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Very good IMO, easily the best so far this summer. I'm a little skeptical wether some of the trailers aren't leaning a bit towards being CGI (yeah, sure in engine or whatevs) but it really didn't matter because they provided a lot of gameplay. Starfield looks stellar (no pun intended) and now I'm actually convinced it may indeed be the killer app for Xbox on the console side of things.

 

[delirium trigger]

The OP specifically asked to rate the Xbox showcase, not including the Starfield Direct which is a separate thing.

The OP contradicted himself with the title of his thread. Anyone trying to take out the game that the showcase was literally built around is just looking for an excuse to give a shitty score.

 

[DonJorginho]

Easy 8/10, would've been a 9 if we got to see more actual gameplay footage of games like Fable, Hellblade II (I know it was gameplay but was mostly an in-game cutscene on rails) and if we got to see titles MIA like Indiana Jones & Everwild.

 

[Sanepar]

Good but not great, i would say a B

 

[Heisenberg007]

Year of boring shows. Same as Sony, really. Though for me as a PC owner, PS Showcase was more interesting.

Yeah, as much as I shat on Sony showcase (which still was/is underwhelming), I much prefer that over Xbox's showcase. That one just had more games I'd end up playing:

• Dragon's Dogma 2
• Alan Wake 2
• AC Mirage
• Metal Gear
• Phantom Blade 0
• Towers of Aghasba
• Final Fantasy XVI
• Spider-Man 2
• Helldivers 2

I had high hopes from Xbox showcase. They did show a lot of 1st party stuff, but it's the same issues: either the game has no gameplay (Hellblade 2), or no release date (Clockwork), or the game doesn't look good at all (Avowed).

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

It was WAY better than Sonys show that's for damn sure. Was it amazing? No, maybe if we saw some more gameplay. It was good tho ...I was hoping to see something for Perfect Dark by now tho

 

[sendit]

If we take out the Starfield show, then it was very poor. My reasons:

• 1st party games still did not show proper gameplay. Hellblade 2 was all cinematic, Fable had no gameplay, etc.
• Avowed looks absolutely awful. Biggest disappointment for me.
• Still no release dates.
• We just watched a 1-hour show. What's the next big game after Starfield, and when is it coming? No one has an answer.
• It was just mostly AAs.
• No third-party exclusives. All were multi-platform games.
• Still no State of Decay 3, Contraband, Everwild, Indiana Jones, or Perfect Dark. Been 3 years. What the hell!

Starfield saved the show.

In comparison, this is what they showed in 2020
- Halo Infinite (Released)
- Fable (Not Released, showed again 23)
- Avowed (Not released, showed again 23)
- Forza Motorsport (Not released, showed again 23)
- Hellblade 2 (Not released, showed again 23)
- State of Decay 3 (Not released)
- Everwild (Not released)

Xbox 2020 showcase was also rated better than Sony's.

 

[jonnyp]

The showcase 4/10 - slightly better than Sony's but only slightly

Starfield 10/10 - looks amazing, and great showcase of the scope, mechanics and gameplay.

 

[analog_future]

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Nothing really impressed me, I was disappointed in the lack of gameplay for some trailers and I was taken aback by the underwhelming visuals of Avowed.

To say they have the most capable system it doesn’t show in their software.

Maybe my expectations or hopes are too high, I’m waiting to be blown away by a game or two from them and they’ve are not doing it really, I even thought the Hellblade 2 trailer was underwhelming.

I think I need to step back from Xbox stuff for a while, getting frustrated with them too much and that’s no good.

Those who love what they are putting out will be happy tonight

 

[Isa]

For me it was amazing. So much to love throughout, as I have fairly wide gaming palette. MS continued to bring the Japanese love and made me very happy. Some of the games shown have excellent artwork and design throughout, and there were quite a few rpgs which is my favorite genre. Also a greater single player focus throughout. Can't wait to get to play most of what was shown.

 

[Heisenberg007]

The OP contradicted himself with the title of his thread. Anyone trying to take out the game that the showcase was literally built around is just looking for an excuse to give a shitty score.

