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[El Pistolero]

Redfall, Starfield, Forza and Diablo IV looked amazing but just concentrating on the next 12 months is disappointing, so many games not at the show because they are later.
I suppose they are reacting to fan feedback with people saying everything is years away and not gameplay but it went too far the other way for me.
7/10.

7/10 from Riky...Must be a 5/10 for a sane person. Watched the trailers, and nothing really wowed me...Still, a shitload of good content for GP users.

Oh yeah, my highlights were easily three indie titles: Replaced; The game which shows a family trying to survive during an...alien invasion; That side-scroller with a protagonist that made me think of Guybrush Threepwood...
The three of them look wonderful.

 

[THE DUCK]

People keep saying that Microsoft wanted to focus on games coming out within 12 months, but then they announce a partnership with Kojima’s face. His game, whatever it is, won’t be out until 2027 with the way he was describing it.

But seriously who cates about Kojima anyhow, based on his game history and what he said, it's going to be some boring xcloud interactive video.

 

[Fredrik]

Just wanted to say, I actually did this:

Yeah I just want to fast forward til the show! I’m seriously considering staying off the internet to not get the whole thing spoiled, could read a book and play Elden Ring instead.

Went offline after that post, downed Fire Giant in Elden Ring and a whole bunch of other bosses too, went back online 3 minutes before the show started. Was there any leaks?

 

[THE DUCK]

20 minute state of play was way better than that shit

Lol dream on. The state of play was a C, this was a solid B+. A+ for starfeild on its own.

 

[Nickolaidas]

And Starfield delivered on the hype, IMO.

My hype has seriously deflated. Game looked rough around all edges - the shooting felt rough, the flying felt rough, the animations felt rough. Honestly there is nothing next-gen / PS5 era about this game. If it didn't have the Bethesda logo, most people wouldn't even dream of giving it a pass.

Also, the Bethesda formula being what it is has stopped being original for a long time now. Their 'thing' seems to be exploration and lore. The ten thousand planets remark from Todd worried me instead of assuring me. This is literally the definition of quantity over quality, which is something that Bethesda SUPPOSEDLY isn't about. Yet here we are.

No alien races were seen in the trailer, only humans and alien fauna like dinos and insects. Whoopie dee fucking doo.

People thought that Elden Ring's world was 'needlessly empty'? Well, those people are in for a real treat.

 

[bitbydeath]

bitbydeath overdose might be silent hill and Sony related.

I’m still surprised Jeff was right too!

 

[reksveks]

People keep saying that Microsoft wanted to focus on games coming out within 12 months, but then they announce a partnership with Kojima’s face. His game, whatever it is, won’t be out until 2027 with the way he was describing it.

It was the outlier, everything else is the next 12 months. I think that counts as a focused goal.

 

[Nickolaidas]

Objection, speculation.

C'mon, man ... seriously? Do you SERIOUSLY think that each fucking planet will be a unique experience with NPCs and quests? It's going to be a bland repetition of assets. And that's not speculation, that's common sense.

I’m still surprised Jeff was right too!

Well, you still think the nvidia leak is fake, so ...

 

[TheAmazingSpiderMan]

Starfield looked no better than Destiny and it looked like a rougher version anyone who seriously was ‘blown’ away with Starfield is on some seriously heavyy copium or has some very low expectation of Xbox. I myself was looking forward to seeing what Xbox had, apart from a tales plague and forza it was meh.

4.5/10

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Focus on purely "12 month" and "gameplay" ironically killed the pacing.

 

[reksveks]

Well, you still think the nvidia leak is fake, so ...

I do wonder how much bitbydeath is just trolling and how much is a genuine belief

 

[bitbydeath]

Well, you still think the nvidia leak is fake, so ...

I’ll believe it when FF9R gets announced, so maybe around the year 2040-2050?

 

[bitbydeath]

I do wonder how much bitbydeath is just trolling and how much is a genuine belief

 

[anthony2690]

9/10 for me.

