My quick thoughts on the Microsoft E3 press conference

in #gaming9 years ago (edited)

So many games have been shown here, it was hard to make an opinion on all of them. But I tried.
btw, sorry for not including pictures, but it would make the post way too long

Xbox One X

So we got to know the Xbox One X’s release date – the 7th of November 2017 and we also now know the exact spects:

  • A custom 8 core CPU clocked at 2.3 GHz
  • A custom GPU clocked at 1.172 GHz with a computing power of 6 TFLOPS
  • 12GB of GDDR5 memory with a bandwith of 326GB/s
  • 1TB of internal storage

Microsoft claims this will be enough for 4K gaming, but the question still remains, at what frame-rates. If it will be 30FPS, then I will personally still not buy this console.

The nice thing is that backwards compatibility seems to be a huge factor for Xbox people, since the games from Xbox one will work and we will even get some graphical improvements for these old games.

And another nice thing is that the Xbox One X is actually smaller then the previous versions. Just shows you how much computing technology has moved forward.

Forza 7 MotorSport

That was quite cool, the fact that they managed to convince Porshe to show a new car here instead of an automotive show. But to be frank, I don’t think that’s what us gamers care about!
But soon, we get what we want! And 4K in 60FPS looks great on the Xbox One X, but there do seem to be occasional framedrops, hopefully that won’t be in the live version!

Metro: Exodus

So we are getting a new Metro: Exodus game, looked really cool. I specially loved the weather effects, those were just beyond awesome. But otherwise, it look just like another installment in the series. Not saying it’s a bad series, just I prefer new IPs over older ones.

Assassin’s Creed: Origins

Wow these guys really like the word first… But yeah, again a new installment in the series. And honestly, I couldn’t care less, specially with how badly the previous games did – optimization wise. The Egypt theme seems cool, but it will just be the same game over and over and over again.

Player’s Unknown’s: Battlegrounds

So this out-of-the-nowhere success is coming to Xbox – guess that is nice, but who in their right mind would rather play this on a console then on a PC? Just the fact that you have a mouse and keyboard will make playing on a PC that much better!

Deep Rock: Galactic

So Minecraft with less pixelated graphics and a bit more focus on action? That does sound fun and I’m looking forward to trying that out.

State of Decay 2

Another zombie game? Please make them stop already! I’m honestly sick of them at this point. Please, give us something original. And zombie survival, like that wasn’t already done a million times.

The Darwin Project

Now this does look interesting, a combination of arena bralwer, shooter in such an awesome stile? This might as well be finally a competitor of Overwatch! But it will be very hard to compete in this arena.

Minecraft

Crossplay is coming to Minecraft- that’s actually a pretty huge deal IMO. And not only consoles and PC, but also the mobile versions of Minecraft! This could bring life to this game for years to come. And on top of that, mods get into the community market. Great update! What more to say.

And the new look coming to Minecraft – yes please! While some of these effects were already available through mods, getting them standard is more then awesome!

Dragonball FighterZ

Well this probably made millions of DragonBall fans screech in a girl high pitch. But for me personally, it’s just another fighter game as I’m not a fan of the anime. But for those who are, this is a nice game for sure.

Black Dessert: The MMORPG

So we get another MMO on the Xbox. The combat did seem pretty nice if that were real images straight from the game. For me, it’s not an option, MMOs just take too much of your time for a game reviewer to actually play.

The Last Night

Finally something that doesn’t look just like an iteration of something that already exists. And the combination of 3D and pixel-art?! That is beyond awesome. This something I will play for sure!

The Artful Escape

Another cool looking game. Love these styles! And a rocker-astronaut? That’s like my dream since I was a little kid! Can’t wait to get more info on this!

CodeVent

And it seems were back to the standard games. At least this one seems to be a new IP.

Sea of Thieves

This is something I know a few of my friends are looking for. I’m not that big of a fan of pirates, but this game does look like great fun! Also :D shooting your friends out of cannons? Why the hell not?!

Tacoma

Well, what can I say. They didn’t show us almost anything.

Super Lucky’s Tale

Is this mainly for kids? Probably. And it’s good that we get at least something for them. But otherwise, it seems like your run of the mill 3D platformer.

Cuphead

This game has been in devepment since forever. It look super awesome – like the old animated movies. But from the trailer, it’s hard to say more.

Crackdown 3

OldSpice guy? Seriously? But yeah, he can be cool but I don’t like his over-acting. But another shooter game, well that’s unexpected… With parkour elements? Who would have guessed. And the style is just like if it cannot decide whether it wants to be realistic or comixy. Not really that interested TBH.

Ashen

A co-op action game? Never seen that before…. At least this one look to have a great style!

Life is Strange: Before the Storm

This will most likely be one of the most anticipated games of the year. Look very nice and can’t wait to play it!

Shadow of Mordor

The first one was epic and hopefully so will be the second installment in this series. Just hope they don’t over do the nemesis system too far so it becomes a chore instead of fun.

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

I guess it was obvious that a second installment had to come for this. While it will most likely be a great game, I’m sort of sad that we cannot have a successful game just be its own thing, that is has to get a “part 2”. Sometimes it’s okay not to have a successor.

Anthem

A new IP from Bioware – a sci-fi open world game? That does sound… over-used. But the game does look awesome. Javalin suits that work as classes – again, nothing we never saw before. Just another third person action open world game. It’s almost like developers (at least the big ones) don’t know what else to do these day.
Though I understand them, they sink so much money into making these games and this genre almost guarantees decent success.

Final Thoughts

Please don’t pre-order games people. That’s pretty much the most important thing I have to say. Otherwise I’m glad for the push for 4K and hopefully everything (or most of things) will run at 60 FPS
Also, from a view-point of a game “journalist” it has been a bit overwhleming, it is hard to make an opinion on so many titles in such a short span of time.

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DBZ Fighter looks cool!
Finally a good 2D DBZ fighting game again, the old SNES versions are getting rusty

:) the naruto games are great on the PS4, I was surprised.

i am waiting Dragonball FighterZ

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