Not really. Xbox itself promoted it as 1 XGS showcase + 1 Starfield Direct.

The showcase itself had a Starfield trailer and an advert to stick for the Starfield Direct after the showcase.

It's totally fair to rate the showcase separately because it is a separate show. Even now Xbox is promoting and talking the Xbox Showcase separately on their own website.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Yeah, as much as I shat on Sony showcase (which still was/is underwhelming), I much prefer that over Xbox's showcase. That one just had more games I'd end up playing:

• Dragon's Dogma 2
• Alan Wake 2
• AC Mirage
• Metal Gear
• Phantom Blade 0
• Towers of Aghasba
• Final Fantasy XVI
• Spider-Man 2
• Helldivers 2

I had high hopes from Xbox showcase. They did show a lot of 1st party stuff, but it's the same issues: either the game has no gameplay (Hellblade 2), or no release date (Clockwork), or the game doesn't look good at all (Avowed).

Avowed is clearly an XO game that was locked into some form of developer's hell, really. My personal letdown of the show. It looked worse than Outer Worlds.

 

[mortal]

B (without Starfield segment)
Even despite the lack of CGI, there were far too many cinematic trailers without gameplay.
I was pleased by the range of titles, with many coming to Game Pass on day 1.

A (with Starfield segment)
That is how you showcase a game. Starfield may not have most more bleeding-edge visuals, it looks like a serious GOTY contender imo.
It looks like a game I want to get lost in for hours.

Really hope Bethesda sticks the landing. An Xbox 1st party that wins over PlayStation or Nintendo diehards would be so awesome.

My highlights:

• Starfield
• Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
• Flight Simulator 2024 (especially with that Dune Ornithopter)
• South of Midnight (Intriguing setting, but need to see some gameplay)
• Cities: skylines lI
• Jusant (looks like RIme x Death Stranding.

 

[prinz_valium]

C+ For the Showcase
A+++ for Starfield Direct.

Overall A-

 

[Gone]

Yay, more infographics.

Ask and you shall receive

 

[POKEYCLYDE]

Not including Starfield direct, I'd give it a C+ or B- (Gave Sony a C)

Starfield direct was an A for me.

 

[ReBurn]

I saw a lot that I liked. Phil needs to deliver this time.

 

[Topher]

B (without Starfield segment)
Even despite the lack of CGI, there were far too many cinematic trailers without gameplay.
I was pleased by the range of titles, with many coming to Game Pass on day 1.

A (with Starfield segment)
That is how you showcase a game. Starfield may not have most more bleeding-edge visuals, it looks like a serious GOTY contender imo.
It looks like a game I want to get lost in for hours.

Really hope Bethesda sticks the landing. An Xbox 1st party that wins over PlayStation or Nintendo diehards would be so awesome.

My highlights:

• Starfield
• Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
• Flight Simulator 2024 (especially with that Dune Ornithopter)
• South of Midnight (Intriguing setting, but need to see some gameplay)
• Cities: skylines lI
• Jusant (looks like RIme x Death Stranding.

Starfield on its own was A+. Simply fantastic.

 

[Ozriel]

The OP specifically asked to rate the Xbox showcase, not including the Starfield Direct which is a separate thing.

The Showcase included a solid Starfield bit too. You didn't watch?

 

[DAHGAMING]

I voted very good. Good mix of games, dates for some of them aswell. The best show from anyone for a few yrs now. I would of liked some news on I.D (Doom, Quake) , Machine Games ( Indiana Jones, Wolfensteine) but I guess we get that info at a later time.

Im happy that the future looks good for xbox as a gamer and not a fanboy, compitition is good and Xbox hasnt had a good few months, so with Playstation having a shit showcase the other week this might give them a little kick up the arse. I want all these wankers on there toes, Jim and Phil are not our mates, I want them stressed to fuck about the other mob and keep pushing to out do each other.

 

[b0uncyfr0]

Easily a 7.5. Thats between good and very good territory i think.

