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6/10. I feel like Xbox's marketing department doesn't know how to make a good videogame trailer. Too much prerendered stuff, and their trailers don't give enough indications as to what kinds of games they are, even when the trailer is in-engine. There was a stark divide between the third party timed exclusive trailers, which were all solid, and the Xbox Studio trailers, which were cruddy and disappointing.

Halo looks...good. The visuals aren't even close to what Gears 5 is pushing, but I don't play graphics, and at least the gameplay looks solid. I'm a little worried about the AI, though. I'm hoping the demo was on some sort of easy mode, because the enemies all just sort of stand around in the open.

Overall, I think Xbox has some decent stuff in the pipeline, but as far as shows go this one was a bit of a miss. I'm sure I'll come back in hindsight and appreciate it more, as is usually the case with M$'s shows, but I can't help feeling disappointed right now.