Highlights: (in order shown/revealed)
Redfall
Silksong
High On Life
Forza Horizon 5 Hot Wheels
A Plague Tale Requiem
Overwatch 2
Flintlock: Siege of Dawn
Diablo 4
Sea of thieves season 7
Ravenlok
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (Nioh/Bloodborne producers involved)
Persona 3-5
Starfield

Hopefully I'll like:
Light-year Frontier (not my usual kinda game)
The last of Benedict fox (depends how it feels)
As Dusk Falls (I'll play with my partner)
Grounded (I'll play with my partner)
Ereban
Minecraft legends (might surprise me like dungeons, but I really don't like Minecraft art style)

Low Points:
Ark 2/Scorn/Fallout 76/ESO bits/Pentiment, no interest at all.

 

[MistBreeze]

It is 6/10 for me

Nothing interesting , beside forza 8 is great as usual with turn 10 but expected, starfield is good but it is janky Bethesda engine to blame

Every thing just feels a big add for game pass
Not the games themselves

Redfall seems great gameplay wise but it is generic

No AAA exciting project

 

[Hezekiah]

Filler to us but not everyone. My kids and significant other loves playing these indie small games, kid games etc. We aren't the ONLY demo.

Some people are happy to play whatever's in front of them.

 

[Riky]

That's a lot in 12 months.

 

[ManaByte]

That's a lot in 12 months.

xBoX HaS nO gAmEs

 

[Aguero9320]

Too much pandering to the internet mob IMO kills the excitement. All gameplay, all next 12 months - whatever. Show us your best stuff, I don’t care if it’s three years away and you show me cgi - I want to see more on Fable, Project Dark, Indiana Jones… Show me the story, give me a taste of what kind of game it is.

Watching gameplay is fucking boring. There, I said it. I’ve said this before - give me a flavour and let me play it myself. I don’t want to see it being played.

They need to stop reading the boards and subreddits and focus on getting us excited.

Some good stuff coming up though, and Gamepass is literally a gamer’s dream. 7.

 

[prinz_valium]

Too much pandering to the internet mob IMO kills the excitement. All gameplay, all next 12 months - whatever. Show us your best stuff, I don’t care if it’s three years away and you show me cgi - I want to see more on Fable, Project Dark, Indiana Jones… Show me the story, give me a taste of what kind of game it is.

Watching gameplay is fucking boring. There, I said it. I’ve said this before - give me a flavour and let me play it myself. I don’t want to see it being played.

They need to stop reading the boards and subreddits and focus on getting us excited.

Some good stuff coming up though, and Gamepass is literally a gamer’s dream. 7.

Exactly. And after the show is done those people will rate the show 6/10 anyways.

 

[Sacred]

Starfield looked no better than Destiny and it looked like a rougher version anyone who seriously was ‘blown’ away with Starfield is on some seriously heavyy copium or has some very low expectation of Xbox. I myself was looking forward to seeing what Xbox had, apart from a tales plague and forza it was meh.

4.5/10

This is just hilarious trolling, nothing more.

 

[Kazekage1981]

Lol I wouldn't go that far but some of the more impressive games were definitely the colorful ones. Stuff like Forza look impressive but it still can't touch GT7 when it comes to lighting as there's clearly a difference in art direction between the two teams and I feel PD's serves sim racing better than Turn 10's. I think Starfield could actually benefit from slightly more saturated earthly tones for the rocky barren areas, it seems a bit desaturated in some of those areas like some of those earlier PS3/360 games that went heavy of sepia and brown tones.

I wasn't criticizing starfield and forza, it's the remaining bleh games. Should have put that in my original post. forza and starfield look great.

 

[gamer82]

Theres always spiderman and last of us on pc when they drop

 

[bitbydeath]

Too much pandering to the internet mob IMO kills the excitement. All gameplay, all next 12 months - whatever. Show us your best stuff, I don’t care if it’s three years away and you show me cgi - I want to see more on Fable, Project Dark, Indiana Jones… Show me the story, give me a taste of what kind of game it is.

