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[Mr Moose]

Please... Stop talking.

 

[The Cockatrice]

I like this.

 

[Jigsaah]

That dude haircut is significant...

 

[jshackles]

Living World / Living Lands

So original

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Ara looks right up my alley.

Hopefully it has a decent amount of depth and isn't dumbed down like most recent games in the genre.

Same here, dumping a lot of hours into this game

 

[DenchDeckard]

Secret of mana was one of my favourite games growing up. Can't wait for this

 

[Bartski]

honestly this looks really cool, but can't imagine how painful it is to play on console

 

[rofif]

Hellblade 2 is straight fire. Expecting
a Plague Tale Requiem level experience. Avowed looks ehhh but still gonna try it on the strength of Obsidian pedigree.
if Indiana Jones looks good then yeah cool lineup for 2024.

Hellblade looks like nothing. They showed nothing YET AGAIN.
Plague tale requiem is 10x the game hellblade 2 will be. I bet your ass on that.
Hellblade 2 will be a cool experience. I want to play it too. but it seems to me it will be forgettable playing game like the first one.
Avowed looks like dogshit though. Skyrim mod game about beating up little lizards... not the best showing

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Ara is terrific Civilization game, but the overall style of presentation here is just horrendous.

 

[nikos]

Another snoozefest.

 

[GutsOfThor]

 

[Faust]

Ara: History Untold - An empowered new take of 4X games such as having a soundtrack that uses instruments from all other cultures and how the culture you form can change depending on your choices and how cities grow and evolve.

They just described every 4X game of the last decade. Humanity, Civ5/6, Pretty much ANY paradox game.

What are these devs smoking?

 

[Senua]

“That’s Dan we started in his basement”

Mufukka no one cares

You guys are miserable!

 

[FunkMiller]

Xbox selling their console with a PC game. Good work.

 

[CamHostage]

Hellblade feels like one of those projects where everyone involved has convinced themselves it’s brilliant.

As a $15-20 indie game for a niche audience with a specific point of view and a unique narrative experience, it's brilliant enough.

As mass-audience entertainment that announces the power of a new generation of consoles and stands as a flagship title in multiple showcase events for a platform holder across 5 years of development... less so.

I think Hellblade 2 is going to hit a very specific sweet spot for a certain audience of people, which is great, but we've still not seen anything that says it'll connect with a wider player base, and it keeps getting showcased as if it's supposed to. That's been a problem ever since the next-gen Xbox announcement used Hellblade 2 at TGA 2019. Plus, even that specific audience the first game is going to have questions about its value when they're paying probably 2X to even 3X for the sequel.

 

[Md Ray]

Man, I want Xbox to return to its glory days of Xbox 360 with great games. I really do!

 

[Jesb]

This is a dreadful show so far.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Would be great if game studios would just focus on showing the game and stop trying to be popular faces of the studio. NO other product line has companies promote their products showing office staff trying to chum it up. even movie studios dont do this showing "Hey, here's out new movie, lets talk to the lighting crew and VFX desk guys doing the CGI trying to be personalities"

You can showcase double the time of the game if the people got less face time.

 

[bender]

Ara looks right up my alley.

Hopefully it has a decent amount of depth and isn't dumbed down like most recent games in the genre.

Hopefully the elephant ball sizes change with the weather.

 

[LordCBH]

There is a near 0 chance this plays fun on a controller.

 

[Warablo]

I enjoy the art style of this "civ" like game more than the others.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Great to hear that they changed the combat. interested to see if its improved.

I dont care if its 4 hours or 6 hours or 12 hours. It needs to be good. FF16 was 60 hours and it sucked despite having probably the best 15 hours of the year in there somewhere. I am so sick and tired of 30-50 hour campaigns. The stories these games are telling just cant last what is effectively 3-5 seasons of episodes. If this is 6 hours then i wouldnt mind spending $10-15 for it on gamepass.

This is going to be 4 hours of big time suck

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Ara looks really good. Will be there Day 1.

 

[Baki]

I want this Civ clone! Ara looks awesome.

 

[ADiTAR]

Ah... we wanted to do something different and new in strategy so we bought 100 musical instruments.

Whaaaa....

 

[Rat Rage]

I legit am surprised Phil greenlit funding for this lol

I'm not. He's like most high profile managers out there: shallow. Shallow people like him are easily impressed by graphics and buzz words like "experience" "player choice" "cinematic visuals".

 

[twilo99]

jugs

There is a near 0 chance this plays fun on a controller.

Mouse and keyboard game

 

[TidusYuna]

How much to steal Koichi's look?

The price of swaggerjacking a Yakuza boss is one finger.

 

[Interfectum]

Indy better look great otherwise this direct is a bust.

 

[bender]

Ah... we wanted to do something different and new in strategy so we bought 100 musical instruments.

Whaaaa....

Oh, Hi Dan.

 

[HerpDerpstreit]

Ara is so far the best looking game, but isn't that a PC game, cause who the fuck plays strategy games with a gamepad? Someone needs to tell Oxide to make games for the Xbox, not PC.

Turn based like civ.

 

[Null Persp]

those times are long gone

Man, I want Xbox to return to its glory days of Xbox 360 with great games. I really do!

btw Ara looks great

 

[rofif]

lol show not tell is not the memo they got for this show.
fucking hell shut up. Yeah we know it's a civ clone

 

[winjer]

I'm interested in a new Civ type game.
But this presentation is so boring. It's like they are trying to convince people not to buy the game.

 

[Rivet]

Ara looks great, as a different twist on Civilization.

I hope the AI is okay, that's Civ 6 weakness.

 

[Mr Moose]

The camera that's looking at people from the side is annoying the fuck out of me.

 

[LordCBH]

jugs


Mouse and keyboard game

This will be hella fun on my computer. Ain’t touching this on Xbox with a 10 foot pole though.

 

[Alan Silvestro]

Ara is terrific Civilization game, but the overall style of presentation here is just horrendous.

Yup, it looks like a smartphone game...

 

[Ogbert]

Those were some sexy broads.

 

[Optimus Lime]

Ara looks horrendously boring, and this presentation is killing my soul.

 

[DenchDeckard]

This Ara game looks awesome.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Ara game sounds good. It sounds like it's turnbased I think, but with each gamer's turn being done simultaneously(?).

So it's not real time strategy?

 

[hollams]

This is named a developer direct and not a showcase so they are showing and allowing the developers to talk about their game.

 

[skyfinch]

Omg, I rushed home to watch this show. This is brutal.

 

[March Climber]

Phil's like most high profile managers out there: shallow. Shallow people like him are easily impressed by graphics and buzz words like "experience" "player choice" "cinematic visuals".

Then why show Avowed, Mana, and this Oxide game?

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

All these buzz words

 

[FunkMiller]

Hammock under desk.

Die in agony.

 

[LostDonkey]

Motherfucker in a hammock

 

[DR3AM]

Oxide studios will close after this game comes out.

 

[Kikorin]

That's exactly the game that none will ever want to "rent" on a subscription service.