[Obdigore]

Aptorian, on 23 July 2020 - 03:52 PM, said:

I think they might open with a halo cinematic and then show more Halo later in the show.

I think Halo, Fable, Gears and Forza trailers are given. Other trailers will probably be Senua and Elden Ring.

They just dropped a Gears, I don't think they'll have new Gears content, unless its DLC.

Fable is technically not announced yet.

[Aptorian]

Brad Shoemaker from Giant Bomb just mentioned that he's heard there will be games that aren't strictly speaking first party but rather part of a partnership. So... Some kind of year 1 deal or financing. Like Dead Rising 3 last generation.

[Aptorian]

Awh, this Halo footage is pretty underwhelming. Maybe it's because the stream is only HD but neither graphically, nor gameplay wise, does this look impressive or like a flagship title. It just looks like more Halo 1.

This post has been edited by Aptorian: 23 July 2020 - 04:14 PM

[Malankazooie]

Ohhhh Everwild gots that faiery tale, magic vibe shiznit. Like Legend of Zelda, if it swallowed down a bag of mollys.

[Malankazooie]

Honey I Shrunk the Kids?

"we're all the size of boogers!"

[Malankazooie]

Avowed.

*rubs-chin *raises-eyebrow ....fascinating.

[Malankazooie]

The world is a better place for having Tim Schafer and Double Fine in it. Just needed to say that. Carry on with your regularly scheduled programming.

[Aptorian]

You clearly didn't play Brutal Legend.

[Malankazooie]

The Gunk. What a weird name.

[Aptorian]

I'd have gone with plain "Gunk".

[Malankazooie]

Yeah, Medium is looking like something I will continue to follow and what they eventually deliver with that.

[Aptorian]

Eh. I'm underwhelmed.

[Mentalist]

Running thoughts from the pre-show onwards:

-10 minutes in and no content. Makes it easy to keep working at least.
Okay, so here they go.
-Dragon Quest coming to GamePass. The Nintendo version, too. That's a decent get.

-ooh, a new sci-fi shooter. With robots.
-Exomecha. Ah, it's an F2P game.

More Watch Dogs... eeeh. I'd have rather seen smth new.
-a new Canadian game. Looks all right. It's a JRPG-like? Seems to have a turn-based battle system- Echo Generation.

man, YouTube people be crazy
-oh, more Hello Neighbour. That's not new. Or maybe it is? Not sure, I know there's 2 Hello neighbour games. Meh.

-oh hey, ID@Xbox time! Let's check out the montage
-2 new sport-y games; -Iron

-ooh, new Japanese game. Balan Wonderworld. Looks... interesting? Like Sonic, but not really?
-also, they've got the Mario Hat as a logo. Lol.

ihonestly, I thought Microsoft would put some content updates into the pre-show. I guess they might be in the main show. That could be... not great for the show's pacing. Hrm.

All right, the main event.

Halo. Halo has a map. Open world confirmed?

-wait, why are elites shooting me? I just finished Halo 3, they're supposed to be allies!
-okay grappling hook is a thing. Tossing explosives with it is a thing? Punching elites in the face is also a thing?

-hmm, I'll need to play Halo Wars at least to get an idea what's going on.

This is.. A survival game. State of Decay?
-yup, number 3

9 Studios, 5 new games (1 down)

Forza (that's 2)

Everwild. Still looks cool, still no idea what it is. Some cool shaman stuff. Please explain what it does.
-no? Well, that kinda sucks.

Tell Me Why. I like DontNoD, but I prefer their more action-y games. We'll see though.

Ooh. Moon studios. Ah. An XSX update for Ori. That damn worm makes pretty sure I'm not replaying that any time soon.

Outer Worlds DLC. Guess I'll be in time for the Steam release. The presentation style reminds me of We Happy Few DLC trailers. (1st story pack of 2)
-I like how the Grounded trailer owns the fact that it's an Obsidian experiment.

-okay, so there's a 1st person RPG set in the Pillars world. Next-gen only. Hrm. Need to play Pillars 2. Not sure how I feel about the setting.

-new game from a new UK studio. 2nd party I guess. Ah, an "interactive drama". Sigh.

Okay, Hellblade II. Gimme them details.
-set in Iceland
-that's it

I guess, it's double fine time now.
-I really need to get back to Psychonauts. The game crashed that one time, and then I never went back.

Okay, 3rd party stuff.
-Destiny 2 is coming to GamePass
-ooh. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2!!!!! HYPE!!!!!! FUCK, YEAH!!!
-ok, Microsoft wins. We're done here.
-and a new 40k game from Vermintide devs
-tetris? Effect? With multi-player?

New game from steamworld devs. A 3d action-platformer. Good answer to Kena. Damn good answer tto Kena - The Gunk.

-okay, Medium time. Looks quite nice.

-Sega brings a new MMO. PSO Anniversary.

Crossfire X campaign by Remedy. A 1st person shooter by Remedy. With a stealth suit. So basically crysis/Deus Ex. I'll take it.

-and Fable. It got the tone right.
-

[Malankazooie]

It was better then that first one, but yeah, meh. They need to bring the heat. Sony is eating their lunch, then grabbing them, turning them upside down and shaking out any loose change to buy an vanilla ice cream cone for desert.

[Obdigore]

Malankazooie, on 23 July 2020 - 04:59 PM, said:

It was better then that first one, but yeah, meh. They need to bring the heat. Sony is eating their lunch, then grabbing them, turning them upside down and shaking out any loose change to buy an vanilla ice cream cone for desert.

There isn't a single game in Sony's launch title that looks great. Sony led with GTAV, only been out for 7 years now. Biggest things for me were Obsidians new RPG and Fable, neither of which showed gameplay which makes me think they aren't release titles

This post has been edited by Obdigore: 23 July 2020 - 05:03 PM

[Aptorian]

Besides Halo. Where any of those games actually 2020? I think Crossfire was. That's the only one I noticed.

[Mentalist]

Aptorian, on 23 July 2020 - 05:04 PM, said:

Besides Halo. Where any of those games actually 2020? I think Crossfire was. That's the only one I noticed.

Medium is launch title. And next gen only.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 23 July 2020 - 05:11 PM

[Mentalist]

20 Days of Sheep, on 23 July 2020 - 05:42 PM, said:

Is E3 happening or something?

Microsoft did their showcase.

[Aptorian]

Rewatched the Halo demo in 4K 60fps. Didn't change anything for me. It looks like a Halo Combat Evolved remake. Not next gen Halo.

I'm pretty disillusioned at this point. This is what they're leading with?

[Obdigore]

Aptorian, on 23 July 2020 - 05:54 PM, said:

Rewatched the Halo demo in 4K 60fps. Didn't change anything for me. It looks like a Halo Combat Evolved remake. Not next gen Halo.

I'm pretty disillusioned at this point. This is what they're leading with?

That was the halo communities biggest gripe after the latest game. 'Its not REAL halo!'. 'Take it back to Halo: Combat Evolved!'

I did like that shooting off that guys armor then shooting him in the leg staggered him. But eh I'm not a huge halo fan. More excited about Obsidians next RPG and Fable, neither of which got gameplay which suggest they aren't launch titles.