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Hahaha. That's a glitch. Will be fixed soon.
But it kind of is appropriate for how we fell about the press conference, I guess. :)
Hahaha. That's a glitch. Will be fixed soon.
But it kind of is appropriate for how we fell about the press conference, I guess. :)
I'm beyond excited about Halo Anniversary.
That could be because I'm a Halo fanboy...Actually...It is =D.
That could be because I'm a Halo fanboy...Actually...It is =D.
I for one am very pleased with what Microsoft had to show. The new dashboard looks good, the Kinect Star Wars and Kinect Minecraft games have me excited and of course the new Halo games. I think the people complaining about KINECT EVERYWHERE OMG need to chillout a little bit and realize that this was to be expected. Kinect is new hardware with hardly any software to speak of, it's a no brainer that Microsoft would be announcing a slew of new titles for it. Plus the hardcore gamers got what they wanted with the Halo announcements and another look at Gears 3. I really don't see anything to complain about.
9/10
9/10
Never cared about Halo.
Never cared about Gears.
Kinect amazes technology-wise again, but the games are still stupid.
Why can't Mass Effect 3's voice command thing just use a regular headset?
Meh.
Never cared about Gears.
Kinect amazes technology-wise again, but the games are still stupid.
Why can't Mass Effect 3's voice command thing just use a regular headset?
Meh.
Well Chad enjoy a nice day off in LA cause there isn't many newsworthy items to talk about after that.
They didn't blow me away, but they didn't really disappoint either.
They made me feel like kinect would be a relevant purchase now.
Granted...I'm buying one specifically for Forza 4 at some point, but the voice commands and new integration with stuff looked fair enough to add some appeal for me.
They made me feel like kinect would be a relevant purchase now.
Granted...I'm buying one specifically for Forza 4 at some point, but the voice commands and new integration with stuff looked fair enough to add some appeal for me.
The xbox is officially dead, and I'm ashamed to ever have owned one. It's time to buy a PS3. Flat 1/10 for me. Would have been lower but I did have a couple of laughs because of how bad some of it was. I knew they were going to promote Kinect, but I didn't think they were going to shove it down our throats with cattle prods and chains.
Also are you guys seriously joking about the sesame street game being good? Are you absolutely insane or just screwing with me. It might be good for kids, but all that happened was arm waggling and more dumb minigames. Don't say it's good just because it was made by schafer, it just makes you look fanboyish.
Also are you guys seriously joking about the sesame street game being good? Are you absolutely insane or just screwing with me. It might be good for kids, but all that happened was arm waggling and more dumb minigames. Don't say it's good just because it was made by schafer, it just makes you look fanboyish.
Overall, I'd give Microsoft a C- this year. It wasn't as disastrous as last year, but none of their exclusives are worth much. Sequels to games you either Love or Hate and all this Kinect crap that most people won't use without kids. It's rather lame.
As I started in my blog, if I didn't already own a 360, this year would be the nail in the coffin.
As I started in my blog, if I didn't already own a 360, this year would be the nail in the coffin.
It wasn't that bad. The fully voice/gesture commandable dashboard is a feature I've been waiting for so I'm excited for that. Otherwise, Ghost Recon seemed to work surprisingly well. Also, I'm suprised the MW3 announcement was just a single player demo.
After the relative first party calm the last while, I don't think I wasn't alone in waiting for the hidden gems to appear. Halo 4 was the only exlusive that got me, and it's holiday 2012.
Kinect looks like it'd be amazing with children.
Think It's a strange time were all I feel I want anymore are my pc and nintendo's latest.
Kinect looks like it'd be amazing with children.
Think It's a strange time were all I feel I want anymore are my pc and nintendo's latest.
Copy/Pasting my review.
Microsoft gets a D. The press conference was a rehash of last year's. The Halo 4 footage was nothing but CGI. Way too much casual Kinect / Dashboad crap. Tomb Raider didn't really show any action, just a bunch of QTEs. I'm done with the CoD series, so it's dropped.
There just isn't anything for me to get pumped about.
Microsoft gets a D. The press conference was a rehash of last year's. The Halo 4 footage was nothing but CGI. Way too much casual Kinect / Dashboad crap. Tomb Raider didn't really show any action, just a bunch of QTEs. I'm done with the CoD series, so it's dropped.
There just isn't anything for me to get pumped about.
Besides the games I knew already existed (Arkham City, Skyrim and Bioshock Infinite), the only games that I was genuinely excited for and were surprised by were the new Tomb Raider and the Sesame Street Kinect game. I'm giving it a 5/10 because it was better than last year, but not by much.
