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Grade the Microsoft Conference
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Cr1ptkeeper
Member
Instead of "saved by the bell" they are saved by Bethesda.
If they hadn't bought Bethesda they would've just had Halo and Forza, like every E3.
Forza looked really good, a truly next gen game in my book.
I give the whole conference a C.
If they hadn't bought Bethesda they would've just had Halo and Forza, like every E3.
Forza looked really good, a truly next gen game in my book.
I give the whole conference a C.
Looks like nothing that I’m really interested is coming from Microsoft for at least 18 months (if not longer).
I’ll tune in next year to E3 and see if any of these games are anywhere near close yet. For now, I don’t see a reason to jump into the Microsoft ecosystem. Everything I want will be available for PS5 and/or Switch.
Starfield does look promising though. Hopefully it comes out at some point.
I’ll tune in next year to E3 and see if any of these games are anywhere near close yet. For now, I don’t see a reason to jump into the Microsoft ecosystem. Everything I want will be available for PS5 and/or Switch.
Starfield does look promising though. Hopefully it comes out at some point.
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Coolwhhip
Neophyte
Or maybe never.
sircaw
Banned
I think a 7 for me personally.
I liked the game with the family and the dog escaping/ leaving their home, can't recall the name Dammit. But i liked the art.
That silly animal fighting Riverdance made me laugh.
Flight sim, i am not a fan of the game, its not my cup of tea but it did look super good in terms of visuals.
To many shooters for me, was great to see diablo 2 res but i am getting that on ps4.
Halo was hoping for some single-player, did not really like the space scene at all, Mp looked good for fans.
I was extremely disappointed with Stalker, i thought the actual video they used was extremely poor, too dark, the whole camp scene and i could not even see half the enemies he was shooting at in the warehouse setting aghh. the end scene with the lightning looked good but yer, a let down to me for what it was.
I liked the game with the family and the dog escaping/ leaving their home, can't recall the name Dammit. But i liked the art.
That silly animal fighting Riverdance made me laugh.
Flight sim, i am not a fan of the game, its not my cup of tea but it did look super good in terms of visuals.
To many shooters for me, was great to see diablo 2 res but i am getting that on ps4.
Halo was hoping for some single-player, did not really like the space scene at all, Mp looked good for fans.
I was extremely disappointed with Stalker, i thought the actual video they used was extremely poor, too dark, the whole camp scene and i could not even see half the enemies he was shooting at in the warehouse setting aghh. the end scene with the lightning looked good but yer, a let down to me for what it was.
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reinking
Gold Member
..but I am mainly a PS fan? I guess my expectations were in check. I thought they had one of their better shows in recent memory. T
Um... ..that is 5 games. Almost one every two months. I get that things have been dry and frankly as an Xbox owner I am pissed that I have hardly powered it on. Maybe that is why I am giving them too much credit now. I am starting to see the light at the end of the dark empty tunnel.
BaneIsPain
Member
7 to 8 for me personally. It just missing something oomph but still great to see various type of games.
M1chl
Currently Gif and Meme Champion
I don't know how to rate it, but pretty much every game which was shown I want to play and basically they show Atomic Heart, STALKER 2 and FH5, that's pretty much my next-gen bucket list so far. I am happy. Best conference from MS in long time. I guess C in presentation, A in games from me.
I was confused, it looked like a Last Night, so the game is still living? If so, fuck yeah. But why `Replaced`?
Captain Toad
Banned
I didn't play the original. It didn't interst me. If it reviews really well, I may consider it, but doubt it.
I was really wanting Tunic.
Dr Bass
Member
They didn't show anything in regards to Starfield though. Some graphics and a voice over? They should have just ended on Forza Horizon.
Werewolfgrandma
Banned
Doesn't matter what Xbox does. They are the cool to hate company. People complain not enough gameplay so one year it was all gameplay and everyone complained. People say not enough games for this year. They did an e3 with pretty much only games coming they year and not enough big reveals. I'm telling you they can't win.
Kusarigama
Member
Best yet XBOX show, C grade.
No good surprises. Forza looked amazing and the only saving grace there.
No good surprises. Forza looked amazing and the only saving grace there.
Astral Dog
Member
Nintendo has this one in the bag nothing short of a tremendous disaster will stop them from winning that E3 crown
Kazekage1981
Member
C+ to B- Range. Definite improvement.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
You grade on a curve relative to other students/competition. lol otherwise a C student would start getting As.
I am not sure tbh. I am assuming they changed the name because the IP is poisoned. Replaced just seems like a tongue in cheek title to say 'hey look, we are replacing the name of our game that got cancelled 5 years ago'
kyliethicc
Member
Sucked ass.
DeaDPo0L84
Member
It wasn't terrible but like I told my friend I am left with being most excited about Forza Horizon and being excited about shit that is months or years away which is mirroring how I've been left feeling after their conferences in the past.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
No Hellblade. No Perfect Dark. No Killer Instinct. No Gears.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Forza Horizon 5 looks amazing. Other than that I don’t really care about a bunch of cgi trailers. It’s remarkable how long they have been doing this and have so little to show for all their studios. Why the fuck are we still showing trailers for fallout 76, ESO, and Sea of Thieves?
The Shepard
Member
Forza horizon 5
Flight simulatior
Both look fantastic.. but as a series x and a ps5 owner I just don't see much competing with sonys first party output. There's no god of war, horizon, ghost of tsuhima, last of us, uncharted, Days gone, nioh 2 or bloodborne killer in there and Bethesda just like bioware have long since had there best days unfortunately.
There's lots of gamepass editions I'm interested in like back 4 blood, hades, plauge tale 2, halo infinite, forza h5, Flight sim.
