matty2Dfraud
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Looked like compelling software to me. Both 3rd party and 1st party. If this is preaching to the faithful... I wish Nintendo could even just get that right.
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2014 Microsoft E3 Conference
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Looked like compelling software to me. Both 3rd party and 1st party. If this is preaching to the faithful... I wish Nintendo could even just get that right.
It's interesting that to me there was hardly anything cringe worthy, unlike in EA or UBISOFT's conferences. That's a huge plus for me, but others are glossing over the horrible parts of those two press events.
DrForester
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No surprises. That's what makes a great E3 presentation for me. I want surprises. MS revealed everything too early. Certainly wasn't a bad event. Was quite entertaining. But it was in no way memorable.
FallbackPants
Member
I didn't watch as I'm not waking up at 2.30am to watch a conference, but checked the news in the morning. It seemed underwhelming and the headlines seemed to be "Halo collection, and third party games." But looking at the announcements together, I'm pretty pumped.
I think if the Crackdown, Phantom Dust and Scalebound (god that's a shit name, game looks cool though) weren't just CG trailers people would be more pshyched.
I think if the Crackdown, Phantom Dust and Scalebound (god that's a shit name, game looks cool though) weren't just CG trailers people would be more pshyched.
I agree, but I think people are also forgetting all the news we got prior to the E3. I know it doesn't make the E3 itself any better (though I really liked it). But we have received a lot of great news for the Xbox One the last month.
Can't believe how much better this all would have been for some if they kept last months info for E3 and the leaks didn't happen.
rokkerkory
Member
Prob half was cgi not sure what ud expect wen those games are 1-2+ years out
CookedChocobo
Member
lol thats some hyperbole
Paladin CL
Member
I loved the conference :
Forza Horizon 2
Crackdown 3
Sunset Overdrive
Halo Collection
Evolve
and many more, all games, love it.
Forza Horizon 2
Crackdown 3
Sunset Overdrive
Halo Collection
Evolve
and many more, all games, love it.
uncledonnie
Banned
My biggest takeaway from the MS conference is that Phil Spencer really came into his own as the head of Xbox. He came off incredibly well and it was a really smart move to limit the Microsoft execs to just him.
I thought it was great. Games, games and more games. Sunset Overdrive and Halo goodness oh yes.
I liked Sony's just as much, but it didn't flow as well as the MS Conference. It also was confusing as to what was multiplatform and what was exclusive. PS TV got me excited. Will buy.
I liked Sony's just as much, but it didn't flow as well as the MS Conference. It also was confusing as to what was multiplatform and what was exclusive. PS TV got me excited. Will buy.
PaulExcellent
Member
Alright, so... Let's see what I was all about:
Microsoft:
Microsoft:
- Halo - The MS Collection: I've never played Halo's story until two days ago with the Anniversary CE. For any player out there that has experienced this series, this was the highlight. Fantastic games at a great price with some really surprising features.
- Sunset Overdrive: I liked the attitude of the trailer. It's not supposed to be a serious story-based game. It's a "have a good time and make shit go awesome" type of game. And that's fine! The weapons seem cool and the environment just looks swell.
- Scalebound: The character design is interesting and the monsters are threatening. Since it was only a CG trailer, I wasn't feeling it. Would really like to see more of it, though.
- Ori and the Blind Forest: Hmm... As a sucker for story-based platformers, this seems to be a perfect project for me. The character designs were unique, so I'm rather excited to try it out. Maybe more gameplay could help it at the moment.
- Inside: This game was my favorite title shown in this conference. Wow. I can't wait to see more. The atmosphere, the details, the characters, the enemies... Everything they showed in a 3-minute video captivated me like no other game has done in a while. I'm left with more questions than answers, which is perfect.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
I don't think Microsoft did what it needed to in order to keep up with Sony this holiday season. I think it is clear that much won't change for 2014.
The Inventor
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QB at Gamescon
Uncle Rupee
Banned
I think the conference itself was planned and presented nearly perfectly, especially coming off last year. There was no lull or boring parts (Sony had some of those). The problem is what they had to show. When Fable Legends is the most interesting thing there, that's a problem.
Spencer comes off as a cool dude you'd like to hang out with, and pretty genuine. I also liked how they included stuff like "favorite game" from each of the presenters, that was a nice touch.
Yes, starting Dec. 27. Access via Halo: The Master Chief Collection.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
You know who wasn't at E3? Lift London.
mr teaspoon
Member
Same here, I thought it was exactly what it ought to have been. Lots of what I saw interested me.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
The leaks really hurt the impact of this show. The format was perfection. Game after game after game after game.
Excluding sizzle reels, Microsoft showed 20 games vs Sony's 19. In less time too. But the fact that almost everything was already leaked or heavily hinted at well before the show hurt it's impact a lot I think.
Excluding sizzle reels, Microsoft showed 20 games vs Sony's 19. In less time too. But the fact that almost everything was already leaked or heavily hinted at well before the show hurt it's impact a lot I think.
Well, there you go. MS failed to convince me to buy an Xbox One. Maybe when Crackdown is actually released.
Thanks. Pretty good new years gift.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
Did they mention Magic the Gathering 2015? Everyone assumed it was time exclusive due to moneyhatting.