Hated halo so can't say I care about the new one.
Happy for Gears of war 3 can't wait for that one.
Kinect is impressive but it's still wii sports plus HD power x2 Also still no games that make me want to say I want to go out there and buy it. I'll still go to my freinds house and plays his which he doesn't use much anyway.
Mass effect 3 looks good can't wait for that one also. Though I was hoping for more games instead of the youtube thing for xbox. :(
Happy for Gears of war 3 can't wait for that one.
Kinect is impressive but it's still wii sports plus HD power x2 Also still no games that make me want to say I want to go out there and buy it. I'll still go to my freinds house and plays his which he doesn't use much anyway.
Mass effect 3 looks good can't wait for that one also. Though I was hoping for more games instead of the youtube thing for xbox. :(
What DaedHead8 said. plus the fact that MS always announce new stuff on gaming-specific conventions(Which E3 is not) and that they still have over 20 exclusive core titles already announced that weren't on the show that will be released in the next 18 months. i love the Fun Labs stuff since it definitely will be featured in future games.
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Why push Minecraft into the mainstream? I just see it as a smart business move from Notch rather than it actually changing anything in the industry.
If this was launching months ago, hell, even during Alpha, then perhaps I would agree that it would spark some huge change in the industry. But as Minecraft stands currently, it is just another game that's largely complete and is just getting some content updates which are going to be few for those on Xbox because of the limits/costs on updates.
1.6 had 5 updates in a matter of hours and another final update bringing it to 1.6.6 within another four days. That's not going to work well on the 360 and so I don't see it changing anything in the industry beyond pushing back graphics.
But the only thing Minecraft changed was how indie games are funded and that's going to remain a primarily PC thing where the finished products will eventually find themselves onto a console when the devs are ready because I don't see console gamers buying into the alpha and wait scenario. And Live's update policies make that impossible. PSN? Maybe...
Why push Minecraft into the mainstream? I just see it as a smart business move from Notch rather than it actually changing anything in the industry.
If this was launching months ago, hell, even during Alpha, then perhaps I would agree that it would spark some huge change in the industry. But as Minecraft stands currently, it is just another game that's largely complete and is just getting some content updates which are going to be few for those on Xbox because of the limits/costs on updates.
1.6 had 5 updates in a matter of hours and another final update bringing it to 1.6.6 within another four days. That's not going to work well on the 360 and so I don't see it changing anything in the industry beyond pushing back graphics.
But the only thing Minecraft changed was how indie games are funded and that's going to remain a primarily PC thing where the finished products will eventually find themselves onto a console when the devs are ready because I don't see console gamers buying into the alpha and wait scenario. And Live's update policies make that impossible. PSN? Maybe...
Minecraft for Xbox and Kinect was pretty interesting.
@llort het
Jesus. You're bashing the xbox and MS a bit much today don't you think.
@llort het
Jesus. You're bashing the xbox and MS a bit much today don't you think.
Microsoft held par, basically. A few birdies, a few bogeys. Everything else was as expected, or stuff we knew about already. Nothing truly NEW, which I still don't understand.
The biggest surprise for me was the claim that the 360 would end up as the best selling console of 2011. How, when they might very well slip into third place because of the Wii price cut? Does this mean they have something really big planned for later? I don't get that, unless it was just pure marketing hyperbole.
The biggest surprise for me was the claim that the 360 would end up as the best selling console of 2011. How, when they might very well slip into third place because of the Wii price cut? Does this mean they have something really big planned for later? I don't get that, unless it was just pure marketing hyperbole.
Also, I'm officially a sony fanboy now. I don't know how people are actually giving Microsoft's press conference Bs and 7-8/10 scores. "OMG I didn't like the kincet but they showed 10 seconds of a prerendered halo 4 cutscene omg haxorz microsoft rulez!" That little Halo teaser doesn't make up for 50 minutes of watching idiots flail around grabbing for coins and fist bumping on stage.
Well, that was rubbish. The conference, I mean. Can they just let the 3rd parties have their own announcements back and do a presser at CES instead?
Microsot is going where the money WAS, the Wii crowd. A shame if they forget the consumers who bought the 360 in the first place and puts them as secondary focus. Hope they announce more core things outside E3.
Voice controls are cool, but you can do it with a headset or normal mic, why use kinect?
Voice controls are cool, but you can do it with a headset or normal mic, why use kinect?
