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[FunkMiller]

“We‘re still playing around with gameplay ideas. Maybe it’s a third person RPG, maybe it’s a first person shooter. Maybe you play as sorcerer, maybe you play as a warrior. Maybe you dunk your balls in hot acid, maybe you slap your grandma for being so sassy. We just don’t know what we‘re doing yet, but WE’RE VERY EXCITED TO BRING YOU OUR GRANDMA SLAPPING GAME TO GAMEPASS IN 2024.”

 

[MagnesG]

Why don't these studios make a lazy demo first with strong core gameplay to pitch in their first meetings?

 

[JonnyMP3]

Not having a clear idea of gameplay and what they want the game to be is probably going to bite them on the ass. That's why great games have these genius creative directors to create a game that is their vision.
But unless they start having a direction of what they want their game to be, it'll end up being another 'Anthem'

 

[cragarmi]

Good gravy, did we watch a game showcase or an MS pitch meeting?

 

[KormaChameleon]

Just give us a new Conker game Rare and be done with it.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

It looked in a more 'complete' state and ready to release than Halo Infinite.

Should launch as early access and let players decide what they wanna do.

 

[V2Tommy]

have people forgotten about The Last Guardian already?

That game is never coming out so a lot of people have forgotten about it.

 

[Bartski]

lmao, see you in 5 years

 

[Freeman]

Let me hunt those animals and I'm in.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

What the hell have they been doing for the past year

 

[Wandering Leopard]

Not nearly as bad as EA announcing a game that's entering pre-production, but really, MS should have saved this for much later (like a few other titles).

 

[Reindeer]

What the hell have they been doing for the past year

The more important question is why are Microsoft announcing a game that is only entering pre-production? Seems like a desperation move. It also seems like Microsoft studios are working at much slower pace than before, but it's kinda worrying when that slow pace leads to technically crippled games like Halo Infinite. There seem to be major issues with quality control and leadership at Xbox side of Microsoft.

 

[A Regular Guy]

It seems like Microsoft really wants to build up hype so they're doing the same thing Sony did a few years ago by announcing games too soon.

Everwild, Avowed, maybe Fable, and SoD3 are all a long ways off.

Pretty much! It's annoying we don't have any solid release dates on any of them, but I sure they're worth it down the line.

 

[Grinchy]

Wow, wtf. Are you kidding me? So they already "revealed" it with an internal promo video passed off as a game at E3 2019, then at their game showcase in 2020 they show yet another internal promo video, and in all of this time, they still don't even know what it is?

It's fucking annoying because I loved the art style on the first "reveal" and while this 2nd one still looked cool, the first question I came away with was about what the game actually was. And even they don't know...

 

[dorkimoe]

Just give us a new Conker game Rare and be done with it.

Kameo 2 please

Wow, wtf. Are you kidding me? So they already "revealed" it with an internal promo video passed off as a game at E3 2019, then at their game showcase in 2020 they show yet another internal promo video, and in all of this time, they still don't even know what it is?

It's fucking annoying because I loved the art style on the first "reveal" and while this 2nd one still looked cool, the first question I came away with was about what the game actually was. And even they don't know...

I mean they launched Sea of Thieves and took a year before people could figure out what it was about

 

[KonstructReborn]

'Use common sense and give your product a name first. How do you know what you are making without a name.'

'Thats the last thing you do...'

Why does everything MS touch turn retarded.

 

[Rikoi]

How can they create a game without even knowing what this game is about? Is this a joke?
So they just did some paintings but they still have no idea of the game they want to create, is this what game developers are today?

 

[Evangelion Unit-01]

Seems slightly blown out of proportion here. I imagine they have a fun sandbox right now and are figuring out how the pieces functionally come together.

They did the same with Sea of Thieves. They had a bunch of gameplay elements and had to figure out how to get them to work together. That game turned out great and has really had legs. It launched with a solid gameplay loop but lacked content. They’ve been fantastic with updates since then and it’s become a great game in its own right. If they approach Ever Wild in a similar manner with lessons learned from Sea of Thieves I imagine they’ll ship a fun game.

 

[PleaseWaitStation4]

All I saw were a bunch of people skipping around and drawing their names in the air. Looks like it was developed in Oregon.

 

[Drewpee]

It was obvious. There is no gameplay yet in Everwild.

Rare hasn’t discussed Everwild much ‘because it’s still playing around with gameplay ideas’ | VGC

Studio wants to create a world where players can ‘lose themselves in nature’…

www.videogameschronicle.com

I am starting to get the impression this is a huge problem with Xbox studios. Maybe they have so much freedom it has actually hurt the production of games. I dont know the development process but I can see there being issues if 100 artists are left on their own to decide one best way forward.

