For me, the Conker tease killed it for me. If it wasn't for that this conference would have made me buy an XBone.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
2014 Microsoft E3 Conference
- Thread starter Relix
- Start date
For me, the Conker tease killed it for me. If it wasn't for that this conference would have made me buy an XBone.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
This sounds beyond hyperbolic and pretty much ridiculous.
So despite showing enough to make you basically want the console, the fact that they have an option to add Conker in a free to play creation tool makes you now not want it?
Nah, it would have been fine if they just said Conker would be available in a random update. Showing him in a trailer at E3 was a huge fuck you to Conker fans. They pretty much said "Fuck you, make your own Conker game."
rokkerkory
Member
I just rewatched the entire conference. I thought it was better the second time around after all the emotions of hyped was out even. Overall a solid B+ (had rated it B earlier). Just lots and lots of games coming. Great time for gamers.
Jumping in when Halo MCC comes out!
Jumping in when Halo MCC comes out!
PopcornMegaphone
Banned
Is this real life?
Joke post?
LOL, no they didn't. You do realize that they invested time and money into getting Conker into the game, right? You think all that was for a fuck you?
im sorry but i really cant take this post seriously.
Obviously they weren't actually saying fuck you, but it sure felt that way. Go check out the reactions in the Conker thread, it's not just me.
PopcornMegaphone
Banned
And you're not going to buy the system because of the way you felt despite knowing it wasn't intended as a "fuck you"?
Right.
Not until they release a real Conker game for it. The BS today was downright insulting.
PopcornMegaphone
Banned
Take a deep breath. These are video games.
Uncle Rupee
Banned
So I guess you're one of those "glass half empty" types, then? Look on the bright side, at least Conker still exists.
I feel you man, Conker in Project Spark was the biggest disappointment for me as well. Nothing from Rare in general and then they put good ol' Conker in this crappy thing (played the beta on X1 and it's totally mediocre). CGI trailers are the second disappointment, but I was fine with it since they showed so much stuff and I can't wait to see more. Better than nothing I suppose. In general the press conference is 8/10 for me.
That's what people said about Banjo when Nuts & Bolts came out.
So my personal thoughts on the Xbox Conference:
Pros
-Sunset Overdrive is my game of the show so far. In Insomiac I trust #IStillLoveRatchet&Clank
-Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Smart Grenades
-Dead Rising DLC having a hilarious trailer and a meta commentary name
-Ori & the Blind Forest looking like Limbo and Spirited Away had a love child
-The Witcher 3 continuing to be the best game of 2015
-The Division continuing to be the second best game of 2015
-Scalebound looking like Monster Hunter presented by Beats by Dre
-INDIE LOVE
-Crackdown's return
Cons
-That terrible bait and switch Conker reveal
-Phantom Dust, Scalebound, Crackdown all being pure CG
-No Gears of War or Halo 5: Guardians
-Fable: Legends looking lackluster
-A lot of the games shown had no exclusive content or exclusivity (AC: Unity, Witcher 3, Rise of the Tomb Raider)
Pros
-Sunset Overdrive is my game of the show so far. In Insomiac I trust #IStillLoveRatchet&Clank
-Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Smart Grenades
-Dead Rising DLC having a hilarious trailer and a meta commentary name
-Ori & the Blind Forest looking like Limbo and Spirited Away had a love child
-The Witcher 3 continuing to be the best game of 2015
-The Division continuing to be the second best game of 2015
-Scalebound looking like Monster Hunter presented by Beats by Dre
-INDIE LOVE
-Crackdown's return
Cons
-That terrible bait and switch Conker reveal
-Phantom Dust, Scalebound, Crackdown all being pure CG
-No Gears of War or Halo 5: Guardians
-Fable: Legends looking lackluster
-A lot of the games shown had no exclusive content or exclusivity (AC: Unity, Witcher 3, Rise of the Tomb Raider)
I was impressed by Microsoft E3 conference.
Not only by the games, though they were inpressive indeed, but that for once, Microsoft did their job right.
Just by concentrating on the games and not singing the praises of their console, I can't help but feel that they really sold Xbox One to the public.
Not only by the games, though they were inpressive indeed, but that for once, Microsoft did their job right.
Just by concentrating on the games and not singing the praises of their console, I can't help but feel that they really sold Xbox One to the public.
They did have the megatons, the problem was that they were kind of leaked.
Phantom Dust + Halo Collection is really big in my opinion.
Hell, even just Halo Collection. Imagine that it hadn't been leaked, it would be epic!
hands down, not for me, it was lacking in surprises, most of the exciting new games were shown in cgi only.
Son of Sam
Banned
I'd say this was a pretty good e3 for them
Fable: Legends is not a main Fable game and is more an party action title from what i gather, so there is still hope for an actual proper single player RPG Fable
AusRoachman
Member
Good show , less talking more trailers is always good , only let down was it was all leaked so no real surprises .
No gears teaser was a surprise .
No gears teaser was a surprise .
Miles Quaritch
Member
Yeah, I was really disappointed with Legends. Looked like a prettier version of Heroes.
Ah well, hopefully we won't be waiting long for a real Fable game using that engine... because it looked damn good visually.
The ogre was especially impressive.
Ah well, hopefully we won't be waiting long for a real Fable game using that engine... because it looked damn good visually.
The ogre was especially impressive.
Star Falcon
Member
God help you.
Dee Dah Dave
Member
Forza Horizon 2 and Sunset Overdrive were the big highlights for me, those two looked great. Master Chief collection looks great but I'm burned out on shooters. I'm not a big fan of Fable but that looked even duller than expected. I have little to no interest in the same old multiplat sequels that were shown. The teasers for Crackdown and Phantom Dust were nice though!
