Microsoft press conference: What's the bottom line?

[Dreadman75]

I'm only just now tuning into the E3 coverage at the tail end of Microsoft's conference and I was wondering if someone out there could help bottom line everything that happened: How many games, how many exclusives, their names, and any other hard info on the Xbox One that was either revealed or confirmed, as well as any thoughts or first impressions, good or bad.

Partly for myself, and partly for others who either haven't or couldn't tune in.

It might be handy to do this with the Sony press conference as well. Thoughts?

 

[thatonedude11]

They brought quite a few core games and had a lot of gameplay, which is good. I'll be honest though, the only title announced that I am really interested in is TitanFall, and I'm pretty sure that's coming to PC. I'm still very skeptical about 'the cloud' and think it is just an excuse to require an online connection when you play singleplayer, like it was with SimCity. Overall though, I think the conference is exactly what Microsoft needed, and I am interested to see how Sony competes.

One final thing, Five Hundred Dollars!!! I know it isn't the most overpriced console released, but it still seems like too damn much. $400, I would have been fine with, but $500 seems overpriced for the hardware included.I'm interested to see if Sony's price compares, and I'm hoping that the PS4 will be cheaper.

 

[Dreadman75]

They brought quite a few core games and had a lot of gameplay, which is good. I'll be honest though, the only title announced that I am really interested in is TitanFall, and I'm pretty sure that's coming to PC. I'm still very skeptical about 'the cloud' and think it is just an excuse to require an online connection when you play singleplayer, like it was with SimCity. Overall though, I think the conference is exactly what Microsoft needed, and I am interested to see how Sony competes.

One final thing, Five Hundred Dollars!!! I know it isn't the most overpriced console released, but it still seems like too damn much. $400, I would have been fine with, but $500 seems overpriced for the hardware included.I'm interested to see if Sony's price compares, and I'm hoping that the PS4 will be cheaper.

...$500? You gotta be kidding me!? Given what happened with the PS3 at launch that just seems...unwise? Suicidal? Just plain stupid?

But enough of that, what else got revealed? I wasn't able to tune in until WAY late in the press conference because I had to work. I'm really interested in seeing which games were exclusive and which weren't.

 

[DrunkOnEstus]

The bottom line is that my brain is going through severe dissonance. Swery of Deadly Premonition fame is making a cel-shaded game exclusive to the X1. I will never buy an X1, I will never get to play this game, unless there's a "director's cut" for PS4 all over again.

 

[thatonedude11]

...$500? You gotta be kidding me!? Given what happened with the PS3 at launch that just seems...unwise? Suicidal? Just plain stupid?

But enough of that, what else got revealed? I wasn't able to tune in until WAY late in the press conference because I had to work. I'm really interested in seeing which games were exclusive and which weren't.

Off the top of my head, the exclusives are:

Ryse, a roman slashy slash game by Crytek
Quantum Break, a game that will have a TV show too!
A game by one of the people who made Sword and Sorcery.
Dead Rising 3
Forza 5
A new Killer Instinct
A new Halo game
And some weird cartoony create a game thing... that one confused me.

I'm probably missing one or two, as there were several that just got a very short announcement trailer and then they immediately moved on, but those are the ones that I remember.

 

[Imper1um]

I took some notes on the conference and posted them:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/9.409875.17173184
I might have skipped one or two things because I was distracted, but it gets the general jist of what went on.

 

[mohit9206]

The only game that really caught my attention was Quantum Break. So i didnt like the conference. Can't wait for Sony to show some "real" exclusives.

 

[McMarbles]

The bottom line is they're charging you $500 for the privilege of paying them every month to use the system you already paid $500 for. And to look at ads. And play games you don't own.

 

[Racecarlock]

Sunset overdrive looks like a lot of fun.

 

[Waffle_Man]

Some trailers without any game play, QTE the game: Romans edition, and some modern military shooters.

Titanfall looks like it might have more emphasis on movement than a lot of other shooters, which I like, but I'm pretty sure that everything I've read about it says that it'll be out on PC. Too bad it'll probably carry the always on bullshit with it.

Spark might be interesting, but I can see Microsoft censoring the hell out of it.