I have a brand spanking new Xbox with kinect... and I was really hoping for some "wow" stuff I could get excited about - but it all seemed very Eyetoy/Wii oriented. Too much old stuff being done with kinect and I got a very "been there, done that" vibe.
... all in all I was pretty disappointed. :(
The most exciting stuff was multiplatform for me, so overall a bit of a failure. I would have been interested in Fable 4.. without the whole coach driving with kinect thing.
The only highlight was Forza... for my husband, not me.
... all in all I was pretty disappointed. :(
The most exciting stuff was multiplatform for me, so overall a bit of a failure. I would have been interested in Fable 4.. without the whole coach driving with kinect thing.
The only highlight was Forza... for my husband, not me.
Still not sold on the majority of the kinect titles. Hopefully there is more to some of the on rails games than shown, otherwise things are gonna get old fast. Good to see sesame street get some love, if i don't have a kid by the time it comes out, i'll just borrow one. Im sure nobody will mind.
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I think Sesame looks great because I have a young child and have advantage of empathysing with her persoective of the world. There are alot of crap games aimed at kids that rely on the idea that their parents are clueles game-wise and will buy a lousy game. The Sesame game looks like it delivers a good experiance for its target audience, kids & their parents.
I think Sesame looks great because I have a young child and have advantage of empathysing with her persoective of the world. There are alot of crap games aimed at kids that rely on the idea that their parents are clueles game-wise and will buy a lousy game. The Sesame game looks like it delivers a good experiance for its target audience, kids & their parents.
Tomb Raider, five hours in:
“I have to pull these levers in a certain order so that door opens!”
“I have to shoot this tiger!”
“I have to solve this block pushing puzzle!”
“I have to pull these levers in a certain order so that door opens!”
“I have to shoot this tiger!”
“I have to solve this block pushing puzzle!”
Where's the gamez at microsoft? (At least games I like) I like gears and halo but I like more of a diverse exclusive line up to choose from. Guess ill be sticking to sonys console for the majority of next year.
Microsoft is supporting Kinect very well, which I think is great for those of us who invested in it. I also like what MS is doing with Xbox Live and the Dashboard... all cool stuff. My only disappointment is there weren't any real surprises and no new IPs. MS really needs to buy some developers or something so they can make some fresh IPs.... before they wear out the ones they got.
I thought it was a bad conference myself. I have yet to see a single kinect game or feature that makes me care about that waste of money so most of the conference was a bust for me off the bat. None of the new games managed to wow me. No real fresh IPs either which is a shame.
not a fan of microsoft and xbox 360 in general (never replaced my rrod one)
conference was better then last year but nothing shocking maybe halo 4 for fans.
kinect sports 2 , poor rare.
conference was better then last year but nothing shocking maybe halo 4 for fans.
kinect sports 2 , poor rare.
The only game I cared about was Mass Effect 3, and I'm getting that for the PC anyway.
Lame conference.
Lame conference.
MS us shifting focus sort of like Nintendo did a few years back. However they tried to make up for it to some degree in 2010. MS on the other hand isn't really interested on focusing in on the core market? Maybe they're confident they already have tons of folks playing shooters on the 360 so they want to target other demographics.
I started of a fan of the Xbox platform but MS has continued in every way possible to try an alienate me. With things like faulty hardware, increasing Gold costs "justified by apps like twitter, going after timed exclusives but almost abandoning 1st party core support and their tight grip that makes it difficult for free content to find it's way to the platform.
With Halo and Gears being basically the last exclusives left on 360 I care about ill be more interested in what Sony has in store for next generation.
I started of a fan of the Xbox platform but MS has continued in every way possible to try an alienate me. With things like faulty hardware, increasing Gold costs "justified by apps like twitter, going after timed exclusives but almost abandoning 1st party core support and their tight grip that makes it difficult for free content to find it's way to the platform.
With Halo and Gears being basically the last exclusives left on 360 I care about ill be more interested in what Sony has in store for next generation.
I don't know why, but I did expect more than this. They're only new IP is a on-rails gladiator sword game. The big teaser of last year, with them working with Crytek, is that. The graphics didn't even look all that good. The first 30 minutes was nothing but multiplatform games, then Gears, Forza 4, and Halo: CE Anniversary followed by 45 minutes of causal & Kiddie Kinect stuff. Then they thought that a CG trailer of Halo 4, was suppose to make up for it all.