Watching gameplay is fucking boring. There, I said it. I’ve said this before - give me a flavour and let me play it myself. I don’t want to see it being played.

They need to stop reading the boards and subreddits and focus on getting us excited.

Some good stuff coming up though, and Gamepass is literally a gamer’s dream. 7.

Showing 24 months worth would be a happy medium. Not too far out.

 

[Loope]

good for you lol

Thank you

 

[Papacheeks]

Lol dream on. The state of play was a C, this was a solid B+. A+ for starfeild on its own.

So street fighter 6 gameplay, FF16 gameplay, RE4 gameplay, RE VILLAGE in VR Did not excite you?

Those were way more hype as seen by people like maximilliondoode abd others being hyped as fuck with millions of subscribers.

What did Microsoft show that makes you want an Xbox?

Specifically in 2022?

Everything was 2023. And none of those are big heavy hitting games outside of starfield that can compete against Spider-Man 2. Last of us stand alone multiplayer/story game.

Sorry but 2022 is a total L for Xbox .

Sony literally showed with mlb the show, forbidden west, GT7, sifu, stray, god of war, last of us part 1 remake and Forspoken that they know how to curate a yearly slate.

Microsoft still has a lot to learn about picking quality over a quantity of games that not all hit.

 

[yurinka]

I wonder if they can't even talk about Deathloop and Ghostwire lol

I assume when signed the timed exclusivity with Sony the contract stated it couldnd't be marketed for other consoles in a certain amount of time after release.

 

[Swipeyowifelike]

My hype has seriously deflated. Game looked rough around all edges - the shooting felt rough, the flying felt rough, the animations felt rough. Honestly there is nothing next-gen / PS5 era about this game. If it didn't have the Bethesda logo, most people wouldn't even dream of giving it a pass.

Also, the Bethesda formula being what it is has stopped being original for a long time now. Their 'thing' seems to be exploration and lore. The ten thousand planets remark from Todd worried me instead of assuring me. This is literally the definition of quantity over quality, which is something that Bethesda SUPPOSEDLY isn't about. Yet here we are.

No alien races were seen in the trailer, only humans and alien fauna like dinos and insects. Whoopie dee fucking doo.

People thought that Elden Ring's world was 'needlessly empty'? Well, those people are in for a real treat.

All I felt was " what if fallout was in space man" from the trailer. It doesn't look bad by any means, they got time, but it's whatever for me. My brother or his girl will get it, so I'll try it then. Customization looks ace as fuck though.

 

[Danteyke223]

Too much pandering to the internet mob IMO kills the excitement. All gameplay, all next 12 months - whatever. Show us your best stuff, I don’t care if it’s three years away and you show me cgi - I want to see more on Fable, Project Dark, Indiana Jones… Show me the story, give me a taste of what kind of game it is.

Watching gameplay is fucking boring. There, I said it. I’ve said this before - give me a flavour and let me play it myself. I don’t want to see it being played.

They need to stop reading the boards and subreddits and focus on getting us excited.

Some good stuff coming up though, and Gamepass is literally a gamer’s dream. 7.

Any time MS did this, they got dragged across the internet saying all those games promised years in advance will just get cancelled like Scalebound.
They're never doing that shit, as they got tired of getting called for CGI trailers.

 

[Swipeyowifelike]

Any time MS did this, they got dragged across the internet saying all those games promised years in advance will just get cancelled like Scalebound.
They're never doing that shit, as they got tired of getting called for CGI trailers.

Just the word never let's me know you're gonna end up very disappointed. Get ready for alot of long waits and high budget cg trailers.

 

[Aggrotek]

Scorn looks like it was made by H.R. Giger and I am here for it.

 

[Torrent of Pork]

So let me get this straight, they show off a bunch of gameplay, and they don't announce anything too far out, and you're still bitching about MS doing exactly what you claimed you wanted?

 

[Mister Wolf]

Where’s my Quake and Evil Within 3?