 

[Jadsey]

I am normally pretty harsh on Xbox (with good reason), but I thought this showcase was actually quite good.

Certainly far, FAR better than Sony...I still haven't got over how bad that was.

I'd actually been thinking about selling my Series X after I have played Starfield, but I will 100% hold onto it now.

2024 looks stacked if they actually get the games out to a decent/high quality.

They are back in the game I would say.

 

[mansoor1980]

fantastic

starfield made other games look meh

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

Without Starfield it was C+
If they had shown Fable gameplay and if Avowed hadn't been a cartoony mess it would have been an A

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

Poor IMO.

I don't care how bad Sony's was in comparison, I am judging this on it's own merits.

Fable, no gameplay. Not even a 2024 window. This game started development in 2017. Even more importantly, the comedy fell flat for me.

Hellblade, I thought they might use this showcase to demo improved gameplay. The first game bored me to tears, and this looked like more of the same.

Avowed - the one and only highlight of the show for me. I am a sucker for high fantasy, I like Obsidian. Yes, looked great. Capcom's game looked great too.

No Everwild, no Perfect Dark. Never ending Flight Sim, Fallout 76 and ESO.

All of the other games looked low budget with average game play IMO.

How have they got 20 studios but can't produce one surprise? Even in partnership with someone else. They delivered what I considered the bare minimum baseline (basically just trying to provide updates on the games they announced 100 years ago).

Sadly I agree with a lot of this esp the bit about Hellblade 2. No Perfect Dark? Still? Avowed looked bad. No Fable gameplay means it's still long ways away. Also, how many times they going to announce an expansion for Fallout 76 without announcing a Series X upgrade? Flight Sim? Cool I guess but how about fixing the God Forsaken ui first.

Lastly- no announcements of any BC patches for Quantum Break, Ryse, Sunset Overdrive, fh3, Gears 1 ultimate, Dead rising 3!!!!!

 

[Ogbert]

Before Starfield, a 5.

After Starfield, a 9. If not a 10.

 

[AJUMP23]

Great but punch was added with starfield.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

As an xbox owner, I was pleased. Most of those games seemed like things I'd like to play and a lot of them were on Gamepass to boot.

I can't believe anyone who likes games would vote that mediocre or below, tbh. #ShotsFired

 

[splattered]

There should be an extended after show at some point i think? There will probably be more announcements then.. maybe? Phil mentioned "collections" in that previous interview and we saw no collections in this showcase so maybe smaller things like BC/Upgrades/Collections/etc will come in the followup show? Dunno

 

[BootsLoader]

It was a 8 out of 10 for me. Much better than the PlayStation showcase.

 

[Ozriel]

Nothing close as impressive as spider man 2. Starfield is close, but the rest of the first party and third party games didn't feel even last gen.

I mean, it's your opinion and to each their own, but for me, the Starfield bit completely blew away the Spiderman 2 segment. Not even close.

One overwhelmed with the sheer scope and systems. The other looks good and all, but didn't look that dissimilar to what we already played across two games.

 

[indigoSociety]

I cant go lower than an A. Not A+ because i would’ve liked more gameplay , especially from Hellblade 2. Most of the games shown are 2024 and beyond releases with some hazy release dates at that. BUT Starfield looks like the craziest game probably ever made and im not really sure if thats hyperbole. So when that comes out i likely wont care about any other games until 2024 so yeah i’m buying an X for Starfield and i’m happy that ill get to play all this other great looking stuff in 24’ and beyond. Phil is wrong. Good games will make a difference and i think this showing was a great start to shift the narrative and momentum for Xbox. Its not so much about beating Sony its moreso about them executing their gameplan well and having these games release more frequently and be good from a quality and performance standpoint when we play them. Do that and we will have some healthy competition again between platforms and all us gamers will benefit because of it. Great job Xbox

 

[Bartski]

Strong B. For bitchslapping. You know who.

Games I'm interested in all looked great, definitely a good day for Phil and the gang.