The drivatar idea from Forza is interesting, but I don't know how well it will work in practice. All I know is that my first instinct would be to see if I can get it to grief people, and I don't think I'm alone in that sentiment.

Lastly, it'll cost only a little bit less than a cheap gaming PC. Hmmm...

 

[doggy go 7]

$666 price tag for the UK. How fitting of a price.

Actually it's £429 for UK, 499 Euros in Europe. As funny as that would've been it isn't true.

Still too fucking expensive (not that I would pay for it at all at this point)

 

[Dreadman75]

Some trailers without any game play, QTE the game: Romans edition, and some modern military shooters.

Titanfall looks like it might have more emphasis on movement than a lot of other shooters, which I like, but I'm pretty sure that everything I've read about it says that it'll be out on PC. Too bad it'll probably carry the always on bullshit with it.

Spark might be interesting, but I can see Microsoft censoring the hell out of it.

The drivatar idea from Forza is interesting, but I don't know how well it will work in practice. All I know is that my first instinct would be to see if I can get it to grief people, and I don't think I'm alone in that sentiment.

So...par for the course for Microsoft so far? I've heard that Insomniac is making an Xbox One exclusive game, what's going on with that?

Titanfall sounds like an interesting game, but always online is always a deal-breaker.

I've also heard that word thrown around quite a bit since the conference. Drivatar? What exactly is that? Is it like, using your Xbox Avatar in the actual game?

 

[Darquenaut]

I made a bet with some friends last night that if Microsoft announced two out of three games as Xbox-One exclusives, I might have to buy a XBox after the initial launch rush dies down and the price cuts start to sink in. Those three games were Fallout 4, Killer Instinct, and/or Dead Rising 3. Soooo.... hurm. I'm betting I'm gonna be caled out on that tonight.

KI looks interesting, but I'm holding any critical opinion until more seen. Dead Rising 3 is looking awesome, although again I can't tell much from a few minutes of gameplay. On top of that, they also announced D4, an exclusive episodic release from Swery, Titanfall is looking awesome, and Quantum Break looks like it might have promise. It's also obvious now that the art team they had working on Overstrike (before it was mutated into Fuse) was put onto Sunset Overdrive, very awesome looking. And topping it off with Witcher 3 didn't hurt either.

So visually, I was pleased, but the price point is a heavy one to consider. Definitely going to be holding off getting anything until seeing the reviews.

 

[Dags90]

I've also heard that word thrown around quite a bit since the conference. Drivatar? What exactly is that? Is it like, using your Xbox Avatar in the actual game?

It's a stupid buzzword for AI that learns from player actions, so an AI version of your driving style can compete against you, or for you when you're offline.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

Too restrictive and too expensive. Not touching it. I might get the controller for my PC but that's it.

 

[Waffle_Man]

So...par for the course for Microsoft so far? I've heard that Insomniac is making an Xbox One exclusive game, what's going on with that?

Yes, Sunset drive is apparently an open world shooter for lots people. It didn't show any gameplay footage though.

Titanfall sounds like an interesting game, but always online is always a deal-breaker.

They didn't mention anything about the DRM or always online. It is being done by an ea studio though (the people that left infinity ward a while back), and I don't remember how much autonomy they supposedly had.

I've also heard that word thrown around quite a bit since the conference. Drivatar? What exactly is that? Is it like, using your Xbox Avatar in the actual game?

Basically Forza 5 analyzes what you do and makes an AI based off of you, so instead of having bots, it's trying to imitate real life people. The concept is actually pretty cool, and it's something I've been wanting to see in a shooter for years. The only problem is that it might end up sticking you in a single player game full of griefers.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

Infinite power of the cloud!

Running Battlefield 4 demo on a PC

http://www.pcgamesn.com/battlefield/battlefield-4-shown-running-60fps-pc-e3-prettiest-things

 

[Matthi205]

Here you go... [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.410171-My-personal-look-at-the-E3-press-conferences-with-trailers]
Not going to repost this in full.
The whole press conference was nicely done, and showed only games. Mostly exclusives, too. They did nearly everything right... but they're still sticking to their DRM and used games policy.