Overall I give the conference a generous 7 and I expected more from them to be honest.
Also which one was the big 3rd party exclusive that 'insiders' were pretending they new about?!
Overall I give the conference a generous 7 and I expected more from them to be honest.
Also which one was the big 3rd party exclusive that 'insiders' were pretending they new about?!
IIRC Quantum Break was already confirmed that it won't appear at E3, they will show the game at gamescom. About Devil's Third I expected to see it as a multiplatform release but with all the talk about someone funding it and the game not appearing at MS or Sony at all maybe it will be a Wii U exclusive? I just want to see the game dammit.
The MS conference was great IMO, good pacing with not a single boring moment and some really interesting titles shown - Halo Collection is an amazing deal for the content it has, some really cool looking indies were shown, Sunset Overdrive demo was beautiful and looked tons of fun, Horizon 2 looked awesome and Phantom Dust, Scalebound & Crackdown announcements were exciting as hell even though they are still ways off. The only game that I didn't like at all was Fable Legends..that demo was so disappointing IMO. At this point I'd like to see Lionhead try something completely new.
It was probably Scalebound.
OK conference, the leaks and pre-E3 announcements made this conference boring, and lots of multiplat games shown with boring gameplay segments, but i like that MS is back to their "We love gamers" mode which reminds me of of early last gen during X360 heyday . anyway Forza Horizon 2 + Crackdown means im buying an X1 !
The conker bait and switch was evil ;(
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Platinum game
Show was great but 4 things I didn't like:
- Conker made me sad
- I didn't the favorite segments between trailers
- I believe Spencer and co were wrong to reveal games before the show. Not knowing about Forza Horizon or how Sunset Overdrive looked might have been better.
- But then again, ntkrnl ruined everything so I dunno.
- Conker made me sad
- I didn't the favorite segments between trailers
- I believe Spencer and co were wrong to reveal games before the show. Not knowing about Forza Horizon or how Sunset Overdrive looked might have been better.
- But then again, ntkrnl ruined everything so I dunno.
What? Not sure if serious. Why don't you think in this way: MS was teasing a Conker re-boot.
And, Conker in Project Spark might be a cool idea to see what others can develop this character.
MS can learn, absorb those ideas, right?
Deputy Moonman
Member
I've watched many press conferences over the past few years and this year was by far the most entertaining. I'm not going to confuse my personal expectations (games I wanted to see, megatons I expected to happen, and disappointment over CGI instead of in-game footage) with an actually enjoyable conference. It's everything you'd want in a conference. I was never bored. I enjoyed watching what they had to show and that's how a conference should be. It's not Microsoft's fault that several of their big reveals were already leaked beforehand. For all general purposes, I'm guessing that the media went away pretty happy.
Sony had a good conference too, but listening to someone talk for 15 to 20 minutes was absolutely boring. You can argue Sony had better exclusives and more games, or whatever, but the conference hit a wall there for a little bit in terms of entertainment. 2 hours is just too much.
Sony had a good conference too, but listening to someone talk for 15 to 20 minutes was absolutely boring. You can argue Sony had better exclusives and more games, or whatever, but the conference hit a wall there for a little bit in terms of entertainment. 2 hours is just too much.
Agreed, if Sony had done the Microsoft thing and distilled the conference down to just the games, it would have been a incredible conference. That middle part... yikes.
nephilimdj
Member
Reminded me of orcs must die but without traps, it looked so dull
REMEMBER CITADEL
Banned
It looked gorgeous, much better than what I expected from the screens, but yeah, I'd much rather play a proper Fable RPG. In fact, Microsoft could really use another first party RPG franchise or two.
I loved the conference, it really delivered a flood of games, even though I was expecting more stuff that hasn't leaked already. I guess that Spencer decided to keep some things for Gamescom and TGS (I'd really like to know what Twisted Pixel and Lift London have been up to, for instance), which is fine by me. As an Xbox One owner, there's not much more that I could hope for in terms of releases scheduled for this year, and 2015 already looks great as well. I'd love to see some AAA JRPGs in the vein of Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, however.
Cthulhu_Steev
Member
Yeah, it was doubly-hilarious because they'd spent 10 minutes on CoD just before.
ImNotOnline2Day
Neo Member
Erm.....call me blind....but did I miss a Gears of War Announcement, or was there not one? They even talked about a gears announcement during the pre show with MajorNelson and they showed the gears logo a few times during the show.....am I missing something?
It has been announced last year, they've only been working on it for a few months.
justsomeguy
Member
Nothing to say, they only got the rights 4 months ago and are still staffing up the team.
I know, because I applied, and didn't get a job *sob* Rod if you're reading you NEED me on your server team ;-)
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Sadly it's not a joke post. I've seen many people claim this was a "big fuck you" and a "slap in the face"...boggles my mind really.
ImNotOnline2Day
Neo Member
The event came across right from the start where Spencer distanced himself from the previous direction the console was aimed, as a relaunch and repositioning. This was confirmed at the end where Phil said welcome to the new Xbox (in which he was basically welcoming gamers to a new xbox team dedicated to games). A relaunch which involves a repositioning of brand at the same time, is hell of a stunt to pull off, I reckon Spencer and Co. have cleaned up a lot of the mess left to them, whilst at the same time slowly putting the building blocks in place to help them pull off this rebrand. Although people were bemoaning the Crackdown CG trailer, Spencer was at pains to point out he wanted the right team in place before signing off the project. Seems to me Spencer has his head screwed on.
BruiserBear
Banned
Ah okay, thanks for the info! I'm desperate for a current gen Gears fix
It's almost certainly going to be the fall of 2016.