Can't say I was too impressed with what was shown. Sure I have my Sony bias, but I've in general enjoyed MS shows. I even enjoyed the last Inside Xbox.
This was juts boring and I feel like a showing that spoke to no one. You can say Sony has it's indie focus, but the PS5 still showed a wide range of games. Here it feel all too typical.
I thought Halo after all this time waiting looked meh. In a time where I feel open world design fatigue is starting to set in, showing me a map with random objectives does nothing to prove to me that Halo needed this. That you are going to do something exciting with an open world. Just what I lazily expect you too. Also whats with the look of the game? Maybe I'm the only one who liked it, but the "edgy hard sci-fi military look" 343 did for 4 and 5 looked like something..I don't know how to describe it, but Halo and a lot of what MS showed has this weird not quite cartoony, but still cartoony look. Not good cartoons either, like bland cartoons where they still want to look "realistic". Pretty much everything I saw here had no real exciting art direction. It was all very samey and typical.
State of Decay 3 CGi with diversity hire was whatever.
I'm pretty sure Everwild was announced before and while I feel the visuals looked good. I am kind of tired of the safe whimsy art direction thats overflowing with games these days. Games, please have your own personality. Also your trailer gave me no idea of what the game is.
Tell Me Why has the definition of the art generic cartoony, but realistic style I see. You know D4, had a cartoony, but real people look. But it was super colorful with neat character designs full of personality. Is every developer trying to look like Dotnod's episodic games? I have no interests in this game and Dotnods indie twee fixation is wearing thin. Because in the end thier games are pretty shit in the writing department. Featuring the nuance and stubltly of a CW drama.
Ori ok I guess, for people who like it. But did a patch announcement need to be in your "buy the system" showing.
I don't care about what Obsidian showed. I don't like crafting games. Their new game was nothing.
Fade to Shadow or whatever looked like some woke shit I don't care about with lame imitation of GTA cover artwork.
I can't believe you did'nt show Hellblade gameplay.
Destiny 2 was the GTA5 moment, but at least that was early in the Sony show.
Tetris, I don't know much about.
The Gunk and Medium could be cool, but maybe this is just my political incorrect self and it's good that games are trying to shed the stereotypical images people have of them. But so much of what MS showed looked forced in that regard.
Phantasy Star 2 asset flip round 2 is whatever. Not 100% sure what that is, but it looked ugly.
Vermintide sci fi is cool I guess.
And then Crossfire X. I thought this was canceled, but glad is not. The multi is whatever, but a remedy FPS is appealing. It looks like it's an actual effort 2 and the dumb 2002 stylish cool look is hey fine by me.
Fable, ok for a last surprise.
All in all, I just found the showing to be boring. Nothing really told me that MS has it in them.