Gamepass saves the day somewhat. C
Flight simulatior
Both look fantastic.. but as a series x and a ps5 owner I just don't see much competing with sonys first party output. There's no god of war, horizon, ghost of tsuhima, last of us, uncharted, Days gone, nioh 2 or bloodborne killer in there and Bethesda just like bioware have long since had there best days unfortunately.
There's lots of gamepass editions I'm interested in like back 4 blood, hades, plauge tale 2, halo infinite, forza h5, Flight sim.
Gamepass saves the day somewhat. C
Coolwhhip
Neophyte
I have heard this many times before, right before Nintendo having a terrible showing.
M1chl
Currently Gif and Meme Champion
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
I'm going B. Great solid show but not that spectacular blow my socks off that I was hoping for. Good job though and gamepass remains absolute insanity really.
IAmNotFromDelaware
Member
A grade of "C", a "D"? Come on folks.
Personally, Forza was not something I was too excited about but that demo really pulled me in. Plus Halo campaign graphics, Top Gun, Starfield in 2022, SomerVille, Grounded. My brain still thinks "I gotta buy that game" but no, I don't. Its included with GamePAss. My grade would be a A-. Also, gotta love The Outer World's 2 trailer humour. Patented Obsidian Entertainment.
Personally, Forza was not something I was too excited about but that demo really pulled me in. Plus Halo campaign graphics, Top Gun, Starfield in 2022, SomerVille, Grounded. My brain still thinks "I gotta buy that game" but no, I don't. Its included with GamePAss. My grade would be a A-. Also, gotta love The Outer World's 2 trailer humour. Patented Obsidian Entertainment.
Stuart360
Member
I'm pretty sure both those games were in development before Microsoft bought them, if thats what you are trying to suggest.
vaibhavpisal
Member
They had basically no talking.
Just 30 titles back to back.
It could be best E3 conference of all time.
Takes care of criticism that xbox execs talk a lot but don't show anything.
Just 30 titles back to back.
It could be best E3 conference of all time.
Takes care of criticism that xbox execs talk a lot but don't show anything.
Vasto
Member
I gave it a D only because that is the lowest score the OP has. Its really a F because it failed.
It did nothing for me at all. Forza looked amazing and so did Stalker II but that was about it. Halo Infinite multiplayer looks good but I wanted to see what the single player looks like now with the updated graphics. Everything else they showed was stuff I already knew about or just dont care about. Nobody wants to see these Apple Arcade Indies and enough with the CGI. At this point the only thing I care about is seeing actual gameplay from these new Xbox studio games like Avowed, Fable, Everwild, Pefect Dark, Hellblade 2 and State Of Decay 3 and we did not get anything? 10 seconds of gameplay cuts ending with a coming soon would be enough for me. I am done giving out passes, this show was a joke.
It did nothing for me at all. Forza looked amazing and so did Stalker II but that was about it. Halo Infinite multiplayer looks good but I wanted to see what the single player looks like now with the updated graphics. Everything else they showed was stuff I already knew about or just dont care about. Nobody wants to see these Apple Arcade Indies and enough with the CGI. At this point the only thing I care about is seeing actual gameplay from these new Xbox studio games like Avowed, Fable, Everwild, Pefect Dark, Hellblade 2 and State Of Decay 3 and we did not get anything? 10 seconds of gameplay cuts ending with a coming soon would be enough for me. I am done giving out passes, this show was a joke.
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Markio128
Member
C, which may sound harsh, but the show neither met my expectations, or exceeded them. B would have met my expectations and A would have exceeded them. Forza Horizon 5 was easily the best new game shown. Halo looked the same as last year, Starfield barely showed anything worth a discussion, a couple of indie games looked okay, but nothing more than standard Gamepass fodder really.
Astral Dog
Member
i knowI have heard this many times before, right before Nintendo having a terrible showing.
but i believe they can do it this year 
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Ass of Can Whooping
Member
Oh I know
I'm calling out Bethesda SavePlayer1 message they made years ago after all their games kept flopping
I blame MS for showing CG, but not the games themselves at this stage
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HTK
Banned
I think people are willing to give them a pass since they already released: Demon Soul's, Miles Morales, Returnal, Ratchet and Clank and Forbidden West is still slated for this year no?
BoxFresh123
Member
Decent. Forza as expected looks amazing. I thought Starfield was rather underwhelming but we'll get a big blowout next year.
Good but far from what I thought and expected we'd see TBH
Good but far from what I thought and expected we'd see TBH
GhostOfTsu
Banned
The usual GP fodder (Beth old catalogue) and the rumors were once again all fake. Fanboys and Grubb tried to create fake hype because they knew there was no megaton at all.
I'm happy about Horizon 5 and I'll try Yakuza later on GP. Halo Infinite is just there. It will probably be delayed. Psychonauts 2 I think I was a backer so I was getting it anyway on Playstation? I'll check my emails.
And Slimy was saying MS were going to save the industry because Sony is MIA lol. Go hide.
I'm happy about Horizon 5 and I'll try Yakuza later on GP. Halo Infinite is just there. It will probably be delayed. Psychonauts 2 I think I was a backer so I was getting it anyway on Playstation? I'll check my emails.
And Slimy was saying MS were going to save the industry because Sony is MIA lol. Go hide.
Magnific0giganticus
Banned
Not a fan of the "throw everything and see of something sticks" approach.
But oh boy, Google and Amazon won't know what hit'em.
But oh boy, Google and Amazon won't know what hit'em.
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nikolino840
Member
I will say a,lots of new games on game pass!
Stuart360
Member
There was literally like 2 cgi trailers. 'In engine' and 'Alpha' doesnt mean cgi.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
This conference was key for them. I don't feel like this will turn anything around.
Banjo64
cumsessed
I’d eat that even if she’d just polished off a vindaloo.
This ass? Wouldn't mind