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.
Personally, it looked kinda outdated but in 4k video it looked much better than during the stream (I watched with other streamers)
I do find it odd that so many Xbox Studios are not pushing graphics much. But gameplay is top notch.
Ah, got it. Well, I love Victoriana but curiously have a dislike for steampunk. I also never played anything by inExile before so I didn't have any sort of expectations going in. And given that the Wastelands trilogy was isometric I was not expecting much on the graphical front. So, when they showed Clockwork Revolution it was a pleasant surprise on all fronts. And yeah, Bioshock vibes all over the place, in a good way. Funny, I was so much more excited for Obsidian and somewhat tepid towards inExile and now the roles have totally inverted: Between The Outer Worlds and the dissapointing Avowed (for me), Obsidian ain't delivering much cattering for my personal tastes. Still, we know that MS wants to turn The Outer Worlds into a big AAA IP, so I'm hopeful that TOW2 will iron out the kinks.
7/10
It was missing a big surprise and a lot of the most interesting games didn't have gameplay and are 2024. Overall a good show and much much better than Sony.
Well, I wasn't expecting any big 1st Party surprise releases this year, so the ones announced for 2024 were pretty much what I expected. As long as MS doesn't delay them to 2025 it's all good.
B tier for me. Certainly better than the PlayStation GaaS showcase, which had a bunch of CGI trailers and a notch above SGF. Fable looked cool for sure, the Avowed one definitely dropped my hype a little bit, but the screenshots looked nice and colourful, South of Midnight looked interesting and Clockwork Revolution gave me massive Bioshock Infinite & Dishonored vibes(reminded me a bit of Arcanum too) and I love those games, so I'll definitely keep an eye on it. Hellblade II left a bit to be desired and while it looked great, it certainly seemed like it was paired back visually. Starfield was great, definitely one of the highlights of the showcase(and it had it's own as well).
Not really that much into Sea of Thieves and Flight SIM looked great, but it's not really up my alley. Capcom's Path of the Goddess gave off major Onimusha vibes plus the other two big surprises in Star Wars Outlaws and Atlus' newest Jrpg. I'm glad to see that Cdpr took fan feedback to heart and used it to improve Cyberpunk with the upcoming expansion. Motorsport looked nice, but seemed like the visuals weren't as exciting as last year.
Avowed: matter of taste, of course. My issue is not so much the graphics quality (it didn't look
that bad) but the art direction and atmosphere. Way to colorful, generic, etc. Not at all what I was expecting given the first trailer. Still, we'll see.
South of Midnight: probably not my kind of game, but I really liked the American South vibe. Certainly more interesting than most of what Sony showed. Want to see more.
Hellblade 2: great atmosphere as usual, I love the vibe of the series, but as a trailer it was a let down. Not sure what the hell were they thinking with this one given that tremendous first trailer from a couple years ago. Still my most anticipated MS game.
Flight Sim: I had forgotten that that's on Xbox and Game Pass. Need to check it out. The new one looks quite cool and the free Dune expansion is such a great surprise.
And a lot of other stuff, especially from Atlus and Capcom. Even some of the more Indy stuff looked way more interesting than the Sony show. Dunno, for me it feels like MS and Sony traded places and MS is now carrying the torch for the good stuff. Never thought I'd see that day.