Now that the dust has settled, Tango should have made TEW3 instead of Ghostwire. I had to stop playing Ghostwire. The combat grows stale fast.

 

[ManaByte]

Yesterday: "Fuck CG show me gameplay!"
Today: "Fuck gameplay, show me CG of games three years away!"

 

[Swipeyowifelike]

Now that the dust has settled Tango should have made TEW3 instead of Ghostwire. I had to stop playing Ghostwire. The combat grows stale fast.

I thought so. Wanted a next-gen only game for my PS5 it was considered. Watched some promotional video and tubers playing. Took the recommendation from crunchyBiscuits for Sifu. Very happy with that decision.

 

[adamsapple]

Now that the dust has settled, Tango should have made TEW3 instead of Ghostwire. I had to stop playing Ghostwire. The combat grows stale fast.

Yeah, played the PC version and it's been my least favorite Tango Gameworks game so far as well.

 

[Swipeyowifelike]

Yesterday: "Fuck CG show me gameplay!"
Today: "Fuck gameplay, show me CG of games three years away!"

 

[Tiamat2san]

Where the fuck is my Gears of fucking war Collection ?

FUuUuUuck!!

 

[Swipeyowifelike]

Where the fuck is my Gears of fucking war Collection ?

FUuUuUuck!!

I heard that was bullshit awhile ago. You played yourself son.

 

[Papacheeks]

So let me get this straight, they show off a bunch of gameplay, and they don't announce anything too far out, and you're still bitching about MS doing exactly what you claimed you wanted?

Everything was 2023 minus DLC, and smaller titles. So..........

 

[Sanepar]

I wonder if they can't even talk about Deathloop and Ghostwire lol

Are we sure is one year exclusive only? It was weird to not see the game today.

 

[DavJay]

Biggest announcements and showing

1. Wo Long game pass
2. Persona 3/4/5 game pass
3. Starfield/Redfall gamepass

That’s it. The rest I couldn’t care less.

 

[Swipeyowifelike]

Are we sure is one year exclusive only? It was weird to not see the game today.

That is a good point. Xbox might be waiting a bit longer for their first party titles. Feels weird to say.

 

[adamsapple]

Are we sure is one year exclusive only? It was weird to not see the game today.

I posted it earlier elsewhere but I have a feeling that the one year exclusivity also doesn't allow them to market or announce a release date for a competing platform until the exclusivity finishes.

Which means, we'll probably get an announcement for Deathloop on Xbox *after* the 1 year with a release for like November or something.

 

[DavJay]

Wait a minute…. What happen to Golden Eye and Gears collection?!?!?!

 

[Sanepar]

That is a good point. Xbox might be waiting a bit longer for their first party titles. Feels weird to say.

It looks like is exclusive until 09/14/2022. Probably there is marketing rights too.

 

[Swipeyowifelike]

It looks like is exclusive until 09/14/2022. Probably there is marketing rights too.

That's all it could be. See no other reason it wouldn't be present today.

 

[Banjo64]

Wait a minute…. What happen to Golden Eye and Gears collection?!?!?!

Phil Spencer decided to print out a copy of those leaks and wiped his arse with it.

 

[VinnyMac]

starfield looks like a gritty no mans sky no thanks. i dunno if it was the stream or what but it looked good graphic wise but the performance looked ass then again i never have been a fan of fallout games and thats what it looks like gameplay wise. still diont understand the hyperbole around it.

very disappointed about no kojima teaser concept art nothing like what? you had him on the show to what flex? ok. i cant wait to play his new game in 3 years (and thats not a jab im a huge kojima mark)

the show over all was alot better then previous years e3 sizzles. redfall looked good but games like scorn did not and i feel like most of these are going to be on other platforms its the one thing xbox struggles with there no reason to own one sadly.

 

[mckmas8808]

Probably it'll be a flip of last year's Xbox/Bethesda showcase and the two Bethesda games:

• start with Starfield, end with Redfall;
• start with Redfall, end with Starfield.

This guy was right.