I was really hoping Forza Horizon would go somewhere with plentiful snow. I know there is some around, but Australia isn't particularly known for it.
Yeah I thought the same. Would make sense in the progression of the franchise.
However I think Aussie still has great potential as a location. I can imagine barreling across a large desert in a Rally Fighter (paris to dakar rally style) and then speeding down the gold coast in a P1 GTR. Would be awesome
Agreed.
I really want them to try capture the festival vibe that was lacking FH2. I want the popularity level back, and the rivals as well as the underground street racing hubs.
I also hope Australia brings a bigger map with more diversity. FH2's map got stale pretty quick. (NZ expansion pls Playground?)
Compared to my opinion of it now that a year has passed? The backwards compatibility was shocking at the time.
btw: DR4 is going to make fans of the series happy.
Confirmed to be at E3 as well.
I hoped that Undead Labs would be at e3 but they've confirmed on their forums that they won't be showing anything.Why on earth would MS care about DayZ? That time has passed for DayZ to make an impact. Also Dean has been working on Ion for the last two years, which was announced E3 2015 during the Xbox Press Conference.
If there is a zombie game, it is probably Class4 from Undead Labs.
I hoped that Undead Labs would be at e3 but they've confirmed on their forums that they won't be showing anything.
FH3 in Aussie yes. The rest I don't know tbh
I hoped that Undead Labs would be at e3 but they've confirmed on their forums that they won't be showing anything.
Really? I wonder if MS regrets signing that multi-contract with them?
btw: DR4 is going to make fans of the series happy.
Confirmed to be at E3 as well.
btw: DR4 is going to make fans of the series happy.
Confirmed to be at E3 as well.
Yep, and bring back "story" and cutscenes.
So, so far MS's E3 could look like:
First Party
Scalebound
Halo Wars 2
Forza Horizon 3
Gears of War 4
Dead Rising 4
ReCore
Sea of Thieves
Crackdown 3
Cuphead
Third party
Battlefield 1/Titanfall 2 campaign demo
Read Dead Redemption remaster/sequel trailer
"Other" Announcements
Redstone update info (background music!!!)
Possible BC game dump
Hardware
Xbox slim
Maybe Xbox Scorpio
New controller design
And Xbox firestick
This sounds....reasonable.
I was really hoping Forza Horizon would go somewhere with plentiful snow. I know there is some around, but Australia isn't particularly known for it.
Good lineup. Throw in Phantom Dust re-reveal, Alan Wake 2, and possible surprise (Mistwalker game believe!), and they've got a winning show.So, so far MS's E3 could look like:
First Party
Scalebound
Halo Wars 2
Forza Horizon 3
Gears of War 4
Dead Rising 4
ReCore
Sea of Thieves
Crackdown 3
Cuphead
Third party
Battlefield 1/Titanfall 2 campaign demo
Read Dead Redemption remaster/sequel trailer
"Other" Announcements
Redstone update info (background music!!!)
Possible BC game dump
Hardware
Xbox slim
Maybe Xbox Scorpio
New controller design
And Xbox firestick
This sounds....reasonable.
It's not only the first parties, third parties are being as conservative with their IP's if not more. Think before Overwatch, what new third party IP this gen has been truly successful while being something different? Things like Destiny and Watch Dogs are simply combinations of other games (Halo, Borderlands and WoW and Assassin's Creed and GTA respectively) and didn't have good receptions when they launched (Watch Dogs still isn't remembered fondly).
Publishers only want to release games that they are certain will sell. Development costs have become too expensive this gen to take risks, especially given how long the cycles are. This is why having upgrades to the PS4 and Xbox One so soon worries me. Instead of developers figuring out technology and costs being driven down, allowing for more new IP's and overall risks to be done, developers have to learn new technology and costs will become even more expensive, leading to a continuation, if not expansion of the super conservative IP decisions of this gen.
Just look at Tomb Raider 2013. It needed 3-4 Million units to BREAK EVEN. How in the world did they ever expect a franchise like Tomb Raider, which had those numbers as a best case scenario over an entire gen, to sell more than that and generate a profit? And people think increasing the dev costs even further with premature hardware advancements is a good idea? It'll get worse than before and we'll see more developers close down because this method simply isn't sustainable, that's sadly why we're lacking in new IP this gen.
btw: DR4 is going to make fans of the series happy.
Confirmed to be at E3 as well.
Just look at Tomb Raider 2013. It needed 3-4 Million units to BREAK EVEN.
For what it's worth, I agree with him. I think the main reason for me liking it more, is because of the pronounced festival setting, which sadly disappeared in FH2, along with rivals. I liked the Colorado setting too.
Norway is the obvious choice for snow, beauty and amazing roads. Imagine racing around Atlantic Ocean road with the Northern Lights above you.
btw: DR4 is going to make fans of the series happy.
Confirmed to be at E3 as well.
So, so far MS's E3 could look like:
First Party
Scalebound
Halo Wars 2
Forza Horizon 3
Gears of War 4
Dead Rising 4
ReCore
Sea of Thieves
Crackdown 3
Cuphead
Third party
Battlefield 1/Titanfall 2 campaign demo
Read Dead Redemption remaster/sequel trailer
"Other" Announcements
Redstone update info (background music!!!)
Possible BC game dump
Hardware
Xbox slim
Maybe Xbox Scorpio
New controller design
And Xbox firestick
This sounds....reasonable.
Really hope MS has a core RPG in the works, would love to see a 2st party effort developed by Obsidian.
I mean how core are you looking for. Scalebound is an action rpg and theoretically, if Sea of Thieves is like Destiny or Division, it would be a pseudo rpg ish type gameReally hope MS has a core RPG in the works, would love to see a 2st party effort developed by Obsidian.
I mean how core are you looking for. Scalebound is an action rpg and theoretically, if Sea of Thieves is like Destiny or Division, it would be a pseudo rpg ish type game
Really? I wonder if MS regrets signing that multi-contract with them?