Chobel
Member
I think that Lift London only do f2p mobile kinda games, so not being in this E3 is a good thing.
Nightengale
Member
MS cut a lot of fat, but it was hardly surprising.
I said it before, pre-announcing Halo 5 Guardians and Forza Horizon 2 didn't mean jack shit. The fact that both games were not given substantial trailers clearly meant that time would be allocated at the conference for both games. They weren't moved out of the conference, they were just announced earlier.
The other thing that killed it was well... ntkrl, that stupid Gamestop rumour of 3rd-party exclusive, and the self-feeding hype.
Say whatever you all want, ntkrl spoiling everything meant you all knew what to expect. And that led you to expect more out of it, especially with Phil Spencer hyping his show as if there's going to be 60 minutes of exclusive games non-stop, and more than what was leaked. As if there were a ton of megatons. Everything turned out to be practically what the leak said it was, and CGi trailers also meant that there's an inner scepticism that PD, Scalebound and Crackdown will be 2015.
I said it before, pre-announcing Halo 5 Guardians and Forza Horizon 2 didn't mean jack shit. The fact that both games were not given substantial trailers clearly meant that time would be allocated at the conference for both games. They weren't moved out of the conference, they were just announced earlier.
The other thing that killed it was well... ntkrl, that stupid Gamestop rumour of 3rd-party exclusive, and the self-feeding hype.
Say whatever you all want, ntkrl spoiling everything meant you all knew what to expect. And that led you to expect more out of it, especially with Phil Spencer hyping his show as if there's going to be 60 minutes of exclusive games non-stop, and more than what was leaked. As if there were a ton of megatons. Everything turned out to be practically what the leak said it was, and CGi trailers also meant that there's an inner scepticism that PD, Scalebound and Crackdown will be 2015.
Yoda
Member
People have an expectation to be surprised, they want to get caught off guard by something they aren't expecting. Nothing at Microsoft's conference was surprising. Things that is not leaked early that would have changed this:
-price drop
-removing Kinect
-Halo bundle kept under wraps
-Crackdown having maybe 10 seconds of gameplay
TrueGrime
Member
The price is what surprised me the most. I easily thought it would go for about $150 given the value of all those games. But $60?? Holy shit.
I thought it was a really good conference but all the leaks really did hurt Microsoft a lot more than Sony. The cg trailers are always a little iffy especially Crackdowns promised city destructibility that could be hugely disappointing if they don't get it running to such a large scale. I know nothing about PD so I will have to look it up maybe try to play the original. I don't know what to think about Scalebound like all of Kamiya's games I really like the look at it but I am so bad at the gameplay I tend to avoid playing them.
Ntkrnl's leak about Halo is still true as well. It didn't get the whole package but it did leak the remaster work being done on the second one. Also I wonder if they will allow people to buy the games individually as well on the digital store or if it is one package period?
rokkerkory
Member
deal of the decade there
Seismic response
Banned
I thought MS nailed how the flow of an E3 conference presentation should be. I was never bored. Game after game.
I agree. They should just save something for last minute. People like that shit at E3. It's very clear to me that Spencer is listening and most importantly responding.
ntkrnl ended up fucking two groups of people pretty hard - Microsoft Xbox execs and people that stupidly still thought he was a controlled leak.
All in all it was a great show. The pacing was perfect. What really illustrated how important pacing is to a show was when Sony's show fell completely off a cliff when they decided to stop showing games. MS would have easily beaten Sony if we didnt know pretty much everything going into it. I enjoyed their show far more than Sony's because of pacing issues, but content-wise I'd call it a draw. MS definitely will be winning more of my money this fall than Sony. I can't think of anything coming directly from Sony that I want in the second half of the year.
All in all it was a great show. The pacing was perfect. What really illustrated how important pacing is to a show was when Sony's show fell completely off a cliff when they decided to stop showing games. MS would have easily beaten Sony if we didnt know pretty much everything going into it. I enjoyed their show far more than Sony's because of pacing issues, but content-wise I'd call it a draw. MS definitely will be winning more of my money this fall than Sony. I can't think of anything coming directly from Sony that I want in the second half of the year.
rokkerkory
Member
I don't understand the dead rising announcement? it's dlc or stand alone?
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Are ntkrnls leaks done? I think he's out of content. And honestly I would prefer he doesn't reappear to do it again.
MasterLeePhD
Member
DLC that is ready to download now.
Yeah me too but they didnt have the megaton.
MS just have the bad luck of rumors going against them. Everyone was waiting on the AAA third party game going exclusive and it never happen. Also a lot of these game seem very far off, so you had a lot of CG trailers.
MS did also stay aqay from buzz words like "the cloud" and just called them what they are, dedicated servers. Good move...IMO.
They played it very safe this year. The problem is people wanted a grand slam not just a home run.
I hope after all this MS understand what we want in a console. I think the next MS console is going to be a power house.
DLC I thought.
Good question. Funny announcement for sure though
MaulerX
Member
That's true for me too. I was even thinking they might break the collection into pieces (like 1&2 this year and 3&4 next year) so having all 4 in one package with all the goodies at that price was a bit surprising.
Winnie the Pimp
Member
i missed the conference, but i wonder, did they announce a 360 price drop per any chance? I am looking to buy one late soon...