Starfield stole the evening.

 

[SuperSaiyanWithDreads]

It was ok, it was better than Sony’s in my opinion, butttt spider-man 2 is still better than anything I seen at Xbox showcase. Anyways that Starfield

 

[intheinbetween]

Is people seriously comparing this show to the latest PS Showcase? either people are trolling or just completely fanboyish

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

I guess that’s the perk of delays and a barren first party library, there are more games to show lol. Fable is nice, but overall a C.

 

[Ribi]

Who are you fantastic people? It was carried by one game and even then that was just a dev diary. Bring back e3

7/10

 

[Elios83]

If we take out the Starfield show, then it was very poor. My reasons:

• 1st party games still did not show proper gameplay. Hellblade 2 was all cinematic, Fable had no gameplay, etc.
• Avowed looks absolutely awful. Biggest disappointment for me.
• Still no release dates.
• We just watched a 1-hour show. What's the next big game after Starfield, and when is it coming? No one has an answer.
• It was just mostly AAs.
• No third-party exclusives. All were multi-platform games.
• Still no State of Decay 3, Contraband, Everwild, Indiana Jones, or Perfect Dark. Been 3 years. What the hell!

Pretty much outside Starfield the rest was the usual Xbox showcase, even with the advantage of being many years into development many teams were still missing in action or showing just "cinematic" trailers.
The rest was basically the "we bought marketing rights for a bunch of Sega games" show.

I think it was an okay show but it simply isn't giving any reason for people to invest into the Xbox ecosystem compared to what were already known quantities like Starfield.

 

[Superkewl]

As I posted in the OT, I found it kind of underwhelming. I would give it a 6.5/10. The only things I was excited for going in was Starfield and Phantom Liberty, and those were the only things I was excited about at the end. Too many cinematics, not enough gameplay.

 

[Neo_game]

The fable trailer wasn't CG, it said in game footage right when the guy popped up.

I just watched the video again, there seems to be some 10secs of gameplay in that trailer.

 

[diffusionx]

Show was a C, but Starfield was A+.

Avowed look like it could be cool (but very basic graphics), Fable looks horrible, FS2024 is a really nice upgrade, the SW game might be cool, everything else wait and see but at least MS brought stuff out there. i didn't watch the Sony one but I rated SGF as a D.

 

[cash_longfellow]

Avowed was the game that was going to sell me an xbox…not happening now. I’ve enjoyed Fable in the past, but still no gameplay was a big fuck you. Aside from that, the games that interested me most are multiplat anyway. It was better than Sonys conference (not hard to do), but it was still below average to me. I’d give it a C- or so, about a 5/10, and that’s being generous because Avowed seriously hurt my feelings.

 

[FearlessBelgian]

Sadly way better than PS showcase

 

[reksveks]

Fucking atlus and thier gorgeous menus

 

[GladiusFrog]

Incredible showcase, this is exactly what Xbox needed.

Good show Microsoft.

 

[Aguero9320]

Seems a little desperate to remove Starfield from the equation tbh.

I voted very good. Not fantastic, but plenty to be excited about. Personally could have used a bit less Japanese nonsense, but I realize others like it.

Game Pass is ridiculous value. Starfield delivered bigly.

 

[TheShocker]

B-

Would have been an easy A had some of the big hitter games had 2023 release dates. 2024 releases are probably late in the year releases.

Also, Xbox is done with Halo it seems like. Which is super sad.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Wish they had some next gen fallout 4 and 76 news.

Starfield looks great too.

Avowed really missed for me.

 

[sachos]

I voted "Ok" for lack of "Good", i think it was good 7/10. Disappointed with Avowed, Fable looks pretty good so far and coming along well and looks like its going to be amazing, interested by Clockwork Revolution and that other swamp guitar monster game that i forgot the name about. Hellblade i don't know how they haven't shown gameplay yet after so long. Starfield looks both amazing and classic Bethesda jank at times, feels weird, will have to wait and see the final game to make judgment. I missed id Software and MachineGames.