Just my thought and probably wrong but humans are gonna human. Some can work on their own but some need a foot in their ass to get moving. I wonder if Phil is capable of the latter or if he has spent too much time trying to be a friend.

 

[Rattlehead121]

I fucking knew it. I have no idea what to make of the game. If true, neither do they.

 

[GlassAwful]

This is a more widespread problem throughout the industry in modern times because game designers have been replaced with "visionaries" and "artists" who worry more about evoking "feelings" in games than actually put hard thought into game systems and tech to support them.

Its why 99% of games are so mediocre now. Game design is dead and nobody is trying to push the envelope anymore, or the envelope is last priority.

 

[Birdo]

Just give us Solar Jetman 2.

 

[iconmaster]

From what I've read of the development of other games, this isn't unusual. There's a lot of prototyping and playing with (and discarding) ideas to figure out what's fun. The game doesn't really become what we think of as the game until surprisingly far into the process. So long as Everwild isn't coming out for a while, this is fine (and actually a good thing).

 

[OutRun88]

Rare: “Look at this beautiful thing we created”

Me: “What is it?”

Rare: “We don’t know. But don’t you think it’s a beautiful thing that evokes emotions?”

Me: “...”

 

[MR ARCADE FOREVER]

From the old glory days only the Rare logo remains....

 

[SALMORE]

i think it will end up being an atmospheric walking Simulator in the vein of Journey with multiplayer focused ! they should have giving us what we want in the first place which's Banjo-kazooie 3

 

[Dargor]

That game is never coming out so a lot of people have forgotten about it.

Is this some inside joke I missed? The game has already been released.

 

[V2Tommy]

Is this some inside joke I missed? The game has already been released.

Definitely missed the joke here. *itsbeen84yearstitanic.gif*

 

[Stilton Disco]

Remember when they showed Anthem before they'd really decided what it was or what would happen in it beyond it being (definitely not) Destiny with Iron Man suits?

Because that worked out great.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

this why i prefer the Nintendo method. you tease a game. then a few years later you drop a trailer and say "Btw this comes out in 3 months"

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

Sony does that too what are you even talking about all game company does that i mean Cyberpunk has been announce for how long now.

I think it was more obvious and easier figuring out what Cyberpunk was about in the earlier trailers than Everwild.

 

[GymWolf]

why rare can't just make another conker?

 

[iHaunter]

Phil is so god damn desperate. Debuting Tetris should've been evidence of that.

 

[Patterson]

I think this one of the problems with creating games with the target for Gamepass. it doesn’t need to be especially good to meet sales goals, it just needs to be made to fill a slot.

 

[GAMETA]

So it's not a vegan feminist simulator?

 

[MagnesG]

this why i prefer the Nintendo method. you tease a game. then a few years later you drop a trailer and say "Btw this comes out in 3 months"

They have some exceptions like WiiU Botw presentation, but more often than not this is true.

 

[GRIEVEZ]

Myeah its a bit early to show this game, but at least its art direction is on point.

 

[MR ARCADE FOREVER]

Phil is so god damn desperate. Debuting Tetris should've been evidence of that.

What a joke. What's inside their minds? Next gent showcase let's show F&($($ Tetris, Destiny 2, The Outer Crap dlc, and some other crap just unbelievable

 

[MasterCornholio]

WTF?

 

[JTCx]

The best part about this is that Phil said he doesnt want to announce games that are far from ready.

Yet here we are. No surprise hes flip flopping as usual. LOL

 

[TalentedMrJ]

Jesus, why announce a game when it's still being worked out. Microsoft boggle my mind. Holy shit.

So we gon act like MS the only ones to ever do this?

 

[Insane Metal]

Can't wait to see what this is about in 2025!

 

[Coolwhhip]

2 years ago Spencer didnt send a memo telling everyone new games should be ready in 2-3 years for the next Xbox?

 

[cryogenic7]

It's a game to introduce children to witchcraft. The lead designer is an obvious witch.

 

[CitizenX]

Are they not still trying to figure out SoT?

 

[lame gag1990]

No wonder there was no gameplay. Jesus.

 

[Ozzie666]

That's definitely a unique way to design and build a game. Do they even have a genre or a direction. Is this like the Nintendo guys working on Splatoon?, this reminds me of that famous photo.

 

[Dontero]

Sony does that too what are you even talking about all game company does that i mean Cyberpunk has been announce for how long now.

Yes but initial Cyberpunk announcement was for hiring purpose. They needed devs at the time since they were smaller studio.

 

[Le Big Mac]

I feel like the MS PR needs to work closer with their studios. Probably shouldn't disclose that now?