The morning after the night before (well, for me in the UK anyway).
In summary, MS kept their word. Just look how many games they showed so many were great and things that gamers have been crying out for.
MS did a great job of telling us more about the what we knows. Teased the what we wants, making us want more. And the 3rd party exclusive was Platinum Games. Can it get the traction their games deserve (commercially I mean)?
There was no MEGATON (that was spoiled by all the leaks, it would have been Halo). And Conker was a kick in the balls.
There was limited time for execs on stage. No gimmicks. No awkwardness. No $499.
MS may have played things a little safe, however I want to play Sunset Over Drive, Forza Horizon. Master Chief Collection. And much more, all this year.
Call of Duty Advanced Warfare - Looked great. Initial promise may fix my COD fatigure (hated Ghosts). Can it do what Modern Warfare did to re-launch the game into an new era/direction?
Forza Horizon 2 - Nice trailer showed off what the game can do. Also free Nürburgring for Forza 5 was a bonus. Your Forza 5 Drivatar already working for you? Nice! Hopefully be some cross DLC/cars if you bought stuff in Forza 5.
Evolve - Having not paid much attention to this, I was really impressed. It is competing some big games in October/November though and with it being so heavily online, it will need a strong community to survive.
Assasins Creed Unity - A franchise that has never really grabbed me. Had the original, turned out very stale. Sequel I didn't play until it was free with Gold. This looked wonderful though and 4 player co-op is great.
Dance Central Spotlight I got one dance game, do I need another? Good luck to Harmonix with this though, hopefully it helps fund other games (RockBand)
Sunset Overdrive Loved the way the trailer, who else went "Oh, another generic Xbox shooter. Great". Then the guy kicked down the door, grinded the rails, and the SO trailer proper kicked in. Looked exactly as I hoped in gameplay. Hype level was starting to rise.
Dead Rising DLC Trailer was excellent and it was not revealed to be DR3 DLC until a fair way in (although some people may have guessed). I instantly thought of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. Great name "Super Ultra Dead Rising 3 Arcade Remix Hyper Edition". Shame it is not standalone DLC.
Ori and the Blindforest The initial tease had me intrigued, I want to know more. I need to know more. Could be a great Indy for Xbox (exlclusive?)
Project Spark Played the Beta. Too many technical issues. Poor micro transactions/limitations. Hype level started to rise a the mention of Galaxies theme. Instantly dropped when I thought (I wonder how much that would cost).
Conker OMG IT IS CONKER DOING WHAT HE DID TO THE N64 LOGO. HE IS DOING IT TO PROJECT SPA... Oh. The hype level peaked and instantly killed. In hindsight, I am sure someone can do a great job of creating some fine Project Spark inspired Conker games. Project Spark needs to sort itself out though before it comes out of "Beta".
Halo Following instant deflation, that Halo music came on. Here we go. It has been hinted at, teased, every man and their dog knew what was coming. It still blew me away though. $60 (or £50) standard RRP for a current gen title. Wow. 100+ maps, all the modes, all the DLC, everything. Incredible. Halo 5 beta teased too? Day one.
Dragon Age: Inquisition Not seen a lot. Looked great on MS stage (not so hot on EA for some reason). Still on a high from Halo. MS have shown a lot of games. Where is the new stuff though?
Fable Legends Looked OK, still not quite understanding what it is supposed to be though. I get co-op, I get RPG's, I don't seem to quite get what this is about though.
Inside Phil talking, hyping up my levels big time. What could this be? Like Ori earlier, I want to know more. I need to know more. Show me more, tell me more!
The Division Gameplay - yes. It looks so good, I want it now. Why do we have to wait so long? Later EA trailer told the story well, intrigued. Roll on 2015.
ID A Xbox Trailer Cuphead, give me Cuphead. What is Cuphead? Teases of games we know and some don't.
The Witcher 3 Nice win for MS to have the Witcher on stage. Looked great. I've not played a Witcher game. I want Witcher 3.
KLOBB TIME Here is the KLOBB. Killer Instinct Boxer dude? OH IT IS TJ CCCCCCCCOMBO. Nice, Season 2!
??? What, another re-boot? What is this? An old franchise? Nope, still don't know... Phantom Dust! Heard great things about original, never played it. I want more.
Tomb Raider Terrible name Rise of the Tomb Raider. Still, another sequel/reboot? Come on MS, I need a NEW game. Something AAA that we haven't seen ever before or not known about. A new IP, please?
Scalebound Platinum Games exclusive? We half knew it was coming, here it is. Beats by Platinum? Blonde haired dude? What is he doing, DRAGONS! He is now using some powers or something? Dragons May Cry? This looks good!
Crackdown YES - we knew it had to come. We still don't know when. The voiceover was great, loved it.
