also a fair amount of cgi trailers... but Japan games are here to save the day(thanks Japan).
A tad better than sonys?
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Yep. Avowed looked rough; Fable, I am still unsure about its potential, but we saw almost nothing gameplay wise...Same thing with Hellblade II. The compulsion thing was an in-engine trailer...
They showed more first party titles than Sony, but in an unoptimal way, imo. Plus, not a single WOW! moment for me...and I usually like for one or two newly introduced projects to come out of nowhere and blow me away...No such thing in-here...
So what is it that some people found really exciting at the showcase!? Genuinely interested...
What I found genuinely exciting was the overall quality of the presentation and the games shown.
I feel it did miss one big huge announcement to close the show. But I guess they are saving those for some other time as we know there's some big ones in the works....indiana Jones game, gears etc.
But for me the exciting parts were seeing Fable and it looked to love up to my Terry Pratchet British humour loving heart.
Then it was just all the great varied announcements that shows off gaming across the board...
The starfield section was incredible imo and the games looks top tier.
It goes both ways, no?
Mediocre. Starfield pretty much saved it from being even worse. First of all too many CGI trailers. Fable's trailer would be great if we didn't know about the game and it was announced for the very first time. Not when at least a tiny bit of gameplay was expected. Many games were also "missing" from the showcase, like Indiana Jones, Perfect Dark, new Doom/Quake/Wolfenstein, State of Decay 3 or the new Gears.
Same. I've been VERY critical of Bethesda games, but even I can't deny, looks like they have done some work on this game. Hopefully it isn't a bug infested mess.This
It's one of the few Western RPGs I can get into other than Mass Effect and The Witcher
The humor is a huge part of that franchise and is what hooked me
As for the people complaining about the Character, I can tell they haven't played any of the previous games when you can just create your own
I'm surprised by Starfield. It's scratching that serious Sci Fi WRPG Itch I had ever since Bioware no longer makes good games
I'm not a Bethesda fan. I hated Fallout 3 and that was the last game I played by them. But Starfield is looking fantastic
Same. I've been VERY critical of Bethesda games, but even I can't deny, looks like they have done some work on this game. Hopefully it isn't a bug infested mess.
Flight Sim 2024. That just came out of the blue and looks amazing both visually and in the range of things you can do in the world.Yep. Avowed looked rough; Fable, I am still unsure about its potential, but we saw almost nothing gameplay wise...Same thing with Hellblade II. The compulsion thing was an in-engine trailer...
They showed more first party titles than Sony, but in an unoptimal way, imo. Plus, not a single WOW! moment for me...and I usually like for one or two newly introduced projects to come out of nowhere and blow me away...No such thing in-here...
So what is it that some people found really exciting at the showcase!? Genuinely interested...
Mediocre. Starfield pretty much saved it from being even worse. First of all too many CGI trailers. Fable's trailer would be great if we didn't know about the game and it was announced for the very first time. Not when at least a tiny bit of gameplay was expected. Many games were also "missing" from the showcase, like Indiana Jones, Perfect Dark, new Doom/Quake/Wolfenstein, State of Decay 3 or the new Gears.
Glad that you liked it as much as you did. I genuinely did not think it was that good myself...Hell, I wish MS had seized the opportunity to make a much better showcase, burrying Sony PR wise for the remainder of the year...As it stands, and while I believe it was perfectly respectable, at no point was I impressed by anything shown on screen. I guess that with age, one becomes a bit more jaded/exacting!![]()
Hellblade 2 - Honestly, the biggest disappointment of the show. We don't need another cinematic teaser when they last revealed a snippet of gameplay. Looks a lot blurrier than previous showings and I didn't come away impressed. If they weren't ready to show something more complete, they should have just not shown up at all imho. Trailers need to show progression, not regression. Good to see it coming out in 2024 (hopefully)
I think for Xbox yes, if they aren't going to visually wow with any of the stuff coming in 2024 (of which I guess some might be pushed into 2025) then I'm not expecting bangers. I still do expect Playstation to deliver at least a few visual bangers though.I also believe it's best we drop the expectations of "next gen" though, because it's not doing any of us any favors. Just expect great content and sharp visuals. I would much rather take quicker releases of games if it means there's less focus on visual perfection/technical mastery.
MS did just slam dunk Sony....starfield looks bigger and better than any game from Sony this entire gen
343 is making Halo Season 4 update.What is Id doing, where is Kojima's game, Evil Within 3, where is Halo single-player DLC, and next Gears ? Game management at MS is terrible, they can’t let 343 sleep two years on the biggest IP MS owns.
I don't think MS has more to show.I'm hoping both Sony and Microsoft do another update in the fall.
Release dates for the first half of 2024 games would be appreciated from Xbox. Sony just needs to show the first party stuff and everyone will be happy.I don't think MS has more to show.
Sony must do another show with more 1st party stuff. Everything else is super bad.
And Sony all of a sudden stop releasing games?
It looks polished indeed, I just wanted more realistic graphics. It has Bioshock Infinite vibes and knowing the pedigree of Inxile, the RPG part is gonna be amazing.And unlike you, I think it looked very polished on the graphical front.
Personally, it looked kinda outdated but in 4k video it looked much better than during the stream (I watched with other streamers)Avowed, on the other hand, dissapointed me a bit. Based on the original trailer I was expecting Obsidian to go Dark Fantasy on it, but instead it feels somewhat like Fable minus the intentional humor, mixed in with Outer Worlds influences. Not quite what I wanted. And the graphics where quite underwelming even account for the dissapointing art direction. On the other hand, the ganmeplay looked good and it's gonna be on Game Pass anyway, so day 1.