Yay a new Halo trilogy, to go along with us getting a new halo game every year since 2009, which actually had 2 Halo games, if you count Halo Wars. I love the Halo franchise, but I'm already Halo'd out, so I can't imagine getting excited for 3 more Halo games when they come year, after year, after year now. What a underwhelming press conference. It was just like last year!
Yay a new Halo trilogy, to go along with us getting a new halo game every year since 2009, which actually had 2 Halo games, if you count Halo Wars. I love the Halo franchise, but I'm already Halo'd out, so I can't imagine getting excited for 3 more Halo games when they come year, after year, after year now. What a underwhelming press conference. It was just like last year!
It's surprising how DToid staff members are forgiving towards this conference - I don't have xbox and I felt somewhat abashed with the conference - basically, if you don't own kinect nor you ever were interested in motion gaming, the only exclusives were... GoW3 (or 4, I did not follow).... and Halo 4. Wow, now this is something. Wasn't Halo supposed to end with the 3rd one?
I remember the wow effect the novelty of Kinect had on me 2 years ago. But today was just sad. I feel sorry for the core xbox audience. I only hope Sony won't push too hard with move and and 3d...
I remember the wow effect the novelty of Kinect had on me 2 years ago. But today was just sad. I feel sorry for the core xbox audience. I only hope Sony won't push too hard with move and and 3d...
They sprinkled in stuff the had to show off in between other stuff to to hide the little they had and gave us all kinect at the end. Wise on there part cuz that is were I tuned out the most. All in all I enjoyed the look at tomb raider and gears once again.
6/10
6/10
wow, what an unbelievable waste of time. especially the last 25min, where the crowd, already bored and unimpressed, was beaten into fine stupor with Kinect bullshit.
Way, waaaay too much Kinect!
Star Wars on rails Kinect, ouch that was painful to watch!
Ghost Recon had some nice ideas, too bad i don't like milltary shooters ...i even skipped past the Modern warfare stuff,thats not for me.
Now Mass Effect 3 was interesting ,that was the first time i for a split second thought i could get some fun out of Kinect.
Gears, Halo and Fable no thanks.
Star Wars on rails Kinect, ouch that was painful to watch!
Ghost Recon had some nice ideas, too bad i don't like milltary shooters ...i even skipped past the Modern warfare stuff,thats not for me.
Now Mass Effect 3 was interesting ,that was the first time i for a split second thought i could get some fun out of Kinect.
Gears, Halo and Fable no thanks.
I went into the conference expecting it to be worse than last year. It wasn't worse than last year, but it still wasn't particularly good. The really heavy focus on Kinect was disappointing to me, they reshowed Gears 3 and Forza 4 and had very little in the way of non-Kinect exclusive titles. They just glossed over both Halo announcements; CE Anniversary was shoved aside for Forza 4 and we got less than half a minute for Halo 4, which was really disappointing.
The voice commands in Mass Effect 3 and the Gunsmith mode of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier were impressive, and showed that Kinect could very easily supplement proper games, but overall what it added were minor things that don't warrant a £150 price tag. Future Soldier's motion controls looked promising, but it'd be much easier to stick to the controller.
The really heavy focus on non-videogame media additions to XBL was also off-putting; we didn't drop £250 for a bulky, noisy iPod or DVD player, Microsoft, and I can watch TV on my TV just fine. All of the recent stuff they've added is something a PC could do much more efficiently, easily and cheaper (no XBL Gold cost) and just overall better. People buy these things to play games, Microsoft, we have other hardware for other things.
If I had to grade it, I'd give the conference a D-, or a 3-4/10.
The voice commands in Mass Effect 3 and the Gunsmith mode of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier were impressive, and showed that Kinect could very easily supplement proper games, but overall what it added were minor things that don't warrant a £150 price tag. Future Soldier's motion controls looked promising, but it'd be much easier to stick to the controller.
The really heavy focus on non-videogame media additions to XBL was also off-putting; we didn't drop £250 for a bulky, noisy iPod or DVD player, Microsoft, and I can watch TV on my TV just fine. All of the recent stuff they've added is something a PC could do much more efficiently, easily and cheaper (no XBL Gold cost) and just overall better. People buy these things to play games, Microsoft, we have other hardware for other things.
If I had to grade it, I'd give the conference a D-, or a 3-4/10.
Me personally, I give it a 1.5 out of 10.
Tomb Raider Looks pretty good.Everything else Meh..
If I had kids under 12 I'd give it a 8/10.
Tomb Raider Looks pretty good.Everything else Meh..
If I had kids under 12 I'd give it a 8/10.
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