Official Xbox July Showcase 2020 thread

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Alara317 said:

EpicRandy said:

So if the presentation was hosted by Sony it would have been somewhat good but since it was Microsoft it was a Colossal disappointment??? 
I kind of get your point tough Microsoft need to proove themself again.

But with that kind of reasoning, no matter what would have been shown, it feel like you would still have rated it as a Colossal disappointment because Microsoft.

My issue is that it's Microsoft showing a holding pattern. No real mixups, no revolution, nothing new enough or interesting enough to stand out. Lots of cool ideas, but no gameplay that came across as 'that's new' or 'that hasn't been done to death.'Microsoft going in the same direction and not altering course is disheartening, but Sony or Nintendo staying the course and not altering direction is quite a good thing since both of those consoles have been doing really well. 

What Microsoft needed was something with PIZAZZ! With OOMPH! Some WOW factor. they just gave us more of the same and...eeeeh. That's not enough. that's the difference. If Sony came out and gave us those same trailers it would say to me 'you like what we're doing so here are some cool games, I promise they'll be good' and I'd believe them. Microsoft pulls these trailers out saying the same thing and I got 'but...what about Scalebound? what about Rare? When was the last time you actually delivered on these promises?" 

Again, context is key.

So much wrong in this, really makes me wonder if you’d trash the show regardless of what they offered. If the biggest issue is that there was not enough gameplay, that would be fine if you left it at that. 

You say no mixups...their genre representation in unmatched. Compared to their competition that locks almost all their games in “3rd person story driven single player action adventure” this was a great offering of what they have. 

SoD3 is supposed to be a AAA survival game. Grounded a smaller title but more creative in premise. Avowed is a exclusive Skyrim, Xbox One lacked exclusive RPGs this gen and how they have that and Fable. Halo a ambitious FPS with campaign and multiplayer (how many PS exclusives even have a multiplayer component?). Even though it was in engine, Forza showed a night and day graphics comparison to the competition. 

Please tell me how those things lacked oomph....having a literal LOTR action RPG from the masters of RPGs with Obsidian at the helm. Or thinking Hellblade 2 won’t be anything other then a graphical showcase and narratively pleasing when it’s ready to be shown?

What about Rare? How could you say Everwild looks like more of the same? We don’t even know how it plays but it looks creatively unleashed. After SoT reaching it’s critical success and audience I have full faith in Rare. 

“When was the last time they delivered on promises”: Playground, Turn 10, Rares last game, Obsidians track record at the very least should be enough to have high standards for their titles. Don’t act like every dev is unproven.